I was a prince in ancient times

Sure enough, not long after the two returned to the mansion, Kan Ming came to report to Xie Anlan about Weicheng's recovery.

Xie Anlan saw that he acted so quickly, she smiled and said, "Your news is quite sensitive, and the messenger soldiers who were in a hurry from eight hundred miles away received the news within less than a quarter of an hour after entering the city."

Facing Xie Anlan's praise, Kan Ming didn't dare to take credit for it. He paused, and then slowly said to Xie Anlan, "My lord, the war is over. Although the two countries will sign a truce agreement, I don't think the grassland department will." If we let it go, we will definitely return our ideas to the prince."

"Yeah." Xie Anlan nodded in agreement. They were restless when they were in Yicheng, and now they lost Weicheng, which was finally captured because of him. For the group of lunatics in the Ministry, no matter how dangerous the place is, they must find ways to go deep into the tiger's den.

"Anyway, please be more careful, my lord, and don't fall into the trap of thieves." Kan Ming was deeply worried about Xie Anlan.

Chen Wang is now a favorite, whether it is with him or with Yong Chao, it is difficult to leave him now.

Your Majesty wants to benefit the Yong Dynasty by relying on the King Chen, the courtiers want to leave his name in history by relying on the King Chen, the merchants want to make a fortune by relying on the King Chen, and he wants to rely on the King Chen to learn more subtle arithmetic.

So Chen Wang can't do anything.

Seeing that he valued his own life more than his own, Xie Anlan couldn't help but tugged at the corners of his lips.

Everyone thought he wanted to die?

"I will double the defense of the palace later on." Xie Anlan could not ignore the kindness of the people below, so she had to say obediently.

Kan Ming nodded, agreeing with the prince's decision very much.

After thinking about it, he boldly expressed his doubts, "I don't think the lord has a personal bodyguard, but the lord hasn't found a suitable one yet?"

It's okay not to talk about this, but Xie Anlan gets angry when he mentions this.

The secret guards I found for the palace before were either too young or too seasoned.

Those who are too young still need to practice, and those who are too experienced can be used as hidden guards, but it is not suitable for them to be guards.

So I haven't found a suitable one yet.

Xie Anlan knew that she had too many secrets, so this bodyguard must be trustworthy and able to keep her mouth and eyes closed.

Don't look at what you shouldn't look at, and don't ask what you shouldn't ask.

Kan Ming smiled and cupped his hands, "My lord, I have a suitable person here, do you want to meet me?"

Xie Anlan raised her eyebrows, "Oh?"

"My brother used to be a city defense man, and he has risen to be a commander. His character is fine, but he is too pedantic. He doesn't know how to cater to his boss, and he doesn't know how to look at people's faces. He offended him a while ago. The Prince of Hejian was dismissed from office, and now he is at home." Seeing that the prince was interested, Kan Ming took the initiative to tell him about the situation.

Xie Anlan touched his chin, neither agreed nor refused, "Then let him come to the palace tomorrow."

Kan Ming understood that Xie Anlan was thinking of a test, so he stood up and cupped his hands, "This subordinate will thank you, the lord."

Xie Anlan didn't respond, success or failure would depend on that person's performance tomorrow.

I squeezed my chin, and then asked another question, "What do you say, what are the conditions for the two countries to sign the truce agreement this time?"

Kan Ming is not a stupid person, he has a wide network of contacts, he knows people in various fields, and usually discusses government affairs in private, so when he met Xie Anlan and asked about it, he naturally knew everything.

"My subordinates analyzed that apart from worrying about the prince, the Grassland Department is also afraid that Yongchao will cultivate himself for a year or two before attacking suddenly, so they will definitely send a hostage to Yongchao to sit in the battle."

Xie Anlan narrowed her eyes, "It makes sense."

"I'm afraid this proton came to Yongchao not only to sit in the battle, but also with other purposes."

Kan Ming smiled, "No matter what purpose he came with, everyone knows his intentions, so he will definitely be unable to move an inch."

"That's right." Xie Anlan thought for a while, then put the matter aside.

Anyway, the matter of the proton has nothing to do with him, when someone comes, let Xie Cangming have a headache.

What he needs to worry about right now is the matter of Xie Guanchao's iron mine.

If such a large piece of iron ore was mined, how would he explain it to Xie Cangming?

According to the regulations of the Yong Dynasty, private operation of salt and iron is not allowed.

Although there are occasional collusion between officials and businessmen below, the iron mines and salt mines are equivalent to alternative private ownership.

