Li Yifu had just hurried out of the palace when he saw Bai Lu. He was not surprised at all that the palace maid of King Dai would be waiting for him here. It would be strange if no one was waiting for him.

Today was probably the most aggrieved day in his life. The emperor and the prince really found a good job for him. He racked his brains but could not figure out where this glass pagoda could be.

Li Yifu sat in the carriage with a worried look on his face. At the same time, he invited Bai Lu, the maid of King Dai, to sit in the carriage. King Dai doted on these maids and eunuchs very much, and he would not dare to let Bai Lu suffer any grievances.

The carriage set out from Chengtian Gate and headed straight for the gate of Prince Pu's mansion. Li Yifu got off the carriage quickly without even greeting Bai Lu behind him. He hurried to the gate, saluted and said, "Your humble servant, Li Yifu, wishes to see the Prince of Dai."

"Please come in, the King of Dai is waiting for you inside." said the servant at the door.

"Thank you." Li Yifu glanced at Bai Lu behind him and hurriedly followed the servants into Prince Pu's Mansion.

There are many mysterious places in the entire Chang'an city, and there are also many places that ordinary people and even dignitaries cannot enter and exit freely. The most outstanding among them is the Prince Pu's Mansion. The status of this mansion in the court is even no less than that of the imperial palace, and all this is due to the existence of Prince Pu Li Tai.

This was also Li Yifu's first time here. He followed the servants around the front hall and walked through the appreciation garden in front before arriving at the area where the master lived. It was obvious that Emperor Taizong had put a lot of thought into this area for Prince Pu, and there was a sense of nobility everywhere.

After entering the main hall, Li Hong was seen wandering around there bored, looking here and touching there, with no personal maids or eunuchs around him.

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Standing at the door, Li Yifu said, "Your servant, Li Yifu, greets the King of Dai."

"Oh? You're here, quite quickly, much faster than I expected. Is my mother okay? She's not angry, right?" Li Hong asked with a smile as he looked at Li Yifu who was standing at the door.

Bai Lu walked in first and stood beside Li Hong. Li Yifu then walked in and sighed and complained, "My dear King Dai, you are trapping me to death. I have been thinking about it for a long time, but I don't know where in the Tang Dynasty there is this glass pagoda. You...you let me go where to find this treasure for you."

Li Hong was stunned when he heard what Li Yifu said. After thinking for a while, he finally understood. For a long time, they still believed that this glass was produced naturally like jade.

Li Hong didn't care about Li Yifu's anxious look, and said lightly: "Those are all small matters, easy to handle. My mother is not angry in the court, right?"

Although he has left the palace now, he dare not relax the tension in his heart. He is afraid that Wu Mei will send people to capture him in a rage.

"King Dai, ever since you broke the treasure, I have been trying to figure out where to get the glass. I really don't have the energy to see if the Queen is angry with you. How about you return to the palace and apologize to the Queen first..."

"What a joke! I finally managed to escape from the palace. Now I want to go back? If I go back now, I'm afraid my butt will be beaten to a pulp." Li Hong interrupted him.

Li Hong thought about it and thought that his mother would probably know that he would live in Prince Pu's Mansion. Even if she didn't know, given his father's henpecked personality, he would probably tell her everything when trying to coax her.

If the Queen Mother really sent someone out of the palace to look for me, they would probably be on the way by now. So now I have to find a place to hide for a while and come back at night. I must not be caught by the Queen Mother, even if it is only for my own little butt.

"Mr. Yi, please help me find a few craftsmen these days. They will be useful to me." Li Hong asked Mr. Yi to sit down and then said, "Find two honest and dull colored glaze craftsmen. Oh, and two blacksmiths. It would be even better if you can find two blue brick craftsmen. Don't look for them from the Imperial Palace's General Works Supervisor. I'm afraid they can't come up with anything new except catering to the tastes of the royal family."

"That's no problem. It's easy to find glass craftsmen. There are plenty of them in both the East Market and the West Market. Blacksmiths are also no problem. Firing blue bricks may be a little difficult. It seems that the only blue brick craftsmen are the Chief of Works and the Ministry of Works. It will take a few days. King Dai, forgive me for being so rude, but you are not planning to make a copy, are you?" Li Yifu wondered if King Dai wanted to use a fake one to impersonate him.

Li Hong smiled and said to Bai Lu, "Find Mangzhong and Xiazhi and ask them to go out with me. Oh, they should be tidying up our residence in the back. Tell the six of them that they are not allowed to go out today. They must not leave the house. If they feel bored, they can take a breath in the back garden. After avoiding the limelight today, we will go out for a walk."

After sending Bai Lu away, Li Hong and Li Yifu walked out of the palace together. Li Hong planned to use Li Yifu's carriage to find a place to hide for a while.

"Do you think that this glass, like jade, also came out of stone?" Li Hong raised his eyes and asked Li Yifu.

"Uh... please help me solve this puzzle for the king." This question stumped Li Yifu. Could it be that this glass was made of other things?

"You will know when you have gathered all the people. You will have to open more shops in Luoyang and Chang'an. What I said today is that it is not empty talk to ask Guizi and other Western countries to buy glass products from our Tang Dynasty. Don't look at me as a small person, but I never lie."

