Fragrance Returned

Chapter 314 Dongrong Street

Ding Xiang said, "My eldest cousin hates Su Tu, but he hates the late emperor even more. He is unwilling to surrender to Dali from the bottom of his heart. He is wise and calm, and he should not rebel against the Dali Dynasty with an egg against a stone."

"He has retained power overseas, perhaps because he has a back-up. In the future, he will leave overseas again to conquer a world there and become the emperor there. Just in case, he still has to leave a son here to carry on the family line."

Ding Zhuang said blankly, "He wants to go overseas? There are poor people overseas and they can't afford food, so why bother to suffer? You can't live a good life of wealth, so why bother?"

Ding Xiang really wanted to say, how can a sparrow know the ambition of a swan?

This is hard to explain.

She said, "My eldest cousin is an ambitious person, and his ideas are different from those of us ordinary people... This matter is only known to the three of us. We must not spread it out, and don't ask him..."

After the discussion, it was time for dinner and they all went to the main courtyard.

Ding Li came to study but didn't come out for dinner.

Tang felt sorry for her son and ran to call him, but he didn't even open the door.

Everyone was discussing arrangements for tomorrow.

Ding Zhao and Ding Liren are going to give gifts to the Xun family and Shangfeng, and Ding Chi and his wife are going to visit the house. He also asked Butler Li to take Li Zhangfang to Yaxing to see if there were any suitable shops and fields.

Ding Xiang yelled to go to Jiulu Silk Embroidery Pavilion, and at noon she would eat roast duck and barbecued meat at Mingyue Building on Changshun West Street.

Mingyuelou's roast duck and meat roasting are famous in Dali.

Ding Xiang's real purpose is of course not Jiulu Silk Embroidery Pavilion and Mingyue Tower, but Yinfeng Street where she was transferred, and Dongyang Princess Mansion on Dongrong Street.

Dongrong Street is behind Changshun East Street.

She couldn't enter the princess's mansion, and she didn't want to. I have been thinking about it for so many years and wanted to see what it would look like from a distance.

If there is a suitable shop on Changshun Street, she would like to buy a shop and open a study.

Ding Mansion is in the northwest, closer to Changshun Street in the center. Go there first, and then go to Yinfeng Street in the south after lunch.

Ding Xiang had an ideological struggle over whether to go to the Princess Mansion or Puguang Temple first, but she still chose the Princess Mansion.

This was something she had been thinking about since the day she was taken away.

Ten and a half years later, she also thought about it for ten and a half years.

Ding Zhuang originally wanted to accompany his second son and his wife to see the house, but he was worried about his granddaughter. They discussed, "Granddaughter, I will accompany you someday."

Ding Xiang pouted, "No, I'm anxious to eat roast duck."

Ding Zhuang said hurriedly, "Okay, okay, I'll go with my granddaughter." He bulging his eyes again and said to Ding Chi, "You can only look at it tomorrow but not buy it. I have to nod and agree before you can buy it."

Ding Chi was unwilling, "The shopping mall is like a battlefield. After passing this village, there is no such store."

He didn't want his father to follow him to see it, and he didn't want his father to help him make decisions. My father is a blacksmith, so he doesn't know much about business.

Ding Zhao said, "Dad, Chizi has been in business for so long, and he can't afford to lose money when he buys a house and a shop."

After eating, everyone went to the main living room to talk.

Ding Xiang called Ding Chi aside and asked quietly, "Second uncle, I heard that there is a reclining Buddha statue in Central South Province that is as big as half a mountain. Have you seen it?"

Ding Xiang did not dare to ask Dong Yihe, who was well-informed. He was too smart and knew too many things about himself.

Ding Zhuang and Ding Zhao have never been to the south and would not know.

Nor would he ask Master Mingyuan about things that could be found out from others, or ask him about wasting resources.

Ding Chi was very happy that his niece took the initiative to talk to him.

