Xia Huanyu finally agreed to Luo Qingyan's request, and ordered the seventh prince Xia Houjing to go to Liucang, Nanyang, and Siyang to provide disaster relief.
Yun Shang read the contents of the secret report and handed it to Ning Qian. The corners of her mouth curled up slightly, "When Xia Huanyu heard that His Highness proposed that Xia Houjing go to the disaster relief, the surprise in his eyes was probably not because of Your Highness.
I was surprised that Xiahou Jing was asked to leave."
Ning Qian scanned the content at a glance and then continued: "No matter who the officials suggest to go, Xia Huanyu will find a way to persuade the officials to let Xia Houjing go. He was surprised because what His Highness said was exactly what he said.
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After Ning Qian finished speaking, she frowned and turned to look at Yun Shang, "I still can't understand your majesty's attitude towards the seventh prince. I don't know why the seventh prince was able to be saved by your majesty several times."
Yun Shang narrowed her eyes, and a coldness flashed in her eyes: "I don't understand either, but one day, all the truth will come to light, and I am becoming more and more curious. I also sent secret guards to investigate secretly.
I checked, but found nothing."
Ning Qian nodded lightly and stared at the secret report in her hand for a long time: "His Highness is very thoughtful and knew what Xia Huanyu was thinking, so he took the initiative to bring up the matter, took the initiative, and put it into practice
Added a title of meritorious deeds. It was emphasized again and again that the seventh prince had no choice but to go all out to deliver relief materials to the disaster area in order to save his own life. In this way, if this matter was handled badly,
If it is done, the Seventh Prince will not be able to make any merit, and he will not be able to pardon the death penalty. If it is done well, it will just be like this, and it will be thankless."
Yun Shang also laughed, nodded slightly and said, "Yes, Your Highness has thought carefully, but both Xia Huanyu and Xia Houjing have to jump into this pit."
While the two were talking, Qin Yi walked in, holding a piece of paper in his hand, "Princess, look, your highness invites wealthy businessmen from the city to come to the mansion for dinner, how about preparing these dishes?"
Yun Shang took it and lowered her head to look at it, "Almond tofu, Yulong hot pot, sweet and sour lotus root, Arhat prawns, a good harvest..."
Yun Shang frowned slightly, raised her eyes and looked at Yun Shang, "These dishes of yours are comparable to a palace banquet."
"Didn't His Highness say that he was going to prepare a special banquet yesterday? So I prepared it according to the highest banquet in our house. By the way, Princess, do you want to invite a theater troupe?" Qin Yi asked softly.
Yun Shang shook her head and fell silent, "I always feel that what His Highness wants is definitely not a menu like this. Today is not a banquet for guests. To those businessmen, today is a banquet.
Hongmen Banquet. Since you want to take silver from them, you must not do this..."
Yun Shang pondered for a long time, but Ning Qian said with a smile: "The harvest is plentiful, I think the name of this dish is a good sign."
Hearing this, Yun Shang's eyes lit up and she laughed: "It is indeed a good sign."
Not long after noon, Yun Shang was about to take a nap when Luo Qingyan came back. Yun Shang was a little surprised: "Why are you back so early today?"
Luo Qingyan smiled and said: "There is still a dinner party in the evening, and His Majesty has summoned Xia Houjing into the palace to discuss disaster relief. I will go back to the house first. Have you made arrangements for the evening?"
Yun Shang nodded lightly and said, "Everything is in order, so don't worry."
"Madam, I am very relieved to be doing things. Are you ready to take a nap?" Luo Qingyan saw that Yun Shang didn't have any hairpins on her head, and her outer robe had been removed, leaving only a homely medium-sized coat.
He asked softly.
Yun Shang nodded lightly, "I just had lunch and felt a little tired, so I wanted to take a rest."
Luo Qingyan took off his court clothes and looked at Yun Shang with a smile, "I'm a little sleepy too, let's take a rest together."
Seeing Yun Shang raise her eyebrows, Luo Qingyan also laughed, "Don't worry, I'm really sleepy today. Where is Chengye? Don't I always take a nap with you on weekdays?"
Yun Shang smiled and said: "Dr. Chen took us to rest downstairs. Although Dr. Chen just entered the house, Bao'er liked her a little, and he didn't want to let go of her."
"That's fine." Luo Qingyan smiled, walked to the couch and lay down, and said softly, "Then let's take a rest."
Luo Qingyan said that it was true as he said. Although he was very tired, he behaved well and just hugged Yun Shang and fell asleep. Yun Shang also closed his eyes and soon fell asleep.
After sleeping for an hour, the two of them woke up and stayed in bed for a while before getting up.
The post about the dinner party was posted yesterday. Yun Shang and Luo Qingyan were reading in the room for a while when they heard someone reporting: "Your Highness, Crown Princess, guests have already arrived."
Luo Qingyan nodded slightly, put down the book in his hand, turned to look at Yun Shang, smiled and said: "Since you are asking for help, you should have the attitude of asking for help. Let's go and greet the guests."
Yun Shang nodded, and asked Qin Yi to comb her hair into a very simple bun. She only wore a cloth skirt and a wooden hairpin, and then stood up. Luo Qingyan saw Yun Shang's unusual appearance.
