Yang Yi's palace is a long way from Tai Chi Palace, even if he rides a horse, it will take more than half an hour. However, there are almost no horse riders in Chang'an. Unless it is an official emergency, even those dudes will not ride tall horses to swagger through the city.
When Yang Yi first succeeded to the throne, Da Sui was still such an intoxicating and beautiful society.
The high profile of the children of the aristocratic family will definitely not be reflected in the domineering, but in the secret competition between the same class. It is undeniable that those who come from famous families look down on ordinary people, but they will never show it stupidly. This is the difference between the children of the aristocratic family and the rogues. In the former Zheng Dynasty, the two may have a high degree of overlap, but this is not the case in the Sui Dynasty.
Wu Yidao changed into clean clothes, and instead of walking, he spent five big dollars on a horse-drawn carriage to the vicinity of Tai Chi Palace, then packed his clothes and walked into this huge building complex that he entered for the first time .
"stop."
Before entering the city gate, he was stopped by the guards from the inner guards. Hundreds of households from the inner guards in brocade frowned and looked at Wu Yidao, then pointed to his right arm: "Take this off."
Wu Yidao's right arm was wrapped with a black gauze.
"No."
Wu Yidao didn't give any explanation, just shook his head and refused.
"You can't enter the palace without taking this off."
"good."
Wu Yidao didn't argue anything, turned around and left.
As if nothing happened, he returned to the palace by the same route, but he didn't take a carriage when he went back, and walked all the way. After returning to the palace, he changed the clothes that were more decent, and then took a little girl who couldn't speak a complete sentence from the hand of a little maid, who was excitedly babbling and opened her arms when she saw him. Although the child is still so young, he looks very cute and beautiful.
"Steward, didn't you enter the palace to face the saint? Why did you come back so soon?"
The one who asked him was a girl who looked fifteen or sixteen years old, and she was the only little maid left in this yard. Like Wu Yidao, she is also the one who was left behind after the owner of the palace moved into the palace. Whether it was when the palace was busy or deserted, she didn't seem to be particularly cared about.
A mansion is actually a microcosm of a society.
Some are favored and some are lost.
Wu Yiyi's time in the mansion was not long, even shorter than this little maid named Xiu'e. Now only Wu Yidao and the three of them are left in this huge courtyard. Not counting the patrolling guards in the mansion, they were sent by the Ouchi Guards Office to guard a group of Feiyupao who were also incompetent, and they had almost no intersection with the three of them.
A so-called steward, the steward's daughter who is not yet one year old, and a little maid.
"nothing."
Wu Yiyi shook his head, making his daughter laugh.
"By the way, steward... They left no money when they left, and we don't have much left."
Xiu'e gave Wu Yidao a sad look: "Your Majesty left in such a hurry when he entered the palace. After hearing about this happy event, everyone else just went crazy and left us two behind. He didn't tell us how to deal with the food and clothing expenses in the future, and where to get the monthly money."
"I see."
Wu Yiyi groped around for a while, and found some scattered silver: "You take these and use them first, I will ask someone about the silver."
Xiu'e glanced at the little silver in her hand, and after being silent for a while, she couldn't help but said: "We were abandoned by others. It sounds nice to stay in the palace, but in fact, we left here to fend for ourselves. Your Majesty enters the palace." At that time, all the people in the palace were crazy, and I don’t know how many people fished in troubled waters to steal things. Now there are some valuables in the mansion, and those flying fish robes are not strictly guarded, it’s really impossible... "
"Not really."
Wu Yiyi shook his head: "You don't need to worry about these things."
Xiu'e opened her mouth, but finally just shook her head helplessly and walked away.
Wu Yiyi put his daughter into a small wooden cart, and the daughter could stand while holding on to the railing of the cart. He pushed the cart to a cool place under the shade of trees in the yard, and then looked for scissors to trim the garden. His daughter is very obedient and plays by herself in the small car, neither crying nor making trouble. Such a small person is so lovable.
Wu Yiyi raised his head and glanced at the position of the sun, calculated the time, then called Xiu'e over and asked her to carry his daughter to the house.
He sat down by the flower pond, the muscle lines on his arms exposed from the sleeves he rolled were beautiful.
"Did you know someone was coming for you?"
Someone asked a question, not far away.
Wu Yidao didn't answer, nor turned around: "I know."
Footsteps came from behind to the front of the body, and Wu Yidao realized that it was a man wearing the iconic brocade clothes of the Ouchi Guard Office, who seemed to be about the same age as him. He is of medium build, not tall, not fat, white and clean, and his eyebrows are a little slumped, but it doesn't affect his appearance.
"It's a big deal, but it's a small thing."
The man in brocade clothes pointed to himself: "My name is Hou Wenji, Qianhu from the Ouchi Guard Office. What is big to you may become small after my report, and of course it may become Bigger things. So I hope you can give me a particularly perfect answer, so perfect that I can satisfy His Majesty without any modification."
Wu Yiyi didn't speak, and his face didn't change at all.
"I was thinking, the reason why you entered the palace at the beginning was because of your bad manners now, right? People like you are destined not to be liked by the same kind, and you are also capable, so everything is doomed. You push it out, while your kind reaps the benefits."
