I was a prince in ancient times

Liu Guangyan stood aside blankly, seeing with his own eyes the young couple arguing over five cents, and the eyes of the two were a little weird.

At the same time, he felt a different feeling.

It seems that this Prince Chen is slightly different from the rumors.

Just now when he heard that Prince Chen asked him to hand over all the money, his whole heart tightened, thinking that Prince Chen would be so confused that he would take the money His Majesty gave him again.

Fortunately, Prince Chen didn't press hard, instead he turned his head to discuss the business with the concubine, and even took the trouble to talk about the profit of five cents.

Although the money was not much, at least this move made him let go of the worry he had been worrying about since he entered the door.

But... can't be completely relieved.

After all, this is a couple, and it is not ruled out that the two of them join hands to put on a show for him.

After Xie Anlan and Lu Chengjiao had discussed it, Lu Chengjiao wrote down two contracts with a pen, and both of them signed their fingerprints. Xie Anlan then said to Liu Guangyan who had been standing aside all this time, "Lord Liu, what is the agreement?" money."

Liu Guangyan tightened his sleeves uncontrollably again, sneered, stepped forward, picked up two deeds, read them carefully, and asked cautiously after there was no problem, "My lord, my concubine, are you an official?" Boldly, I want to inspect the goods again."

Last night, I learned from His Majesty that King Chen used Dishuang to develop a kind of gunpowder that can exert the power of heavenly punishment, but he didn't see it with his own eyes, so he still had doubts in his heart.

From ancient times to the present, there has never been anyone who has brought out the value of Dishuang. A person who likes to gamble all the time can suddenly develop such a powerful thing, so he can't help but be careless.

"Moji." Xie Anlan was a little impatient, but she also knew that it was no wonder that the original owner made a mistake.

Without further ado, Lu Chengjie took Liu Guangyan to the stable at the back door, and showed him the saltpeter powder that he bought last night in a carriage that had not yet been unloaded.

Immediately, Liu Guangyan's face was a little embarrassing, but he still adhered to the principle of being careful and opened the bags one by one for inspection.

After confirming that there was no problem, he apologized to Xie Anlan with a blushing face, "I am ashamed of myself, I shouldn't question the prince and concubine."

"No problem, just pay the money quickly." Xie Anlan no longer gave Liu Shilang, who opened a dyeing workshop after giving three points of color, a good face.

"Yes, yes, yes." Liu Shilang then neatly pulled out a banknote from his cuff, and the number was the same as that of Lu Chengjiao.

"A total of 900 taels, [-] catties will be taken away today, and the rest of the goods will arrive one after another in three days. At that time, Master Liu will come to pick it up in person, or let the shopkeepers deliver it to the door." Lu Cheng After collecting the money, he didn't procrastinate in handling the affairs, and explained the details clearly, so as to avoid trouble in the future.

"Your Majesty should send someone to fetch it." Liu Guangyan remembered clearly that His Majesty had repeatedly told him that it must be kept secret at this time, and that outsiders must not know about it, and those peddlers must not let the wind leak.

Lu Chengjie nodded, gave up his seat, and said without being polite to him, "Then this carriage will be handed over to your lord, but please ask your lord to return this carriage after unloading."

"It's natural, it's natural." Liu Guangyan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, still afraid because he dared to question Chen Wang just now.

Lu Chengjia could see Liu Guangyan's reactions before and after, but he just smiled and didn't speak.

On the first day he realized that under Xie Anlan's unruly appearance, there was still an unknown side hidden, which was not much different from his reaction.

Maybe they all missed it before.

Lu Chengjie opened his eyebrows, and Xie Anlan's innocent smile fell into Xie Anlan's eyes. He felt a sense of relief in his heart, as if even the cold in winter had been dispelled, leaving a warm sun in his heart.

Sure enough, good-looking people can always bring a good mood, and he suddenly understood why King Zhou You played the feudal lords in order to praise Si Fenghuo.

"You should smile more." Xie Anlan walked to Lu Chengjiao and said.

Lu Chengjie had smiled before, but it was a faint smile that didn't reach his eyes. It was pretty, but it couldn't win people's hearts.

"Huh?" Lu Chengjia didn't quite understand.

"It's so good-looking, if you can't smile comfortably, the people who see it will feel sorry." Xie Anlan has always been thick-skinned, and she didn't feel that there was anything wrong with what she said.

Lu Chengjiao's jade-like skin instantly turned crimson, and even the back of his ears felt slightly hot.

He...was he being praised?

Xie Anlan didn't see Lu Chengjiao's shy side. After he finished speaking unconsciously, he turned to look at Liu Shilang pulling the carriage.

It can be seen that Liu Shilang is also a pampered man. He arrived at the palace for the first time today, and he did not bring anyone with him out of politeness.

It made Xie Anlan laugh for a while.

In the end, Lu Chu couldn't stand it anymore, so he helped to fix it.

Sitting on the carriage frame with Liu Shilang, the two novices drove the carriage crookedly towards the camp.

Fortunately, people in the imperial capital are in panic now. Apart from the patrols of the imperial guards and the city defense department, there are no people on the streets, and the two of them are not afraid of bumping into anyone.

