Tianlang-jun: Master Shen, Can I Offer You Something? Water? Tea? My Nephew's Hand In Marriage?

Tianlang-jun: Master Shen, can I offer you something? Water? Tea? My nephew's hand in marriage?

Shen Qingqiu: what?

Tianlang-jun: Perhaps wine? Some snacks? My sons hand in marriage?

Shen Qingqiu: I-

Tianlang-jun: Tanghulu? Congee? My hand in marriage?

As much as I love fizz and ozzie, I’m still waiting for an apology for this.

Arthur Rimbaud (b. 20 October 1854)

Thank you sm!

I think it would be really funny if the reason we never learn Shang Qinhua’s birth name (as opposed to courtesy name) even in the flashbacks when he’s a disciple, is that he quite simply doesn’t remember it. He was born, gradually got his memories back, and went “ahhh fuck I transmigrated as Shang Qinghua” and that was it. he perceives himself as Shang Qinghua. Whenever someone calls him Shang ▉▉▉ he just kind of spaces out and then goes “wait- huh- that’s me!” Whenever someone asks his name, he stares at them blankly until someone else nearby offers it for him. When he finally gets his courtesy name he breathes a massive sigh of relief because oh god he kept almost saying Qinghua when people asked his name and that would have caused so many problems.

no clever caption this time - have another scum villain animatic !!

Tang Dynasty Princesses

Tang Dynasty princesses could have been said to be some of the most lucky and unlucky princesses in written history. Pampered with all kinds of wealth and luxuries yet some had to live in deserts due to political alliances while others died due to failed rebellions. Most importantly, this was the era where princesses could dream of holding unlimited power. Let’s get a basic idea of what their lives looked like.

The rankings for princesses of the Li clan were as follows:

Taizhang gongzhu - This title was reserved for an aunt of the Emperor, ranking as one of the highest princesses. Translates to Senior Grand Princess. Held a fiefdom with a minimum of 2000 families.

Princess Taiping (pictured below): the daughter of Wu Zetian and Emperor Gaozong.

A powerful regent during the reign of her brother Emperor Ruizong and nephew Emperor Xuanzong, held this title.

Zhang Gongzhu - This title was reserved for the sister of the Emperor, ranking on par with a Taizhang gongzhu. Translates to Grand Princess. Held a fiefdom with a minimum of 1000 families.

Princess Gaoyang (pictured below): the daughter of Emperor Gaoyang and a half-sister of Gaozong.

Infamous for her affair with a monk and also attempted to overthrow her half-brother; she held this title until she was hanged.

Gongzhu - This title was reserved for the daughter of an Emperor or in special circumstances, women of the imperial clan who were adopted for the sake of political marriages, ranking on par with a Taizhang gongzhu and Zhang Gongzhu. Translates to Imperial Princess. Held a fief of about 300 people.

Princess Wencheng (pictured below): a daughter of Prince Jiangxia (Li Daozong). 

Was made a Gongzhu to marry King Songtsen Gampo of the Tibetan Empire. Known for her great efforts and sacrifices to establish a relationship between Tibet and Tang China.

The following princesses did not hold any fiefdoms.

Junzhu- A title reserved for the daughter of the crown prince. Translates to commandery princess.

Xianzhu - A title reserved for the daughter of a prince. Translates to county princess.

Though princesses were considered as titled ladies of the outer court, after they married, their families were not considered royalty. Their descendants, however, could claim nobility titles based on their birth. They did not have any household management staff with the exception of those princesses who were married off for political alliances (heqin). 

The consorts of royal princesses were from high aristocracy and held great political power unlike princesses of other dynasties.