Chapter Twenty-Three: Teasing Autumn Fragrance
Hua'an City is located in the middle of Huaguo, near the Yellow River, formerly belonged to Guanzhou (now Zhengzhou), after becoming the imperial capital, Guanzhou directly became the imperial capital, Jing Zetian has been here many times.
The whole city is rectangular, with an area of more than 8 million acres, which was transformed by the princely capital of the Jing family, and the national capital of that year has now been transformed into the imperial palace, and Hua'an City has been established outside the palace, which is the largest one in the capital city among all dynasties since ancient times.
As for why it was built so big, this is the vision of Jing Shiqi, the founding emperor of Huaguo, Jing Shiqi wanted to build a huge capital to gather rich merchants from all over the country to live in Hua'an City, to drive the development of the imperial city, after all, local rich businessmen are also facing the suppression of the family, these rich businessmen in order to develop space, powerful people have come to settle in Hua'an City.
On the one hand, the Huaguo court encouraged wealthy merchants to come to the capital to do business, and at the same time increased the commercial tax, and belittled the merchants in public opinion, despite this, the arrival of the merchants still brought rich returns to Huaguo in these years, otherwise it would be difficult for Huaguo to have money to continue to quell the rebellion for so long.
After Jing Zetian and the others dealt with things in the palace, they registered in the Shanggong Bureau before they were allowed to leave the palace, which is also the reason why Jing Zetian is young.
After Jing Zetian and the others were rubbing and grinding, it was already noon when they left the palace, Jing Zetian patted his shriveled stomach and asked directly: "Xiao Zhuozi, have you booked a room in Qingfeng Building?" ”
"Your Highness, of course, when I went, it happened that your uncle was also inspecting Qingfeng Tower." Xiao Zhuozi said on the side.
Jing Zetian's uncle in Hua'an City is named Zhen Hongwen, who is also in his thirties, and is the second brother of the current Mrs. Zhen, who is responsible for the Zhen family's business in Hua'an City.
"Well, let's go, Qingfeng Building is not far from us." Jing Zetian said.
"Your Highness, rest assured, today the slave maid borrowed four horses directly from Qingfeng Tower, and they are tied to the horse stake outside the palace." Xiao Zhuozi said proudly, he had calculated in his heart, Xiao Dengzi was not there, and there were only a few of them who came out with His Royal Highness, and the usually quiet Ruhua would not come out, but he still prepared a horse, which was just enough this time.
There are special horse piles outside the palace, after all, Hua'an City is too big, there are many people who come to the palace on horseback to do things, and many horse piles are set up not far from the palace, and there are special eunuchs to guard, which is very convenient.
"Yes, Xiao Zhuozi, you are getting more and more eye-catching, Your Highness, I haven't cultivated you in vain." Jing Zetian said with satisfaction that his personal eunuch knew more and more how to serve his master.
"Haha, are you going to ride a horse, I don't know which one is comfortable to ride compared to a cow." Qiu Xiang said happily, as soon as she left the palace, this girl directly forgot the existence of her master, look at the east and look at the west, which is completely opposite to the stability of Ruhua.
"Hehe, it's not as comfortable as riding me." Jing Zetian suddenly said with a wicked smile, at this moment, there is no good baby in the palace at all.
"Huh? The slave and maid don't dare, they will be killed like this. Qiu Xiang said seriously, although she is more active in front of Jing Zetian on weekdays, she is very measured and never dares to make any mistakes.
"Haha, it's okay, it's okay, let's go, let's go horseback riding." Jing Zetian was amused by Qiu Xiang's serious appearance, it was fun to tease her maid if she had nothing to do, although she didn't understand what Jing Zetian meant.
Jing Zetian inadvertently glanced at Ruhua, and at this moment, he saw that Ruhua's face was a little unusually ruddy, and asked with concern: "What's wrong with you, Ruhua, why did your face suddenly turn red, did you catch a cold?" ”
"Uh... It's okay, Your Highness, maybe I'm not used to it when I just came out, I haven't been out of the palace for a long time. Ruhua said a little shyly.
"Well, it's okay, Your Highness will take you to have a good time today, let's go." Jing Zetian didn't think too much about it, compared with the lively and outgoing Qiu Xiang, Ruhua is an honest, hardworking, beautiful and quiet beautiful woman.
A group of four people, riding horses, walked in Hua'an City.
The rectangular Hua'an City, the palace is in the northernmost part, Jing Zetian and they went to Xinghefang in the southwest of Hua'an City this time, there are many Fang markets in Hua'an City, and different Fang markets have different functions. Fu Xiang Fang is one of the commercial markets in Hua'an City, and Qingfeng Lou is located here.
Since it was already noon, it was time to eat, Jing Zetian and the others did not stop on the road for long, and under the leadership of Xiao Dengzi, they quickly headed straight towards Qingfeng Tower.
After walking for three quarters of an hour, the three of them did not stop on the road and finally arrived at a place not far from Qingfeng Tower.
"Huh, Hua'an City is too big, it takes so long to ride a horse, and His Highness's ass is not going to rot." After dismounting, Jing Zetian moved his legs and said helplessly.
"Yes, Your Highness, this horse riding is too uncomfortable, it's not as good as riding a bull, walking slowly and steadily, with a wide back, and you can sit sideways, sit upside down, anyway, how comfortable and how to sit, when I was a child, Daddy didn't take me to ride a bull." Qiu Xiang said seriously about the benefits of bull riding, the men and women of Huaguo, basically to a certain age, there are few who can't ride a horse, even such a quiet flower, can also ride a horse, although it is not very powerful, but it is not easy to ride for so long.
“。。。。 Okay, it's all here, let's not talk about whether it's better to ride a bull or a horse, let's get in quickly. Jing Zetian heard Qiu Xiang innocently say how to ride a bull, he couldn't help it, influenced by the connotation culture of his previous life, although Qiu Xiang said very seriously just now, but Jing Zetian couldn't help but think of other places, there was a trace of 'excitement', the poisoning was too deep, Jing Zetian thought in his heart, and then hurriedly 'calmed down'.
"Well, okay, I will definitely take His Highness to ride a bull another day if I have a chance to prove that what the slave said is true." Qiu Xiang thought that Jing Zetian didn't believe his words, so she said more seriously.
"Okay, Qiu Xiang, Your Highness has a noble status, how can you ride a bull, let's go in quickly, Your Highness is already hungry." Xiao Zhuozi accused Qiu Xiang. To say that the lively and clever Qiu Xiang has always been very in awe of Xiao Zhuozi, once Xiao Zhuozi criticizes her, she will immediately be honest.
"Alright, let's go." Jing Zetian took the lead and walked towards Qingfeng Tower, and at the same time quietly said in a voice next to Qiu Xiang's ear that only the two of them could hear: "Let you ride His Highness another day, it will definitely be very comfortable." ”
After speaking, Jing Zetian left directly. "Hey, flirting with such an innocent girl, will I be punished." Jing Zetian thought in his heart.