At this time, Chang'an City.
Qin Ming looked through the car window with interest at the lively crowds on the street.
It’s New Year’s Eve in four days. This is the first Spring Festival in the Tang Dynasty after Qin Ming traveled through time.
Whether in later generations or in the Tang Dynasty, Qin Ming, as a Chinese, had very special feelings for the Spring Festival.
So he not only gave early leave to the people who worked in the Qin Mansion, but also to the teachers and students of the academy.
Moreover, they also had people prepare New Year gifts for Li Shimin and others in advance. These annual rites have been sent to Ximeng Tower one day in advance by Uncle Zhang and the escort team.
Today, Qin Ming brought Xiao Changxi to Chang'an City early in the morning to give gifts to various uncles' houses.
This time when he came to Chang'an, Qin Ming only brought Xiao Changxi with him, except Qin Da and Zi Shu, a group of guards.
Originally, Yang Zijun and Xiao Qingwan wanted to follow them to Chang'an, but before they got in the car after breakfast, they were dragged by Li Yuan to play mahjong.
In the past two days, Qin Ming has been unable to beat them at the mahjong table. It hurts Qin Ming to think about this. Qingwan and the other girls all learned from him, but within two days, he was at the mahjong table. If he goes up, he won't be able to win. Regarding this, Li Yuan mocked him openly and secretly.
The carriage entered the inner city from Chunming Gate, and after a while, it stopped at the entrance of Ximeng Tower in the East City.
Now, of Qin Ming's properties in Chang'an City, only Ximeng Tower is still open. But after today, Ximenglou will be on holiday.
Qin Ming and Xiao Changxi got off the carriage and led the group into Ximeng Tower.
In the hall, shopkeeper Guo, who was greeting the guests, saw Qin Ming and his entourage coming in and immediately trotted up to the crowd.
He bowed to Qin Ming and said:
"Son."
Shopkeeper Qin Mingchao laughed at Guo and said with a smile:
"Shopkeeper Guo will take us to the private room upstairs for a while."
"Okay, sir, you come with me."
With that said, shopkeeper Guo led Qin Ming and his party to the private room upstairs.
Qin Ming followed shopkeeper Guo, looking at the people drinking tea in the teahouse as he walked.
I don't know if it was because it was the New Year's Eve, but Qin Ming found that there seemed to be a lot more people in the teahouse today than usual.
The last few times I've been to the teahouse at this time, there weren't that many people. When Qin Ming went up to the second floor, he saw that even new seats had been arranged in the corridor on the second floor. You can imagine how popular the business is now.
Each tea table takes up about one-third of the corridor. When passing by, you can inadvertently hear the chatter of guests.
Passerby A: "Listen to me, there is a family in our alley. They have been married for ten years and have no children. Only recently did I find out that the couple are cousins."
Passerby B: "Have you heard? Several heads of the household department were taken away by people from Dali Temple last night."
Passerby C: "Hey, I'm telling you secretly. Don't tell others. I heard that last night, the warehouse where the accounts of previous years were stored in the Ministry of Accounts was leaked and all the accounts were burned."
Passer-by: "Have you heard? Your Majesty has given the eldest princess a marriage to the eldest son of the eldest grandson's family. As a result, the princess will probably have a difficult life in the future..."
Passerby Wu: "I heard a friend from the court said that nearly half of the officials at yesterday's court meeting said they were ill and did not attend the court. My friend told me privately that they were deliberately putting pressure on His Majesty to prevent him from continuing to pursue corrupt officials. Dirty officials..."
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At first, Qin Ming didn't pay much attention, just thinking that the people were bored during the Chinese New Year and chatting in the teahouse. But as he listened, Qin Ming felt that something was wrong.
Why do the people of Chang'an City seem to know that close relatives cannot get married? what happened?
Logically speaking, people at this time should not have discovered this problem yet. I only discussed this problem with my grandfather and Taoist Sun.
