At noon, Da'an Palace.
At this time, on the roof of the main hall of Da'an Palace, several newly built fireplace chimneys were spitting billowing black smoke into the blue sky.
Looking from a distance, it looks like there are several black dragons roaring angrily at God.
In the four corners of the hall, there are about a dozen carbon basins burning with blazing fire.
In addition, there were also several young eunuchs standing beside several fireplaces. Perhaps because the firewood in the fireplaces was burning so strongly, there was sweat on the young eunuchs' foreheads.
But even though they were sweating profusely from the heat, they kept adding firewood to the fireplace.
At this time, in the center of the hall, there was a person with gray hair hanging loosely and a red silk scarf covering his eyes.
The little old man with a slight build and a rosy complexion was half-undressed.
Barefoot in the main hall, chasing back and forth, a group of Yingying Yanyan wearing thin palace clothes, the little old man's face and chest, there are some rouge marks.
As the little old man ran, a red ribbon ran behind him, swinging in the air like a butterfly.
From time to time, laughter could be heard in the hall.
"Your Majesty, I am here, come after me."
"Your Majesty, come to arrest me. I have put on your favorite rouge today."
"Your Majesty, come to my concubine. I am right behind you."
"Can't catch it, can't catch it."
"My beloved concubine, my beloved concubine, when I catch you, I will definitely make you look good."
Suddenly, a woman with a voluptuous figure took a peek, and saw a figure behind her whose steps were a little chaotic.
His eyes moved, and he deliberately fell into the little old man's arms. He still said aggrievedly:
"Oh, Your Majesty, you are so powerful, I really can't run away anymore."
The little old man tightened the beauty in his arms, scratched her panda hard, and laughed loudly:
"Haha, now you know how powerful I am."
This little old man who was living wildly in Da'an Palace was the founder of the Tang Dynasty, and would later be given the posthumous title of Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty.
Before the Xuanwu Gate Incident, he was the most famous leader of the Tang Dynasty.
After the Xuanwumen Incident, Li Yuan, a retired veteran cadre, became a gamer in the world.
Since Li Yuan abdicated the throne, in order to dispel the wariness of his cruel and unfilial son.
Imprisoned in the Da'an Palace, he was busy gathering nectar from flowers all day long to expand the Li family tree.
That unfilial son is a bit cruel.
But he did not treat his father materially badly. The food and clothing in Da'an Palace were very good.
Beautiful palace maids are also sent to Da'an Palace in waves.
Unfilial son, I got this fireplace from somewhere a few days ago.
After installing it, it really made the hall much warmer.
As soon as the main hall of Da'an Palace warmed up, Li Yuan summoned his concubines and couldn't wait to start the summer reserved event, the Uncensored Conference.
Li Yuan took off the red silk scarf and looked at his beloved concubine, who was half lying in his arms, and was about to help her undress and untie her belt.
A little eunuch ran in from outside the palace, rolling and crawling.
As soon as he entered the main hall, the young eunuch knelt down in the tunnel and said:
"To report to the Supreme Emperor, the Queen is here with Princess Changle and the others."
"Now we have passed the front hall and are heading towards the main hall."
Li Yuan suddenly stiffened when he heard this, let go of the beauty in his arms, and cursed at the young eunuch:
"You're useless, why don't you go outside the palace to greet me."
"You can tell the Queen later that I will take a bath in the back hall and ask them to wait in the main hall for a while."
The little eunuch responded and bowed out of the hall.
Li Yuan retracted his gaze towards the front hall, looked at the bewildered concubines around him, and said with waning spirits:
"You guys should step back first."
The concubines responded, "Yes." They put on their coats one by one and exited the main hall.
Li Yuan also turned back to the back hall and changed clothes.
After a while, Empress Changsun walked into the main hall with her daughters. As soon as she entered the hall, she almost choked on the smell of cigarette smoke that filled the room.
After taking a look, he saw a dozen braziers burning in the hall and the eunuch standing by the fireplace, saluting.
Changsun frowned and said:
"How do you take care of the Supreme Emperor? Can't you see such a big smoke?"
When all the eunuchs heard this, they were shocked and immediately knelt down and kowtowed in apology.
Seeing this, the eldest grandson shook her head helplessly. Of course she knew that it was not the eunuch's fault, but they had to shoulder the blame.