"Liu Shilang, do you think I can get married with the concubine?" Hurrying was also boring, Xie Anlan couldn't help but want to find someone to talk to when she thought of the words she overheard by accident in the morning.

Liu Shilang was driving the car carefully, for fear of knocking down the precious prince next to him, when he heard this, he felt dizzy and wanted to go to the palace immediately and tell His Majesty that he quit.

Is this kind of royal privacy something that he, a fourth-rank official, can meddle with?

Seeing that Liu Shilang kept his lips tightly shut and pretended not to hear, Xie Anlan changed his question again, "Can the royal family reconcile?"

Liu Guangyan, "..."

Liu Guangyan was really a little impatient with Xie Anlan's persistent questioning, and after a long time of consideration, he asked slowly, "Your lord wants to marry a side concubine?"

"No." Xie Anlan shook his head. He had only been in this world for a few days, and he didn't even understand the rules of survival. How could he have such an idea, "It's because I want to separate from the princess."

"What did the princess do wrong to annoy His Highness?"

"No, it's my own problem."

Liu Guangyan looked at Xie Anlan strangely, and asked again, "Your Highness doesn't like men?"

"Hmm." Xie Anlan thought for a while, and it seemed that this was the only reason left.

Liu Guangyan smiled, "Since Your Highness doesn't like men, all you need to do is to neglect the princess, why do you have to get together?"

"Let him go free." Xie Anlan looked at the birds passing by in the sky with some emotion.

Although he didn't know what Lu Chengjie's past was like, he thought he was as free as the unfettered birds in the sky.

Unexpectedly, a farce made him tied to himself, just like a bird in a cage. He could only be confined within the square inch of the palace, and he no longer had the freedom he had before.

He thought it would be better for the birds to fly in the sky.

Liu Guangyan was shocked by Xie Anlan's unconstrained ideas, "Your Highness, since the princess has entered the palace, she will be a member of the palace for life, and will be a ghost of the palace for death. Unless His Highness is annoyed, His Royal Highness will remove the princess and will not enter the imperial mausoleum after death. , Throwing corpses into mass graves."

"Isn't it possible for folks to reconcile?" Xie Anlan was puzzled.

"Reconciliation is just a way of saying. There are a few people in the world who can really reconcile. Even if it is true that reconciliation is no different from a divorced wife, the married party will be stabbed in the back, and it will bring disaster to the brothers in the family. In the marriage of sisters, His Highness has an honorable status, who would dare to reconcile with His Highness?"

Liu Guangyan just told Xie Anlan directly, don't think about reconciling, if you insist on reconciling, it will be no less than giving the princess to death with poisoned wine.

However, if the princess did not commit a heinous crime, the royal family would not allow her death easily.

But if the prince is really annoyed and kills him secretly, no one will come to investigate, unless the princess has a strong background and cannot even offend His Majesty.

Although Liu Guangyan didn't say what he said later, Xie Anlan also felt a little bit from his tone.

Thinking about the social era he lived in, some families were afraid of divorce, and some women even suffered some inexplicable insults after divorce, not to mention that in this feudal society, he was still a royal family, so the restrictions must be even greater .

No wonder, since the day he met Lu Chengjiao, he has always been cautious in front of him, wishing he could take care of him meticulously.

Alas, this ancient times without human rights.

After realizing the cruelty of this cover society, Xie Anlan was always blocked.

Lu Chengjie is also a man just like him. His parents have placed high hopes on him since he was a child. They taught him to learn literature and martial arts, and they also hoped that he would gain fame in the exams. , Living a small life with the same eyebrows.

In short, she won't break her pride like she is now, willing to be a little daughter-in-law, and only revolve around his three meals a day.

Hey, a young man's life was abruptly ruined by an imperial decree at the most indulgent age.

And she is so sensible that it makes people feel distressed, neither crying nor making trouble, silently burying all the pain in the bottom of my heart, so that no one will notice.

If he hadn't happened to overhear those words, and then learned about this cruel feudal society from Liu Guangyan's mouth, he might not realize it for a long time.

"Let me help His Highness shave the fishbone."

In the past two days, Xie Anlan was always talking with people outside about buying and selling gunpowder materials. Lu Chengjia was worried that Xie Anlan was using his brain too much, so he thoughtfully bought some fish and came back.

But seeing Xie Anlan staring at the fish in the bowl without taking a bite, thinking that Xie Anlan could not shave the fishbone, she peeled it off with chopsticks that no one had eaten, and carefully picked out the fishbone one by one.

The young man turned his back to the light, lowered his head, and shaved the fishbone in the bowl with chopsticks without blinking his eyes. The afterglow of the setting sun fell on his jade-like profile, as if casting a layer of light on him.

Suddenly, the long eyelashes fluttered like a butterfly's wings, and he put a piece of fish meat that was still in perfect shape after picking the thorns, back into Xie Anlan's bowl.

"It's delicious." Xie Anlan swallowed this piece of fish unceremoniously, and his heart moved. If Lu Chengjie was a girl, he would be able to marry such a beautiful, sensible and virtuous wife. To wake up with a smile.