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Chapter 356 The Bustle in Front of Xuande Building [Thank you all for your support! Goodbye! ]

The east gate of the imperial city, Donghuamen.

The street market outside the palace gate is more lively and prosperous than those in other directions.

Listening to the various sounds of hawking, shouting, bargaining, etc. coming from the street outside the door, Rong Xian, who was dressed in armor, yawned while sitting on the chair in the doorway.

The eunuch who went to buy things outside the palace walked into the city gate, holding a bamboo basket filled with fresh fruits and vegetables.

The eunuch bowed and said:
"Meet Brother Xian!"

"Hmm! What did the eunuch buy?"

"A few young gourds!"

Rong Xian stood up and walked over, looking at the things in the bamboo basket and nodded: "Wow! It's really beautiful! The color looks like jade!"

"Brother Xian is right! These gourds cost me four strings of cash!"

Rong Xian smiled and said, "The nobles in the palace are happy today. Seeing gourds of this quality, they will definitely reward the eunuchs."

"Thank you for your good words, Brother Xian!"

Hearing the sound of horse hooves outside the door, the eunuch looked back and whispered to Rong Xian, "Empress Rong said that she asked you to think more about how to celebrate such a happy event for the country."

Rong Xian said indifferently: "It's just setting off firecrackers, distributing porridge, and throwing some money. I understand!"

After saying that, he waved his hand.

The eunuch bowed and said, "It's good that you understand, Brother Xian! Then you go ahead and get busy!" After saying that, he walked towards the palace.

Soon, a cavalryman of the Imperial Guard dismounted and walked into the doorway. The knight who had been shouting all the way bowed and said in a hoarse voice: "Commander, I am back."

Rong Xian stretched himself lazily and said, "Thank you for your hard work. After work, please accompany me to Fanlou to have fun!"

The knight smiled and said, "Yes, sir!"

After a quarter of an hour,

During this period, several more imperial guards returned to Donghua Gate to report.

When one of them came to Rong Xian, he took out a few apricots from his chest and said:

"Commander, we ran into Young Master Qi, Second Young Master Gu, and Fifth Young Master Xu on the street outside Jiying Lane!"

"This is a reward from Wulang to me."

Rongxian took an apricot and asked in confusion, "Why, they don't go to school?"

"From the direction they were heading, I saw that they were leaving the Sheng family. They might be on vacation!"

Rong Xian's eyes lit up and he nodded, "Okay! Then let's not go to Fanlou, let's go find Jing'er and Gao Le! Go change your clothes first and find out where they are playing!"

"Yes, command!"

Afterwards, Rong Xian, standing in the doorway, looked at the bustling street market outside the palace gate, shook his head and said, "I still have to give out porridge and scatter money. It's so annoying!"

Xingguofang

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"Shut up!"

The horse under Wu Niang lifted its front hooves into the air and then fell heavily to the ground.

Wu Niang was wearing a neat polo outfit. She waved her polo stick while sitting on her horse and smiled at the mother in charge at the sidelines:

"Mother Fan, what's wrong?"

Mother Fan, startled by the standing horse, looked at the smiling Wu Niang with some resentment and said, "Miss, Miss Zheng Zheng has sent someone to deliver the invitation!"

Wu Niang's eyes lit up

"Is anyone gone?"

"not yet!"

Wu Niang turned aside, dismounted gracefully, and said, "Mother Fan, please ask the people to come over here. I want to talk to Zheng Zheng's maid."

"Yes, girl."

Soon, Mother Fan led her maid Fu Yi to the side of the racecourse. Looking at the noble lady sitting on the chair, Fu Yi bowed:
"Meet the Fifth Lady!"

Wu Niang smiled and nodded, then waved to Fu Yi and said, "Come closer!"

Fu Yi walked up to Wu Niang, and Wu Niang waved to Mother Fan again.

Mother Fan stepped aside helplessly.

Wu Niang looked at the maid in front of her, then glanced at Madam Fan who was a few feet away, and whispered:

"Xiao Fuyi, I heard that your eldest son has a female musician? Have you seen her? Is she pretty?"

Fu Yi quickly lowered her head to hide her expression: "Uh, I don't know."

Wu Niang thought about it for a while, and seemed to have figured it out, so she nodded:
"That's right. You are a maid in the inner courtyard and you don't get to see these things."

