Li Ye came to Linyou County to inspect Jiucheng Palace. Jiucheng Palace was the Renshou Palace of the Sui Dynasty. It was the royal summer resort of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. It is known as the largest palace in the world, with magnificent scale and magnificent scenery, and it is located at a relatively high altitude.
, the cool mountain breeze blows from the north, the highest temperature in summer is only 20 degrees Celsius, and the night temperature is only 10 degrees Celsius. It is very suitable for spending summer and was favored by the emperors of the Sui and Tang Dynasties.
The summer in Chang'an is very hot. Ice cubes are usually used to cool down the palaces and residences of high-ranking officials. Although it is effective, it is not good for the body. Many people complain of leg pain, especially the elderly, women and children. The best way is to escape the heat.
In fact, Huaqing Palace can also escape the heat in the summer. It gets the cool air from the Wei River, and the temperature is not high in summer. But compared to the coolness of the water vapor, Li Ye prefers the cool breeze of the mountains and forests. The cool breeze blowing from the northern mountains and forests makes people feel happy.
Feeling refreshed.
Jiucheng Palace is located on Fenghuang Mountain in the north of Linyou County. It covers an area of over a thousand acres. It houses various government offices, a harem covering an area of 100 acres, and a royal forbidden garden of hundreds of acres, where many docile animals are kept.
The main ones are deer, which are prepared for princes and princesses.
In addition, 30% of the houses in the county are official houses, almost all of which are small houses of one or two acres, and there are hundreds of them. These are all prepared for officials. Linyou County itself is very cool, and the court officials also brought
I came to Linyou County with my family to escape the summer heat, and handled government affairs in Jiucheng Palace during the summer.
It was already afternoon when Li Ye arrived in Linyou County. Naturally, the person accompanying Li Ye on his tour was his beloved concubine Yang Yuhuan.
Yang Yuhuan's beauty and understanding made Li Ye miss her very much. She was like a goddess who had eaten a fairy fruit. There was no trace of time on her body. Her skin was white and delicate, her body was plump, her appearance was peerless, and she had big eyes.
With her affectionate pulse and fleeting eyes, Li Ye is often haunted. She looks like a woman in her late twenties, full of mature charm.
Yang Yuhuan's intelligence and grasp of men's thoughts can always say thoughtful words at critical moments, making her feel very comfortable.
Beside the car window, Yang Yuhuan leaned against her husband and said coquettishly: "Husband, let's go shopping in the county town! I haven't gone shopping with my husband yet!"
"Nonsense, didn't we buy a wicker chair together?"
"Hee! Hee! I almost forgot, no, I want to go shopping and drink in a pub!" Yang Yuhuan pouted and said coquettishly.
Li Ye hugged her waist, lowered his head and kissed her pouty red lips, and said with a smile, "Okay, let's go to the county town for a walk."
Li Ye and Yang Yuhuan changed into an ordinary carriage, quietly left the convoy and drove towards the county town. Several personal female guards followed on horseback. The convoy continued to move forward and rested in the post house to wait for them.
The carriage entered the county seat. Linyou County is not big, but it is very clean. The ground is paved with stone slabs. This is also because the officials are living in Linyou County. Of course, the county seat must be better.
The small county has a small population, with only 2,000 households, most of which are concentrated in the south. There is a main road called Renshou Street, with various shops lined up on both sides of the street.
"Husband, what are the specialties of Linyou County?" Yang Yuhuan asked curiously.
Li Ye didn't know either. He looked at the street and found a lot of wild goods shops, so he smiled and said: "I guess the specialties are wild goods, furs, medicinal materials and the like."
"Let's go see it!"
Yang Yuhuan was not interested in ordinary cloth shops, satin shops, jewelry shops, etc., but she was somewhat interested in things from the mountains and wild places.
Li Ye nodded and gave an order, and the carriage slowly stopped in front of a shop. Yang Yuhuan put on her curtain hat and was helped out of the carriage by Li Ye, followed by her personal maid A Hui and a personal female guard.
The shop is called 'Shanli Ren', and it looks like a century-old shop. As soon as you enter, you can see all kinds of valuable animal skins hanging on the wall. The shop mainly sells various mountain products, mushrooms, medicinal materials, game, leather goods, and some more expensive ones.
Unique handicrafts and some strange stones picked up from mountain streams.
The owner of the shop was a middle-aged man in his forties. He saw a couple who came in with gorgeous clothes and extraordinary gifts. At first glance, they looked like wealthy people.
The middle-aged man is a discerning person. When he saw the gem necklace on Yang Yuhuan's chest, he was startled. It was incredibly green, ten times brighter than the bamboo forest in spring. There were other red and sapphire gems.
They are all rare treasures.
The man is even taller, has a dignified appearance, and has an overwhelming aura.
This was definitely not an ordinary person. The shop owner was even more respectful. Although there was a dazzling array of things in the shop, Li Ye and Yang Yuhuan looked around, but neither of them caught their eye.
Li Ye smiled lightly and said: "My wife wants to buy something unique and novel."
The shopkeeper thought for a while, patted his forehead and said, "The shop has three treasures, I wonder if the young master can take a fancy to them?"
"What is it?"
