Time is short and the task is heavy. Sultan dare not stop and immediately packs his luggage and sets off.
After coming out of the mountains, Sudan first went to the money shop to see how much property he had in his name after the system had exchanged the currency for him.
You don’t know until you see it. Sultan Ruo was really shocked when he saw it. He actually had a full 10 billion taels of gold in his account!
It turns out that one point can be exchanged for ten times the currency.
As the saying goes, money makes the world go round. The Sultan simply hired the fastest carriage to rush to the imperial city.
The first thing I did when I arrived at the imperial city was to ask someone if there was any girl in the imperial city who had been selected as a concubine but did not want to enter the palace.
As expected, she found out that the Prime Minister's youngest daughter was of marriageable age this year.
The little girl has a childhood sweetheart who grew up with her and comes from a scholarly family.
The two of them are in love, and both parents are optimistic about this marriage. The young man just took the imperial examination this year and plans to wait for the results to come out. If he makes the list, he will propose marriage.
But before the results came out, the daughter of the prime minister was chosen to enter the palace to participate in the selection of concubines, and both families were worried every day.
The daughter of the prime minister's family cries every day and is bedridden due to heart disease. Her body becomes weaker day by day. The prime minister and his wife feel distressed about this, but they can do nothing. If they disobey the order, their entire family will be executed.
When Sudan heard the news, he went straight to the money shop and withdrew three thousand taels of gold, and asked the shopkeeper to help him find a few skilled escorts to carry the gold to the prime minister's residence.
In order to avoid attracting attention, Sultan Ruo took a few people and transported the gold in batches to a remote side door of the prime minister's residence.
After the things were put down, the guard at the door came forward to drive away the crowd, but Sultan Ruo simply ordered people to open the box and show the gold inside.
He said frankly that he had something important to discuss with the Prime Minister, asked the guards to inform him, and threatened the guards that they would be in trouble if they delayed the Prime Minister's important matter.
The guards had never seen so much money before, and they knew at a glance that it was a serious matter beyond their control. Even if the Sultan had not made such a threatening statement, they would not have dared to delay.
They immediately became respectful towards Sultan and sent the most experienced among them to report the news to the prime minister.
When the Prime Minister heard that someone was coming to him with several boxes of gold and said that they had something to discuss, he was a little confused, but he didn't dare to let anyone stay at the door all the time.
If someone with ulterior motives finds out about this and reports it to His Majesty, and then exaggerates it and frames me, that would be bad.
He quickly asked someone to invite Sudan Ruo in, and also thoughtfully sent someone to help Sudan Ruo carry the box in.
When the Sultan was brought to the reception room, the Prime Minister and his wife were already waiting for her inside.
The moment they saw Sultan Ruo, the Prime Minister and his wife were shocked. They had never seen such a beauty with skin as white as cream and extraordinary temperament.
Even if their daughter was the most beautiful woman in the imperial city, she would be insignificant in comparison with Sultan Ruo.
Fortunately, the two of them had seen many big scenes, so they were only surprised for a moment before returning to normal.
Sultan Ruo stepped forward and bowed to the two of them, and the Prime Minister also politely sent someone to offer Sultan Ruo a seat.
After sitting down, the prime minister went straight to the point and asked Sultan Ruo what was the matter that brought so much gold to his house.
Sudan Ruo was not vague and stated his purpose directly.
"Master Prime Minister, I heard that your daughter has been selected as a candidate for the imperial concubine, but she already has someone in her heart. Master and Madam have been troubled by this matter recently, so I came to help Master and Madam."
The Prime Minister frowned when he heard this. He had kept this matter a secret very well and didn't know how this little girl knew about it. If such words were to reach the emperor's ears, it would be a serious crime punishable by the execution of all nine generations of his family.
The Prime Minister did not dare to agree with Sultan Ruo's words, and only asked Sultan Ruo where he heard such nonsense.
Seeing the Prime Minister's reaction, the Sultan knew what he was thinking. She smiled and said:
"Prime Minister, don't be nervous. I just want to make a deal with you that will benefit both of us. Your daughter doesn't want to enter the palace, and I want to enter the palace to participate in the election, but I have no way to apply.
To be honest, my family has been in business for generations, and my father has accumulated some wealth, but he likes to live a secluded life and has always taken me to live in the mountains.
My father passed away years ago, leaving me alone and helpless in the world. I have admired the current emperor since I was a child. I heard that this year is the last year for his majesty to recruit concubines, so I asked around and finally came to your house.
This gold is just a small token of my appreciation. If this is successful, I will definitely reward you handsomely!"
The prime minister and his wife understood what Sudanruo meant, and they agreed to Sudanruo's proposal immediately, announcing to the public that Sudanruo was their other daughter who had been living away for many years.
He paid someone to replace his daughter on the shortlist with Sudanruo, and let Sudanruo temporarily live in his house to avoid being exposed.
During the time he lived in the prime minister's residence, Sudan Ruo had seen the prime minister's daughter from afar. It seemed that her health had recovered after her emotional problems were resolved.
I heard that her childhood sweetheart made it onto the imperial list, and they're already engaged. They plan to pick an auspicious day to get married after the beauty pageant is over, to avoid any further complications.
Soon it was time for the beauties to enter the palace for selection, and Sultan went to the money shop to withdraw 500 taels of silver notes and 200 taels of small change to carry with him as a backup.
After entering the palace, they were not able to see the emperor immediately as the Sultan had hoped. They also needed to learn etiquette for five days under the guidance of the nanny who taught etiquette in the palace to avoid misbehaving in front of the emperor and other nobles.
The maids were very strict and anyone who did something wrong would be punished. Fortunately, Sudan had a strong learning ability and could learn anything after just one look.
In addition, if the Sultan came in as the daughter of the Prime Minister, she would have given a lot of money to the maids as soon as she entered the palace, and everyone would have taken good care of her, thus saving a lot of trouble.
On this day, Sultan Ruo had just finished his private meal with the maids and was about to go back to rest. When he passed by the garden, he saw a group of people dressed as concubines surrounding a concubine who looked very young.
It seemed that the young lady was bullied by them. Her face turned red with anger and she glared at the group of people in dissatisfaction.
The little girl's face is round, as if she hasn't lost her baby fat yet. Her facial features are delicate like a doll. She looks even more adorable when she is angry.
The Sultan wanted to avoid trouble and planned to take a detour.
But she was suddenly stopped by the young concubine. Sudanruo turned around, and the young concubine quickly pushed through the crowd and grabbed Sudanruo. Now she really couldn't leave even if she wanted to.
The young maiden pulled Sudanruo to the opposite side of the crowd and said to her, "Come here! Help us judge the situation!"
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