Long Yan tapped lightly on the table with his fingers, and made a pleasant voice: "Oh? Then what does Your Highness think of His Majesty?"
"Is this something you and I can say?" Li Xuandu was deeply afraid of that tyrant, he lowered his voice, "You will be beheaded if you speak falsely about Your Majesty."
"There are only you and me here, as long as I don't say anything, and you don't say it, who will know?" Long Yan deliberately quoted him, "I promise I won't say it out, will you say it out?"
Li Xuandu said: "Of course I won't say it."
Long Yan said: "Then tell me, how would I know if you don't tell me?"
Li Xuandu thought for a while: "Have you seen Your Majesty?"
"No," Long Yan said, "I was sent directly to the harem."
"Then you are the same as them." Li Xuandu lowered his voice a bit, leaned his head slightly towards Long Yan, "I have seen it twice, the first time was when the emperor and empress got married, and the second time was just a few days later. Before. But he was wearing a silver mask, I didn't see what he looked like."
"That's too ugly, so you don't dare to see people while wearing a mask." Long Yan picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip.
"I don't know, but you are not allowed to say this word out of this room, what if it reaches His Majesty's ears." Li Xuandu did not forget to ask.
Long Yan agreed: "I remember what Your Highness said."
"Hmm," Li Xuandu continued, "Actually, a person like His Majesty should be quite lonely."
Long Yan paused with the hand holding the teacup, and then slowly put the teacup on the table: "Your Majesty sits in the mountains and rivers, enjoys the supreme power, and controls all the powers of life and death. You can have whatever you want, and whoever doesn't like it will do it." Who can disappear, how can I be lonely?"
"That's why His Majesty is lonely. Others please him and fear him. Why? Isn't it because of the power in his hands?" Li Xuandu looked around again, and then he dared to say, "If he is just an ordinary person, there is another Who would do that?"
Long Yan snorted coldly: "What you said is really disrespectful."
"It's disrespectful, but it's also the truth," Li Xuandu continued, "You said that so many people are trying to please him, and they are all for power, for profit, or for other things. But no one is really for him, Sincerely think about him, don't you think he is not lonely?"
Long Yan suddenly fell silent.
Li Xuandu took the opportunity to teach him, "Although I don't know what your previous life was like, I can guess that it must be very unsatisfactory. But that is over, and now you have come to the harem, and we are a family. Only sincerity Only in exchange for sincerity, others will treat you the way you treat others.”
"No one has ever dared to speak like that in front of me," Long Yan said with a blank expression, unable to tell what he was thinking, "You are the first."
"Then I'm honored." Li Xuandu stood up from the chair, "Don't you want to eat buns? I'll make buns for you."
"Do you treat everyone like this?" Long Yan looked at his back and asked.
"Yes," Li Xuandu didn't feel anything, "I just said, how you want others to treat you, you must first treat others."
"I don't like that you have other people in your eyes." Long Yan also stood up, "You can only have me in your eyes."
"You are too domineering." Li Xuandu turned around and tilted his head slightly, "Aside from being a queen, you and I are both His Majesty's people, if I only have you, where do you put Your Majesty? "
Long Yan approached him step by step: "Just now I told you that I came to the harem for you."
"You, what do you mean?" Li Xuandu backed away step by step. He was quite normal when he was sitting there talking just now, but he changed after a while, and he had a headache.
"I've taken a fancy to you, Your Highness." Long Yan had already come up to him when he spoke, and wrapped his arms around Li Xuandu's waist, bringing him into his arms.
Li Xuandu's body froze, and he hurried to push him away.
Long Yan let go this time, Li Xuandu took a few steps back vigilantly, straightened his clothes, and was very angry.
"How dare you tease me like this!" Li Xuandu widened his eyes, "I, I..."
"What do you think, Your Highness?"
"I, I won't make buns for you! You can eat whatever you like!"
After all, Li Xuandu hastily pushed open the door, and fled in a hurry.
Li Xuandu ran back to Zhengyang Palace in one breath, when Yang Huaixu happened to be walking towards him.
"Your Highness, why are you in such a hurry?"
"It's nothing, I just walked a little anxiously."
Li Xuandu wanted to wipe the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, but Yang Huaixu took out a handkerchief to wipe his forehead: "Let me do it."
Li Xuandu let out a long breath.
"Your Highness, you and Gong Shijun..."
"I met once in the imperial city, and he stood in front of my stall for a long time. I thought someone's young master was in trouble, so I gave him a bun to eat." Li Xuandu said, "Afterwards I left gone."
"He gave me a very bad feeling," Yang Huaixu put away the handkerchief, "I can't say it well, I just feel that he is very dangerous."
Li Xuandu thought to himself, you feel right.
Li Xuandu comforted him: "Don't think too much, you are not in good health, you must relax and don't worry too much."
"I know Your Highness." Yang Huaixu took the fox fur that was put aside, "I will give this fox fur to Your Highness. You look good in it."
"I can't take this," Li Xuandu repeatedly declined, "It's too precious."
"Your Highness, although the weather is getting warmer now, it's still cold. You don't even have a cloak, and you always go out. What should you do if you get caught in the wind and cold?" He was going to put the fox fur on Li Xuandu as he spoke.
Li Xuandu retreated again and again: "I think it's okay, I don't feel cold, I really don't need it, but you are weak and need it more."
"I have something else. Why is Your Highness so estranged from me? It's just a piece of clothing. If you have anything else in the future, just give it to me." Yang Huaixu coughed a few more times when he said this, "wear let's go."
"Look at you coughing again." Li Xuandu patted him on the back to help him breathe, "What did Mu Shang say?"
"Mushang said that the seasons change, and I'm prone to catch wind and cold. He told me to rest, try not to leave the house, and don't move around." Yang Huaixu clenched his hands into fists and coughed a few times.
"Then why did you run out, why don't you stay in your room?" Li Xuandu frowned slightly, "Your wind and cold are just right, what if you catch it again?"
"I'm the only one in the room, so I'm a bit bored," Yang Huaixu put the fox fur on Li Xuandu's body, "so I wanted to go out for a walk."
"Then I'll take it first," Li Xuandu said, "If you're bored, go find Yingshi, Xiao Taozi is there too, and you can chat. I just want to go see him, let's go together?"
Yang Huaixu nodded: "Okay."
When he arrived at Liuying, Shen Mushang was changing the medicine for his feet.
"How is Yingshi's injury? How long will it take to heal?"
Li Xuandu walked over to have a look, and got close to Shen Mushang, Shen Mushang seemed to have encountered some poisonous snake and beast, and hid aside for a while.
Li Xuandu: "???"
"It's okay, it doesn't hurt anymore." Liu Yingshi touched her leg, "I haven't walked for so long, I'm afraid I won't walk."
"It's okay, Brother Yingshi," Wu Que smiled, "I'll support you when your feet are well."
"You're so good," Liu Yingshi patted the hair on Wu Chi's head, and looked up at Li Xuandu, "What are you doing here?"
"Come and see you." Li Xuandu leaned closer to Shen Mushang on purpose, and found that he avoided him immediately.It seems that it was not a coincidence just now, but he did it on purpose.what happened?Wasn't it fine yesterday?But now there are too many people and it is not convenient to ask, so let’s talk about it when we find a chance.