She dressed up and raised her eyebrows, a flash of admiration flashing in her eyes.
"Your Highness, please change your clothes." Yun Shang said softly.
Luo Qingyan saw Qin Yi also holding out a set of cloth clothes. Luo Qingyan reached out and touched it. Although it was cloth clothes, the workmanship was excellent and the feel was not bad.
Qin Yi also changed clothes for Luo Qingyan, and then the two of them left Nanyuan together and went to Linshui Residence.
Linshuiju is a viewing platform built on the lake. Even in the hottest summer when the lotus flowers are in full bloom, Yun Shang doesn't like to go to Linshuiju. Now it's getting colder today, and there are no lotuses on the lake.
Ye Keshang, Linshui Residence is not a very good place. I am afraid that the scenery of any small courtyard in the house is better than Linshui Residence, but Yun Shang still arranged the banquet at Linshui Residence.
Four or five people had already arrived, perhaps because they were invited by the prince. They all looked proud and their clothes were extraordinary. The jade was all fine, and the clothes were made of the most fashionable and expensive fabrics. There were many.
She also embroidered gold thread on her clothes, which made her look extremely wealthy. She also wore some items that even Yun Shang couldn't call her famous, but judging from their appearance, they were extraordinary.
Yun Shang glanced over, as if she were seeing moving golden dolls. She grinned and her smile became even brighter.
"The Crown Prince has arrived, the Crown Princess has arrived." Qin Yi also imitated the singing voice of the palace servants and sang.
When the people sitting in the room heard this, they stood up in a panic, not daring to raise their eyes, and hurriedly saluted: "The common people pay their respects to His Highness the Crown Prince, and pay their respects to the Crown Princess."
Luo Qingyan was rare and gentle, and he also smiled: "Since you are all distinguished guests invited by this palace, there is no need to be so polite. Get up and sit separately. I don't like it when you kneel at every turn.
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Several people hurriedly responded, stood up and sat back down.
Luo Qingyan smiled and glanced at the few people lightly, "I don't know who you are, so why don't you all introduce yourself so that I can get to know each other better."
Yun Shang picked up the teapot on the side and poured a cup of tea for Luo Qingyan, and also poured a cup for herself, then sat quietly and watched the show.
Those people looked flattered, looked at each other, and introduced themselves from right to left: "Caomin Qian Lai is the shopkeeper of Longfeng Tower. In addition to Longfeng Tower, there are several restaurants."
Yun Shang raised her eyes and looked at the somewhat stout middle-aged man. She had been to Longfeng Tower, but the shopkeeper she saw was not the one in front of her. I am afraid this is the real owner.
"Qian Lai, this is a very good name." Luo Qingyan also raised her lips, "I have been to Longfeng Tower several times, and the food in the store tastes very good."
"I don't dare to take it, I don't take it, Your Highness is ridiculous." Qian Lai smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed. He was probably extremely happy in his heart, but he still pretended to be humble.
The man next to Qian Lai took over and said, "I have met your Highness. The common man's name is Gusu Jingyang, and his family is an escort agency. If your Highness wants to escort any escorts in the future, just come to our escort agency, and you will definitely not get any money."
Yun Shang's eyes fell on Gusu Jingyang. The man was in his thirties. He was tall and strong. Because he was a martial arts practitioner, he had a bit of heroism. Yun Shang of the Gusu family had heard of it, generally speaking.
, the escort bureau has always been in one place. However, the Gusu family has opened the escort bureau to every city in Xia Kingdom, only accepting escorts worth no less than five thousand taels of silver, and has never lost an escort.
It is rare for Yun Shang to see someone who is rich as an escort, but this Gusu family is quite capable.
Luo Qingyan cupped her hands towards the man: "Thank you very much."
For the next merchants, Luo Qingyan also asked them to introduce themselves one by one. Luo Qingyan had a good memory, so he just introduced everyone and wrote down everyone's names. All the merchants knelt down separately.
Sitting on both sides of the room, there was a low table in front of them.
Yun Shang scanned the room and saw that there were twenty-seven people in total, including only three women. The person who came on behalf of Xiao Ji had a somewhat unfamiliar face. He was a young man in his twenties, with a handsome face.
Xiao Ji's rise is very fast, and Xiao Ji's boss is also very mysterious, which often attracts people to look over. The man said that his name is Xiao Yun.
Yun Shang narrowed her eyes. She was very familiar with this name. She had introduced herself in this way when she was wearing men's clothing. After the man finished speaking, he winked at Yun Shang, and Yun Shang turned around.
After being stunned for a moment, he started laughing. It turned out that it was Ning Qian who came here in disguise.
"Everyone is here today, let's get started." Luo Qingyan said softly, turned around and glanced at Yun Shang, Yun Shang gently nodded, clapped her hands, and Qin Yi asked someone who was already there
The maid waiting outside the door came in with plates and placed five plates in front of everyone. The plates were all covered with lids.
Luo Qingyan took the lead in opening the plate, his eyes fell on the five plates, a smile flashed in his eyes, and he raised his head, "You don't need to be polite, please."
After everyone heard this, they quickly opened the plates one after another. When they saw the things on the plates, their expressions became very exciting. (To be continued)
