Chapter 219 What a coincidence
Jiang Yunxi: “…”
As expected of you, you are always sharp-tongued and mean to everyone.
"Uncle, I..." Zhan Yanzhi looked away and looked at the book in his hand.
"Why are you unwilling to give up your status as the crown prince? Is the throne so important to you?" Zhan Beiyuan tried hard to suppress his anger. Among all the princes, he was most familiar with the crown prince.
They are the same age and grew up together as children.
"I want to be a good emperor, so I want to take a gamble and bet that I can get through it." Zhan Yanzhi said lightly. He was destined to be the prince and the future emperor since he was born.
Since childhood, he has been trained as a future emperor.
Ever since he was old enough to understand, he vowed in his heart to be a good emperor and make Tenglong Kingdom better and better.
"Do you want to be a good emperor, or do you want the throne?" Jiang Yunxi asked.
"Good Emperor." Zhan Yanzhi looked up at her. Last night he heard the Crown Princess talk about her, saying that she had directly spoken about the dead air in the Eastern Palace in public.
"Why should you be a good emperor?" Jiang Yunxi continued to ask.
Zhan Yanzhi thought of his childhood wish, "I hope that the country will be strong and the people will be strong, and all the people can live a good life."
Jiang Yunxi raised an eyebrow, "Do you really think so?"
"Yes." Zhan Yanzhi said frankly.
"If you die, you won't be able to do these things, but if you don't become the crown prince, you can still do these things, unless you just lied and you are thinking about the throne." Jiang Yunxi said word by word in a cold voice.
"I really want to be a good emperor." Zhan Yanzhi retorted. He was not greedy for the throne.
"In that case, then don't be the crown prince. Just be the eldest prince. You still have status and position, and can work for the benefit of the people of Tenglong Kingdom. Just like King Han, although he is a prince, he also does things to protect the country and the people." Jiang Yunxi said seriously.
Zhan Beiyuan looked at her. Was she praising him?
"Jiang Yunxi is right. If you really want to benefit the people, you don't have to be the emperor. Like me, like some ministers in the court, like every righteous and kind person in the world, although they don't have the power and status of the emperor, they are also doing things to protect the country and the people."
"Your Highness, Miss Jiang and the Emperor's uncle are both right. First of all, you have to stay alive. Only when you are alive can you do what you want to do." Chu Lening felt that what they said was very good.
I also felt that they had touched the prince's heart.
Having known him for so many years, she knew very well what kind of person he was. He was definitely not someone who coveted power and status.
Zhan Yanzhi was stunned.
What they said seemed to make sense, as if he had trapped himself, thinking that only by ascending the throne could he bring benefits to the people in the future.
"If you don't leave the East Palace, the deathly aura here will completely devour you, and you will sleep forever underground. Don't do anything that you will regret." Jiang Yunxi said it very bluntly. She was not trying to scare him.
His face had a good appearance, but because he had been surrounded by death for many years, he looked old and his spirit was particularly poor, and his forehead had turned black.
"You are an adult, use your brain and think about it carefully. Let's go." After saying this, Zhan Beiyuan looked at Jiang Yunxi. They had said what they needed to say.
Jiang Yunxi nodded, and it was up to the prince to decide what to do next.
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British Mansion.
Mrs. Mu was sitting upright in luxurious clothes, with a noble look on her face. She looked coldly at the poor guy who came yesterday. She had prepared a hundred taels of silver.
If they want her, they can take her. If they don’t want her, they can get out. How can they control her, the Duchess of England?
"Madam, our request for ten thousand taels yesterday was indeed a bit unrealistic. We thought about it carefully. After all, we have supported Yunxi for sixteen years."
"These sixteen years aren't just a matter of raising her in poverty, but also about keeping her alive and well. She's the daughter of the Duke of Ying, and we don't ask for much, just one thousand taels of silver."
Xu Lanhua said with a smile on her face that this was something they had discussed carefully. If they asked for too much, the Duke of England would definitely not give it to them. The most important thing was to get the money amicably first.
