"What is that?" Prince Chen looked at the cloak that Jiuzhu opened, and found a carved wooden box hidden inside.
"Hehe." Jiuzhu smiled mysteriously, pulled the cloak outward, and tried to cover herself and the Prince as much as possible: "Your Highness, open it and take a look."
"Then I opened it?" Prince Chen recalled his bad behavior when he was a child, putting crickets in a gift box and giving them to his teacher. "There's nothing else in it, right?"
"There are so many." Jiuzhu touched the box reluctantly: "This is something I have saved for a long time, open it quickly, don't let anyone see it."
Under Jiuzhu's expectant gaze, Prince Chen opened the box and was stunned when he saw what was inside.
Small change, silver bills, gold hairpins, and even gold peanuts given by the elders to the younger generations, as well as a few strings of copper coins.
Copper coins...are they also considered treasures?
“What is this?”
"It's for you." Jiuzhu put the wooden box into the Prince's arms: "These hairpins are all pure gold, which is quite valuable. And these small pieces of silver and banknotes add up to two or three hundred taels. You can use them first. I will bring you money next time I go to the palace."
"Why did you bring me silver?"
The wooden box was heavy, and it should contain all of Ming Xiaozhu’s belongings.
"I've heard about what happened in the palace." Jiuzhu lowered her voice, "His Majesty has suspended your salary for half a year, and he also won't let the Queen give you anything."
The emperor's words are as good as gold. If he says to stop your highness' salary, he will definitely not give him any money to spend. Your Highness is used to a life of luxury, how can you live without money?
The Prince's hand holding the wooden box moved slightly, and the broken silver rolled in the box, making a pleasant sound.
"Give me this money, what will you do?"
"Brother Fuliu has been asking me to run errands for him recently. I should be able to earn a small sum of money. I don't have to worry about other food and drink expenses." Jiuzhu carefully calculated how to spend this month: "The New Year is coming soon, and the elders at home should give me New Year's money. So don't worry, I won't be short of money."
"I want you to support me for the next six months?" Prince Chen hugged the wooden box and chuckled.
"Well, I'll support you." Jiuzhu nodded: "I just want to inconvenience Your Highness and save some money."
Prince Chen looked at the girl squatting in front of him. His heart beat like small coins in a box, beating so loudly and fast that it even woke his ears.
He rubbed his ears and said, "I have money, how can I spend the money of a little girl like you."
Jiuzhu held her face in her hands and looked at Prince Chen aggrievedly: "Your Highness, do you really not want it?"
"No." Prince Chen put the wooden box back on her knees: "Take it back and spend it yourself."
When other girls go shopping to buy rouge and powder, does his girl have to watch helplessly?
"Okay." Jiuzhu lowered her head and scratched the relief on the wooden box: "Then I'll go to the Imperial Concubine."
"Wait." Prince Chen grabbed her hand and sighed.
Jiuzhu looked at him with her big watery eyes.
"We each take half?" The Prince of Chen opened the box and said, "You keep the hairpin, I take the banknotes, and the change...we split it in half, okay?"
It turns out that if you don’t take the girl’s money, you will feel guilty.
"Okay." Jiuzhu nodded happily: "I'll give you two gold hairpins, too. The silver note is too small, not enough for you to spend, Your Highness."
"Okay, give me two of the golden hairpins." Prince Chen was relieved to see Jiuzhu was happy. Girls' moods change so quickly, even the weather in June can't compare to that.
Emperor Longfeng stood there silently, watching his son divide the silver with the little girl. You take one, I take one, and even the copper coins are divided equally.
"I'll give you the box too. Sister Chunfen said this kind of wood is the most valuable." Jiuzhu poked the golden hairpin into her hair: "After New Year's Eve, when I get my salary and lucky money, I'll come back to give money to His Highness."
Prince Chen helped her adjust the position of the hairpin and said slowly: "Okay."
Anyway, as long as she is happy.