“Give me the post!”

Taking the note from Fu Yi, Wu Niang glanced at it and said, "Go back and tell your daughter that I will be waiting for her at the southeast corner tower of the imperial city tomorrow."

"Yes."

Seeing Mother Fan giving her a sidelong glance as she sent Fu Yi away, Wu Niang rolled her eyes, shook her head and said to herself, "Mother Fan can't hear what I'm asking from such a distance, right?"

Thinking of this, Wu Niang stepped on the stirrups and mounted the horse, looking at the Zhang family's relatively large racecourse: "Ha!"

The horse started running again.

The Chai family's carriage came out of Xingguofang, turned, and headed straight east.

The maid Fu Yi sat in the carriage, looking out through the gauze on the window.

After passing the wide Imperial Street, the carriage slowed down when it reached Panlou Main Street.

Fu Yi lifted the car curtain and asked towards the front of the car, "What's going on?"

"Replying to Miss Fuyi, there are many people in front, it seems like there is something going on!"

"Go around!"

"Yes!"

As he spoke, the carriage was about to turn away.

At this time, Fu Yi saw the noble young men in fine clothes and riding fine horses on the road. She was startled and quickly shouted:
"Wait!"

"Go ask what's going on!"

Chai family
Qiushengyuan

in the hall,
Chai Zhengzheng stood with her arms outstretched, letting Yunmu measure her shoulder width and hand length with a tape measure, looking ahead and saying:
"Fuyi, tell me again, what did those families say when they delivered the gifts?"

Fu Yi repeated what Xu Zaijing had said before, 'Let's have fun together.'

"Are they going outside Xuande Building?"

"Yes."

Chai Zhengzheng put away his hands and said with a smile:
"Go, take two thousand strings of cash and buy more fruit, sugar cane, sugar, and meat buns!"

"Get a few more sets of pens, inkstones, and paper from the store and give them to Xu and the others. Tell them that this is a token of the Chai family's congratulations on our great victory."

"Yes, girl."

Donghua Gate,
The current commander of the Imperial Guards Camp, Rong Xian, was off duty. He took off his armor, changed his clothes, and walked out with five or six of his close subordinates.

He got on his horse outside the door.

One of the subordinates said, "Commander, I went to Qiaoji Seafood Store and bought some top-quality oysters! Would you and the other yamen officials please do me the honor of trying some?"

Rong Xian's eyes lit up, and he looked at his subordinate with satisfaction and nodded, saying, "You are sensible!"

"I am commanding you to lead by example."

Rong Xian: “Hahahaha~”

Looking at the exquisite carriage parked on the side of Donghuamen Street, Rong Xian stopped smiling.

He raised his chin towards his subordinate, and the subordinate walked aside.

Rong Xian rode his horse to the carriage and asked, "Sister, why are you here?"

The carriage curtain was opened, and Rong Feiyan, who was becoming more and more beautiful, tilted her head to look at Rong Xian and said, "Brother, it's not a good idea for you to stay away from home all the time!"

Rong Xian said anxiously, "I!!! I won't agree to it!"

Rong Feiyan said softly: "Brother, after all, she is the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Fuguo. Didn't you agree to it at the beginning? Why..."

Rong Xian tilted his head to one side, crossed his arms, and said angrily: "Who, who knew that the daughter of a dignified Duke would look like this..."

Rong Feiyan: "Brother, I can't persuade you. In two days, your sister will come to find you."

Rongxian looked at his subordinates who had gone to find out where Xu Zaijing and others were and came back to report, and said, "Even if my sister came to me, I would not agree!"

Rong Feiyan sighed in the carriage and asked, "So, brother, where are you going today?"

Rong Xian asked back, "Me? Tell me where you're going first!"

Rong Feiyan said, "Ms. Zheng Zheng from the Chai family is inviting me to play tomorrow. I'm going to see if there are any new materials in the shop."

Seeing his sister waiting for his answer, Rong Xian raised his eyebrows and said, "I'll go find Gao Le, the brother of the Qi, Gu and Xu families!"

Rong Feiyan asked in confusion: "Aren't they in school?" Rong Xian waved to his subordinates who went to inquire.

Seeing someone coming, Rong Feiyan lowered the car curtain.

When they came closer, Rong Xian looked at his subordinates and said, "Have you found out? What have Jing'er and the others been doing since Jiying Lane? Where are they?"

