Chapter 665 Chang'an City is already boiling... (please subscribe and vote)
Li Shimin stood in the Hanyuan Hall, his hands clenched into fists, and he saw the undisguised expressions of shock on the faces of the ministers and ministers after hearing about the 1.3 million volumes of books.
There are also the faces with different expressions after hearing the news that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came from Mingdemen on foot.
The eunuch's statement continued. He told the ministers in the palace and the envoys from the vassal.
Many children and students from private schools spontaneously followed the convoy.
The Three Character Sutra was recited loudly in unison to congratulate His Highness the Crown Prince on his recovery from his foot illness, and also to congratulate His Highness the Crown Prince for caring about the world and for presenting more than a million books.
"My prince is finally back..." Li Shimin took a deep breath and said loudly and energetically.
This double entendre made all the courtiers present feel slightly shocked.
Li Shimin's eyes were like lightning. After scanning all the ministers, he shouted loudly. "Among the ministers, there are those who are in charge of the East Palace. Please go to Zhuque Gate to welcome the prince into the palace."
After Du Zhenglun, Zhang Xuansu, Liu Jie, Cen Wenwen and many other ministers came out to receive the order, they quickly left the Hanyuan Hall and hurried towards the Suzaku Gate.
"What has the prince done in the past six months..." Du Zhenglun, the concubine of Zuo Chunfang, the chief official of Zuo Chunfang, walked quickly and couldn't help but look at Zhang Xuansu beside him.
Zhang Xuansu shook his head slowly. "Who knows, His Royal Highness has been going to Lishan Tangquan Palace for half a year.
During this period, Yu Zhanshi was only asked to occasionally return to the East Palace to take care of various matters."
"As for how His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is doing in Lishan, we here at Zhan are unwilling to disclose even a single word."
Liu Ji hurried forward with a look of disbelief on his face, muttering in a low voice.
"His Majesty suddenly announced that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has recovered from his foot illness, which caught everyone off guard.
Now all of a sudden, His Highness the Crown Prince wants to donate millions of books..."
Hearing this, Zhang Xuansu couldn't help but snorted and sneered.
"A million copies, huh...I think it would be a great blessing to have tens of thousands of copies."
"Since the founding of our dynasty, the palace collection has been inherited from the previous dynasty. At that time, there were only 170,000 volumes left. After nearly twenty years of collection and arrangement."
"It's only over 200,000 volumes. This is the total effort of the whole country. And since the prince is far away in Lishan Tangquan Palace to treat illness and recuperate, how can he have time to collect books?"
"It is for His Majesty the Crown Prince that Your Majesty will go out of his way to point out that you don't keep it..."
"Okay, everyone." Du Zhenglun glanced at these colleagues. Although everyone had different opinions on the prince, he was the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty after all.
"His Royal Highness has recovered from his illness and can still care about the scholars in the world. This is a good thing."
"You all have resentment towards the prince for staying away from the center, but His Highness must be doing this to cure his illness."
"We are not only His Majesty's ministers, but also the Crown Prince's ministers. What kind of decency is there for us to make unreasonable comments about the Crown Prince?!"
Du Zhenglun's words made the officials in the East Palace, who were all resentful and talking about themselves, shut their mouths angrily, and continued to walk quickly towards the Suzaku Gate.
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Li Chengqian was wearing court clothes, and when he had walked almost four miles of the ten-mile journey, he came under Cheng Chubi's persuasion.
In addition, considering that he would have to face the ministers and his father with full energy soon, Li Chengqian finally sat in a wheelchair to rest.
After waiting a few miles away from Zhuquemen, Li Chengqian stood up again and continued to move forward.
In Chang'an City, with the movement of the convoy entering from the Nine Gates, the people in Chang'an City also formed a huge wave.
Converging towards the direction of Zhuque Gate, the noisy and noisy sound had already completely drowned out the sound of reciting the Three Character Sutra.
Fortunately, the left and right Jinwu guards who were in charge of patrolling the palace and the capital were well prepared and had already sent out a large number of elite men to set up barricades around the Zhuque Gate and form formations to block the influx of people.
Even so, both sides of Zhuque Street were already crowded with people, and the area near the Zhuque Gate of the Imperial Palace was also packed to the brim.
Men, women, old and young, even women with delicate faces, all came in groups without caring whether they would be eaten.
The little babies were sitting on their father's shoulders or being held in their mother's arms, looking towards the direction of Suzaku Street.
Countless gazes were scanning the place non-stop. Even if His Highness the Crown Prince and his entourage had not yet arrived, all kinds of news about the Crown Prince were becoming hot topics in the mouths of these common people who loved liveliness and gossip.
The focus of everyone's discussion was naturally the Prince of the Tang Dynasty, who had disappeared for half a year.
Previously, His Royal Highness the Prince became disabled due to a foot disease and was unable to walk. Even after visiting famous doctors all over the world, he could not be cured.
Rumor has it that it was because His Highness the Crown Prince had moral problems and angered God, which resulted in the consequences.
A merchant from a foreign country curiously asked the Chang'an citizen next to him. The Chang'an citizen nodded in agreement.
"These words are not spread randomly by us. These words were spoken by the dignitaries in the court when they were impeaching the crown prince..."
"And I heard that the high officials in the court are very fond of His Royal Highness the King of Wei, who respects teachers and moral principles. They all say that His Highness the King of Wei is more benevolent and caring for the people than the lame Crown Prince."
"Really or not, that King of Wei has only heard that he is quite talented, but how can he be benevolent and care for the people?"
"I didn't know, everyone says that..."
"Here he comes! The prince is here!" With a shout, the countless people gathered between Zhuque Street and Zhuque Gate seemed to have their heads turned.
Countless eyes looked towards Suzaku Street in unison.
Even though they were a little far away, they still saw a team heading towards the Suzaku Gate, headed by a young man in a gorgeous and noble court dress, with his head held high and his big sleeves flying.
His steps looked very strong, and there was no hint of a disability. He was clearly a handsome young man who was energetic and high-spirited.
Behind him, there were hundreds of armored elites marching neatly, the prince's guard of honor, and of course the exaggerated motorcade consisting of several large vehicles in front and behind.
Moreover, in order to allow the people on both sides of the road to see clearly, Cheng Chubi also specially divided the book transport convoy entering through Mingde Gate into two columns.
They walked forward almost on both sides of the road on Zhuque Street, so that the people could see clearly that what was on the car was a book and not some random stuff.
"Wow, those are really books. Read it quickly..."
"It's not bamboo slips, but books. Darling, such a cart must have several thousand books, right?"
"Doesn't that mean there are tens of thousands of volumes here alone?"
"It must be more than tens of thousands of books. Haven't you heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will donate more than one million books?"
"How much money does it cost? A book costs several hundred coins and more than a million copies. My dear..."
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here, I saw him!"