"Why are you still standing there? Why don't you quickly move the charcoal basin out, open the palace door, and let out the cigarettes."
"Yes Yes"
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Half a quarter of an hour later, Li Yuan finished washing and changing clothes and walked out of the main hall.
When Queen Changsun and her daughters saw Li Yuan walking in from the back hall, they all saluted and said:
"Daughter-in-law, meet your father."
"Li Zhi, Li Xian, Xiyao and Si Zi pay their respects to Grandpa Huang"
"My servant pays homage to the Supreme Emperor."
Li Yuan looked at his eldest grandson and several granddaughters who were wearing down jackets. Although he felt strange, he did not ask any questions and said with a smile:
"Well, everyone, get up."
After saying that, Li Yuan turned his eyes to Queen Changsun and said
"Mr. Guanyin, what's the matter with you today?"
Although Li Yuan had been resentful of his unfilial son since his abdication, he could never resent his daughter-in-law.
Firstly, she did not participate in the planning of that matter. Secondly, in the past few years, the eldest grandson often brought his grandson and granddaughter to pay him respects.
The retired veteran cadre is still very satisfied with this virtuous and filial daughter-in-law who manages the harem.
Unlike that unfilial son, he only came to pay his respects once or twice a year in the past two years.
Empress Changsun lowered her eyes and said respectfully:
"Father, I am here to give you clothes. A few days ago, my daughter-in-law and Erlang met a strange person by chance."
"He gave us some clothes, the ones my daughter-in-law and Changle would wear."
"This kind of clothes is very light and very warm. After Erlang knew about it, he asked him to make another one for you."
"It was just finished today and Erlang asked his daughter-in-law to deliver it to you."
As he spoke, he took the down jacket from Yuechan and handed it to Li Yuan with both hands.
Si Zi on the side ran to Li Yuan at this time, stretched out his hand to tug on his sleeve, and interjected:
"Yes, yes, Grandpa Huang, hurry up and put them on. The clothes and socks made by brother Qin Ming are very warm and you won't feel cold when you put them on."
Li Yuan took the down jacket and put it on a chair aside. Then he looked at Princess Jinyang in front of him, who was wearing a pink skirt. He leaned over to pick her up, kissed her on the face, and laughed:
"Well, little Sizi is good. Grandpa Huang will try it on in a while to see if what Sizi said is true."
The little girl hugged Li Yuan, kissed him, and said:
"Of course what Sizi said is true."
Princess Changle was also on the side, tugging at the corner of Li Yuan's clothes and echoing:
"What Si Zi said is true. Grandpa Huang, just give it a try."
Li Yuan turned around and saw that at some point, Chang Le had grabbed the corner of his clothes.
When they saw their eldest grandson, they all looked at him expectantly.
The veteran cadre shook his head helplessly. He didn't want to change his clothes again.
I could only put down my son, take my clothes and socks, and go back to the back hall.
After Li Yuan changed his clothes, he felt it carefully and found that it was indeed much warmer than the dragon robe he wore before, and it fit very close to his body.
But are these socks a little too long?
After a while, he must ask the palace maid to cut it shorter for him. It is almost reaching his knees, Li Yuan thought.
Li Yuan, Changsun and the others walked back to the main hall and chatted for a while.
When the eldest grandson asked to return to the palace, Li Yuan suddenly remembered that the wine the eldest grandson had sent him was very to his liking. So he said:
"Guanyin Maid, the wine you gave me last time was good. I liked it very much."
Upon hearing this, the eldest grandson immediately understood and said:
"As long as Father likes it, this wine was also brewed by that strange man."
"After my daughter-in-law returns to the palace, I will arrange for someone to buy some more and deliver them to my father in two days."
Seeing that Li Yuan had no other instructions, the eldest grandson took his daughters and maids with him and exited the hall.
Seeing that his eldest grandson and others had left, Li Yuan sat in the hall and meditated for a while.
I was thinking to myself,
"Thin but warm clothes, a fireplace, fresh vegetables, and relief work. Could these things be related to that strange man?"
Thinking of this, Li Yuan waved to the eunuchs in the hall and waited for them to exit the hall.
Li Yuan said towards the empty hall:
"Zong Wu, go check on this strange man named Qin Ming and see if the recent events are related to him."
In the empty hall, there was no one else except Li Yuan, but a thick voice suddenly sounded:
"Yes, Your Majesty."
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