Great Tang princess

Chapter 44 Mahjong and the Tricycle
Looking at Li Yuechen who was holding the scroll in front of him, Princess Xuancheng and Princess Yiyang had incredible expressions on their faces.

"This book...was Grandpa ordered us to read it?" Princess Yiyang asked.

Li Yuechen nodded: "Anyway, Eunuch Zhang said that all the grandpa's children should watch it, why don't we watch it together, just in case it will be checked someday."

Princess Xuancheng still couldn't believe it, and the expression on her face was obviously hesitant: "But this..."

"No problem!" Li Yuechen waved his hand indifferently, "I've read it all, it's just a summary of the late emperor's life experience, nothing special."

The two sisters looked at each other, but reached out to take it.

It's not for anything else, it's just because this sister fished them out of Yeting Palace, they still trust Li Yuechen's words very much.

……

The next day, Li Yuechen asked Xiao He to send the drawn mahjong pattern to the craftsman, and then he planned to go out for a stroll.

Originally, my canned food store should be opened in Chang'an, but now that I have come to Dongdu, I should open it here.

Li Yuechen secretly brought Shangguan Wan'er outside the Anfu Hall: "Wan'er, let's go, I'll take you outside the palace."

"Outside the palace?" Shangguan Wan'er's eyes lit up, and she immediately became interested.

After calling Xiaohe, the three of them went out of Jingyun Gate and were about to ride in a carriage.

Seeing nearly thirty Jinwu guards called by Xiaohe, Li Yuechen waved his hands: "You all go to change into casual clothes, go to Nanshi today, don't scare the people."

"Here!" the leading captain agreed, "Your Highness, please wait a moment!"

After speaking, I immediately took the other team members back to change into casual clothes.

Xiao He was a little worried and wanted to remind something, but Li Yuechen seemed to know what she was going to say, so he interrupted directly: "It's nothing, I just don't want to scare the people."

After all, with a group of Jinwu Guards around, common people would stay far away when they saw it, so they couldn't really feel the atmosphere.

Changing into casual clothes is different. At most, the common people think that they are traveling with rich people, and at most they just give way, instead of avoiding them in fear.

Luoyang City is the most prosperous city in the south, so today Li Yuechen intends to go to see if there is any suitable shop.

Not long after, Jin Wuwei, who had already changed into casual clothes, came over. Although he took off his armor, each of them still held a horizontal knife in his hand.

"set off!"

As soon as Li Yuechen waved his hand, he took Shangguan Wan'er and Xiao He into the carriage, and the captain of the Jinwu Guard sat on the carriage frame and rode forward.

In the carriage, Xiao He said to Li Yuechen: "When you arrive in Nanshi, Your Highness can't get off the carriage at will!"

"Okay, you go, okay?" Li Yuechen waved his hand to show that it doesn't matter, as long as he can come out and have a look.

No way, who made her a princess?
Not to mention, as soon as you cross the Tianjin Bridge, you will immediately feel lively.

There was an endless stream of people on the surrounding roads, and when they saw a carriage approaching, they just hid aside and showed no fear.

It's just a pity that all the eyes are square walls, and there is no way to see the whole city at a glance.

But even if it was like this, it made Li Yuechen feel a lot more relaxed. Sure enough, people still can't stay at home all the time, they should go out for a walk more.

Even if the eyes are all square walls, at least looking at Luoshui and seeing the life of the people along the road can make you feel much more comfortable.

The carriage traveled east along the bank of Luoshui River, and when it came to Anzhongfang, it turned and entered the street.

Although the streets here are slightly narrower, they still have a width of nearly forty meters.

In fact, the architectural style of the Tang Dynasty feels a little monotonous. It seems that the aesthetics of many men are short, tight, and transparent!
And many architectural styles of the Tang Dynasty are big, wide, and wide!
Li Yuechen and Shangguan Wan'er squeezed their heads together, watching the people coming and going outside through the small window of the carriage.

"It's so lively!" Shangguan Wan'er exclaimed.

"Of course it's much more lively than in the palace." Li Yuechen smiled, "Xiao He, come and see it too!"

Xiao He shook her head: "I don't need it, His Highness just watch it."

Before entering Nanshi, one could hear the sound of hawking and all kinds of complicated sounds mixed together.

When the carriage came in, Li Yuechen and Shangguan Wan'er, who were crowded in front of the window, couldn't help but widen their eyes.

It's so lively!

There are simply too many people here, and there are all kinds of shops facing the street, and the shops selling various goods are one after another.

Just like the kind of hypermarket in the future, it is simply dizzying.

Seeing a carriage surrounded by bodyguards holding horizontal knives, the people around gave way one after another.

