"Your Highness, my original name was Dong Bai, and later I changed my name to Xiaowan. My mother was seriously ill due to deception by the embroidery shop clerk. This time I brought my mother here with only one long-cherished wish. I hope your Highness will fulfill it. Xiaowan is determined to do it in the future. I will serve His Highness as a slave and a maid, and I will never regret it.”
Although Dong Xiaowan is not the most beautiful beauty, with her extremely delicate face, she is considered to have an outstanding temperament among the Eight Beauties. It is also because her family was well off when she was young that she developed this extraordinary and arrogant temperament. .
In order to solve trivial matters around her, the prince's people paid her a huge sum of three hundred taels of gold. Dong Xiaowan naturally kept this kindness in mind, but she still had a prerequisite.
"...Oh? Girl, it doesn't matter if you say so!"
If the Bian sisters and Dong Xiaowan can be obtained at once, then it doesn't matter whether they want Liu Rushi or not. A certain prince can finally achieve his ultimate goal of embracing them.
Bian Yujing was born in an official family and has a rather aloof temperament. Dong Xiaowan, on the other hand, was born into a merchant's family, and she has the arrogance of a young lady in her heart. If the two of them could serve him together, they would really complement each other.
"Your Highness, my mother is seriously ill. I have searched for famous doctors in the south of the Yangtze River. However, the doctors all said that my mother's anger has attacked her heart and she is now seriously ill. I only hope that your highness can send an imperial doctor to diagnose and treat my mother. No matter what the result is, I swear to serve His Highness to the death and will never change."
His father has passed away, and now his mother is seriously ill. The pressure on the whole family falls on Dong Xiaowan alone. Otherwise, he would not have put away his noble temper, accompanied guests on sightseeing tours, and made money by laughing.
Having money may not necessarily be able to save his mother. Dong Xiaowan also knew that his mother suffered from a heart disease. Because it was difficult to retaliate and she endured it for too long, it reached a point where it was difficult to cure.
In the whole world, there is only one person who may be able to do something, and that is the prince.
Dong Xiaowan had seen the "Jingshi Daily" brought by guests in Jiangnan. It clearly stated that the prince had returned from a study tour in the fairy world and might have a magical way to rejuvenate.
But because he had no way to meet him, Dong Xiaowan had been very anxious about this matter. He tried many contacts but got no reply. Fortunately, the factory guard came to the door, and the matter was settled.
Dong Xiaowan's mother was not bedridden yet, otherwise Dong Xiaowan would not have traveled with her guests, but her health was getting worse day by day. This trip to the north was also taken care of by Dong Xiaowan, which was naturally very hard.
"I can only send a doctor to diagnose and treat your daughter. As for the curative effect, I cannot guarantee it."
Afterwards, a certain prince wrote a note with a pencil, which stated the patient's life experience and illness. After giving a few brief instructions to a chamberlain, he ordered him to take it to the director of the Army Hospital, Wu Youxing.
Ever since he got the prescription from a certain prince, he couldn't help but start doing all kinds of weird clinical trials, including inserting green onions into patients' noses...
Now that there is an additional "living specimen", which was given by a certain prince, Wu Youxing will of course pay attention to it and give priority to diagnosis and treatment.
"The girl doesn't know something. Now the doctors with the highest medical skills in the Ming Dynasty are concentrated in the Army Hospital and the newly established infectious disease hospital. I will ask Director Wu of the Army Hospital to diagnose and treat your daughter. Director Wu's hometown is Wu County, and the girl's hometown is Suzhou. Speaking of which, Dean Wu Youxing and the girl are half fellow villagers. For the sake of fellow villagers, we will do our best."
A certain prince said this just to comfort Dong Xiaowan. Old Wutou would treat any patient equally, regardless of his or her origin.
"Thank you so much for your highness, Xiaowan has nothing to repay. I am willing to serve your highness until my death."
Dong Xiaowan hurriedly kowtowed and expressed her gratitude. She had never heard of Wu Youxing, but since she could become the director of the hospital and was so favored by the prince, she must have something special about her.
What's more, the prince also said that Dean Wu was his fellow villager. Dong Xiaowan felt reassured and relieved. At least his mother's illness was cured.
"Girl, don't talk about life and death. I am very young, and the girl is also very young. To put it into detail, she is only five years older than me. It is not an exaggeration to call her sister. There are still decades of good life to live. Well, when the Donglu and the rogue bandits are all wiped out, I will go on a sightseeing tour with the girl to see the vast country of the Ming Dynasty!"
After accepting Dong Xiaowan, Mao Pijiang would no longer be able to enjoy his life and could only stare and drool. He wanted to compete with a certain prince for a woman, but he didn't have the qualifications, let alone the strength.
Dong Xiaowan is only fifteen years old this year, which is equivalent to a junior high school student. At this time, he is forced to go to sea to make money, but he has no choice but to do it.