The concealment they can do is due to the mutual protection of officials, and no matter how powerful they are, they will only make some money, which will not have much impact on Xie Cangming's status.

But as a prince, it would be a disaster if he owned such a large piece of iron ore.

When he set off fireworks, the courtiers would make irresponsible remarks and point fingers. If he wanted an iron mine, the courtiers would have to point their noses at him and scold him for rebellion.

Xie Anlan rubbed her swollen forehead.

He didn't intend to compete with Xie Cangming for that position, but he couldn't hold back the rumors.

Besides, he really needs to use iron ore to make money.

His subsequent series of plans will use iron, so this iron is also very important to him.

He was thinking about how to explain to Xie Cangming that although I own iron ore, I will definitely not rebel.

This kind of words, even if you think about it, it is impossible to be recognized.

"My lord still has orders." Seeing that Xie Anlan kept pressing his temples with his fingers, Kan Ming frowned, and he took the initiative to speak.

Xie Anlan shook her head, not going to talk to him about it.

Looking up and seeing that he was still lingering after reporting the matter, he suddenly smiled knowingly, "You can do all the questions I gave you earlier."

Seeing that Xie Anlan finally remembered this matter, Kan Ming took out all the questions he had done during this time from his bosom, and put them in front of him, "Please look over the questions, my lord, to see if there are any mistakes in the questions."

Xie Anlan's eyes quickly swept across the papers.

They are all simple application questions, and the answers can be calculated with a glance.

The thick paper was quickly read by him.

There is no wrong one.

It seems that Xiao Kan is very serious about his studies.

After thinking about it, I took out my special pencil and asked some questions on the rice paper.

This time Kan Ming was by Xie Anlan's side, and saw Xie Anlan writing some calculations about chickens and rabbits in the same cage.

His face turned slightly ugly, "My lord, can you stop using chickens and rabbits in the same cage, I feel a little dizzy when I see these words now."

Xie Anlan was taken aback, and then a smile couldn't stop appearing on his face.

Kan Ming didn't understand what the prince was laughing at, and waited silently for him to finish laughing.

Xie Anlan restrained her smile a little, as expected she was not writing about the chicken and rabbit in the same cage.

Instead, it was changed to Xiaoming and Xiaohong's names.

Kan Ming breathed a sigh of relief when he didn't see chickens and rabbits in the same cage again. During this period of time, he felt like throwing up when he saw these four words. Now that the prince has changed his name, he will be more relaxed when he comes back to do the questions. .

At this time, Kan Ming didn't know that for a long time to come, he would live in fear of being dominated by Xiao Ming and Xiao Hong. He happily took a bunch of questions that Xie Anlan rewrote, and left respectfully.

Xie Anlan's mood relaxed after a little prank on Kan Ming, and he stopped thinking about those things that gave him a headache, and turned to deal with other things.

It just so happened that Liu Guangyan from the Ministry of Industry came to discuss the fireworks with him.

They are all old acquaintances, Xie Anlan is not polite to him, and asked the servants to set up dinner for the two of them to talk while eating.

"My lord." Liu Guangyan hadn't seen Xie Anlan for more than half a year, and he was as respectful as ever when he met him.

"Liu Shilang..." Xie Anlan called out with a smile, but felt wrong again, and said with some hesitation, "No, it's time to call him Liu Shangshu."

When Liu Guangyan heard Xie Anlan's address, his face was flushed, and he smiled cheerfully, "My lord, it's just a title, and you can call it the same as before."

"I've been promoted, so I can call you the same as before. Come on, let me toast you and congratulate you on your promotion." Xie Anlan poured a glass of wine with him while talking.

"Don't dare to bother the prince." Liu Guangyan deliberately stopped, but Xie Anlan's hands were too fast, and he had already filled the wine for him, so he could only hold up the wine glass tremblingly, and drank it all in one gulp.

After putting down the wine glass, he took the initiative to snatch the jug back and poured it for Xie Anlan again, with a little humility on his face, "Speaking of which, I have to thank the prince for this matter. If there is no gunpowder for the prince, the servant will also You can't sit on the position of Shangshu so smoothly."

Xie Anlan took the initiative to pour wine with him to thank him for waking up the dreamer with his words at the beginning, and made him feel responsible for Lu Chengjiao, so the sweetness of the two of them today.

Seeing that he thanked himself in turn, he refused, "Liu Shangshu, what you said was wrong. The person you should thank most is my brother Huang. If it wasn't for brother Huang who transferred you to me, you wouldn't have said that." Chance thanks me not."

