Red Mansion Huacai

Chapter 67 Saint Blue Eyes Princess is well-behaved
It was a good time to arrive that day, but Tanchun left in anger. She was still young at the moment, and all her thoughts were on her face.Li Weijian didn't point it out, but was secretly amused.

If he really had inner strength, true Qi, etc., it would be great if he stayed in Maoshan and continued to cultivate immortality. Why would he come to the capital to fool around?
After breakfast, Li Weijian counted the time, and then Chen led Wu Haiping out.When they arrived at Prince Zhongyong's residence, Prince Zhongyong was not there. The person who received Li Weijian was the eunuch of the Flattery Division.

The eunuch had a rich face and no beard. When he saw Li Weijian, he smiled like a Maitreya Buddha. He just said without saying: "Our family is flattered by the prince. The prince told him last night that Li Xiucai would just bring the people here." . Whether it is suitable for use or not, the princess has the final say."

"Then I'll go pick up my eldest sister right now."

The eunuch said: "Your Majesty also ordered that carriages and horses have been prepared, and he will go with Li Xiucai to fetch the female gentleman."

Li Weijian smiled and said, "I'm really frightened that the prince is so thoughtful. I don't know what to call this father-in-law?"

"Easy to say, our Yin De."

"Eunuch Yin," Li Weijian shook his hands and held a thousand-tael silver note in his palm. He reached over and grabbed Yin De's sleeve. While shaking, he handed the banknote over without leaving a trace. He said with a smile, "Sister. She is no different from my biological sister, I will need Eunuch Yin to take care of her from now on."

Yin Defu reached his heart and put the banknotes into his sleeves. Maitreya Buddha also seemed to be nodding his head: "Don't worry, Li Xiucai, our family will do our best."

Li Weijian said no more, said goodbye, and took the palace's carriage back to Rongguo Mansion.Yin De waited until no one was around before he took out the banknote and took a look at it. He saw that it was 1000 taels. He felt so relieved that he secretly thought that Li Xiucai was indeed the God of Wealth, and he would be well served in the future.

But when Li Weijian arrived at the gate of Derongguo Mansion, he hurriedly got out of the car. His disciple Yu Liu came up to greet him and said in surprise: "Fourth Master Jian, what are you doing-"

Li Weijian said: "The palace sent me to pick up the eldest sister. You have to watch the carriage and don't let anyone rush into it."

Yu Liu didn't hesitate to agree, but even went forward to chat with the prince's coachman with a shy face.Li Weijian walked all the way into the inner house of Deyimen and found Li Wan who was talking about the matter. Li Wan was suddenly surprised and said: "Going there today? This...I haven't prepared anything yet."

"It's all done when you leave. With my eldest sister's talent and learning, how can I need to prepare?"

Li Wan bit his lower lip: "Brother Jian, please wait a moment while I go change my clothes."

After having a cup of tea, Li Wan changed his clothes, led Su Yun and Bi Yue, followed Li Weijian out of the mansion to get the carriage, and rushed to Prince Zhongyong's mansion. It's not surprising that Li Wan was nervous on the way.

The carriage entered the palace, and Li Weijian and Li Wan got off the carriage in front of Yiyi's gate. Yin De was already waiting here.

Li Weijian stepped forward to chat with him for a few words, then turned around and said, "Sister, please follow this Eunuch Yin. The princess is waiting in the study."

Li Wan nodded quietly, calmed down his uneasiness, met with Yin De, and then followed him to the inner house.After passing the Erzhongyi Gate, across the courtyard outside the east chamber is the princess's study.

Yin De led Li Wan into the study, but saw only two maids guarding the place.

Yin De suddenly became anxious: "Where is the princess?"

One of the palace maids couldn't laugh or cry and said: "My father-in-law also knows the princess's temperament. The servant only tried to persuade her for a while, but the princess became impatient. Now she went to the garden to release paper kites."

"This -" Yin De thought for a moment and looked at Li Wan: "Mr. Li, please stay here for a while. I will go find the princess right away."

"Father-in-law, it's up to you."

Then he ordered two maids to serve the tea, and Yin De hurried away with a whisk.

The two palace maids went to serve tea. After Li Wan sat down at the desk quietly, he looked up and saw that the bookshelf was full of books: biographies of women, the Analects of Confucius, books on good deeds, classics on female filial piety, internal training, and many more.

Li Wan thought to himself that the princess was ten years old when she was naughty, but she didn't know how naughty she was.

At this moment, I suddenly heard laughter like silver bells coming from far away.

"Kekeke, faster, faster!"

"Princess, this old slave can't run very fast."

"No matter, if you hurry up, the kite will fall!"

A figure was reflected on the screen, and Yin De turned around in a moment, carrying a little girl on his back.The little girl wore a scarlet cross-collared coat on her upper body, and a beige horse-faced skirt embroidered with folded branches on her lower body. She kicked back and forth with a pair of embroidered shoes, and she was still holding a kite string when she looked back.

