The King of Chu looked a little embarrassed and said: "It's not a private matter, but to share the worries of the country. Sister Chanyue, for the brotherhood, used the household hall to seal the deed and pay an IOU to my aunt. Once the autumn grain is transferred to Beijing, there will be two silver coins left." , I will definitely repay you in full as a brother."
Li Chanyue curled her lips, looking at the girl's fair and jade-like cheeks, and said: "An IOU for three hundred thousand taels of silver? Sorry, my small business does not accept credit."
The eldest princess of Jinyang glanced at King Chu and said clearly: "King Chu, it's better to go elsewhere to find a solution for this matter."
It’s not that she is reluctant to part with these extraneous things. She only cares about an orphan. No matter how elaborate her three meals a day are, how much food can she use? But once this food is allocated, it will never be taken back like last time. Corruption is rampant.
And there was something else going on here. King Qi owned twice as many grain stores as she did, and he was now in charge of the Ministry of Accounts. Why couldn't he even allocate the money?
King Chu was about to speak when Lianxue stepped forward with light steps and said softly: "Your Highness, the manuscript of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" you asked me to pick up has arrived."
When Princess Jinyang saw this, she looked overjoyed and said, "Bring it quickly."
When the King of Chu saw this, he knew that he was talking about him. He smiled and asked, "What manuscript is so beloved by my aunt?"
His aunt just likes to read these story books and the like, but she doesn't know what to read. They are just the imagination of some poor literati.
The eldest princess of Jinyang did not want to continue to argue with the King of Chu about buying grain, so she said: "It is a recent manuscript from Zhai Zhong. The opening words are well written, so I left some meaning."
After the eldest princess of Jinyang finished speaking, she no longer paid attention to the King of Chu. She took the manuscript, lowered her beautiful eyes slightly, and started reading attentively, as if she was reading a book, please don't bother me.
King Chu's face darkened, he picked up the tea cup and sipped it gently, knowing that he was drying himself.
"Others bring tea to guests, but my aunt drives them away with books. She is elegant and elegant, and is very unusual."
King Chu raised his sinister eyes and glanced at the beautiful lady in palace clothes, with an indescribable meaning in his heart.
Li Chanyue's eyebrows curved into crescents, a smile appeared on her white and shiny face, and she said with a smile: "Brother King Chu, my mother is fascinated by books as soon as she reads them. She forgets to eat and sleep. This thick stack of manuscripts, We don’t want to see it get dark, so let’s go horse riding and let Manager Xie take care of the food you buy.”
King Chu Qiang smiled to himself, stood up, cupped his hands, and said, "Aunt, my nephew is going back first."
The eldest princess of Jinyang raised her face like flowers and said: "King Chu, please go back first. I won't give it to you. Yue'er, I will give it to you, brother King Chu."
King Chu said nothing more, looked calm, stood up and left.
After King Chu left, Princess Jinyang put down the manuscript in her hand, raised her eyes, looked at Lianxue, and said softly: "Do you have anything else to do?"
Lianxue said softly: "Your Highness is talking about the author of this manuscript."
With that, he told everything about Jia Heng.
"That Mr. Jia said he wanted to see His Highness, but I don't know what he meant." Lianxue said softly.
The eldest princess of Jinyang raised her beautiful eyebrows, with a hint of thoughtfulness in her charming eyes, and murmured: "Jia Heng, from the Jia family? Is it something in the palace?"
She couldn't help but think deeply. As far as she knew, the Jia family sent a daughter to the palace, and now she was working as a female historian with her sister-in-law. She heard it by chance the last time she went to the palace.
Lianxue said: "Your Highness, this Young Master Jia Heng does not seem to be involved with Ning Rong's second house. He seems to want to renegotiate the price of the manuscript."
The eldest princess of Jinyang's beautiful face remained cold and cold. She lowered her eyes and looked at the manuscript in her hand. Her soft and charming eyes passed over "Linjiang Immortal" and she said in a clear voice: "This article is written with the style of a great master of the generation. There is also The writing was sharp, Liu Tong must have lowered his price, and since he felt unsatisfied, he just followed the example of famous writers."
"Yes, Your Highness, have you seen that person again?" Lianxue asked.
The silver for polishing pens of famous masters is about one thousand taels. Lianxue's heart moved slightly when she heard that her master had the same idea as herself.
"As for the person... just disappear, let him write the manuscript well, and don't be greedy. You need to know that he is a white man, and no matter how much money he has, it is like a child holding gold..."