When Liu Guangyan heard Xie Anlan's words, he was stunned for a moment, and quickly realized that the prince was showing his loyalty to His Majesty, and he followed suit with a turn of his head, "Yes, yes, the person you should thank most is Your Majesty, But it's not that you can't see His Majesty, and you can't drink with His Majesty, you can only transfer the gratitude to Your Majesty to the prince."

Xie Anlan curled his lips into a smile, this Liu Guangyan is a very interesting person.

Look at this sycophant, everything is covered.

Even without losing Xie Cangming's face, he did not forget to thank him.

"Okay, okay, you and I don't need to talk about those empty etiquettes, are you here today because of the fireworks?" Xie Anlan had dinner with him, not because he wanted to flatter him, after hearing these words for two ears, and gave up.

Liu Guangyan laughed lowly, "The prince's directness is still the same as before."

When the two were making gunpowder together before, Xie Anlan had this blunt expression, and now he still is, Liu Guangyan couldn't help but smile.

The prince is still the same prince as before, and has not changed.

Before he came here, he was still worried. Now the status of the prince has changed drastically from before, and he wondered if he would still be as easy to talk to as before.

Now that the prince is still so blunt, I feel relieved.

"You're not the same as before." Xie Anlan cast a glance at him.

Even though he was promoted, this paranoid problem still hasn't changed.

The two looked at each other with a smile, held up their wine glasses, and after drinking a cup, Liu Guangyan said, "This official is indeed here to talk to the prince about the fireworks, but I really don't know how to speak."

Xie Anlan ate some dishes indiscriminately, and smiled, "If you have anything to say, just speak up."

"Perhaps the prince has heard about it. Our Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War agree that the firework of the prince can be used as a message in the army. Therefore, the subordinate officials made a special trip to ask the prince for the fireworks with the cheek." Liu Guangyan knew that Xie Anlan liked straightforward things, so he didn't bother to go around that useless detour, and spoke bluntly.

"Of course, our Ministry of Industry doesn't want the prince's prescription for nothing, and please don't dislike the prince with a little gift." Liu Guangyan changed the subject when he said this, clapped his hands, and asked the subordinate he brought to carry a stone.

Xie Anlan raised her eyebrows, "This is?"

At this moment, the sky was getting dark, so Liu Guangyan raised the candle beside the table and illuminated it on the stone.

Immediately, the ordinary stone glowed with a little green light in the candlelight.

"Emerald?" Xie Anlan dropped the chopsticks in his hand, leaned over the stone and looked carefully.

Fortunately, this stone was well cut, and the emerald green could be seen clearly with a candlelight, otherwise Xie Anlan would not have recognized it as a piece of emerald.

Turning the stone over and over again, Xie Anlan found that it was a piece of top-quality ice jadeite, which would be worth hundreds of millions in later generations.

"My lord, this is left over from the emerald veins that our Ministry of Industry found before. Please don't dislike it." When Liu Guangyan said this, he lacked confidence.

The Yong Dynasty is no longer what it used to be, and the economic decline has also caused the price of these jadeites to drop, which is not as good as before.

Originally, prescriptions like fireworks should be bought by their Ministry of Industry.

But how can there be any money in the account of the Ministry of Industry, not to mention that the prince is not an ordinary person.

If ordinary people develop this fireworks, you can give them a hundred and eighty taels at will, or give him an official position, and they can get rid of it.

But the prince can't.

Fortunately, he looked through the ledger and found a few pieces of jade that were about to collect dust in the warehouse of the Ministry of Industry.

The lord is not short of money now, he might think it vulgar to give money, why not give some such elegant things, maybe he will like it.

Xie Anlan played with the jadeite in her hand, and nodded after hearing Liu Guangyan's words, "All right."

From the very beginning, Xie Anlan never thought of taking the fireworks all by himself. He hired craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry.

Now that he can get a piece of ice-seed jade for nothing, he accepts it as soon as it is good.

"Then thank you, my lord." Liu Guangyan was overjoyed when he saw that the matter was completed, and he was much more relaxed in eating and drinking than when he came here.

After eating this meal with Liu Guangyan for nearly an hour, he didn't leave until the moon was on a branch.

Xie Anlan drank two cups alone in the main hall facing the moonlight, and then looked at the emerald.

Suddenly he remembered the hairpin that he had been wearing on his head.