"I heard that there is a newcomer in the harem?" Liu Yingshi asked.
"Well, the one who just came here this morning is called You Huohuo, the son of the governor of Shunzhou." Li Xuandu said.
Liu Yingshi was also a little curious: "I heard that she looks good?"
Li Xuandu said: "It's quite beautiful, I'll bring him to you to have a look when I find a chance."
"I heard that he lived in Shaohua Palace?" Liu Ying flipped a page of the ledger while speaking.
Li Xuandu said: "He asked for it himself, I thought Zhengyang Palace still had room to live in, so I let him live in it."
Liu Yingshi looked up at him and snorted: "Your place is so lively, there are so many people living here."
Wu Xi blinked her big watery eyes, and showed a big smile: "It's so lively, it's lively when there are many people."
"By the way, Yingshi, how many things have I owned recently?" Li Xuandu also touched Wuqi's head, his eyes glaring brightly.
Liu Yingshi gave him a newly completed ledger: "Look for yourself."
"So much." Li Xuandu's eyes almost popped out of their sockets in surprise, and he showed it to Yang Huaixu excitedly, "Look."
Yang Huaixu glanced at Li Xuandu's hand: "It's really a lot."
Some people gave real gold and silver, while others gave jewelry, jade, antique calligraphy and paintings and so on.Liu Yingshi marked the approximate value of silver on the back of those jewelry, jade, antique calligraphy and paintings.
"Yingshi, if we give the servants monthly money for a year, is it okay?" Li Xuandu asked, those people haven't paid monthly money for many years, and the family is waiting to use the money, which is quite pitiful.
"It's enough for now," Liu Ying looked at the account book that he had calculated how much people owed people in total, "Why, you want to give them monthly money? According to the rules, it should be all money from the treasury sent."
"Let's celebrate..." Li Xuandu took a long note, "Isn't it poor?"
Liu Ying said: "Is it possible not to be poor? The emperor of the previous dynasty was greedy for pleasure, and he collected a lot of people's fat and anointment, and the people were miserable. Fortunately, the Tai/Zu Emperor revolted and overthrew the previous dynasty, and the people just now There were a few good years. But later on, you all know the late emperor. How many years have passed, and the people’s life is not easy."
Li Xuandu asked: "But I heard that since His Majesty ascended the throne, hasn't there been some improvement?"
"Frozen three feet doesn't happen in a day," Liu Yingshi said, "it can't be improved so quickly."
Wu Xun tilted his head: "Then is this okay? Doesn't it mean that there are too many people in the harem? We don't need so many people, why don't we release some more, so as to save money."
"No." Li Xuandu actually thought about this question, and he denied it to himself, "They have been in the palace for many years, and they don't know what's going on at home. They can still have enough food in the palace, but I'm afraid they won't even be full when they leave the palace." I can't even eat."
Liu Yingshi squinted at him: "Sure, you think a lot."
"Your Highness is right," Yang Huaixu agreed, "I let a group of court ladies go back before, and I presumably let all those who can be let go, and the rest just don't want to go back."
Li Xuandu rubbed his chin: "Then we should ask them. If anyone wants to go home again, let them go. It seems that if we want to make up their monthly money, we still have to figure out a way by ourselves. By the way, here we are How about your weaving and embroidery skills?"
"I don't understand this." Yang Huaixu frowned, "Your Highness, do you want to..."
"I've thought of a way to generate income these few days," Li Xuandu just planned to come and take a look before leaving, but he was also very excited here, pulled a chair and sat down, "Look, the harem is so big, master Fewer servants and more people. It is inevitable that some people will fish in troubled waters and not work, or there is little work in a day. For example, some empty rooms do not need to be cleaned every day. It is meaningless to clean them every day. It is better to let them spend their time. For more meaningful things, why don't we call them together, tell them to make something, and then sell it, won't there be money?"
"That's good, but what are you going to sell? Where do you get the raw materials? How do you get them out of the palace?" Liu Yingshi asked, "Who will you sell them to when you get them out of the palace?"
Shen Mu said: "People in the harem must not have contact with people outside, if His Majesty finds out..."
"Mushang is right," Li Xuandu looked at Shen Mushang, and found that he quickly lowered his head again, "This is also what caused me a headache, but this method cannot be implemented for the time being, I still have another method. Our harem is not Are there many empty places? We can grow vegetables, raise chickens, ducks and geese, and raise some cattle, sheep and pigs to be self-sufficient and save a lot of money.”
Liu Yingshi looked disgusted: "It's okay to grow vegetables, but let's forget about raising any living things, so the harem must not have a taste?"
"I'm going to do some on-the-spot investigation. If it's far away, there won't be any smell." Li Xuandu asked others again, "What do you think?"
Wu Qu was more interested: "Okay, okay, then our harem will be much more lively."
Yang Huaixu naturally wouldn't object to Li Xuandu's words: "Your Highness, this is a good idea."
Li Xuandu was delighted, and then asked Shen Mushang: "What do you think, Mushang?"
Shen Mushang lowered his head and hummed: "I have no objection."
"Na Yingshi, let's do this first, first give them a monthly payment for one year, and calculate the interest. Then I will go to the harem today to see where to grow vegetables, and the breeding is suitable." Li Xuandu did what he said.
Liu Yingshi raised her eyes and looked at him: "Are you really stupid or fake? How can I pay monthly money without copper coins?"
"Ah?" Li Xuandu forgot about it, "You're right, I forgot about it. I have to change the copper plate, and I have to find a reliable person who can leave the palace."
"Your Highness, I do have a candidate, it should work," Yang Huaixu said, "Yin Zheng is the younger brother of Yin Feng, the leader of the Forbidden Army. If Yin Feng is asked to take these things out and exchange them for copper coins, he will get them back."
Li Xuandu frowned and thought for a while: "No, there are too many things, too eye-catching, it would be bad if he gets involved."
Liu Yingshi asked, "Then what do you think should be done?"
"Let me think about it again," Li Xuandu said, "If it really doesn't work, I'll go to His Majesty. Your Majesty...Although it's cruel, he should agree to it if it's for the good of everyone."
Wu Xiao shrank her neck: "I don't think it's better not to go to His Majesty unless it is absolutely necessary."
"Well, let's talk about it later, then I won't bother you." Li Xuandu looked at Shen Mushang, and found that he lowered his head, and the intention of avoiding it was obvious, "Huai Xu, are you staying?"
Yang Huaixu said: "I will go with you."
"I can go by myself. You are weak, so you need to rest more. Besides, the weather outside is not very warm." Yang Huaixu has been coughing all the time recently. Although he said that it was like this when spring came, it is inevitable that it makes people worry. .
Yang Huaixu wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by Li Xuandu: "Be obedient, huh?"
Wu Qi stood up: "Brother Your Highness, let me go with you, I also want to go out to get some fresh air."
Li Xuandu rubbed Wuqi's head again: "Let's go."
As soon as he went out, he happened to see Long Yan, and Li Xuandu took two steps back unconsciously.
Long Yan stepped forward: "Where have you been?"
"Go, go see Yingshi." Lack of confidence, why do you feel like you've been caught?
Long Yan hummed.
"Well, it just so happens that you are here too, why don't you go in and have a look?" Li Xuandu asked, "The servant in the palace is the only one you haven't seen."
