Julian, a servant of the Yanwang Mansion, brought people to Yiranju to fish on the second day of the first month of August, and with a net of silver carp and carp, he was sent by the palace to a carriage and transported it into a large wooden basin. A total of five days were fished, totaling 18,000 catties of fish, including 10,000 catties of silver carp and 7,500 catties of carp. At the same time, the lotus root was also transported away in a truckload, and Xiao Yiran's heart was completely relieved.

Within a few days, Julian sent the silver ticket over. Xiao Yiran didn't ask if the lotus root and fish were sold, but just glanced at the numbers on the silver ticket, and put them on the coffee table casually.

"Miss, the lotus root is calculated at three cents per catty. The silver carp is 10 wen per catty, and the carp is 12 wen per catty. ”

Xiao Yiran rewarded Julian with a red envelope of ten taels of silver and sent him away. Julian just walked on the front foot, Qingwen took the silver ticket on the coffee table, and looked at it for a long time, Musk Yue looked at Qingwen with an excited red face, walked over, ate and smiled, stretched out her middle finger and scratched Qingwen's nose.

"Money junkies."

"Miss, is the silver enough?"

"You won't count if it's enough?"

Musk Moon grabbed the conversation and said.

Qingwen really counted the same, when the lotus root was transported away, the weight was 415,000 catties, and the weight was 1,245,000 catties, which was 1,245,000 taels of silver. 10,500 catties of tarpon, 10 cents per catty, a total of 105 taels of silver. Carp is 12 wen per catty, 7,500 catties, a total of 90 taels of silver. The total amount is one thousand four hundred and forty taels.

"Miss, it's not much, it's a lot, it's just right, one thousand four hundred and forty taels. This is almost the same as half a year's income when Sun Moon Fang's business was at its best. ”

"Looks like you haven't paid for digging lotus roots, have you?"

Musk Moon reminded Qingwen.

"Also, each catty is half a penny's wage, a total of two hundred and seven twenty-five yuan, and there is one thousand two hundred and thirty-three two hundred and fifty dollars of silver left."

Xiao Yiran actually didn't expect to be able to sell for so much money, if he only relied on Yiranju to sell, it would cost a lot of labor alone, and there would be losses. After handing it over to the prince's mansion, it not only saves trouble, but also saves worry, and there is no loss.

"I wonder if the Yan Wangfu will lose money?"

Xiao Yiran whispered.

"How can you, miss. Where in the world is there a loss-making business? With the power of the Yan Wangfu, even if it is sent to those traders, no one dares not to. ”

Xiao Yiran didn't agree with Qingwen's statement in his heart, if Guoyan Wangfu really dared to do this, with Zhu Di's temperament, I am afraid that he would not let go of the housekeeper Cui Jian.

It's the Mid-Autumn Festival again, and Xiao Yiran asked Qingwen and Musk Yue to help Liu Li and Zhao Qi procure the Mid-Autumn Festival gifts. Because Cui Jian helped a lot, this year he not only sent a Mid-Autumn Festival gift to Yanwangfu, but also made a separate gift for the housekeeper Cui Jian. As in previous years, the Yanwang Mansion also had a Boxing gift sent to Yiran Center.

What Xiao Yiran didn't expect was that Sun Cong also prepared a festival gift for Yiranju. And it was Sun Cong who personally brought Wang Ma to send it. Sun Cong and Wang Ma came over at noon on August 13, saw off the two of them, and after lunch, Xiao Yiran remembered Lizheng Liu Wen. The garden often troubles him, although the last time he dug the lotus root, Xiao Yiran paid Liu Wen silver according to the highest salary per day, and gave him dozens of catties of lotus root. Thinking that in the future, this person will be used, and a Boxing gift was prepared and asked Liu Li to send it to Liu Wen.

Just when Xiao Yiran felt that everything was in order, and sat in the living room, Qingwen ran in from outside and said:

"Miss, someone has sent a Boxing gift again."

"Who?"

Xiao Yiran couldn't think of anyone who would give him a gift gift, so he walked out with his feet up, followed Qingwen, and just came to the outside of the fence courtyard, he saw two carriages coming from the gate of Yiranju. Xiao Yiran didn't know the person who was driving the car, so he stood there and didn't take the initiative to catch up. After the carriage came to a near stop, a person got out of the car in front, and Xiao Yiran saw that it was Zhu Hu, the king of Wu. Hurry up and kneel down to salute. Zhu Hu hurriedly stopped:

"Miss Yiran, hurry up, don't let it be."

When he asked Zhu Lu to walk towards the living room, Xiao Yiran was still a little surprised in his heart. It stands to reason that he and Zhu Hu have never had a relationship, but they just met in the painting boat that time. Why do you give yourself a gift? It's to give a gift and send people, at most the housekeeper in the house, how can he come in person? Could it be......

Sure enough, after Zhu Hu came to the living room and sat down, he took a sip of the tea handed by Musk Yue, and then asked straight to the point:

"Miss Yiran must have heard the edict of the Holy Lord on the 'Regulations of the Palaces of the Kings', right?"

Although Cui Jian reminded him last time, Xiao Yiran has always been on guard, and he has guessed many times in his heart that the first vassal king to visit Yiranju will be, but he never thought that it would be Zhu Hu, the king of Wu. Because, whether it is the Zhu Hu I know now or the Zhu Hu in my memory, he is not a prince who likes to be public, but a prince who is dedicated to medical skills.

"Yes, my lord. The last time Cui Jian, the housekeeper in the Yan Wangye's mansion, came, he mentioned it. ”

Obviously, Zhu Hu had already expected that his four Zhu Di would definitely run ahead of him.

"Does King Yan want to ask the young lady to visit the Yanwang Mansion in Beiping?"

