I was a princess in ancient times

On the 23rd, Ji Xinxue received news that the military guards of Daying in the suburbs of Beijing had controlled all the 'puppet masters'.

These 'puppet masters' are very sorry for their lives. Although no one is stupid enough to admit that they cheated the princess's house two months ago, they all show that they are willing to spend money to keep safe.

Ji Xinxue ignored these people for the time being, and focused on Anye City.

He was curious about how bold these Jiangnan businessmen could be in order to improve their 'real estate', and how they planned to continue to deceive him by selling the raw materials for making rock sugar.

Ji Xinxue was not disappointed by the "puppets" who didn't notice the abnormality of the "puppet master". On the morning of the 25th, Zhang Siyi, who had already met with Jiangnan businessmen, rushed back to Zhuangzi in the suburbs.

In just a few days, Zhang Siyi had several blisters on the corners of her mouth, and her voice was not as clear as before.

Yu Heng asked Zhang Siyi to exchange it for Baihuo tea, and asked Zhang Siyi in surprise, "Why is it so popular?"

Zhang Siyi went to the city to negotiate with Jiangnan merchants just as a show, and she didn't really want to choose from among them those who would provide raw materials for the Bingtang official kiln.Even if the Jiangnan businessmen were particularly dishonest, Zhang Siyi didn't need to care about the grasshopper after the autumn.

When Ji Xinxue entered the door holding the emerald ball that was almost inseparable from her body, she happened to hear Yu Heng's words, and when she turned her head, Zhang Siyi's burning bubbles attracted her attention, and the same surprise as Yu Heng appeared in her eyes, "The city is extremely hot these days?"

Zhang Siyi drooped her eyebrows and showed a wry smile. The moment the curvature of her mouth changed, she felt a stabbing pain. She raised her hand to cover her mouth and sighed, and said in a hoarse voice, "It's okay, maybe I've eaten too much mutton these days."

How dare he tell Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng that he was so popular with Jiangnan merchants that he couldn't sleep all night, and had to change at least two sets of porcelain every day.

If he didn't live in the princess mansion but in his own courtyard, let alone two sets of porcelain a day, ten sets of porcelain a day might not be enough for him to smash.

Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng looked at each other, they caringly did not expose Zhang Siyi, nor hurriedly urged Zhang Siyi to talk about what happened in the city in the past few days, and waited patiently for him to sort out his thoughts.

Zhang Siyi drank the Baihuo tea in one breath, and the bitter taste went all the way down his throat, which finally eased his embarrassment. He said expressionlessly, "The merchant in Jiangnan first quoted a very low price and took 25 yuan from me. Invitations to the daily election sugar feast, during which they used the excuse of wanting to distinguish whether Shangzhou sugar and Jiangnan sugar were different, and successively bought up all the sugar in Anye City."

If that was the case, Zhang Siyi would not be angry. His anger lies in the vicious methods these Jiangnan businessmen used against the people of Anye.

Although Anye is not suitable for growing sugarcane, there is a vegetable called sweet radish, which is very suitable for sugar production, so there are many small sugar factories run by ordinary people in Anye.

Since the construction of the official kiln started two months ago, the people in Anye knew that the newly built official kiln was for refining rock sugar. Sell ​​to Jiangnan traveling merchants who pass through Anye every year, or take great risks to sell sugar in Chang'an.

Selling to Jiangnan traveling merchants, the price depends entirely on the mood of Jiangnan traveling merchants. If Jiangnan traveling merchants keep the price extremely low, their hard work all year will be in vain.

It’s not that they haven’t tried to cooperate with other sugar mills in Anye, and they don’t buy any less than the amount. As a result, not only did the merchants in the south of the Yangtze River not buy Anye’s sugar, but they also advertised that Anye’s sugar was sold out at the gates around Anye. , to prevent sugar merchants from other places from coming to settle down.

The out-of-town sugar merchants who originally sold sugar in Anye also disappeared one after another. The people who ran sugar workshops in Anye could only watch the sugar piled up in the warehouse gradually acquire a strange taste, but there was nothing they could do about it.

The people who run the sugar workshop had no choice but to go to Chang'an to sell sugar together.

It is not easy for the dutiful people to travel far away, not to mention the greedy Jiangnan businessmen staring at them covetously.