"Why is he here with you?" Long Yan asked as he walked forward.
Li Xuandu said honestly: "That day when he was playing Cuju, his foot was injured, and he happened to be close to Zhengyang Palace, so he came here to recuperate."
"Heh, your Zhengyang Palace is so lively. Yang Huaixu is here to recuperate from illness, and another one is here to recuperate from a broken foot." Long Yan pointed at Wu Que with his chin, "What about him? Why is he here too? here?"
Wu Qi subconsciously hid behind Li Xuandu: "I'm bored in the palace by myself. Your Highness's place is crowded with people, so I came to play with him."
Li Xuandu added another sentence: "Xiao Taozi reads the small story book in Yingshi's room every day, and occasionally helps him read the account book."
Long Yan withdrew his gaze, pushed open the closed door, and the three people in the room all looked this way.
"Huohuo said he wanted to meet Yingshi," Li Xuandu walked forward a few steps, explained to the people in the room, then turned his head and said to Long Yan, "That is Yingshi."
Long Yan hummed, and casually picked up the ledger that Liu Yingshi had organized and glanced at it.
"A cabbage costs one tael of silver, jade cabbage?" Long Yan snorted coldly, "This group of bastards are simply lawless."
Wu Xun said: "Yes, that's why His Highness is now determined to rectify the harem. He had a few more ideas just now, but without His Majesty's permission, it is somewhat difficult to realize."
"What are you thinking about?" Long Yan looked at Li Xuandu, his eyebrows suddenly twisted into a knot, "Where did the fox fur come from?"
Li Xuandu always felt that his aura was a bit low in front of Long Yan, and he didn't know what was going on, but when asked by Long Yan, it seemed like he had been caught raped.
"Huai Xu gave it to me."
Looking at it as an eyesore, Long Yan took a few steps forward and untied Li Xuandu's fox fur, and threw it to Yang Huaixu.
"You Huohuo, what do you mean?" Yang Huaixu is physically weak, so he usually deliberately controls his emotions and does not let his emotions fluctuate too much, so as not to affect the body, but this time he is really angry.
Li Xuandu was afraid that Long Yan would suddenly attack Yang Huaixu, Yang Huaixu's delicate body could not withstand his torture.Immediately blocked Long Yan's line of sight: "Huai Xu also had good intentions. He was afraid that I would be cold, so he just gave me a fox fur."
"No, if you wear it, I..."
"Got it, got it." Li Xuandu hastily interrupted Long Yan's words, he knew what he was going to say in the second half of the sentence, he was definitely going to say, "If you wear it, I will kill him."
Wu Qi couldn't stand it any longer: "Why, brother Huai Xu gave it to Brother His Highness, not to you. Besides, Brother Your Highness is the queen, why should he listen to you? Do you think you are the queen? who?"
"Don't meddle in other people's business." Long Yan narrowed his eyes dangerously, and looked at Li Xuandu again, "You understand what I said."
Li Xuandu was also a little unhappy, he was afraid that it would be true, but he was too arrogant and domineering, and did evil.In terms of age, he is older than him, and in terms of status, he is higher than him, why does he eat him to death?
"Come out with me, I have something to tell you." Li Xuandu turned his head and walked away domineeringly after finishing speaking.
Long Yan glanced at several people again, and finally went out with him.
Li Xuandu walked under a tree and hugged his shoulders: "Huohuo, you are too much!"
Long Yan didn't take it seriously: "I've always been like this."
"This is the harem, not Shunzhou!" Li Xuandu walked back and forth violently, "I don't care what you did when you were at home, but here, you must keep yourself safe and not cause trouble."
Long Yan looked at him with an unclear expression: "What if I say no?"
"Are you threatening me? You can try anyway." Li Xuandu's head hurts, and he has never seen such a person before. "I will let you know who is in charge of this harem."
After speaking, Li Xuandu lifted his legs and left.He felt that when he said this, his expression was very domineering, and his walking posture was also very majestic.Just after taking two steps, his body suddenly leaned back and was pressed against the tree trunk by Long Yan.
"Someone! Somebody!"
Li Xuandu suddenly shouted, and the servants in Zhengyang Palace hurried to this side.
Li Xuandu said: "You still don't let me go?"
Only then did Long Yan reluctantly let go of his hand.
"Your Highness—" Duofu ran ahead first, "What's wrong with you?"
Li Xuandu straightened his clothes: "It's nothing, just to see if you are all here. By the way, how is Lian Sheng doing recently?"
"I'm sorry to miss you, Liansheng is doing well these days, and he can get out of bed and walk around." Duofu said.
"It got better so quickly," Li Xuandu also had a hint of surprise on his face, "Take me to see it."
Duofu looked back at Long Yan: "Then attack Shijun?"
Long Yan looked at Li Xuandu: "I'll go too."
Li Xuandu ignored him, and talked to Duofu while walking, Duofu said: "The medicine of Hui Shijun is really amazing, after taking a few times, people will be fine."
While speaking, he had arrived at Duofu's room.
Lian Sheng was practicing walking on the ground with both hands on crutches, when he saw Li Xuandu coming in, he hurriedly knelt down on the ground and said, "My maidservant greets Your Highness the Empress."
"Get up."
Li Xuandu stepped forward to help him up, he looked at him carefully, and said with a smile: "It is indeed much better."
Lian Sheng said: "Thanks to Your Highness, the maidservant has recovered."
"After you recover, serve by Bengong's side." Li Xuandu said.
Duofu and Liansheng were both surprised and happy, and they wanted to kowtow to thank, Li Xuandu waved his hand: "You have a baby, I just come to see, I have other things to do."
After saying that, he turned around and went out, Duofu followed beside him and waited on him.
"By the way, Duofu, how is the living environment for the people in the palace?" Li Xuandu only thought of the problem he had been ignoring all this time today. As the queen's personal eunuch, Duofu has his own independent residence, but those lower-level Where are the servants?
"They all live in that kind of Datong shop," Duofu replied, "Does Your Highness want to take a look?"
"Let's take a look." Li Xuandu turned his head to look at Long Yan, and found that he was quite honest, so he ignored him.
All the servants of Zhengyang Palace lived in a small courtyard at the farthest corner. The courtyard wasn't particularly small, but it wasn't very big either. Duofu's room was also here.
Duofu led the way and explained to Li Xuandu: "This is the servant's room."
He pushed the door open again, allowing Li Xuandu to see clearly.
The room is the kind of large bunk, with two rows above and below, and two rows on the left and right. The gap inside is very narrow, and it is difficult for two people to walk side by side.
"How many people live in this room?" Li Xuandu looked it over carefully, the living environment was really too bad.
"Twelve or thirteen people live in each bunk," Dofo said. "There are more than 40 people in each room."
Li Xuandu withdrew from the room again, stood in the courtyard and looked around, there were not many rooms in the courtyard, there were about 30 rooms, if 40 people lived in each room, it would only occupy two or three rooms.
"Are all the houses here inhabited?" Li Xuandu asked.
"No, there are many houses that are empty," Duofu said. "Before there were many people in the harem, many rooms were expanded, and now many are empty."
"Open those empty rooms and show me." Li Xuandu already had an idea in his mind.
The rooms were all locked, and Duo Fu went out to find the key.