"Yes, Lord Wang."

Speaking of this, Zhu Hu stopped, turned his head to look, and asked Xiao Yiran:

"Why didn't you see Mr. Chu?"

"Old Mr. Chu is teaching?"

"Oh?"

The news of Chu Tian's acceptance of disciples did not spread, so except for the people who lived in Yiran, no one knew about it.

"Lord Wang, that's the case. Old Mr. Chu had just accepted a female disciple. It is Liu Xia, the daughter of Liu Li, a long-term worker invited by Yiranju. ”

After speaking, Xiao Yiran motioned to Qingwen beside him to call Mr. Chu and Liu Xia. Qingwen turned around and went out for a while, and Chu Tian led Liu Xia to the living room. Chu Tian just bowed to Zhu Hu, and it could be seen that the two were still relatively familiar. Liu Xia walked in front of Zhu Hu, knelt on the ground, and made a big salute.

"The folk girl Liu Xia knocked on the prince."

"Please get up and speak."

When Chu Tian sat down opposite Zhu Hu and Xiao Yiran, Liu Xia stood behind Chu Tian, like a girl.

"Congratulations, sir, you finally got what you wanted, and you have learned to inherit someone."

"Rejoice and rejoice, the prince will soon be a vassal, right?"

When the two of them were talking, Xiao Yiran had doubts in his heart. The last time I listened to the words of Zhu Li, Zhu Hu, and Zhu Zhen in the painting boat, the three of them went to Fengyang, the central capital, with Zhu Di, why didn't they go this time?

"It stands to reason that the prince should not be in the Central Capital at this time? Why did you suddenly appear in a small Yiranju? ”

"Sir doesn't know that the mother concubine is in poor health, so my father Fang En allowed the king to come back to serve the sick."

"Is the prince saying that Concubine Niang's phoenix body is uneasy?"

"Exactly."

Xiao Yiran didn't want to ask anything, she knew that Zhu Hu and Zhu Di were both born to Concubine Qi, Zhu Hu could come back to serve the sick, why didn't she see Zhu Di come back?

"Didn't Lord Yan come back?"

Chu Tian asked for Xiao Yiran.

"The fourth brother also asked for an order to return to Beijing to serve the sick, but he did not get the permission of his father. Because the king knew a little about Qihuang, he was able to return to Beijing. ”

"Is the phoenix body safe?"

"Mr. Xie, it's fine."

Next, Zhu Hu directly said his intention, nothing more than to ask Xiao Yiran and Chu Tian to help him refer to the layout of King Wu's palace city. Xiao Yiran looked at Chu Tian, and saw that Chu Tian also happened to look at him, and after the two glanced at each other, Chu Tian still came out and said:

"Presumably, the prince already knows that the prince of Yan has already sent the housekeeper Cui Jian to come and ask the old man to assist Miss Yiran in detailing the layout of the Beiping Palace. I'm afraid I won't be able to squeeze out time for a short time. ”

"This doesn't matter, this king doesn't have the mind of the fourth brother, and naturally he doesn't pay too much attention to the construction of the pattern of the palace. It's just that I want the future Miyagi to be able to maintain health with the way of nature. ”

"Hehe, the prince has a 'way of harmony' and a 'health qi', which has exhausted the essence of the garden mansion, and to be able to do these two points is to lose it very exquisitely."

Xiao Yiran glanced up at Zhu Hu, and secretly guessed in his heart, did this King Wu really not understand, or pretended not to understand? As Mr. Chu said, the two most basic planning of the mansion garden are these two, if this is not exquisite, then what else is exquisite?

"Hehe, the gentleman smiled. This king only occasionally sees these two sentences from the book, and as for saying that the two are the essence of the garden mansion pattern, this king really doesn't know. ”

"Lord Wang, Suzhou Gardens have always been famous for being the best in the world, and if you want to transcend it, I'm afraid that no one in the world can do it."

It was the first time that Xiao Yiran had spoken on this matter.

"The garden will not trouble Miss Yiran, this king is only here for the mansion, if Miss Yiran and Mr. Chu are free, when can I go to Suzhou Mansion to see, this king is grateful."

Seeing that Zhu Hu was so polite, and Suzhou Mansion was indeed very close, Xiao Yiran and Chu Tian had no reason to refuse, so they had to agree.

"In this case, a few days is August 13, after the Mid-Autumn Festival, on August 18, how about this king accompany Miss Yiran and Mr. Chu to Suzhou Mansion together?"

In this way, after setting a date, I got up and said goodbye. At this time, the salute on the other carriage had already been counted and accepted by someone from the palace accompanied by Qingwen. And made his own suggestion, to move a part of the lotus root and silver carp and silver carp that Yiran had stayed in for his own use to the car of the Wu King Zhu Hula. didn't want the people from King Wu's Mansion to come, so he hurriedly stopped:

"Forget about the lotus root and fish, Steward Cui on the Yan Wangye's mansion just sent someone to send two full carts a few days ago."

After King Wu and his party left, Qingwen and Musk Yue both burst out laughing. Xiao Yiran didn't expect that the housekeeper Cui Jian would give away the lotus root and fish pulled from here as a festival gift, and it was two big carts as soon as they were given, no wonder the silver was sent so quickly.

As soon as Zhu Hu was sent away, before he could turn around and go back to the living room, Julian, the little servant of Yanwang's Mansion, came. came straight to Xiao Yiran's side, bent down and saluted, held a letter in both hands, handed it to Xiao Yiran, and said in his mouth:

"Miss, it was sent by the prince from it, and the explanation must be handed over to Miss by hand."

Xiao Yiran stretched out his hand to take the letter, and guessed in his heart, what is the content that is so solemn?