I was a prince in ancient times

Xie Anlan was happily setting up a stall at the entrance of the long street to make money, but the palace was now covered with dark clouds.

The Son of Heaven kept rubbing the cloud pattern on the dragon robe, and said with a gloomy face, "Send someone to Prince Chen's Mansion to see why Prince Chen and Princess Wang have not entered the palace yet."

Someone in the hall took orders to retreat.

The queen saw the impatience of the emperor, and said softly, "Your Majesty, the king and concubine are newly married, so it is understandable that there will be delay."

"Understood, understood, what time is it? I put aside the important affairs of the country and waited for him here. Isn't it enough to understand?" The good-tempered emperor in the past lost his temper once in a while, scaring the maids and eunuchs so much that they didn't dare to breathe.

"Your Majesty, calm down." Seeing Xie Cangming's ugly face, Ran Ruyan persuaded, "It's better for Your Majesty to deal with state affairs first, and leave it to my concubine here. When Prince Chen and Concubine Chen come, the concubine will send someone to notify His Majesty."

Hearing this, Xie Cangming's gloomy face changed a bit, he twirled the ring on his thumb, wondering what he was thinking.

Seeing Xie Cangming like this, Ran Ruyan smiled, didn't speak, and waited with peace of mind.

The eunuch who was ordered to go out of the palace rushed to the Prince Chen's mansion at high speed, but he was greeted by the heavy lock of the Prince Chen's mansion.

Suddenly dumbfounded.

Yesterday, Prince Chen got married, and today the newlyweds should enter the palace to have an audience. Why is Prince Chen's mansion locked?

He searched around the Prince Chen's mansion, but found no one. He was about to ride back to the palace to return to his command, but he accidentally found an alley not far from the street, crowded with people, and the alley was completely blocked.

Out of curiosity, he sat on the horse and glanced at the middle of the alley.

Just a glance made him dumbfounded.

The majestic prince actually set up a stall by the side of the road, doing that vile peddling business!

Since the matter was serious, he immediately dismounted from his horse and asked passers-by carefully, and after understanding what Prince Chen was doing, he returned to the palace without any delay.

"what!"

In the palace hall, Xie Cangming learned that Xie Anlan was openly gambling on the streets to make money, and was so angry that he dropped his teacup.

"It's really getting more and more presumptuous. It seems that I have been too indulgent to him on weekdays. I usually go to the casino to gamble. On the second day of the wedding, I openly gambled on the street. Does he still think I am the emperor? Brother, do you still have royal statutes!" Xie Cangming became more and more angry as he spoke.

The eunuch who returned to his life was so frightened that his liver trembled.

Even Ran Ruyan was startled when she heard the news.

However, when she thought about it, the Prince Chen, who had never been reliable in her impression, felt unsurprising.

After Xixi calmed down, she grasped the key words in it instantly.

He hurriedly asked, "Are you sure that Prince Chen is playing games to make money?"

The eunuch naturally didn't dare to hide anything, "Returning to my mother, the villain saw it with my own eyes, Prince Chen...His Royal Highness Prince Chen also talked affectionately with a group of people, counting money is very happy."

Every time the eunuch said a word, Xie Cangming's face became more and more ugly.

After Ran Ruyan understood, she said with a smile, "Your Majesty, this is a good thing."

"What a good thing, he is going to ruin my royal reputation, go out of the palace, find anyone to ask, as long as they hear the word Chen Wang, they will shake their heads." Xie Cangming is now to Xie Anlan. The slightest bit of good looks is gone.

Originally, he felt guilty for suddenly changing Xie Anlan's bride yesterday, but now that bit of guilt is gone, only anger remains.

Ran Ruyan shook her head, "Your Majesty, Prince Chen used to only know how to gamble in the gambling house, but never thought about money. Now he has learned to use gambling to make money instead. This does not mean that he has begun to change."

"Change? To change is to make him lose face in the gambling house and go to the street." Xie Cangming was furious, and naturally he heard that everything was not going well.

"But Prince Chen can't do anything else except bet. He suddenly asked him to find a way to make money. It's already very good that he can come up with this method." Ran Ruyan thought it was very reasonable.

Xie Anlan used to be a gambler who spent all his time in the casino. Now that the gambler has lost all his property, the first thing he thinks of is gambling. If he suddenly starts a serious business, it will be abnormal. Woolen cloth.

Maybe it was Ran Ruyan who said it was right, Xie Cangming's deeply frowned brows loosened, but he still said firmly, "Instead of thinking about these crooked ways, it's better to read two more books to increase your knowledge and find out a few books in the warehouse. Come on, send it to Prince Chen's Mansion as a wedding gift, forget about the ones you prepared earlier."

After hearing this, Ran Ruyan couldn't help laughing as she looked at all kinds of gold and jewelry placed in the hall, and wondered if the King Chen would regret it if he knew that he had missed them.

……

"Eighteen, nineteen, twenty!"

Xie Anlan didn't know anything about what happened in the palace, so she and Uncle Fu carried baskets full of copper coins and counted money in the courtyard of the palace.

