As soon as Zhu Qiyu entered the main courtyard, Li Jin led people to greet him. As soon as he approached, he knelt down and kowtowed to thank him.
Zhu Qiyu smiled and asked: "Okay, why are you still kowtowing?"
Li Jin replied: "Today, the princess rewarded each of us with one thousand taels on behalf of Your Highness. I will thank you for your kindness."
Zhu Qiyu heard the words and praised: "Good guy, your princess is so generous. You don't have to thank me. She decides whether the reward is large or small. You follow the princess and work hard, and I will buy a house for you once we defeat Wala." Marry a wife."
Li Jin and others hurriedly thanked him.
Zhu Qiyu smiled again and said: "You guys work hard and don't care about money. You will inevitably become rich and powerful with me. If someone bribes you in the future, you guys will come and tell me. I will give you double the amount they pay for my life." "
Hearing this, Li Jin hurriedly knelt down and replied: "What are you saying, Your Highness? As the saying goes, a man does not think his mother is ugly, and a dog does not think his family is poor. The villain turned out to be just a little beggar. Fortunately, he was not abandoned by his master, so he became a beggar." A place to stay.
The villain follows his master and enjoys eating vegetables and porridge every day, so there is no reason for him to be bribed. "
Zhu Qiyu personally helped Li Jin up: "I was just joking, you just told me so many truths. Is there anything going on in the house today?"
Li Jin replied: "Nothing happened. The only thing the princess ordered was to rearrange the main room and the side hall to make a study for His Highness to handle official business. From now on, Mr. Cheng and the two Mr. Yu will serve in the study to assist His Highness in handling official business."
Zhu Qiyu nodded when he heard this: "Good thing, I will handle official business at home from now on, so that I don't have to go out and run every day. I am so tired from running today that my bones are about to fall apart. Okay, you all go and rest."
Zhu Qiyu turned to Liu Chang and others and said, "You should also go and have a rest. Tomorrow morning, you and the princess will receive the reward first, and then we will go to the Duke Cheng's Mansion."
Li Jin and Liu Chang resigned, and Zhu Qiyu walked quickly back to the backyard.
As soon as they returned to their own courtyard, the four personal maids happily gathered around and kowtowed together to thank him.
Zhu Qiyu asked curiously: "You are so happy, how much did the princess reward you?"
Lin Xian'er smiled and said: "The princess rewarded each of the slaves three thousand taels, and also gave a lot of jewelry and jewelry. Your Highness, look at the jade bracelets on the slaves' hands, are they beautiful?"
Zhu Qiyu took a deep breath when he heard this: "You sixteen maids, each of you received a reward of three thousand taels?"
Lin Xian'er nodded: "Yes, the princess said that it was ordered by His Highness to ask the servants to pick hard and pick hard. The three concubines were each given five thousand taels. If His Highness is distressed, we will return it to His Highness. That’s it.”
After saying that, Lin Xianer was about to take off the jade bracelet. Zhu Qiyu was so frightened that he hurriedly held Lin Xianer's hand: "I'm just asking in vain, why are you so excited? A mere three thousand taels is nothing, there will be plenty of good things for you in the future."
When Lin Xianer heard this, she became happy again. Together with three other maids, Zhu Qiyu entered the bathroom.
As a human being, it is difficult to learn well, but easy to learn bad.
With the experience of taking a bath yesterday, Zhu Qiyu opened his arms very happily this time and let the maids play with them.
Not long after, Zhu Qiyu was lying in the bathtub, still in the same position as yesterday, hugging him on his left and right, with three women waiting in the bath.
Zhu Qiyu breathed a long sigh of relief and asked with a smile: "His Royal Highness shed so much blood today, do you have any comments? For example, any new projects or something."
Lin Xian'er smiled and said: "It's really not easy to receive a reward from Your Highness. Unfortunately, this bathtub is too small. Only in a large pool can its beauty be fully demonstrated."
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Let me give it a try first. If it is really so wonderful, then I will build a big pool for you."
Hearing this, Lin Xian'er closed her eyes, put her arms around Zhu Qiyu's neck, and put her lips to Zhu Qiyu's mouth, as if she was letting him pick them.
Zhu Qiyu was not polite and bit her lips.
