Chapter 20 Mirror Seller

As it was dawn, there was already smoke rising from the construction site in Luoyang City, and there was a lot of noise everywhere. Hundreds of thousands of civilians and craftsmen were distributed on this huge construction site with a radius of hundreds of square kilometers. In addition to their families and vendors, the construction site had more than 500,000 people, and they looked full of vitality.

Since the prince was in charge of the construction project, the court has paid craftsmen and civil servants very generous treatment. In the past, Renshou Palace was in the deep mountains and had a very small impact on economic development. Luoyang is well-connected and is a prosperous place. It is less than twenty miles away from the new city. The demand of hundreds of thousands of craftsmen and civil servants immediately gave birth to a huge market.

The court is only responsible for the food and accommodation of the craftsmen and men. It is fine if they are in the deep mountains, but they cannot spend money. But in Luoyang, such things naturally do not exist. Craftsmen and men can take a day off every ten days. First, groups of craftsmen and men flock to the old city, restaurants, clothing shops, brothels and other businesses have improved for a while. Then someone saw the business opportunities in it. Su Xing directly opened the store to the construction site. All the simple wooden straw sheds were built around the construction site like mushrooms after the rain. Snacks, fabrics, groceries, sparse vegetables, meat, and everything else was available on the construction site except brothels.

Yang Yong naturally saw this development of Luoyang energy and was happy. However, the number of people also brought chaos on the construction site, which caused great dissatisfaction among supervisors Yuwen Kai, He Ti and others to suggest that Yang Yong drive all these vendors out of the construction site.

Yang Yong naturally would not obey such suggestions. However, it would not be a good thing to allow vendors to affect the construction of the construction site. Yang Yong ordered several pieces of land to be specially divided into unified wooden sheds for small vendors to use, and a certain usage fee was charged. This was not only a lot more neat, but also had hundreds of taxis per month. Yang Yong naturally looked down on these incomes, and he took out all the rewards to be best completed, or to make outstanding contributions to the craftsmen and civilians, and the result was all very happy.

On that day, in the Luoyang Prefect's Mansion, Yang Yong had just finished breakfast accompanied by Yun Meier. A series of footsteps came from outside, followed by a few whispers. Yang Yong heard Lu Mulin's voice among them and asked quickly: "Is it Mulin? Come in."

"Report to your highness, you are the weak minister." After saying that, Lu Mulin strode in.

It is June now, and the weather is getting hotter and there are already slight beads of sweat on Lu Mulin's head. Yang Yong felt a little worried. Could something happen to Lu Mulin come here so early?

"Mulin, but what's the big deal on the construction site?"

Lu Mulin shook his head: "Your Highness, the construction site is very good, but I have other important matters to report to You." After saying that, he glanced at Yun Meier, obviously this matter is not suitable for Yun Liangdi to listen.

Since the construction of Luoyang City last year, Yang Yong often returned to the capital once a few months. Of course, the prince cannot be without a serving in Luoyang. In addition to the princess, two good-nest goddesses, Yun Meier and Xing'er, took turns to Luoyang to accompany each other. Seeing Lu Mulin's eyes, Yun Meier naturally knew what to do and hurriedly said: "Your Highness, I have something to do, so I'll go out first."

"Well, okay!" Yang Yong nodded.

When Yun Liangdi went down, Lu Mulin said: "Your Highness, the capital has sent a secret report. Mrs. Xuanhua has dozens of brothers and sisters. However, there is only one person with the best relationship with Mrs. Xuanhua, that is the original Princess Lechang."

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Now that the emperor goes to Renshou Palace, he no longer just rests or relaxes. Many ministers also have to follow him to work in Renshou Palace. Renshou Palace is equivalent to becoming another place for the emperor to handle the government affairs. Although the queen hates Mrs. Xuanhua extremely, she has to pinch her nose and accompany the emperor to Renshou Palace every time. Mrs. Xuanhua has already gained a firm foothold in the Great Sui harem. Even if the queen has many ideas, she cannot shake Mrs. Xuanhua's status.