Long Yan asked: "What do you want to do?"
"As you saw just now, their living environment is really too harsh. There are so many people living in such a small room. After a tiring day, I want to sleep well, but how can I sleep in that environment?" Well done," Li Xuandu said, "there must be a lot of people grinding their teeth, snoring and talking in their sleep. Now that the weather is getting warmer, won't this room look like a steamer in summer?"
"So you want to let them live in those empty rooms?" Long Yan asked.
"Yeah, otherwise, it's empty if it's empty," Li Xuandu said, "and the house has to be inhabited. Do you think it's strange? If the house is inhabited, it will be fine for decades. But no one lives in it. No more than three years, just like an old house, it should collapse in a few years."
At this point, Duofu had already brought back the key, and opened an empty house for Li Xuandu to see.
The room has not been lived in for a long time, and it is not the main house, so thick dust and cobwebs have accumulated in it.
Li Xuandu coughed a few times due to choking, and didn't go inside, just took a look outside: "Are the other rooms also have this layout?"
"Returning to His Highness, yes, it's all of this layout." Duofu said.
"Don't lock this house," Li Xuandu ordered, "Find some people to clean all the empty rooms, this palace will be of use to me."
"By the way, how many craftsmen are there in the palace?" Li Xuandu asked.
"There are some, but I don't know exactly how many servants there are." Duofu replied, "The servants will bring you the internal officials, please ask yourself?"
"No need for now," Li Xuandu looked back again, "you should find someone to clean it first."
Saying that, he walked out of the courtyard.
"What a blessing, you called Bu Huo here, I want to walk around the harem." Li Xuandu said, and had to go to the field to investigate where it is suitable for planting and breeding, "I have to ask Xiao Taozi again if I want to go with her I went together."
He muttered, deliberately ignoring Long Yan.
Li Xuandu went to Liu Yingshi's room again, and opened the door a crack, Yang Huaixu and Shen Mushang were not there, only Liu Yingshi and Wu Que.
Li Xuandu waved at Wu Que: "Little Taozi, are you still going?"
Wu Xi saw Long Yan standing behind Li Xuandu at a glance, looking like he wanted to go but didn't want to go, and finally decided to go: "I'll go."
Wu Que came out of the room, Li Xuandu asked, "Where are Huai Xu and Mu Shang?"
Wu Xun said: "Brother Mu Shang has gone back, and Brother Huaixu has gone to look for you."
"Find me?"
Wu Xi glanced at Long Yan, then said in a low voice, "Yes."
Li Xuandu also understood what was going on, he asked Duofu to find someone to find Yang Huaixu, and told him that he went to inspect the harem.
Li Xuandu walked towards Buchu, when his back suddenly felt warm, and a warm cloak was wrapped around him.
Long Yan lowered his head and tied him carefully: "From now on, you can only wear what I give you."
"Huh?" Li Xuandu was still a little confused, before he could react, he saw that Long Yan had already left with his hands behind his back.
This guy, really.Li Xuandu shook his head with a smile, Wu Qi came to Li Xuandu's side and tilted his head: "Brother Your Highness, what's going on with Huohuo?"
Li Xuandu smiled, but didn't say anything.
When he got on the steps, Li Xuandu still hesitated for a moment, and specially told Long Yan: "If you are obedient, I will cook pigeons for you when you come back."
Long Yan thought of the bowl of noodles that he hadn't eaten, and was silent for a moment without speaking.
At this time, Li Xuandu went on to say: "Let's go to the open space with a relatively large area, or the land where flowers and vegetables are grown, or whether there are any abandoned palaces or uninhabited palaces, we can go."
After walking away for a long time, just when Li Xuandu was falling asleep, Duofu called him softly: "Your Highness, we are here."
Li Xuandu woke up with a jolt: "Are you here?"
Duofu supported him and pushed him up and down from the steps.
Li Xuandu yawned and stretched.
"Where is this?" Looking at the open space, it should be a small garden.
Duofu said: "This is a small garden. When the weather gets warmer, we will plant flowers and plants."
"Are there many places like this in the palace?" Li Xuandu asked as he walked forward.
"There are quite a few, there are a few places," Duofu said, "This place is not too close to the residences of the servants of the palaces."
Li Xuandu nodded: "This is a good place."
Wu Xun said: "Brother Your Highness, if you want to grow vegetables and breed them, don't you have to tell His Majesty in advance? Otherwise, if Your Majesty came suddenly and wanted to enjoy the flowers, but saw the garden full of vegetables, wouldn't you be angry? ?”
When Li Xuandu thought about that scene, he still found it very interesting.
Long Yan said from the side: "Grow vegetables?"
"Yes, your highness brother wants to grow vegetables in the harem, raise chickens, ducks, geese, and pigs, and now I just want to see where it is suitable for raising." Wu Xiao's voice was full of pride when he said this, "this will save your majesty a lot of trouble." Less silver."
The last sentence surprisingly pleased Long Yan, and there was a gleam of joy in his eyes that he couldn't even detect: "Why should you save money for Your Majesty?"
"Brother Your Highness said that there must be a shortage of money in the national treasury now, otherwise they would not have owed people the monthly money for several years. Brother His Highness also said that it is not easy for the people, and their family must be waiting for them to send money back Well, he also intends to make up all the monthly money owed to them and pay interest."
"He makes it up? What does he get for it?"
Long Yan and Wu Que were talking here, but Li Xuandu had already walked to a distance to look at it.
"Your Highness, of course, has His Highness's solution, but this matter is not very easy to handle, you have to ask His Majesty's intention first," Wu Xiao's face collapsed when he said this, "But it's hard to say, I'm afraid His Majesty will blame His Majesty .”
Long Yan asked: "What method?"
"Huohuo—Little Taozi—" Li Xuandu called them from the other side, "Come here."
"Here we come!" Wu Yu rushed towards Li Xuandu with small steps.
Long Yan strode quickly and walked in front of Li Xuandu almost in the blink of an eye.
"What do you think of this place?" Li Xuandu asked, "I think it's a big place where we can grow a lot of vegetables. It's also far away from our residential area, so we can't do activities here usually."
Wu Qi nodded again and again: "I think this place is pretty good, it's quite suitable for a vegetable garden."
"That's right," Li Xuandu was quite proud, "That's right, I think so, it's not long before the spring planting, we have to plan and plan what to plant, and then hurry up to cultivate."
"Would you like to grow rice and wheat?" Wu Qi asked.
"If you don't grow those, just grow vegetables," Li Xuandu smiled. "Rice and wheat are cheap, so just keep buying. Vegetables are more expensive."
"Let's go, let's go to another place." Li Xuandu said and walked outside.
Long Yan followed behind without saying a word, Li Xuandu still felt a little strange, so he couldn't help but glanced at him a few times.
The two people's eyes met in the air, Long Yan said: "There are so many people in the palace, even if you grow vegetables, the supply will exceed the demand."
"Let me tell you a story. After a heavy rain, a man came to the beach for a walk. He saw countless fish that had been swept ashore by the storm. "Throwing the fish into the sea," Li Xuandu said of a story he saw in modern times, "the man walked up to the little boy and said, there are so many fish on the beach, you can't save them. The little boy didn't stop what he was doing. , he said, this little fish cares."
