The common people living near the palace were especially excited, their faces flushed red, and they all looked at Li Junyan with great hope, hoping that the chosen place would be their home. It didn't matter where they lived!
Being fortunate enough to have built a temple for the goddess will be a blessing to future generations!
What's more, the prince will arrange a new residence for him and compensate him with ten times the amount of gold and silver.
This is something I couldn’t even dream of!
Building the Temple of the Goddess was not a sudden idea of Li Junyan.
This idea had already emerged in his mind when Sang Jueqian said that he could provide them with water and food.
After that, in addition to handling some official business, he sat at his desk every day and continued to draw the blueprints of the Goddess Temple.
After a few days, I was finally satisfied with the painting and could start work.
Xu San rode at full speed and invited the Feng Shui master and the garden master over.
In order to achieve perfection in every aspect, they must be involved.
After Li Junyan announced these things, he took his men on a slow walk near the palace to choose the most suitable location.
In the end, the location of the Goddess Temple was decided to be diagonally opposite the General's Mansion, facing north and south.
All expenses for the Goddess Temple were purchased by the royal palace from other prefectures, supervised by Xu San and personally reviewed by Li Junyan.
"Buy a white jade stone that is as tall as a person as soon as possible. I want to carve the goddess myself." Li Junyan instructed Xu San.
Xu San clasped his fists and saluted, "Don't worry, Your Highness. I've already sent people to several nearby prefectures. This area is rich in jade, and good news will be reported back in a few days."
"Yeah." Li Junyan responded, "Has Zhao Liu arrived in Chang'an?"
"Here we are. A letter has been sent back by carrier pigeon.
Zhao Liu has returned to the Chang'an Palace and is leading people to clean up everything in the palace."
At this point, Xu San looked hesitant.
Li Junyan glanced at him calmly and said, "Speak."
"Yes." Xu San bowed again, "Your Majesty, do you really want to dismantle all the precious wood in the Chang'an Palace and bring it back?
Isn't this a bit too conspicuous? Prince Jing and the Crown Prince will definitely get the news. If they tell the Emperor, I'm afraid the Emperor will be very harsh on the Prince—"
Xu San didn't dare to continue.
Li Junyan looked calm, "I know what you mean. I didn't intend to hide it from them and let Zhao Liu go back secretly. I was just pretending.
If the emperor knew about this, it would only benefit me and Tingzhou, not harm.
Just think about it, I just arrived in Tingzhou not long ago, and I sent people back to Chang'an day and night, almost emptying the entire Prince Chen's Mansion. What's the reason?"
Xu San hesitated, "Because..."
"Because life in Tingzhou is so hard, I, the king, have been spoiled and pampered, and I cannot bear the hardship of Tingzhou at all.
Send a message to Zhao Liu, asking him to sell some of the worthless items on his way back and buy more food. Since we are going to perform a show, we should perform it to the fullest."
Hearing this, Xu San finally understood what was going on. He looked at Li Junyan with admiration, "Your Highness is indeed very thoughtful. I worried for nothing before and almost made a fool of myself."
"No problem." Li Junyan waved his hand. "Hurry up and do what I told you to do. Will Sun Er be back soon?"
"Just these two days."
"When he arrives, he will be given the responsibility of coordinating and managing the labor of the people in the city."
Xu San grinned, "Sun Er is suitable for this job. Leave these tasks to him, and I can concentrate on building the Goddess Temple."
Mentioning the Goddess Temple, Li Junyan's expression became a little gentler. "Please keep the matter of the Goddess Temple confidential. Don't talk about it in the study."
"I understand that this is to give the goddess a surprise."
Thinking of Sang Jueqian, Li Junyan's mouth corners unconsciously curled up.
Surprise?
Just don't scare her.
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It was only ten o'clock in the morning when Sang Jueqian finished ordering the things.
At this time in the past few days, she was running around outside, or giving supplies to Li Junyan and chatting with him.
But now, she was in the grocery store, and there was no sign of Li Junyan in the study.
I could only see the beautiful spring scenery in the yard over there through the open door of the study.
Unfortunately, due to years of drought, the only big tree in the yard has died, and there is no sign of the vitality that should be seen in spring.
Sang Jueqian felt a little disappointed. As he was staring at it, the door of the grocery store was suddenly pushed open and the bell hanging on the door made a crisp sound.
"Wow! It's so hot outside! It's cooler in this shop! There are too many people in the Hanfu shop over there, there's not even room to stand."
"Who says it's not? I also want to buy a piece of Hanfu, but it's out of stock and I have to wait for several months.
If I want to wait, can’t I just buy it online? Why go to a physical store? What the hell!
Sang Jueqian looked at the two people who were talking and saw that they were both young girls in their twenties. They were young, beautiful, with good figures, and full of energy. They were obviously college students.
When she looked at the two of them, they also looked at her.
"Wow!"
The two of them exclaimed at the same time, trotted to the counter, and looked at Sang Jueqian with shining eyes.
"Miss, your clothes are so beautiful! Where did you buy them?"
"Is it online or in-store?"
"Is there a link? Or which store in the ancient city?"
After hearing a series of questions from the two, Sang Jueqian subconsciously looked down at his clothes.
Because she thought she would not go out today, she specially wore the Hanfu that Li Junyan asked the embroiderer to tailor for her.
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