I have to say that the psychological quality of Princess Taiping Li Lingyue is very strong. After a little half-column time, she had already sorted out her makeup, sat in the main hall of her house, and chatted and laughed with the distinguished guests.

The guest was a nun, named Ning, who was in her fifties, but there were no wrinkles at the corners of her eyes and forehead. In his gestures, he also exudes a strong atmosphere of grace and luxury.

However, the voice that came out of this person's mouth sounded extremely old, as if it had been burned by centuries of smoke and fire, "Don't worry, princess, my uncle asked the poor nun to tell the princess." The loss suffered by the princess's mansion this time will be compensated by the White Horse Sect in full. Never let the princess help the sect, but left a big deficit. ”

"Reparations, it's not necessary. is only twenty or thirty thousand hangings, but it will not make the palace hurt its muscles and bones. Li Lingyue took a sip of the teacup and shook her head with a smile.

"After all, the princess's loss arose because of my White Horse Sect. And the sect is not thorough enough, and it does drag down the princess. The old man's voice continued to emanate from Ning's mouth, and the person was drowsy to hear it.

"No need!" Li Lingyue, the eldest princess of Zhenguo, frowned, and continued to smile and shake her head, "This palace made a move, and it was not entirely because of the request of the White Horse Sect. As for whether your sect is thoughtful or not, it is not the key to this palace's defeat to that guy this time. ”

"After all, the princess can't be left alone to bear the loss!" Ning was stunned, and his voice became more and more weak.

"This palace is careless, and it is also appropriate to suffer a loss. At least, it will keep Hongu awake for several years! Putting down the teacup, Li Lingyue, the eldest princess of Zhenguo, raised her hand to the sun, smiling and admiring her fingers.

The fingernails were freshly dyed with impatiens oil, and were as red as beans. And a fragrance of peach blossoms in full bloom slowly emanated from her wrist, making her feel unusually sober.

It was the taste of the six gods flower dew, and Li Lingyue obviously preferred the former to the "authentic flower dew" of the big cannibal. The "authentic flower dew" of the big cannibal, although the taste is strong, does not last, and always reminds me of naked desire in the dark night. And the six gods of flower dew will make her feel like she is back to the time when she was newly married, and she is full of sunshine from head to toe.

The atmosphere in the room was still harmonious, but the topic between the two sides suddenly became unsustainable. The nun's empty face slowly appeared a little dignified, and she gently raised her palms and bowed: "The sect is protected by the princess, and you have to do something for the princess." The princess, however, treats money as dung. The poor nun was brave and asked the princess to make it clear. What should the sect do in order to repay the princess! ”

This is the real purpose of her hurried visit to the princess of Zhenguo Taiping today. In terms of the financial resources of both sides, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of hangs are not a large amount, and there is no need to worry too much. However, after this blow, whether the cooperation between the White Horse Sect and the Taiping Princess Mansion of Zhenguo can continue to be maintained as before is very important.

After all, just at the end of last year, the White Horse Sect had just suffered a round of heavy blows. Subsequently, under the suppression of Emperor Yingtianshenlong, the Holy Maiden of Buddhism had to temporarily draw a clear line from the White Horse Sect. If the powerful ally of the princess of the Taiping of the Zhenguo Kingdom is lost now, those who have an enmity with the sect or spy on the wealth of the sect may rush to the top.

"This palace used to help you because Hui Fan is quite good-looking!" Gently flicking off a drop of water stains that hung on her nails at some point, Princess Taiping of Zhenguo responded with a smile, "When the imperial brother was in trouble, he was willing to help without asking for anything in return." When the palace united with Zhang Zhizhi and others to expel the traitors and help the emperor's brother ascend the throne, he also contributed money and efforts. But at that time, the people who owed the White Horse Sect favors were mainly the imperial brothers and sisters-in-law. In fact, this palace has never owed your sect a damn! ”

"Don't dare, don't dare!" As if he had been hit hard, Ning's body shook, and he became much shorter in an instant. "It is the duty of our sect to do things for the Holy and the Holy Queen, and there is no such thing as debt or repayment. As for the princess of the town country, she is the bodhisattva of my White Horse Sect, and she has shown grace to my sect many times, so that my sect does not know how to repay. ”

I am afraid that my statement is not clear enough. Gritting her teeth, she gasped and added: "Actually, as early as when the sect was still called the Great Cloud Sect, an elder proposed to ask the princess to be the Holy Daughter of the Dharma Protector of our sect. It's just that the princess was being favored by the Holy Queen at that time, and the sect was worried that she wouldn't be able to climb high, so she retreated and invited the princess of Luling at that time. ”

"Then this palace missed an opportunity?" The eldest princess of Zhenguo Taiping raised her eyebrows, and the expression on her face seemed to be smiling.

