Chapter 1499 Imperial City
The imperial palace is located in the north of the capital, built against the mountain. The western inner courtyard is adjacent to Longshouyuan, which starts from Fanchuan and stretches for sixty miles. It can be seen how big and long this mountain range is. The emperor does not seem to worry at all about the soldiers attacking from that side, so there is no city wall on the north side of the imperial city.
He simply set up the north as the Forbidden Garden, and placed the imperial guards in the Western Inner Garden, hahahahaha...
A few years ago, the emperor had become more affluent, so he had a palace built along the banks of the Wei River east of the Western Inner Courtyard. However, while the construction was going on, his daughter got married and needed a dowry. If nothing went right, his sons would also get married and would also need betrothal gifts.
Unfortunately, Wei Zhi was in charge of the Ministry of Revenue during those years, so he was only willing to pay according to the rules, not a penny more, and the construction of the palace over there stopped.
Later, the imperial court fought against Tuyuhun and Dangxiang Qiang respectively. During that period, the crown prince and Wei Zhi were in charge of the national treasury together, and they had no money to repair the palace.
So the Daming Palace in the east was under construction and then stopped, and it has been stopped until now.
However, the garden still had a wild charm and there were several renovated palaces, so the emperor let the princes and princesses play there.
Yang Heshu said to the few people who came to him, "When you want to take horseback archery lessons, if you don't go to the Western Inner Courtyard, then go to the Daming Palace. It depends on the preferences of your teacher."
Manbao was standing on a pavilion, looking north, and asked, "Which place has the best scenery?"
Yang Heshu glanced at her and said, "Do you want to attend the class too? Are you busy with teaching and editing?"
"You don't have to take other classes, but you can still give this horseback archery a try."
There is only one horse riding and archery class every three days, which is not a lot.
Yang Heshu said, "None of the officials in the East Palace, such as the Chancellor and the Councillor, live in the palace. Even Xiao Yuanzheng and his men only live in the palace when they are on duty. Do you know why you want to live in the palace with Bai Shan and the others?"
Manbao was stunned and asked, "Why?"
Yang Heshu said, "Because the Crown Princess is pregnant."
Because everyone present was their own people, Liu Huangang lost the bet and went to get some refreshments. At this time, only the three of them and Yin Huo were sitting in the attic.
Yang Heshu said, "Your Majesty and the court officials know that the Crown Prince's actions are an attempt to abuse public power for personal gain, but the Crown Prince's actions also involve the foundation of the country, so everyone pretends to be ignorant, as if your residence in the palace is natural."
Manbao looked confused, "So?"
Bai Shan tapped her forehead and said, "So you can put forward some more conditions. Isn't it just taking horseback archery lessons with us? Even if you go to the Western Inner Courtyard to ride horses every day, the prince will probably find an excuse for you."
Yang Heshu smiled and nodded. "So you should discuss this matter with the Crown Prince yourself. After all, I am in charge of the finances on behalf of His Majesty and the Ministry of Revenue. It's not my place to interfere too much in matters like this."
Manbao understood and nodded with a smile.
Liu Huan brought up some tea and snacks and said, "We haven't had lunch yet. When can we have lunch?"
Yang Heshu said, "You have to go to the dining room to eat lunch, but..."
He looked down at the young masters who were still shouting at the eunuchs in the courtyard not far away, shook his head and said, "You have occupied all the eunuchs, and I guess no one will go to the kitchen to bring you food, so just starve."
Everyone turned to look at him.
Yang Heshu smiled at them and said, "I just ate in front."
Everyone: ...
What should I do if I feel a little regretful about going out for a walk with him?
Originally, they were going to go to Manbao's place next door after seeing the martial arts arena, but they ran into Yang Heshu as soon as they walked out of the arena.
Yang Heshu thought that they had a pretty good relationship after all, so he took them for a walk and talked about the taboos in the palace.
They still need to know where they can go and where they can't go.
Yang Heshu simply took them up to the high building and pointed at the palace, telling them, "The west side of the East Palace is where the prince's concubines live. There are guards guarding it, so you absolutely cannot go there. If you go in, you might be mistaken for an assassin and killed."
After saying that, he turned around and smiled at Manbao, "You are not among them."
Because she is not only a girl, but also a doctor.
"As for the Zhanshi Mansion ahead, you are generally not allowed to go there. If you accidentally enter a confidential place, you will be beaten or reported, and you deserve it. Your family members generally won't be able to help you."
"As for other places in the East Palace, you can go there if you want, but if you are not careful, you may be punished by the teacher. By the way, Kong Jijiu is your senior teacher, so you can think about it yourself."
Several people shuddered together.
"As for other places, that is outside the Eastern Palace. As companions of the Eastern Palace, if you go somewhere else without permission, your life and death will be at the mercy of fate."
Yang Heshu summarized the more than 300 palace rules into four points, but whether it was Bai Shanzhou Manyinhuo, Bai Erlang or Liu Huan, they all remembered them deeply.
The five of them nodded together to indicate that they had taken note.
Yang Heshu was very satisfied with this. Seeing that they were hungry, he told them where they could find some snacks and tea.
Liu Huan lost the game of rock-paper-scissors, so he went downstairs to get it.
But there weren't many snacks brought up.
The five people each shared two pieces and ate them. The snacks in the palace were small, one bite at a time. Manbao felt even hungrier after eating them.
Bai Shan also felt uncomfortable with the feeling of being hungry and asked, "Where is the kitchen? Maybe we can get food ourselves?"
Yang Heshu smiled and said, "Look, this is the place you normally can't go to."
Five people: ...
Yang Heshu said, "If you go, at the very least, all the eunuchs in the courtyard will be punished for asking the young masters to fetch their own food. At worst, if someone in the kitchen poisons the Crown Prince and the other gentlemen, not only will the palace servants who serve you be implicated, but you too will be implicated."
Except for Manbao and Baishan, the other three were frightened.
After Yang Heshu finished scaring the people, he left. As he walked down the stairs, he said with a smile, "Today, you will have a lesson on how to live a good life in the palace."
Bai Cheng was confused and turned to ask Bai Shan, "What do you mean?"
Bai Shan said, "We need to find the eunuchs who are supposed to serve us and ask them to go to the kitchen to get us food."
But once they returned to the yard, they realized that things were going to be a little difficult, because the eunuchs were all working in their rooms. Manbao couldn't help but feel curious. Wasn't it just taking out the things in the boxes and arranging them?
At most, they can put on a quilt cover. How can they do this for so long?
So he ignored the distinction between men and women and went straight to the window to look inside.
Inside the room were Zhao Liulang and Jun Sanlang. They were circling around, looking around with disdain on their faces. "This windowsill is too plain. Go get some curtains. They need light blue, thin gauze. This way, it won't be stuffy when summer comes."
Jun Sanlang also said, "Go get another thin beauty vase and cut a few flowers to put in it."
Manbao outside the window: ...
See you at 8pm
(End of this chapter)
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