Li Xuandu suddenly looked at Long Yan seriously: "So, I care."
"Is this something you and I can say?" Li Xuandu was deeply afraid of that tyrant, he lowered his voice, "You will be beheaded if you speak falsely about Your Majesty."
"There are only you and me here, as long as I don't say anything, and you don't say it, who will know?" Long Yan deliberately quoted him, "I promise I won't say it out, will you say it out?"
Li Xuandu said: "Of course I won't say it."
Long Yan said: "Then tell me, how would I know if you don't tell me?"
Li Xuandu thought for a while: "Have you seen Your Majesty?"
"No," Long Yan said, "I was sent directly to the harem."
"Then you are the same as them." Li Xuandu lowered his voice a bit, leaned his head slightly towards Long Yan, "I have seen it twice, the first time was when the emperor and empress got married, and the second time was just a few days later. Before. But he was wearing a silver mask, I didn't see what he looked like."
"That's too ugly, so you don't dare to see people while wearing a mask." Long Yan picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip.
"I don't know, but you are not allowed to say this word out of this room, what if it reaches His Majesty's ears." Li Xuandu did not forget to ask.
Long Yan agreed: "I remember what Your Highness said."
"Hmm," Li Xuandu continued, "Actually, a person like His Majesty should be quite lonely."
Long Yan paused with the hand holding the teacup, and then slowly put the teacup on the table: "Your Majesty sits in the mountains and rivers, enjoys the supreme power, and controls all the powers of life and death. You can have whatever you want, and whoever doesn't like it will do it." Who can disappear, how can I be lonely?"
"That's why His Majesty is lonely. Others please him and fear him. Why? Isn't it because of the power in his hands?" Li Xuandu looked around again, and then he dared to say, "If he is just an ordinary person, there is another Who would do that?"
Long Yan snorted coldly: "What you said is really disrespectful."
"It's disrespectful, but it's also the truth," Li Xuandu continued, "You said that so many people are trying to please him, and they are all for power, for profit, or for other things. But no one is really for him, Sincerely think about him, don't you think he is not lonely?"
Long Yan suddenly fell silent.
Li Xuandu took the opportunity to teach him, "Although I don't know what your previous life was like, I can guess that it must be very unsatisfactory. But that is over, and now you have come to the harem, and we are a family. Only sincerity Only in exchange for sincerity, others will treat you the way you treat others.”
"No one has ever dared to speak like that in front of me," Long Yan said with a blank expression, unable to tell what he was thinking, "You are the first."
"Then I'm honored." Li Xuandu stood up from the chair, "Don't you want to eat buns? I'll make buns for you."
"Do you treat everyone like this?" Long Yan looked at his back and asked.
"Yes," Li Xuandu didn't feel anything, "I just said, how you want others to treat you, you must first treat others."
"I don't like that you have other people in your eyes." Long Yan also stood up, "You can only have me in your eyes."
"You are too domineering." Li Xuandu turned around and tilted his head slightly, "Aside from being a queen, you and I are both His Majesty's people, if I only have you, where do you put Your Majesty? "
Long Yan approached him step by step: "Just now I told you that I came to the harem for you."
"You, what do you mean?" Li Xuandu backed away step by step. He was quite normal when he was sitting there talking just now, but he changed after a while, and he had a headache.
"I've taken a fancy to you, Your Highness." Long Yan had already come up to him when he spoke, and wrapped his arms around Li Xuandu's waist, bringing him into his arms.
Li Xuandu's body froze, and he hurried to push him away.
Long Yan let go this time, Li Xuandu took a few steps back vigilantly, straightened his clothes, and was very angry.
"How dare you tease me like this!" Li Xuandu widened his eyes, "I, I..."
"What do you think, Your Highness?"
"I, I won't make buns for you! You can eat whatever you like!"
After all, Li Xuandu hastily pushed open the door, and fled in a hurry.
Li Xuandu ran back to Zhengyang Palace in one breath, when Yang Huaixu happened to be walking towards him.
"Your Highness, why are you in such a hurry?"
"It's nothing, I just walked a little anxiously."
Li Xuandu wanted to wipe the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, but Yang Huaixu took out a handkerchief to wipe his forehead: "Let me do it."
Li Xuandu let out a long breath.
"Your Highness, you and Gong Shijun..."
"I met once in the imperial city, and he stood in front of my stall for a long time. I thought someone's young master was in trouble, so I gave him a bun to eat." Li Xuandu said, "Afterwards I left gone."
"He gave me a very bad feeling," Yang Huaixu put away the handkerchief, "I can't say it well, I just feel that he is very dangerous."
Li Xuandu thought to himself, you feel right.
Li Xuandu comforted him: "Don't think too much, you are not in good health, you must relax and don't worry too much."
"I know Your Highness." Yang Huaixu took the fox fur that was put aside, "I will give this fox fur to Your Highness. You look good in it."
"I can't take this," Li Xuandu repeatedly declined, "It's too precious."
"Your Highness, although the weather is getting warmer now, it's still cold. You don't even have a cloak, and you always go out. What should you do if you get caught in the wind and cold?" He was going to put the fox fur on Li Xuandu as he spoke.
Li Xuandu retreated again and again: "I think it's okay, I don't feel cold, I really don't need it, but you are weak and need it more."
"I have something else. Why is Your Highness so estranged from me? It's just a piece of clothing. If you have anything else in the future, just give it to me." Yang Huaixu coughed a few more times when he said this, "wear let's go."
"Look at you coughing again." Li Xuandu patted him on the back to help him breathe, "What did Mu Shang say?"
"Mushang said that the seasons change, and I'm prone to catch wind and cold. He told me to rest, try not to leave the house, and don't move around." Yang Huaixu clenched his hands into fists and coughed a few times.
"Then why did you run out, why don't you stay in your room?" Li Xuandu frowned slightly, "Your wind and cold are just right, what if you catch it again?"
"I'm the only one in the room, so I'm a bit bored," Yang Huaixu put the fox fur on Li Xuandu's body, "so I wanted to go out for a walk."
"Then I'll take it first," Li Xuandu said, "If you're bored, go find Yingshi, Xiao Taozi is there too, and you can chat. I just want to go see him, let's go together?"
Yang Huaixu nodded: "Okay."
When he arrived at Liuying, Shen Mushang was changing the medicine for his feet.
"How is Yingshi's injury? How long will it take to heal?"
Li Xuandu walked over to have a look, and got close to Shen Mushang, Shen Mushang seemed to have encountered some poisonous snake and beast, and hid aside for a while.
Li Xuandu: "???"
"It's okay, it doesn't hurt anymore." Liu Yingshi touched her leg, "I haven't walked for so long, I'm afraid I won't walk."
"It's okay, Brother Yingshi," Wu Que smiled, "I'll support you when your feet are well."
"You're so good," Liu Yingshi patted the hair on Wu Chi's head, and looked up at Li Xuandu, "What are you doing here?"
"Come and see you." Li Xuandu leaned closer to Shen Mushang on purpose, and found that he avoided him immediately.It seems that it was not a coincidence just now, but he did it on purpose.what happened?Wasn't it fine yesterday?But now there are too many people and it is not convenient to ask, so let’s talk about it when we find a chance.
"I heard that there is a newcomer in the harem?" Liu Yingshi asked.
