The next morning, Li Er came to Hanyuan Palace after breakfast to attend the court meeting.
However, the scene in front of him stunned him. Apart from a few small shrimps, the huge Hanyuan Palace was " empty ". All his ministers were not here!
"What's going on? Where are they?”Li Er's voice was filled with anger.
However, no one stood up to answer Li Er. Even his most trusted Zhangsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling didn't come.
"Go, send a few people to investigate the situation.”Li Erwu was furious for a while before he finally calmed down.
"Yes." The few guards beside him accepted the order. After two hours, Li Er finally understood what was going on.
The guards sent to investigate reported the situation last night in detail. It turned out that Cheng Yaojin had invited all the officials to a banquet that lasted until the second watch. Because they drank too much, almost everyone was drunk.
"So he wants to help Villa Head Lu sell wine?”He had just given him a few thousand strings of strings a few days ago, and he had already spent them all.
However, Villa Head Lu, who had always disdained fame and fortune, actually asked Cheng Yaojin to help him sell wine. This surprised Li Er. He wondered if he had encountered some difficulties.
If she lacked money, she could ask him for it. Although he didn't have much, Li Er was willing to give him tens of thousands of strings.
If it wasn't for the fear of exposing his identity, Li Er had planned to 'reward' him with tens of thousands of strings a few days ago.
"Let the officials come back tomorrow.”
For the first time in the history of the Great Tang, a court session had been called off, but it was for the sake of wine. The eunuchs standing to the side were all dumbstruck. Even the historian didn't know how to record it.
Since he couldn't attend the morning court, Li Er pressed down. After settling the matter at hand, he quickly set off for Anping County. It just so happened that he wanted to see what was going on in Lu Manor.
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In front of Lu Village in Anping County, there were no longer people queuing up to exchange for food. Instead, there were countless " laborers ".
Li Er asked around and learned that because the locust plague that ravaged Chang 'an had ended, Lu Xiu had stopped the good deeds of the people exchanging locusts for food.
In order to appease the people of Anping County, they were hired to help with the work for 50 catties of food a day.
"I'm afraid that the construction of the imperial palace is only so-so. No wonder he lacks money. Does he want to build a palace?”Although Li Er knew that Lu Xiu wanted to rebuild the Lu Manor, he did not expect it to be so grand.
In just a few days, the area within a few kilometers of Lu Manor had changed drastically.
All the houses in the Lu Manor had been demolished. From their original positions, skilled craftsmen were instructing dozens of farmers to re-lay the piles.
The most eye-catching thing was that a 40-meter-long and 30-meter-wide pit had been dug out in the originally spacious backyard. It took up a huge spot! There was a well-dug " canal " surrounding the pit, but no one knew what it was for.
"Villa Head Lu, has the entire Lu Villa been demolished? If you don't have a place to stay, why don't you stay at my house for a few days?”Under the shade of a tree, Li Er saw Lu Xiu and the others.
Seeing that Lu Xiu seemed to be eating breakfast, Li Er sat down opposite Lu Xiu.
"Uncle Li, Yuyao also wants husband to stay at my house, but husband is unwilling. Therefore, before Lu Village is rebuilt, we will be staying in a foot shelter in Anping County.”Yuyao said.
"There's nothing wrong with living in the foot shelter. Otherwise, I'll have to travel back and forth between Chang 'an City and Anping County several times a day.”Lu Xiu replied.
Although Chang 'an City was only a dozen miles away from Anping County, it would only take about half an hour by carriage.
However, riding in a carriage without shockproof equipment, the feeling of bumping was simply sour and refreshing.
"Father, what about you? Why don't you go back with me for the time being?”Li Er asked.
"Hmph, mind your own business first. Are you free today? You actually came so early.”Li Yuan said coldly.
Normally, the morning assembly should have just ended. Did he not attend the morning assembly today?
"Nothing much happened this morning." Li Er looked at Lu Xiu helplessly." Many people were drunk yesterday, so they had to rest for a day.”
"In that case, have you had breakfast? If not, do you want a bowl?”Lu Xiu asked.
"Hehe, I haven't eaten yet." Li Er glanced at the table. There was a big bowl of hot soup in front of Lu Xiu and the others. He wondered what they had for breakfast.
"Ergou, bring another set of chopsticks.”Lu Xiu instructed.
"Yes, Young Master."
Li Ergou responded and ran out. After a while, she brought a set of chopsticks for Li Er.
"We ate beef ramen this morning.”
The rich bone soup, coupled with the embellishment of green onions, emitted waves of fragrance.
"Noodle?" It wasn't a pancake, but a snow-white thin noodle, which made Li Er quite curious.
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