In mid-September, the prince and Uncle Zhuang set off for Jiangnan. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the Xuanguo Mansion here, the prince of Xuanguo said to Xuanguo Gong: "It seems that the prince and the dealer went to raise money is true." ”

Xuanguo Gong pondered for a while, and said to Xuanguo Gong's son: "Send an order, let the branches of the Wu family all over the country also start to make money." ”

Xuanguo Gongshi said yes.

At this time, Lin Yan seemed to know nothing about the undercurrent of the waves below, and she was happily preparing a first birthday banquet for Princess Jun.

The clothes made by Shang Gongfang have also been made, and the three sets of clothes are exactly the same, festive red, embroidered with plum branches. Lin Yan and Princess Rui also brought the same set of jewelry, and as for Princess Jun, she had two little Qiuqiu tied on her head.

There are also three identical cloaks, in the furry style that the emperor likes, with a layer of mink fur inlaid on the collar, which looks small and blushing when draped over the body.

Lin Yan took Princess Rui and Princess Jun to show the emperor in a circle, and even Princess Jun squinted her eyes and laughed a little proudly.

The emperor was very happy, smiled and clapped his hands: "It looks good to wear it like this, and it will be worn like this in the future." ”

Then at Princess Jun's first birthday banquet, the mother and daughter walked out wearing the same clothes, which was like a beautiful scenery in the palace.

Concubine Hu Shufei couldn't help but smile and said: "It's really interesting for Niangniang and the third princess and the fourth princess to dress like this, wait for Ming'er's concubine and the eldest princess to make exactly the same set of clothes." ”

Lin Yan smiled and said, "Let's do it, it's almost the New Year anyway, and we all have to make new clothes." ”

For this reason, there was a wind of wearing "mother-daughter clothes" in the palace, and Concubine Hu Shufei and Wang Jieyu, who gave birth to princesses, made several sets of identical clothes for themselves, the eldest princess and the second princess, and walked out wearing them. Then the gust of wind blew outside the palace, and even outside the palace rose.

When it came to the first birthday banquet of the county lord of Yuan, the crown princess and the county lord of Yuan also learned to wear exactly the same clothes.

But that's all for later.

Princess Jun grabbed a seal when she caught Zhou, and then stretched out her hand to the emperor, which made the emperor laugh happily, and then gently pressed Princess Rui's head and said: "Look, my sister is much more filial than you, the last time you caught Zhou, you grabbed a small wooden sword for your brother Sheng." ”

At that time, it really made the emperor jealous, and the first time Princess Rui called was "brother", and even when she caught Zhou, she only thought about Shenglang.

Princess Rui smiled and flattered: "Father, I'll catch another one for you." ”

The emperor said: "If you don't wait, you don't have a chance." Saying that, he kissed Princess Jun again, and said with a smile: "What's more, my father has Princess Jun, it's not uncommon for you." ”

Princess Jad Rui screamed, hugged the emperor's legs, pretended to be pitiful, and pouted: "My father doesn't want me anymore if I have Princess Jun......"

In November, before the winter solstice, the prince and Uncle Zhuang finally came back from Jiangnan, and when they came back, their faces were happy.

After the prince returned to Beijing, the first thing he did was to enter the palace to ask the emperor and Lin Yan for peace, and then talked to the queen in Changkun Palace for a long time, and after coming out, he went to the Lin family with Uncle Zhuang.

Soon after, the Wu family inquired about the news through various means, and it was rumored that the prince and Uncle Zhuang had raised more than five million taels of silver.

And because the Lin family and the Zhuang family also heard that the Wu family was going to offer silver, the Zhuang family also planned to increase the amount of silver, saying that it would be at least six million taels, which meant that they wanted to compete with the Xuanguo Mansion. For this reason, the dealer even sold several of his treasure ships in the south of the Yangtze River, and also sold a lot of very profitable businesses - the dealer sold almost half of the business in the south of the Yangtze River, leaving only his old silk business.

