Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

No wonder my husband, who is usually very low-key, wanted to hold a banquet to celebrate as soon as he came back today. It turns out that the reward my father gave to my husband was so generous.

Li Yi immediately ordered the maid, "Go tell the kitchen to kill 10 fat sheep right away, and also kill more chickens and ducks. We will have a banquet in the Princess's mansion to celebrate today!"

When the maid standing by heard that so many chickens and sheep were going to be slaughtered, she couldn't help but drool.

She nodded quickly and said, "I will go right away."

After she finished speaking, her face was full of smiles and she skipped towards the kitchen.

Du He glanced at the hall and did not see Linglong, so he asked Li Yi, who was looking at the imperial edict with a smile.

"Yier, where is Linglong?"

It seemed that he hadn't seen Linglong in the past two days after he got off duty.

Li Yi said unhappily, "Linglong, that damn girl, just got better and went out with her little sisters. Now she's going to the market with Taozi."

"When she left the Princess's Mansion just now, she kept saying that she would buy gifts for me and Du Ping'an."

Although most of the maids in the princess's mansion were slaves without good status, Linglong was a good-status slave, and there was not much difference between her and the farmhands working outside.

Besides, Princess Li Yi grew up with her and they were like sisters to each other, so he would not keep her by his side all the time.

When Du He heard that Linglong was with Taozi, the maid from Princess Gaoyang's mansion again, a thoughtful look appeared on his face.

Because Taozi is Gao Yang's personal maid, she knows many secrets about Gao Yang. At the same time, Taozi is also a person who cannot keep secrets.

Now that Linglong is hanging out with her, maybe she can find out some important news.

More than half an hour later.

Just as the banquet at the princess's mansion was about to begin, Linglong hurried into the lobby carrying a bunch of food, drinks and toys.

"Oh, I'm almost exhausted."

"Now all the vendors in Chang'an are profiteers. I spent 800 coins to buy such a small thing. It's almost as much as my three-month salary!"

After Linglong put the things in her hands on the table, she rubbed her sore arms and shouted that she was tired.

Du He looked at the pile of goods on the table, many of which were cheap accessories and children's toys. A speechless expression suddenly appeared on his face.

"Linglong, why did you buy all this junk?"

"Are you worried that you have too much money and nowhere to spend it?"

When Linglong heard Du He's blaming voice, she stuck out her tongue shyly.

She then took out an exquisite box and a silver hairpin from it, then walked up to Li Yi happily and said.

"Your Highness, this is the silver hairpin I bought for you. Let me put it on and see if it looks good on you."

Li Yi smiled and said, "Linglong, this silver hairpin must have cost you a lot of money, right?"

Although the workmanship of this silver hairpin was not very exquisite and there was quite a lot of silver carved on it, its price was definitely a huge sum of money for a servant like Linglong.

Linglong said generously as she inserted the silver hairpin into Li Yi's hairpin.

"Your Highness, this is a small token of my gratitude to you. It is worth spending any amount of money on it."

Linglong looked at the silver hairpin on Li Yi's hair and couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

"So lovely!"

The 800 coins she just mentioned did not include this silver hairpin, which cost her 3500 coins, which was her monthly income for a year.

If she were to wear it herself, she would definitely not be willing to buy it, but she thought about how Her Royal Highness the Princess was willing to let the Prince Consort take her as a concubine, and how he had been taking good care of her over the years.

Therefore, Linglong bought it without any hesitation.

Li Yi said with relief: "You little bitch, you still have some conscience. My love for you over the years has not been in vain."

"Hehe." Linglong laughed happily twice, and then took another steamed bun and gave it to Li Yi: "Your Highness, try this bun."

"This is the steamed cake made by Widow Wang. It is very famous in Chang'an!"

Li Yi did not dislike the steamed bun because it was cheap goods. Instead, he took it and tasted it in small bites, and gave it a good review.

Linglong also took out a steamed bun and started eating it in big mouthfuls.

Looking at the master and servant eating steamed buns, Du He suddenly reminded them.

"Eat less steamed cakes. The princess's mansion will host a banquet later. We cooked a lot of mutton today."

"Hold a banquet?" Linglong was stunned.

Li Yi ate the steamed bun in small bites and then told Du He about the reward he received.

After hearing that Du He had received a huge reward, Linglong jumped up excitedly.

She is about to become Du He's concubine. The more wealth Du He has now, the more worry-free her children will be in the future.

After being happy for a moment, Linglong looked around like a thief, and then spoke with a gossipy look on her face.

"Your Highness, Prince Consort, Sister Taozi just told me an interesting story."

"This morning Fang Yiai sent a servant to present a glass Buddha statue to Princess Gaoyang. Unexpectedly, Princess Gaoyang gave it to Monk Bianji of Huichang Temple."

"Sister Taozi said that the glass Buddha statue is half a foot tall, so it must be very expensive."

"If Fang Yiai knew about this, he would be heartbroken!"

Linglong didn't know that Princess Gaoyang and Monk Bian Ji were having an affair, so this was shocking news to her.

When she finished chattering, she found that the princess and the prince consort had very indifferent expressions, so she asked in surprise.

"Your Highness, Prince Consort, aren't you surprised?"

Du He shook his head and said, "Linglong, what's so surprising about this? Don't you have anything new to say?"

The day before yesterday, after Fang Yiai left Princess Gaoyang's mansion, he immediately moved the Western Region witch to another place. Maybe it was Princess Gaoyang who reminded him of this.

Today Fang Yiai sent a small gift as a way of repaying Princess Gaoyang.

"Something newer?"

Linglong muttered with a puzzled look on her face.

In her mind, this was the newest thing, and there might be secrets behind it that she could not imagine.

If even this matter is not new, then what else can arouse the curiosity of Her Royal Highness the Princess and Her Royal Highness the Prince Consort?

After thinking for a moment.

Linglong asked doubtfully, "Does Yang Yuzhi's scolding of Fang Yiai as a stingy villain count?"

Upon hearing the news, Du He raised his eyebrows slightly.

He asked in a low voice: "Linglong, what's going on?"

Linglong said with little interest, "Today, Shouchun County Lady's maid Xia He went to the market with us. Sister Xia He said that Yang Yuzhi got very angry the day before yesterday after he returned to the mansion."

"Yang Yuzhi said Fang Yiai wanted to ask him to do something but was reluctant to spend money, and he called Fang Yiai a stingy person."

Upon hearing the news, Du He's face showed a look of sudden enlightenment.

No wonder Fang Yiai and Yang Yuzhi didn’t have a close personal relationship, but they went to Baihua Tower to listen to music together. It turned out that Fang Yiai needed Yang Yuzhi’s help with something!

Earlier in Baihua Tower, Du He, Xiao Kai and others had speculated that Fang Yiai was acting as an agent for Prince of Wei, Li Tai, in order to win over Yang Yuzhi, a relative of the royal family.

Now it seems that Fang Yiai might have other intentions.

Thinking of Yang Yuzhi's identity as the Junior Secretary of the Imperial Guards and the fact that the Imperial Guards Temple needed to take the weapons and equipment to the Luoyang armory, Du He's mind was shocked.

"Could it be that Li Tai wants to plot against this batch of weapons and armor?"