An Xiaohe and the palace maid hung up the bait, turned around and disappeared from sight of Bai Qi. Looking back hurriedly, she saw her husband and Sister Pei sitting behind her not far away.
So he waved to the two of them excitedly, and said happily: "Your Highness, please wait a moment, I will catch a fish soon, and I will personally cook fish for you in the evening."
"Let's forget it, I'm afraid I won't have anything to eat for dinner." Li Hong hit An Xiaohe's self-confidence, which immediately made An Xiaohe roll his eyes in displeasure.
Pei Wanying next to her denied it for a while and said repeatedly: "Sister An, have a good time fishing. I will join hands with you to cook a delicious meal for Your Highness to try tonight."
"It's a deal." An Xiaohe was still like an elf, waving to the two of them again with a smile, then turned his face and started to catch fish even harder.
It's just that the weather didn't go as planned. The afterglow of the setting sun gradually disappeared from the roof, and the golden sunset reflected on the sky began to become blurry. However, whether it was An Xiaohe or Pei Wanying who helped later, the two Man still hasn't caught a single fish.
Li Hong yawned and looked at the anxious An Xiaohe and Pei Wanying's backs, and said lazily: "I don't know if you will follow me or not, but you will follow me when fishing. I'm definitely a kiss."
The weather in May was still a bit cool in the morning and night, so the palace maids took thicker clothes and put them on Li Hong and others.
The two fished out of excitement, but returned in despair, each with his head down, not catching a single fish. Faced with Li Hong's somewhat gloating smile, the two were embarrassed and didn't know what to say.
"Forget it, there's no need to be embarrassed. It just means that your skills need to be improved. I'll teach you how to fish next time. I'm the best at fishing. If you don't believe me, ask Bai Chun. By the way, today is just the right time. Hua Meng, go Pick up Bai Chun, call the two princesses Yiyang and Gao'an, and let's go to Chang'an City for dinner." Li Hong looked at the disappearing sunset on the horizon and looked at the two people strolling up to him.
His boastful words naturally drew the eyes of Pei Wanying and An Xiaohe. However, the two women did not refute him. Instead, after hearing that they were leaving the imperial city and going to Chang'an for dinner, their little faces, which were still depressed, Suddenly they became brighter and began to discuss where to eat and what to eat. They no longer forgot about their husband, His Royal Highness.
Seeing the two women selflessly discussing food, someone had no choice but to touch his nose and signal that he was ready to leave for Chang'an.
Bai Chun seems to have settled in Prince Pu's Mansion since Li Hong's wedding. He rarely comes to the East Palace when there is nothing to do. Occasionally, he will come here every three or five, but he basically doesn't live in the East Palace anymore unless he has nothing to do. It was Li Hong who persuaded her to stay.
Yiyang and Gao'an were placed in the same mansion by Li Hong, and this mansion belonged to no one else. It was Li Xian, the king of Pei, who was given to Yiyang and Gao'an by Li Hong after he was exiled.
This move caused some slight dissatisfaction between Li Zhi and Wu Mei, but they did not recruit Li Hong to the palace to ask the reason, but acquiesced to Li Hong's proposal.
So after two months of living in Yiyang and Gao'an, the little disturbance was silently submerged in time, and no one cared about it anymore.
With the development of Chang'an City over the years, especially the increase in the population of foreign countries and the increase in the wealth of merchants, the living standards of the people of Chang'an have improved.
The original inns, restaurants, tea shops, and flower shops, which were popular and lingering places among the people, now seem a little shabby and cannot keep up with the times. At the same time, they cannot meet everyone's needs.
As a result, in recent years, a large number of exotic-style buildings, novel and luxurious inns, restaurants, etc. have sprung up.
Therefore, in the eyes of the common people, when it comes to the architecture of Chang'an, in addition to the admirable designs of major temples and gardens, it is also admirable for the famous red light district Pingkangfang, East and West City and other places, with various The cultural architecture has become another major feature and tourist hobby.
Following the instructions of His Royal Highness Prince Li Hong, Zong Chuke, the then chief official of the Jingzhao Prefecture, deliberately demolished most of the walls that were originally built between the various buildings in Chang'an City in some areas. It finally became a Dafang area that can communicate with each other twelve hours a day.
The curfew and other already loose martial law and the city's military guards are no longer strict. For these large areas, they only conduct symbolic patrols. Pedestrians, carriages, and even people on the road, whether during the day or late at night, Ask no more questions.
The great degree of freedom not only exceeded the expectations of the people of Chang'an City, but also exceeded the expectations of Li Zhi and Wu Mei. The impeachment of the censor, the remonstrances of Honglu Temple and other courtiers could not change the established facts.
