Chapter 104 People
Ye Qinghuai looked at those four words with a heavy expression.After a long time, she suddenly smiled and waved: "Li Baoquan, frame this painting and hang it on the main hall of Jingshou Palace!"

Li Baoquan responded, and called two young eunuchs to carefully roll up the writing, and carried them to the Supervisor of Rituals.

Ye Qinghuai glanced at Lu Yanchen, bowed to him, and said, "Mr. taught me, I will take it to heart."

Lu Yanchen returned the gift.

"Aunt Fanghua, change into clothes that are convenient for me. I'm going out of the palace."

After finishing speaking, Ye Qinghuai turned around and smiled at Lu Yanchen: "Sir, wait a moment, I change clothes before we go."

Lu Yanchen nodded, and he looked at Ye Qinghuai with complicated eyes, bottomless.
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The place where Lu Yanchen exchanged news with Yingwei was a pawnshop called Huisheng Pawn, located in Jinxiufang in Xiasanfang.

It takes less than half an hour to go out from the palace gate.

Ye Qinghuai only brought one guard with him, which was Qin Yang.

A group of three walked from the Shangsanfang where the Qionglou was stacked up to the crowded Xiasanfang.

"It's more lively in Xiasanfang." Ye Qinghuai said with emotion as he passed by the bustling crowd on the street.

"Except for the land occupied by the imperial city in Shengjing City, the ratio of Shangsanfang to Xiasanfang is about [-]. However, the house deed price of Shangsanfang is more than ten times that of Xiasanfang. With Zhengyuan Street as the boundary, To the north is the home of Zhongming Dingshi, and to the south is the place of simple tea and light meals. There was a joke in the middle of Beijing that the history of the change of great officials and officials was written in the change of land titles in the Shangsanfang." Lu Yanchen said to Ye Qinghuai road.

Ye Qinghuai looked at the people coming and going on Xiasanfang Street, some people were shouting in front of the stall, some people stopped to chat on the street, and some people hurried on their way.Most of them wore commoner and linen clothes, few of them wore silk brocades, and most of them wore single shoes and straw sandals on their feet, and no one wore boots.

But what's interesting is that Ye Qinghuai saw that most of their faces were peaceful, with no trace of suffering.

She smiled thoughtfully, and said: "But I see that the people in Xiasanfang are quite content with their lives and have no resentment."

Lu Yanchen was silent for a while, and asked: "My lord, do you still remember that I taught you what are the two biggest characteristics of the people?"

After leaving the palace, at Ye Qinghuai's request, Lu Yanchen and Qin Yang called her son.

Ye Qinghuai was stunned for a moment, and replied: "Kindness, and ignorance."

Lu Yanchen nodded, and said: "It is these two that contributed to their contentment and happiness." He raised his head, looked at the bustling crowd in front of him, his eyes were as calm as water, and said, "Besides, these people can still eat enough. If you have enough food, you can still cover your body with clothes, and if you have a job, you can still make a living, which is already much better than many people."

Ye Qinghuai thought of the beggar he saw in the dark alley next to Baiweiju that day, and couldn't help falling into silence.

She didn't speak, and Lu Yanchen didn't speak either.Qin Yang quietly followed them two steps away.

Ye Qinghuai was worried about the court situation, Lu Yanchen was lamenting about the people's livelihood, and Qin Yang was thinking about Qin Baozhu.

The different heavy expressions on the faces of the three people formed a sharp contrast with the bustling market.

After walking for a while, a scent of pastries suddenly entered Ye Qinghuai's nose.

Ye Qinghuai stopped in her tracks, and saw a table set up outside a pastry shop on the street, with all kinds of pastries on it.There are three or two customers around the stall, and the shopkeeper behind the stall is smiling and wrapping the bought snacks for the guests in oiled paper, and greeting the guests to come back next time while wrapping.

It smells so familiar.

Ye Qinghuai couldn't help walking to the side of the stall, and looked down at the pastries on the stall.

She pointed to a pink and white pastry and asked, "Is this peach blossom oolong cake?"

The shopkeeper immediately laughed and said, "Master, you have good eyesight! Are you from Anlu?"

Ye Qinghuai said with a shallow smile: "My ancestor is."

"The young master has found the right place. The little old man is from Anlu, and the most famous thing in our Huayue Zhai is this peach blossom oolong cake. Young master, try it, it is freshly baked today, but it tastes like home ?” He said, pushing a plate of pastries in front of Ye Qinghuai.

Ye Qinghuai took out a silk handkerchief, wrapped a piece and put it in her mouth. She tasted it carefully, nodded and said: "The fragrance attracts foreigners, and the taste attracts immortals. It is indeed the taste."

She turned her head and said to Lu Yanchen: "Sir, do you want to try it? My mother used to make this for me when I was young, but now I haven't tasted it for several years."

Hearing Queen Mother Jingmin, Lu Yanchen was slightly taken aback, then he also took out a handkerchief, took a piece, tasted it, and nodded.

"Boss, pack some more for me. Pack for ten people." Ye Qinghuai said to the shopkeeper with a smile.

"Okay!" The shopkeeper responded with a smile, took out a piece of oil paper, and packed it skillfully, "Young master, if you want to eat in the future, come to my place again. This shop has been open for more than 30 years, and it is considered a small one in Beijing." Fame. If the young master likes it, the little old man can send it to your door regularly in the future."

While speaking, he had wrapped ten catties of pastries into five square bags, and tied the strings one by one.

Qin Yang took out a few pieces of broken silver and handed it to him, the shopkeeper was about to give change, Ye Qinghuai said: "No need."

The three left the pastry shop.

After walking for a while, Ye Qinghuai suddenly said to Qin Yang: "Qin Yang, you go to Baiweiju. There is a dark alley over there. There are some refugees and beggars in the alley. Give them the food. On the way If you see other food, you can buy some for them if you want to buy it.”

Qin Yang was taken aback for a moment, and went in response.

Only Ye Qinghuai and Lu Yanchen were left on the road.As they walked, Ye Qinghuai suddenly said: "Sir, when I was in the palace, every day I felt that if I took a careless step, the whole scene would collapse. But now when I look at them, I feel that the world is normal. It's very peaceful. You said these people, do they know about the court's ills?" She paused, then frowned again, "Do they want to know again?"

Lu Yanchen thought for a while, and brought up another old incident with Ye Qinghuai: "Emperor Longde once wrote a book "Longde Guiren Records" and published it in Kyushu, and circulated it around the world. Do you still remember it?"

Ye Qinghuai nodded, and said: "Emperor Longde is diligent and conscientious, but at that time there were rumors among the people that Emperor Longde had murdered his father and usurped the throne, and was inhumane in his administration. So Emperor Longde wrote this book "The Return of Longde" "Records of Benevolence" defends itself, and expounds its own political ideas in it, hoping to share encouragement with the subjects of the world."

Lu Yanchen nodded, and said, "Young master, do you know how effective this handbook is after it is announced to the world?"

"The effect should not be good, otherwise it would not have been banned by the subsequent Emperor Yanzhao."

"When the common people read this handbook from the emperor, not many people cared about the emperor's philosophy of governing the country, and not many people cared about how Emperor Longde came to power. They were more concerned about the unknown relationship between the emperor and his officials. Friction and conflict, as well as secrets and gossip among the concubines in the harem."

Ye Qinghuai couldn't help chuckling.

Lu Yanchen still looked serious, and said: "This is the common people."

 Pay tribute to "Da Yi Jue Mi Lu"

  
 
(End of this chapter)

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