As a sub-capital capital, Luoyang is a key place for grain reserves for the prefectures and the center of the canal. Although it is not as prosperous as Chang'an, it is also a rich and prosperous place.

When the carriage approached the south gate, Taoti lifted the curtain and glanced out, and said in surprise, "There are so many people."

Pei Yan sat upright calmly and said in a gentle voice, "Before leaving, I had already sent a letter to Luoyang, so that they could arrange it earlier... If you don't want to get off the car later, you will rest in the car. Let's go to deal with them for a few words, and we will go back to the palace to rest."

Tao Ti thought for a moment, blinked and said, "I've come here, I'd better get off the car with you, just talk less."

Pei Yandao, "Okay."

A magnificent and lively ritual music sounded from far to near, and the carriage stopped steadily, and Fu Xirui waited respectfully on one side.

Pei Yan led Tao Ti off the carriage together. At the gate of the city, people from various official uniforms bowed and shouted in unison:

"I am paying homage to His Highness, the crown prince, the crown prince is thousands of years old and thousands of years old."

"I will pay homage to the Crown Princess, and the Crown Princess Jin An and Wanfu will be blessed, and the age of the Fangyuan will be forever."

Pei Yan's voice was dull and he had a bit of majesty, "Everyone should get up."

Tao Ti intentionally imitated his tone and said lightly, "No gift."

Hearing this, the officials stood up one after another. Although the two leaders in the head were wearing purple robes, there were obvious differences in robes.

Along the way, Tao Ti made up for the situation of Luoyang officials and their families, and also had a general idea in his mind.

Luoyang established a prefecture, and the chief was called Mu. The prince usually held this position and did not hold real power. The prefect was the prefect who actually presided over the government affairs in the city. Under this prefecture, there were also officials such as Shao Yin and Si Lu participated in the military.

At this moment, Tao Ti looked at the two people in front of her quietly, secretly guessing in her heart:

This square-faced man with a big beard should be Mu of Luoyang Prefecture, the seventh brother of Emperor Zhaokang, and Prince Mu of the Dayuan Dynasty.

Another short and fat man who looked at the kindness and smiled, should be Sun Zhengguo, the prefect of Luoyang.

As expected, as soon as she made a judgment, she saw Pei Yan bowing to the bearded man and said politely, "Seventh Emperor, don't be fine."

Prince Mu laughed twice, raised his hand and patted Pei Yan on the shoulder, and said warmly, "I haven't seen you for half a year, and the prince's complexion has improved a lot."

Speaking of this, he looked at Tao Ti with a meaningful look and smiled, "Sure enough, this is different after marrying a wife, good, very good!"

Tao Ti also blessed Prince Mu slightly and called out "Seventh Emperor Uncle".

Pei Yan exchanged a few greetings with Prince Mu, and gave a concise official greeting to Gong Sun and a group of officials.

Be kind, Prince Mu said, "The prince and the princess are exhausted all the way, so they must be tired. It's better to go back to the palace to have a rest first. It's not too late to chat at the dinner today."

"Okay." Pei Yan nodded lightly, held Tao Ti's hand and got back on the carriage.

The officials retreated respectfully to both sides. Prince Mu touched his beard and narrowed his eyes, "I didn't expect that my eldest nephew and the princess had a good relationship."

When Sun Gong heard this, he asked in confusion, "Didn't it be said before that the princess was unhappy to marry into the Eastern Palace, or even..."

Prince Mu looked at him, and the Supreme Court Sun immediately fell silent and smiled awkwardly.

"It doesn't mean it will not change later. This woman, marrying a chicken, following the chicken, marrying a dog, and following the dog, will accept her fate as she goes on." Prince Mu snorted and smiled, "What's more, my eldest nephew is used to buying people's hearts. It's not a piece of cake to cure a woman."

Sun Gongyin agreed repeatedly, "What the prince said is very true."

After a moment, the prefect Sun remembered something and frowned and asked, "Prince, since the prince and the princess have a good relationship, should we offer the Yu sisters we prepared...?"

Prince Mu said, "All have been prepared, so of course I will offer it."

Sun Fuyin, "May..."

"A man, do you still think there are few women?" Prince Mu patted his shoulder and smiled narrowly. "In the past, the prince was not close to women, so he had never tasted the taste of a woman. Now that he has married a bride and tasted the fun, it is natural that the more he has become."

Sun Fuyin rolled his eyes and said with a smile, "Yes, yes, the prince said very well."

****

The city gate was wide open, and the carriage slowly entered the city. The rituals and music were followed along. The officers and soldiers opened the way, unobstructed, and went straight to the Luoyang Palace.

The palace is located in the southeast of Luoyang City, covering an area of ​​2,000 acres, with halls standing against each other, towers and towers, gorgeous carvings and extraordinary magnificence.

After learning that the prince was coming to Luoyang half a month ago, Sun Gong sent someone to carefully clean up and arrange it. The prince lived in Tongming Hall, while Tao Ti lived in Jixian Hall not far from Tongming Hall.

Jixian Palace is beautiful and spacious, with a graceful and luxurious peony flower planted in front of the courtyard. The hall is spotlessly clean and has a faint and elegant fragrance.

The palace people took off the luggage from the carriage and arranged it in a busy manner.

Linglong helped Tao Ti into the inner room and whispered, "Crown Princess, it's still early now. You haven't had a good night's sleep along the way. Why not take a nap? When the time is almost over, I will wait for you to take a shower, change your clothes, dress up, and get ready to go to the banquet at night."

"Well, just as you said!" Tao Ti patted the soft and spacious big bed, feeling so touched that she could finally stretch her hands and feet, and occupied the entire big bed by herself!