Princess Jinyang knew at this time that she was not from Ning Rong's second house, so she didn't have much connection. In addition, the talented King Chu had an evil guest coming to her door, so she obviously didn't want to see her much.
Just as I read on, I reached the end of the first chapter. My eyes fell on the concluding poem, and I opened my lips lightly and couldn't help but chant: "Hey, snobbery has persisted in ancient times. Who knows that a hero is white? An Dekuairen." Like Yi De, he will punish all the unfaithful people in the world."
Lianxue's face was slightly startled, and she raised her eyes to look at her princess's face. She saw that there was something funny about her face, which was as beautiful as a peony stamen.
"This Jia Heng, I didn't say that he betrayed his promise and reneged on his promises, but he insinuated that I was snobbish?" The eldest princess of Jinyang had a graceful face and a voice like flying jade. She opened her eyes for the second time.
Lianxue said: "Your Highness, I will go and inform him."
"Wait a minute, let him come over after lunch. I want to ask who is the snobbery." Princess Jinyang said.
"Yes." Lianxue was surprised for a moment, responded, bowed Yingying, and turned around.
Princess Jinyang picked up a stack of manuscripts in her hand, stood up, walked around the screen, sat on the recliner, and stared at the manuscripts.
I didn't realize it just now, but now I was fascinated.
It's like seeing the turbulent and troubled times of the late Han Dynasty.
There are many stories that are different through opera and text, especially the selection of historical materials, which means the arrangement of the story is different.
Along the way, I saw Meng De offering his sword, and the eighteen princes challenged Dong.
After finishing reading, the eldest princess of Jinyang closed her book, with a hint of understanding in her beautiful eyes, and said: "The Han family has caused chaos in the world for four hundred years, but it is Yuan Shao who has caused chaos in the world?"
With the insight of this Han eldest princess, she could naturally see what kind of evil idea Yuan Shao had for Butcher He. Apart from the ten permanent servants, there was no need to bring in border troops. Isn't this asking for trouble?
"Wait a minute and ask if Jia Heng thinks so?" Princess Jinyang took a sip of tea and continued to read the manuscript.
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Jia Heng wrote the invitation at home. Since he was not always around, he went to his cousins Dong Qian and Cai Quan's house in the morning to hand over the invitation.
Aunt Cai and her husband Li Dazhu were shopping for various wedding items, booking banquets at restaurants, renting sedan chairs, etc.
Over here, Jia Heng just handed an invitation to the gatekeeper of Rongguo Mansion and asked it to be handed over to the maid. At this time, it was already noon, and he walked along Ningrong Street towards the alley where his home was.
After lunch, he planned to go to Feng Tang's house and Song Yuan's house in the afternoon.
The carriage here was walking back, and when he raised his eyes, he suddenly saw Jia Rong and a young man with fine features, even more handsome than Jia Rong, wearing a blue gown, coming from the direction of Dongfu, and also walking towards Willow Alley.
When Jia Rong saw Jia Heng from a distance, she walked a few steps quickly and said with a smile: "Uncle Heng, I was just going to find you. I prepared a small banquet at home and came to treat Uncle Heng to a drink to apologize to Uncle Heng. Brother Qiang happened to be there My son is here too, just in time to be a witness."
Jia Qiang looked at Jia Heng curiously.
Jia Heng turned around and looked at Jia Rong, and said calmly: "I have something to do later, so I won't have to drink. That's all you have the heart to do."
Jia Rong smiled and said, "Uncle Heng, are you busy with getting married recently?"
Seeing Jia Heng's brows slightly furrowed and his eyes slightly cold, Jia Rong said quickly: "My nephew has no other intentions. He just heard that Uncle Heng was getting married, so he prepared some rituals to honor Uncle Heng."
With that said, he took out ten taels of silver from his sleeve.
Jia Heng glanced at Jia Rong and said, "I can't accept your money. You can keep it for yourself."
With that said, he stopped paying attention to Jia Rong's insistence and walked away.
Jia Rong, with quick eyes and quick hands, took Jia Heng's arm again and said with a playful smile: "Uncle Heng, uncle Heng, brother Qiang and I have prepared a banquet to apologize to uncle Heng. Uncle Heng must show respect to his nephew no matter what. That’s it.”
"Let's try another day. I'm really busy today and can't get away." Jia Heng said, trying to push Jia Rong away.
"Uncle Heng, my father...has not been idle recently." At this moment, Jia Rong suddenly lowered his voice and said.
