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Chapter 25 Blocking the Road

Seeing Yuan Qing'er suddenly fainted, Xing'er was so scared that her souls were all rising. She hurriedly shouted: "Hurry up, come here! Come here!"

"Don't, don't call others. You grew up with me since childhood. It's not that I don't know that this is my old habit. Just help me lie on the couch for a while. Don't disturb others." Yuan Qing'er was not in a coma, and he quickly stopped him when he heard Xing'er's scream.

"How is this the same? The lady hasn't been sick for a long time. No, I want to tell my mother."

"No." Yuan Qing'er grabbed Xing'er's hand tightly: "Don't tell her mother, she is already annoyed enough. I don't want to increase her troubles."

"Okay, you don't care about the account book of the East Palace for the time being. Your Highness will be back in more than ten days, otherwise I must go to the palace to report to my mother."

"Okay, just ignore the account book." Yuan Qing'er nodded.

Xing'er burst into tears and laughed. She threw the account away, helped Yuan Qing'er to lie down on the couch, and picked up the fan and gently fan Yuan Qing'er. Yuan Qing'er closed her eyes and fell asleep quickly.

Seeing that Yuan Qing'er had fallen asleep, Xing'er felt relieved. When she was a child, Yuan Qing'er suddenly fainted seven or eight times a year. However, since she took the medicine made with ginkgo leaves, the number of diseases has gradually decreased. After marrying the prince, she fainted several times. However, it has not happened once in recent years. Yuan Qing'er, the pill made of ginkgo leaves, has also stopped taking it. After all, it is three parts poisonous. Unexpectedly, the disease occurred again this time.

"By the way, let the lady start taking the medicine again tomorrow." Xing'er said in her mind. She thought that Yuan Qing'er was the same as before. She would be fine in just a few days. But is this really the case?

The capital city, Jinguang Gate, a convoy of more than ten carriages passed a brief inspection by the soldiers guarding the city, and drove into the city gate in a mighty manner. After more than half a month's trip, Yang Yong finally returned to the capital from Luoyang.

When the prince returned to Beijing, he asked the Ministry of Rites to send someone to welcome him in person, but Luoyang had not been built yet. Yang Yong made a temporary decision to return to Beijing this time. In addition, Yang Yong did not notify the Ministry of Rites to enter Beijing on which day, and the official ships were walking and stopping on the road. The Ministry of Rites could not determine the specific time for the prince to return to Beijing, so he did not send anyone to welcome him.

Now the Minister of Rites is no longer Wei Shikang, but Lu Kai, who replaced the position of Minister of Personnel. Lu Kai has been replaced from Minister of Personnel to Minister of Rites. Although the rank remains unchanged, everyone knows that the Minister of Rites has much less power than that of Minister of Personnel. In fact, Lu Kai has lost the favor of the emperor.

Although Lu Kai and Wei Shikang have nothing to do with the prince on the surface, everyone knows that Lu Kai has a bad relationship with the Eastern Palace, and Wei Shikang is just a good relationship with the Eastern Palace. With this connection, everyone speculated that the prince played a major role. Lu Kai had indescribable resentment towards the Eastern Palace. Yang Yong did not want to see such a person, so he deliberately did not notify him.

After experiencing the severe drought in the past year, the prosperity of the capital has not decreased, but has become more and more lively. Pedestrians on the street are coming and going, and Yang Yong lowered the curtain of the car he raised. When he came in, the soldiers guarding the city learned about their identity. The expression of horror on his face could not help but smile.

"My husband is smiling so happily. Is it because he is about to meet the Crown Princess and Sister Xing'er?" Yun Mei'er raised her mouth and said with a displeasure.

Yang Yong ticked Yun Meier's delicate nose with his hand and said helplessly: "You, why are you doing such a sore tone? You have been with me for more than half a year."

"Hmph, who wouldn't miss it? Last time, I took a carriage for thousands of miles with you, and almost even my skeleton was broken. Fortunately, I was on a boat all the way back, otherwise I wouldn't be exhausted." When they returned to the Eastern Palace, the two of them had much less time to spend together, and Yun Mei'er couldn't help but act coquettishly.

"Okay, it's all for your husband's fault."

"That's about the same."

The two were talking and laughing in the carriage. The carriage suddenly stopped forward. Yun Meier couldn't sit steadily and fell into Yang Yong's arms. Although Yang Yong was full of soft jade and warm love, he almost knocked his head into the carriage. He couldn't help but shouted outside in anger: "What's going on?"

"Go back to Your Highness, someone suddenly stopped me in front of me. Lord Yang has already brought people there." A guard replied quickly.

"Block the road, who is so bold to block the road?" Yang Yongdaqi, although he did not reveal his identity as the prince, there were hundreds of guards around such a mighty convoy, who was so bold to block the convoy?