Stretching out his hand and twitching slightly, in an instant, ink-like blue hair scattered from the top of his head, and Xie Anlan had a shiny white hairpin in his hand.

Holding it in the hand by the moonlight, it tightened slightly.

It wasn't until the hairpin was warmed by the temperature of his palm that Xie Anlan slowly breathed out the smell of alcohol.

Called Chaoyun who is now helping Fu Bo's housekeeper, and told her, "Tomorrow, you find someone to cut this piece of jade and make it into an accessory pendant that can match the princess."

"Cut it?" Zhao Yun looked at the huge boulder emerald on the ground, and felt a sting in his heart.

Such a big and complete jadeite, even other rich and powerful families are reluctant to cut it, and have to keep it as a family heirloom.

Otherwise, why the Ministry of Industry didn't polish it into jewelry and sell it, but left it in the warehouse to accumulate dust, it's not reluctant.

"Well, do you have an opinion?" Xie Anlan narrowed her long and narrow phoenix eyes, which were slightly cold.

"I have no objection." Chao Yun suddenly felt a chill from his feet to the top of his head, and he no longer had those miscellaneous thoughts in his heart, so he hurriedly replied.

"Well, then it's settled." Xie Anlan staggered up from the chair, seemed to think of something, and repeated it again, "Remember, it must match the princess, and it must be a pair for others to see. kind of."

Hearing the prince's words, Chao Yun immediately became clever, "Then... the prince's clothes should also be made to match the princess's."

"Yes." Xie Anlan glanced at her with satisfaction.

Even though he is a bit petty, but fortunately he is still smart, so he will not change the housekeeper for now.

Chaoyun didn't know that at that moment just now, Xie Anlan had the idea of ​​replacing her, and called two strong servants to move the piece of jade down, and planned to ask someone tomorrow to have a look. The jewelry shop in the imperial capital has good craftsmanship.

Since there have always been only two male owners in the Prince Chen's mansion, and the mansion has never made any jewelry, she really doesn't know which jewelry shop has better craftsmanship.

Xie Anlan with disheveled hair, holding the five hairpins in her hand, smelling slightly drunk, went to the dormitory to look for Lu Chengjie.

Today, because he had a meal with Liu Guangyan, Lu Chengjie used his own meal in the bedroom and did not come out.

Although Xie Anlan has repeatedly emphasized that Lu Chengjia and himself are both men, and there is no need to taboo about meeting men outside of this kind, but he still pays attention to what he should pay attention to.

Approaching the dormitory, Lu Chengjia had already bathed, with slightly damp black hair, sitting by the window by the candlelight, looking at something.

Without thinking about it, Xie Anlan stepped forward, hugged him from behind, leaned her head on his shoulder, and looked at the things in his hands blindfolded.

"Your Highness?" Lu Chengjia felt the smell of alcohol permeating his whole body, turned around, and saw his reddish and alluring phoenix eyes, shining like stars. look at him.

Lu Chengjiao suddenly felt his breath stagnate.

Both legs are a little weak.

Being looked at by Xie Anlan like this, he can't stand it...

"Your Highness, you are drunk."

Lu Chengjie stood up to support him, and wanted to call a servant to make some hangover medicine, but Xie Anlan hugged him full.

The smoked wine smelled a bit like green pine, and immediately filled his nostrils, making him gasp a little.

Before he could respond, Xie Anlan hugged him, resting her head on his shoulder, her voice was a little hoarse, with a bit of self-pity, "I didn't treat you well."

"Huh?" Hearing this, Lu Chengjie struggled to squeeze his head out of his arms, and slightly raised his head to look at the man in front of him who was only a little taller than him.

It was the first time he saw a drunk Xie Anlan.

It was surprisingly cute.

Teasing him, he asked, "Why are you treating me badly?"

Xie Anlan lowered her head, and spread out the jade hairpin from her palm, "The one you gave me...is worth money, and the one I gave you...isn't worth much."

Lu Chengjiao was directly amused by Xie Anlan's words, took out the copper coin sword made according to Xie Anlan's wishes from his waist, put it together with the jade hairpin, looked around, and comforted, "I don't think it's worthless."

Xie Anlan's face was slightly ugly, she raised her chin, and squinted at the copper coin sword, "It's so ugly, you can't even take it out."

Lu Chengjie instantly understood what Xie Anlan meant, "So, you think it's not good for me because I can't take the token of love out?"

Xie Anlan looked at him with burning eyes, then nodded emphatically.

"Isn't it because I treat you badly?" Lu Chengjia couldn't figure out what Xie Anlan was thinking.