Yang Yong did not need Mrs. Xuanhua to vent her breath on the emperor's pillow, but he also had to ensure that Mrs. Xuanhua would not become an obstacle to the Eastern Palace. Of course, the more detailed the investigation of Mrs. Xuanhua, the better. So three months later, Lu Mulin came to tell the prince about the results of the investigation.

"Princess Lechang." Yang Yong repeated and said thoughtfully: "I seem to have heard of this name. Where is she now?"

"Your Highness, you forgot that Princess Lechang is in the East Palace, and now she is the piano master of the two little princesses." Lu Mulin replied quickly.

"Yes, I almost forgot that the zither of Pingyang and Songyang are the former Princess Chen."

Pingyang refers to Yang Yong's eldest daughter Yang Yan, and Songyang is the second daughter Yang Lan. Shortly after they were born, Yang Jian generously gave his granddaughter Princess a title. Yang Lan's title was originally Gao Yang. Yang Yong thought that Princess Gaoyang in later generations was too fierce, so he changed it to Songyang. Now Pingyang is six years old, and Songyang is five years old. It is time to learn various etiquettes. As early as the previous year, Yang Yong hired a teacher for the two. The former Princess Chen is undoubtedly a good candidate for the piano player. This was Yang Yong personally designated. When Lu Mulin mentioned it, Yang Yong immediately remembered it.

"Transfer to the former Princess Chen Lechang Chen... By the way, what is the name of that Princess Lechang?"

"Report to the prince, Princess Lechang's name is Zhen."

"Chen Zhen?" Yang Yong was stunned, but he still realized that no matter whether she was Chen Zhen or Chen Fei, his name was just a symbol: "Send an order to the capital. Chen Zhen, a musician from the East Palace, taught the two little princesses to be rewarded with merits, and gave them the title of Si Le, and rewarded them with a hundred stalks of money, five pieces of satin and silk."

The female officials of the Great Sui Dynasty were divided into the six ranks and twenty-four ranks. Si Le was the ninth rank. The official positions of the ninth rank are basically the highest official positions of the female officials in the East Palace. The above is Fengyi, and Fengyi is the ninth rank. According to regulations, twenty-four people can be placed in the East Palace, but Fengyi can also be regarded as the example of the prince's concubine. However, because the prince is clean, Fengyi in the East Palace is more like a female official rather than a concubine. Now, except for the Crown Princess and Yun and Yuan, the two good sisters in the East Palace, there have always been half of the Fengyi in the East Palace. The more imperial edicts, Chenghui and Liangyuan, have been vacant. These twelve Fengyi are only responsible for the lock-up affairs of the twenty-four ranks of the Six Palaces. Each female official did not serve the prince. When he was full of age, the prince released everyone out of the palace.

Six Shangs are Shanggong, Shangyi, Shangfu, Shangqi, Shanggong, and Sile are one of the four bureaus of Shangyi, which is suitable for Princess Lechang. Lu Mulin naturally had no objection and replied: "I understand, and I will send Your Highness the order to the capital immediately."

"You go!"

"Yes, I'm going to leave!"

Seeing Lu Mulin go down, Yang Yong smiled slightly. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Xuanhua's best sister was in the East Palace. Yang Yong did not expect that Mrs. Xuanhua could turn her entirely to the East Palace through Princess Lechang, but at least Mrs. Xuanhua would not go against the East Palace when she was afraid of being attacked by the mouse.

Yun Meier walked in lightly from behind and asked in a sweet voice: "Did you have a woman in Luoyang who wants to avoid me? Be careful that I will return to Beijing to complain to the Crown Princess sister."

Although the atmosphere at this time was not as open as Tang Shi, it was not much. Due to the hot weather, Yun Meier only wore a thin silk dress and a large area of ​​fair skin on her chest was exposed. Although she was already a mother of three children, her figure had not been deformed at all. She was two years younger than Yang Yong. This age was the most beautiful age for a young woman, and it was most appropriate to describe it as a big breast and a big buttock.

