Chapter 50: Dragon Boat Festival, Sudden Smallpox

Passing through the intersections of various wards and markets, Su Liang also slowed down and pressed the "beep-beep-beep" horn. At this moment, there were already many common people on the road watching Su Liang's car.

"Eh... what is this iron lump?"

"That goes without saying, it must be a car, didn't you see it has four wheels?"

"Hehe... this car seems to have come from the direction of Furong Garden."

But before they could say a few words, Su Liang's car had already "whooshed" away...

"Cough cough..."

"Virtuous son-in-law, let me try it too?" Li Er saw Su Liang driving with great enthusiasm and couldn't help but want to try it.

"Uh... this..." Su Liang couldn't help but frown and ponder upon hearing this.

In an instant, Su Liang agreed. After all, it was an automatic transmission, Li Er should be able to drive it easily. Then Su Liang explained the accelerator, brake, and gear to Li Er.

"Hehe... Virtuous son-in-law, is driving a car that simple?" Li Er laughed happily.

"It's just that simple, Your Majesty, just drive slowly the first time," Su Liang urged.

"Haha... No problem, no problem, isn't this my virtuous son-in-law's first time driving too?" Li Er asked suspiciously.

As the words fell, Su Liang was extremely depressed and didn't know what to say. Then Su Liang and Li Er changed positions.

A moment later, the car began to move slowly...

The Great Tang's emperor was acting as his driver, sigh... why did it feel so cool!!

Su Liang couldn't help but exclaim.

Before long, Li Er's driving speed became faster and faster, and in the blink of an eye, it had already exceeded 120 yards.

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah... Erlang, drive slower." Empress Zhangsun exclaimed. Before this, Su Liang was only driving at 70 or 80 yards, and the speed was acceptable, after all, the fastest speed of a horse could reach that.

"Hahaha... Cool!" Li Er laughed loudly.

"Guanyin Bi, don't worry, I will have a sense of proportion."

By comparison, Changle was quite calm. When building the car, Su Liang had told her that the maximum speed of the car he built could reach more than 200 kilometers per hour.

At the same time, Little Sizi was rubbing and rubbing to sit on Su Liang's side, asking Su Liang to open the sunroof so she could stand up and look outside.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the car stopped in front of the Zhu Que Gate of the Imperial City.

"Haha... The car manufactured by my virtuous son-in-law is really good. How long has it been, and we are already at the Imperial City." Li Er couldn't help but exclaim, having already recovered from the fun of driving.

"Your Majesty has had enough fun?" Su Liang asked.

"Hehe... Enough fun, enough fun. Alright, I won't delay you, go back early and take your concubines for a ride."

Li Er said with a smile, then returned the driver's seat of the car to Su Liang.

That afternoon, Su Liang not only took the other women to ride in the car and feel it properly; he also took the opportunity to teach Er Hu and the women how to drive the car correctly.

During this period, the Six Young Masters of Changan also heard the news and rushed over.

Facing their burning gazes, Su Liang also helplessly accompanied them to feel it properly.

The first year of Zhenguan, May 4th.

Su Liang was wrapping zongzi with the women in Furong Garden, preparing for tomorrow's Dragon Boat Festival.

Last year, the Turks went south during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Su Liang couldn't properly make geometric mooncakes. This year's Dragon Boat Festival, he had to properly make zongzi with various fillings.

That day, zongzi of various shapes were wrapped by Su Liang and the others: horn zongzi, diamond zongzi, tube zongzi, weight zongzi, cone zongzi, etc., which also contained various fillings: honey dates, red and green beans, pork belly, bean paste, eight treasures, egg yolk, etc.

At the same time, Su Liang also prepared various gifts tailored for everyone in Furong Garden.

He personally tied colorful silk for the women. Tying colorful silk, using five-colored silk threads of green, red, yellow, white, and black, tied into "longevity threads." These five colors were very particular. According to the theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements, they represented wood, metal, fire, water, and earth; tied on the arm, they could drive away epidemics, avoid evil and stop evil, and at the same time, it was also an ornament.

