After Li Ke finished reprimanding him, he looked straight at Li Yin, hoping to find even a trace of guilt on his face. However, he was disappointed. He saw Li Yin's dumbfounded look, as if he was in a daze or thinking about something.
Li Yin did not have time to be in a daze. He was thinking about how to deal with the current situation. In the blink of an eye, he had become the sixth prince, Li Yin. The sudden change in identity caught him off guard. His thoughts raced. After a while, he felt relieved. In the 21st century, he was just a single otaku who was still looking for a job. Here, he was a 100% pure prince. If he had to choose, he would rather be the prince. Moreover, he could occasionally return to modern society using the ring and the space-time tunnel in the ancient well. At that time, he could make use of the different advantages of the two worlds to gain benefits from both sides…
" Hehe…hehe…" Thinking of this, Li Yin, who was sitting on the bed, laughed wretchedly. His saliva was like a flood of the Yellow River.
He had a silly look before, but now he was laughing foolishly and drooling. An ominous premonition rose in Li Ke's heart. His face was gloomy as he turned to the imperial physician who was treating Li Yin."What's going on? Didn't you say that it's fine?"
Li Ke was a prince, so his words naturally had some power. The imperial physician's heart turned cold and he immediately knelt down. He trembled and said," Reporting to the Third Prince, the Sixth Prince's body is fine. It's just that the Sixth Prince fell into the well and hurt his head... What if..." The imperial physician didn't dare to continue, but his meaning was obvious.
Polo was already very popular in the Tang Dynasty. There were often accidents of falling off horses. Many people who injured their heads had problems with their heads and became stupid. Therefore, many people understood this meaning.
Li Ke had already thought of this possibility when he saw Li Yin's appearance. The doctor's words made his heart turn cold. Although this brother of the same mother was naughty, Li Ke had always loved this brother very much. Seeing him like this, his tears fell again.
"Third Brother, I'm fine. Don't be sad!”At this moment, Li Yin spoke. He had initially adapted to his identity as he planned to live here. It was just that he still had no feelings for Li Ke, but he had to at least act!
Li Yin's words made Li Ke turn from sorrow to joy. He held Li Yin's shoulders tightly with both hands and patted him hard."You scared me to death. You can't do such stupid things again in the future!”
After putting on a full act, Li Yin immediately said with a regretful look,"In the past, it was all my fault. Today, after being reprimanded by Imperial Father, I have already come to my senses. Third brother, don't worry, in the future, I won't give you and Consort Mother any more trouble.”
" Liu Lang…" Li Yin's current mood could no longer be described with words. Even a prodigal son returning to his old ways was worth more than gold, let alone a prince. In the past, Li Yin's troubles made him and Concubine Yang unable to raise their heads among the many princes, princesses, and concubines. Now, did Li Yin finally understand their suffering?
Not only was Li Yin healthy, but he also had a heart of repentance. Li Ke was in a good mood and chatted with Li Yin for a while. After rewarding the imperial physician, he left the Liang Mansion. He had his own mansion and official business in Chang 'an, so he couldn't waste too much time here.
After Li Ke left, Li Yin jumped down from the bed like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey and pounced directly on a celadon vase placed in the corner of the room.
In the Tang Dynasty, porcelain was divided into southern green and northern white. Southern green referred to the celadon of the Yue kiln, and northern white referred to the white porcelain of the Xing kiln in the north. Among them, celadon was a little more precious than white porcelain.
This celadon vase was half a meter tall and was a water-blue color. The glaze was bright and clear. Li Yin didn't know much about appreciation, but he felt that the workmanship of this vase was not bad.
After playing with it for a while, Li Yin admired the other furnishings in the room. The golden toad, jade pig, and glass ruyi were all luxuries of the royal family at that time.
I'm rich. These are all authentic goods from the Tang Dynasty. I don't have to worry about them being fakes at all!”Li Yin picked up a white porcelain teapot and muttered to himself. A wolf-like light burst out of his eyes. The function of the ring was divided into two states: protection and non-protection. Li Yin had forgotten to activate protection, which was why the effect of the passage of time and space destroyed his body. Once protection was activated, the effect of the passage of time and space would be ignored. This meant that Li Yin could place these antiques outside the protected area. In this way, they would still be real antiques in modern times and would not be considered high-quality imitations.
"Your Highness, do you think these decorations are old? This old servant will get the servants to change it for you!”Jin Daqian stayed in the bedroom and hadn't left yet. He saw Li Yin frowning and looking at the decorations in the room one by one, so he quickly followed suit.
"Oh, there's no need. You go ahead. I'm just looking around. I haven't been back for two years.”With that, he stepped out of the door and walked into the courtyard.
During the Tang Dynasty, Chang 'an City was divided into three general areas: the palace city where the emperor and concubines lived, the imperial city where officials worked, and finally, the outer city where the residences were concentrated. Among the three areas, the outer city was the largest. In the east and west directions, there were the East City and the West City respectively. Li Yin's Liang Mansion was in the outer city.
