On this day, the imperial concubine invited Jia Gui to tea alone. The two of them chatted politely in the flower hall for a long time, talking about flowers, plants, fish, insects, and poems and songs. After going around for a long time, the imperial concubine borrowed two sentences from Li Shangyin:
"Eight horses travel thirty thousand miles in a day, why doesn't King Mu do it all over again?" This can be regarded as taking the blame for the Queen Mother of the West. He asked: "Miss Wang has seen the world, does she know that there is really an elixir of immortality in the world?"
Jia Gui laughed out loud: "Your Majesty, you are so full of energy, it took so much effort to pick up the topic. We really don't know about the elixir of life. Yesterday, we were just sincerely flirting with people." The imperial concubine was stunned.
Jia Gui said, "Why don't you invite the prince to come out and talk across the screen?"
The Crown Princess frowned: "What we women say has nothing to do with men."
Jia Guiqi asked: "Didn't the Crown Prince tell the Queen? Why don't the Queen send someone to ask the Crown Prince and just say that I want to talk to him directly."
A eunuch in his forties came in from outside, bowed to the Crown Princess and said, "The Crown Prince said, it's okay to meet her."
Jia Gui clapped her hands and said with a smile: "I knew the prince was eavesdropping!" After a while, footsteps were heard outside, and the prince of Qin walked in with his hands behind his hands. Jia Gui bowed to him, and the prince and concubine bowed their heads. The prince waved his hand.
The imperial concubine was ordered to go out. The imperial concubine hesitated for a moment, glanced at Jia Gui's face, and left in a dignified manner.
The prince then asked with a smile: "What does Miss Wang want to say to Xiao Wang?"
Jia Gui cupped his fists and said, "Please forgive me, Your Majesty. Yesterday, those words related to immortality were just introductions, in order to get to know Your Majesty, the master of Chunfeng Pavilion."
The prince wondered: "How did Xiao Wang become the master of Chunfeng Pavilion?"
Jia Gui smiled and said: "What kind of business do we do? The oiran in the biggest flower house in every city must be a spy. Whoever owns this spy must be a very capable person in the city. We don't know the spring breeze either.
Who is the master of the pavilion? It may be the King of Qin, the prince, a relative, the prefect Chen, or someone else. Whoever has the ability to preside over the Chunfeng Pavilion, we will hook up with."
The prince raised his eyebrows and asked, "Why are you hooking up?"
"Doing business." Jia Gui said, "I wonder what the prince wants? There is always something we can cooperate with."
The prince looked up at her and said, "Chunfeng Pavilion is not mine."
"Huh? No?" Jia Gui blinked, "Is that the king of Qin's? Or the princess's? There are only two people who can control the prince."
The prince did not answer: "The art of immortality that your friend mentioned?"
"It's all folklore." Jia Gui said, "They were put together casually. Didn't you courtesans see that he kicked me first?"
The prince said: "Since you know you will be seen, aren't you afraid that they will see through you?"
Jia Gui held the tea cup and said: "Even if you see us two making trouble, a gimmick like 'immortality' will attract the attention of high-ranking people no matter what. Your Majesty, we don't have the art of immortality, but there are other
Everyone can still do business."
The prince said calmly: "Other business? Your Majesty?"
Jia Gui said: "We did the business of the Supreme Emperor with the King of Qin. I believe that the Crown Prince is another of our customers."
The prince said: "I have nothing to buy."
Jia Gui said: "People must have troubles when they live in this world. If the prince values power and position, he will have to guard against those who covet him; if he likes freedom, he will inevitably worry about status restrictions. But in today's world, nothing is impossible."
The Crown Prince glanced at her: "As the Crown Prince of Qin, I don't have much freedom by nature. I'm not the King of Chu."
Jia Gui smiled and said: "The King of Chu at the beginning? There is nothing wrong with his choice. Everyone has his own ambitions, and his younger brother is more suitable to be the king than he is. And he has not given up his responsibility and is still making suggestions for his younger brother. Because he and his wife
His poems and essays were very profitable, and he even gave some of his polished pens to his younger brother. The country of Chu has a much better future in the hands of the current King of Chu than in his hands."
The prince sneered and said: "The Chu country has been divided into ten parts. Is there a future?"
"The Chu country has been in chaos for a long time. If there is no division, there will be internal fighting, and the damage from internal fighting will be even more serious than that of feudalism - one loss leads to another loss." Jia Gui said slowly and calmly, "Although today's little King of Chu can only have what his grandfather left behind,
A small piece of land, but with great ambitions and determination to innovate, and with the monarch and his ministers working together, it will take less than ten years to choose another Lu State. The Chu State is larger than the Lu State."
The prince was surprised and said: "Miss Wang actually knows the general trend of the world?"
Jia Gui was also surprised: "It's not like the prince doesn't know my identity. The general trend of the world is the basic skill of our industry. If you don't even know this, you will starve to death."
The prince couldn't help but become interested: "How do you do this business? Will your meticulous work not be beaten to death by the princes of various countries?"
