Compared with the palace of Ning, the palace of Wu is more gorgeous.

Those palaces, those flowers and plants, and those pavilions and pavilions that are faintly visible among the ancient trees, are more exquisite and better maintained than the Imperial Palace of Zhining.

Walking on the bluestone road leading to the harem, Li Chenan looked at the layout of the palace, and casually talked to Wu Cheng:

"Your sister ......"

"I remember that it has been fourteen years since you left Dongxu City to go to the fiefdom of Gua Prefecture."

"Your sister is still a few days away from Jilu."

"In this way, when she was born, you basically went to Guazhou, you two brothers and sisters, isn't this the first time you have met?"

Wu Cheng shook his head:

"Not really, when the fifth sister was six years old, she went to Guazhou once with her uncle, that is, the second brother of Concubine Shu."

"She stayed in the lonely city for more than a month, and our brother and sister got along for more than a month at that time."

"It's just that eight years have passed in a blink of an eye, and the fifth sister has grown up from a little girl."

"Oh......"

Li Chenan suddenly turned his head to look at Wu Cheng, "What are these Qi people doing in your fiefdom?" ”

"Do business."

"The Qi family is the largest in the iron business of Wu State, they own nearly 30% of the iron ore in Wu State, and they are also the family with the most private blacksmith workshops and the most widely sold ironware."

Li Chenan glanced at Wu Cheng again and didn't ask again.

Wu Cheng must have private soldiers in his fiefdom, so he needs weapons and armor.

Emperor Wu already had the heart to cut the domain, so it was not easy for Wu Cheng to get standard weapons from the Ordnance Division.

Looking for Qi's is to solve this problem.

It's just this time and that time.

If he really became the emperor of Wu, it is estimated that the Qi clan, who had sold him forbidden weapons, would not have any good fruits to eat.

"By the way, Prince An seems to be still in Dongxu City, you brothers...... Have you made an appointment? ”

Wu Cheng shook his head: "I heard that the second brother returned to Kyoto to celebrate his father's birthday last year, but I came back in a hurry and haven't contacted him yet." ”

"I haven't seen my second brother for two years, and he came to the lonely city before......"

"According to the rules, vassal kings are not allowed to come and go. It's just that the second brother is more courageous, and his father is also very kind, so he turned a blind eye to this, and we brothers had a chance to get together. ”

"Since he's in Kyoto, I'm definitely going to visit him another day."

Li Chenan asked in surprise:

"He still has a mansion in Kyoto?"

Wu Cheng glanced at him: "Of course, all the vassal kings have mansions in Kyoto, but some of them are too far away from the vassal land, and there is almost no chance of returning, and some people just sell them like this." ”

"The calligraphy and paintings of the second brother are very valuable, and he is not short of silver, so his Prince An's mansion is still preserved."

"What about you?"

"I'm ......"

Wu Cheng sighed for three breaths and said bluntly: "My Prince Ping's Mansion has long been sold...... Lack of silver! ”

"Besides, I didn't expect to have the day I could return to Beijing!"

Li Chenan expressed deep sympathy.

"And where are you going to stay next?"

Wu Cheng grinned: "I would like to be able to live in your return garden, but it's not appropriate to think about it, let's see how my father arranges it." ”

The two of them just talked, and the old eunuch Zhang led the way in front of them.

Before I knew it, I came to a very quiet palace.

Wu Cheng stopped and turned to look at Li Chen'an, his dark face full of beards showed a solemn look.

"Since my father has arranged this meeting here...... Although I am a rough person, I also roughly understand my father's thoughts. ”

He looked at Zhongli Ruoshui again, and his eyes fell on Li Chen'an's face again:

"Fifth sister...... Compared to the three girls next to you, they will look much younger. ”

"She has always lived in the palace, and she doesn't have the same experience as these three girls."

"Although I only had the same relationship with her eight years ago, I will tell you the truth that I like this sister very much."

"So ......"

Wu repented and bowed, and said very seriously:

"Be kind to her...... That's my last request to you! ”

For Wu Qin, if you talk about feelings, this is obviously very reluctant.

After all, Li Chen'an had only met Wu Qin once on the tower from the homecoming garden.

He does not deny her beauty.

It is a different kind of beauty, because it is green, it is more delicate.

She is like the little lotus in the lotus pond at the moment.

Although the sharp corners are only exposed, the pale red on the sharp corners is the most eye-catching color in the lotus pond!

In fact, when he first saw him when he left the tower, Wu Qin's feeling to Li Chen'an was not as little experience as Wu Cheng thought-

It was a girl with a very rich heart and a little bit of caution!

Her behavior on the tower can't be hidden from Li Chen'an, who has read countless people!

Her careful thinking was already revealed when she deliberately left the silk scarf embroidered with mandarin ducks.

And Li Chenan put away the silk scarf......

Men don't talk darkly, since they have come to this world, the extremely fine tradition of three wives and four concubines, of course, I have to experience it.

As for the emotional thing......

Sleep, sleep, this feeling is born.

"Don't worry!"

"It's still like what I said to you when I returned to the garden, my woman, like the territory of Ningguo, is sacrosanct!"

Zhang Jingzhong, who was waiting on the side, raised his eyes to look at Li Chen'an, and then turned his head to look at the gate of Princess Qin's mansion, feeling slightly nervous, because the emperor did not let him tell Princess Qin Li Chen'an in advance that they were coming.

……

……

Wu Qin, who had embroidered the purse, had already left the lotus pond.

At the moment, she is taking two palace maids in the back garden.

She didn't wear the cumbersome princess dress, nor did she wear the white dress she loved so much.

She was dressed in a plain gray linen dress!

The midday weather has taken a bit of a turn.

The sleeves of her sackcloth were rolled up high, revealing her arms, which were as soft as green onions.

There is a huge shed under a large banyan tree in the back garden.

There is a spinning wheel in the shed.

Wu Qin was sitting in front of the spinning wheel, spinning a piece of linen!

When Zhang Jingzhong took Li Chenan and his party to the moon gate in the back garden, they heard the sound of a spinning wheel coming from inside.

And the voice of the woman speaking:

"Your Highness, you can rest quickly, let the slaves and maids do such rough work!"

A familiar voice like a yellow warbler sounded:

"What is this tiredness compared to the suffering of the people?"

"Being born in the palace is my great blessing."

"You don't know...... When I was six years old, I went to the domain of the eldest brother once, and walked with the eldest brother in the three counties and two counties of Guazhou. ”

"There is no mulberry in Guazhou, only hemp."

"The people are clothed without silk...... There were silk villages, but the people could not afford them, so they could only wear linen. ”

"Then I learned that although our Wu country has a population of nearly 80 million, ninety percent of them wear hemp."

"I want to come to Ningguo like this."

"I wondered how I could improve the spinning wheel and make it more efficient...... In this way, it can also make the price of linen cheaper. ”

"It's also good that the people can save a few more copper plates."

"Ning Guo is poorer than our Wu Kingdom...... His father said that he would ascend the throne as emperor after returning to Ningguo...... If you want to be a good emperor, the first thing you should do is to solve the problem of eating and dressing the people. ”

"Hey......"

In the sight of Li Chenan and the others, the girl in sackcloth raised her hand to wipe the sweat on her face.

"I really wanted to help him with something, but I couldn't do it, so I found a craftsman from the Ministry of Works...... This method of improvement is not yet to be found. ”

Her voice just fell.

Li Chenan had already walked over.

A smile on his face.

There was a softness in the smile.

Wu Qin raised her head, and in her stunned sight, Li Chenan smiled:

"Maybe I can help you find a way to improve it!"