"What are you doing here?" Emperor Longfeng waited for a long time, and finally waited for them to divide the silver, then slowly walked behind the two of them.
"Your Majesty?" Jiuzhu quickly took the wooden box from Prince Chen's hand, stood up and saluted Emperor Longfeng: "Your Majesty, your servant greets you."
"Father." Prince Chen bowed to Emperor Longfeng: "Why are you here?"
"I came to see you guys." Emperor Longfeng glanced at the pouch on his son's waist and smiled gently at Jiuzhu: "Jiuzhu, what game are you and Du Qing playing here?"
"Your Majesty, I have just obtained two golden hairpins and would like to show them to Your Highness." Jiuzhu lowered her eyelids, too embarrassed to look at Emperor Longfeng. As the daughter of a court official, she actually lied to His Majesty. She is guilty.
"Yes." Emperor Longfeng nodded, turned to Liu Zhongbao and said, "I have several sets of jewelry in my private storehouse. You can take them to Mingyue Palace and let Concubine Guifei and Jiuzhu choose them to wear."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Jiuzhu felt even more guilty. She had lied to His Majesty, and His Majesty had rewarded her and the Queen with jewelry. She was guilty!
Seeing Jiuzhu's dejected, ashamed look, Prince Chen couldn't help but say, "Father, please stop teasing Miss Ming. She is still young."
Emperor Longfeng looked at his son with a smile on his face. He's protecting him now?
Prince Chen coughed dryly and stayed by Jiuzhu's side without saying a word.
"You haven't seen each other for a long time, why don't you walk around together? I will return to Taiyang Palace first." Emperor Longfeng glanced at Zhang Liugong and turned to leave.
After Emperor Longfeng left, Jiuzhu breathed a sigh of relief and whispered to Prince Chen: "Fortunately, your majesty did not find out that I secretly brought silver to you."
Prince Chen touched her head lovingly and said, "Come on, I'll walk with you and take you to Mingyue Palace."
Jiuzhu touched the place that Prince Chen had touched: "Your Highness, are you used to living in Zhangliu Palace?"
"It's OK, but a little cramped. It can't compare to the comfort of a royal palace."
"Oh." Jiuzhu nodded in understanding. Your Highness felt wronged. She pointed at the wooden box and said, "Your Highness, please ask your servant to take this back to your courtyard first."
"Okay." Prince Chen called a young eunuch over. When he reached out to take the wooden box, Jiuzhu had already put the box in the young eunuch's hand: "Excuse me, young eunuch."
"I dare not." The young eunuch retreated with the wooden box in his hand. When he walked into the courtyard, he looked back. I don’t know what Miss Ming said, but His Highness looked at Miss Ming with tenderness in his eyes.
The secret guards hiding in the dark couldn't help but cover their mouths and laugh silently after Prince Chen and the future Princess Chen left. The branches of the trees trembled and the leaves rustled with their laughter.
Hahahahahahaha, His Royal Highness the Prince Chen actually wants his fiancée to secretly use money to support him.
As he was laughing, he suddenly stopped laughing.
The court lady went through so much trouble, risking offending the emperor, to send her own silver into the palace. Such affection...
Not only did he not want to laugh, he also felt a little sour.
"Ming little pig." Prince Chen looked at Jiuzhu, whose steps were brisk: "There are only eight days left until New Year's Eve."
There are only forty days left until his wedding day with her.
"Yes!" Jiuzhu nodded happily: "Mother said that after the New Year, my brother will also be back."
Prince Chen then remembered that Ming Jiuju had an older brother. If he remembered correctly, Yun Yanze admired Ming Jiuju's brother very much.
What was the name of his future uncle?
Ming...Ming Jiyuan?
Reading a poem sent from afar is better than reading ten thousand books.
Many people said that with Ming Jiyuan's talent, he could have won the first place in the palace examination. However, the Ming family had already produced two top scorers and one third place. If he were to be ranked first again, it would cause dissatisfaction among many people. Therefore, the court deliberately lowered his ranking and let him take the imperial examination.