"Doway, dodge." Yang Shi rode a horse and rushed forward. Not only was the road ahead blocked, but the wide street just now surrounded many people. A scene of watching the fun. If Yang Shi didn't want to give people the impression that the Eastern Palace was bullying others, he would have wished to use a whip to drive a way.

Seeing several imposing cavalry rushing towards him, the people surrounding him finally flashed to the side. Yang Shi thought there was a three-headed and six-armed man in front of him, but unexpectedly, after the crowd did not stop, there was only a middle-aged man in zither clothes in the middle.

"What are you doing? Why are you blocking the way here?" Yang Shi was puzzled. Such a weak scholar-like person did not seem to be brave enough to stop the prince's convoy.

"Selling mirrors." The middle-aged man was not afraid.

"Selling mirrors, where is your mirror?"

"No, it's in the hands of the little man."

Seeing the broken mirror raised in the middle-aged man's hand, the two guards beside Yang Shi laughed. Could this person be a madman? Who else wants such a broken mirror?

"How much does it cost if you want to sell mirrors?" Yang Shi asked with a resentment, and he suspected that this person was deliberately making trouble.

"One thousand guan." The middle-aged man said calmly.

"What, 1,100 guan, it turns out to be a madman." Yang Shi couldn't help but show a hint of sympathy for the middle-aged man: "Do away and give up the way. I will not pursue your crime of blocking the way, otherwise you will be sent to Jingzhao Yin for punishment."

"Are you an official?" The middle-aged man's eyes lit up, but he did not flash to the side as he said, and still blocked the carriage, asking, "You can make the decision, what if your master needs it?"

"Nonsense, we are too... the master wouldn't need this broken mirror. If you don't leave, do you think I really don't dare to hit you?" Yang Shi almost said something. Although it's okay, Yang Shi changed it. But seeing that this person was not understanding his kindness, his anger gradually arose.

"I want to see you master." The middle-aged man refused to retreat.

Yang Shi was furious and was about to raise the whip in his hand to whip it down, another guard from the East Palace came up on horseback and whispered: "Your Highness wants to see this person."

Yang Shi glared at the middle-aged man fiercely: "You're lucky, search for it."

Several guards quickly jumped off the horse and searched the middle-aged man carefully. The middle-aged man had nothing but a broken mirror. Yang Shi breathed a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that this person knew where the convoy came from and wanted to be unfavorable to the prince.

"What's your name? I heard you have a broken mirror and want to sell a thousand guan." Yang Yong lifted the carriage and asked the middle-aged man in front of him with interest. When Yang Shi was entangled with the middle-aged man just now, someone had already reported the previous scene to Yang Yong. Yang Yong's first reaction was whether this person was a lunatic and wanted someone to drive him away directly, but a sudden flash of inspiration in his mind seemed to be the same as this person had a role for him, but what was the role he had, and he couldn't think of it anyway, so he sent someone to notify Yang Shi and asked him to bring the person over.

The middle-aged man looked up and didn't expect that the owner of the convoy was so young. A hint of disappointment flashed in his eyes. He didn't look like the person he was looking for. He just replied respectfully: "Yes, sir, the villain's surname is Xu and his name is Deyan."

This middle-aged man is Xu Deyan, the husband of Princess Lechang. When the Sui army destroyed Chen, Princess Lechang was unwilling to implicate Xu Deyan. The couple separated. Princess Lechang was captured by the Sui army and Xu Deyan left Jiankang and lived in the countryside. In recent years, the situation in the Sui army had stabilized, and Xu Deyan's longing for his wife became deeper and deeper, and he immediately became interested in finding a wife.

Xu Deyan discussed with Zhang Erniu. Without saying a word, Zhang Erniu immediately handed over most of the money he had accumulated over the years to Xu Deyan, and he collected enough money for Xu Deyan to enter the capital. Xu Deyan saved Zhang Erniu was just a trick, and most of it was Li Jing. Han Shi was stunned. Then, when Jiankang was besieged, Zhang Erniu ventured into the city and was captured by the Sui army again. Fortunately, the Sui army released Zhang Erniu. Over the years, Xu Deyan had been supported by Zhang Erniu. Otherwise, Xu Deyan would have been starved to death without the power to tie a chicken. Xu Deyan would not have expected such a reward in one move.

Although he entered Beijing, he had no clue except for knowing that his wife was in the capital. He only had half of the bronze mirror left when the two parted together as a souvenir. Xu Deyan could not do so, so he had to take the half of the bronze mirror to sell along the streets of the capital, deliberately bidding for one thousand guan, hoping that it could reach his wife's ears. The couple met, but he insisted on selling for half a year, but his wife's message was still gone.