People who went to sell sugar in Chang'an were blocked by robbers on the way to Chang'an with sugar or on the way back to Anye with gold and silver. The robbers only wanted their goods and gold and silver, and never killed them. High-spiritedly ordered the people to make sugar well after returning to Anye, and don't have any ghosts.

The people are not fools, how could they not guess that the so-called robbers were recruited by Jiangnan merchants, and they went to the Anye County Yamen to report to the officials.

The county magistrate of Anye first asked the people who run the sugar mills who to sue, and they had to specify the name of the person.

The people who run the sugar workshop hesitated and reported the names of several traveling merchants in the south of the Yangtze River, and then they were ordered by the magistrate of Anye County to beat them with fifty killing sticks.

Because these traveling merchants in the south of the Yangtze River have donated sesame-sized officials, which are official status.

The people who sued the Jiangnan merchants were killed on the spot, and the people who ran the sugar mill finally realized why the Jiangnan merchants dared to blatantly persecute them.

Frustrated, the people who run the sugar mill thought about closing the sugar mill and looking for other livelihoods, but found that their household registration had changed from civilian to artisan.

According to the laws of the Yu Dynasty, all craftsmen can only be craftsmen for generations, and those who are over fifteen years old but not over forty must produce crafts that meet the prescribed amount every year, otherwise they will have to serve for five years.

From then on, the people who run sugar mills in Anye can only live by the face of the Jiangnan merchants, making sugar diligently, but the price is all decided by the Jiangnan merchants.

As soon as the news spread that Duke Anwu was going to open a rock sugar kiln in Anye, some merchants from the south of the Yangtze River who stayed in Anye and the police from the Anye County Government went to the homes of the people running the sugar mills at the same time, warning these people not to give birth to sugar. Give Bingtang Kiln's crooked thoughts, otherwise they will be turned from craftsmen to slaves.

These past events are all the news that the military guards of the Daying Camp in the suburbs of Beijing in Anye City found out that Jiangnan merchants were buying Anye Sugar in the city.

Some people who run sugar mills have already resigned to their fate. After Jiangnan merchants and county government officials came to their door quickly, they stopped thinking about changing their predicament through rock sugar kilns. take this opportunity.

However, the people who did not happily hand over the sugar to the Jiangnan merchants all caught fire at night. Fortunately, the military guards of the camp in the suburbs of Beijing were nearby, so no one was injured.

The military guards of the camp in the suburbs of Beijing saw with their own eyes that the person who set the fire was a government servant patrolling at night.

From what Zhang Siyi said to the magistrate of Anye's order, Yu Heng hugged Ji Xinxue tightly from the side when he hit the people who sued Jiangnan businessmen with the killing stick, and put his hands into Ji Xinxue's hands respectively. Under the agitation, Xinxue did something to hurt herself.

Ever since Ji Xinxue drank the detoxification soup and gradually managed to control his sudden temper, his palms suffered, and new wounds increased almost every day.

Yu Heng couldn't see Ji Xinxue mistreating him so much, so he specially asked someone to polish the jade ball the size of Ji Xinxue's palm and send it to Zhuangzi, and told Ji Xinxue to take the jade ball with him when he was fine, and when he was emotional, he held the jade ball to vent his anger, don't do it again torment poor palms.

At this time, the emerald ball was thrown on the table and turned around, and it might roll off the table at any time.

Zhang Siyi's brows twitched fiercely, but she still couldn't remain indifferent after all, and silently held the jade ball that was getting closer and closer to the edge of the table into her arms before continuing to speak.

The tourist merchants who went to Anye to sell sugar included not only Jiangnan merchants with ulterior motives, but also other tourist merchants who happened to come to try their luck with a large sum of sugar.

These traveling merchants either left Anye one after another because the Jiangnan merchants' quotations were too low, and left Anye for other places, or they were forced to retreat by the Jiangnan merchants and the county magistrate.

There were also two traveling merchants who unfortunately became chickens to kill chickens and monkeys. I and all the caravans were imprisoned in the prison of the Anye County Government.

The Jiangnan merchants 'bought' all the candies in and around Anye City, and after removing all threats, they immediately changed their attitudes.

When Zhang Siyi first returned to Anye, they told Zhang Siyi that the average price was three taels of silver for sucrose, five taels of caramel, and 100 taels of icing sugar.

Drawing lessons from the banquet at the Princess Mansion, Zhang Siyi has already inquired about the normal prices of sucrose, caramel and icing sugar in advance.