God knows that during these days on the road, she tries to shrink her body every night before going to bed, for fear of sticking to Pei Yan—

Although she didn't know why she was lying in Pei Yan's arms when she woke up two mornings. Fortunately, she was smart and quickly distanced herself from Pei Yan before she woke up to avoid embarrassment.

Linglong served her to sleep, put down the pink gauze curtain of smoke, and then stepped down gently.

Taoti lay on the soft and fragrant bed, holding the slippery silk quilt, and soon fell asleep.

Halfway through, Pei Yan sent someone to ask, and learned that his little princess was sleeping soundly, so she didn't disturb her and let her continue to sleep.

About an hour later, Linglong walked to the bed and called softly, "Crown Princess, it's already Shi Zheng, you should get up."

Taoti slept on her side, holding a soft pillow in her arms, and her hair spread out like a waterfall. She slept very calmly, with her fair cheeks showing healthy rosy, like a porcelain doll.

Hearing the call by the bed, she was a little lazy to rub the pillow and moaned softly, "Can you sleep for a while..."

Linglong looked around and thought to herself that the Crown Princess is really painful. Even a woman, she felt a soft heart when she looked at her face, let alone Your Highness.

She called her patiently twice before Tao Ti slowly opened her eyes, stretched her waist, and then put her shoes on her feet and got out of bed.

Bathing, applying balm, changing clothes, and making makeup...

After the full set of operations, the bright light outside the window gradually faded, from bright to dim, and then from dim to dim.

Lights were lit everywhere in the palace, and a crescent moon quietly climbed into the sky.

When "Your Highness arrives" came outside the house, Tao Ti was in front of the bronze mirror.

I am used to being simple and elegant on weekdays, but today she has changed into a new set of bright clothes, which is so novel no matter how you look at it.

Pei Yan walked in slowly and couldn't help but pause when he saw the graceful and graceful figure in the house.

I saw her wearing a golden brocade palace outfit with a golden brocade, a flying fairy bun, and a red gold dotted green Ruyi step. She was wearing a pair of gold-inlaid jade water droplets. The earrings were green and bright, making her skin look even whiter and smoother, and pink.

Her facial features are bright and bright, and her dressing adds a bit of charm. Her barely plump figure and snow-skinned appearance make people forget the vulgarity.

Fu Xirui coughed lightly, and Pei Yan came back to his senses, curled up the surprise in his black eyes, strode forward, and called out, "Ati."

Tao Ti raised her little head, smiled with her eyes, and the waves were shining, "Your Highness, you are here! Your vision is so good."

Pei Yan, “…Hmm?”

Tao Ti showed it around in front of him and smiled, "You chose this material when you visited the West Market last time. At that time, I thought the color was bright and I didn't want to buy it. Later, you said it was good, so I bought it. I didn't expect that it would look good if I put it on like this...What do you think?"

Seeing the little girl waiting for her answer with her eyes full of eyes, Pei Yanqing-jun's handsome eyebrows slowly stretched out, and her thin lips bent, "It looks good, it looks good."

He was wearing a moon-white silver silk dark patterned flower robe. His faint smile was like the spring breeze and snow, as clear as the moon.

Tao Ti's long eyelashes trembled slightly, and she sighed in her heart: When it comes to good looks, who can compare to you?

.............

The welcome banquet was arranged at Lichuntai, which was close to Biying Lake, and led the lake into the hall to form a small pond, with stones built as peaks and planted flowers in all seasons. It was early summer, and a hundred flowers were blooming. When the evening breeze blew, the fragrance of flowers was elegant and refreshing.

Pei Yan and Tao Ti sat in the upper seat, with Prince Mu and a group of high-ranking officials of Luoyang Prefecture, as well as their female relatives in the family.

After everyone stood up and saluted, they took their seats one after another.

Taoti has always been not very interested in such banquets, and sat in a lack of interest.

Pei Yan seemed to see her thoughts and said to her softly, "Today's banquet is a special banquet in Luoyang, a water cereal."

Hearing this, Tao Ti's eyes lit up instantly, "Luoyang Water Seat?"

Seeing her reaction, Pei Yan raised his eyebrows slightly, "Have you heard it before?"

"Well, I heard about it." Tao Ti smiled obediently and thought to herself, it's more than just hearing it!

When she went to Luoyang for a trip in her previous life, she had eaten water mats from several old restaurants. However, the modern Luoyang water mats have been improved and tasted good, but I always feel that there is something missing.

Speaking of this, we need to mention Uncle Thirteen again. Uncle Thirteen was born during the reign of Qin Shihuang, so he has tasted the original flavor of famous delicacies in Chinese history. This Luoyang water cushion began in the Tang Dynasty, so he naturally ate it.

Taoti was born too late, so she missed a lot of delicacies, so she could only learn about it from historical information and Uncle Thirteenth.

She thought Dayuan Dynasty was an overarching dynasty, but she didn't expect that Luoyang here would have water mats, and she felt a sense of joy that a pie fell from the sky for a moment-

"Your Highness, when will the banquet be started?" Her black eyes were shining with bright light, and she looked straight at Pei Yan.

Looking at her little greedy cat appearance, Pei Yan's lips curled slightly, "Are you hungry?"

Tao Ti nodded honestly, "Yeah, I'm hungry, and greedy."

Pei Yan smiled gently, turned his face, and said to Fu Xirui, "Let's go."

Fu Xirui lowered his head and hurriedly ordered.

At the same time, the stage also played silk and bamboo orchestras, singing and dancing acrobatics, adding a lot of lively atmosphere to the banquet.

After a while, I saw palace maids wearing light blue palace outfits carrying plates of dishes, flowing in like flowing water.

The reason why Luoyang water mat is called this is that all the hot dishes on the mat have soup and water, and the other is that every time the dishes are eaten, they will be replaced and then updated like running water.[1]
To be continued...