Xu Deyan had been in Beijing for a long time and had some information about the whereabouts of the former Princess Chen and nobles who had entered Beijing. Most of them were given to the emperor as concubines by the emperor. Xu Deyan had to change his methods and take the initiative to attack. When he saw the wealthy families on patrol, he went forward to block the road and sell the scenes. For this reason, Xu Deyan had been beaten countless times, but still refused to give up. This was how he was to stop the car today.

"Xu Deyan?" When Yang Yong heard Xu Deyan's name, he felt that the name was a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had heard it: "Well, give me your mirror."

Xu Deyan always wrote the mirror in his hand. He regarded this mirror as the only stubbornness to find his wife. He refused to let the mirror leave his palm. He couldn't help but hesitate when he heard this, but instead ignored Yang Yong's claim.

"If you don't let me see it, how can I know that your bronze mirror is worth 1,000 guan."

"Yes, I want to see what mirror is worth 1,000 guan." Yun Meier poked her head and asked curiously.

"Oh my God, it's so beautiful."

"It's just a fairy, tsk, such a beautiful person, I'm afraid I won't see him in the palace."

...

As soon as Yun Meier showed up, the crowd around him suddenly praised him. Xu Deyan looked up and shook his head: "It's not her, it's not her." The woman in front of him was even more beautiful than his wife, and younger than his wife. He shook his head: "I won't sell it anymore." He turned around and walked outside.

"Stop, you block the convoy and block the way I go. If you want to, leave and say no, you don't sell. How can you be so cheap?" Xu Deyan's words aroused Yang Yong's interest.

Xu Deyan turned around and said, "How are you going?" At this time, he was shocked when he thought of Yang Yong's claim. Xu Deyan was the former Prince Concubine Chen, so he naturally knew what this title meant. He was so young that there was only one person in Beijing who matched the identity of the man in front of him: "You are too..."

Yang Yong raised his hand and stopped Xu Deyan's words: "Take him away and go back to the palace to talk."

"After the order." Several guards blocked Xu Deyan's way and made a gesture to him.

Xu Deyan had no choice but to follow the carriage, and another layer of hope surged in his heart. When Chen was destroyed, the prince was the military supervisor, and perhaps his wife was really in the prince's mansion.

Seeing that there was no more excitement to watch, the people around him sighed and left. Many people bet that this lunatic would definitely fight to the death again this time, but they didn't know when the next time they came to sell the screen.

Yang Yong didn't know why he wanted to bring such a person back to his house, but he subconsciously thought that the name Xu Deyan was familiar and could not remember it for a moment, so it would not be too late to take it back to the palace and then deal with it.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince is back, Your Highness the Crown Prince is back." When Yang Yong's convoy appeared in the East Palace, the entire East Palace suddenly became extremely happy and ran around to tell each other.

"See Your Highness the Crown Prince!" The servants of the East Palace knelt down to greet him under the leadership of Concubine Xing'er.

"Get up."

As soon as Yang Yong's words fell, Yang Yan and Yang Lan ran towards Yang Yong: "Father, father, hug, hug."

"Okay!" Yang Yong laughed and picked up the two of them. Yang Yan was six years old, and the youngest Yang Lan was five years old. She hadn't seen each other for half a year. Her two daughters grew up a lot. Yang Yong felt heavy in both hands.

Yang Yu looked at the two sisters enviously, then looked at the two brothers. Seeing that Yang Yan and Yang Ge were both standing aside in a manner, he had to bow to Yun Meier as he imitated Yang Yan: "Greetings to you, Mother."

Among the five children in front of him, three were Yun Meier's biological children. Yun Meier reached out and wanted to embrace Yang Yan and Yang Yu, but Yang Yan avoided her body and let Yun Meier's body be hugged. Only Yang Yu allowed Yun Meier to hug her.

"By the way, why don't you see the Crown Princess?" Yang Yong hugged him for a while, and saw that Yuan Qing'er was missing in the crowd. He thought Yuan Qing'er was not in the palace and asked casually.

"Go back to Your Highness, the lady is sick and is resting. I did not disturb the lady." Xing'er replied quickly.

"What, Qing'er is sick, why didn't you say it earlier?" Yang Yong was shocked and quickly put down his two daughters and rushed inside. Yang Yan and Yang Lan were very unhappy and wanted to follow him. Yun Mei'er was also shocked when she heard that Yuan Qing'er was sick, and led a few children to break into the back hall.

"Qing'er, Qing'er." When Yang Yong walked into the back hall, he saw Yuan Qing'er lying on the couch, closing his eyes to rest, and shouting softly.

"Husband, are you back?"

