"Mom, Sister Jinyu, I have to go!" Chu Yiqing whispered, "Don't worry, it's nothing serious. I'll send you news when things are settled after I go back!"

When Mrs. Huangfu saw that Chu Yiqing insisted on leaving, she stopped staying. She quickly handed Pan'er over to Xia Zhi and asked her to take the children to eat first. Then she quickly went to the kitchen and removed the roasted chicken buried under the pot.

He took it out, put it together with the outer wrapping cloth in an oil bag and gave it to Chu Yiqing. He warned: "Be sure to pay attention to safety on the road, put up more lanterns, and walk slowly! Ask shopkeeper Lin to deliver a message tomorrow.

, to save us from worrying about it!"

Chu Yiqing nodded, and without saying anything else, he got in the car and let Lei Yuan drive, and the others left in the dark.

Ten days ago, after Li Li received the news from the secret guards that Chu Yiqing was going to build terraces in Taoyuan, he couldn't sleep every day and gradually lost weight.

In Ci'an Palace, the Queen Mother looked at the emperor who came to greet him early in the morning, and couldn't help but ask: "Emperor, hasn't Rao Guo withdrawn his troops? Why are you still in low spirits? The Ai family has seen that you have lost a lot of weight these days!"

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Li Li sighed and said: "The Rao Kingdom has withdrawn its troops, but droughts are coming from various places. It is already past the wheat heading season, but the wheat in many provinces and cities has not headed due to drought. I am afraid that the harvest in the past six months will...

"

The Queen Mother sighed and said: "It is not easy to be the king of a country. This country is so big and everything is constantly happening. Although the emperor is devoted to the people, he must take care of his own health! It is a pity that these princes are ill and have to leave.

There is no one who can share the emperor's worries! If the prince strives for success, the emperor will not have to work so hard!"

When he mentioned the prince, Li Li frowned again and sighed: "Maybe this is retribution!"

The Queen Mother sighed and said: "These days, the palace is deserted, and the Ai family often think of that child. Perhaps that child grew up outside the palace and did not have as many restrictions and rules as there were in the palace. He seemed to have a special relationship with others.

Get close! Emperor, the Ai family is getting older, and they hope to have children and grandchildren every day, but I don’t know if this wish will be realized when the Ai family goes west!"

Li Li was startled, and quickly raised his head and said: "Mother, my mother is in good health, why do you say such things? Your mother is frightened!"

The Queen Mother shook her head and said: "These ministers and minions call the Queen Mother a thousand years, a thousand years, a thousand years, every day. Can they really live a thousand years? Everyone is bound to die!"

Li Li whispered: "My mother will live a long life!"

"Emperor, Ai Jia still advises you, why not take a step back and give the two young people a chance. Now that Chu Yiqing has restrained his old friends from the Shura Kingdom and did not cause trouble in the Li Kingdom, he has made his attitude clear. You, the child Abao, too

I have seen it, even if he has the blood of Shura Kingdom, he also has the blood of our Li Kingdom royal family. If a child can turn conflicts into friendship, it will be a good strategy!" the Queen Mother advised again.

"Mother, I understand what my mother means, but I still can't..." Before Li Li finished speaking, he saw Xiao Fuzi hurried in and whispered: "Your Majesty, Mr. Yang said there is an urgent report, and now he is

Waiting outside Ci'an Palace!"

The Queen Mother said: "Emperor, go and do your business, national affairs are important!"

Li Li nodded and took Xiao Fuzi out of Ci'an Palace.

Outside Ci'an Palace, Yang Xin was walking around hurriedly, with a look of uneasiness on his face. He held tightly in his hand a letter that had been urgently sent from 800 miles away. When he saw Li Xin coming out, he hurriedly greeted him and knelt down.

He bowed to the ground and said, "See you, Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty!"

Li Xiu asked him to stand up and said, "What's the important thing for you to come here in such a hurry?"

Yang Xin quickly said: "Your Majesty, something happened to the tribute sent to Luo State. All the ceramics were destroyed!"

The day before yesterday, in a villa owned by the Murong family, a young man, a craftsman who was over sixty years old, and a young man entered the villa through the back door.

"Brother, I wonder if I know why Madam wants to see us two?" One of the old men asked anxiously.

The boy said: "I am just a boy who delivers messages. How can I guess the madam's thoughts? But the two masters are the masters of the Murong family, and the Murong family's ceramic business depends on two masters! So

, I guess the madam called the two masters here to reward you heavily!"

One of them, who was slightly younger, smiled and said: "That's right. Nowadays, only our father and son can master the technology of white porcelain. Looking at the entire Li country, it is difficult to find a third person!"

The elder frowned and whispered: "Ci'er, dad told you not to be too ostentatious in everything!" [

The young man nodded immediately, lowered his eyes and eyebrows, and did not dare to say anything more.

In the lobby, Shangguan Yunyi looked at the two of them coldly, and slowly raised the corners of his thin lips.

"You are..." The old man and the young man were both stunned and asked quickly: "Excuse me, where is my wife?"

"It's not your wife who wants to see you, it's me who wants to see you!" Shangguan Yunyi said coldly.

The two of them were even more shocked and quickly asked the young man: "Brother, what is going on?"

The boy lowered his head, unable to speak for a moment.

"Who are you? Why did you pretend to tell us about our wife's wishes?" The young man couldn't hold himself back and shouted loudly.

"Do you like gambling?" Shangguan Yunyi asked with a cold smile.

When the young man heard the word gambling, his eyes lit up.

The old man said angrily: "Could it be that my son owes you a gambling debt? If you can provide evidence, I will pay you back!"

"Dad, I've been lucky lately and haven't lost any money!" the young man shouted immediately.