"Xiao Wan must not dare to disobey His Highness's orders. From now on, Xiao Wan will be His Highness's slave. Xiao Wan will definitely obey all His Highness's orders. His Highness just mentioned the two thousand taels of silver per year, and Xiao Wan can only pay for her mother's diagnosis and treatment. His Highness sent people to repay the debts of the slave family before, but Xiaowan really didn't dare to accept any money."
Dong Xiaowan is also a very sensible woman, especially after experiencing many twists and turns, she also understands the ways of the world. Even though she is still a bit arrogant, she is no longer willing to accept large sums of money when the prince has such a descendant.
"That's not as good as this. I paid 300 taels of gold and 3000 taels of silver for the girl before. Including the cost of your daughter's medical treatment, the total is calculated as 5000 taels. I will repay 500 taels every year for ten years, so But it has been paid off. The remaining one thousand five hundred taels per year will be used as the girl's living expenses. The girl does not need to shirk it, because there are many new delicious, fun and useful things in the capital, all of which I imitated from the fairy world. , these all cost a lot of money. After the girl sees it, she will understand. "
A certain prince asked Xi'er to bring an iron frog from the house. After winding it up, it suddenly started to move in front of a group of beauties.
"...incredible!"
Dong Xiaowan was also at the age of a young girl, when her playfulness was at its peak. When she saw that the objects in front of her could move forward without human hands, she immediately exclaimed.
The other seven beauties had similar reactions to hers. They had never seen similar objects in Jiangnan, so this was an eye-opener.
"This is just the tip of the iceberg. The girl will slowly experience all kinds of new things in the future."
Two thousand taels of silver a year is a lot more than a little. A certain prince can guarantee that once he enters the high-consumption class, he will not be able to save a few taels of silver at the end of the year.
Beautiful women will consume much more money than ordinary people at any time to meet their various needs. After trying new things to eat, wear, use, and travel, they will be happy to enjoy them.
As long as you go to Qianqi Department Store once, dozens of taels or even hundreds of taels of silver will be evaporated unconsciously. If you go once a month or more than ten times a year, two thousand taels of silver will have to be spent. Half, or even more than half.
If you go out to restaurants every day, eat some delicious fairyland delicacies, and go to the two proprietresses to have fun, I'm afraid you will still be in debt throughout the year...
The Beauty Gallery and the Pretty Girls Gallery are definitely the leading “gold-spending dens” at the moment. You can buy a seat for just twenty taels of silver, and the rest of the consumption has to be calculated separately.
There are a large number of rich people in the Kifu area. In the past, they had too much money and nowhere to spend it.
Now it’s okay, I’m not afraid that you have money, but I’m afraid that you don’t have money.
After the service building in the new city is built, it will not be a dream to burn hundreds of taels or even a thousand taels of silver in one night.
In terms of drunkenness and extravagance, Jiangnan's side simply can't compete with a certain prince's playful ways.
According to reports from the factory security spies stationed in the store, almost all the rich people who visited those two stores praised the program.
Many rich people feel that watching it once is not enough, and they have to watch it at least two or three times.
Especially spending money inside, even sitting in the front row booth, is definitely a very honorable thing.
Whether you are simply watching a show or inviting friends and guests, it is very classy, so that you can reflect your distinguished status.
Identity is money on the one hand, and ID card on the other.
The wealthy locals have already started to apply for identity cards for themselves and their families. Although it costs twenty taels of silver to buy one, it is definitely a capital to show off to outsiders.
There is a photo in the ID card. This is the reason why the wealthy people think it is worth the money. They all think that the photo is a fairy. It must be rich in the prince's fairy spirit. If you get it, you can get the fairy spirit. .
Thinking about it carefully, it is almost the same as the rush to buy and collect in large quantities because the imperial edict was printed in the newspaper...
"Yes, Your Highness. The slave has been owned by His Highness. Your Highness can just call the slave 'Xiaowan' or 'Wan'er'."
Dong Xiaowan hurriedly put away his expression of surprise and saluted the prince again. He kept thinking in his heart that if he really did what the prince said, he would see more novel objects in the future.
"Xiaowan is your previous name. Since you are determined to serve me, you can no longer use it. I intend to give you a new name, Dong Jie, a chaste Jie. Is that okay?"
Originally, a certain prince wanted to name him "Dong Xuan", but after thinking about it, "Dong Jie" was better.
hey-hey……
"I have been blessed by the Holy Family, and I will keep His Highness pure until death!"
Dong Xiaowan felt that this was very good. She was accepted by the prince, and it would be very inappropriate to use a stage name again. After hearing this, she hurriedly agreed.
I am five years older than the prince. Although the gap is not very big, at the moment, it is still an insurmountable gap. I am afraid that I am not even qualified to sleep with him, let alone my status.