Seeing Yang Yong come back, Yuan Qing'er was very happy and was about to struggle to get up. Yang Yong quickly pressed her shoulder: "Don't move, you have a good rest. What disease is it? Is it serious? Have you hired an imperial doctor?"

When he heard her husband's series of questions, he was obviously too concerned, and a smile appeared on Yuan Qing'er's face: "It's okay, it's just that an old problem has happened. I don't want to disturb the palace."

"No, you need to treat someone who is sick. Please see the imperial doctor first. If the imperial doctor in the palace has limited level, the palace will immediately send an order to find Sun Simiao."

A few days after Yang Yong came back, Yuan Qing'er's illness did not recover. The imperial doctor in the palace came here a few times, but he could not find out the disease. The prescriptions provided by Yao Sengheng in the past could only slightly alleviate Yuan Qing'er's illness, but could not cure it.

Yang Yong had no choice but to put his hope on Sun Simiao, but Sun Simiao had no place to go, so it was not easy to find him. Yang Yong immediately focused on how to find Sun Simiao and forgot what Xu Deyan had done in his mind.

In Yangzhou, there are many pedestrians on the streets. The city is connected to the sea by the Yangtze River. It is originally a place of prosperity. Since the court unifies the south, the two sides of the Yangtze River have become open, and Yangzhou has become more prosperous year by year.

In the center of Yangzhou, there is a most gorgeous mansion in Yangzhou. This mansion covers an area of ​​hundreds of acres. The high walls of more than meter block all the sight outside, but they cannot stop many people from curiosity about this mansion. The residents of Yangzhou all know that this is the mansion of the Yangzhou General Manager, His Highness the King of Qin.

The King of Qin has been in Yangzhou for six years. Almost shortly after the court pacified the south of the Yangtze River, His Highness of Qin has been serving as the Chief of Yangzhou until now. In his awe of His Highness of Qin, Yangzhou residents are more curious about this King of Qin.

The King of Qin believes in Buddhism, Yangzhou Dofo Temple, usually treats prisoners with a little punishment. The King of Qin loves overseas treasures. In recent years, more and more overseas businessmen have come to Yangzhou. Not only has it brought various treasures that open the eyes of Yangzhou people, but it also brought the prosperity of Yangzhou. The King of Qin loves beauties. Many people try their best to send beauties to the Qin King's Mansion, and they have also received generous rewards. The King of Qin also loves gorgeous clothes, luxurious horse carriages, the King of Qin loves singing and dancing, and the King of Qin loves...

In the eyes of Yangzhou people, the King of Qin is kind and compassionate. Although it is a bit extravagant, it makes Yangzhou more thieves. However, these are not big problems. Yangzhou has excellent geography, but it has experienced hundreds of years of fighting between the north and the south and suffered the suffering of war. Now there is no war. The King of Qin's benevolence, tolerance, and promoting Buddhism make the people forget the pain of the previous war.

The prosperity of Yangzhou is enough to allow most people to live a rich life. It is natural that the King of Qin is extravagant. What happened in the King of Qin’s mansion happened to be a topic of street talk, and some wealthy families even followed suit.

On this day, the Qin Palace was still full of guests, and the sound of silk and bamboo was endless. In the spacious living room of the Qin Palace, a group of singers were wearing thin silk shirts, revealing large areas of skin, and were struggling their slender waists hard. King Yang Jungao of Qin sat in the middle, holding a cup and drinking with several close officials, and dozens of children from Yangzhou wealthy families were accompanied by them.

The singer in the field had beautiful facial features, waisted waist, and fair skin. Even if she was placed in a middle-aged or above brothel in Yangzhou, she had the potential to become a courtesan. As the singer twisted, her plump breasts seemed to be about to burst out. Several noble children who participated in the Qinwang Mansion for the first time almost drooled out, but the Qinwang was lazy and could not show any spirit. In his eyes, these singers were just vulgar fans and were already tired of seeing them.

A servant of the royal family hurriedly walked in from outside, leaned over in the Qin King's ear and said a few words softly. The Qin King's eyes lit up and he waved impatiently: "Stop! What kind of singing and dancing is this? There is no new at all, go down, go down."

The singers who were dancing to the point of being in full swing were stunned for a moment, and had to stop, bow and retreat, which made the noble children who were watching the excitement beside them regret.

"Everyone, today several Persian merchants have asked for my visit. They boasted that they brought unparalleled treasures in Persia to open my eyes. I have already asked them to present the treasures to see if these so-called rare treasures of Persians are true."

As soon as Yang Jun finished speaking, the field suddenly started to connect. Persian carpets were already famous in the Central Plains. More than a hundred years ago, Persian envoys entered Wei more than ten times. The two sides exchanged letters and gifts, including many rare Persian things, but these goods were fewer, and even fewer flowed to the south.
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