When Li Zhi and Wu Mei summoned Li Hong to the palace to reprimand him, someone still lowered his head and rolled his eyes and said that he planned to tear down all the walls of Chang'an City and expand Chang'an City in a few years.
What Li Zhi and Wu Mei said was regarded as rebellious remarks by Li Hong, so they scolded and kicked the other, and drove the unfilial Crown Prince out of the palace, leaving behind a sentence: "How dare you demolish the walls of Chang'an City" , I will demolish the East Palace for you" threatening words.
At the beginning of the lanterns, Chang'an City at this time is no longer what it used to be. The pedestrians on the road look in a hurry. On the contrary, the pedestrians on the road at this time are still smiling and leisurely, or walking on both sides of the street, going in and out of various shops. , or a few scholars, surrounded the city, looking at the exotic-style buildings and pointing.
The distance between carriages and bearers has never been greater than that of carriages. When the number of conflicts between the bearers and carriage drivers became more and more frequent, Zong Chuke decisively divided the carriages on the main streets of Chang'an City. The roads that bearers and pedestrians should take regulate the traffic order in the entire Chang'an city.
And this also caused great dissatisfaction among the people of Chang'an and foreign merchants who felt constrained when walking. Likewise, it naturally also attracted dissatisfaction from the censor and other officials.
But when Li Hong asked them to experience the busiest time in Chang'an City, and this system had been implemented for a while, the officials faced the bustling scene and looked at the orderly carriages and bearers. Pedestrians, each walking on their own road, not only did not appear restrained, but felt a neat beauty after the order was maintained. There was no longer the noisy, unwilling to give in to each other, or horse whips in their impressions. It made a crackling sound in the air, frightening the pedestrians on the road ahead.
Three-story, four-story, or even five-story buildings with mainly civil structures are already common buildings in Chang'an City. People who have lived in Chang'an for a long time have become accustomed to them, but foreign travelers, businessmen, or foreigners who have just arrived. Business travel feels like entering another world.
Standing in front of the tall and beautiful buildings of different styles with carved beams and painted beams on both sides of the road, I looked up with infinite confusion and disbelief in my eyes, and my heart was filled with shock.
"What a wonderful city Chang'an is. In a few years, after the walls on both sides from east to west and south are demolished, buildings as tall as this one can be built in this large area. By then..." Li Hong sighed as he sat in the carriage.
"I'm afraid the streets of Chang'an City will no longer see sunlight. Every winter, the streets have many more shadows than in previous years." An Xiaohe shook his head and looked left and right. The candied haws in his hand was already the third one. It’s two skewers, and I don’t know if she will have dinner later.
"That's nonsense, isn't it just that there is less sunlight at dusk? It's not as bad as you said." Li Hong quickly bit into a shiny candied haws without waiting for An Xiaohe to put it into his mouth. Candied haws in the mouth.
"You signaled that the buildings built by Zong Chuke under the pressure of being a prisoner were all illegal according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty. The Ministry of Industry could turn a blind eye under your pressure, but if If you want to build the main districts of Chang'an like this, you are afraid that the general and the Yushitai will impeach you again." Bai Chun also sat in the carriage, close to An Xiaohe, looking at An Xiaohe pouting. His mouth was dissatisfied with the most beautiful candied haws, which was bitten by His Highness.
"Laws can be changed, but they are not dead. How can they remain the same?" Li Hong said calmly as he continued to look at the brightly lit night scene outside.
"But now... Dali Temple, the Yushitai, and even the Ministry of Punishment don't agree? Not to mention the generals, the Yushitai and the Yushitai are going crazy to impeach the Ministry of Works every day. It's hard to do it when you're caught in the middle. Human. Besides, you can't always talk about Dayan Pagoda, otherwise His Majesty will be unhappy." Bai Chun snatched the candied haws from An Xiaohe who was pouting and still dissatisfied, and handed it to Pei Wanying. : "Are you going to eat or not?"
Li Hong glanced at Bai Chun, who looked indifferent, strangely, and then asked, "Have you heard anything else during this time?"
"Ministry of Industry, after Fang Xianzhong, you have been uncertain about your position as minister, and people are worried..."
"But these are court matters, how do you know?"
"I want to build a..." As soon as Bai Chung opened his mouth, facing Li Hong's strange eyes, he laughed sheepishly, holding Pei Wanying's arm and laughing so hard that he continued after a while: " But now the Ministry of Works does not dare to approve it and directly refuses it, so what will happen? "
"You can't afford to be late if you don't have any profit." Li Hong said something, then stepped out of the carriage, and saw Yiyang and Gao An standing at the door of the restaurant, looking at him with a smile.
(End of chapter)