Concubine Shang Yunxiao

Chapter 8 The Prosperous Capital

Lijin, the capital of Anxia Kingdom.

When the carriage drove into the most prosperous city in Anxia, ​​Xi'er, who had been quiet all the time, couldn't help but lift the small curtain of the sedan chair, poked her head out a little, and looked curiously at the spacious street paved with bluestone slabs. There are countless small merchants and hawkers on both sides; all kinds of attics are lined up, and they all have beautiful cornices and carved windows.

People wearing all kinds of clothes walked calmly on the street. The men wore their hair tied in a crown, and the women wore their hair in a high bun with the most exquisite hairpins and pearls, and gemstone earrings swayed gently by their ears.The colors of the dresses dazzled Yuan Xi, they were all so beautiful, and the silk soap on their arms floated like mist.

Yuan Xi couldn't help looking a little crazy, he didn't know where to look, could this be the prosperity that Yuan Haoxiang said?It turned out to be like a blooming flower.

"Mother, why are there so many people in the capital?" Yuan Xi reluctantly put down the curtains and asked Qi Wanzhen with a smile.

Qi Wanzhen caressed Yuanxi's hair bun, and said gently: "Because the capital city is the largest city in Anxia Kingdom and the place where the emperor lives, the people all feel the majesty of the emperor's grace in the imperial city. So this place is so beautiful, Beautiful places are always desirable.”

Just like more than ten years ago, Yuan Yuesheng, who was demoted, was unwilling to be frustrated in his official career and wanted to stand up, so he even married Sun Yuzhu, who sold and sang in a brothel, as his concubine, just to enter Beijing.Because Sun Yuzhu knew a senior official in the capital, through this senior official, Yuan Yuesheng was rewarded with a small official position in Lantai.Although the official is small, he can be regarded as entering the capital, and has more opportunities for promotion than local officials.

In ten years, he gradually rose from Zhengzi to Xiaoshulang, Secretary Lang to today's Lantai Taishi.

But no matter how he was promoted, he was still a small historian, not ranked in the Jiuqing, and he was still a low-level official.

"Mother, are we going to live here? I'm so happy." The Yuanxi girl's innocence was fully revealed. She snuggled into Qi Wanzhen's arms and said with infinite longing, "Mother, do you think we will see the emperor?"

Qi Wanzhen smiled and said: "The emperor is not like the passers-by on the street, who can see him whenever he wants. Even people who live in the palace may never see each other in their lifetime."

Yuan Xi couldn't figure it out, and asked with big watery eyes, "Why? Is the palace like a maze? The emperor plays hide and seek with everyone, so you can't see it, right?"

"Really." Qi Wanzhen didn't intend to explain too much to Yuan Xi, she was still so young after all.Besides, how can they deal with the royal family if they are ordinary.

Yuan Haoxiang, who was sitting in the same sedan chair, couldn't help but interjected: "The prosperity of the capital covers up the peak flames at the border. Life in the capital is so peaceful, how can you expect the pain of the people at the border?"

"Why are they in pain?" Yuan Xi asked curiously.

(End of this chapter)