Early the next morning, Gu Jinzhi went to court.
Li Wei led the Fengyi Palace's head maid Chuntang and her lackey Fuman, and staggered out of the palace.
Under the pretext of investigating the people's sentiments, he was actually bored from being trapped in the palace walls and wanted to get some fresh air and see what fun things there were in the ancient city.
She didn't bring Zeng Yi with her on this trip.
That boy was nominally her "chief eunuch in charge of Fengyi Palace", but in fact she arranged him to be by Gu Jinzhi's side.
This would save her from going out for a stroll and then coming back to find the emperor inexplicably "disappearing into the water".
Speaking of which, the Zeng family is worthy of being the owner of the astronomical mirror.
In just ten days, Zeng Yi, without showing off, had already become a first-level warrior...
I have to sigh, what a huge backdoor this mirror has opened for the Zeng family! ?
Li Wei was very low-key when she left the palace this time.
She simply dressed as an ordinary wealthy lady, while Chuntang and Fuman dressed as a maid and a servant.
The driver was an inconspicuous eunuch found from the Imperial Stables.
The carriage was also a small blue cloth carriage with no special markings.
After the carriage drove out of the palace, Chuntang cautiously asked Li Wei, "Your Majesty, do you want to go back to the Duke's Mansion to see her? The Madam... must be missing you."
Liguo Gongfu?
Li Wei raised an eyebrow.
She had no memory of the former queen, and to her, everyone in the Duke of Li's mansion was no different from strangers.
She came out to have fun, not to meet her relatives, so why would she go back to her "parents' home"?
"No." Li Wei refused decisively.
Fuman was very good at observing people's expressions. As soon as he heard Li Wei's tone, he knew that she had no interest in returning to her parents' home.
He rolled his eyes, smiled flatteringly and said:
"If your Majesty doesn't want to go back home, why not go boating on Jinming Lake?"
"The Jinming Lake is the most beautiful scenery in Yujing City. There is also a Wenyu Street beside the lake, which has all kinds of food and snacks."
"From time to time, some foreign merchants set up stalls there, and you can find many rare treasures there!"
Li Wei was immediately interested when she heard this. "Okay, let's go there!"
The young eunuch responded, and with a "snap" sound, he flicked the whip and the carriage sped up.
Li Wei was sitting in the car and was not idle either.
She is now gradually gaining control over her spiritual power.
As soon as the thought came to mind, invisible perception spread out like mercury pouring out of the ground, silently "watching" everything outside the carriage.
By doing so, one can not only become familiar with the power, but also appreciate the scenery of the ancient capital without having to lift the curtain of the carriage. It is simply killing two birds with one stone.
But as she watched, the relaxed and comfortable expression on Li Wei's face froze and then turned gloomy.
The one or two blocks near the palace are relatively neat and clean.
The ground is paved with bluestone slabs, and several breakfast shops are doing business.
Although there are not many pedestrians, it still has a bit of Kyoto atmosphere.
However, the farther the carriage traveled, the more shocking the scene she "saw" became.
There are more and more beggars on the streets, each of them is pale and thin, numb and dull.
Occasionally, you can see people curled up and motionless on the roadside, and you can't tell whether they are dead or alive.
As the carriage rumbled across the Yudai River connected to the Imperial Palace's Imperial River, Li Wei's spiritual power "saw" a scene that made her feel cold all over.
Several half-naked, emaciated men were rummaging around under the bridge with long bamboo poles.
Not long after, a skinny middle-aged man carefully hooked up something with a bamboo pole with a noose.
The "thing" seemed to be wrapped in a piece of rag that was already soaked and stained.
When the skinny middle-aged man saw the rag, his eyes lit up. He didn't care about the stench and tore the rag off in a few seconds and put it in his arms like a treasure.
Then, he threw the slippery "thing" back into the river without hesitation.
At that moment, Li Wei saw it clearly.
The abandoned "thing" was clearly the body of a child who was only two or three years old!
He was so thin that he was just a bag of bones, with his ribs clearly visible. Even after being soaked in water for a long time, he was only slightly swollen.
And that piece of rag may be his last covering.
"parking!"
Li Wei's voice was very dry.
As she spoke, the carriage suddenly stopped.
Chuntang and Fuman were startled by her sudden order and looked at her in confusion.
But Li Wei was unaware of anything and just sat there, her body stiff.
Her instinct was to rush out of the carriage and question the man who had taken even the last rag from the dead child.
But what did he do wrong?
He was just trying to survive...
A heavy and oppressive aura quietly emanated from Li Wei.
Chuntang and Fuman felt cold all over, as if they had fallen into an ice cave. Even their breathing became cautious, and they dared not even take a breath.
There was deathly silence in the carriage.
After a long time, so long that Chuntang and Fuman could hardly bear it anymore, Li Wei finally spoke again, her voice hoarse.
"I'm not going to Jinming Lake anymore."
"Leave the city and visit the village outside."
Fu Man shuddered and subconsciously wanted to dissuade him: "My Lady, outside the city..."
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly remembered that his master was not some delicate noble lady.
He still hadn't forgotten the scene of the palace coup that day, when the Jianji Hall Square turned into a river of blood.
So, when the three words "unsafe" came to his lips, he swallowed them back.
He bowed and replied, "Yes, I obey your command."
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