The Knight of the Guards spoke quickly:
"At first, Brother Jing said that he was happy today and bought several carts of fruits. Later, I asked and found that on the way to Panlou, the second son of the Gu family and the young master Qi spent more money."

"We have arrived at Pan Tower. The Kaifeng prefect's staff should be heading outside Xuande Tower now."

Rong Xian nodded: "Go!"

As his subordinates were driving away, Rong Xian said to his sister, "Got it? Then I'm leaving!" Then he was about to ride away.

"Wait!"

Rong Feiyan said anxiously.

Rongxian: “Hmm?”

Rong Feiyan lifted the curtain of the carriage, her face serious, her eyes moving around, and said, "Xibu, give me the money I was going to use to buy the fabric, brother!"

Rong Xian took the silver bills handed over by the maid with an expression that showed he was happy to have such a good thing.

"Brother, these are not for you to spend recklessly!"

"Sister, I'm not being reckless."

Rong Feiyan continued:

"Brother, listen to me!"

"The earthquake in the hostile Baigao Kingdom helped our Great Zhou win a great victory in the north. Is this a good omen? As subjects, should we be happy? Should we celebrate?"

Rong Xian nodded: "Of course!"

Rong Feiyan: "Then how should we celebrate?"

"I, your brother, am going to give out porridge, scatter money, and set off firecrackers!"

Rong Feiyan shook her head, looked at the street scene outside the car, and said: "No! Brother, it's not like this today! You are like this, let's go buy it"

Rong Feiyan stopped talking.

Because she saw a man dressed as a manager selling meat buns in baskets on the street outside Donghuamen.

"Brother! We have more than a dozen tea shops. Let's close our shops today and prepare tea and drinks for passers-by to drink for free. Let's say it's a celebration for the country!"

"Prepare some more and send them to the outside of Xuande Building!"

Rong Xian looked at his sister's eyes and expression, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you! I'll go to Xuande Building first to see what it's like! Sister, send someone to notify the manager of the shop!"

Just as Rong Feiyan was about to speak, Rong Xian rode away on his horse.

Donghuamen is the east gate of the imperial city. The streets on the east side are prosperous, and there are also two shops of the Rong family nearby.

Two quarters of an hour later,

When Rong Feiyan got on the carriage and was about to use the ox cart to carry the best tea to Xuande Tower, Rong Xian hurriedly rode to the carriage and said:
"Sister, hurry up! I heard that His Majesty might go to Xuande Tower!"

"You didn't see the scene in front of Xuande Building!"

Rong Feiyan asked, "What happened in front of Xuande Building?"

Rong Xian said, "Sister, when I came, Jing Ge'er and his gang had gathered more than a thousand people in front of Xuande Tower, and Gu Jia Erlang was leading them in shouting! Listen! They're shouting again!"

"Hurry up!"

Rong Feiyan went to the car window and listened carefully. Sure enough, through the heavy roof, she could hear the voice of Da Zhou Wansheng.

"Brother, look at how fast this cart full of tea can be delivered to Xuande Building?"

As she said this, Rong Feiyan rolled her eyes at her brother and lowered the curtain.

"Hey, sister!"

Rong Xian glanced at his subordinates and said, "Just escort them over!"

"Yes, command!"

Then Rong Xian rode his horse to protect the carriage and drove towards Xuande Gate.

The noble officials and even the wealthy men in Bianjing had a very keen sense of smell.

After hearing about what happened on Panlou Main Street and outside Xuande Building, he immediately understood the benefits of the actions of Xu Zaijing, Gu Tingye, Qi Heng and others!

Conquer the Baigao Kingdom!
The most important reason is the ambition of the current Emperor of the Great Zhou to expand the territory!

and then?
The enemy's land is shaking! Great Zhou has won consecutive victories! Is this destiny? Mandate from heaven? Should we celebrate?

Today, the palace guards are shouting and propaganda all over the streets again.

but!

For such an auspicious sign, it would certainly take some time for government offices such as the Ministry of Rites of the Great Zhou Dynasty to organize celebrations.

But what about what Xu Zaijing and others did?

Since they were spending their own money, they naturally acted very quickly, and it was completely spontaneous!

But the scale and momentum are not small! And it seems that the scale is getting bigger and bigger.

