If he said that he was interested in Princess Qinghuang's beauty and talent, he really had no interest in Princess Mingyu. The third prince shook his head invisibly. That was not entirely true. There was something related to Princess Mingyu.
, he is still interested - her dowry.
That day when Princess Qinghuang married into Prince Yun's Mansion, the dowry was very spectacular. Some good people specially counted the dowry, which was a total of one hundred and twenty-eight. She was indeed the first one to enter Prince Yun's Mansion, and the last one had not even left the post.
As for the tavern, the third prince has conducted a private investigation and found out that the dowry brought by Princess Mingyu was one hundred and eight taels, although it was smaller than that of Qinghuang
The princess's is less, but compared with other noble girls, it is still extremely rich. After all, Nanrong is rich, with large salt fields along the coast, and the royal family has mastered the secret technique of refining snowflake salt. The price of each kilogram of snowflake salt is that of ordinary coarse salt.
It is more than ten times the amount, and the supply exceeds the demand. This input alone can support the operation of the entire national treasury every year.
Moreover, the coast of Nanjong is winding and has many natural ports. Foreign caravans all land from Nanjing to enter Shikoku. The tax on goods is a huge amount of income. Not to mention the sea jewelry such as corals, pearls, and clams.
, bringing huge benefits.
The third prince didn't really want to marry Princess Mingyu, because Princess Mingyu was not attracted to Princess Zhuyu of Qinghuang in front of him, but he was very willing to marry that Shili Hongzhuang. After all, raising private soldiers is very expensive, and this time
Chu Chenzhou was closely investigating the matter of his subordinates' personal use of official money. In order not to be involved, the third prince directly abandoned all the properties in Luo City. Those brothels and gambling houses were the most profitable business.
The third prince didn't think it was inappropriate at all to worry about his princess's dowry. In the future, when he ascends to the throne, why should she sit in the back seat if she doesn't help him. (Ranyi: Third brother, you have to move faster then.
, if it were too late, the Eighth Princess’s dowry would probably be reduced to nothing by Ming Ruohua.)
The third prince also had many beauties and concubines in the back house. It was not difficult for him to please women. He and Princess Mingyu soon got on well with each other and became very close to each other.
The high-rise boat slowly left the pier, and Master Fang of the Imperial Academy also announced the format of this poetry meeting - one is to use "Huailai Zhe" as a rhyme couplet; the other is to compose a poem with the title of "Spring Outing on the Lake".
If you want to connect sentences, you have to go to the first floor to make it easier for the paperwork to record the poems. You don't have to worry about where you write the poems, just hand the poems you have written to Mr. Fang.
Princess Lanyang definitely couldn't do such a difficult "game" of connecting sentences. Fortunately, she asked the female teacher to answer a few questions in advance. She really won the question of "Visiting the Lake", Princess Lanyang
Feeling happy in my heart, I picked up my pen and wrote down the poem I had prepared.
Her maid came in with a plate of fruit and whispered to Princess Lanyang: "Princess, I just went to wash the fruits and saw Princess Yun, Princess Ningping, and Crown Prince Hong in the box next to us."
Princess Lanyang's hand holding the brush shook, and the ink fell onto the paper with a splash.
It seemed that her words had distracted the princess and soiled the poem paper. The maid hurriedly knelt down and said, "You deserve to die, I disturbed the princess from composing poems."
"It doesn't matter." Princess Lanyang was rarely so calm. She was very lucky that the maid told her that Princess Qinghuang was also on the boat. The poems she handed in would be hung up for everyone to evaluate. If she was defeated by Princess Qinghuang again,
There really is no need to hang out in the imperial capital.
"This servant is helping the princess to study ink. The princess should rewrite it." The maid's voice was weak, for fear of being punished by the master.#@$&
Princess Lanyang crumpled the ink-stained poem paper into a ball and threw it away: "I won't write it anymore."
At the same time, the eighth princess also wrote a poem in order to show off her talents. The third prince praised her very much, and the eighth princess modestly said that the writing was not good, but she was very proud of her heart.
She handed the poem note to Chun Ling: "Send it to me, Mr. Fang."
Chun Ling took advantage of the opportunity to receive the poem and note and whispered to the eighth princess: "The ninth princess is next door."
The Eighth Princess frowned slightly, not to mention whether her poems could compare with Xiaojiu's, the words alone couldn't compete with others, the Eighth Princess winked at Chunling.%&(&
Chun Ling understood this, and not long after she went out with the poem in hand, she came back with a look of panic: "My servant was not careful, and the princess' poem in hand was blown into the lake by the wind."
The eighth princess pretended to scold Chun Ling, and the third prince took out paper and pen again: "Mingyu will be forced to write again."
"Maybe this is God's will. I won't force it." The eighth princess pretended to be very free and easy. "For me, it is enough that A Yu likes this poem. I don't care how other people appreciate it."
The third prince also praised the eighth princess for her calmness and ease. The third prince could compete with the prince and he was not stupid. He could clearly see Princess Mingyu's tricks. But Princess Mingyu was willing to play tricks in front of him.
Maintaining an image shows that she cares about herself. If she does nothing, it will be troublesome.
Mingruo had no idea that she had done nothing to scare off these two women who wanted to show off. She was bored in the box, so she took Perilla and Lithospermum to the deck below to enjoy the lake view.
With the mighty and domineering Nine Emperors Sister-in-law unable to intervene, Princess Ningping could only scribble and correct the poem she had written, and pestered Crown Prince Hong to polish it for her before handing it over.
Master Fang received a thick stack of poems and asked the servants to hang them up. Many of those who handed over the poems were watching the lake view on the deck. Mingruo rarely went out as Princess Yun, and attended banquets with his female family members.
They were in the same place, so not many people recognized Mingruo as Princess Yun. Everyone just thought that the woman standing on the deck, leaning on the railing and looking into the distance, was extremely beautiful just from the back.
The Eighth Princess recognized Mingruo at a glance, and she was extremely jealous when meeting enemies. She whispered a few words to Chun Ling beside her. Chun Ling looked embarrassed and shook her head timidly.
"Your Highness, I..." The word 'dare not' was swallowed back by the eighth princess looking at her with anger, "Go now!"
"Hurry up!" The Eighth Princess scolded in a low voice for fear of missing the opportunity.
The eighth princess watched Chun Ling approaching Xiao Jiu little by little, and the joy in her eyes became more and more intense. Xiao Jiu was feeding the koi in the lake. One of the two maids beside her was holding a porcelain bowl filled with fish food for her.
Jar, one held an umbrella for her, no one noticed, Chun Ling stretched out his claws towards her...
At the critical moment, the fan in Mingruo's hand fell to the deck. She bent down to pick up the fan, and her whole body was lower than the fence. Chunling was afraid that she was not strong enough to push the ninth princess into the lake, so she used
He exerted 100% of his strength. The result was that Chunling couldn't hold back his strength and fell straight into the lake.
Everything happened so fast that even the nearest Zisu and Lithospermum were confused. People around them didn’t even know what was happening——
"What's going on?"
"It seems like... someone threw themselves into the lake..."
