The woman in the palace clothes frowned, who is the mighty marquis, who is the mighty marquis? Isn't it remarkable? My dignified Princess Pingyang is stumped and afraid of a marquis with a third-grade title?

She squeezed her eyes fiercely at the general patrolling the city in front of her: "Just do your part well, it's better to take care of things that don't concern you!" ”

The general who patrolled the city repeatedly confessed, he was a six-rank patrol general, where did he dare to say more in front of Princess Pingyang, he took a step back and said: "That... That... The last general will retire! ”

The duty has been fulfilled, and the people who should be reminded have also been reminded, which is also a matter of duty, whether Princess Pingyang listens to it or not, anyway, he has reminded it in place.

The young guard general glanced mockingly at the city patrol general in front of him, since Princess Pingyang didn't say anything, of course he kicked open the gate of Tianxiu Palace with two feet.

Stepping on a few steps, Princess Pingyang's slender long legs, under the attention of everyone, proudly walked into the shops of Tianxiu Palace.

There is no one in the shop, all the goods are laid out in front of her, what she likes, she naturally chooses, and no one stops her.

Of course, no one will stop her, she didn't think about why the boss of the Tianxiu Palace would be out of business today.

The queen mother likes corsages, of course, it is the kind of corsage that embroiders very well, and the whole Dashun Dynasty only has the kind of special corsage that the Tianxiu Palace has, the embroidery is exquisite, lifelike, even the embroidery girl in the palace will not have things, only the Tianxiu Palace has here.

After choosing, I brought a few silk scarves embroidered with landscape paintings, as the emperor's favorite princess of Pingyang. She never felt there was anything wrong with that.

The guards always stood vigilantly at the door of the Tianxiu Palace. When Princess Pingyang came out of it, the group of people disappeared, and no one paid attention to the door that was still knocked open.

The things in the Tianxiu Palace have always been sky-high, and any piece of embroidery is worth a thousand gold, which is something that the Manshun Dynasty knows.

Princess Pingyang left, the steward of Tianxiu Palace did not come, and not even a single subordinate appeared, and the open door was naturally for the people to take.

Therefore, less than an hour later, the Tianxiu Palace, where the embroidery was piled up, had been coaxed clean by the crowd that had crowded in, and not even a single piece of cloth was left.

Of course. Such a trifle. Princess Binh Duong never cared.

The carriage dragged by three healthy horses took place in a very short period of time from time to time, and the scorching sun in the capital was no different from other places. This time in addition to the heat. It's still hot.

The guards guarding the palace gate saw the carriage coming. This is Princess Pingyang's car, of course they know each other, and the door rumbles open. The ornate and colorful carriage gurgled towards the palace.

In the imperial garden, a rich and compelling, equally tall woman was listening carefully to the report of a eunuch in front of her.

The eunuch was not very old, about thirty years old, and he was kneeling in front of this woman and said: "Niangniang, the emperor went to the Tingyu Palace three days ago, and he has not come out until now, and he has not been in the morning court today..."

The bead flower on her head trembled slightly, and the woman sitting on the edge of the stone table gently chewed the grapes in her mouth, her face was a little sad, and she thought about it and said: "Go and inquire again, the emperor has not entered the Tingyu Palace for more than ten years, how can he think of that slut now!" ”

The eunuch in front of him looked embarrassed: "Niangniang, the emperor has ordered, no one is allowed to approach..."

"Oh?" The woman was a little impatient, "I still need to teach you such a small thing, so what's the use of using you?" ”

The little eunuch in front of him was so frightened that he couldn't possess his body: "Niangniang is angry, and the slave will pass..."

The eunuch got up, and from beginning to end, he didn't dare to look at the woman sitting at the stone table, and was frightened by the queen's tone, and immediately got up and ran towards the Tingyu Palace to the west.

Running too fast, he accidentally bumped into a woman who was walking in, the woman frowned, raised her leg and kicked the reckless eunuch into the lotus pond in the middle.

In this regard, the long-legged woman didn't feel that there was anything wrong, she proudly glanced around at the palace maids and eunuchs on both sides, and then Shi Shiran walked towards the lady who was sitting in the middle, took out a delicate corsage from her arms and said: "Queen Mother, this is a birthday gift selected by your son, do you like it or not." ”

After a slight salute to the woman in front of her, Princess Pingyang's tall body drilled into the arms of Queen Taunggyi, and she was so coquettish that the latex was lacquered.

