Sun Wuniang took it and played with her with a smile, her fingers were very flexible.
Liu Qiniang said cautiously: "Master's wife, I can also fight, how about I beat your smoke ball?"
"I won't fight this pair, otherwise Jing will be too annoying to wear them." Yan Shiyue smiled and asked someone to bring a few more smoked balls over: "You fight these, you need a lot, like a bunch of grapes."
So when they returned, Qu Sinian and Gu Hengsha both received a pair of incense balls, with a string of shiny coins hanging from the bottom, which was particularly elegant. That was not all, Yan Shiyue also sent someone to give Ren Zenan a pair.
Only Xu Wenqu was spared, and was given a sandalwood fan, which she thought was very elegant, and two inkstones.
So the next day when the prince came to visit, he saw her coming over waving a fan shining with gold. The prince smiled and said, "I can see that your business department has a lot of money! It can't fit in the purse, so you have to hang it on your body."
Yan Shiyue waved his fan and said, "Those who appear elegant may not be truly elegant. I am a true gentleman who is naturally elegant!"
"All right," the prince said, "you are right anyway, I won't argue with you."
Yan Shiyue walked around looking cool and asked him, "Is it fun to go out?"
The prince was used to her being like this, and did not reply that he was not going out for fun. He just smiled and said, "The farther I go, the more I feel that I am short-sighted. The more people I meet, the more I feel that I am shallow in knowledge."
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He sighed deeply: "I have been studying literature since I was three years old, and I never put down my books. But there are indeed geniuses in this world. There are Xu Wenqu nearby, and there are countless geniuses in the distance."
Yan Shiyue smiled and said, "Not as good as the best, but better than the worst! Have you never encountered a time when you wrote something and shocked everyone? Although I am uneducated, I never compare myself with Mr. Xu. I only compare myself with illiterate people. Wouldn't I feel much happier this way?"
The prince laughed repeatedly.
She is a strange person who always makes people feel that they can't continue the conversation, but always feels very good after the conversation.
The prince smiled and said, "Let's not talk about this. I heard that the Ministry of Commerce is going to openly accept self-recommendations? Your place is different from the six ministries. It is better to have a small number of people but good ones. If you open up the selection, I don't know how many people will be placed there."
Yan Shiyue said: "Qu Sinian will worry about these things, I don't care."
The prince said helplessly: "I have a man here, named Han Qi, who is currently in Jingzhao Prefecture. Although he does not hold a high position, he is very talented. If you transfer him to the Ministry of Commerce, he can help you a little... Otherwise, Qu Sinian cannot handle it alone, and Ren Zenan is busy with worldly affairs. I am afraid that he will make mistakes in a hurry."
Yan Shiyue said: "What do you mean by mundane affairs? My business department is all mundane affairs."
"I know." The prince nodded her head: "Anyway, this person is for you to use. Do you hear me?"
"Got it," Yan Shiyue agreed, "You ask him to write a letter of recommendation. I will select as many people as possible and ask them to come together. Otherwise, it will be troublesome to ask for one person a day and run to the palace every day."
The prince hummed, "I'll go over and take a look at the child."
The prince went over and played with the child for a long time before leaving.
Yan Shiyue saw him out and remained silent for a long time.
After not seeing him for half a year, the prince seems to have changed a lot. I can’t really tell where he has changed, but... he feels different from before.
After the excitement of the Qianqiu Festival, Yan Shiyue and Qu Sinian screened the self-recommendation letters together. In addition to Han Qi, they unexpectedly saw an acquaintance, Lin Cheng, who was the Lin County Magistrate of Longmen County at that time. In addition, more than ten people were selected.
The two interviewed these people.
Han Qi is indeed talented and has wise ideas, so he is worthy of being an important figure.
Lin Cheng was an honest and simple person, and actually he didn't have any talent in economics, but Yan Shiyue trusted him, and the Ministry of Commerce also needed some other personnel, so he stayed. Only nine people in total were left.
As for who these people are or which camp they belong to, she doesn't care much.
On May 18th, the emperor set out for the temporary palace.
This time, Emperor Ming Yan still brought the crown prince with him, but left behind four or five princes to manage affairs together. Because Jiushi was still young, he did not bring the queen with him.
Yan Shiyue also asked her family in advance. Qing Weilai and his wife did not leave, and Ren Dong and his wife also stayed. Yan Shiyue only took Huo Nan and his wife and Zhao Kuangyin with her. In addition, because Huo Qijing took Chu Ningyuan with him, she took Tang Xiu with her.
On the business side, Ren Zenan stayed behind, and Qu Sinian followed with a group of people.
This time, the journey was very smooth and there were no invitations to the emperor. Seven days later, they arrived at the palace. Yan Shiyue was arranged to live in Changle Palace, which was the second largest palace in the entire Jiucheng Palace. It was very close to the Dabao Palace where Emperor Mingyan lived. Xu Wenqu, Qu Sinian and others all lived here.
The prince still lived in a side hall of the Grand Palace.
Yan Shiyue had no idea that Changle Palace was supposed to be where the Crown Prince lived... She also had no idea why he brought Consort Xian instead of the Queen this time. She never thought about these things.
She just felt that this time she could recruit people and handle business at any time without leaving home, which was really convenient.
Only people like Yan Shirui and Qu Sinian who loved to worry were secretly worried, but even the crown prince seemed to be very calm and composed, as if he didn't notice the subtleties at all.
From the first day that Emperor Ming Yan moved in, he often came to her place to play chess with Xu Wenqu, or play with the children, or go fishing. He would stay there for the whole day, and even stay the night when he was drunk. He left all matters to the prince to handle. If there was something he couldn't handle, he would wait for him to go back and deal with it.
Yan Shiyue often saw Emperor Ming Yan outside when he got up in the morning.
Could this be the so-called imperial mind? Anyway, she really couldn't understand this operation.
Then one day, after dinner, Emperor Ming Yan had not left yet, and after a while, Huo Qijing came in and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, everything has been arranged."
Yan Shiyue: “……???”
Emperor Mingyan was quite interested. He stood up and said with a smile, "Let's go out and see my kingdom!"
Yan Shiyue was completely confused, thinking that they were just going out for a walk at night, but the group quietly got on the carriage, drove all night, and went straight out of the city.
When he arrived in the city, someone met him. After he entered a house, he dressed up and changed into civilian clothes.
Yan Shiyue looked around. The people who came out this time included Emperor Ming Yan, Huo Qijing, Prince Chun, Xu Wenqu, Zhao Kuangyin... as well as Wei Xin and Gu Jiuxing.
What is this about?
Could this be the legendary incognito visit?
Yan Shiyue suddenly became excited: "Why didn't you tell me? I didn't even bring my pretty clothes! And my fan!"
"I brought it, I brought it," Wei Xin came up with a bowl of medicine and said, "Master, drink the medicine first."
Yan Shiyue asked: "What medicine?"
Wei Xin whispered in his ear: "It's to stop the milk from coming out."
Yan Shiyue: “……???”
If they hadn't told her, she would have forgotten about it, but there was nothing she could do at this point. She grinned, picked up the bowl and drank the medicine.
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