The Flourishing Tang Dynasty: Beginning with Marrying Yang Yuhuan

Chapter 97 Who bumped into whom

On the street, Yang Yuhuan was in mixed mood.

As a princess, she knew that Li Ying would take a concubine sooner or later. She had already made a mental assumption, but when she heard the news, she couldn't help but feel sad.

And she had no place to vent this bitterness because she couldn't blame anyone.

Li Heng loved her deeply, and she believed that no one could treat her better than Li Heng, and no one could be as in tune with her as Li Heng. The concubine was granted by Li Longji, and Li Heng could not refuse even if he wanted to.

She couldn't blame Zhang Mujin. Although she knew that Zhang Mujin had feelings for Li Ying, Zhang Mujin had always acted out of emotion and restrained herself from acting within the bounds of propriety. Zhang Mujin had no control over this matter at all.

Moreover, Zhang Mujin is very nice to her and they have a good relationship.

Even Li Longji was concerned about his son in this matter and was not at fault.

Yang Yuhuan thought about the matter from beginning to end several times, and the conclusion she came to seemed to be that she was a little too proud of her beauty and too arrogant because of her favor.

Then she felt a little guilty.

She was suddenly afraid that Li Ying would be angry if he didn't see her when he came back, and she was also afraid that Li Ying would worry if he knew that she couldn't remember the way.

She wanted to go back.

But she was lost.

After she came out of the mansion, she first went all the way south to the East Market, and wandered around the East Market twice in a daze. Then she didn't know where she was.

So she went to look at the names of the blocks on both sides. The one on the right was Xuanyang Block, where there was the Wannian County Office, two temples, and the residences of some high-ranking officials in the court.

On the left is Pingkangfang, which also houses the residences of high-ranking officials. Of course, in addition to the residences of high-ranking officials, there is also the most famous brothel in Chang'an.

When Yang Yuhuan was looking at the name of the alley, an old brothel owner was happily bringing a foreign girl into the alley. Yang Yuhuan looked at the girl's clothes and thought she seemed to be from the West Market.

The city of Chang'an implemented a system of separation of residential areas and markets, which simply means that residential areas and markets were separated.

There are two markets in the entire Chang'an city, the East Market and the West Market.

The area near the East Market is basically filled with residences of high-ranking officials, while the area near the West Market is filled with wealthy people, hence the saying that the East is noble and the West is rich.

The transactions in the West Market were relatively large and complicated. In addition to a wide range of goods from all over the Tang Dynasty and other countries, they also sold goods from the Hu people.

Therefore, the madams of Pingkangfang near the East Market would sometimes go to the West Market to pick out a few good-looking Hu girls to train.

Relying on her knowledge of the place, Yang Yuhuan roughly knew where she was. She wanted to grope her way back, but then she thought again, would her husband come to find her?

Thinking of this, Yang Yuhuan felt that with Li Heng's intelligence, it would be easier for him to find her than for her to find her on her own. The key was whether Li Heng wanted to find her or not.

Yang Yuhuan hesitated for a while, and thought that since she was already out, she might as well wander around and wait and see.

So she simply stopped asking for directions and just looked around.

After walking around for a few rounds, Yang Yuhuan felt that if she kept walking around like this it would make it more difficult for Li Heng to find her, so she decided on a direction and kept walking.

She walked for a long time, passing Anyifang, Xuanpingfang, and Shengpingfang.

The wide streets are bustling with people, Tang people, Hu people, people of all kinds, and hundreds of trades and professions are constantly coming and going.

People seem ordinary and insignificant in it.

When Yang Yuhuan arrived at the meditation center, she saw a man riding a horse recklessly on the street, scaring passers-by so much that they fled and children cried.

Yang Yuhuan thought of Li Ying's usual style of doing things and felt that if she sat back and did nothing, Li Ying might not like it, so she looked around, took the cart of a nearby vendor, pushed it hard, and blocked the cart in the middle of the road.

Given the width of the street, a cart could not block the way of a horseman. However, what the horseman cared about was not the obstruction but the fact that someone dared to block his way.

So the man stopped his horse and shouted, "Who is so bold as to stop me!" Then he looked to both sides of the road.

People on both sides of the road stepped away, leaving only a veiled woman standing in front of the road, looking particularly out of place.

Yang Yuhuan saw the appearance of the man on horseback and said, "It turned out to be His Royal Highness Prince Guang."

When Prince Guang Li Ju heard the veiled girl in front of him calling out his name, he felt that the voice sounded familiar, and he couldn't help but look at her carefully.

Taking into account Yang Yuhuan's voice, clothing, hair accessories and figure, Li Ju asked tentatively: "Are you the Princess of Shou?"

"It's me." Yang Yuhuan said.

As the two were talking, the guards behind Prince Guang Li Ju also followed.

Li Ju had always disliked the Wu family and Li Heng. Seeing Yang Yuhuan alone, he laughed at her, "The Princess of Shou has ruined her appearance, and she won't even accompany the Prince of Shou when he's out for a stroll? Oh, by the way, the Prince of Shou is busy taking concubines, hahahaha..."

Yang Yuhuan ignored Li Ju's ridicule and said, "There is no order to clean the streets today. I wonder why His Royal Highness Prince Guang is riding a horse on the street?"

"This..." Li Ju was stunned, and said, "Is it necessary to report my affairs to Princess Shou?"

Yang Yuhuan said: "In this case, I can only ask the Prince of Shou to write a letter to the Saint."

"You?" Li Ju didn't expect Yang Yuhuan to be so tough. He glared at her and said, "Princess Shou wants to report me? I..."

Before Li Ju finished speaking, Li Siye, who had come out to look for someone, saw Yang Yuhuan and ran over to her, breathlessly saying, "Princess, I finally found you."

Li Ju was already angry with Yang Yuhuan, and when he saw Li Siye again, he didn't even greet him first, so he angrily said: "Li Siye, didn't you see me?"

Li Siye finally reacted and symbolically bowed to Li Ju, saying, "I pay my respects to His Highness Prince Guang."

After that, he respectfully said to Yang Yuhuan: "Princess, please return home quickly. His Royal Highness Prince Shou is extremely anxious now."

Yang Yuhuan was delighted to hear that Li Ju was so worried about her. Just as she was about to speak, she heard Li Ju angrily say, "You offended me, and you want to leave like this?"

As soon as Li Ju finished speaking, the guards behind him surrounded Li Siye and Yang Yuhuan.

Li Siye protected Yang Yuhuan and asked, "What does your Highness Prince Guang mean?"

Li Ju was just looking for someone to vent his anger on, so he said, "You are rude to me and you look down on me. This is a crime. Capture me!"

After hearing this, two of Li Ju's guards rushed forward, ready to capture Li Siye.

Li Siye had a hot temper. When he heard that Li Ju was targeting him, he knew that Yang Yuhuan was not in danger. Then he saw two guards rushing towards him, and he had no patience at all. He punched and kicked the two guards, and the two guards fell to the ground instantly.

Then four or five more guards surrounded them.

But they were all knocked down by Li Siye in a short moment.

Li Ju did not expect Li Siye to be so brave, so he dismounted and asked, "Do you want to fight me too?"

"I dare not." Li Siye suppressed his anger and bowed.

Seeing that Li Siye still had some rationality, Li Ju waved his whip and wanted to whip Li Siye.

"you dare!"

Li Yan's voice came from behind, interrupting Li Yan's actions.

Everyone looked up and saw Li Heng walking towards them with a frown and cold eyes.

(End of this chapter)