Empress Dongzhi had a doting look on her face, gently touched her head and said, "Pingyang, how old are you, you are still so unruly, what should you do if you can't get married when the time comes?" ”

As she spoke, she never glanced at the eunuch who had fallen into the pond, as if his life or death had nothing to do with their mother and daughter.

Princess Pingyang said coquettishly: "Queen Mother~~~ Don't marry your sons, your sons will serve you for a lifetime." ”

Queen Taunggyi took the corsage she handed over, and the seven-colored colored yarn was delicately embroidered with two butterflies that flew away, and if you didn't pay attention, you would always feel like this corsage would fly away from her hand.

Queen Taunggyi glanced at the corsage in her hand, her face was full of relief, and she said: "Your brother is dead, the palace is counting on you, my Pingyang is really grown up, sensible, and knows how to give a birthday gift to the queen mother." ”

Looking down at the corsage in her hand again, she continued: "The embroidery girl in the palace doesn't have such skills, this should be something from the Heavenly Embroidery Palace, right?" ”

Her gentle eyes stared at Princess Pingyang, the things of the Tianxiu Palace never entered the palace, this is something that everyone knows, she is very puzzled, how can Princess Pingyang buy the embroidery of the Tianxiu Palace.

She is the one who experienced that incident back then, so she knows that it is absolutely impossible for Tianxiu Palace to buy things for the people in the palace, even if this person is her.

Princess Pingyang frowned slightly, she couldn't have imagined that the queen would ask such a small question, she said: "It's just a corsage, the sons want it, they don't send it obediently..."

Before Princess Pingyang's words were finished, Queen Taunggyi's brows furrowed even more. She asked puzzledly, "Who is the current shopkeeper of Tianxiu Palace?" He will send you something, and he will dare to send you something? ”

The incomprehension and shock in her tone were clearly written on her face, which made Princess Pingyang feel a little uneasy, and the words of the city patrol general just now appeared inexplicably in her mind: "Princess, slow down, Tianxiu Palace is the property of the mighty Marquis..."

Her face was a little stiff, and in the face of Queen Taunggyi's question, she couldn't think of how to answer for a while, and she couldn't say that she just slammed the door and went in to get it!

While pondering, a eunuch hurriedly ran over in the distance, kneeling on the ground and reporting: "Niangniang." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be in the capital tomorrow! ”

Empress Taunggyi's hand strained slightly. Pushing away Princess Pingyang, who was tired of being in her arms, a thick sadness immediately swelled up between her eyebrows, and she stood up and looked in the direction of the south. said: "Cheng'er... Cheng'er is back after all..."

Her eyes lit up. Tears flowed uncontrollably. Yes, as a woman, no one can be calm in the face of the death of their own son. Even if she was already a queen, she couldn't do it.

She said: "Spread the decree of the palace, tomorrow, the shops in the city will be closed for one day, and welcome my son's return..."

Her voice was sad, and even her face turned much paler at this moment, and it was only at this time that Princess Pingyang realized that the queen's lips were a little cracked and the bags under her eyes were a little swollen, which should be the result of not sleeping peacefully for a long time.

She dragged Queen Taunggyi's hand, thought for a while and said, "Queen Mother, you want to mourn!" ”

Her expression was very sincere, but she couldn't fool Dongzhi, let alone the eunuchs and palace maids around her, the royal descendants have never had any brotherhood, so Princess Pingyang's comfort seemed a little fake.

The eunuch who delivered the decree shouted at the top of his throat, and the queen's will was transmitted to the outside of the palace in waves along this voice, as if the emperor wanted to summon his courtiers in the early dynasty.

"Tomorrow welcomes the return of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and the whole city will mourn in silence..."

Yes, it is the will that came from the palace.

No one expected that this queen Yizhi, which was so simple that it couldn't be simpler, and the meaning couldn't be more obvious, this Yizhi without Liu Wude's permission, when it reached the ears of the people, it suddenly stirred up a huge wave of thousands of layers.

"Tomorrow, all the shops in the city will be closed? My salt has been out for three days! Won't it open tomorrow? Still don't let people live? ”

"I've been sleeping on the street for three days, and there will be no inn open tomorrow, what is the emperor going to do? The world of this Great Shun Dynasty is still not allowed to pass? ”

"O my fish! On such a hot day, if you fish from the river, you will die today, and tomorrow you won't let people do business, isn't this forcing people to die..."