The fourth place in the palace examination and the first place in the second class was still a ranking that many scholars in the world could only dream of.
He had never dealt with such scholars before, and he didn't know whether his future uncle would have any opinions about him?
Generally, people who admire Yun Yanze don't seem to like him very much.
"Brother, do you know about my engagement with you?" Prince Chen's cheeks were a little hot. "Whatever he likes, when he comes back, I should also give him a welcome dinner."
"He should know." Jiuzhu stopped and bit his lip in thought.
"Don't bite." Prince Chen stretched out his finger and gently brushed the corner of her lips with his fingertips.
"Ah?" Jiuzhu looked at him blankly.
“No, nothing.” Prince Chen clenched his fists and put them behind his back. His cheeks became even hotter. “I just told you not to bite your lips. If you do, you’ll be the one who’ll feel the pain.”
"Oh." Jiuzhu licked her lips with the tip of her tongue: "It's not broken."
Prince Chen looked at her lips, turned his head, and his cheeks completely turned into a fiery cloud.
"Your Highness, what's wrong with you?" Jiuzhu ran to his side: "Are you blushing?"
Prince Chen turned his face away and said, "No, you are mistaken. It is my cloak that is too red."
Jiuzhu ran around Chen Wang to the other side and said seriously: "It's really red, and it has nothing to do with the cloak."
"Don't say anything more." Prince Chen put his hand over her mouth and said, "Otherwise, I, I..."
What can he do to her?
You can’t hit, and you can’t scold.
She had big eyes, long eyelashes, and curved willow-shaped eyebrows. When she looked at him with a smile, she was like a little puppy. Even if he was an animal, he could not say a harsh word to such a little girl.
He had never realized so clearly that he had no way to deal with Ming Jiuzhu.
He, Yun Duqing, seems to be finished.
Prince Chen let go of his hand and sighed.
Jiuzhu stared at him and blinked, then blinked again.
"Just say whatever you want to say." Prince Chen looked up at the sky: "This prince, I admit it."
Jiuzhu stood on tiptoe, reached out her hand and touched King Chen's forehead.
Prince Chen looked down at her.
"Your forehead isn't hot." Jiuzhu took back her hand: "As long as Your Highness is not sick."
“Yeah.” Prince Chen lowered his eyelids, his long eyelashes like a butterfly spreading its wings to fly.
"This servant greets His Royal Highness Prince Chen and Princess Ming."
Jiuzhu looked at the maid who was bowing and said, "You are the lady-in-waiting from last time. Are you feeling better?"
"Thank you for your concern, I am fine now." Bai Shao bowed to Jiuzhu and said, "I will always remember your kindness."
"I'm glad you're okay." Jiuzhu waved her hand: "I just asked someone to check your pulse and get you some medicine."
Bai Shao bowed deeply in silence. Princess Ming didn't know how difficult it was for eunuchs and palace maids to get medicine from the Imperial Hospital, and how many palace maids and eunuchs died of illness in the palace every year.
"You're really okay. Do you want someone to take another look at you?" Jiuzhu still feels frightened when she recalls the look on the female official's face when she saw her that day.
Bai Shao shook her head, hurriedly bowed to Prince Chen and Jiuzhu, then bowed and left.
"Why is she leaving in such a hurry?" Jiuzhu found that the other person looked much thinner from behind.
"She is a first-class maid in Lanxu Palace. You are my future princess, so of course I cannot talk to you too much." Prince Chen raised his eyebrows and sneered, "There is no shortage of people in the palace who appear to be docile on the surface but hate my mother in their hearts."
"How could they not like such a beautiful and kind queen?" Jiuzhu sighed: "How picky must the people in the palace be?"
Prince Chen smiled and shook his head.
In the face of interests and power, beauty and kindness are of little use.
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