. "Sixth brother, what's wrong, aren't you happy to see the rhinoceros?”
Li Yin, who was sleeping soundly in the morning, suddenly felt a moving heavy object on his body, which scared him into a cold sweat. When he saw the heavy object clearly, he breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that the rhinoceros was jumping around on his body barefooted, and Li Zhi, the boy standing by the bed, was gloating.
Li Yin was so sleepy that he couldn't open his eyes. He lay down again and said,"Why are you two here? Does mother know?”
Si Zi said in a childish voice,"It's the mother who asked us to come and play with Sixth Brother. She said that Sixth Brother has the most time and is also the most idle."”
"What do you mean I'm the most free? Mother is prejudiced, I am very busy! Go play with your seventh brother and eighth brother!"
Si Zi said unhappily," I don't want to play with them. They're like wood. It's not interesting at all."”After saying that, he stepped on Li's body again, not letting Li sleep.
"I'm really scared of you guys!" He couldn't sleep anymore, so he simply got up, hugged the rhinoceros and hit its little butt. He didn't use much strength, and the rhinoceros giggled happily.
Li Zhi stood at the side and watched Li Yin and Si Zi play. He only smiled and did not dare to participate. When Li Yin saw this, he thought that this Li Zhi was really like what was written in history. His personality was too weak.
After dinner, Li Yin decided to bring the two of them to East City to play. There were opera singers and acrobats everywhere. When they had seen enough, he would send the two little guys back.
Because he was bringing along his younger siblings, Li Yin did not dare to be careless. He transferred four guards to follow him to prevent any accidents.
Si Zi and Li Zhi stayed in Taiji Palace all year round and were raised by Empress Zhangsun. They rarely had the opportunity to go out of the palace to play. Firstly, they were worried about their safety. Secondly, among the brothers and sisters, the older ones had their own things to do, and the younger ones could not come out of the palace. Li Yin, who had returned from Xiangzhou, became the only one who had his own palace and was relatively free.
Holding the rhinoceros in one hand and holding Li Zhi in the other, Li picked a lively place in the East City to go. He watched the monkey show and then went to watch the opera. Along the way, he bought a lot of snacks, making the two little guys laugh all the way.
"Sixth Brother, look!" Just as the performance of swinging the sledgehammer on his chest ended, Si Zi's little hand pointed to another place. Li Yin turned his head and saw a small stall in front of him with some red things piled up. Si Zi's little hand was pointing at these things.
Li Yin walked closer and saw that these were hawthorns." Rhinoceros, do you want to eat them?”
Si Zi drooled and nodded vigorously.
Li Yin had never liked these sour things, so he never ate hawthorn directly. He had eaten candied haws a few times.
"Tanghulu!" Li Yin remembered." Si Zi, Zhi Nu, when we go back, Sixth Brother will cook something delicious for you!”
"Alright!" When they heard that there was delicious food, the two of them jumped up and down excitedly…
Tai Chi Palace, Yong An Gate.
A group of 15 women with white veils passed through the palace gates after being checked by the guards.
"Truly a peerless beauty!" Guard B said as he watched the ladies leave.
Guard A agreed." Of course. It's said that this is a singer recommended by the Crown Prince. How can she be bad?"”
"It's just that the Emperor is diligent in court affairs and rarely has the interest to appreciate singing and dancing. I'm afraid that His Highness the Crown Prince has wasted his efforts!”Guard C retracted his gaze." It's a pity that these beauties are going to the Lonely Old Palace again!”
"Who can say for sure!"
“……”
Following the young eunuch, the 15 singers were led to the Caisi Court where they lived. The singers, dancers, and musicians who lived here were all performing for the palace banquet.
"From now on, this will be the place where you will live. You are not allowed to leave this place without orders. This is your Steward Liu.”The young eunuch pointed at a woman in her thirties.
"Yes, Eunuch!"
"Steward Liu, I'll leave this place to you!" The young eunuch nodded.”
