Although Lin Xiaosu had doubts and complaints in his heart, when Han Jian met with the envoy of Qi Dynasty, she could not even expose her resentment. However, after all, she had no experience in attending such occasions. After serving tea, she did not retreat, but held the tea with Han Jian, and was like a maid who was ignorant of the times.

Zhu Tongjing was stunned, holding a teacup in his hand, but did not dare to put the tea in his mouth.

Han Jian took a sip of tea, then looked at Zhu Tongjing in surprise and said, "Why don't Master Zhu drink tea? Is it not to taste, or is the water too hot?"

Zhu Tongjing opened his mouth slightly, but closed it, and he wanted to speak but stopped.

What he wanted to say was that I was afraid that you would poison it. Especially when he saw a strange maid who didn't even understand the basic etiquette of leaving after serving tea, he was even more worried about problems in the tea.

"The King of Eastern jokingly said that the tea is very good, but unfortunately it was made from the water from the north. The tea in hand is in my hand, and I can't help but miss my hometown, which is not disrespectful." Zhu Tongjing said some high-sounding words.

"So that's it." Han Jian smiled, "Master Zhu is so patriotic, and I really admire him for being a model of Chinese scholars. Master Zhu felt that it was not suitable for his taste, so he would not drink it anymore. Let's talk about the serious matter."

Zhu Tongjing then let go and hurriedly put down the teacup. At this time, he did not dare to take the risk to drink the tea from the Dongwang Mansion. Even if it was not the tea that killed people, he could not take care of himself. He could only be placed under house arrest in Jiangdu for a while, but he did not want to.

"What the King of the East is right or is it important to be a serious matter." Zhu Tongjing turned to look at Lin Xiaosu who stood on the side and looked unknown, meaning to ask who this person was, why did he not retreat when he came?

Zhu Tongjing thought to himself. Could this be the Miss Gu family that Han Jianxin married?

Zhu Tongjing once met Yang Ronger at a banquet in the palace and knew that the woman in front of him was not the second lady of the Nanwang Mansion brought back to Jiangdu by Han Jian. Judging from his outfit, it was difficult for him to associate this woman with Gu Xiner, a lady from a wealthy family, but he had to admit that the woman in front of him gave people a shrewd and capable feeling.

"This is the butler who is in charge and the steward of the East Prince's Mansion. Today's affairs are related to her, so let her stay and listen." Han Jian said with a smile.

Zhu Tongjing was puzzled, would I have something to do with your housekeeper when I talked to you, the King of Dong, have something to do with your housekeeper? Is this housekeeper actually a woman?

Zhu Tongjing was silent for a moment and said cautiously: "What the King of the East is related to the proposal before?"

"Proposal?" Han Jian pretended to be confused and smiled, "Is it the matter of Master Zhu who wanted to open a prostitute? Speaking of which, this is really a big deal."

The more Zhu Tongjing thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. He felt like he was being used. But he couldn't tell where he was using it.

"The King of Dong is joking again." Zhu Tongjing said with a smile, "What I have left behind is a small matter. It involves diplomatic relations between the two countries. It is a big matter."

Han Jian nodded and said, "Master Zhu's words are reasonable. Butler Lin, write down this sentence quickly, which is thought-provoking."

Han Jian's words immediately attracted Lin Xiaosu's eyes.

Lin Xiaosu looked at Han Jian and thought to himself, even though you know I am illiterate, you still ask me to write it down?

Since Lin Xiaosu became the shopkeeper of Qingxu Yashe, Lin Xiaosu spent a lot of time to read and recognize words. Unfortunately, she studied late. Until now, he only remembered the numbers and the names of the materials required by the restaurant. Now, letting her copy an ordinary sentence is difficult to get her into the sky.

No matter how stupid Zhu Tongjing was, he realized that he was being teased, and said with a slightly displeasure: "King Dong, you are here today. Why don't you talk about the serious business and take it to the fun again and again?"

"No." Han Jian said in surprise, "Master Zhu forgot that when you first came, didn't I have already told you about the main business?"

Zhu Tongjing was stunned and immediately remembered that Han Jian had said before that he was going to see him off.

"This... is also considered a serious matter?" Zhu Tongjing stood up and showed the integrity that a national envoy should have.

Han Jian said loudly: "Master Zhu's words are a joke. The exchanges between the two countries' envoys and returning are all major affairs of the country. Now that I am in trouble at the throne, I am in charge of the heavens, and seeing off Master Zhu off is also a responsibility. Does Master Zhu think this is not a serious matter?"

After a while, Zhu Tongjing was speechless.

The exchanges between the envoys of the two countries were a first-class event in ancient times, and the two countries were still enemies.

"Then King Dong said... it is related to this butler Lin?" Zhu Tongjing pointed at Lin Xiaosu and questioned.

Han Jian said: "Since you want to farewell, you naturally have to prepare a farewell banquet for Master Zhu. Unfortunately, my newly hired Butler Lin, who helped me run a restaurant for Dongwangfu, was very good at eating three meals, so I came to her and listen to Master Zhu's taste so that people can prepare. Isn't this related to her?"

A sentence not only made Zhu Tongjing look angry, but even Lin Xiaosu didn't expect that Han Jian asked her to come over to arrange cooking in the kitchen.