"Eh? Yin De, why did you enter the house?"

Yin De gently put the princess down and said with a smile: "Princess, why don't you come and see me soon?"

"Sir? I don't want-" The little girl turned her head and caught a glimpse of Li Wan sitting quietly, and she swallowed her subsequent words alive.

She lost her mother when she was young. Although she had the upbringing of a concubine, she couldn't compare to her own mother.When she was wronged on a daily basis, she went to find her mother's portrait and cried.Although the Li Wan in front of her was completely different from the mother in the portrait, Rulan's temperament was the same.

Li Mengqing thought that this would be what her mother would look like if she were alive.

She had mixed feelings in her heart, but Li Wan behind the desk had already stood up and said, "I have met the princess."

Li Mengqing lifted up the skirt of her skirt and returned the greeting quickly: "I've met... I've met you, sir."

Eunuch Yin De blinked, amazed in his heart. He had never seen the princess so honest before.At that moment, I couldn't help but sigh, it's true that one thing brings down another, but I didn't expect that such a naughty princess could actually be afraid of someone!
Seeing Li Wan asking about what he had learned, the princess answered politely. Yin De felt reassured and quickly winked at the two palace maids before happily retreating out.

Thinking that Li Weijian was still waiting outside, Yin De quickly walked out of the inner house and found a side hall. When he entered the door, he said to Li Weijian: "Li Xiucai, do you think it's strange? The princess has always been a naughty person. There is no time to calm down. As soon as I met the new female gentleman, I was like a mouse meeting a cat, she was extremely well-behaved."

"Anything else?"

"It's absolutely true, can I still lie?"

"Toefl, toefl, I hope Eunuch Yin will take good care of me."

"Good talk, good talk."

Li Weijian breathed a sigh of relief.After asking about the time when school was over, Shi Shiran left the palace.

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Daming Palace, Imperial Garden.

Dashun Saint Zheng Hedi wandered around with his hands behind his back. Only Yuan Chunzhu took half a step back, and Dai Quan and other eunuchs dispersed far away, not daring to disturb him.

The water affairs of the inner government had just collected some money. First, the Mongolian princes came to the rescue one after another. In order to stabilize the northern defense line, Emperor Zhenghe held his nose and allocated a sum of internal funds.Following today's Hedao Yamen report, it was said that the floods of the Yellow River had affected a wide area, and a total of two prefectures and seven counties were affected.

If it is not handled properly, it is feared that the peach blossom floods will cause flooding this spring.

The Yellow River warning signal should not be ignored. Emperor Zhenghe thought for a while and had to hold his nose and allocate another sum of money.After the next court calculation, the money extracted from the inner palace was dispersed without waiting for the heat.

I originally wanted to have this money to organize the capital camp, but now I have been delayed again.

With a sigh, Emperor Zhenghe heard the slight footsteps beside him and said: "Yuanchun, please step aside and I will walk by myself."

"Yes." Yuanchun agreed and quietly stepped back.After walking around the flowerbeds and waterside pavilions for a while, Dai Quan received the report from the young eunuch. He quickly bent down and followed up with small steps. He whispered: "Sage, the loyal and brave king wants to see you."

"Let him come over."

"Yes."

Dai Quan turned around and nodded at the little eunuch, who immediately ran away.In no time, the young and strong King Zhongyong came striding over.

Eunuchs and female officials were scattered around. King Zhongyong came forward to see the ceremony. The saint just waved his hand impatiently and asked: "Is there something? Is there any clue about the case?"

"Not yet." After a pause, King Zhongyong said: "But Li Weijian came to the door yesterday -"

"Heh, what else does he have in mind?"

"It's not that this time...it's because Li Weijian changed hands of a lot of stocks and received more than 100 million taels of silver. He felt uncomfortable holding it in his hand, so he asked my younger brother to offer 100 million taels on his behalf."

"Huh?" Emperor Zhenghe turned to look at King Zhongyong and said with a smile: "This little scholar has a lot on his mind? This is because he is afraid that I will be jealous in my heart."

King Zhongyong smiled and said nothing.His imperial brother's mind is not small at all, but also... not that big at all.

Seeing King Zhongyong present the brocade box, Emperor Zhenghe just smiled and waved his hand, and Dai Quan stepped forward to take it.He put his hands behind his back and walked to the fence of the waterside pavilion, looked at the lake, and said, "I can't take advantage of my ministers. I'll give him some shares in the coal mine later... Well, let's just take three points."

"Yes, I think Li Weijian will burst into tears with gratitude."

"He? Ha, if you don't scold me behind my back, it will be a big deal." Emperor Zhenghe felt better and joked, then asked: "How is the water affairs going?"

King Zhongyong said: "Sage, most of the twenty wells have been dug, and the shallow water is being blocked one after another. Once the water is blocked, the deep water can be seen by digging another ten feet downward."

"Well," Emperor Zhenghe nodded: "The imperial court is short of finances, so it is better to disperse the situation as soon as possible... But not too early, and we cannot take advantage of those rich people."