Mu sneered in her heart. She was ugly, but her thoughts were beautiful. "One hundred taels of silver, if you want it, take it. If you don't want it, you can go to the government and sue me."
"What? One hundred taels of silver, you're giving away to a beggar." When Yang Xiong heard the one hundred taels, it was like a volcano erupting. Are rich and powerful people so stingy?
It really opened his eyes.
"In that mountain cave of yours, Jiang Yunxi must have never spent more than twenty taels of your silver since he was a child, right?" Mu had a dignified smile on her face.
She didn't believe that they would be generous enough to spend money on her. If they were really good to her, they wouldn't sell her to the Du family for good luck.
"Of course she hasn't spent any money. She has spent a lot." Xu Lanhua naturally couldn't admit that they actually didn't spend any money on Jiang Yunxi.
She usually ate leftovers and wore the cheapest clothes, sometimes picking up other people's old clothes. After she was able to work, she continued to work for the family.
They picked her up because she was a girl and they could raise her as they pleased. She could get married when she reached her teens and they could get a dowry.
"Then ask her to come over and verify whether she really spent a lot." Mu said with a smile, really thinking that she was so easy to fool.
Xu Lanhua suddenly stopped talking.
Given Jiang Yunxi's attitude towards them, she would definitely tell the truth.
"One hundred taels is too little. We have raised her for sixteen years." Xu Lanhua said dissatisfiedly, full of anger.
"So what? In the end, you still sold her to a dying man for thirty taels to bring good luck. It's not like you really treat her as your daughter." Mu sneered.
If they treated Jiang Yunxi sincerely and taught her well, she would naturally not treat them unfairly.
But she is very dissatisfied with Jiang Yunxi now. If you still want to ask her for money, forget it.
"One hundred and forty taels. We are going to pay these forty taels back to the Du family." After thinking about it, Xu Lanhua had to compromise and get the money first.
"Give them two hundred taels." Jiang Jing'an walked in from outside. He heard about this yesterday when he came back. No matter what happened to this couple, they still raised Yun Xi.
"Master..." Mu's eyes widened.
"If I tell you to give it, just give it." Jiang Jing'an said majestically.
Meeting his cold gaze, Mrs. Mu didn't know what to say, so she asked Madam Wei to go to the accounting office to get the banknotes.
Xu Lanhua looked at Jiang Jing'an and said, "I guess you must be Yun Xi's father. Yun Xi looks a lot like you. We raised her all these years..."
"Just two hundred taels. I hope you won't come looking for my daughter again. From the moment you sold her, your kindness in raising her was offset." Jiang Jing'an interrupted her with a dark face.
These two hundred taels were given by him as a father, but that was only two hundred taels. He would not give more than that. He would rather use it to help others than give it to them.
Xu Lanhua choked and looked uncomfortable.
After getting the banknote.
The two left happily.
"I didn't expect the Duke of Yingguo's Mansion to be so stingy, only two hundred taels." Yang Xiong cursed with an unhappy look on his face.
"You are stupid. Get the money first. We will come again after you use it up." Xu Lanhua said meaningfully, making a little calculation in her mind.
Anyway, she has already got two hundred taels, so she is not afraid of making a big fuss later.
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evening.
Jiang Yunxi went to Huangquan Shop alone. Mengpo was from Nanman, and she could learn more about Nanman from her. Suddenly, she stopped.
Although the other person was wearing a veil, she still recognized her as Xu, the concubine of Prime Minister Chu.
What is she doing in Huangquan?
I just had a miscarriage and it came out.
After the other party got on the carriage and left, Jiang Yunxi quickly walked into Huangquan. As soon as she entered, she saw Liu Qingbai coming down from the second floor with an exquisite brocade box in his hand.
"Mr. Liu, what a coincidence."
"Miss Jiang, why are you here? I came to get the medicinal herbs that I asked Huang Quan to find for me last time." Liu Qingbai raised the brocade box in his hand.
"The Imperial Master is very lucky to have a disciple as devoted as you." Jiang Yunxi said with a smile, so he is also a Nanman?
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