Yang Yong saw it hotly, hugged Yun Meier, and crawled up with one hand from Yun Meier's lower abdomen, twisted the towering height on Yun Meier's chest and kneaded it, and smiled and said, "With my good friend here, who else can I like?"

Yun Meier quickly broke free: "No, don't, the weather is too hot, it's too bad to hug you like this."

Although he had just touched Yun Meier and had already broken away, Yang Yong's fingertips had a tender feeling. He heard him deliberately: "How about we go to the swimming pool in the backyard?"

There are three major lakes in Daxing Palace, Ningyin, Wangyun and Xianchi. There are also two smaller lakes in the East Palace. They were named East Lake and West Lake respectively by Yang Yong. The lake was dug in the palace for water and the other was for the use of cool water in summer to enjoy the scenery. There are lotus and fish planted in the lake, but Yang Yong prefers to have an extra private swimming pool in the palace. However, he had no money in his previous life and could only envy other people's swimming pools. Although he was rich in this life, in order not to make the emperor and ministers think that the prince was extravagant, he could only keep his thoughts in his heart.

However, with the emperor's overhaul of the palace and taking advantage of the opportunity to repair Renshou Palace, Yang Yong honestly and unceremoniously built a swimming pool in the East Palace, with green bricks and walls, only for himself and a few wives and concubines to play in the water in summer. When he arrived in Luoyang, he also took advantage of the opportunity to repair Luoyang Palace to build a small swimming pool in the Luoyang Prefect's Mansion.

If you enter the swimming pool, Yun Meier doesn't have to think about what will happen, and she rebuked anxiously and angrily: "Husband, how can you enter the swimming pool in the morning?" If it was in the Eastern Palace, Yun Meier would naturally not be afraid. After all, this place is the prefect's house. If the prince spreads the lust during the day, it will have to know what impact it will have on the prince's reputation.

Yang Yong also knew that he had to think about it. Yun Meier would never accompany him to the swimming pool during the day, so he had to give up his thoughts and sighed: "It seems that it is better to be in the palace."

Yun Meier's eyes lit up, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "Do you want to go back to Beijing?"

"Return to Beijing? Not bad, it's time to go back to Beijing." Yang Yong murmured. Yang Yong was very conflicted about whether to return to the capital early. If he wanted to select the most difficult profession in the world, it was the crown prince. There was an emperor pressing him on the top and many brothers and ministers below were eyeing him. He stayed in the capital and was too close to the emperor. Every move was seen by the emperor. If he had any mistake, he would be magnified. If he left the capital, he would be too far away from the emperor, and he would be afraid of being alienated by outsiders.

In the capital city, the prince's mansion, Chen Zhen, the former princess Chen Lechang, was having fun with two little princesses in Pingyang and Songyang. After the country was destroyed and her family was destroyed seven years ago, she was imprisoned into Daxing City as a spoil and was assigned to the East Palace to be an ordinary palace maid. Except for a few people, no one knew that she was the former princess Chen.

When she first entered the Eastern Palace, Princess Lechang was worried and was crying every day, fearing that she would be insulted by the prince. However, after several months, the prince did not even see her. Princess Lechang breathed a sigh of relief and knew that she had no worries in the Eastern Palace for the time being. Although she had changed from a princess to an ordinary palace maid, there was no heavy work in the palace. In addition, she was beautiful and kind, and her temperament was far higher than that of an ordinary palace maid. Many palace maids would feel ashamed of themselves in front of her and did not make things difficult for her. Life in the palace was not uncomfortable.

A few years later, she became the piranha for two princesses, and her status was improved. In addition to being unable to leave the palace, she was actually very comfortable in life. Only when she thought of her husband or other relatives could she burst into tears secretly.

Two palace ladies walked past the side with a joke, one of them said, "Have you heard of it? Recently, a fool came to Zhuque Street. He sold a broken mirror all day long, and the offer was 1,000 guan. You said that a good bronze mirror is only 1,000 guan. What is he not a fool if he offered a price of 1,000 guan?"