Liao Ning shuddered again in his heart, and added with a smile again: "Don't dare, don't dare." The family teacher once had clouds, and today's suffering is because of yesterday. The blessing of tomorrow, and cherish the present day. It was not the princess who missed the princess that day, but the princess who missed the princess. Today, I also asked the princess to give the Emperor a chance to change yesterday's wrongs. ”

"Would you like to ask Hongu to be a saint too?" Glancing at the other party with a smile, Princess Taiping shook her head slightly, "How old are you in the White Horse Sect, and you still want two Dharma Protector Holy Maidens?" Then if there is something in the sect in the future, will it be more effective for me, the later saint, to speak, or will the words of the imperial sister-in-law be more effective? ”

"This ......" Ning's face turned red, and he couldn't make any response.

Although since Li Xian ascended the throne as the emperor, the White Horse Sect has no longer mentioned that the queen used to be the stubble of the Dharma Protector Saintess. But the whole sect still acquiesced to the fact that Queen Wei Wushuang was the Holy Protector of the Dharma. And as long as Wei Wushuang himself does not propose it and returns the position of the Holy Maiden, the White Horse Sect will not have any courage to remove her.

Therefore, if Princess Taiping is also invited to serve as the Holy Daughter of the Dharma Protector, there will inevitably be a problem of two Holy Maidens. And it is indeed difficult to arrange which of the two saints is big and who is small.

"This palace is not rare, since I was a child, I will not use things that others have used, even if it is unique in the world!" Glancing at each other disdainfully, Princess Taiping added with a smile. The slightly fat chin is raised high, like a proud swan.

"That's nature, that's nature, poor nuns have little knowledge, so the princess laughs!" Seeing that the eldest princess of Zhenguo Taiping had given up her plan to be a saint, Ning Ning's heart was tightly pumped, and she finally got a moment of relaxation, raised her hand to wipe her forehead, and apologized with a smile.

"Humph!" Princess Taiping sneered back, and then lowered her head again to drink tea. Obviously, I am no longer in the mood to continue talking to the other party.

Seeing this, Ning gritted her teeth again, and asked for advice: "When the poor nun talks about the past today, she doesn't want to ask the princess to pick up people's teeth. Instead, I want to show that the whole sect has indeed always respected and feared the princess. This time the princess suffered losses, and the whole sect hoped to compensate. Although the princess regards money as dung, she still hopes that there can be other ways to talk to the princess! ”

After a pause, she was afraid that she would not express herself clearly enough, so she quickly added, "The poor nun is dull, she doesn't know what is in the world, and she can still enter the eyes of the princess." But as long as the princess is willing to give a point, the Emperor will definitely do his best to satisfy the princess! ”

"It's not a loss, this little money, this palace doesn't care!" Finally forcing the other party to agree to let herself make a price, Li Lingyue, the eldest princess of Zhenguo, put down the teacup with satisfaction, and nodded with a smile, "As for compensation, I'm not busy talking." There are a few questions in this palace, and I would like to ask Mrs. Shi to solve my doubts first. ”

"Princess, please ask, the poor nun must know everything!" Finally asked Princess Taiping to be relieved, and Ning Ning hurriedly smiled and said.

"As far as this palace knows, the Great Cannibal believes in the Crescent Religion, and his army will definitely level all Buddhist temples wherever they go. Why did they ask the palace for help this time, and they could still invite the White Horse Sect to pull the strings for them? Princess Taiping didn't go around the corner, thought about it, and ran directly to the topic.

Ning Ning didn't dare to slack off, thought about it, and explained truthfully: "Princess Qiyu, although the big cannibals all believe in the Crescent Moon Sect, the factions are different. Just like Buddhism, it is also divided into Zen Buddhism and Tantra. The Mahami faction is the one who likes to do business. claims that as long as there is money to be made, even if it is the cross of the enemy, they can deliver it to the door. Therefore, they can communicate normally with the Sect. Don't hate each other! When something happens, they will also ask the sect for help. ”

"Oh, I see!" Princess Taiping suddenly realized, smiled and nodded, "What about the White Horse Sect, why do you want to help them with this?" ”

"Princess Qiyu, the White Horse Sect is highly respected by believers, and many people will store their money in the sect, and ask the senior monks of the sect to help lend it to those who need money urgently. And the cannibalism of the big cannibal does not allow borrowing, but when doing business, everyone will have a time when the turnover is not working. What's more, the White Horse Sect has temples in Luoyang, Chang'an, Jinling, Guangzhou, Taiyuan, Yueyang and other transportation hubs. Whether it's borrowing or saving, it's very convenient! They can even save it in Chang'an, and then take the voucher to Guangzhou to redeem it, and the emperor only charges a small amount of transfer fees, which is far more convenient for them to carry their money with them. "Knowing that Princess Taiping is not easy to deceive, Ning Ning tried her best to tell the truth, just in the details, passing by.

"It turned out to be the relationship between the merchant and the creditor!" Princess Taiping smiled and stroked her palm gently, "No wonder you can give up the doctrinal dispute." ”

"Let the princess smile, the whole sect is also accumulating merit for the donor of the deposit, so it has to be like this!" Ning was so laughed that her face was hot, she lowered her head and explained softly.

