Chapter 8 He who knows the times is a hero
A cup of tea passed, and seeing that it was getting late, Su Zhenzhen asked Luo Tang'er: "What's your name? What's your family background?"
Rong Jinchen frowned slightly. This person knew about the future, and he must not let a fourth person know.
Rong Jinchen naturally would not have any contact with Luo Tang'er alone, let alone bring her back home. He wanted to uphold the moral ethics of a man.
Otherwise, how would others think of his beloved?
Su Zhenzhen suddenly had an idea and suggested, "Your Highness, I really like the Luo family's dim sum. Miss Luo's dim sum is especially to my taste. What do you think?"
Rong Jinchen thought for a moment, then gently touched her head and said in a deep voice, "Gu Heng and Gu Cheng, come in."
The two of them didn't know what they talked about during that cup of tea, nor were they curious.
After entering, I heard the prince say: "Gu Heng, take people to the Luo family, the imperial merchant dim sum shop, and tell them that the dim sum made by their young lady caught the eye of the future Princess of Yan, and she is preparing to be a female official."
The classes of scholars, farmers, artisans and merchants were clearly divided. Merchants were not allowed to take the imperial examinations. Even if a concubine's daughter of an imperial merchant could enter the royal palace as a female official, it would be a great honor for her ancestors.
Gu Heng agreed, "As you command. Which young lady is this?"
Luo Tang'er added awkwardly: "Sixth Miss Luo Tang'er."
She had only traveled through time a few days ago and didn't recognize the person clearly.
Su Zhenzhen took out a plum blossom jade hairpin inlaid with rubies from her bun and handed it to Luo Tanger.
Even though Luo Tang'er was the concubine's daughter of a royal merchant family, she was not favored. Moreover, the profits from the dim sum were not much for the Luo family to share.
Imperial merchants all need to seek the protection of the powerful, and a 50-50 split is already a very good way of dividing the profits.
The Luo family was in the dim sum business, and their assets were only a few hundred thousand taels, not the kind of family that was as wealthy as a country.
So when Luo Tang'er saw Su Zhenzhen handing her a jade hairpin worth several hundred taels, her eyes lit up!
What huge rubies and white jade!
In modern times, she can’t even afford a crumb!
Luo Tang'er had only traveled through time for a few days, but she was still more interested in gemstones and mutton-fat white jade!
She hasn't received her monthly allowance yet.
As expected of her golden thigh, she is so arrogant!
Although Luo Tang'er is a science student, her cooking skills are quite good, which just happens to be her major!
She just happened to take out a bag of snacks from her bosom. She had made them herself and originally prepared them to please His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan.
Now her target has shifted. Su Zhenzhen is so generous and she has a golden thigh. Is she still afraid of the love-brained Emperor Wu of Qin?
She spoke with great respect, using the tone she would use for Party A's financial sponsor: "Miss Su, these are the candied cherries I made. Do you like them?"
Su Zhenzhen gestured for Gu Cheng to take it, "You're so thoughtful."
Rong Jinchen said coldly: "Gu Heng, send her back."
You're such an eyesore, yet you still want to hook up with his sweetheart?
Luo Tang'er, who has broken away from the girlfriend pink filter, has become so eager to survive that she has sought help from someone else after nearly losing her life.
She smiled warmly at Su Zhenzhen, and then followed Gu Heng out.
Su Zhenzhen took Luo Tang'er on the carriage and was sent back to the Su Mansion by Gu Cheng and his men.
Rong Jinchen also returned to Prince Yan's Mansion.
A bystander witnessed someone trying to scam His Royal Highness Prince Yan, but he was actually sitting in the hall. He was not led into a private room alone by him, but instead had to wait in the teahouse hall for two cups of tea.
In the end, it turned out that it was the steward of Prince Yan's Mansion who brought Miss Su to the teahouse. Their expectations were in vain...
His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan is still so averse to women...
No, it's Miss Su who he's close to...
Su Zhenzhen's carriage was very comfortable, with shock-absorbing rubber tires.