At this moment, the carriage stopped suddenly, Shangguan Wan'er became unsteady, her body tilted, and her head bumped into Li Yuechen's.

"Ouch!"

Shangguan Wan'er yelled, and while covering her head with her hand, she hurriedly asked Li Yuechen, "Is your Highness okay?"

"No problem, no problem..." Li Yuechen waved his hand, then came to the door and knocked on the pillar, "What's going on?"

The Jin Wuwei, who was in charge of driving outside, approached the curtain and lowered his voice, "Your Highness, a child rushed out suddenly, and I was afraid of bumping into it, so I made an emergency stop!"

Li Yuechen was slightly startled: "What? Is that child okay?"

"Don't worry, Your Highness, I didn't hit it!"

"Well, that's good, drive carefully and don't hit pedestrians!"

"Here!"

After a while, the carriage continued to drive.

Shangguan Wan'er suddenly pointed out the window: "Look, Your Highness, there is a Buddhist temple here."

Li Yuechen looked in the direction she was pointing at, and then grinned: "It's really unexpected that there is even a Buddhist temple in the market."

It was only a few years after she came to this era that she found out that although Taoism had the status of a state religion in the Tang Dynasty, it seemed that Buddhism had a larger audience among the people.

Moreover, my mother Wu Zetian and my grandmother, Mrs. Rong Guo, both seem to believe in Buddhism.

But it's normal, firstly, in this era, there is a lack of entertainment, so religion is a kind of spiritual pursuit.

Secondly, because the cultural popularity of the ancients is not high, they like to use ghosts and ghosts when dealing with many unexplainable things.

Li Yuechen has never been very interested in religion. Don't look at her current status as a Taoist priest, it's just used to pretend to be a good baby.

So she just glanced at it and turned her attention elsewhere.

Nanshi is a business district, and there are people of all kinds.Whether it is a native or a foreigner, there are all kinds of people.

In particular, many blond and blue-eyed barbarians are still hawking their goods in fluent Tang Yayin.

The street food stalls also have a variety of flavors mixed together, whether it is the staple food Hoto, Hubing, or other water basin lamb and various pastries, they all exude attractive colors and flavors.

Li Yuechen looked at it and shook his head slightly, wondering if it would be summer soon, if he could open a barbecue stall here, it would definitely make a lot of money!
On the bustling street, there are Marquis Wu who are patrolling the streets, and they also serve as urban management.

Especially those who set up stalls outside the shops, if someone violated the regulations and got too close to the wall, they would be whipped directly.

While looking at the bustling streets in ancient times, Li Yuechen paid attention to the shops facing the street to see if there was anything suitable for opening a canning shop.

The key is the shops here, even if you like them, whether they want to sell them is another question.

As a princess, Li Yuechen did not intend to buy or sell by force.For one thing, she herself came from a civilized society and didn't want to do this.

Secondly, it is already very inconsistent with the concept of this era for a princess to run out to do business. If she does such a thing, she will probably be sprayed to death by Yushitai.

Not to mention being able to open a shop in such a place, there are more or less people in the court who can speak, and the background is definitely not small.

On the street, you can still see some guys who are obviously playboys, talking and laughing with each other, choosing their favorite products in front of various shops.

The bodyguard next to him also looked around from time to time, looking very impressive.

Perhaps it was a coincidence that one of these dudes happened to be Liu Rengui's grandson Liu Huang.

I accidentally saw Li Yuechen in the carriage, and immediately trotted over: "I've seen..."

"Shh!"

Li Yuechen behind the car window raised his finger and made a silence gesture: "I'm just coming out today to take a look, don't say anything!"

Liu Huang nodded clearly: "Here!"

Then he ran back and continued to hang out with his brothers. It seemed that they were talking and laughing. A few of them turned their heads to look at them curiously, but they were scolded by Liu Huang.

After strolling around in Nanshi and getting a feel for the local customs, Li Yuechen planned to go back.

The carriage wobbled back, and when it approached Shang Shan Fang, it stopped again.

"Why did you stop?" Li Yuechen asked in the carriage.

"Your Highness, there is a group of dudes fighting in front of you." Jin Wuwei replied in a low voice.

"Anyone fighting?"

As soon as Li Yuechen heard it, he felt that it was exciting to watch, and immediately climbed to the door, opened the curtain and was about to get out of the car.

"Your Highness, don't go down, in case someone who is not long-sighted gets hurt..."

"It's okay, I won't go!"

With that said, Li Yuechen directly opened the curtain and went outside the carriage, followed by Shangguan Wan'er.