"Really? This man is so stupid. Could it be that there is something strange about this bronze mirror?" Another palace maid became curious.

"What's so strange? Even if it's made of gold, it's worth 30 to 50 guan. The offer is 1,000 guan. I guess I'm crazy about money."

"Then tell me, will anyone pay for it?"

"You can't tell me, someone really can't help but want to buy it. But after spending twenty guan, this person still refused to sell it. He must have a thousand guan. The man was so angry that he beat him up. Isn't this a lie? No matter how rich he is, he will not buy a broken mirror with a thousand guan."

"Twenty Guan?" The other man couldn't help but scream: "Twenty Guan bought a broken mirror and refused to sell it. It seems that he is really stupid."

"Yes, but this person is quite unique. I heard that it has appeared in Beijing since April this year. For several months, no matter how wind and rain, I have been selling bronze mirrors on Zhuque Street. Now it has become a scene on the street. Every time he appears, many people will watch it. However, no matter what others ask him, he doesn't say it, but only says it sells mirrors."

Princess Lechang didn't pay attention at first, but the more she heard, the more she felt shocked, and she said silently in her heart: "It's him, it's him here."

After hearing that man was hawking in the capital for several months, Princess Lechang could no longer help it. She didn't care about accompanying the two little princesses, quickly chased them, blocked the way of the two palace maids, and asked, "Two sisters, is the person you are talking about who is in his thirties, slender and fair-looking scholar?"

The two palace maids were suddenly blocked by someone and were startled. They were shocked. They looked up and saw Princess Lechang's face clearly before they breathed a sigh of relief. One of them patted their chests and said, "My grandma Qin, you scared us to death."

Princess Lechang didn't have to be polite and shouted sternly: "Tell me quickly, is that person selling mirrors a middle-aged scholar in his thirties?"

The two palace maids looked at each other and were very surprised. In the eyes of most palace maids, Qin Niang was beautiful, kind, and had no dispute with others. She never quarreled with others. She didn't expect that she suddenly became so anxious today. The palace maid who just started the topic said anxiously: "Qin Niang, I heard from others, and I didn't see her in person."

Princess Lechang seemed to be like a ball that suddenly deflated. Yes, I can't leave the palace, so the other sisters in the inner courtyard naturally couldn't leave the palace either. She slowed down and said, "Good sister, then tell me where the news about this mirror seller came from?"

The palace maid was suffocated and glanced at her left and right before saying, "Niang Qin, why do you care about this?"

Although the Crown Princess is kind, the palace rules are strict. Apart from the guards, only the servants who are responsible for purchasing can leave the palace. Inner courtyards and outer courtyards have always been prohibited from traffic. If someone sues the Crown Princess, punishment is inevitable.

Princess Lechang begged: "Good sister, don't worry about this, just tell me who is spreading the news."

"Okay, you've heard it anyway..."

The palace maid was about to explain in detail when a childish voice came from behind: "Okay, why are you doing secretly here?"

The three of them were shocked and quickly turned their heads to look at Pingyang and Songyang's two princesses were looking at Princess Lechang with curiosity. They were having fun. Suddenly, they saw that Qin Niang disappeared, so they hurriedly came and saw that the three of them had just beenhaved. Although Pingyang was young, she saw that Princess Lechang's expression seemed a little wrong, so she was deliberately scared.

When they saw that they were two little princesses, the two palace maids hurriedly bowed: "I will meet the princess."

"No gift!" Princess Pingyang said in a big way and asked curiously: "What are you talking about just now?"

"Nothing, nothing." The two palace maids dared not tell the outside of the palace in front of the two little princesses, and hurriedly left.

Princess Lechang sighed. Although she heard it in pieces, she had basically confirmed that even if the person selling mirrors was not her husband, she might have something to do with it. But if she knew it, so what if others had left the palace, there was still the day when the previous dynasty princess like her would have died in the palace.
Chapter completed!