"Well, the one who just came here this morning is called You Huohuo, the son of the governor of Shunzhou." Li Xuandu said.
Liu Yingshi was also a little curious: "I heard that she looks good?"
Li Xuandu said: "It's quite beautiful, I'll bring him to you to have a look when I find a chance."
"I heard that he lived in Shaohua Palace?" Liu Ying flipped a page of the ledger while speaking.
Li Xuandu said: "He asked for it himself, I thought Zhengyang Palace still had room to live in, so I let him live in it."
Liu Yingshi looked up at him and snorted: "Your place is so lively, there are so many people living here."
Wu Xi blinked her big watery eyes, and showed a big smile: "It's so lively, it's lively when there are many people."
"By the way, Yingshi, how many things have I owned recently?" Li Xuandu also touched Wuqi's head, his eyes glaring brightly.
Liu Yingshi gave him a newly completed ledger: "Look for yourself."
"So much." Li Xuandu's eyes almost popped out of their sockets in surprise, and he showed it to Yang Huaixu excitedly, "Look."
Yang Huaixu glanced at Li Xuandu's hand: "It's really a lot."
Some people gave real gold and silver, while others gave jewelry, jade, antique calligraphy and paintings and so on.Liu Yingshi marked the approximate value of silver on the back of those jewelry, jade, antique calligraphy and paintings.
"Yingshi, if we give the servants monthly money for a year, is it okay?" Li Xuandu asked, those people haven't paid monthly money for many years, and the family is waiting to use the money, which is quite pitiful.
"It's enough for now," Liu Ying looked at the account book that he had calculated how much people owed people in total, "Why, you want to give them monthly money? According to the rules, it should be all money from the treasury sent."
"Let's celebrate..." Li Xuandu took a long note, "Isn't it poor?"
Liu Ying said: "Is it possible not to be poor? The emperor of the previous dynasty was greedy for pleasure, and he collected a lot of people's fat and anointment, and the people were miserable. Fortunately, the Tai/Zu Emperor revolted and overthrew the previous dynasty, and the people just now There were a few good years. But later on, you all know the late emperor. How many years have passed, and the people’s life is not easy."
Li Xuandu asked: "But I heard that since His Majesty ascended the throne, hasn't there been some improvement?"
"Frozen three feet doesn't happen in a day," Liu Yingshi said, "it can't be improved so quickly."
Wu Xun tilted his head: "Then is this okay? Doesn't it mean that there are too many people in the harem? We don't need so many people, why don't we release some more, so as to save money."
"No." Li Xuandu actually thought about this question, and he denied it to himself, "They have been in the palace for many years, and they don't know what's going on at home. They can still have enough food in the palace, but I'm afraid they won't even be full when they leave the palace." I can't even eat."
Liu Yingshi squinted at him: "Sure, you think a lot."
"Your Highness is right," Yang Huaixu agreed, "I let a group of court ladies go back before, and I presumably let all those who can be let go, and the rest just don't want to go back."
Li Xuandu rubbed his chin: "Then we should ask them. If anyone wants to go home again, let them go. It seems that if we want to make up their monthly money, we still have to figure out a way by ourselves. By the way, here we are How about your weaving and embroidery skills?"
"I don't understand this." Yang Huaixu frowned, "Your Highness, do you want to..."
"I've thought of a way to generate income these few days," Li Xuandu just planned to come and take a look before leaving, but he was also very excited here, pulled a chair and sat down, "Look, the harem is so big, master Fewer servants and more people. It is inevitable that some people will fish in troubled waters and not work, or there is little work in a day. For example, some empty rooms do not need to be cleaned every day. It is meaningless to clean them every day. It is better to let them spend their time. For more meaningful things, why don't we call them together, tell them to make something, and then sell it, won't there be money?"
"That's good, but what are you going to sell? Where do you get the raw materials? How do you get them out of the palace?" Liu Yingshi asked, "Who will you sell them to when you get them out of the palace?"
Shen Mu said: "People in the harem must not have contact with people outside, if His Majesty finds out..."
"Mushang is right," Li Xuandu looked at Shen Mushang, and found that he quickly lowered his head again, "This is also what caused me a headache, but this method cannot be implemented for the time being, I still have another method. Our harem is not Are there many empty places? We can grow vegetables, raise chickens, ducks and geese, and raise some cattle, sheep and pigs to be self-sufficient and save a lot of money.”
Liu Yingshi looked disgusted: "It's okay to grow vegetables, but let's forget about raising any living things, so the harem must not have a taste?"
"I'm going to do some on-the-spot investigation. If it's far away, there won't be any smell." Li Xuandu asked others again, "What do you think?"
Wu Qu was more interested: "Okay, okay, then our harem will be much more lively."
Yang Huaixu naturally wouldn't object to Li Xuandu's words: "Your Highness, this is a good idea."
Li Xuandu was delighted, and then asked Shen Mushang: "What do you think, Mushang?"
Shen Mushang lowered his head and hummed: "I have no objection."
"Na Yingshi, let's do this first, first give them a monthly payment for one year, and calculate the interest. Then I will go to the harem today to see where to grow vegetables, and the breeding is suitable." Li Xuandu did what he said.
Liu Yingshi raised her eyes and looked at him: "Are you really stupid or fake? How can I pay monthly money without copper coins?"
"Ah?" Li Xuandu forgot about it, "You're right, I forgot about it. I have to change the copper plate, and I have to find a reliable person who can leave the palace."
"Your Highness, I do have a candidate, it should work," Yang Huaixu said, "Yin Zheng is the younger brother of Yin Feng, the leader of the Forbidden Army. If Yin Feng is asked to take these things out and exchange them for copper coins, he will get them back."
Li Xuandu frowned and thought for a while: "No, there are too many things, too eye-catching, it would be bad if he gets involved."
Liu Yingshi asked, "Then what do you think should be done?"
"Let me think about it again," Li Xuandu said, "If it really doesn't work, I'll go to His Majesty. Your Majesty...Although it's cruel, he should agree to it if it's for the good of everyone."
Wu Xiao shrank her neck: "I don't think it's better not to go to His Majesty unless it is absolutely necessary."
"Well, let's talk about it later, then I won't bother you." Li Xuandu looked at Shen Mushang, and found that he lowered his head, and the intention of avoiding it was obvious, "Huai Xu, are you staying?"
Yang Huaixu said: "I will go with you."
"I can go by myself. You are weak, so you need to rest more. Besides, the weather outside is not very warm." Yang Huaixu has been coughing all the time recently. Although he said that it was like this when spring came, it is inevitable that it makes people worry. .
Yang Huaixu wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by Li Xuandu: "Be obedient, huh?"
Wu Qi stood up: "Brother Your Highness, let me go with you, I also want to go out to get some fresh air."
Li Xuandu rubbed Wuqi's head again: "Let's go."
As soon as he went out, he happened to see Long Yan, and Li Xuandu took two steps back unconsciously.
Long Yan stepped forward: "Where have you been?"
"Go, go see Yingshi." Lack of confidence, why do you feel like you've been caught?
Long Yan hummed.
"Well, it just so happens that you are here too, why don't you go in and have a look?" Li Xuandu asked, "The servant in the palace is the only one you haven't seen."