"Yes, my brother thought that when he saw Tianshui, he would open up the stock exchange." After a pause, he continued: "Sage, although Li Weijian didn't say anything, I heard about something."

"Say it."

"I heard that Shi Zhouan, the chief minister of Prince Zhongshun, forced Li Weijian to sell a share of his stock for only 10 taels of silver."

The smile on Emperor Zhenghe's face did not diminish, and he said with a smile: "This second brother, I'm afraid he still wants to pretend to be a pig and eat the tiger. However, he has been pretending to be a pig for a long time, and I'm afraid he won't even turn into a pig himself. I don’t know myself.”

How could Emperor Zhenghe dare or forget his biggest rival for the throne ten years ago?Now it was just because of his reputation that he allowed King Zhongshun to act recklessly. He only wanted to sort out the government affairs and win the battle against Junggar. With supreme authority, he could deal with him at will.

After coming back to his senses, Emperor Zhenghe asked again: "Is there anything else?"

"No... Oh, Li Weijian recommended his cousin to be Meng Qing's female husband."

"Meng Qing -" Emperor Zhenghe frowned, turned to look at his brother and persuaded: "It's been almost ten years since the princess passed away, you, no matter what thoughts you have, it's time to change it. Why don't I wait some time Will I choose a princess for you tomorrow?"

King Zhongyong had a bitter look on his face, but he just didn't answer.

Emperor Zhenghe looked at his brother's expression of love and said angrily: "I have never seen such a stubborn person like you! Give it up, it's up to you."

"Oh, thank you for your forgiveness, saint." King Zhongyong smiled and cupped his hands, saying: "The yamen has a lot of affairs, so I will leave first."

Emperor Zhenghe just nodded slightly, and King Zhongyong turned back and left.After standing there for a long time, Emperor Zhenghe thought of Li Weijian again, and suddenly became interested and waved to Yuanchun.

Yuanchun stepped forward quickly, and Emperor Zhenghe said: "You have a powerful relative in your family, his name is Li Weijian... Do you know?"

Yuanchun was confused at first, and then asked tentatively: "Is the saint talking about the young man he met that day?"

"Yes, isn't it him?" Emperor Zhenghe said nothing more, but Yuanchun lowered his head and thought to himself.I thought that when I receive a letter from home in the future, I have to scan it and listen to it.

Now that Li Weijian has fallen in the sage's favor, the Jia family can't wait any longer.

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Near the end of the day, Wu Haiping drove his carriage to the vicinity of Prince Zhongyong's palace.

Li Weijian lifted the curtains and looked around.Today, my eldest sister is teaching for the first time, so she always has to pick her up and drop her off before she can rest assured.Just as he was looking at the door, soldiers escorted a carriage.

As he approached, the carriage suddenly stopped, the curtains opened, and King Zhongyong looked at him and asked, "Resurrection?"

Li Weijian hurriedly got out of the car and held his hands in greeting: "Have you seen the prince?"

King Zhongyong smiled and said, "I happen to be looking for you, so come up."

"Yes."

Li Weijian jumped on the carriage and entered the carriage.As the carriage rumbled into the palace, King Zhongyong said, "Come to pick up your cousin?"

"Yes."

King Zhongyong nodded and said: "The money was presented to me. The sage said that you use the heart of a villain to judge the heart of a gentleman."

"Uh..." Is the horse clapping its hooves?
King Zhongyong sneered and said: "The sage said, I won't take advantage of you. In the future, the coal company will give you three-thirds of the shares."

Li Weijian made up his mind and quickly raised his hands toward the imperial city and said, "Sage, saint, sage."

Coal may seem inconspicuous, inferior to drinking water, but as long as it is developed in the future, its revenue may far exceed that of water!With such a calculation, wouldn't this be a profit?

When they arrived at Deyi Gate, the carriage stopped. King Zhongyong got out of the carriage with a smile, pointed at Li Weijian and said, "You can just come in and wait, why bother outside in the wind and sun?"

Li Weijian smiled and agreed, and then King Zhongyong left with his hands behind his back.

He waited for a while in the side hall near the Yimen, and then saw Li Wan leading Suyun and Biyue out of the Yimen.Li Weijian hurried out to meet him. Li Wan was surprised and said, "Brother Jian, has he been waiting here all day?"

Li Weijian said: "I've only been here a while."

Li Wan said angrily: "It's just a round trip, and there's a carriage on the way, so why bother with Brother Jian? Just this time, I won't have to go through such trouble next time."

Li Weijian agreed with a smile, and then left the palace with Li Wan.Li Wan had his own royal carriage. Li Weijian thought about it and thought that it would be difficult to talk to him when he returned to Rongguo Mansion, so he simply followed him and got in the carriage.

When the carriage was about to start, he asked: "Sister, is the princess... so naughty?"

Li Wan shook his head repeatedly and said with a smile: "You are most well-behaved, but you can't sit still. Today I talked about the biography of women, and the princess listened very seriously."

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