Sucrose is about six taels of silver, caramel is about ten taels of silver, and icing sugar is about 200 taels of silver.

According to the Jiangnan merchant's quotation, the prices of the three kinds of sugar are half the price, which can be said to be full of sincerity.

As a result, early this morning, the merchants in the south of the Yangtze River sent their last price quotes to the Princess Mansion, and the price increased by sixteen times, becoming 100 taels a tael for sucrose, [-] taels a tael for caramel sugar, and [-] taels a tael for icing sugar.

Zhang Siyi was already annoyed when she learned how Jiangnan merchants colluded with the Anye county government to oppress the people, but she was caught off guard by the Jiangnan merchants. Immediately, her eyes went dark, and she came to Zhuangzi non-stop to talk about it with Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng. .

Yu Heng felt that the struggle of the person in his arms was getting stronger, so he quickly persuaded, "The bigger the incident, the more people will be involved in the end, which just gives His Majesty a reason to replace the officials from all over Shannan Road to clean up the government."

How could the little Anye county magistrate cover the sky with one hand?

The entire Shangzhou officials are counted, either participating in it or not reporting it.

This is the case in Shangzhou, which is the closest to Gyeonggi-do, but one can imagine what the place south of Shangzhou looks like.

Ji Xinxue just subconsciously wanted to restrain her emotions in a painful way when she was emotional, and she didn't deliberately try to make things difficult for Yu Heng.When he secretly tried his best to struggle out of Yu Heng's bondage, he even clearly remembered that Zhang Siyi was still there, so he couldn't let Zhang Siyi see his jokes.

She tried her best several times but failed to break free from Yu Heng's shackles. Ji Xinxue's emotions gradually dissipated with the rapid consumption of strength, and she suddenly lost the mind to continue to compete with Yu Heng, and concentrated on thinking about what to do next to make the biggest fuss movement.

Although Emperor Changping arranged the Daying Army Guards and Jinwu Guards in the suburbs of Beijing to prepare for the dishonesty of Shannan Road officials when Chang'an implemented the new decree in the second half of the year.But now it can be proved that the officials of Shannan Province are dishonest, so there is no need to wait until the new decree is promulgated before taking action.

Taking action in advance can not only quickly increase the prestige of Emperor Changping among the people in a short period of time by eliminating evil officials and officials, but also enable Emperor Changping to directly send trustworthy people to personally implement the new decree.

After a long while, Ji Xinxue turned to look at Yu Heng with hesitation in his eyes, "I want to go back to the princess mansion."

Although the imperial physician has not yet found out how he was plotted against, the problem of his losing control of his emotions is gradually getting worse. He only needs to drink a few more bowls of antidote in the Princess Mansion for half a day or two or three days at most, and there will be no major problems.

Yu Heng immediately guessed Ji Xinxue's plan, and nodded reluctantly after a long silence, "Go back today, and come back tomorrow."

When Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng rushed back to the princess mansion in the city, the governor of Shangzhou who was supposed to be in Shangluo came to Anye specially for the Bingtang kiln. He first went to the princess mansion to greet Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng, and learned that they were in the outskirts of the city. , was invited by the magistrate of Anye County to go to the Anye County Government Office, which is only one alley away from the Princess Mansion.

After the idlers in the house left, the smile on Shangzhou Inspector's face disappeared suddenly, and he stared at Anye County Magistrate coldly.

The county magistrate of Anye was guilty of not following the instructions of the governor of Shangzhou. Ever since he heard that the governor of Shangzhou appeared outside the princess mansion, he was worried. .

"Why don't you talk anymore? Could it be that you only have something to say to the Lilu ghost from the south of the Yangtze River, but you have nothing to say to this official?" The governor of Shangzhou said in a strange way.

The county magistrate of Anye thought of the various methods used by the governor of Shangzhou, and his calf became weak immediately, and he couldn't hide his guilty conscience, "Didn't this officer always keep your orders in mind, and don't make trouble with money."

As the cold eyes of the governor of Shangzhou gradually became sharper, the voice of Anye county magistrate became smaller and smaller, and the last three words of "can't pass" were almost kept in his mouth without making a sound.

The governor of Shangzhou was so dizzy with the unrepentant appearance of the magistrate of Anye, he grabbed the teacup by the table and threw it at the magistrate of Anye viciously.

He still has reason, remembering that the magistrate of Anye was going to the princess mansion for a banquet at noon, and instead of hitting the magistrate of Anye on the head, he aimed at the magistrate of Anye's extra fat stomach.