"Shut up!" the old man whispered, as if he had already noticed that Shangguan Yunyi's visitor was evil.

"I am not short of money, but what I am short of is the technology of white porcelain. If you are willing to pass on the technology of white porcelain to me, then I can consider sparing your lives!" Shangguan Yunyi said coldly.

"You think so. This white porcelain technology is an heirloom of our Bai family. Even the master and his wife don't know about it, and they won't force us to hand over the secret recipe. Who do you think you are?" The young man shouted loudly.

He shouted, perhaps because he was young and energetic, and was not aware of the danger at all, and his eyes were full of disdain.

"The person who wants your lives!" Shangguan Yunyi's eyes darkened, "I am not Murong Leng, let alone your wife. For me, since you are here, the secret recipe of white porcelain and your lives,

You can only choose one, start choosing now!"

The old man's eyes flashed, and he sneered: "If we were afraid of death, everyone would already know how to use white porcelain! Young Master, don't waste your efforts!"

"Papa!" Shangguan Yunyi stood up, clapped his hands, and sneered at the corner of his lips: "In that case, then you can take this secret recipe to your grave!"

The two of them were stunned, their vision turned dark, and they fainted and fell to the ground.

"Master, do you really want to kill these two people? If they die, Bai Ci's skills will really be lost!" Liu Feng stepped forward and said with some hesitation.

"I have given them the opportunity, but they don't know how to seize it! Since they don't tell me, I will let this white porcelain technology be lost forever! Liu Feng, the more sensational you make it, the better!" Shangguan Yunyi ordered coldly.

He said, "Huang Luo should have succeeded. Now I want the whole world to know that the technology of white porcelain has been lost, and now Li country only has black porcelain!"

Liu Feng responded quickly.

After Liu Feng ordered the people to take the people away, Shangguan Yunyi raised his eyes and looked at the young man standing: "Well done, go to the back to receive the reward!" [

The boy was so frightened that he trembled all over and quickly left.

Shangguan Yunyi slowly raised his lips and sneered.

The God of Wealth Alley in the capital is a gathering place for gambling houses. Here, some people make a fortune in a day and become rich from the poor, while others turn from the rich to paupers. However, as the old saying goes, nine times out of ten you gamble, you lose.

There are more people here who have lost their homes.

On the bottom floor of the largest Yuanbao Gambling House, many people were staring closely at the dice on the table, with solemn expressions, waiting to make the most difficult choice.

"Brother, let's play big. This dealer has opened twelve big hands in a row. I think this one is still big!" someone whispered in a low voice.

As soon as the man said that, many people turned their eyes to the word "big".

"It's just because the big one opened that I wanted to bet on the small one. I don't believe it. How could it be possible to get the big one?" Liu Feng said, wearing Bai Fu's clothes and covering half of his face.

"Brother Bai has been lucky these days, but he has won a lot. We must listen to him!" Another person shouted deliberately.

"Yes, yes, brother Bai Fu is right!" Another person also said, betting dozens of taels of silver on the word "small".

As a result, several people followed Liu Feng, who was pretending to be Bai Fu.

"It's done, it's done, it's done!" The dealer shouted loudly.

The rest of the people hesitated for a moment, but still pressed the "little one". When the dealer made the move, everyone was upset loudly.

"I'll just say 'little'!" Liu Feng said proudly, and continued to guard the little one, and all the brothers he brought followed him.

Next came the small ones, and those people cheered, gradually attracting the attention of many people.

Next, as if playing magic, "Bai Fu" had more and more silver in front of him, and finally it reached as much as one thousand taels.

"Did you see that, he is a descendant of the Bai family, making white porcelain, a craft that is about to be lost! I didn't expect this person to be so good at gambling, I heard that he has been gambling all day!" Someone said secretly.

"A craftsman likes to gamble, and I'm afraid this white porcelain is going to decline!" someone followed.

Liu Feng moved his ears and used his inner strength to pay attention to the surrounding movements. After confirming that his disguise as Bai Fu had caused a sensation, he winked at the other person, who quickly went out to make arrangements.

"Bai Fu, your father is here!" Suddenly, someone who looked like a younger brother came and said.

"Bai Fu" was startled, quickly put the money in his bag and rushed out. At this time, several people with malicious intentions followed him.

The next morning, Bai Fu and Mr. Bai were found killed on their way home. There were traces of searches on their bodies. Judging from the situation, they must have been robbed.

Because Bai Fu and Mr. Bai are the only descendants of Bai Porcelain, the case suddenly caused a sensation in the entire capital. At this time, news came that 10,000 pieces of Bai Porcelain tribute had been robbed and destroyed.

In the imperial study, Li Xin frowned, Yang Xin, Yu Hanlin and others also frowned, and Shangguan Yu knelt on the ground with his head lowered.

"Master Shangguan, why don't you call Madam Murong into the palace and ask if this white porcelain has really been lost?" Yu Hanlin said.

"Your Majesty, Sir Yu, the craftsmanship of this white porcelain is passed down from the Shura Kingdom. In recent years, the number of craftsmen in the Shura Kingdom has become less and less. There are only two people in the Murong family. In previous years, on the day of tribute, they would rush to make it overnight.

! Fortunately, this year, the Luo Kingdom was defeated, and the number of pieces has been reduced from 100,000 to 10,000 pieces, so the delivery was only one month ahead of schedule. In fact, if those two craftsmen were there, the emperor could order more manpower and rush production, but

Two days ago, the craftsman surnamed Bai and his son were robbed and died on their way home. This matter had already been reported to the government and had been filed with the government. Shangguan Yu did not dare to talk nonsense! When the craftsman surnamed Bai and his son died,

This white porcelain has been lost, and now there is nothing anyone can do!" Shangguan Yu quickly raised his head and said.
To be continued...