Even though Lin Xiaosu knew that his identity was low, she still looked depressed at this time. She wanted to be angry but didn't dare to scold her. She could only stand there and get angry, which made Zhu Tongjing realize that the female housekeeper of the East Prince's Mansion seemed to have just known that she was here to do this.

"Since the King of Dong is so sending off guests, I'm not talented. Today I will leave Jiangdu with my entourage and leave without causing trouble for Dongwang!"

As he said that, Zhu Tongjing left with his sleeves.

Han Jian smiled and stood up to see him off, but Zhu Tongjing didn't even look back at all, making Han Jian's face pressed against his cold butt. When he watched Zhu Tongjing leave, Lin Xiaosu finally couldn't help it and said, "Dongwang, why do you have to be so fooled?"

Han Jian looked at Lin Xiaosu and raised his face and said, "Butler Lin, next time I get angry, pay attention to the occasion. I just met the envoy, what are you doing?"

Lin Xiaosu didn't expect that the man in front of him would turn the tables. She had always been very self-reliant, but this time she felt very wronged. This was the first time she felt powerless in front of a man who could reach out to slap his face.

Lin Xiaosu was about to quit his job, but Han Jian suddenly said coldly: "Go, go in and discuss the important matter."

Lin Xiaosu was so angry that he couldn't, so he had to follow behind. At this time, the guards of the Eastern Prince's Mansion had already come over.

"Young Master, we have arranged everything you have told me. This afternoon, we will escort the envoys of Qi from Jiangdu and stare at them until they leave the land of Jiangdu." The guard said.

Lin Xiaosu was a little surprised. Although Han Jian first proposed to see him off, Zhu Tongjing was angry and left in the end. She thought to herself, did Han Jian know that the people of Southern Qi would definitely leave.

With questions, Lin Xiaosu followed Han Jian to the main hall. At this time, among Han Jian's many concubines, the second wife Han Song and the third wife Han Cui, who had the most say, had arrived. Before, they only had the back hall, and they could hear the words of the main hall clearly through a screen, and they also had a lot of confusion.

"Jian'er, what are you talking about with the man surnamed Zhu?" Han Jian brought Lin Xiaosu in, Han Cui stepped forward and asked.

Han Jian said solemnly: "Er Niang, Sanniang, actually I just want the people of Southern Qi to leave earlier."

Han Cui said: "Let them go and just drive them away. Why ask him to be so angry? He has to endure the gossip of those people in the court when he turns back?"

"Sanniang may not know. I just want outsiders to know that before Qi Ren left, he came to the Dongwang Mansion and had a thorough talk with me before leaving in a hurry."

Han Song and Han Cui looked at each other, and this time even Han Song didn't understand it very well, and said, "Jian'er, what do you want to do, just say it."

Han Jian sighed and said, "Er Niang, now the war is approaching, and I am no longer in a state of chaos. Now the grain in the city is occupied by merchants and big families. Ordinary people have to pay high prices when buying rice. Even if they sell children and daughters, they may not be able to eat."

Han Song also sighed: "Jian'er, why are you talking about this? Didn't I tell you before, transfer some rice and grain from other places to temporarily alleviate the current crisis?"

"That's what happened." Han Jian said, "Er Niang, food is always brought. But we must have a clear vision."

"Looking at the eye?" Han Song looked at Han Jian in confusion.

"We want to say that these grains were lent to us by the Southern Qi people. And they were endless, enough for me, Jiangdu, to cope with this war crisis. Only in this way can the merchants and large households in the city not continue to hoard food, and the prices of grain will fall." Han Jian said.

"This..." After all, Han Song's family has been in charge of the Eastern Prince's Mansion for many years, and probably understood what Han Jian meant. Han Jian wanted to use such a resultless talk to make others think that it was this talk, which made the people of Southern Qi agree to lend food and supplies to Jiangdu. "Jian, do this...will people outside believe it?"

Han Jian smiled and said, "So, we should also regard it as having exchange conditions. We said that in order to exchange these foods, we decided to allocate some cities in the south of Jiangdu to Nanqi in exchange for military assistance from Nanqi to us. Will the people outside believe it?"

"This..." Han Song was embarrassed again.

Han Jian smiled and hugged Han Song's shoulder and said, "Why do you need to worry too much? Anyway, it's just a matter of saying that the city is not really given to the Southern Qi. The person named Zhu took nothing away and gave us nothing. Could he still come back to ask us for these cities?"

Han Song thought about it and it was the same.

"But Jian'er, there is no airtight wall in the world. I'm afraid he can only hide it for a while. After this time, the people of Southern Qi spread the news, and it is not a solution after all."

Han Jian smiled and said, "Why did Er Niang suddenly become confused? When the price of food in the city falls, our Dongwang Mansion can buy food back at a low price first. Those big families are seeing that the grain will rot and cannot be sold, so why don't they ship it quickly? Then we buy it back, whether it will be used as military supplies in the future or to provide relief to the people in wartime, the initiative will be in our hands. At that time, even if we just ordered the people of Southern Qi to say that we could still say that it was because we did not cash it in to their city, and they repent and be cunning."
Chapter completed!