At the beginning, his wife came to him, and he became rich by selling kidney treasures.

This secret passage has four paths.

It leads to the Weiyang Palace where the emperor lived in the east, the Changle Palace where the empress lived in the west, and the Wenshu Palace where the princesses lived.

As for the north, there is an abandoned well leading to the outside of the palace.

Wen Yan sneaked out of the palace through the abandoned well.

The purpose of her sneaking out of the palace was to ask Ren Hao if there was any other way to make money to replenish the national treasury.

Although coal could make a lot of money before, it could only barely maintain the supply and demand for the war against ancient Wei.

At present, all the border checkpoints are beginning to be in urgent need of food and fodder, the ministers are reluctant to spend money and food, and the national treasury can no longer afford to pay.

Just when Wen Yan was worrying about the empty treasury, a strong fragrance wafted over.

She hesitated for a moment, but her stomach protested.

"Forget it, forget it. The sky is big, the earth is big, but my belly is the biggest!!!" Wen Yan imitated Ren Hao's tone and shook his head.

Wen Yan followed the smell and came to the wonton stand at the entrance of the alley.

The so-called carrying pole means that one end carries food and bowls and chopsticks, and the other end carries a simple stove or pot.

The hawkers carry their poles and sell their goods wherever they go.

There were two imperial guards squatting on the ground in front of the pillar, eating wontons with big mouthfuls.

Seeing that the two dared to come to eat supper without guarding the city gate, Wen Yan was about to get angry: "You guys..."

But as soon as she opened her mouth, she shut up immediately.

After all, she had sneaked out of the palace now. She was neither the emperor nor the princess. Why should she care so much?

Just turn a blind eye to it.

"Vendor, how much are these wontons?" Wen Yan walked to the carrying pole and asked the vendor squatting in front of the stove in a low voice.

"My Lord, a bowl of wontons only costs three copper coins." The vendor quickly stood up and greeted him with a smile.

"Give me another bowl." Wen Yan picked up a clean ceramic bowl from the carrying pole and picked two twigs from the firewood pile to use as chopsticks.

While the vendor was busy making wontons for Wen Yan, the two imperial guards put down their bowls after eating and drinking, picked up the halberds beside them and prepared to leave.

The vendor quickly chased after them and reminded them with a smile: "Two soldiers, did you forget to pay?"

The two guards looked at each other, and one of them kicked the vendor down and cursed: "Fuck you, are you a new vendor who doesn't know the rules? We guards never pay for our meals."

The vendor got up from the ground, hugged one of the imperial guards' thighs, and begged, "Two military lords, please be kind. I have an 80-year-old mother and a two-year-old child. My whole family depends on me for a living."

"Get lost, it's none of our business whether you support your family or not. I'm full now and I'm going back to guard duty."

"If you don't let go, don't blame me for being ruthless with the halberd in my hand." The imperial guard next to him waved the halberd in his hand, and the peddler had to give up and let go.

Compared to six copper coins, life is more important.

Just as the two imperial guards were about to leave triumphantly, Wen Yan stood up and blocked their way: "You are so bold, as a city gate imperial guard you deserted your post, and you even dared to oppress the people under the feet of the emperor. Aren't you afraid of the emperor's punishment?"

"Emperor?" The two imperial guards were stunned at first, and then started laughing as if they had heard the funniest joke in the world.

Although it is true that this is the emperor's territory, the emperor is busy with all kinds of affairs in the three palaces and six courtyards. Not to mention that the emperor will punish these villains, even the ministers in the court are too lazy to pay attention to them.

"You are so brave." Wen Yan's face turned cold.

"You are so brave, you dare to delay the two of us from guarding the city gate."

"According to the ancient Chinese law, you will be beaten with thirty strokes of the cane and imprisoned in a water dungeon for seven days." The imperial guards were not afraid and glared at him.

"Hmph, then let's see if you have the ability to take me down."

Seeing that the two imperial guards were so bold and presumptuous, Wen Yan picked up the fire poker next to him and decided to teach them a lesson.

Upon seeing this, the two imperial guards raised their halberds and rushed towards Wen Yan.

Wen Yan turned around to avoid the stabbing spear and hit him on the head with two blows with his backhand.

After two blows, the two imperial guards had bloody heads and were seeing stars.

Only now did they realize that they had hit a wall.

The two men looked at each other, immediately dropped the halberds in their hands, and knelt on the ground begging Wen Yan to spare them.

"It's only natural to pay for meals." Wen Yan said, extending his right hand.

The two imperial guards hurriedly took out copper coins from their pockets and threw them on the ground, not even bothering to pick up their halberds as they ran away.

"Sir, thank you for helping me." The vendor picked up the copper coin and thanked him repeatedly.

"It's just a small favor. You're welcome." Wen Yan waved his hand and decided to rectify the discipline of the imperial guards when he went to court tomorrow.

"Sir, your wontons are ready." The vendor handed the wontons to Wen Yan.

Wen Yan took the bowl and started eating quickly.

After Wen Yan had eaten and drunk her fill, she was about to pay the vendor when she suddenly realized that she was in such a hurry to leave the palace that she didn't bring any money with her.

Seeing Wen Yan's sudden embarrassment, the vendor immediately understood and said tactfully: "Sir, this bowl is on me."

"No, no, just come with me to the mansion to get the money." Wen Yan waved her hand, not wanting to slap herself in the face.

And the mansion that Wen Yan mentioned was none other than the Ren Mansion.

At this time, Ren Hao was preparing to wash up and rest with Su Wan'er, but unexpectedly, Cai Lun ran over and knocked on the door: "Master, there is a young master looking for you."

Depend on.

"It's so late, who's not sleeping and looking for me?" Ren Hao was speechless, but he still changed his clothes and followed Cai Lun out.

He thought that the young master Cai Lun was talking about was Li Shiji, but when he arrived at the gate of the mansion, he found that this young master was not the other young master, but Wen Yan, a woman disguised as a man.

Behind Wen Yan was a peddler carrying a load on his shoulder.

"Wen Yan, you are really becoming more and more sensible. My stomach just started growling and you considerately found a vendor to make me a midnight snack." Ren Hao said in a mean way.

"Get lost! I didn't come out here just to find a vendor to make you a midnight snack." Wen Yan glared at him.

"If you didn't specifically ask someone to make me a midnight snack, then why did you come to me so late at night?"

"Is it that you have no money to pay them after you finished eating?" Ren Hao asked in a pretentious manner.

"How..." Wen Yan finally swallowed her possible son into her stomach. After all, that was the fact.

Ren Hao approached her and asked quietly, "Princess Wen Yan, how much did you spend on the food? How come you don't have any money to pay?"

"Three copper coins..." Wen Yan's voice became smaller and smaller as he finished speaking.

When Ren Hao heard the word "three copper coins", he almost choked on his own saliva.

"Wen Yan, can't you just use your own name if you don't have money to pay?" Ren Hao said with a sly smile on his face.

"You are a bad guy, go to hell!!!" Wen Yanye frowned.

If she really told the vendor her name, it would be extremely embarrassing.

The eldest princess of ancient Han couldn't even afford three copper coins?

Wouldn't this make everyone in the world laugh out loud?