In addition, he also sent belly bands to Little Sizi. The Dragon Boat Festival in the Tang Dynasty had the custom of sending belly bands. Belly bands were also called "wrapping belly" or "protecting belly," so this custom was also called "sending wrapping belly." The belly band was cut into an oval shape from red cloth, with embroidered patterns on it. The size of the belly band was just enough to protect the child's abdomen. The belly band had straps that could be tied around the child's neck, and the left and right sides were tied around the waist with straps. Because the weather gradually became hot after the Dragon Boat Festival, children wearing belly bands when sleeping at night could avoid catching a cold. People also specially embroidered toad or five-poison patterns on the belly bands to ward off evil spirits and drive away poison.

At the same time, Li Er was also busy with activities related to the Dragon Boat Festival and preparing gifts for the ministers.

To talk about enthusiasm for the Dragon Boat Festival, we definitely couldn't compare to the Tang Dynasty people who lived more than 1,300 years ago. After all, people now only treat festivals as holidays and go out to play.

And at this moment in the Tang Dynasty, the Dragon Boat Festival, besides eating zongzi, racing dragon boats, and hanging calamus, was more of a national carnival feast.

In the Tang Dynasty, the meaning of sacrifice and driving away evil in the Dragon Boat Festival gradually faded, and the components of celebration increased.

In Changan, the Dragon Boat Festival was a large-scale party that everyone from the emperor to the common people participated in. Besides racing dragon boats and eating zongzi, people also gave each other various gifts, such as clothes, sachets, ornaments... so that more beautiful blessings could be fully expressed in the interest of daily life.

On the morning of the Dragon Boat Festival.

Li Er and several ministers rushed to Furong Garden, seeing that Su Liang had not yet woken up.

Then they went straight to Su Liang and Changle's bedroom. Today's matter was truly no small matter, and they couldn't care about etiquette anymore. At this moment, everyone was looking forward to Su Liang having a good idea.

However, to their disappointment, Su Liang was not in his bedroom at this moment.

Now Su Liang had three wives and four concubines, so how could they easily know Su Liang's whereabouts? Then several people turned around and found Uncle Fu, asking Uncle Fu to find Su Liang.

About a quarter of an hour later, Su Liang washed up and came to the main hall.

Seeing Li Er, Zhangsun Wuji, Du Ruhui, and Cheng Yaojin sitting there, Su Liang asked with reluctance: "What is the situation with you today? Why did you come to Furong Garden so early?"

As the words fell, Du Ruhui took the lead and said: "Prince Consort, now a smallpox virus has suddenly broken out in Changancheng..."

"Just for this kind of trivial matter? You came to disturb my sleep early in the morning?" Su Liang yawned and said dismissively. At this moment, he was extremely irritable. He had been busy for a whole day and night yesterday, and he was just lying in the gentle village when he was inexplicably woken up.

Wasn't it just a small case of smallpox? If it were last year, Su Liang would really have to spend a lot of effort.

But it was different now. In the system's mall, the medicine to treat smallpox was quite cheap!

Li Er, seeing Su Liang's playful and disrespectful attitude, was immediately furious, pointed at Su Liang, and shouted loudly: "In your eyes, smallpox is a trivial matter?"

"Hmm, in my opinion, it is a trivial matter," Su Liang said dismissively.

"Humph!" Li Er snorted coldly and continued: "I ask you, do you have any way to solve this matter?"

"Hehe..." Su Liang gave a light smile, then looked at Li Er and said: "Your Majesty, what do you mean by this? Does it mean that no matter what happens in the Great Tang, it needs me to solve it?"

"If it were other matters, I wouldn't want to disturb you, but now you are the recognized first physician of the Great Tang, I can only come to you," Li Er said through gritted teeth upon hearing this.

"Alright, alright, go find Divine Physician Sun, he can solve this matter well, don't delay my holiday," Su Liang said indifferently.

The lessons Su Liang helped Sun Simiao complete were not just the "Thousand Gold Prescriptions." At the end of last year, Sun Simiao moved into the medical school built by Su Liang, and Su Liang had already told Sun Simiao all the healing methods for diseases that were difficult to handle in ancient times.

As the words fell, Li Er, Zhangsun Wuji, and Du Ruhui were relieved to see Su Liang speaking so lightly. ===== CHAPTER 51 =====