Not lying? Today, he had deceived his own mother in the court. Li Yifu was complaining in his heart but dared not say it out loud.

When the two of them walked to the door, Xia Zhi and Mang Zhong were already standing there waiting. Li Hong took a few exaggerated deep breaths and sighed, "It feels so good to be free. Yifu, please take your carriage and take me to Aunt Chengyang."

"What are you doing...?" Li Yifu asked knowingly. With his experience he had already figured out that this king was really resourceful in order to avoid returning to the palace.

Seeing that Li Hong didn't say anything, Li Yifu had to take the blame. If the queen asked him about it, he would have to decide whether to say it or not. Sitting on the shaft with his driver, thinking hard, Li Hong was carried by Xia Zhi and got into the carriage with Mangzhong.

At present, none of Li Zhi's children can own a mansion in Chang'an. Including Li Zhi's many brothers and sisters, only two princesses, Chengyang and Xincheng, who are Li Zhi's sisters, have retained a mansion in Chang'an. Another one is Princess Lanling, for whom Li Zhi specially reserved a mansion.

The carriage stopped at the gate of Princess Chengyang's residence. The guard at the gate looked at the official carriage with a thoughtful look. In addition to Princess Xincheng's residence, no other officials lived in this block. In other words, this block was the territory of the two princesses Chengyang and Xincheng. It seemed to be isolated from the world and outsiders would not come here.

"Drive the carriage away quickly. We are not allowed to stop here randomly." A family guard said to Li Yifu, who was wearing relatively expensive clothes.

"Thank you for your help. Please inform that the King of Dai is here to visit." Li Yifu got off the carriage, walked to the door of the house and bowed.

"King of Dai? Which King of Dai? There is only a princess here, not a King of Dai." The family general looked at the tall and thin Li Yifu and said vigilantly.

Li Hong had been carried down from the carriage by Xia Zhi at this time. Looking at Li Yifu's gloomy face, he was afraid that this guy would bear a grudge and cause trouble for him someday, so he said, "Yifu, you should go back first. You have been out for a day. I can go in by myself."

Li Yifu turned around and ignored the guard. He walked up to Li Hong and said, "I'd better watch the Prince of Dai go in before I leave. In case something unexpected happens..."

"Don't worry, you should eat vegetarian food during Grain in Ear and Summer Solstice. You can go back, the sun is about to set. Just remember to do what I asked you to do." Li Hong said.

Li Yifu glanced at Mangzhong who was approaching the retainer, and saw that the retainer was flipping through a token handed over by Mangzhong. Naturally, he knew that this was a royal thing, so he did not refuse it. After apologizing, he did not even get into the carriage. He continued to sit on the shaft of the carriage with the coachman on his left and right and left.

As soon as Li Yifu left, the two family generals also checked the powerful token of Mangzhong, so one of them saluted hurriedly, and the other quickly ran in to report.

Li Hong walked inside without waiting for the general to report back. The other general did not dare to stop him and had to follow behind Li Hong to lead the way.

"Wow, Aunt Chengyang's mansion is not bad. Apart from being a little tacky, there is nothing wrong with it. It is quite big." Li Hong exclaimed as he walked.

Xia Zhi followed beside him, covering his mouth and laughing. This princess's mansion had never been repaired or rebuilt for many years, and it still retained the appearance of the time when Emperor Taizong was in power. Emperor Taizong did not have much money at that time, so the princess's mansion was large in area, but there were fewer buildings. Most of the place was planted with flowers and plants, which made it look unique and elegant.

"Your subject Xue Guan greets the King of Dai." Xue Guan, the governor of Fangzhou and Li Hong's uncle, hurried over with Princess Chengyang.

Princess Chengyang and Xue Guan had visited Li Zhi in the palace and had also met this young and smart nephew. But etiquette was indispensable, so Xue Guan had to show courtesy to Li Hong first before Li Hong could greet them.

"Hong'er greets aunt and uncle." Li Hong waited for Xue Guan to pay his respects before bowing and greeting.

"Why are you here, you little monkey? Has your mother allowed you to leave the palace?" Chengyang was only 26 years old at this time, petite and pretty. As the emperor's biological sister, Li Zhi was particularly fond of her.

Seeing that the little guy brought a palace maid and a eunuch, Chengyang took Li Hong's hand and asked warily: "Did you sneak out?"

"No, it was my father who allowed me to leave the palace. If you don't believe me, you can ask them." Li Hong continued to walk forward while Chengyang was holding his hand. Xue Guan followed behind with a smile.

"Will the emperor allow you to leave the palace? What about your mother? How dare he let you leave the palace without your mother's consent?" Chengyang is very smart and has a very good relationship with Li Hong's mother. The two of them chat in the palace every now and then, so he is naturally very clear about the relationship between Li Zhi and Wu Mei.

"What are you talking about? My father is the emperor, okay? As long as my father allows, my mother's opinion can be ignored, okay?" Li Hong said, taking away Chengyang's hand that was resting on the top of his head.

"Isn't your father very afraid of your mother?" Chengyang teased Li Hong as they walked.

"Anyway, my father allowed me to leave the palace. I'm hungry. Isn't it time for your family to eat too?" Li Hong looked around and changed the subject.