The magistrate of Anye subconsciously took two steps back, trying to avoid the teacup that was flying straight towards him, but from the corner of his eye, he saw Shangzhou governor's livid face, but changed his mind, and voluntarily bumped towards the teacup with his stomach outstretched , squatting on the ground in pain and repeatedly begging for mercy, "The governor calms down, I know I was wrong."

The governor of Shangzhou saw the tragedy of Anye county magistrate, his anger faded a little, and he gritted his teeth and said, "When I told you not to provoke Princess Anwu again, how did you respond? Only two months have passed now. , you actually took the princess's companion to the document hall to borrow money?"

The magistrate of Anye breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the words of the governor of Shangzhou. He had too many things to say about the governor of Shangzhou.

"Don't worry, governor, no matter how bold Bai Jinshu is, he would not dare to ask the princess to pay back the money. He just wanted to use money to open the way and ask the princess for favors." County magistrate Anye immediately said.

"Favour?" Shangzhou Inspector's tone was sarcasm, "Will Bai Jinshu match it?"

Princess Anwu is the daughter of Emperor Changping who has the most food cities so far. She has [-] more food cities than all the princesses. She also has a marriage contract with Xianglin County King who has [-] food cities. How could she give favors to merchants for money?

Princess Anwu was able to spend 8 taels of silver unknowingly just for opening a mansion banquet when she first arrived in the fief. Two silver coins, but the person who was in charge of purchasing at the beginning was kicked out of the princess mansion lightly, without even hitting the board.

Such a proud girl is really enviable.

If it weren't for Princess Anwu's young age, and the king of Xianglin County was always by Princess Anwu's side, he would have wanted to give Princess Anwu a few male pets.

As long as Princess Anwu is willing to leak something casually through her fingers, it will be enough for the whole family to enjoy it for several years.

The county magistrate of Anye had a different idea from the governor of Shangzhou. He explained in a low voice, "Although Princess Anwu is loved, she has a very soft personality. When she forgets the money she borrowed from Wenshutang, the money After reading it several times, Bai Jinshu took the IOU and documents left by the princess companion to the princess mansion to ask for a name card, the princess should not refuse."

For Princess Anwu, a famous post that can be written down at will can eliminate a large amount of debt, and it is not a loss.For Bai Jinshu, having Princess Anwu's famous post is equivalent to having an extra backer, and it is even more sure that he will make money without losing money.

"Bai Jinshu has always been sensible, no matter whether this matter succeeds or not, he will never forget his filial piety, and I will personally send you five or seven cents at that time!" An Ye county magistrate endured the heartache and promised to the governor of Shangzhou.

"You." The governor of Shangzhou stretched out his hand and nodded Anye county magistrate and shook his head.

Money-greedy fools!

Seeing the governor of Shangzhou's face softening, the county magistrate of Anye knew that he had passed the test, so he immediately got up from the ground with unsuitable agility, bowed his waist and helped the governor of Shangzhou's arm go to the seat, and carefully tested Shangzhou. Does the state governor have other things to do when he comes to Anye, and when does he plan to return to Shangluo.

I heard that the governor of Shangzhou planned to go to the princess mansion to participate in the sugar banquet in the evening in order to show his respect to Princess Anwu.

With trembling lips, he told the governor of Shangzhou that the Jiangnan businessman heard that the princess didn't plan to hand-pick the sugar merchants, deliberately played tricks on the princess, and planned to force the princess to ride a tiger during the noon banquet.

"Confused!" The governor of Shangzhou slapped the county magistrate on Anye's chest fiercely, "Do you think the princess' companions are annoying? One of them is the grandson of Marquis Dingbei, and the other is the adopted daughter of the Empress Dowager Su. The companion you mentioned Which one do you read?"

The county magistrate of Anye knew what the governor of Shangzhou said for a long time, and he didn't really care about it. "What the lower official said is the companion of the county king, the grandson of the minister of the Ministry of Rites."

Before the governor of Shangzhou got angry, the magistrate of Anye immediately said, "The princess didn't get angry when she found out that the banquet guests spent tens of thousands of taels of silver. Buying sugar with money is just to ask the princess to be merciful and allow them to collect some rock sugar in the official kiln and sell it elsewhere. If the companions who preside over the sugar feast have a tough attitude, they will definitely retreat and will never make the princess angry."