After lingering for a while, they separated.
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The two of them tossed around for half an hour before they finished taking a shower and got up to get dressed.
Zhu Qiyu smiled and asked: "Xian'er, do you like our current mansion?"
Lin Xian'er shook her head and answered honestly: "I don't like it, it's too stuffy here. I like mountains and water, lakes and rivers, preferably clear springs, flowers, wild fruits, animals and the like." Anyway, although this mansion is magnificent, I don’t like it.”
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "You are tricky. But you think the same as me. I don't like this shabby place. I promise you that our Prince Qi's Mansion will fully meet your requirements. It will last for up to one and a half years." In time, we can move in.”
Lin Xianer smiled and asked: "How well did you serve me just now? What do you think about the big pool?"
Zhu Qiyu promised: "I will use jade to build a large hot spring pool for you, so that you can swim in it as you like."
After entering the main room, the maids all exited.
Zhu Qiyu got into bed, hugged Lin Xiangyu who was ready to go to bed, and asked with a smile: "Have you missed me, princess? Are you tired of waiting?"
Lin Xiangyu smiled and said: "The slave family has indeed been waiting impatiently for a long time, but His Highness doesn't know where he got stuck."
Zhu Qiyu answered truthfully: "I was in a good mood today, so I played with Xian'er for a while while taking a bath. It's my fault for keeping the princess waiting for so long."
"Hmph, I knew it. Your Highness didn't give it to her, right?"
"No, no, I keep them all for the princess."
Lin Xiangyu asked curiously: "Why is Your Highness so happy?"
Zhu Qiyu replied: "The Empress Dowager approved it and promised to make me the King of Qi. The decree will be issued in a day or two."
Hearing this, Lin Xiangyu became even more curious: "When did your relationship with the Queen Mother become so good?"
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "That's because I have a keen eye and took the initiative to make the emperor's eldest son Zhu Jianshen the crown prince. So the Empress Dowager Sun returned the favor and made me the King of Qi. She also tacitly agreed that I would take over Wang Zhen's family property.
And the Queen Mother gradually discovered that I was much more reliable than those ministers. At least I got the benefits and really did things, and I was simple and direct without nagging. "
Lin Xiangyu nodded and said with a smile: "That's right, His Highness is a trustworthy and honest person. This is what the slave family likes most about His Highness."
"The decree to appoint the princess will come later. However, the ministers have already agreed on a two-prince plan: to designate Zhu Jianji as King Xi, to designate Princess Xi as Princess Xi's concubine, and to designate you as Princess Qi."
Lin Xiangyu became even more curious after hearing this: "What kind of ecstasy soup did your Highness pour into the ministers? How could they easily agree to such a weird thing?"
"Hey, you don't know, these ministers are all cheap. If you don't dare to kill, they will trample on you crazily, and they will be tricky and difficult to deal with.
But if you kill someone, the ministers will be gentle and kind to you. The reason why they agreed so easily was because I actually killed the minister at the Fengtianmen court meeting.
The ministers found out. Although I usually smiled, it really annoyed me. I started killing people without blinking an eye.
Therefore, the ministers are very reasonable in front of me. There's no way, these people are just so mean. "
Lin Xiangyu smiled and said: "Your Highness has worked really hard. I will try my best to comfort Your Highness tonight."
"Okay, tomorrow I will go to Chengguo Gong's Mansion, Xining Marquis' Mansion, Taining Marquis' Mansion, and Zhenyuan Marquis' Mansion, a total of four. Please make arrangements first. I have to go out early tomorrow morning."
"Going to so many houses all morning? Your Highness works so hard every day. What will you do if you are exhausted?"
"I have no choice but to grit my teeth and go for it. None of these nobles are well-fed. I cried from house to house. If I could finally move even one person, I would burn high incense for Guanyin Bodhisattva.
Hey, whether there are dates or not, let’s hit a pole first and then talk about it. If I get lucky, there are really stupid people who are willing to follow me. Luck comes to those who are prepared. Let me try it first and then talk about it. "
Hearing this, Lin Xiangyu hurriedly called a few maids in, gave her instructions carefully, and then smiled at Lin Xian'er and said, "Xian'er, don't leave. Just stay here and sleep with me tonight."
