I am Li Shen and Li Shimin, the free kings of the Tang Dynasty

Yuan Zheng is the most important festival for the people, but there is another important festival which is the day before Yuan Zheng.

When Li Shen was in the palace, he thought it was only Yuan Zheng. Later he learned that not only did later generations have New Year's Eve, but the Tang Dynasty also had New Year's Eve.

That is, the last day of the year is called Sui Chu.

Sui Sui means getting rid of the old and bringing in the new. On that night, people will perform rituals such as offering sacrifices, praying, and cleaning to pray for peace and good luck in the new year.

Another important step is to stay up late on New Year's Eve.

Li Shen also followed Li Shimin in the palace to watch the New Year's Eve. After Li Shen opened the palace, he stayed in Prince Ji's Mansion every year to watch the New Year's Eve.

Today is the New Year's Eve, and Prince Ji's Mansion has already been decorated with lanterns and decorations. Just like last year, the courtyard is full of lanterns.

There are also many covered with glass covers to avoid being extinguished.

Candles themselves are a luxury product, and ordinary people are reluctant to buy candles. At most, they use oil lamps. In order to save money, they go to bed after dark at night.

Only Prince Ji's Mansion has such strong financial resources, and the candles can be transported one by one.

At night, each servant is responsible for an area. As soon as the candles burn out, they will light another one immediately.

Prince Ji's Mansion is also extremely lively today. Every year, Li Shen orders dozens of banquets to be prepared for everyone to have New Year's Eve dinner together.

Li Shen, holding the three girls and the eldest and second child, stood in the courtyard and watched the maids and eunuchs perform songs and dances.

There is a bonfire in the middle, agarwood is burned, and sandalwood is thrown in. The fragrance is overflowing and can float far away.

The maids and eunuchs performed very hard, because there were rewards, and they were all heavy rewards. Whoever gave the reward to whom was the same as getting it for free.

The sacrifice to heaven and earth is over, and the ancestor worship must go to the palace tomorrow with his father.

"Your Majesty, the banquet is ready, you can take a seat." Princess Lu Dingniang came over.

"Okay, invite everyone to sit down."

Li Shen nodded and told the person in charge that the reunion dinner would only be lively if there were as many people as possible.

Li Shen was troubled by the lack of people in his house and the decline of yin and yang.

On the New Year's Eve today, Li Shen also asked people to post Spring Festival couplets, but unlike others, the Spring Festival couplets were written on peach wood boards.

The servants must eat in two groups in rotation, and everyone is very grateful to King Ji and Princess Ji.

Everyone said blessings, and Li Shen was even more happy.

After the meal, Li Shen took the whole family to warm themselves by the campfire and watch the New Year's Eve.

Li Shen was very happy that Prince Ji's Mansion had added a new member this year. In fact, he was not without desires in his heart.

He hoped that his Prince Ji's Mansion would be like a towering tree, with luxuriant branches and leaves, and he, as the root of the tree, would lay the foundation for future generations.

He hopes that his descendants will be prosperous in a thousand years.

"Well, it seems that I have to work hard on my five-year plan. Now that I have given birth to a child, it has already been a year." Li Shen couldn't help but think.

The master didn't sleep, and of course the servants couldn't sleep either, and they had to look at the bonfires and lanterns everywhere.

The performance continued, and several children went to bed early and were taken away by the wet nurse.

Li Shen was chatting there with an older wife and six younger wives.

"Tomorrow, madam, please take them all into the palace with me and pay my respects to my mother and concubine."

To be honest, what Li Shen misses the most in the entire palace is his mother, Concubine Wei. Every time he goes to Concubine Wei, he always greets her.

Even though she knew her son was wealthy, she was still afraid that he would not have enough food, clothing or warmth, and that he would cause trouble when he went out.

As for Li Shimin, Li Shen only had awe. Sometimes he felt a little bit of his father's difficulties, but nothing else.

This is the different treatment of mothers and fathers.

"Your Majesty, this is against the rules." Lan Yu'er said at the side.

It is true that this is against the rules. According to etiquette, Lu Dingniang can only be taken to the palace, and only Lu Dingniang is written in the family tree.

As Lan Yu'er, who always speaks and behaves uprightly by Li Shen's side, of course she has to come forward to remind him.

After all, if you don’t understand the rules, you will be laughed at.

"Hey! Is there anything against the rules? I usually take Chunxiang and Dongmei with me when I enter the palace. It's okay to bring Ding Niang and Mei Niang with them.

It's only natural to take you there, besides, there are three girls for Your Majesty to see.

Xiaoxiao and Ruyan haven't been to the palace yet, so they happened to go there this time to see how big the place where the king lived when he was a child was. It was not only big but also very boring. "

Li Shen curled his lips and recalled the boring days in the palace when he was a little kid.

Seeing what Li Shen said, Lan Yu'er said nothing more. He knew that Prince Ji was different from other princes.

Even if you bring so many people to the palace, His Majesty won't say anything. This is the advantage of a bad boy.

One night passed, and early the next morning Li Shen was dragged up by several women, took a bath and changed clothes, and put on the newly made royal clothes.

Sitting in front of the main hall door with Lu Dingniang, they began to accept the worship from the whole family. Just like New Year greetings, they knelt down to worship the master and mistress, and said some auspicious words.

After the worship, Lu Dingniang, as the mistress, will say some words of encouragement, and then comes the important reward step.

Prince Ji's Mansion has made a lot of money this year, so after research, each person has two gold bars, which is twenty thousand dollars.

There will be more stewards and stewards, and there will be more great stewards.

There were hundreds of people in the whole mansion. Li Shen sat there and yawned. He took the gold bar from the stone and gave it to the servants.

Li Shen felt that there was no passion at all.

After a while, Wei Fugui came to report that Princess Linchuan and the Prince Consort were here.

In the past two years, Li Mengjiang always went to the palace with Li Shen.

After the two came in, they saw the big scene of handing out money, which made Zhou Daowu's eyes wide open.

The space is limited, and there are less than a hundred people kneeling down each time. After kneeling down and coming forward to receive the reward, the next group comes.

Giving Zhou Daowu felt like a cult somewhere kneeling down to worship its leader.

"Your Majesty is so benevolent and righteous, treating his servants so well." Zhou Daowu couldn't help but sigh.

This time the reward was over ten thousand guan. Their family also gave rewards to their servants, but the total was only a few hundred guan.

Li Mengjiang looked at his younger brother dotingly. No matter what others said, he felt that his younger brother was good at everything.

"Shen'er has been kind-hearted, benevolent, filial, and well-behaved since he was a child.

It's just to make some money, it's nothing. "

Li Mengjiang said with a smile.

Soon Li Shen finished the reward, and there were four or five gold bars left in the box. Li Shen took it in his hand, and when he saw Li Mengjiang in the distance, he immediately happily greeted him.

"I've met my sister."

"Shen'er, you've grown taller again." Li Mengjiang looked at Li Shen and said happily.

"I have met His Royal Highness Prince Ji." Zhou Daowu on the side saluted Li Shen.

"Ah."

"Shen'er, how are you preparing? It's time to enter the palace." Li Mengjiang reminded.

"It's done. You can leave at any time. We have to arrive early. We can't be disrespectful by arriving later than the prince.

Someone come and prepare a car. "Li Shen nodded.

Then he stretched out his hand to the two maids beside Li Mengjiang, revealing several gold bars in his hand.

"There are a few left, you two should divide them."

(I was reviewed dynamically again, which made me lose motivation. How long has it been?

I changed the ring tone of my phone to me and my country. )