Jia Gui smiled and said: "We don't have many details, we only have informants. And we don't do anything to harm the kings of various countries." Nai paused, "The informants only sell some information that I don't know whether it is valuable or not.
We. For example, the Japanese Liu family came up with a policy two years ago, called the "Social Basic Pension Insurance". People in the Japanese Liu family can copy it in the yamen. Our informants were the first to copy it, and after it was printed, it was placed in the capital.
Falcon Bookstore sold it. It didn’t take long for Lu State to learn from it.”
The prince looked at her: "Do you think well of Prince Lu?"
Jia Gui nodded: "There is also the King of Chu. A small country has the advantages of a small country. There are few restrictions, orders and prohibitions, the mission must be achieved, and it can develop in the blink of an eye."
"But the country of Lu is too small after all."
Jia Gui smiled and said, "Isn't the prince aware that the King of Lu has written to the King of Yan, willing to accept the King of Yan as his overlord, just to ask the King of Yan to lead the Lu Kingdom to attack North America?"
The prince thought: "The whole country thought that Rongguo Mansion really chose King Yan. King Lu's sister is Jia Huan's wife, so this move was ordered by Rongguo Mansion."
Jia Gui sneered and said: "The King of Lu, Situ, whose surname is Laiye, will listen to his brother-in-law on such a big matter? Jia Cong has already made the decision in the Rongguo Mansion. Jia Cong has not chosen the master, so who should the Rongguo Mansion choose?"
"Oh?" The prince took a deep look at Jia Gui, "Does SHIELD know so well?"
Jia Gui said: "SHIELD has cooperated with Rong Guofu for many years and it is a strategic partnership." She winked, "Don't you think they are doing something similar to us?"
The prince thought for a while and said, "It does look a bit similar."
"This is why the green forest is better than the court. No one dominates the world. Everyone does business and lives on their own. No one has to ride on anyone else's head." Jia Gui smiled and said, "It's not as good as the prince and his son. One country
There can only be one."
The prince nodded: "Look, Miss Wang, why does King Lu regard King Yan as his hegemon?"
Jia Gui shook his head and said: "So many of you princes and princes have not noticed it, but it is the little King Chu who has. Wait, it won't be long before King Chu and King Lu accept King Yan as their hegemon."
The prince happened to be drinking tea. Hearing this, he suddenly raised his head: "What?!" Jia Gui tilted his head. The prince lowered his head and thought for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "Please give me some advice, girl."
Jia Gui said: "Didn't King Lu say that we should take him with us to attack North America?"
The prince asked: "Even if North America is conquered, won't King Yan get the big head and they get the small head?"
Jia Gui said: "The land in the country has been divided. If you want to seek territory again, you can only go overseas. The land in North America is vast and fertile, and it is too big and too far. The real emperor is far away. The king of Lu made a false plan to conquer Guo.
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The prince suddenly trembled and stood up: "What do you think, King Lu?"
Jia Gui sat upright and nodded with a smile: "Fifty years from now, there is no debate whether the King of Lu and Chu will still have the present state of Lu and Chu. It is not certain how many territories Yan will be able to leave in North America. It is really too far away.
It’s completely different from Japan.”
The prince said softly: "King Yan is using a wolf as a dog."
Jia Gui clapped his hands and said: "My lord, think about it. If the Chu Kingdom had not been enfeoffed, could the King of Chu be able to disguise himself as a puppy and follow King Yan? His uncles were not allowed to demolish the palace. Even if he dared, Yan
Does the king dare to believe it?"
The prince nodded slowly. After a while, he suddenly said: "Miss Wang, you have been talking about state affairs for half a day, but you still haven't explained how your careful work will not be beaten to death by the kings."
"Didn't I tell you? There are fewer experts and more informants."
"The informant is not afraid of death?"
"The informants don't know each other. Even if they die, other informants don't know about it. Since they are not our people, we have no loss. All we gave to the informants was money."
The prince thought for a moment and asked: "How did you find the informant?" Jia Gui smiled but said nothing. The prince said with a smile, "Xiao Wang sometimes really can't tell whether the person below him is loyal or not."
Jia Gui said calmly: "We never touch loyal ministers and loyal servants. It is too easy to offend people. After all, there are few loyal people in this world, and money can communicate with the gods. Many information does not require bribery of important people, but can be easily obtained from elsewhere.
get."
"For example?"
"For example, I know that the Crown Princess is not favored." Jia Gui said, "No matter how much the Crown Prince takes care of her face, she will never be favored in her life." She glanced at the Crown Prince, "This alone is a great use. The Crown Prince's younger brothers just care about her.
Bribing one or two maids and women around the Crown Prince can make the Crown Prince lose his golden crown." The Crown Prince frowned, Jia Gui lowered her eyebrows and smirked, "The Crown Princess is still young and has not yet cultivated into Gujing Wulan. Husband
If she doesn't like her, she will inevitably be jealous of other women. And since she occupies the position of the Crown Princess and is not favored, it is inevitable that other women will want her seat. This is human nature, and it will not help to rely on women to recite the three obediences and the four virtues.
