Sanqiao agreed with Hua Fushu's idea. "It's good for the young master to go to a private school. Some children of the same age as the young master in Jinghu families already go to private schools."
To send Yue Zheng to a private school, you must first find a good school and a good teacher. The teacher does not have to be very knowledgeable, but his character and teaching style must be good.
Hua Fushu had no idea how to find a school and a teacher. She thought that she should find some time to discuss it with Ye Zelin. Ye Zelin knew a lot of people and might have some good connections, which would be better than her going alone to find out.
On the sixth day of the first lunar month, the old general took his family to the Rongguo Mansion for a wedding banquet.
Those who accompanied the old general to the Duke of Rong's Mansion included Ye Shiheng and his wife, Ruhuan, Ye Songyan, and Hua Fushu and his sister.
Ye Yunlu and his wife and Ye Zelin did not go.
Ye Yunlu was usually busy with affairs, and as Dugu Lanxi was getting older, he hardly went out during his rest time and basically stayed with Dugu Lanxi.
As for why Ye Zelin didn't go, there was a reason. He left early and returned late every day, running back and forth between the general's residence and the Kong family private school. He simply didn't have time to go. Even if he had time, he wouldn't go, and the old general wouldn't let him go.
The wedding banquet held by Duke Rong's mansion was lively and grand, even more so than that held by Prince Xuan's mansion.
After all, it is a wedding of royal family members, and the groom is the younger brother of the current emperor, so the wedding cannot be anything but grand.
Not to mention how luxurious and festive the decoration of Prince Xuan's palace was. The guests who came to the wedding banquet alone had to break down the threshold of Prince Xuan's palace. In addition, the four princes of Qin, Qi, Xiang and Zheng, as well as several sons and princes of marquisates served as best manders for Prince Xuan.
Although the four kings of Qin, Qi, Xiang and Zheng did not interact much with each other and had little affection for each other, since it was their younger brother's wedding, King Xuan spoke up and they all agreed to be best men at the wedding ceremony and busy themselves with the ceremony.
In the evening, the wedding banquet began. The table was filled with people clinking glasses and drinking from one another, creating a lively atmosphere.
King Xuan drank too much and wanted to go to the toilet. Qin Youran also said she wanted to go to the toilet, so she followed King Xuan.
After they walked away, Qin Youran stepped forward and put his arm around King Xuan's shoulders.
King Xuan was startled by his seventh brother's sudden action, "Seventh brother?"
Qin Youran followed King Xuan out of the toilet because he had something important to tell King Xuan. Since there was no one around, he said bluntly, "Eighth brother, do you have any money? Can you lend me some?"
King Xuan was puzzled. He asked, "Seventh brother, what are you borrowing money for?"
"I need to make a betrothal gift to the Shangshu Ling's mansion, but my seventh brother doesn't have enough money, so I want to borrow some from you for emergency." Qin Youran didn't want to borrow money, but he was a poor prince. The Shangshu Ling said he wanted to marry Princess Jiakang, and the betrothal gift would have to be at least 100,000 taels of silver, not including other items. He couldn't come up with so much money at once, so he could only borrow from a few brothers.
King Xuan frowned and looked at Qin Youran, saying, "No, Seventh Brother, is it appropriate for you to ask me to borrow money for your brother's wedding?"
Qin Youran didn't care whether it was appropriate or not. The day of engagement was approaching, and the betrothal gifts were not yet prepared. He was borrowing money from his brothers, not from outsiders.
He said, "Brother, this is an emergency, would you lend me some money?"
"Seventh brother." King Xuan called Qin Youran.
On the day of his wedding, someone asked him to borrow money. King Xuan was still unsure whether it was appropriate or not, and was even more shocked that his brother wanted to borrow money on his wedding day.
Qin Youran said, "I've already borrowed from all of our brothers. I'd be embarrassed to borrow from them again. My eldest brother is the emperor, so how could I dare to borrow from him? I can only borrow from you and my brothers."
King Xuan asked, "Seventh Brother, how much do you want to borrow?"
"It's up to you how much you want to lend." Qin Youran didn't care how much King Xuan could lend him. "You just got married, and you'll have a wife and children to support. Keep enough for your own use. If there's any left, lend it to me, Seventh Brother."
King Xuan held up a finger and said, "How about one thousand taels? If I give more, my brother will have nothing left."
Qin Youran was overjoyed and hugged King Xuan to express his gratitude, "Eighth brother, thank you so much, my good eighth brother."
King Xuan was held a little tight by Qin Youran, "Seventh Brother, let go, let go."
Qin Youran withdrew his hand and let go of King Xuan. "Sorry, Eighth Brother, Seventh Brother got a little excited."
Qin Youran had more interactions with King Zheng and almost no interactions with his other brothers. When he asked his brothers to borrow money, King Qi and King Xiang directly refused him.
King Zheng was very generous. When Qin Youran asked him to borrow money, he generously lent him two thousand taels.
Qin Youran also thought about borrowing money from Prince Ning, but he thought that his ninth brother was young and just a kid, and probably didn't have much savings, so he gave up the idea.
He also had a younger brother, King Xuan.
King Xuan should be able to lend him some.
King Xuan said, "After the princess returns home, I will send the money to my seventh brother's house."
The night breeze blew by, but Qin Youran didn't feel cold at all. Instead, he felt an indescribable warmth. "Eighth brother, today is your wedding day, and Seventh Brother will be your best man. When Seventh Brother's wedding is over, you will also be his best man."
King Xuan said, "Seventh brother is in need, and I am willing to help."
After Qin Youran and King Xuan went to the toilet, they returned to the banquet together in harmony.
The next day, King Xuan sent someone to deliver one thousand taels of silver to the Prince of Qin's palace.
The one thousand taels borrowed by King Xuan, the two thousand taels borrowed by King Zheng, plus Qin Youran's own savings, were still short of enough to cover the betrothal gift.
Holding a wedding banquet, renovating the Prince of Qin's Palace, and various expenses in the palace all require money.
Qin Youran experienced what it felt like to be poor for the first time.
The princess had to marry under the imperial decree. Even if he had to sell everything he had or borrow money, he had to raise the betrothal gifts.
Qin Youran was worried about how to collect the betrothal gifts.
Seeing that his master was frowning as he was trying to collect the betrothal gifts, Mu Qing was also helping his prince to find a solution. He thought for a moment, and then a light bulb went off in his head and he found someone.
Mu Qing said, "Your Highness, there is Miss Fushu. Why don't we borrow some from her? She has a rich family and she will definitely lend it to us."
Qin Youran turned around.
yes.
There are also flowers called Fushu, you can borrow them from her.
How could he forget about his own sister?
No matter who you forget, you can never forget this little girl.
Qin Youran said, "If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten about this girl. Hua'er is so rich, lending me a hundred thousand or eighty thousand wouldn't be a problem."
"Your Highness, shall I give Miss Fushu a message and ask her to meet me?" Mu Qing said.
Qin Youran said, "Go ahead."
Mu Qing went to do his work, but just as he took a step, he turned back and asked, "Your Highness, where should we meet Miss Fushu? Sifang Pavilion or Lefeng Tower?"
Qin Youran looked at Mu Qing and asked, "Do you still need to ask me this?"
How did Mu Qing become a subordinate? Do I need to ask him about such a small matter?
"Why don't we meet at Sifang Pavilion? I see that Miss Fushu really likes the lotus pastries there." Mu Qing said.
Qin Youran said nothing.
Mu Qing immediately went to deliver the invitation to Hua Fushu.
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