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The complaints of the people spread like a plague, and in less than an hour, as the largest city in the entire Shun Dynasty, it was quiet in an instant, and all the people disappeared, and the crowded scenes of the past disappeared, and the juggling troupes, the singers in the stores, and the hawkers did not know where they had gone in this hour.

The closed doors and deserted streets made many people from other places tremble and be a little afraid.

The palace is also deserted, so no one in the palace will be surprised by such an unusual situation.

At this time, I heard a voice in the rain palace, and a guard in a yellow coat knelt in front of Liu Wude to report: "Your Majesty, this woman named Qiao Yue came from the south, and when she arrived in Willow Leaf City, five hundred people went out of the city to greet her, and half of the merchants in the city were closed, and it was not until she left Willow Leaf City on the third day that those closed merchants were open normally.

According to the news, 20,000 people went out of the city to greet them, and on that day, half of the shops in Hanzhou were closed, which frightened the governor of Hanzhou to think that there was an enemy invasion.

The day before yesterday, when she arrived in Snow River City, not only did the people of half of the city go out of the city to greet her, but eighty percent of the merchants in the city were closed, and even the county magistrate of Snow River City went out to greet her in person..."

The sound echoed in the deserted palace, the dust on the beams and pillars fell, Liu Wude sat on a shabby chair, he listened to the report of the guard of the secret spy department in front of him, and the solemn color on his face became stronger and stronger.

"Qiao Yue?" He said, "Where did Xing use it?" ”

The man in front of him replied: "Taifu Xing and Master Mo from Ningzhou will go to the capital tomorrow to escort the prince back to Beijing!" ”

Liu Wude nodded, thought for a while and said: "Tomorrow Xing Aiqing arrives in the capital, I will personally go to greet him, oh, by the way, tomorrow let the people of the whole city go to Dongque Gate to welcome the prince back to Beijing, although he is dead, but he is still for the people of the world, this kind of treatment is what he deserves..."

The guard in front of him nodded again, indicating that he understood, he confessed, and started to walk outside the Tingyu Palace, at this time, a beautiful woman walked in front of him, the guard was stunned, thought about it and turned around and said: "Your Majesty, the little one came in from outside the city just now, I feel a little strange, I don't know whether to say it or not." ”

Liu Wude called out to him and said casually: "I forgive you for your innocence, as the head of the secret spy department, no matter what should be said, I know in my heart whether it is right or not." ”

The guard bowed, thought for a while and said: "Three things, the first thing, three days ago, the shops in the entire capital had closed down more than five floors, which has seriously affected the normal operation of the capital, and Wei Chen is worried that if it continues like this, it will make the people of the whole city panic..."

Liu Wude interrupted and said very calmly: "Since they are also out of business like the merchants in Snow River City, then let them close down forever and don't open again in the future..."

The man on the opposite side nodded: "The second thing, Princess Pingyang led people to break open the gate of Tianxiu Palace today and took away things, and then Tianxiu Palace was coaxed and looted, and now it has become an empty shell." ”

"Tianxiu Palace?" Liu Wude's face finally became solemn, he thought for a while and said, "Pingyang? She didn't know that the palace didn't use the things of the Tianxiu Palace? How dare she take someone to rob it? ”

The man in front didn't answer, but continued: "The third thing, since three days ago, the shops in the entire capital that have been closed are all the property of the mighty Marquis Feng Chun over there in Ciyun County..."

After he finished speaking, he stood aside seriously, and he didn't hear what Liu Wude said just now to let those closed shops not open again.

Because he knew that since he became the head of this secret spy department, as long as it was something that had something to do with this Feng Chun, the emperor was always deliberately avoiding it, always taking a step back, and trying not to deal with things related to Feng Chun positively.

Of course, he didn't think that the emperor was afraid of Feng Chun, but he knew that there were many things he didn't know.

Sure enough, Liu Wude thought for a while, and didn't say anything about the closure of the shop, but said solemnly: "When will that Qiao Yue arrive in the capital?" ”

The man in front of him replied: "According to Weichen's estimate, it should arrive tomorrow afternoon!" (To be continued......)