Why does it feel like so many people now know that my grandfather has been in the house recently and has never been out. Could it be that it was Taoist Sun who returned to Xuandu Temple a few days ago and spread the news?
With this thought in mind, Qin Ming entered the private room, sat down with Xiao Changxi, and soon a boy poured tea for the two of them.
Qin Ming thought for a while, looked at Shopkeeper Guo and said:
"Shopkeeper Guo, I just heard outside that many people were discussing about cousins getting married and having no children. What's going on?"
Xiao Changxi heard similar words just now. Seeing Qin Ming's question, she also turned her attention to Shopkeeper Guo.
After hearing this, shopkeeper Guo thought for a moment:
"This matter has been spreading a lot in Chang'an City recently. It is said that a young couple has been married for several years and has no children.
A few days ago, I went to Xuandu Temple to burn incense and met Master Miaoying. After the diagnosis, Master Miaoying said that both men and women are in good health. The reason why they don't have children is mainly because they are cousins. "
Qin Ming nodded when he heard this. It seemed that as he thought, the news about the marriage of close relatives did come from Daozhang Sun.
But then he thought about someone just mentioning that the eldest princess Li Lizhi was given a marriage by Li Er to the eldest grandson's family.
His brows furrowed involuntarily. Li Zhi and Zhang Sun Wuji were the legitimate sons. Aren't they cousins?
Why are these two things mentioned together? Is it a coincidence? There are still other people's reasons.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but ask:
"Shopkeeper Guo, do you know when His Majesty granted the princess the marriage?"
Although shopkeeper Guo didn't know why Qin Ming asked this question, he still answered honestly:
"It seems to have been a few days ago."
Shopkeeper Guo seemed to have thought of something when he said this, and then said:
"By the way, Young Master, when you said this, I also remembered that the matter of cousins having problems with their marriage and having children seems to have come out after His Majesty granted the marriage."
When Qin Ming heard this, his brows furrowed even deeper. He didn't think there were such coincidences in the world. Could it be that someone wanted to see a joke between the royal family and the eldest grandson family? Who is so bold? How did he know that close relatives could not marry?
Could it be that he is also a time traveler? I got this news from Daozhang Sun accidentally, and deliberately took out the disgusting royal one.
No matter what the situation is, it is not a good thing for Qin Ming, because Daozhang Sun obtained this theoretical knowledge from himself.
If this matter eventually leads to the failure of the marriage between the eldest son's family and the royal family, the royal family can still say it. If the eldest grandson's family traces Daozhang Sun and follows the clues, they will find out that the theory that close relatives cannot marry was the first one proposed by them.
Will the eldest son's family let the eldest son's family settle this account on me?
And who is this person who deliberately sabotages the royal marriage and makes fun of the royal family?
His status should be very high and he has a certain amount of power. Presumably he already knows that he brought this up.
Then will he pour dirty water on me?
Why was he inexplicably dragged into the situation?
Xiao Changxi frowned when she saw Qin Ming listening to Shopkeeper Guo's words.
So he asked worriedly:
"Sir, is there anything wrong with this matter?"
Upon hearing this, Qin Ming waved to Shopkeeper Guo and said:
"Shopkeeper Guo, go and sort out some of the important news in Chang'an City that you heard in the teahouse recently, write it down on paper and bring it to me later."
"Yes, sir."
After speaking, Shopkeeper Guo bowed to the two of them and then walked out of the private room.
Qin Ming then looked at Xiao Changxi slightly worriedly and said:
"Xi'er, it was Taoist Sun and I who first discussed the issue of close relatives not being able to marry."
Xiao Changxi was stunned for a moment when she heard this, then walked up to Qin Ming and said:
"Sir, are you worried that if the eldest son's family or the royal family finds out about this matter, they will anger our family?"
Qin Ming nodded solemnly. He didn't know why Qin Ming felt like he was being used secretly. This feeling was very bad, as if everything about him was in the hands of others.
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