When Yun Shang heard this, she couldn't help laughing. The laughter became louder and louder, and the dragonfly standing on the lotus bud flew away.
"Previously when we were in Cangnan and Huaiyin, Your Majesty's attitude towards Empress Hua was so calm and indifferent. I thought that Your Majesty really didn't care at all, but it turns out that His Majesty was just too shy to express his care." Yun
Shang said and laughed again.
Luo Qingyan raised his eyebrows, but he was not angry at being guessed. He just saw that Yun Shang was really smiling happily, so he pulled Yun Shang over and took her into his arms. The boat was shocked by such a turn of events.
After a violent jolt, Yun Shang was so frightened that she quickly reached out and hugged Luo Qingyan. After she recovered, Yun Shang raised her head and glared at Luo Qingyan hatefully.
But that glare really didn't pose any threat to Luo Qingyan. Luo Qingyan curled up the corner of his mouth and said in Yun Shang's ear: "Is it ridiculous enough?"
After a pause, he blinked again and looked at Luo Qingyan, "So the reason why the prince is so happy today is because he just received the news that Queen Hua is about to return to the palace?"
Luo Qingyan sighed softly, "You are not afraid of me at all now, are you? And you are not afraid that I will fall out with you."
When Yun Shang heard Luo Qingyan ask this question, she looked very serious and thought about it for a long time before replying: "Well, uncle, turn your face and show me? I have even forgotten what it looks like for your uncle to turn his face..."
…”
Luo Qingyan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He didn't know what Yun Shang would say now that he had caught his weak spot, so he simply lowered his head and blocked Yun Shang's mouth.
Yun Shang's eyes widened, and she made some inarticulate noises like "Uh-huh," and then calmed down after a while.
Luo Qingyan then let go of her, raised his eyebrows proudly and said, "Is this still a joke?"
Yun Shang shook her head quickly, stretched out her hand to touch her bulging belly, and murmured softly: "Oh, my child, your father said that I laughed at him? I always bully your mother, it's really bad.
Already."
"Bullying?" Luo Qingyan raised his eyebrows, repeated the two crucial words in Yun Shang's words, thought for a while, and then said: "In total, I have been busy dealing with government affairs these days, and I have three or four days.
There will be no bullies to bully you. This is a good place. If I row the boat deep into the lotus leaves, no one will be able to see what we are doing under the cover of the lotus leaves. I have never tried it before.
On the boat..."
Yun Shang's eyes widened in shock, and she quickly broke away from Luo Qingyan's arms, saying repeatedly: "No, no, no..."
Luo Qingyan looked at her with a smile, a bit of teasing in his eyes: "Well, are you still laughing at me?"
Yun Shang shook her head repeatedly, "I can't, Prince, I was wrong."
Luo Qingyan raised his eyebrows slightly, with a bit of joy in his eyes, "Well, Prince? I don't really like this title..."
Yun Shang knew that he was teasing her. Since she had already boarded the pirate ship, she could no longer get off. She could only curl her lips, snort and call out: "Qing Yan..."
Luo Qingyan held the wine glass and drank another glass of wine, turned her head and did not respond, as if she was not satisfied.
Yun Shang gritted her teeth and made great determination before calling out several times in succession, "Uncle, Prince, Qingyan, husband, husband..."
Luo Qingyan then turned her head, her eyes full of smiles, "Well...how many times do I have to shout the last one?"
Yun Shang's face looked a little scarlet, and her voice became a little lower: "Ms., Mr., Mr., Mr.... Mr., we have had enough fun, let's go back."
Luo Qingyan smiled and nodded, walked to the stern of the boat and picked up the oar, then looked at Yun Shang again, "How about you shout and I will row a section?"
Yun Shang gritted her teeth and said bitterly in her heart: "Old treacherous and cunning."
His face was filled with a smile, and he shouted coquettishly, "Ms. sir..."
Luo Qingyan rowed the boat as instructed, and the boat started to move. Yun Shang was relieved. After a while, she discovered something was wrong. She could have rowed directly to Nanyuan, but Luo Qingyan turned the boat over.
Plunged deep into the lotus leaf.
The green leaves in the sky blocked the boat. When Yun Shang raised her head, she only saw countless big lotus leaves, not the sky at all.
Luo Qingyan rowed a little deeper, and the boat was completely blocked by the lotus leaves and could no longer row. Yun Shang came back to her senses, turned around and was about to speak, but saw Luo Qingyan already walking beside her.
Before the words could be spoken, Luo Qingyan blocked her mouth again.
After a while, Luo Qingyan spoke in a hoarse voice, "Madam, I want you."
Before Yun Shang could react, she heard a "chi" sound and her clothes fell apart.
Yun Shang's last conscious thought was that she would never go boating with Luo Qingyan again, especially when the lotus flowers were in full bloom.
Yun Shang had no idea how she returned to Nanyuan and how she lay down on the bed. She only knew that when they woke up around noon the next day, Qin Yi and Qian Zui's smiles were somewhat ambiguous and playful.