The so-called seeking wealth and insurance, wanting more benefits, how could it be possible not to take risks?

It is already a great blessing for those Jiangnan businessmen to meet a master who is as generous and kind as the princess, who is considerate of the inferiors.

The governor of Shangzhou did not speak for a long time, but looked at the magistrate of Anye with obscure eyes, suddenly put his hand on his forehead, and said in a muffled voice, "I will take a rest first, and I will go directly to the princess to choose a sugar banquet later, remember to tell those Lilu ghosts To go too far."

The magistrate of Anye surrounded the governor of Shangzhou for a long time, asking for warmth, until the governor of Shangzhou showed impatience, and then left with his fat belly in his hands.

The door opened and closed, and the governor of Shangzhou's expression gradually changed from helpless to indifferent. He drank the green soup in the tea cup in a good mood, and cursed with a smile, "I enjoy it more than I do."

The best spring leaf tea before the rain only grows in places where the terrain is steep and poisonous. I don’t know how many tea pickers and tea pickers die every year for this tea. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is worth a thousand dollars.

It's not that he can't afford this kind of tea, it's just that he doesn't dare to drink it in the county government blatantly like the county magistrate of Anye.

It was not in vain that he had cultivated this idiot for many years, and specially transferred this idiot to An Ye as the county magistrate after His Majesty designated An Ye as the fief of the princess.

With this idiot's behavior style of only wanting money and disregarding his life and his ugly eating, sooner or later, Princess Anwu's bottom line will be touched and he will be liquidated.

It would be better for Princess Anwu to be more tempered, and even Jiangnan Lilu ghosts will be wiped out, and no one from Jiangnan will be allowed to enter Shangzhou from now on.

The governor of Shangzhou was thinking about how to get out as early as the new emperor ascended the throne. He had arranged for more than two years and prepared countless scapegoats for this purpose. He was confident that no matter how the Anye county magistrate and the Jiangnan Lilu ghost tried to bite him, he would be able to prove it. I am not guilty.

When something happened here, he became sad and retired, and took his savings over the years to live in Hedong Road.

Before the start of the sugar feast at the Princess Mansion, the people in Anye City knew that Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng had rushed back to the Princess Manor.

After Ji Xinxue returned to the Princess Mansion in the city, she went straight to the main room.

The imperial physician who came from Chang'an had carefully inspected all the utensils in the Princess Mansion, especially the Yuhe Courtyard where Ji Xinxue lived was the most important thing.

Everything from the bed, dowry, wardrobe, chairs, curtains on the bed, and tulle pasted on the window, to Ji Xinxue's clothes, hairpins, armor, handkerchiefs, and even lip balm, were carefully inspected.

The imperial physician and Jin Wuwei checked every item repeatedly and found that there was nothing wrong with the Anhe Hospital.

Sitting in front of the dowry, Ji Xinxue looked at the dazzling array of accessories, and felt strange.

Since he went to Zhuangzi, he hasn't seriously dressed up for a long time.

Because he injured his head in the earthquake, he almost never wore a headgear and his long hair was loose. In the first half month, he still remembered to pay attention to it all the time, not to look unsuitable because of the lack of accessories.After confessing his gender with Yu Heng, he also forgot the only worry he had.

Ji Xinxue didn't remember the daily task of pretending to be a girl until she faced the brocade clothes again at this moment.

He held up the bronze mirror to carefully observe the position above his lips, and he breathed a sigh of relief after repeatedly confirming that there was no fluffy touch with the pads of his fingers.

I hope that Aye can fool around as soon as possible, but I hope that Aye can show affection and reason to General Mo as soon as possible, so that General Mo can accept the reality that he is a gentleman and not a girl.

Thinking that Emperor Changping planned to reveal his true gender to Mo Yao before he returned to Chang'an, Ji Xinxue looked at the luxurious Phoenix-tailed Buwa and sighed heavily.

Judging from Emperor Changping's refusal to reveal to him how much effort he had made in concealing his gender, Concubine Zhong Shu is most likely responsible for this blame.

It's so difficult, how could Mo Yao believe that Concubine Zhong Shu, who was only a lady of the palace at that time, could bribe the midwife sent by the late emperor to the palace, and persuade the midwife to conceal his gender with just gold and silver and a few words?