"No..." Xie Anlan shook her head, "I gave it too ugly...too cheap, so you couldn't bring it out."

"Then I'll take it with me from now on, okay?" Lu Chengjiao said that after taking the copper coin sword, he was about to tie it around his waist.

She was snatched away by Xie Anlan again, "No need...I'll ask Chaoyun to cut the jade...I'm going to make a lot of jewelry that matches you. From now on, let's bring a set every day, okay? Make up for this."

Xie Anlan picked up the bunch of copper coins and shook them in disgust.

Lu Chengjie met Xie Anlan's serious eyes, and felt his heart soften.

I couldn't help raising my hand to imitate Xie Anlan coaxing him, rubbed the top of his head, and promised him, "Okay."

"Yeah." Xie Anlan seemed to be comforted, she squinted her eyes slightly, hugged him back into her arms again, and said in the same tone as before, "I...I still eat your soft food."

"It's okay, just let me eat it now." Lu Chengjie's whole body and mind were almost melted by Xie Anlan.

Obviously looking at such an unscrupulous person, why is he drunk, so...

so cute...

"Well, I'll give it all to you." Xie Anlan hugged the person in his arms tightly, "No one will give me the money I earn in the future, I will only spend it on you alone, only for you."

After finishing speaking, Xie Anlan let go of Lu Chengjiao again, rubbed his forehead with her own, and asked in a susu voice, "Is it okay?"

"Okay." Lu Chengjia felt that his nosebleed was about to be wiped out by him, his heart was numb after another, his throat was itchy, and there was a tremor from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

Xie Anlan seemed very happy to get Lu Chengjiao's answer, and lowered her head to touch Lu Chengjiao's lips.

Then he paused, and after a long time, he frowned and said leisurely, "No more."

Lu Chengjia, who was still waiting for his action, immediately beamed with joy when he heard this, "So there are still times when you don't know how to do it."

Xie Anlan drooped her eyelashes, covering those starry phoenix eyes, and froze, as if remembering what to do next.

"It's okay, I'll take you with me." Seeing that Xie Anlan was stunned, Lu Chengjia raised his head and attached his lips full of alcohol.

The tip of her tongue traced it lightly, teaching him while raising her eyes to see his expression.

His actions seemed to make Xie Anlan a little stunned, she lowered her eyes quietly and did not move.

But at the next moment, he seemed to be in a trance again, and gave him back everything he had taught him just now.

After the kiss was over, Xie Anlan was stunned again, looking at him rather helplessly.

Lu Chengjie was so cute that he just wanted to scream, pinched his ears, clasped his hands, and led him to the bed.

Push the person onto the bed.

Attached to his forehead, cheeks, nose tip, chin, lips, kissing.

Lu Chengjie's movements were very gentle, and Xie Anlan couldn't help closing his eyes and enjoying it.

He didn't seem to understand why he wanted to close his eyes like this, but he closed his eyes instinctively.

Lu Chengjie kissed and kissed, seeing that the person stopped moving, breathing evenly, as if falling asleep.

Biting her lip, the corners of her lips were slightly bitter.

It's rare to see Xie Anlan who has such a cute side.

He really didn't want to miss it.

Gritting her teeth, taking advantage of Xie Anlan's deep sleep, her face was flushed, and boldly, she pulled away the entangled belt.

One, two, three, the knotted buttons were untied by his trembling hands.

Climbing on top of Xie Anlan by himself, he exhausted his strength and courage to get closer to him little by little.

"hiss……"

Suddenly, the heart-piercing pain spread across the top of his head.

Cold sweat condensed into beads on his forehead.

how come?

Lu Chengjie couldn't figure out why it was different from usual.

At this moment, Xie Anlan, who was sleeping soundly, opened his eyes tremblingly. At that moment of clarity, Lu Chengjia suddenly realized that he was sober.

He was so ashamed that he wanted to find a bed.

"stupid."

It wasn't until Xie Anlan's slightly dull voice came out that Lu Chengjie was able to breathe.

It's fine if the wine doesn't wake up.

"It won't hurt if it's like this." Xie Anlan got up and rubbed his fingertips on his body.

I don't know what happened, but the heart-piercing pain disappeared immediately.

At this time, Xie Anlan had turned him over and pushed him down, shouting, "Don't waste it."

"What?" Lu Chengjia didn't understand and asked.

"20 taels of silver a time, don't waste it." Xie Anlan replied blankly, and then possessed him.

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