Even though Yun Shang was often teased by them, she felt her face was slightly hot, thinking in her mind that if Luo Qingyan came back later, she would make him look good for teasing her like that.
Breakfast and lunch were eaten together. Yun Shang had some free time today. Thinking that she had not been out of the house to go shopping for a long time, she took Qin Yi and Qian Zui out of Prince Rui's Mansion.
The street was as lively as ever, and Yun Shang didn't let the carriage follow him, so he walked casually on Baihu Street, surrounded by two-story buildings and various shops that were bustling with activity.
Yun Shang entered a jewelry store and saw that there were a lot of jewelry in the store, but it was a little strange. Apart from the hairpins, tables, and earrings, they were just some gemstones. There were no gold or silver products at all, not even copper or iron.
have never been seen.
Yun Shang walked around the store, and when she saw the shopkeeper coming over, she said softly: "Shopkeeper, I want a gold hairpin, but why don't I have any?"
When the shopkeeper saw Yun Shang's luxurious clothes, he quickly said: "You don't know something, your noble man. Recently, all the gold and silver hairpins in the city have been purchased by the palace. Your noble man is graceful and luxurious. There is a fine Hetian jade here."
Although the hairpin made of Hetian jade is valuable, it is not a rarity. It’s just that the small hairpin is a black jade hairpin. Why don’t you go upstairs and have a look?"
Yun Shang shook her head, her voice a bit cold, "Forget it, no matter how rare jade is, the style of jade hairpins is never as good as gold and silver hairpins. I don't like it too much." Then he ordered Qinyi and Qianzui,
"let's go."
The shopkeeper said quickly: "Sir, please go slowly..."
After Yun Shang left the jewelry store, she looked at several more jewelry stores. They were all in the same situation. Qian Yin only said that all the jewelry in the city had been purchased by the palace, but did not tell Yun Shang that the palace left
Purchased jewelry made of jade and gemstones.
In the grain stores, I also found some things that were sold out. They were all rice, millet, and flour. However, sweet potatoes, millet, wheat, corn, etc. were not processed or were larger, but they were not too ordinary.
Big difference.
Yun Shang is a little strange, what are these?
After walking for two hours, Yun Shang felt a little tired, so she found a nice-looking teahouse to rest in. The downstairs was already full of people, so the waiter led Yun Shang upstairs.
There was a storyteller in the tea house who was telling a story. As soon as the alarm was struck, a new story came out: "Today we will not talk about the far ones, but talk about the nearby ones. Everyone knows that today the most talked about in Jincheng
What I am happy to talk about is your Majesty's dismissal of the harem. I heard that all the concubines in the harem who had not yet slept in the harem were sent out of the palace. That day, the young man also went to watch quietly. The dismissed concubines came from the other side of Zhuque Street.
Coming out of the palace gate, tsk tsk, the battle was so huge. From the first one walking out of the palace gate to the last one leaving, it took almost half an hour..."
Everyone burst out laughing.
"Speaking of it, it would be difficult for a divorced woman to find her husband's family again, but this time it is very different. After these concubines who were dismissed from the palace returned home, nine out of ten had no chance of finding their husband's family.
She was trampled to pieces. After all, she is His Majesty's woman, even though she has not been favored."
"The day before yesterday, the banker's girl in the west of the city was throwing embroidery balls on the embroidery building to attract marriage. The banker's girl was drafted into the palace last year, and this time she was sent back. My dear, there were not only a thousand but also eight hundred people who wanted to go.
I'm getting married, but unfortunately the banker's girl has bad eyesight, so this hydrangea was thrown into the hands of a sixty-year-old man..."
The door to the private room was opened, and the waiter led Yun Shang and the others into the private room. Yun Shang ordered a pot of fruit tea and some refreshments, and the waiter withdrew.
The voice of the storyteller outside was still passionate. Yun Shang asked Qian Zui to close the door of the private room, and the voice became much quieter.
Yun Shang thought about what the storyteller just said, and was silent for a while before asking: "Do you know how many concubines were sent out of the palace by His Majesty this time?"
Qin Yi said quickly: "I went to inquire, and I heard that there are more than six hundred people. Over the years, many people have been selected in the draft, but the ones who are really favored are only a few, and the others
, the better ones even have titles, most of them are just minor masters until they are sent out of the palace."
"More than six hundred people." Yun Shang frowned, but she never thought that there would be so many people. After being silent for a while, she said, "Wouldn't the palace be mostly empty?"
Qinyi nodded and replied: "Isn't it? There are more than ninety palaces in the palace, nearly a thousand palaces in the palace, and more than eight thousand rooms. The concubines, big and small, are considered masters, and they all occupy one palace.
Yes, in this way, almost 700 palaces will be left empty. Once the master is dismissed, the palace people will not be able to use so many. In the palace today, I am afraid that nine out of ten rooms will be empty."
There was a flash of silence in Yun Shang's eyes, and she didn't speak for a long time. She kept thinking in her mind, is the palace so empty now? (To be continued)