Are you kidding, dare to hurt me?Don't want to live?Still dandy... All Luoyang, all Tang, is there anyone more dandy than me?Do you know what the second generation of the emperor is?
After thinking about it, Li Yuechen still didn't jump out of the carriage, but went outside, standing behind the Jin Wuwei on the carriage frame and looking forward.

I saw a dozen or so people fighting together on the street in front of them, but they didn't use weapons, they just swung their fists.

One of them happened to be Liu Huang who had just met, and was being suppressed and beaten by the other two.

The person on the opposite side was also dressed in brocade clothes, maybe he was the son of some high official in the court.

The bodyguards also fought with each other, but they looked like pushing hands, purely for cooperation and to make themselves look like they were not idle.

Quite a few Marquis Wu stood by and watched. After all, they didn't dare to go up to fight casually. They could only watch and try not to kill anyone.

Seeing this scene, Li Yuechen almost laughed out loud. Unexpectedly, these bodyguards acted professionally.

Shangguan Wan'er next to her quietly came over: "Your Highness, why are they fighting here?"

"Hey, man, there are so many reasons to shake your fist!"

As he said that, Li Yuechen patted the shoulder of the captain of the Jinwu Guard next to him with his hand: "My lord, I will bet you ten dollars that Liu Huang will win!"

"..."

The captain didn't seem to react, what do you mean, Her Royal Highness is going to bet with me?
"To bet or not?" Li Yuechen asked again.

"Okay, my subordinates have made a bet!" The captain nodded.

At the same time, I couldn't help but wonder why this Highness suddenly wanted to gamble?

Li Yuechen really had the money to bet with him. She didn't spend any of the Kaiyuan Tongbao given by Mrs. Rongguo before, and kept all of it.

Shangguan Wan'er was curious, she moved her head and asked quietly: "How can your Highness be sure that he can win?"

Li Yuechen smiled lightly, turned his head and brought his head closer.

Perhaps because she didn't expect her to come over suddenly, Shangguan Wan'er subconsciously wanted to back up, but she just leaned against the doorpost of the carriage, unable to back up.

And Li Yuechen's head was already close to her face, less than ten centimeters away from her face.

"Your Highness... Your Highness..."

"I don't know either!" Li Yuechen didn't hear her mosquito-like voice, and replied with a smile, "It's just that he is the grandson of Master, so I have to support him no matter what!"

After finishing speaking, Li Yuechen retreated, stood next to the captain and continued to watch the battle ahead.

After a while, the winner was already decided on the opposite side, and it ended with Liu Huang's side being knocked to the ground.

Li Yuechen smiled and took out ten Kaiyuan Tongbao and patted them on the captain's hand: "Go back to the palace!"

"Here!"

The carriage began to drive slowly again, but on the way back, Shangguan Wan'er kept her head down and did not speak.

Li Yuechen was a little curious, leaned over and asked, "What's the matter? Are you uncomfortable?"

"Slaves are fine..." Shangguan Wan'er shook her head in a low voice.

Seeing that her face seemed to be a little red, Li Yuechen was taken aback suddenly, could it be because I was flirting with her just now?

But then she threw this idea out of her head, how could Shangguan Wan'er, a seven-year-old child, think of such things.

There are probably some other reasons, so Li Yuechen didn't ask any more questions.

……

After about seven or eight days, someone from the craftsman supervisor came to inform that the mahjong and tricycle that Li Yuechen had instructed had been finished and had been sent outside the palace.

Li Yuechen asked Xiaohe to take two maids to fetch it back.

Let alone the tricycle, the first thing is to open the box and take out the mahjong to watch.

Well, not to mention, it is indeed a craftsman who has gathered skilled craftsmen. Although this mahjong is only carved out of wood, the workmanship is extremely fine and it looks quite high-end.

Not only is the surface polished very finely, but it also seems to have been coated with a layer of wax oil or something, and it doesn't feel rough at all to the touch.

Li Yuechen was very satisfied with this set of mahjong. After nodding, he began to check the tricycle again.

The frame is made of iron, and in order to reduce weight, the tires also completely adopt the structure of later generations, supported by iron rods.

It's a pity that there is no rubber in this era, and it must be impossible to make the wheels of later generations.

However, after stepping on the pedal twice, judging from the movement of the body, there is no problem at all.

And on the shelf under the buttocks, you can put some things on it, for example, the mahjong set.

Seeing Shangguan Wan'er looking at him in surprise, Li Yuechen got off the car and waved to her: "Come and try!"

Shangguan Wan'er shook her head: "This is Your Highness..."

"Okay, you can play as long as you want!" Li Yuechen waved his hand, "It just so happens that I also check it out."

Upon hearing these words, Shangguan Wan'er saluted and said, "Thank you, Your Highness!"

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