Zhong Shufei

There is no need to worry about Concubine Zhong Shu, Emperor Changping promised him not to let Mo Yao do anything to Concubine Zhong Shu, it is estimated that when the dust settles on this matter, Concubine Zhong Shu may not be able to realize that Mo Yao already knows his true gender.

Ji Xinxue guessed what method Emperor Changping would use to persuade Mo Yao along the way of thinking, and always felt that he seemed to have overlooked a very important matter.

Ah, just remembered.

When he was born, he was not taken into the palace by the old emperor to be used as medicinal materials, which did not delay the old emperor's "cure". Otherwise, with Aye's character, Ji Baoshan would never have been born five years later.

Ji Xinxue also specifically inquired about this matter from Emperor Changping, and Emperor Changping hinted that the person who offered his sons to the old emperor was the deposed king who brought all his sons into the palace to serve as medicinal materials for the old emperor when he pretended to be sick.

So would Mo Yao not go crazy because he didn't become a medicine and didn't affect the old emperor?

It wasn't until Yu Heng, who had already changed into a red brocade robe, walked around from behind the screen, that Ji Xinxue realized that he was distracted again, completely forgetting that the original plan was to hold a sugar banquet after dressing up.

Because some time ago, he always lost his temper when he was in a daze and was disturbed by others, so that the palace servants in the house stood cautiously in the corner and did not dare to remind him to dress up.

Ji Xinxue sized up Yu Heng with her hand on her face.

When he went to Zhuangzi, not only did he bring nothing, but Yu Heng also left wearing only the clothes he bought from a tailor shop. It had been a long time since he had worn a robe of such a correct color.

Looking at the jewel-encrusted golden crown on Yu Heng's head, Ji Xinxue blurted out a question he had been curious about for a long time, "Do you know how many golden unicorns you have?"

Other young men wear jade pendants, purses, and gold ornaments alternately around their waists, and only on very formal occasions do they wear jade pendants and gold ornaments at the same time.

Yu Heng is different.

Unless he deliberately wanted to keep a low profile, Yu Heng would wear a golden unicorn around his waist wherever he went, and only the jade pendant he particularly liked would occasionally appear on his waist at the same time as the golden unicorn.

Yu Heng's footsteps stopped, and thoughts appeared between his brows, as if he was being asked by Ji Xinxue, but the person he looked at when he drove again was not Ji Xinxue but the servant behind him, "Let the imperial doctor and Jin Wuwei check the golden unicorn in my house , the golden unicorns inlaid with jade and precious stones were broken open for inspection."

After all, Yu Heng tore off the golden unicorn around his waist and handed it to the servant before continuing to walk towards Ji Xinxue, explaining, "The golden unicorns I have worn since I was a child are all stored in the special warehouse of Princess An's Mansion, waiting for us I'll take you to see it after returning to Chang'an."

Ji Xinxue gave Yu Heng a thumbs up.

Yu Heng is the most "ordinary" person he has ever met, bar none.

He has never seen Yu Heng wearing a golden unicorn with a repetitive appearance. 360 five days a year, Yu Heng wears at least two hundred golden unicorns. May I ask how many golden unicorns are there in the warehouse of Princess Chang'an's Mansion?

Although Ji Xinxue didn't speak, Yu Heng still saw the joke through Ji Xinxue's smiling eyes. He coughed slightly in embarrassment, and turned his gaze away from Ji Xinxue. He paused for a while when looking at various accessories, "May I help you choose jewelry?"

He immediately found a suitable reason for his behavior, "Take care of your mind first, so that you won't be able to concentrate later."

Ji Xinxue nodded dispensably, as long as Yu Heng was not asked to choose the color and fabric of the new clothes that Xiu Niang was going to make, she could rest assured that Yu Heng's aesthetics were just a little worse than his.

Yu Heng's fingers slid across the various gorgeous and complicated main hairpins, and then looked at Hua Sheng on the other side, hesitating in a rare way.

Since knowing that Ji Xinxue is a man and not a girl, this is the first time Yu Heng has chosen a hairpin for Ji Xinxue.Ji Xinxue's facial features are bright and bright, and the beauty of Emperor Changping is too strong, so Ji Xinxue likes to use plain hairpins on weekdays.But there is no doubt that the beautiful clothes and accessories can best set off Ji Xinxue's beauty and grace.

Yu Heng's eyes lingered on the most gorgeous tasseled Fengchai and Hua Sheng, imagining what Ji Xinxue would look like wearing them, but what came to mind was not Ji Xinxue's indisputable face, but Changping Emperor's calm and majestic expression. Face.