Under Hou Wenji's seemingly lazy expression, there seemed to be some playfulness hidden: "I heard that you used to be a businessman?"
"And now."
Wu Yiyi replied: "Anyone who takes money to do business, no matter what he sells, even if he sells himself, is still a businessman."
"Makes sense."
Hou Wenji nodded: "Interesting... I think people like you can be friends."
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"How long have you been in the mansion?"
Sitting cross-legged on the kang in the East Nuan Pavilion, the emperor glanced at Wu Yidao indifferently, and his gaze stayed on the black veil on his right arm for a moment. The new emperor ascended the throne, but the people who met the emperor wore black veils on their arms, which was a little unpleasant no matter what.
"Return to Your Majesty, five months and four days a year."
"It's not too early to come in, who sent you in?"
said the emperor.
Wu Yiyi lowered his head: "Elder Prince."
He answered so naturally, without any hesitation or procrastination.
"Who died in the family?"
The emperor didn't ask any more about the eldest prince, but pointed to the black veil on his right arm.
"wife."
Wu answered together.
The emperor was silent for a while, then lowered his head and continued to read the memorial: "You should know that being blocked at the gate of the palace may be a test of your ability. A chance to change your destiny. Not everyone, I will give a chance to explain. Not everyone can walk into my East Nuan Pavilion."
"What to do, what not to do."
Wu Yiyi's answer was extremely simple.
The emperor seemed to be slightly stunned for a moment, then raised his head and looked at Wu Yidao again: "When you entered the mansion, you came with a purpose. It's good luck that a person like you didn't die. The reason why you and that maid were released The reason why you stay in the mansion is because neither of you has done anything too outrageous. I know exactly who is in the mansion, where they came from, and what they have done, so I am sure that those who die will not be wronged , what is not dead is not indulgence."
"You said that there is something to be done, but I will ask you, why do you want to do things for the First Prince?"
"Lack of money."
Wu Yidao replied: "I have lost money in business, and my wife is sick and pregnant."
"It might be strange for a person like you not to lose money in business."
The emperor shook his head: "It seems that you are not the person I need."
When he said this, the emperor seemed to have really lost interest in Wu Yidao.
"Business requires tact, you need to assess the situation, you need to understand the general situation, and you need to look at the interests... These have nothing to do with you, you can go. I have already ordered that the money needed by the mansion will be distributed on a monthly basis."
The emperor waved his hand.
"How much silver does Your Majesty need?"
Wu Yidao asked suddenly.
I don't know what's wrong, but the emperor really can't bring up his hatred for this person. Even if the emperor knew clearly that the first prince had arranged for this person to enter the mansion. Maybe it's because of the similarities between the two of them, or maybe it's Wu Yiyi's stubborn refusal to take off the black veil on his right arm.
"a lot of."
The emperor never thought that he would pay attention to the man in front of him.
"I don't make small money, I only make big money."
Wu Yiyi knelt down and kowtowed.
"How big is it?"
The emperor asked, he did not prevent Wu Yidao from proclaiming himself a minister.
Wu Yiyi lowered his head and replied: "There are two kinds of wealth, one is real gold and silver, which is actually easy to earn. The minister did lose money in business, and the loss was so great that it was difficult to subsidize the family. But the minister remembered the reason for doing business with the minister. The characteristics of each of those people remember the characteristics of every city they have passed through. Earn money by relying on these, in fact, these are another kind of wealth, which is more precious than real gold and silver."
"Your Majesty, the first wealth can buy the second wealth, and the second wealth can expand the first wealth infinitely."
"Is this the reason why you chose the First Prince?"
the emperor asked again.
"yes."
Wu Yidao's forehead touched the ground: "I didn't see clearly."
The emperor couldn't help laughing: "Even I didn't see it clearly, let alone you? Because losing money is a natural disaster and has nothing to do with people."
Su Buwei, who was standing on the side of the kang, looked sideways at the man kneeling on the ground, and then remembered the man's name in his heart. Wu Peisheng was the eunuch who was going to screen the memorials, so most of the time on weekdays, Su Buwei served the new emperor in Dongnuange.
"I'll give you an errand first."
The emperor got down from the kang and walked up to Wu Yidao: "There is nothing very good about you. I am very satisfied with two things. First, you have your own persistence and don't change easily. Second, You know how to choose and you have good eyesight."
Su Buwei also looked at Wu Yidao, thinking how could this person see through the emperor's purpose of looking for him at a glance? Then you have the guts to ask Your Majesty that you are short of money
"I really need money. All the expenses in the palace are now using the savings in the original mansion, because I don't want people to say that I am extravagant behind the scenes. I plan to use the money allocated by the Ministry of Household carefully, lest those officials Let’s talk about it. But I don’t want to lose myself and those who follow me, so I want to get some money to subsidize.”
"but… "
The emperor glanced at Wu Yidao: "I won't give you the capital, because I have no money. If you don't have the ability to get money, then I will let you go back and continue sweeping the big courtyard of the palace."
"No money?"
Wu Yiyi raised his head and asked.
The emperor nodded: "Not a penny."
Wu Yidao was silent for a while and then said seriously: "Then this business needs to be done very big."