Because of the Qian family incident, Luo Chuhuai and Lu Ming both arrived at Wuchang Mansion, and Ye Chengguan's heart has become increasingly serious recently.
Lu Ming's words a few days ago reminded him that the current situation in the court was probably at a fever pitch.
If His Majesty really plans to have an heir, he has to make some plans for the future.
But the actions of Prince Yun and Prince Fu made him feel chilled. If the new king was born among these two princes, he was afraid that the future of the Daye Dynasty would be ruined.
I think His Majesty knew it very well, so he didn't make a decision for a long time.
He spent the whole day sitting in the courtyard, thinking about what Lu Ming mentioned, and who among the princes in the capital was worthy of his continued loyalty and service in the future. He could not figure out the reason until the evening.
Seeing Ting Anxing coming back in a hurry, Ye Chengguan collected his thoughts and asked calmly: "Has everything been done?"
"Not only is it done, I'm afraid the young master will be shocked when he finds out the result."
Ting'an put the silver notes redeemed from the auction house in front of him, opened the box, and said with a smile: "Please take a look at it, sir."
Ye Cheng looked at the banknotes and couldn't help but frowned: "Why are there so many banknotes?"
At least it would cost several hundred thousand taels.
"It's also to blame that the young master is not diligent enough. Since he entered Imperial College, no masterpieces have been published. Nowadays, the market only hears about the young master's reputation, but does not see any good works. People are eager for the young master's calligraphy and painting, and the prices have naturally increased.
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Ting An said with a smile: "Those wealthy families really have the temperament to spend a lot of money. Today, the third master of the Zhuo family spent 100,000 gold on the painting of Young Master Shan."
"One hundred thousand gold?"
Hearing this number, Ye Chengguan suddenly showed a surprised expression: "It seems that the Zhuo family is really not simple."
"Young master, you don't know that His Highness Prince Ning and Mr. Zhuo almost got into a fight today over that painting."
Ting An gloated and replied: "The manager of the auction house also begged me to collect more calligraphy and paintings of the Evil God of Knives and Pens for him. For this reason, he didn't take any money from the three calligraphy paintings. He only paid 30,000 gold for selling the paintings."
As he said that, he looked at the silver notes in the box again, curled his lips and said: "With these 750,000 taels of silver notes, I'm afraid that the young master will never have another masterpiece come out in this life."
Ye Chengkui himself never thought that his calligraphy and painting would be snatched up to such an extent now. In the past, he only thought that some people liked it, and it happened to be enough money to support the family, so that his mother did not have to live a tight life, and he could also study.
The road is smoother.
Being caught off guard and earning so much money, he had the illusion that he was a nouveau riche, and for a moment he was really at a loss.
Ting'an seemed to have sensed a business opportunity to make money, and joked with a sinister smile: "Young Master might as well make his identity public to the world. If the world knows that the evil god of swords and pens is the Young Master, not to mention the high-ranking officials, even those royal relatives in the capital
The nobleman must think more highly of the young master."
"Nonsense."
Ye Chengguan raised his eyebrows and said, "Why bother causing unnecessary trouble? You think I am living too leisurely every day, right?"
After thinking about it, he put away the box and calmly told Ting'an: "It's still the old rule. Take some back to the old lady. Now that you've come to the provincial capital, you have to buy some land."
"Does Jingzhong want to buy more?"
Ting'an felt that with the young master's ability, he would sooner or later move to Beijing for a higher position. In the early years, there were not many properties secretly purchased in Beijing, so he should take advantage of this opportunity to purchase more properties.
"No need."
Ye Chengguan thought deeply and replied: "In the name of the evil god of swords and pens, you allocate one hundred thousand taels to Lu Dianshi and ask him to send it to Jiang'an County and distribute it to the families of the three thousand victims who died on Mount Paektu."
As soon as he finished explaining the matter, he saw the servant from the mansion hurried in and said: "Sir, His Highness Prince Ning and Miss Hua have arrived. Your Majesty has sent someone to take them to the provincial capital post house for resettlement."
“The people at Mingyi Hall are very welcoming.”
Ye Chengguan still didn't know why Prince Ning also came to the provincial capital, but he lived in a post house, and the whole post house would be difficult to clean. Every day, officials would rush to fawn over him, so he hurriedly asked the boy:
"Has the house I told you to find near the Inspector's Office a few days ago been found?"
The young man nodded quickly: "Your Majesty, everything has been done. Everything has been selected according to your instructions. It is a new house with two entrances and two exits. It was originally built by the Chief Envoy to house a distant cousin.
When I learned that Mr. Ye needed a house to accommodate distinguished guests, he gave the house away without asking for more than a tael of silver."
"Thank you, Lord Chief Envoy, for me."
Ye Chengguan then warned: "After the dinner, you take Miss Hua to move to the new house. If she asks, tell her that it is a house temporarily rented by the government and ask her to live there with peace of mind."
"yes."
After the boy finished answering, he left first.
Ye Chengguan went back to his house, changed into casual clothes, and led Ting An towards the post house.
When I arrived at the Post House, I saw many officials coming out of it glumly.
Ye Chenggui probably guessed the reason. The dignified prince asked an imperial businessman from the provincial capital to refute his face, and these officials rushed to greet him. What else could it be than a warm face but a cold butt?
It's just that the reception banquet I held was not to please Prince Ning. At most, he was an uninvited guest and let him mess up the situation.
It’s really hard to describe.
After silently observing the ceremony with several colleagues, the provincial government official was afraid that he would not get any benefits if he went in, so he kindly reminded: "Master Ye, please come back another day. His Highness Prince Ning does not want to see guests today."
"Master Shen Zheng is overly worried. I didn't come here to see Prince Ning."
Ye Chengguan smiled blankly at everyone and went directly into the post house.
At this time, the atmosphere in the post house seemed a bit solemn. All the officials were guarding the yard hesitantly, and no one dared to step into the garden where Zhu Zhiye stayed.
Yi Cheng was full of joy and planned to hold a dinner to entertain several distinguished guests, but when His Highness Prince Ning came in, he ordered not to see the guests, which really embarrassed him.
Seeing Ye Chengguan entering the room, Yi Cheng's face became even more bitter, and he called out aggrievedly: "My lord."
"Everyone, go down."
Ye Chengguan waved to the Yi Cheng and the clerks, and then entered the hall casually.
Hua Rujin and Wu Muning were sitting at the coffee table, drinking tea silently. When they saw Ye Chengguan coming in, they all stood up in unison and called out happily: "Master Ye."
He was still wearing a jade-colored gown today, but because of the warm white robe on the outside, his whole complexion became different, as if he had stepped out of a painting, and Hua Rujin couldn't help but feel...
Suddenly, I couldn't help but look at him one more time.
After not seeing each other for many days, Ye Chengguan was also happy to meet again today. He politely gave Wu Mu Ning a warm smile, and then he began to look at Hua Rujin, looking at her thin and haggard appearance, thinking about her these days.
While taking care of the affairs of the Lu family, he said with distressed concern: "I have lost a lot of weight."
These words made Zhu Zhiye, who was already angry, even more dissatisfied, and yelled: "Ye Chengwei, what do you mean, are you blaming me for not taking good care of Xiao Hua'er?"
"Little flower?"
Ye Chengguan looked disgusted and looked at him: "After all these years, Your Highness is still so tasteless."