His hands trembled almost invisibly, and he turned to look at Ji Xinxue, "You just hit your head in an earthquake last month, why don't you just wear a silk flower to avoid headaches at night."

Not to mention choosing a sugar banquet, there is no one in Anye who is worthy of Ji Xinxue's fancy dress.

Ji Xinxue nodded happily, took Wei Zibi, which looked like a real flower, from Yu Heng's hand, and put it on her head, and chose a long skirt of the same color as the brocade robe on Yu Heng's body, and a Shu brocade jacket.

The start of the sugar banquet was delayed for more than half an hour. From the governor of Shangzhou, who was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, to the sugar merchants in the south of the Yangtze River who were worried, no one dared to show the slightest hint of urging. , I feel more and more uncertain.

Could it be that Princess Anwu, who was extraordinarily generous during the banquet at the opening of the mansion, changed her temper this time and wanted to argue with them about the price of sugar?

They all want to get the maximum benefit without angering Princess Anwu.

The sugar merchants looked at each other in blank dismay, only seeing strong vigilance and defense in each other's eyes.

Ever since they stepped into the Princess Mansion, they have changed from an alliance that worked together to collect the surplus sugar in Anye Sugar Factory and drove away the wandering merchants from other places to rivals.

After serving four rounds of tea, finally a Jinwu guard shouted in anger, "The princess is here, the county king is here, kneel!"

The governor of Shangzhou, who was listening to the praise of the magistrate of Anye, frowned invisibly, stood up and knelt down with a low eyebrow, "I invite Princess Jin'an, and the county king Jin'an."

The magistrate of Anye County and the sugar merchants also called themselves ministers or grassroots people to greet the two of them, their attitudes were respectful and respectful, and they did not see the arrogance when they cheated the princess's mansion for money.

"Get up." Ji Xinxue smiled and gave Zhang Siyi a wink.

He would rush back to the Princess Mansion just to make this matter a big deal, not really to host the sugar feast.Now he is in a good mood, first listen to what these people want to say, and then he will just turn his face when he becomes impatient.

Zhang Siyi knew that this sugar feast was destined to be fruitless, so she still asked the sugar merchants whether the sugar could meet the standard according to the various requirements he had listed long ago. During this period, he had to mention the unique radish in Anye.

Most of the sugar merchants were stunned when they heard the radish, with varying degrees of guilt flashed in their eyes, and they couldn't answer Zhang Siyi's question immediately.

A small number of sugar merchants were already ready to talk sweet words. They belittled the carrot sugar, saying that it was bitter and astringent and only villagers would buy it. Xinxue and Yu Heng tasted it.

Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng naturally wouldn't give them this face.

Zhang Siyi tasted these four kinds of sugar for them. He tasted malt sugar and sucrose first, then Jiangnan icing sugar, and finally carrot sugar in the order that the sugar merchant delivered the sugar.

Without Zhang Siyi opening her mouth, Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng could tell from Zhang Siyi's suddenly painful expression how unpalatable the carrot candy was.

Ji Xinxue took a good look at the person who took out the candy from his purse, and said in Yu Heng's ear, "Remember to ask the Jinwu Guards to examine him carefully. With so many evil ideas, he must have done a lot of bad things."

If the taste of radish is really so bad, how could these people do everything possible to cooperate with the magistrate of Anye to control Anye's sugar workshop?

Yu Heng's ears trembled sensitively in the warm breath, and he couldn't help raising his hand to touch behind the other ear, "Yeah."

Seeing that Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng never interrupted, Zhang Siyi presided over the sugar selection step by step. After various comparisons, the sugar selection banquet finally came to the last and most important item.

parity.

Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng's attitude of not caring about everything, as if they were watching the excitement, reassured the worried sugar merchants, and tacitly gave the price recorded in the post they sent to the Princess Mansion early in the morning.

The price of sugar they offered was only eight times higher than the normal price of sugar. The Princess Mansion even bought mutton that was five hundred times higher, so it must not be a mere eight times.

If the princess cared, they took advantage of the situation and proposed to use rock sugar to pay for the price of raw materials.

The soup bowl in Ji Xinxue's hand fell on the table and made a clear sound, which immediately attracted everyone's attention. He looked at the nervous sugar merchants one by one, and said with a half smile, "How did I hear that you were originally with Zhang Siyi? The price mentioned is different from the current price?"