The woman who was called Steward Liu nodded respectfully. Her original name was Liu Yueying, and she specialized in arranging songs and dances. She had entered Taiji Palace during the Gaozong period, and it had been fifteen years since then.
After sending off the young eunuch, Liu Yueying looked at the 15 young girls and said,""The rules here are very simple. First, don't leave the Colored Silk Courtyard at will. Second, practice singing and dancing diligently. Third, and most importantly, don't have any illusions that you will be taken in by the emperor and the prince. Lure the emperor and the prince, or else you will be sentenced to death, remember?”
"This servant will remember!" The fifteen of them replied.
At Si Zi's request, Li bought a big bag of hawthorn and returned to the palace.
Li Yin went straight to the kitchen and asked the cook to bring a large jar of brown sugar. At this time, there was no white sugar in the Tang Dynasty. There was only boiled brown sugar, and the sweetness was average. The environment in the Tang Dynasty was so harsh that Li Yin had no choice but to make do with it. First, he skewered the hawthorn and cooked it, then began to boil the syrup.
Si Zi and Li Zhi were also in the kitchen, clamoring to see Li Yin make candied haws.
There was really no technical content in the candied haws. After the syrup was boiled, Li Yin placed the hawthorn in the syrup and rolled it a few times. He took it out and cooled it for a while. The candied haws were done.
"Here, little gluttonous cat!" Li Yin stuffed a candied haws into each of them and wrapped the rest for them.
Si Zi and Li Zhi had never seen such a thing before. They took a bite. The sourness of hawthorn and the sweetness of brown sugar entered their mouths at the same time. It was fragrant and refreshing. The two of them ate with relish.
"It's so delicious!" Li Zhi was a few years older than the rhinoceros and ate quickly. He called out and picked up another skewer. When the rhinoceros saw it, it quickly picked up another skewer and held it in its hand, afraid that it would lose out.
Looking at the two little fellows wolfing down their food, Li Yin said,"Don't worry, you can eat as much as you want!”，After saying that, he continued to make the candied haws. He knew that these two fellows would definitely show off when they returned to Taiji Palace. He might as well make more and let them take them back so that his younger brothers and sisters in the palace could taste them.
While he was making the candied haws, Li Yin asked Jin Daqian to weave a rack for candied haws to be placed on so that it was convenient to carry the candied haws.
By dusk, Li Yin had made another fifty or sixty sticks of candied haws. At this time, Jin Daqian came over with a wooden stick with straw tied to the top. Li Yin followed suit and stuck all the candied haws on it, letting the guards escorting Si Zi and Li Zhi carry them.
They ate four or five sticks of candied haws each, but the two still didn't want to go back to the palace. They refused to leave and insisted on spending the night in the residence. How could Li let them be? He brought out Empress Zhangsun to scare them. Si Zi and Li Zhi were unwilling to go back and said that they would come back to play later.
In Yanxi Hall, just as Empress Zhangsun was about to send someone to the Liang residence, Si Zi and Li Zhi returned. The guards behind them were carrying a stick full of candied hawthorns.
Empress Zhangsun had never seen such a thing before and asked in puzzlement,""What is this?"
"Sixth Brother said this is called candied haws!" Si Zi pounced into Empress Zhangsun's arms and said. Li Zhi plucked one and handed it to Empress Zhangsun, saying,""Mother, have a taste!"
"This Li Yin, what strange thing did he come up with again?”After Empress Zhangsun finished speaking, she took a bite of the candied haws.
"It tastes good!" Empress Zhangsun tasted a few mouthfuls and praised.
Li Zhi laughed and took out another piece of paper from his pocket." Sixth Brother even wrote the method of making it to Zhinu, saying that Si Zi and Zhinu can eat candied haws every day in the future.”
Empress Zhangsun took the note, on which was written the method of making candied haws. She then instructed the little yellow door,""Give this list to the imperial kitchen and let them learn how to make it.”
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