After excluding the cost of his purchases today, he actually earned a total of twenty guan, that is, 20 taels of silver!

Simply profiteering.

Even Lu Chengjie's heart shrank suddenly when he heard that the net profit was twenty guan.

When did money become so easy to earn?

His caravan went back and forth with Dayong and the Grassland Department to fight for a few lives a month to earn a hundred taels of silver.

And Xie Anlan easily earned [-] pennies in just one afternoon in the imperial capital, which made him doubt his life.

Seeing everyone was surprised, Xie Anlan was also unhappy, because he knew that this kind of ferrule had just come out, and out of novelty, most people were willing to try it, and since they hadn't figured out the tricks, it was easy to make money.

When there are more routines in the future, and people gradually figure out the tricks, it will be difficult to make money. If they meet another master of traps, they will lose money.

He is just trying to make money.

After all, this ferrule really has no technical content, and others will know it at a glance. It won't be long before this novel way of making money will pop up in the streets and alleys, and by then there will be no money to be made.

After earning money, Xie Anlan is not a stingy person, so she counted two coins and came out to Uncle Fu, "Uncle Fu, the palace has not paid you any wages in these years, and you have worked hard today. Take two taels as a start, and we can earn more taels in the future.”

After Uncle Fu heard this, he only felt his eyes watering. He has served the prince for so many years, and he has never heard these words from his mouth. Let alone not giving him money today, even if he is asked to die, he will Willingly.

"Take it, why don't you be polite to me." Xie Anlan saw that Uncle Fu didn't accept it, so she forced the money into his hands.

As for Lu Chengjia, Xie Anlan felt embarrassed to give the money, after all, Lu Chengjia had lent him the money.

"Well, I have something to go out for a while, so whoever you are, you can make dinner." Xie Anlan coughed twice embarrassedly, pointed to the maid who cooked at noon, and left the palace alone with money.

As soon as Xie Anlan left the palace, the Four Books and Five Classics that were rewarded to him were brought back from the palace.

"Master... Do you think we forgot something?" Lu Chuyi squatted in front of a pile of papers and asked belatedly.

"I forgot to enter the palace." Lu Chengjia picked up a book of poems and flipped through it, and said flatly.

"Then can the emperor not be angry?" Lu Chuyi frowned, worried for his young master.

"I've already been angry." Lu Chengjia lowered his eyes and turned the pages of the book. The afterglow of the setting sun shone on him, looking peaceful and beautiful.

"See Princess Chen."

Before Lu Chengjiao could read two pages of the book, an old gentleman knelt down in front of him.

"You are?" Lu Chengjia remembered that Uncle Fu was the only butler in the palace. Where did this old gentleman come from?

"The villain is the accountant of the palace. He took sick leave to go back to recuperate a few days ago, and he just returned to the palace today. The princess has never seen the villain." The old gentleman explained clearly in a few words.

Lu Chengjie looked at Uncle Fu with his eyes, and seeing Uncle Fu nodded affirmatively, he relaxed his mind and hurriedly greeted the old man, "Since you are an old man in the palace, you don't need to be so polite, just stay the same as before."

"Yes." The old man got up from the ground, and Lu Chuyi moved a stool for him with a wink.

The old gentleman did not dare to sit down, and took out a note and ledger from the bundle beside him, and handed it to Lu Chengjiao, "These are the expenses and arrears of the Prince Chen's Mansion over the years, please have a look at the princess."

"Arrears?" Lu Chengjia couldn't help but wonder.

"Yes, the prince doesn't eat in the palace on weekdays. He likes to go to Zuixianglou. He always pays on credit. It has been on credit for more than a year. The boss of Zuixianglou came to the villain every now and then to ask for the debt. There was nothing I could do, so I sued my illness and went back to my hometown in the countryside to hide from my debts." The old man dared not hide it, and told the truth.

Lu Chengjie, "..."

Lu Chengjie swept his eyes back and forth over the old man's body, and after confirming that he was not lying, he said to Lu Chu, "Go get an abacus."

Soon Lu Chuyi came over with the abacus, and Lu Chengjie calculated the expenses of the Chen Palace for the past year against the ledger, and after confirming that the old man was not in a hurry, he looked at the pile of IOUs and rubbed his brows.

"On the first day of the lunar new year, take the silver and go to Zuixiang Tower to settle the debt owed by the prince."

"Master, I really want to pay it back for the lord." Lu Chuyi swallowed, "That's a whole thousand 110 taels of silver, not ten taels, not 100 taels."

1000 taels of silver is not a small amount, it is the income they have worked hard for a year, so it is said that they will be paid back to the prince?

"Now I am Princess Chen, and I am one body with the prince. His debt is my debt. Do you want us to pay this money back?"

Lu Chengjiao knew very well that the moment the holy decree bestowed the marriage, he and Xie Anlan were tied into a boat.

Lu Chu took the money unwillingly, and came up with a bad idea, "Young master, why don't you seduce the prince tonight, try to cook this raw rice into a mature meal, and firmly secure the title of Concubine Chen. Even if it is to pay more money for the prince, I won't feel bad for the first day of the junior high school."

Lu Chengjie, "..."