The sugar merchant who took out four kinds of sugar from his wallet and asked Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng to taste them was the fastest. He knelt down on the spot, choked up and said, "Princess Mingjian, the little one is just a small merchant, how dare you play tricks on Mr. Zhang?" ?”

He talked about the raw materials of sugar making, the steps of sugar making, and how difficult it was for robbers everywhere in the south of the Yangtze River to transport sugar to Shangzhou, which proved that his offer at this time was not only the lowest price, but also because he admired Princess Anwu and Bingtang. Give the loss price.

Yu Heng touched his ears that were still warm, picked up the empty bowl in front of Ji Xinxue and smashed it in front of the businessman, "Lie!"

The sugar merchant quietly raised his head to look at the expressions of Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng. He was facing Shang Yu Heng's phoenix eyes with a cold light. He subconsciously moved his eyes away and immediately changed his words, "The grass people are willing to sell whatever the princess and the king say. price!"

First seize the opportunity to provide raw materials for the rock sugar kiln. If you can get the rock sugar formula, it will be far more beneficial and less dangerous than cheating the Princess Mansion of money through raw materials.

Ji Xinxue glanced at the sugar merchants who hadn't spoken one by one, wanting to see if there was any toughness.

He was still young, but his natural sharp phoenix eyes and the majesty that infiltrated around Emperor Changping, his solemn appearance was not angry when looking at people, and he was blessed with the status of a princess, so scared that the sugar merchants who noticed his gaze froze. He lowered his head like an electric shock.

A few courageous people also repeated what the previous sugar merchant said, saying that he would sell as much as the princess was willing to give.

Now that the actors have no new tricks, the banquet should end.

Ji Xinxue's eyes returned to the sugar merchant who spoke first, "I think it should be 500 taels for sucrose, 500 taels for caramel, and 5 taels for Jiangnan icing sugar."

When the sugar merchant first heard Ji Xinxue's words, the expression on his face was still shocked and bewildered. When he heard the price of caramel, the shock and bewilderment gradually turned into fear.

The price Princess Anwu said was exactly [-] times their last offer.

In a short period of time, sugar merchants made completely different choices.

Some sugar merchants frantically begged for mercy; some sugar merchants stuck their necks and said they didn't understand what the princess meant;

The governor of Shangzhou looked at the county magistrate Anye, who was looking to his side with a pale face, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth.

Looking at the methods used by Emperor Changping to abolish King Li and eliminate the Jiang family, one should think about the character of Emperor Changping's beloved daughter. Fortunately, he has already put an end to this matter.

The officials who were transferred from the Princess Mansion at the beginning were all agreed by Princess Anwu or the King of Xianglin County, and they all had reasonable explanations for their removal.

The housekeepers and servants who have been kicked out of the princess mansion have also arranged their origins. Although he personally appointed them, they will only be found out on the head of Anye County Magistrate.

No matter how Princess Anwu and King Xianglin investigated the injustice and money spent on banquets when the Princess Mansion was opened, he would not be implicated.

The governor of Shangzhou suddenly felt the real gaze on his face, and immediately turned his head to look at Princess Anwu's smiling eyes.

At the moment when he was in a daze, Princess Anwu suddenly closed her eyes and fell backwards.

Yu Heng tacitly stretched out his hand to embrace Ji Xinxue into his arms, pulled out the broken dagger from his sleeve pocket and threw it on the ground.

Zhang Siyi shouted hoarsely, "Come here, arrest everyone who assassinated the princess!"

"The sugar merchant assassinated the princess!" Yan Meng clenched her fists and shouted, her shrill voice seemed to touch people's hearts.

Lin Wei seriously told Zhang Siyi what he had said, "You actually assassinated the princess just because the princess couldn't stand the high price of 5 taels of icing?"

Li Jinhuan, who had been silent for the whole afternoon, overturned the case in front of him, "The governor of Shangzhou and the magistrate of Anye dare to cover up the assassin, let's take them down together!"

Ji Xinxue's scalp tingled from embarrassment, she turned over silently and buried her face in Yu Heng's waist.

Yu Heng put his arms around Ji Xinxue, and said in a deep voice, "The assassination of the princess by the governor of Shangzhou and the magistrate of Anye involves rebellion. Huo Yu, take people to search the governor's mansion and the county magistrate's mansion. His family members are all detained in Jinwu outside Anye City Guard camp."