After hearing the news, the prince of Xuanguo frowned and asked Xuanguo Gongdao: "Father, what should I do?" If the dealer can really come up with six million taels, and then count the five million taels that the dealer can raise, then there will be at least 11 million taels, and if our family still only gives out 8 million taels, it will fall behind the prince and the Lin family......

Xuan Guogong closed his eyes, and after a while, he said: "Let's go and inquire first, whether the Zhuang family has really taken off most of the business." ”

He didn't believe that the dealer was so willing to give up all his net worth.

Xuanguo Gongshi said: "The news from Jiangnan has indeed been getting rid of business, but how much to get rid of, it will take time to verify it." But it was too late, and the prince and the dealer planned to tell the emperor about the silver offering tomorrow. ”

The prince of Xuanguo looked at Xuanguo Gong's face, and said: "Father, the Zhuang family is different from our Wu family, they can become the richest man in the south of the Yangtze River, all rely on the big tree of the Lin family." If the Lin family fell with the prince, the dealer would fall without this big tree to climb, and he would also fall. Therefore, the dealer gave up his wealth to support the prince, but it cannot be said that it is unreasonable. ”

Xuan Guogong sighed deeply, and said, "How much silver did you raise from other merchants?" ”

The prince of Xuanguo said: "Less than two million taels." After all, the name of the second prince is not as easy to use as the prince, from the outsider's point of view, although the second prince has the name of virtue, but the prince is the eldest after all, it is orthodox, not to mention the assistance of the graceful Lin family. Compared with the crown prince, those people are afraid that they are still not optimistic that the second prince will succeed to the throne in the future. ”

The prince of Xuanguo proposed: "Father, I think we should also increase the amount of silver sacrifices, and if we want to do it, we will be the first." ”

Xuanguo said fairly: "Twelve million taels, that is the old capital of the Wu family, and the Wu family will not be able to recover it for at least ten years if the silver is taken out." ”

Xuanguo Gongzi said: "Father, the most important thing now is to help the second prince up." The second prince has a good saying, if the second prince can succeed to the throne, the Wu family will have nothing. The second prince has also agreed, and will make the daughter of the Wu family the queen in the future. At that time, the Wu family is both a foreign family and a descendant of the Son of Heaven, and in the entire court, which one can compare with the Wu family. ”

Xuan Guogong's voice was a little harsh: "Can you guarantee that if you give away these 12 million taels of silver, the second prince will definitely be able to succeed to the throne in the future?" This Lin family didn't spend their own money, so naturally they wouldn't feel distressed. ”

The prince of Xuanguo said: "If you sacrifice the second prince, you may not be able to succeed to the throne, but if you don't sacrifice the second prince, you must not be able to." Father thought about why the emperor had always favored the Lin family, and it was not that the Lin family could follow the emperor's wishes, so the emperor felt that they were loyal ministers. On the contrary, our Wu family took the wrong path before, against the emperor's thoughts, and the emperor was dissatisfied, so that the second prince was also affected. If the dealer does not offer our family this time, the emperor will definitely think that the Wu family is not as loyal as the Lin family.

The power of the Son of Heaven is unstoppable. The emperor is dissatisfied with our Wu family, so he can raise a Zhongshan Marquis Mansion to slap our family in the face. If the crown prince ascends the throne one day, the prince will be even more dissatisfied with our Wu family, and no matter how much silver our family has, the prince will have an excuse to take away the silver. ”

Xuan Guogong clenched his fists, and he gambled this time.

He said: "Tomorrow morning, before the Lin family speaks, I will tell the emperor that our Wu family is willing to sacrifice 12 million taels of silver for the cultivation of the straight road." Raise money as soon as possible, last time Boss Mei didn't want to buy our family's Yihe Money Village, and give him the money bank to ask for cash. ”

Yihe Qianzhuang is the most profitable business of the Wu family, and it is also the effort of Xuanguo Gong to spend a lifetime, and half of the Wu family's annual income is generated here.

After Xuan Guogong finished speaking, he felt that the sentence of getting rid of Yihe Qianzhuang was painful.

The prince of Xuanguo does not value silver as much as Xuanguo Gong, he values more about the power of the Wu family in the future if the second prince can ascend the throne. (To be continued.) )