After leaving the bedroom, Li Yin walked along a stone arch bridge and walked past a pond full of goldfish to the opposite corridor. Most of the buildings in the Tang Dynasty were made of wood, supplemented by bricks and tiles. Li Yin's residence was no exception. Most of the buildings had a brick foundation at the bottom, a wooden structure in the middle, and green tiles on the roof. However, it had to be said that these simple structures combined to give all kinds of buildings a different kind of beauty. Walking here, Li Yin really felt the beauty of the garden.
It took Li Yin about half an hour to walk around. He roughly estimated that the Liang residence occupied an area of 10,000 square meters. Compared to the 21st century, it could really be considered a luxurious mansion.
Just as Li Yin was lamenting the luxurious life of the Tang Dynasty nobles, Jin Daqian, the chief steward of the palace, rushed over with a face full of sweat. As he walked, he shouted," Your Highness, it's bad, Your Highness…" She almost cried.
"What's wrong? What happened?" Li Yin asked curiously. Did his father, the emperor, come up with some idea to mess with him again? Other than him, no one in Chang 'an City would dare to go against him.
"Your Highness, the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs are here. They only gave us five strings of money this month, which is a total of 45 strings of money short.”
"What?!" When it came to money, Li Yin immediately became sensitive. This cheap father was prepared to completely restrict his freedom. Without spare money, he could no longer spend time with his friends in Chang 'an.
Li Yin's brain started to work. Chang 'an now had eight coins per bushel of rice. One bushel of rice was ten liters, and one liter of rice was two catties. If converted, one coin was equivalent to three yuan in modern times, and five strings of money was five thousand wen. In other words, the monthly salary of the prince's residence was equivalent to fifteen thousand yuan.
15,000 yuan a month was definitely enough for Li Yin. However, there were still a lot of servants in the Liang residence. These people had to be paid. Otherwise, who would work for you for free?
"How many servants are there in the Imperial Residence?”Li Yin asked.
For Jin Daqian to be able to become the manager, in addition to his bootlicking skills, his brain was definitely not stupid. He immediately understood Li Yin's meaning and said,"The Imperial Residence still has four maids, eight servants, an accountant, and me! Your Highness, do you mean to dismiss these servants?”
How much was his monthly salary?”Li Yin didn't answer and asked another question.
Jin Daqian answered honestly," The maid is paid 300 yuan a month. The servant is paid 200 yuan a month. The accountant and my monthly salary is a little higher. 600 yuan and Yiguan."”
After some calculations, Li Yin finally understood why Jin Daqian said that the palace was about to run out of food. Excluding the monthly salary of these people, there were only six hundred wen left for the palace's expenses. It was so tight that people would not starve to death.
"What should we do? Your Highness!" Jin Daqian understood that there was no surplus grain in the Imperial Residence. In the past, Li Yin was a pure Moonlight Clan and did not leave any savings behind.
If it was the Li Yin of the past, he was destined to be anxious and even reduce the number of servants, obediently accepting punishment. But now, it was different. The 21st century otaku Li Yin was full of ideas to make money in this dynasty.
Li threw out the word "as usual" and sent the confused Jin Daqian away. When he returned to the bedroom, Li took out the ring and pressed a few buttons. The art pieces in the room immediately disappeared.
Then, Li Yin swaggered to the bottom of the ancient well in the back hall. This time, he remembered to activate the protection function. When he opened his eyes again, he returned to the ancient well in the backyard of the old mansion.
Returning to the familiar room, if it weren't for the Tang Dynasty costume he was wearing, he would really have thought that he was dreaming. He pressed a button again, and a celadon vase, a jade kylin, and a glazed Buddha statue fell out of the ring. This time, he had specially set up a protection range. These antiques were genuine.
Li Yin was really shocked. In his grandfather's world, the space ring was actually a common household item, and the ring his grandfather left him had a huge space of hundreds of thousands of square meters.
After changing back into modern casual clothes, Li stood in the mirror and looked at himself carefully. In the mirror was a 13-year-old youth. When he saw the youth's appearance, he was surprised and hurriedly found his ID card. When he saw the photo on the ID card, Li looked at himself again. His appearance was basically the same.”Li Yin muttered to himself, but this relieved him of a layer of worry. He did not have to become an illegal household anymore. He could still use his original identity to deal with things.
"Is he quite handsome?" After looking at it again, Li Yin was smug for a moment. Then, he focused his attention on the antiques he had brought back. It was time to do some serious business.
Antique trading was a violent industry. Antique merchants roamed all over the country to buy antiques. As long as they found a priceless antique, it was not difficult to get rich overnight.
Of course, Li Yin wouldn't go to these amateur antique dealers. In a big city like SH City, an antique auction house was a good choice.
After taking a taxi, Li Yin brought the three antiques directly to the more famous antique auction house in SH City and explained his intentions.
"Sir, please wait a moment. Our appraiser will come over to evaluate you. If it's authentic and you plan to sell it in our auction house, we can exempt you from the appraisal fee.”The receptionist in black uniform said politely.
Li Yin was 100% confident in his antiques. He said,"No problem!"
After a while, an old man in a Tang suit walked into the hall. Li Yin had seen him before. He was a cultural relic expert who often appeared on national treasure appraisal programs. Now, he was even more relieved...
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