"Why is he here with you?" Long Yan asked as he walked forward.
Li Xuandu said honestly: "That day when he was playing Cuju, his foot was injured, and he happened to be close to Zhengyang Palace, so he came here to recuperate."
"Heh, your Zhengyang Palace is so lively. Yang Huaixu is here to recuperate from illness, and another one is here to recuperate from a broken foot." Long Yan pointed at Wu Que with his chin, "What about him? Why is he here too? here?"
Wu Qi subconsciously hid behind Li Xuandu: "I'm bored in the palace by myself. Your Highness's place is crowded with people, so I came to play with him."
Li Xuandu added another sentence: "Xiao Taozi reads the small story book in Yingshi's room every day, and occasionally helps him read the account book."
Long Yan withdrew his gaze, pushed open the closed door, and the three people in the room all looked this way.
"Huohuo said he wanted to meet Yingshi," Li Xuandu walked forward a few steps, explained to the people in the room, then turned his head and said to Long Yan, "That is Yingshi."
Long Yan hummed, and casually picked up the ledger that Liu Yingshi had organized and glanced at it.
"A cabbage costs one tael of silver, jade cabbage?" Long Yan snorted coldly, "This group of bastards are simply lawless."
Wu Xun said: "Yes, that's why His Highness is now determined to rectify the harem. He had a few more ideas just now, but without His Majesty's permission, it is somewhat difficult to realize."
"What are you thinking about?" Long Yan looked at Li Xuandu, his eyebrows suddenly twisted into a knot, "Where did the fox fur come from?"
Li Xuandu always felt that his aura was a bit low in front of Long Yan, and he didn't know what was going on, but when asked by Long Yan, it seemed like he had been caught raped.
"Huai Xu gave it to me."
Looking at it as an eyesore, Long Yan took a few steps forward and untied Li Xuandu's fox fur, and threw it to Yang Huaixu.
"You Huohuo, what do you mean?" Yang Huaixu is physically weak, so he usually deliberately controls his emotions and does not let his emotions fluctuate too much, so as not to affect the body, but this time he is really angry.
Li Xuandu was afraid that Long Yan would suddenly attack Yang Huaixu, Yang Huaixu's delicate body could not withstand his torture.Immediately blocked Long Yan's line of sight: "Huai Xu also had good intentions. He was afraid that I would be cold, so he just gave me a fox fur."
"No, if you wear it, I..."
"Got it, got it." Li Xuandu hastily interrupted Long Yan's words, he knew what he was going to say in the second half of the sentence, he was definitely going to say, "If you wear it, I will kill him."
Wu Qi couldn't stand it any longer: "Why, brother Huai Xu gave it to Brother His Highness, not to you. Besides, Brother Your Highness is the queen, why should he listen to you? Do you think you are the queen? who?"
"Don't meddle in other people's business." Long Yan narrowed his eyes dangerously, and looked at Li Xuandu again, "You understand what I said."
Li Xuandu was also a little unhappy, he was afraid that it would be true, but he was too arrogant and domineering, and did evil.In terms of age, he is older than him, and in terms of status, he is higher than him, why does he eat him to death?
"Come out with me, I have something to tell you." Li Xuandu turned his head and walked away domineeringly after finishing speaking.
Long Yan glanced at several people again, and finally went out with him.
Li Xuandu walked under a tree and hugged his shoulders: "Huohuo, you are too much!"
Long Yan didn't take it seriously: "I've always been like this."
"This is the harem, not Shunzhou!" Li Xuandu walked back and forth violently, "I don't care what you did when you were at home, but here, you must keep yourself safe and not cause trouble."
Long Yan looked at him with an unclear expression: "What if I say no?"
"Are you threatening me? You can try anyway." Li Xuandu's head hurts, and he has never seen such a person before. "I will let you know who is in charge of this harem."
After speaking, Li Xuandu lifted his legs and left.He felt that when he said this, his expression was very domineering, and his walking posture was also very majestic.Just after taking two steps, his body suddenly leaned back and was pressed against the tree trunk by Long Yan.
"Someone! Somebody!"
Li Xuandu suddenly shouted, and the servants in Zhengyang Palace hurried to this side.
Li Xuandu said: "You still don't let me go?"
Only then did Long Yan reluctantly let go of his hand.
"Your Highness—" Duofu ran ahead first, "What's wrong with you?"
Li Xuandu straightened his clothes: "It's nothing, just to see if you are all here. By the way, how is Lian Sheng doing recently?"
"I'm sorry to miss you, Liansheng is doing well these days, and he can get out of bed and walk around." Duofu said.
"It got better so quickly," Li Xuandu also had a hint of surprise on his face, "Take me to see it."
Duofu looked back at Long Yan: "Then attack Shijun?"
Long Yan looked at Li Xuandu: "I'll go too."
Li Xuandu ignored him, and talked to Duofu while walking, Duofu said: "The medicine of Hui Shijun is really amazing, after taking a few times, people will be fine."
While speaking, he had arrived at Duofu's room.
Lian Sheng was practicing walking on the ground with both hands on crutches, when he saw Li Xuandu coming in, he hurriedly knelt down on the ground and said, "My maidservant greets Your Highness the Empress."
"Get up."
Li Xuandu stepped forward to help him up, he looked at him carefully, and said with a smile: "It is indeed much better."
Lian Sheng said: "Thanks to Your Highness, the maidservant has recovered."
"After you recover, serve by Bengong's side." Li Xuandu said.
Duofu and Liansheng were both surprised and happy, and they wanted to kowtow to thank, Li Xuandu waved his hand: "You have a baby, I just come to see, I have other things to do."
After saying that, he turned around and went out, Duofu followed beside him and waited on him.
"By the way, Duofu, how is the living environment for the people in the palace?" Li Xuandu only thought of the problem he had been ignoring all this time today. As the queen's personal eunuch, Duofu has his own independent residence, but those lower-level Where are the servants?
"They all live in that kind of Datong shop," Duofu replied, "Does Your Highness want to take a look?"
"Let's take a look." Li Xuandu turned his head to look at Long Yan, and found that he was quite honest, so he ignored him.
All the servants of Zhengyang Palace lived in a small courtyard at the farthest corner. The courtyard wasn't particularly small, but it wasn't very big either. Duofu's room was also here.
Duofu led the way and explained to Li Xuandu: "This is the servant's room."
He pushed the door open again, allowing Li Xuandu to see clearly.
The room is the kind of large bunk, with two rows above and below, and two rows on the left and right. The gap inside is very narrow, and it is difficult for two people to walk side by side.
"How many people live in this room?" Li Xuandu looked it over carefully, the living environment was really too bad.
"Twelve or thirteen people live in each bunk," Dofo said. "There are more than 40 people in each room."
Li Xuandu withdrew from the room again, stood in the courtyard and looked around, there were not many rooms in the courtyard, there were about 30 rooms, if 40 people lived in each room, it would only occupy two or three rooms.
"Are all the houses here inhabited?" Li Xuandu asked.
"No, there are many houses that are empty," Duofu said. "Before there were many people in the harem, many rooms were expanded, and now many are empty."
"Open those empty rooms and show me." Li Xuandu already had an idea in his mind.
The rooms were all locked, and Duo Fu went out to find the key.
Long Yan asked: "What do you want to do?"