The prince tried his best to protect the honor of the prince's concubine outside, but it was of no avail. As long as he found two such women in the prince's residence and instigated them, and instigated the prince's concubine, they could make them fight with each other, and still hide it from the prince.
If you keep fighting, if you are not careful, it will spread to the prince's sons." The prince took a breath of air. Jia Gui said slowly, "If the prince's sons slowly let the women fight, they will be killed.
Or if the fight fails, the prince will lose a lot of weight in front of the prince."
The prince narrowed his eyes: "How does Miss Wang think we can prevent this?"
Jia Gui waved his hand: "We can't prevent it. Either the prince himself will put a trick next to the prince's concubine."
The prince was silent for a while and asked: "How do you know that the prince's concubine is not favored?"
Jia Gui said casually: "She doesn't really stand out in terms of appearance. I saw several beauties in your mansion last time, and they could easily outdo her. She has a good appetite for sex, and everyone says she doesn't like beauty.
Most men get beauties because they have no ability. Beauty can come in all shapes and forms, each with its own merits, but the legitimate wife must be one of these, plus the status of her mother's family, in order to stabilize the backyard. Without either of these two things, it will not work. And the prince
The concubine has neither." She turned her head and looked at the prince, "Why did you choose her back then?"
The prince was stunned for a long time and said: "Marry a virtuous wife."
Jia Gui pursed her lips: "You can have both virtue and beauty. If she married an ordinary official who couldn't afford a beautiful concubine, she would definitely be much happier than she is now."
The prince picked up the tea and thought for a while, then said: "Given Miss Wang's color and intelligence, I think she can do it even if she is a mother in the world."
Jia Gui was startled: "Huh?" But he saw a strange look in the prince's eyes. Jia Gui didn't like it for no reason, and his face was flustered. The prince laughed when he saw this. Jia Gui calmed down for a moment and said with a fake smile.
, "No. I am very narrow-minded. If my husband has a beautiful concubine, I will divorce her immediately."
The prince took a sip of tea, raised his eyes and said, "Is reconciliation easy?"
Jia Gui said: "You can reconcile with your mother's family."
The prince said: "Don't you SHIELD have no soldiers? What's the use of them?"
Jia Gui had calmed down and puffed out his chest and said: "Money can make ghosts grind, so we can hire them. Doesn't the King of Wu have soldiers?"
The prince looked at her face and body for a dozen times and said, "If the little king keeps Miss Wang in the house, what can you do?"
Jia Guinelli was already frightened to death, but he still had a smile on his face and said: "My accomplice can immediately instigate King Qin to be suspicious of the prince. Prince Yizhong, learn from the past mistakes."
The prince took a deep breath, looked at her like a tiger or a wolf for a long time, and finally said with a fake smile: "Xiao Wang is joking."
Jia Gui made up his mind and said word by word: "I guess so. If the prince didn't even have such an idea, he would have been overthrown by others."
The prince looked at her a few more times, stood up and bowed: "I frightened the girl. Xiao Wang apologizes to the girl."
Jia Gui waved his hand: "That's all, don't scare people like this next time." He quickly stood up and said, "It's time to say goodbye."
The prince nodded with a smile, straightened his clothes, and escorted her out of the gate of the prince's mansion. Jia Gui got on his horse, immediately clasped his fists, and galloped away. The prince stared behind her for a long time.
Jia Gui returned to his residence and breathed a sigh of relief. His face turned pale with fright, and his hands and feet were cold. When he saw Uncle Yang chatting with the soldiers at the door, he rushed towards him. He also forgot that there were many guards of King Qin around him, and gasped:
"It scared me to death! Grandpa Yang, Fu'er is so anxious that I can't come back!"
Uncle Yang asked in shock: "What's wrong? Are you so scared?"
Jia Gui shook his head: "Grandpa, my legs are weak and I can't walk."
Uncle Yang quickly helped her move inside. Jia Gui hung on the old man's body and half dragged her in. Dong Yu and Liu Xiaoqi were playing chess in the courtyard. When they saw this, they were shocked: "What's wrong with Fu'er?"
Jia Gui cried "Wow". Has she ever been so frightened since she was born? Even this trip was uneventful and she was never seriously in danger. Moreover, the customs in Taiwan are similar to those of later generations. It is rare for men to molest women from good families, let alone
Robbery. Jia Gui has also heard many stories in the comments about knights punishing bullies who robbed women. She never thought that she would be responsible for it - she never thought that she was a weak woman who could be robbed. Now
She was really scared. She went too far with her pretense and attracted the covetousness of others. If the Prince of Qin kept her regardless of force, he would suffer a big loss. For the first time in his life, Jia Gui knew that he was scared. He cried for a long time,
He wiped away his tears and shouted: "Brother Qi! I want to learn kung fu from you!"