"A very complete black bear skin was purchased by my father from a hunter's family in Kongtong Mountain thirty years ago. It is very complete and was tanned by the White Beast Hall in Beijing."
Li Ye has no interest in animal skins. There are dozens of precious animal skins obtained from Khitan and Bohai Kingdom in his palace. The animal skins here cannot be compared with the animal skins in extremely cold places.
"what else?"
"There is also a three-hundred-year-old Polygonatum japonica and a roll of Phoenix bamboo mat."
He didn't like the three-hundred-year-old Polygonatum japonica. He had several thousand-year-old Polygonatum japonica, but this was the first time he had heard of the Phoenix Bamboo Mat.
"What are the characteristics of the Phoenix Bamboo Mat?"
"It's the dragon-scale bamboo in the forbidden garden on the mountain. But we can't say dragon scale, so it was renamed Phoenix bamboo. It is said that during the reign of Emperor Taizong, several bamboo shoots were transplanted and grew into a bamboo forest. Mats made of this bamboo are popular in summer.
It's very cool, but this bamboo forest was cut down during the Kaiyuan period. The young master can't find the second roll of Phoenix Bamboo Mat in the whole market. If there is one, it's a fake."
Li Ye burst into laughter. The Dragon Scale Bamboo is Tortoiseshell Bamboo. It is found in Tai Chi Palace and Daming Palace. There are quite a lot of them. It is estimated that the Dragon Scale Bamboo in Renshou Palace was transplanted from Tai Chi Palace.
Things that are common in the royal family are treasures among the people. After shopping around, Yang Yuhuan finally bought a tea set carved from tree roots. It was very simple and unique. The female bodyguard helped pay a hundred coins.
The shopkeeper watched the two people leave and saw the jade belt and jade pei around the man's waist. They were rare mutton-fat jade in the world!
The shop owner secretly gasped, "My dear, who are these two people? I'm afraid they are a couple from heaven descending to earth!"
The two went to the Ligong Restaurant next door for lunch and sat in a private room. Of course they couldn't sit in the lobby. Firstly, it was unsafe. Secondly, Yang Yuhuan had to take off his hat and face covering and sat in the lobby.
The inside is so stunning that it attracts attention. Even if you don't dare to mess around, having a group of drinkers staring at Yang Yuhuan makes people uncomfortable.
There was no such trouble in the elegant room. The two ordered a pot of good fruit wine, three kilograms of biscuits, a few mountain side dishes, a plate of roasted goat meat, and a pot of stewed bear paws.
Li Ye asked the female guard and the maid to eat outside.
Yang Yuhuan is very particular about eating. She eats very light in the morning, but eats meat at noon, and a combination of meat and vegetables in the evening.
The bear paws were just bought from the restaurant yesterday. The two of them ate half of them in one meal. They were extremely delicious and made them smile with joy and enjoy themselves.
The fruit wine is also good, with a sweet taste and low alcohol content.
After lunch, the group went downstairs and got on the carriage, which slowly left Linyou County.
Yang Yuhuan had a good impression of Linyou County. Although it was far less prosperous than Chang'an, the local customs were simple, the county was clean, and the roads were stone slabs, which was very clean.
Yang Yuhuan smiled happily and said: "In the summer, I will take my eldest sister and the others shopping together. They will definitely like it."
Li Ye nodded. As long as safety can be guaranteed, he has never objected to his wife and children going shopping.
A special passage has also been built from Linyou County to the main trunk of Tang Zhi Road. To be precise, it should be called Sui Zhi Road. It was built by Yang Jian in the Sui Dynasty. It is wide and flat, paved with stone slabs. Ordinary people are not allowed to walk. It is a straight line from Lin County to Jiuzheng Road.
palace,
Li Ye was going to Yong County for inspection, so he did not take this 90% Avenue, but he would take this road when he returned.
There are still three miles away from Jiucheng Palace, and various buildings have been built on both sides, including military camps, government offices, temples, and of course a large posthouse, as well as warehouses and carriage houses.
Because the Supreme Emperor Li Longji came several times during the Tianbao period, and the former emperor Li Heng came twice, all Jiucheng Palace was well maintained. Li Ye's motorcade came to the palace gate, and the palace chief Yang Tianliang came out to welcome the emperor's arrival. In addition, there were also
There were several eunuchs, the leader of whom was called Liang Zhen, who was the general manager of the palace.
Their scope of responsibilities are different. The palace minister is responsible for maintaining the integrity of the official office, while the general manager of the palace is responsible for the inner palace. Liang Zhen led more than a dozen old eunuchs and dozens of old palace maids to maintain the harem. They actually retired here.
Li Ye looked around the official office, which was very similar to the layout of Xingqing Palace, but he liked the harem better. The palace was built on the mountain, and the harem was on the top of the mountain. There were many pavilions in the harem. To the south, you could overlook the land of Guanzhong, and to the north was
Dense mountain forest.
The harem is very compact and is divided into the academy area, the concubine area, the children's area and the maid's dormitory area. There is also an extremely beautiful forbidden garden at the back, and there is also a clear pool of water, forming a small stream down the mountain.
That night, Li Ye and Yang Yuhuan stayed in the palace, and they fell in love all night long.