"As you saw just now, their living environment is really too harsh. There are so many people living in such a small room. After a tiring day, I want to sleep well, but how can I sleep in that environment?" Well done," Li Xuandu said, "there must be a lot of people grinding their teeth, snoring and talking in their sleep. Now that the weather is getting warmer, won't this room look like a steamer in summer?"
"So you want to let them live in those empty rooms?" Long Yan asked.
"Yeah, otherwise, it's empty if it's empty," Li Xuandu said, "and the house has to be inhabited. Do you think it's strange? If the house is inhabited, it will be fine for decades. But no one lives in it. No more than three years, just like an old house, it should collapse in a few years."
At this point, Duofu had already brought back the key, and opened an empty house for Li Xuandu to see.
The room has not been lived in for a long time, and it is not the main house, so thick dust and cobwebs have accumulated in it.
Li Xuandu coughed a few times due to choking, and didn't go inside, just took a look outside: "Are the other rooms also have this layout?"
"Returning to His Highness, yes, it's all of this layout." Duofu said.
"Don't lock this house," Li Xuandu ordered, "Find some people to clean all the empty rooms, this palace will be of use to me."
"By the way, how many craftsmen are there in the palace?" Li Xuandu asked.
"There are some, but I don't know exactly how many servants there are." Duofu replied, "The servants will bring you the internal officials, please ask yourself?"
"No need for now," Li Xuandu looked back again, "you should find someone to clean it first."
Saying that, he walked out of the courtyard.
"What a blessing, you called Bu Huo here, I want to walk around the harem." Li Xuandu said, and had to go to the field to investigate where it is suitable for planting and breeding, "I have to ask Xiao Taozi again if I want to go with her I went together."
He muttered, deliberately ignoring Long Yan.
Li Xuandu went to Liu Yingshi's room again, and opened the door a crack, Yang Huaixu and Shen Mushang were not there, only Liu Yingshi and Wu Que.
Li Xuandu waved at Wu Que: "Little Taozi, are you still going?"
Wu Xi saw Long Yan standing behind Li Xuandu at a glance, looking like he wanted to go but didn't want to go, and finally decided to go: "I'll go."
Wu Que came out of the room, Li Xuandu asked, "Where are Huai Xu and Mu Shang?"
Wu Xun said: "Brother Mu Shang has gone back, and Brother Huaixu has gone to look for you."
"Find me?"
Wu Xi glanced at Long Yan, then said in a low voice, "Yes."
Li Xuandu also understood what was going on, he asked Duofu to find someone to find Yang Huaixu, and told him that he went to inspect the harem.
Li Xuandu walked towards Buchu, when his back suddenly felt warm, and a warm cloak was wrapped around him.
Long Yan lowered his head and tied him carefully: "From now on, you can only wear what I give you."
"Huh?" Li Xuandu was still a little confused, before he could react, he saw that Long Yan had already left with his hands behind his back.
This guy, really.Li Xuandu shook his head with a smile, Wu Qi came to Li Xuandu's side and tilted his head: "Brother Your Highness, what's going on with Huohuo?"
Li Xuandu smiled, but didn't say anything.
When he got on the steps, Li Xuandu still hesitated for a moment, and specially told Long Yan: "If you are obedient, I will cook pigeons for you when you come back."
Long Yan thought of the bowl of noodles that he hadn't eaten, and was silent for a moment without speaking.
At this time, Li Xuandu went on to say: "Let's go to the open space with a relatively large area, or the land where flowers and vegetables are grown, or whether there are any abandoned palaces or uninhabited palaces, we can go."
After walking away for a long time, just when Li Xuandu was falling asleep, Duofu called him softly: "Your Highness, we are here."
Li Xuandu woke up with a jolt: "Are you here?"
Duofu supported him and pushed him up and down from the steps.
Li Xuandu yawned and stretched.
"Where is this?" Looking at the open space, it should be a small garden.
Duofu said: "This is a small garden. When the weather gets warmer, we will plant flowers and plants."
"Are there many places like this in the palace?" Li Xuandu asked as he walked forward.
"There are quite a few, there are a few places," Duofu said, "This place is not too close to the residences of the servants of the palaces."
Li Xuandu nodded: "This is a good place."
Wu Xun said: "Brother Your Highness, if you want to grow vegetables and breed them, don't you have to tell His Majesty in advance? Otherwise, if Your Majesty came suddenly and wanted to enjoy the flowers, but saw the garden full of vegetables, wouldn't you be angry? ?”
When Li Xuandu thought about that scene, he still found it very interesting.
Long Yan said from the side: "Grow vegetables?"
"Yes, your highness brother wants to grow vegetables in the harem, raise chickens, ducks, geese, and pigs, and now I just want to see where it is suitable for raising." Wu Xiao's voice was full of pride when he said this, "this will save your majesty a lot of trouble." Less silver."
The last sentence surprisingly pleased Long Yan, and there was a gleam of joy in his eyes that he couldn't even detect: "Why should you save money for Your Majesty?"
"Brother Your Highness said that there must be a shortage of money in the national treasury now, otherwise they would not have owed people the monthly money for several years. Brother His Highness also said that it is not easy for the people, and their family must be waiting for them to send money back Well, he also intends to make up all the monthly money owed to them and pay interest."
"He makes it up? What does he get for it?"
Long Yan and Wu Que were talking here, but Li Xuandu had already walked to a distance to look at it.
"Your Highness, of course, has His Highness's solution, but this matter is not very easy to handle, you have to ask His Majesty's intention first," Wu Xiao's face collapsed when he said this, "But it's hard to say, I'm afraid His Majesty will blame His Majesty .”
Long Yan asked: "What method?"
"Huohuo—Little Taozi—" Li Xuandu called them from the other side, "Come here."
"Here we come!" Wu Yu rushed towards Li Xuandu with small steps.
Long Yan strode quickly and walked in front of Li Xuandu almost in the blink of an eye.
"What do you think of this place?" Li Xuandu asked, "I think it's a big place where we can grow a lot of vegetables. It's also far away from our residential area, so we can't do activities here usually."
Wu Qi nodded again and again: "I think this place is pretty good, it's quite suitable for a vegetable garden."
"That's right," Li Xuandu was quite proud, "That's right, I think so, it's not long before the spring planting, we have to plan and plan what to plant, and then hurry up to cultivate."
"Would you like to grow rice and wheat?" Wu Qi asked.
"If you don't grow those, just grow vegetables," Li Xuandu smiled. "Rice and wheat are cheap, so just keep buying. Vegetables are more expensive."
"Let's go, let's go to another place." Li Xuandu said and walked outside.
Long Yan followed behind without saying a word, Li Xuandu still felt a little strange, so he couldn't help but glanced at him a few times.
The two people's eyes met in the air, Long Yan said: "There are so many people in the palace, even if you grow vegetables, the supply will exceed the demand."
"Let me tell you a story. After a heavy rain, a man came to the beach for a walk. He saw countless fish that had been swept ashore by the storm. "Throwing the fish into the sea," Li Xuandu said of a story he saw in modern times, "the man walked up to the little boy and said, there are so many fish on the beach, you can't save them. The little boy didn't stop what he was doing. , he said, this little fish cares."
Li Xuandu suddenly looked at Long Yan seriously: "So, I care."
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