After thinking for a while, he said, "I have never seen a giant Buddha lying down half the size of the mountain. I will go to Zhongnan again in the future and ask the people there."

Lilac was disappointed. I have to ask Xun Qiandai. He likes to travel, so he must know.

The next day, there was drizzle in the sky.

Ding Lichun went to the military camp before dawn.

After breakfast, except for Ding Lilai who was studying hard, the whole family came to the outer courtyard together.

The family only has one carriage and one mule carriage for a few people to use.

Now that our family is an "official family", the father-in-law and daughter-in-law cannot ride in the same car. Ding Zhuang and Chang Sui Wang drove a carriage, while Zhang, Ding Xiang, Luo Er and He Hui drove a mule carriage.

Ding Zhao and his son and Ding Chi and his wife went out to "taxi".

The two cars drove down Changshun Street.

After walking for more than half an hour, we arrived at the west intersection of Changshun West Street at early noon.

A few people got out of the car and the rain had stopped.

Dongshun Street is the second busiest street in the capital. It is paved with bluestone slabs and is wide enough for ten carriages to pass side by side. There are rows of shops on both sides, with the tallest building having five floors.

They all have black tiles and pink walls or blue brick walls, with colorful silk lanterns hanging outside, and there are restaurants, silver shops, snack shops, pawn shops, studies, brothels, etc.

The tallest five-story building is a brothel, called "Yifang Tower".

There are no vendors setting up stalls on the roadside, and it looks very high-end.

Ding Xiang was not in the mood to go shopping and walked through the street in a hurry. I passed by a closed shop with the words "For Sale" posted on the door.

Ding Xiang thought that she would ask someone to go to Yaxing Store tomorrow and buy it as soon as possible even if it is more expensive. The bookstore should be named after her.

They came to a crossroads.

Directly ahead is Changshun East Street, intersecting with the slightly narrower Furong Lane.

There is a tall archway on the right front of Furong Road, which reads "Dongrong Street". The protruding roof there is made of green tiles, layer upon layer, which is spectacular.

Ding Xiang pointed at Dongrong Street and said, "I just heard someone say that there are princesses and princes living in Dongrong Street. Let's go to the intersection to see what the princess's mansion and the prince's mansion look like."

She has found out that there are only two families in Huarong Street, one is Princess Dongyang and the other is Prince Rongjun.

Mrs. Zhang hurriedly stopped her and said, "Don't go, you can't afford to offend those noble people."

Ding Zhuang also wanted to see some people and said, "Let's just take a look at the street and not provoke them. Look, aren't there a lot of people there?"

As he said that, he took the lead and walked there, singing, "To save Li Lang from home, who would have expected that he would be the top pick on the red list..."

I didn’t dare to sing loudly, so I hummed quietly.

Because of "Female Consort", this grandfather is not very interested in princes and nobles, but is most interested in princesses and consorts.

Ding Xiang pulled Zhang to follow, and several servants walked behind.

Arriving at the entrance of Dongrong Street, several people stood down and looked inside.

There are only two large courtyards inside, both with green tiles, light red walls, red doors, cornices on the walls, red flowers and willows, as far as the eye can see.

This place is full of wealth and wealth, but also harbors filth and evil.

The door is far away. I can only see the red door with yellow copper nails, but I can't see clearly how many doors there are, what color the door knockers are, and how many copper nails there are.

I don’t know which one is Dongyang Princess Mansion and which one is Rongjun Prince Mansion.

In ancient times, classes were strictly hierarchical, and these things were different depending on the class.

The biggest difference is the door knocker, which is yellow for the prince's palace and green for the princess's palace.

There were a few pedestrians walking in front of the door, and they were very respectful and gentle.

No matter how courageous Ding Zhuang was, he would not dare to go in.

Suddenly, a dozen horsemen and two carriages approached from far away. The horsemen waved their whips and shouted at the pedestrians on both sides.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way..."

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