In the dream, she was reborn 13 years ago and used what she knew to change everything.

But when she wakes up from the dream, she will return to that small courtyard, guarding the square sky, and live her ridiculous, sad and pitiful life.

Song Anning suddenly felt depressed.

Holly was keenly aware of something wrong with her, but she didn't know why her lady was unhappy, so she picked up the snacks on the table and asked with a smile: "Miss, do you think this snack looks like a bunny?"

Song An looked at the snack.

The snack was a glutinous rice cake, shaped into the shape of a rabbit, with two red eyes embellished with carrots. She couldn't help but laugh.

"It does."

Dongqing smiled and said: "This shopkeeper is really ingenious. Although the skill of this thing is not high and the materials used are really ordinary, but because he made it into such a cute shape, people can't help but look at it. Live happily, and people will naturally like it more than those ordinary meals."

Song Anning nodded.

Indeed it is.

She looked out the window again.

It was getting late at this time, and the wife gradually emerged from the horizon. More and more people came out to go to the market in the morning. Song Anning observed carefully and found that although many people flocked to the grain store and oil store, the ones with the best business were still there. Belongs to those exquisite clothing shops, as well as gold and silver shops and jewelry shops.

She picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea.

The Dayuan Dynasty highly valued beauty, and because of the influence of the Hu people's customs, they loved extravagance. From high-ranking officials to common people, everyone took pride in pursuing exquisiteness and splendor. Pearls, emeralds, gold, jade, gorgeous clothes and beautiful ornaments were the things that everyone Every ordinary family would buy one. Even the poorest tenant farmer's family would buy a hairpin or half a set of hairpins for their women during the holidays to decorate themselves.

As a result, a trend of luxury gradually became popular in the Dayuan Dynasty. This trend became especially popular because the current emperor and queen were fond of all kinds of rare treasures.

At first glance, it looks like a time of peace and prosperity.

But Song Anning knew that in a few years, the Dayuan Dynasty would be in turmoil.

She didn't know the specific process of that turmoil, and the real ending was also unknown, because at that time she was already mad to death by the combination of Jiang Hua and Qin.

But she knew that after the turmoil began, all the extravagant styles no longer prevailed. The common people were in dire straits and complained. Due to the invasion of the northern enemy, countless dignitaries began to move south. Because the public resentment was too great, many people could not survive. Those who went down revolted one after another, and refugees spread everywhere...

Song Anning's parents and brothers died at the hands of those refugees...

Thinking of this, her fingers holding the cup clenched slightly.

At this time, a figure downstairs caught her attention.

It's him?

How could he be here?

on the long street.

Pei Qingyan was dressed simply, with an old blue shorts on his upper body and a pair of trousers on his lower body. He no longer wore a mask on his face, but showed his true face. He walked into a rice store and asked: "Shop, how is the price of rice recently?" ?”

The shopkeeper was settling accounts in front of the counter. He didn't even raise his head when he heard the words, "One hundred cash."

Pei Qingyan made a move.

"A pound?"

"Ah."

"Are there any discounts?"

The shopkeeper finally looked up at him.

Her eyes fell on his face, and she was stunned for a moment, then looked at what he was wearing, and said speechlessly: "What discount can I get? If you can afford it, buy it. If you can't afford it, go out. Don't delay me here. Business."

Pei Qingyan was not irritated by his attitude. Instead, he asked, "I'm here for my master's house. If I buy more, I can get a discount."

This time, the store owner hesitated.

But after thinking about it, he added: "One stone is worth the money. If you buy ten stones, you can get a discount of ten cents per stone. No matter how much you get, I can't make any profit."

Pei Qingyan frowned.

A few years ago, the finest rice could only cost [-] fen, and the coarser rice could even be purchased for [-] or [-] fen. Now, in just a few years, the price of rice has almost doubled?

He said solemnly, "Then let me take a look."

The shopkeeper ignored him.

Pei Qingyan went out and went to another shop.

I asked several companies one after another, and the prices of rice were all about the same. When I asked more about the reason for the price increase, it turned out that it was too difficult to collect food. There were two natural disasters last year and the year before last. People's livelihood was already difficult, and the emperor recently went on a large-scale expropriation of civilian labor. , to open canals and repair roads, all the strong men were dragged into corvee service, but wouldn't there be no one to farm the land?

How much land can be cultivated by just the old, weak, women and children at home?

The grain harvest was not good. It was the harvest season, but because there were no men in the family, we could only watch the grain rotting in the fields. Even pregnant women and three or four-year-old children ran to the fields to grab the harvest, but It is no match for God, so it is not unreasonable for food prices to keep rising.

After Pei Qingyan inquired, he walked out of the store with a heavy face.

He thought of the several twists and turns he had made in the past few days.

Those few pieces of information were clearly presented to the emperor, but as if they had never been presented before, they all fell into disgrace.

Those are all about people's livelihood.

As the commander of the Embroidery Department, he not only has the responsibility to supervise the officials and request orders for the people, but also observes the people all over the world and reports the people's livelihood conditions to the emperor in a timely manner to avoid the possibility of unrest.

However, he fulfilled all these duties one by one, but the emperor ignored him.

Is it...

Thinking of something, Pei Qingyan's face changed slightly, but he immediately shook his head.

impossible.

Pei Qingyan, Pei Qingyan, what are you thinking about?

His Majesty the Emperor is your biological uncle. He has raised you since you were a child. Do you still want to be disappointed in your uncle?

Thinking this way, he clenched his fists and walked towards the carriage, preparing to go back and write the book again.

It must be that the previous excerpt was written incorrectly and failed to catch my uncle's eye.

Well, it must be.

Here.

Song Anning watched him walk out of the street and disappear from sight, and then turned around.

strangeness.

It stands to reason that he is a rebel member of King Yong and a key criminal wanted by the court. He should have left Jizhou City long ago and fled for his life. Why is he still wandering around in the city?

Aren't you afraid of being arrested by the government?

Song Anning frowned.

And the other side.

Pei Qingyan got on the carriage and realized that he had lost a jade pendant while wandering around.

Because he was in disguise today and it was not easy to wear gold, silver and jade, he hid the jade pendant he usually wore close to his body in his cuffs.

But I don’t know if it was dropped when I was distracted, or if it disappeared before. In short, the jade pendant has disappeared now.

His expression changed slightly.

The jade pendant was given to him by the emperor's uncle. Firstly, it was a gift and could not be lost. Secondly, the jade pendant carried a lot of his emotions. It would be a pity if he lost it.

So, Pei Qingyan stopped the carriage and went down to look for it again.

At the same time, Song Anning walked to an alley.

"Hey, what is this?" Dongqing squatted down and picked up a piece of white jade on the ground.

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