However, since the Crown Prince agreed to let a famous doctor diagnose and treat his mother, Dong Xiaowan decided to keep his promise and being the Crown Prince's slave for the rest of his life was an act of gratitude.
"Yeah, it's good if you have the intention."
Theoretically speaking, Dong Xiaowan did not get married and did not use herself to exchange money. The jade should still be intact. That would be even better. She could still sleep with her in the future and even be canonized as a concubine.
The socialite from the south of the Yangtze River suddenly transformed into a concubine beside the Ming Dynasty Crown Prince. This decision can make the blame dumper very angry. He cannot let the blame dumper always cheat his son, so he must fight back in self-defense.
A certain prince went through untold hardships and finally dumped the second-rate emperor to the south of the Yangtze River. Unexpectedly, he turned back and threw back a prince's younger brother.
It seems that the fierce battle between father and son to blame each other will continue. I don’t know how long it will last. I hope that I can defeat the father who is experienced in blaming...
Dump the civil servants and generals first, and then his own son!
Chongzhen is definitely the most capable emperor in history!
A certain prince can guarantee that this guy will definitely go down in history!
"Dare I ask who the girl next to Xiaowan is..."
"Your Highness, the slave's name is Li Xiangjun, whose original surname is Wu. Later, he changed his surname to Li after his adoptive mother Li Zhenli. From his adoptive mother, he learned some music and poetry, and is a little good at playing silk and bamboo pipa. He and Xiaowan are both from Suzhou, and they are the same age. I heard that your highness is I paid two hundred taels of gold, but I have nothing in return. I am willing to serve His Highness together with Xiaowan."
Li Xiangjun and Dong Xiaowan stood together because they were from the same hometown and the same age, so they relied on each other. As the prince's slaves, they would inevitably be lonely. Being able to enter the scene with Dong Xiaowan would also help them have a partner in the future.
"It's so good. There is no need to deliberately repay. Serving me is considered a reward. If the girl is interested, the treatment will be comparable to that of Xiaowan. Two hundred taels of gold will be converted into two thousand taels of silver, and the repayment will be divided into ten years. The annual repayment of two hundred taels will be calculated according to the plan. How about the girl's annual salary of 1,800 taels after leaving?"
It would be unreasonable to prescribe too little to others.
This is equivalent to spending money to hire an Internet celebrity girl. She can earn thousands of taels of silver throughout the year in Jiangnan.
It's just that part of it has to be given to the little aunt. Unlike a certain prince, all the money earned is at his own disposal.
Li Xiangjun followed the good deeds, so that he would not fall into the hands of the young master Hou Fangyu, and he would not be driven out of the mansion by his father-in-law Hou Xun, which made him depressed and eventually became ill. He died of tuberculosis at the age of thirty.
As a fellow villager, Dong Xiaowan's fate was not much better than that of Li Xiangjun. In the end, he was exhausted to death for taking care of Mao Pijiang.
Her beauty faded away at the age of only twenty-seven, and she lived three years less than Li Xiangjun. She is truly a beauty with a bad fate.
A certain prince saved Dong Xiaowan's life. As for whether her mother could survive, it all depended on Dean Wu's ability.
"I dare not have any objections. Everything is entirely up to Your Highness."
Of course, Li Xiangjun was very satisfied with the annual salary of 1,800 taels. If the prince kept his word, this would be an unadulterated income. He would definitely not be able to pocket so much money in Jiangnan.
"When you get here, you can restore your original surname and be given the name Jinyan. Your full name is Wu Jinyan. You can call each other your original stage name in private, but you can only call each other the name given by me in public."
If you ask them to change their words rashly, they will inevitably make mistakes. The more they say, the more mistakes they make, and a certain prince cannot give strict orders. It's better to block them than to open them up, just tell the outside world their new names.
Anyway, none of Qinhuai's eight beauties have yet been betrothed. Even if they are snatched directly from the future husbands of some of them, those losers have no idea at all and will enjoy the luxurious treatment of being kept in the dark for the rest of their lives.
Five years later, when a certain prince is fifteen and full of energy, and these two people are both twenty, then they can do things that make people happy both physically and mentally...
"My slave is very grateful and will definitely obey your orders!"
As long as the prince does not beat him severely, Li Xiangjun feels that he has found a good home.
According to repeated scans by a certain prince, among the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai, the most beautiful ones are Kou Baimen and Chen Yuanyuan, and the coldest ones are Bian Yujing and Dong Xiaowan.
On the contrary, Gu Hengbo, Ma Xianglan, Li Xiangjun, and Liu Rushi are not that outstanding among the other girls in terms of appearance and temperament.
Of course, this is also an analogy among peers. The four of them can still be regarded as the top beauties of this era, and the four outstanding ones are all supported by their peers...