Light the Ersu Jiuju incense, which is mixed with agarwood, sandalwood, amber, frankincense in proportion, and mingled with the fragrance of jasmine.
The floral fragrance fades, and the crisp scent of amber, pine and cypress is mixed with a slight milky flavor, which is sweet and calming.
She sat on a cotton-cushioned seat covered with a snow-white blanket and took out a box of candied fruit from the rosewood drawer.
Luo Tang'er lost her temper. She looked at Su Zhenzhen and said, "Miss Su, why aren't you curious about what future generations will write about you?"
Su Zhenzhen glanced at her with a half-smile, "If I'm not doing well, will you want to replace me?"
Luo Tang'er couldn't help but slap herself in the face. What was she doing?
She dared to bring up the idea of coveting someone else's husband in front of her face. The key is that she will have to work under her in the future...
Luo Tang'er quickly tried to make amends, "Princess, look at how His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan treats other women as ruthlessly as fallen leaves swept by the autumn wind. Am I not the best example? After escaping death, I don't want to make any plans against him. My life is more important..."
Su Zhenzhen didn't comment. It was safer to keep this person under her nose, but she would not let her serve him.
You must always be on guard against others.
Prince Yan's Mansion.
Gu Heng was counting the jewelry and head ornaments suitable for women in the warehouse: palm-sized night-shining pearls, various colored gemstones the size of pigeon eggs, blood jade and coral as tall as a person, dozens of sets of precious jewelry and head ornaments worth thousands of taels, each of the finest pearls the size of a longan, the finest imperial green jade the size of a baby's palm, red jade, warm jade, blood jade... mutton-fat white jade and blue field jade the size of an adult man's fist...
After he sorted out the list, he gave specific instructions to the servants in the palace.
"Behave yourself, everyone. When you see the princess, treat her like His Highness. If you don't respect her enough, watch your back! Don't blame me for not warning you."
All the servants were on edge, as what Manager Gu meant was what His Highness meant.
It seems that the future princess is very much favored by His Highness.
When the Su brothers were off duty, they happened to meet Su Zhenzhen who was sent back by Gu Cheng.
She took off a green bracelet from her jade-white wrist and handed it to Gu Cheng, smiling politely: "Thank you, Lord Gu, for sending me back. Take this and go buy some snacks with Gu, the steward. You must be tired after following His Highness for so long."
She knew that they had just returned to the capital this morning.
Gu Cheng looked at the bracelet worth one or two hundred taels. This was his salary for several months.
The annual salary of the chief minister of the cabinet plus various tributes is only ten thousand taels.
The annual salary of a first-rank minister was only a few thousand taels.
The princess is so generous.
Smiling, he wanted to take it back to exchange for reward silver for His Highness.
This is the princess's stuff.
Your Highness will definitely like it~
Gu Cheng's cool face was covered with a humble smile, and he said politely, "Your Majesty, would you mind giving me a jade pendant so that Your Highness can remember me when he sees it?"
Su Zhenzhen smiled and took off the warm jade cloud pattern jade pendant from her waist. She even wrapped it with a handkerchief.
"Here, take it."
Gu Cheng bowed and left happily.
Su Yu saw his sister whom he hadn't seen for several years, and looked at her eagerly, "Sister, sister, I'm the second brother, do you still remember me?"
Su Jun looked up at the colorful sky filled with sunset glow. He couldn't look directly at his stupid brother.
Su Zhenzhen laughed and scolded unhappily: "Second brother, I'm sixteen, not three."
Su Jun looked at the strange girl who was following Su Zhenzhen with her head lowered. He looked at her with a frown.
"Zhenzhen, what is this?"
Su Zhenzhen explained calmly, "This is the sixth daughter of the Luo family, the imperial dim sum maker. Your Highness let me taste the dim sum she made, and I liked it, so Your Highness let her serve as my lady-in-waiting."
"Your Highness is Miss Luo who I met with."
Su Jun nodded slightly, indicating that he understood.
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