Listening to the people's shouts, doesn't it seem like the emperor is supported by the people and has the support of the people, which shows that his decision is correct?

Therefore,
Soon after Xu Zaijing, Gu Tingye and others took ox carts and horse carriages to Xuan De Tower, the children of other noble officials would occasionally join in.

He also gave away things for free like Xu Zaijing and others.

The lively scene in front of the building soon spread to the people living near the Imperial Street.

The people of Bianjing love the hustle and bustle, especially when there is delicious food to eat for free!

So when it was almost noon, although the sun was shining brightly and it was a little hot, the front of the Xuande Tower, which was only lively during the Lantern Festival in previous years, was already packed with people!

When Rong Feiyan's carriage arrived near Xuande Tower, there were already many people who had come to the wide Imperial Street after hearing the news, and imperial guards and yamen runners who were maintaining order could be seen everywhere.

With Rong Xian, the commander of the imperial guards, present, the Rong family's carriage quickly reached the most lively Xuande Building.

From time to time, Rong Feiyan in the carriage could hear shouts of "Long live the saint," "Long live the royal heir," and "Long victory for the Great Zhou," mixed with the sound of drums.

Rong Feiyan lifted the car curtain, looked at Rong Xian beside the car and said, "Brother, why are the shouts so high and low?"

Rong Xian said: "The sons of Duke Hanguo and Duke Lingguo are here too. They are competing with Gu Erlang and his men to see who can make the most noise!"

"Brother, whose voice is higher?"

Rong Xian smiled and said, "Of course it's Jing Ge'er and the others!"

As they were talking, the Rong family's carriage slowly stopped under the palace wall guarded by the imperial guards. There were carriages and horses, as well as several servants and maids.

Rong Feiyan listened to the noisy shouts around her, lifted the curtain and looked outside, and happened to see Hua Xiang, the maid in the Xu family's carriage nearby.

in the field,

Because it was an unintentional act by Xu Zaijing, and it was also a sudden idea by Gu Tingye, Qi Heng and others, there were no high wooden frames or platforms on the wide area in front of Xuande Building.

But there happened to be a few sons of dukes and marquises who were at odds with him and came to show off.

Seeing that the sons of Duke Hanguo, Duke Lingguo and other families not far away also carried out the big drum, Gu Tingye looked at Xu Zaijing and said, "Brother Jing, what should we do?"

Xu Zaijing looked around and his eyes were fixed on where the carriage was parked!
"Let's go and pull the cart!"

"Put the three carriages side by side! Let's stand on the carriages and beat the drums!"

Hearing Xu Zaijing's words, Gu Tingye, Qi Heng and others' eyes lit up!
Under the palace wall where the carriages were parked,

Seeing Xu Zaijing and others coming over, Rong Feiyan hurriedly lowered the curtain and looked at the maid beside her at a loss.

quickly,

The voices of Xu Zaijing and others were getting closer, and the enthusiastic voice of his brother's conversation could be heard in the car.

"Brother Jing, let me lend a hand too!" Rong Xian said.

As he spoke, a coat was thrown into Rong Feiyan's carriage, and the maid hurriedly picked it up.

After some discussion, the voices faded away.

Rong Feiyan lifted the curtain and saw that there were a few fewer carriages next to her own, making the space much more spacious.

Hua Xiang, the maid of the Xu family, was standing aside holding the clothes that Xu Zaijing had taken off. When she saw Rong Feiyan looking at her, Hua Xiang smiled and bowed.

Rong Feiyan looked at the clothes in Hua Xiang's arms and smiled, then said to the maid in the carriage, "Go, ask Miss Hua Xiang to come to our carriage and rest!"

"Yes, girl!"

At this time,

In front of the Xuande Building, a slow drum beat could be heard from the roof of the three carriages that were parked side by side.

Every time Gu Tingye on the roof of the carriage struck the drum, Xu Zaijing would sprinkle a rain of copper coins from the fruit basket, and there would be huge cheers from the surroundings!
The children of the Han family, the Lu family and other dukes who realized it later were still imitating Xu Zaijing and others, trying hard to pull the carriage into the crowd. After all, they were not as strong as Xu Zaijing.

The carriage arrived, and they had to get the bass drum up there, but it was so difficult!

However, on the upper floor of Xuande Building, the figure of an eunuch was already swaying.

(End of this chapter)