Out of the Treasure Pavilion.

There are many people coming and going in the streets and alleys, vendors are shouting, and there are all kinds of goods on display, making it very lively.

Qin Ye walked and looked.

Yue'er followed beside him, thinking of what happened in the Treasure Pavilion before, and couldn't help asking in confusion:

"Princess, Miss Third bought more than 40,000 taels of jewelry in one go. When did she become so rich?"

According to the third young lady's monthly salary of five taels of silver, she would not be able to afford that much even if she did not eat or drink for ten lifetimes.

Aunt An doesn't have that much money either.

His Royal Highness Prince Li needs to spend money to prepare for his wedding, so it is impossible for him to have any extra money for the third young lady.

Qin Ye walked along, "She wants to grab me."

"Ah this..." Yue'er was surprised.

"She has always been bossing me around. In the past, she would force me to do anything she wanted me to do, even if I didn't want to. She has developed this kind of personality that doesn't change her mind. She thought I would pay for her today."

When Yue Er heard this, she frowned unhappily:

"She bullied you so much, and you still picked out the wedding gift for her yourself?"

"Who said I gave it to Qin Jiaojiao?"

"What? ...Princess, wait for me!"

Qin Ye changed his pace and approached a small vendor who was pushing a wooden cart. There was a shelf on the cart, and small items made of silk were hung on the shelf.

There are purses, handkerchiefs, buttons, as well as waist pendants and necklaces.

The smooth silk was interwoven and cleverly made into these little things, which were very novel and cute. Qin Ye immediately picked out a knot:

The knot is made in the shape of two palms, one larger and the other smaller, with their fingers intertwined and clasped together, looking lifelike.

The vendors laughed and shouted:

"Miss, would you like to buy a love knot? This silk-wrapping craft has been handed down from generation to generation for a hundred years. There is no other one like it in the world."

Qin Ye picked up the tie and shook the knot.

It is not difficult to guess that the two hands tightly clasped together, sharing weal and woe, life and death, is also a beautiful blessing for the newlyweds to be together forever.

"How much?"

The vendor held up two fingers. "Thirty coppers."

"Yue'er, pay."

Yue'er opened her mouth in surprise, "Ah? This... is what His Royal Highness Prince Li gave as a wedding gift? It's only thirty copper coins, not even enough to buy a chicken..."

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In the afternoon.

Zong Zhengchen was working in the study. The housekeeper came in to report the news. The man stopped writing with his brush and said:

"The princess only bought a silk knot?"

Could that knot be comparable to the one he personally selected, the Guanyin of Fertility?

He threw away the brush, flicked the paper, and walked towards the small courtyard.

Rushed in through the door.

At first glance, I saw the wooden brocade box on the table.

"What is that?" he asked knowingly.

Qin Ye just came back from strolling for half a day. He was so tired that he was soaking his feet. He sat back on a chair and kicked the water. "For Prince Li's wedding, Prince Chen's Mansion would have only sent one gift, but we went to Xiangnan City for an inspection together and we have a small friendship, so I picked a gift for him as well."

"Oh? I thought you bought it for me."

Zong Zhengchen walked over, picked up the brocade box, opened it, picked up the silver-gray heart-shaped knot inside, looked around, and had a look of disgust on his face.

That’s it?

Something made of a few strands of silk is not worth much money, yet you are mocking his South China Sea warm jade Guanyin that is worth tens of thousands of taels of silver?

Remembering how someone had laughed at him this morning, he seized the opportunity and 'returned' it fiercely.

"This king can make this, but King Li won't like it."

"Yeah?" Qin Ye looked up suspiciously and glared at him.

Can he make a love knot?

A scene suddenly popped up in my mind: Zhang Fei embroidering...

hiss!

The picture is too beautiful to imagine.

"Don't just join in the fun. Giving gifts is a token of friendship. Even a small gift is a token of deep affection. Everyone gives gold, silver, and jewelry. Maybe he will like this silk knot."

"I know him. He doesn't like it. Guanyin is more suitable."

“I think the same heart knot is good.”

"It's too cheap. It's something that's everywhere. Prince Chen's Mansion can't afford to give it away."

Qin Ye: “…”

"When the gifts are given, there will be someone to record them in a book. Everyone will know what was given. The Chen Palace will only give a few copper coins as a gift. You want me to be embarrassed so much that even the neighboring countries will know... go... go..."

The expression on the man's face suddenly stopped.

Because, only then did he see that at the bottom of the brocade box, there was a palm-sized gold brick...