After the rebirth, the empress took the tragic script of Meiqiang

Chapter 104 Common People

Ye Qinghuai looked at those four characters with a serious expression. After a long time, she suddenly smiled and waved her hand: "Li Baoquan, frame this picture and hang it in the main hall of Jingshou Palace!"

Li Baoquan responded and called two young eunuchs to carefully roll up the calligraphy and carried it to the Chief of Ceremonies.

Ye Qinghuai glanced at Lu Yanchen, bowed to him, and said, "Sir, I will keep your teachings in mind."

Lu Yanchen returned the gift.

"Aunt Fanghua, please change me into clothes that are convenient for me. I want to leave the palace."

After saying that, Ye Qinghuai turned around and smiled at Lu Yanchen: "Sir, wait a moment, I will change my clothes and we will leave."

Lu Yanchen nodded. He looked at Ye Qinghuai with complicated and bottomless eyes.

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The place where Lu Yanchen and Ying Wei exchanged information was a pawn shop called Huisheng Pawn, located in Jinxiu Square of Xiasanfang.

It takes half an hour to walk out of the palace gate.

Ye Qinghuai only brought one accompanying guard, Qin Yang.

A group of three people walked all the way from Shangsanfang, where Qionglou stacked up, to Xiasanfang, which was bustling with people.

"Xiasanfang is more lively." Ye Qinghuai said with emotion as he passed by the bustling crowd on the street.

"In Shengjing City, excluding the area occupied by the Imperial City, the ratio of the upper third square to the lower third square is about 28%. However, the house deed price of the upper third square is ten times that of the lower third square. With Zhengyuan Street as the boundary,

To the north is the home of bells and whistles, and to the south is a place of simple food and food. There was a joke in Beijing that the history of the changes in powerful officials in the Great Scenery was written in the change of land deeds in the upper three lanes." Lu Yanchen was fond of Ye Qinghuai.

road.

Ye Qinghuai looked at the people coming and going on Xiasanfang Street. Some people were shouting in front of the stalls, some people were stopping and chatting on the street, and some people were walking in a hurry. Most of them were wearing commoners and linen clothes, and few were wearing them.

Some were wearing silk brocade, and most of them had single shoes and straw sandals on their feet. No one wore boots.

But what's interesting is that Ye Qinghuai saw that most of them were peaceful, with no trace of suffering.

She smiled thoughtfully and said, "But I see that the people in Xiasanfang are quite content with their lives and have no resentment."

Lu Yanchen was silent for a moment and asked, "Master, do you still remember that I once taught you what are the two greatest characteristics of the people?"

After leaving the palace, Lu Yanchen and Qin Yang, at Ye Qinghuai's request, both called her Young Master.

Ye Qinghuai was stunned for a moment and replied: "Kindness and ignorance."

Lu Yanchen nodded and said, "It is these two that contribute to their contentment." He raised his head and looked at the lively crowd in front of him, his eyes calm as water, and said, "Besides, these people can still eat well."

Having enough food to eat, enough clothes to cover your body, a job to earn a living, and a head to head to the next level are already much better than many people."

Ye Qinghuai thought of the beggar he saw in the dark alley next to Baiweiju that day, and couldn't help but fall silent.

She didn't speak, and neither did Lu Yanchen. Qin Yang followed quietly two steps behind them.

Ye Qinghuai was worried about the situation of the court, Lu Yanchen was lamenting about the people's livelihood, and Qin Yang was thinking about Qin Baozhu.

The different heavy expressions on the faces of the three people formed a sharp contrast with the lively street market.

After walking for a while, the aroma of cakes suddenly entered Ye Qinghuai's nose.

Ye Qinghuai stopped and saw a table set up outside a dim sum shop on the street, with a variety of pastries on it. There were three or two customers around the stall, and the shopkeeper behind the stall was smiling and using oil paper to serve the customers.

Wrapping the purchased snacks, greeting the guests to come back next time.

The taste is so familiar.

Ye Qinghuai couldn't help but walk to the stall and looked down at the cakes on the stall.

She pointed to a pink and white pastry and asked, "Is this peach blossom and oolong cake?"

The shopkeeper immediately said with a smile: "Young Master has good eyesight! Is he from Anlu?"

Ye Qinghuai smiled lightly and said: "My ancestors are."

"Young master, you have found the right place. I am from Anlu, and the most famous thing in our Huayuezhai is the peach blossom and oolong cake. Try it, master, it is freshly baked today, but it has the taste of hometown."

?" He said, pushing a plate of pastries in front of Ye Qinghuai.

Ye Qinghuai took out a silk handkerchief, wrapped a piece in it and put it into her mouth. She tasted it carefully, nodded and said: "The fragrance attracts foreigners, and the taste attracts immortals in the cave. This is indeed the taste."

She turned around and said to Lu Yanchen, "Sir, would you like to try it? My mother used to make this for me when I was young, but now I haven't tasted it for several years."

Lu Yanchen was slightly startled when he heard Queen Mother Jing Min, then he took out a handkerchief, took a piece, tasted it, and nodded.

"Boss, please pack more for me. For ten people." Ye Qinghuai said to the shopkeeper with a smile.

"Okay!" the shopkeeper responded with a smile, took out a piece of oil paper, and packed it up skillfully, "Young master, if you want to eat, come back to my place. Xiaolaoer's shop has been open for more than 30 years, and it is considered to be the best in Beijing.

It is quite famous. If you like it, I can send it to your door regularly in the future."

While he was talking, he had wrapped ten kilograms of cakes into five square bags and tied them with strings one by one.

Qin Yang took out a few pieces of broken silver and handed them to him. Just as the shopkeeper was about to give change, Ye Qinghuai said: "No need."

The three of them left the pastry shop.

After walking for a while, Ye Qinghuai suddenly said to Qin Yang: "Qin Yang, go to Baiweiju. There is a dark alley over there. There are some homeless people and beggars in the alley. Share the food with them. On the way.

If you see other food, if you want to buy it, buy some more for them."

Qin Yang was startled for a moment and then answered.

Only Ye Qinghuai and Lu Yanchen were left on the road. As they walked, Ye Qinghuai suddenly said: "Sir, when I was in the palace, I felt every day that if I made a careless step, the whole scene would be ruined.

I was depressed. But now when I look at them, I feel that the world is as usual and very peaceful. Do you think these common people know about the ills of the imperial court?" She paused, then frowned and said, "Do they want to know again?

"

Lu Yanchen thought for a while and brought up another old thing with Ye Qinghuai: "Emperor Longde once wrote a book "Longde Guiren Record" that was printed and distributed throughout the country and circulated throughout the world. Do you still remember it, Master?"

Ye Qinghuai nodded and said: "Emperor Longde was diligent and conscientious, but at that time there were rumors among the people that he had killed his father to usurp the throne and was unkind in power. So Emperor Longde wrote this book "The Return of Longde"

"Ren Lu" defended itself and expounded its political philosophy, hoping to encourage the people of the world."

Lu Yanchen nodded and said, "Does the young master know what the effect of this handbook will be after it is published to the world?"

"It must not have been effective, otherwise it would not have been banned by the order of Emperor Yanzhao who later succeeded him."

"When the common people saw this handbook from the emperor, not many people cared about the emperor's philosophy of governing the country, and not many people cared about how Emperor Longde came to power. What they were more concerned about was the unknown relationship between the emperor and his powerful officials.

Friction and conflict, as well as secrets and gossip among the concubines in the harem.”

Ye Qinghuai couldn't help but chuckle.

Lu Yanchen still looked serious and said, "These are the people."

Pay tribute to "Dayi Jue Mi Lu"

(End of chapter)