"It is indeed a good deed to accumulate merit, otherwise, if the money is kept at home, it will only become moldy, and it is not like a war horse, and it can give birth to a foal!" Princess Taiping nodded and agreed with Ning's statement. Immediately, he took another sip of tea and asked quietly: "This kind of accumulation of merit is also very interesting to this palace." But I don't know, how much does this palace have to pay to be able to participate in it? ”

"This ......" Although she had already prepared in her heart, Princess Taiping would open her mouth. But she never expected that Princess Taiping actually hit the foundation of the existence and growth of the White Horse Sect, and immediately, the nun Ning stood up, her body trembling like a lotus leaf in the wind.

"What's the matter, can't the master be the master? It's okay, go back and ask Zen Master Hui Fan. Li Lingyue, the eldest princess of Zhenguo, also stood up, smiled and waved her hand.

"Princess Mingjian! Poor nun, poor nun, really dare not call the shots! After looking at Ning again, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, stood firm with a strong spirit, and saluted Princess Taiping, "Poor Ni will bring the princess's words to Uncle Huifan." The princess is busy with affairs, and the poor nun doesn't dare to disturb too much, please allow the poor nun to retire! ”

"Hmmm! Let's go, the palace is also lacking, so I won't send you! Princess Taiping's face did not show any expression of disappointment or anger, and she waved her hand generously. Like a strategizing general, he has already locked the battle situation thousands of miles away! "Come on, send off guests for the main palace!"

"Yes!" Immediately, a few heroic maids entered, and Ning left, who was trembling with her legs. Seeing this person's figure disappear outside the door, Li Lingyue sat back in the chair, stretched, and then smiled and admired her fingers.

Scarlet fingernails, as bright as flowers in the sun. The fragrance of flower dew on the wrist came again, which made people feel refreshed.

On the side of the owner of the Six Gods Flower Dew, she lost a total of less than 20,000 hangs today, plus some connections and political resources. However, if she can successfully grasp the White Horse Sect in her hands, even if it is only one percent of the dry shares, what she can harvest will not be less than 200,000 hangs, plus the countless gold lords and believers of the White Horse Sect.

Since she was a child, no matter what she did, she never admitted defeat. What you lose from here will always be doubled from elsewhere. Today, it's the same.

"Princess, the tanuki used a carriage to bring Cui Shangshu into the house through the back door. At this moment, both of them are waiting in the study, asking the princess to receive them! A beautiful little guy walked in quickly, and reported in a girly voice.

"Help me up!" Princess Taiping frowned and commanded in a low voice. Immediately, with the support of the little guy, he stood up and slowly walked to the door.

"Princess, watch out for the steps!" The little girl was a head taller than her, but she bent over, trying to make herself look shorter than her, and continued to remind her in a girly voice.

"Hongu knows! You can let go! Princess Taiping waved her arms impatiently and shook the little girl away. Then he lowered his head and straightened the sword at his waist, and strode towards the study surrounded by the maidservants.

Today's loss is not big, far from the point where she "breaks her muscles and bones". However, those who should be held accountable must be held accountable! Otherwise, everyone below will be lazy, and the embankment of a thousand miles will be destroyed in the anthill!

In the study, the two of them, Tanuki Gu and Cui Xiang, knelt and stood together, and they were extremely nervous. Especially the Tanuki aunt, as a hardcore confidant of Princess Taiping, knows how terrible it is for her master to start a fire. Sweat ran down my ears.

Hearing the familiar footsteps at the door, the two turned their heads in unison. After seeing Princess Taiping's face clearly, when she boarded, she shivered again, rushed forward to meet her, and saluted deeply, "Slave and civet girl, I have seen the master!" ”

"Weichen Cui Xiang, I have seen the princess of Zhenguo Taiping!"

"Excuse me!" Princess Taiping strode into the door, her slightly chubby body blocked the sunlight outside the door, making the whole room dark.

"The slave and maid are incompetent, they fell into that hidden evil deed, fell into the prestige of the master, and asked the princess to punish him heavily!" After all, she grew up beside Princess Taiping, and she is far more expert in how to calm the anger of her own master than Cui Xiang. Decidely untied a leather whip from his waist and held his hands high above his head.

"Do you still know the prestige of the main palace?!" Princess Taiping unceremoniously grabbed the leather whip and whipped it down on the shoulder of the tanuki girl, and with a "snap", the other party was knocked to the ground, and her body shrunk into a shrimp in pain.

However, the tanuki girl neither dared to cry out for pain nor beg for mercy. Holding his hands on the ground, he lifted his distorted face up, and gritted his teeth and complained: "The slave and maid should be beaten, thank the master for punishment." Please also ask the master not to be angry, otherwise, if the body is angry, the slave and maid will die and cannot be redeemed! ”

"I'm angry with Hongu, you want to be beautiful!" Princess Taiping pursed her lips and sneered, waved her arms, and whipped down one whip after another, and in an instant, she whipped the raccoon girl into a flesh.

And the tanuki girl, although she rolled all over the ground in pain, still refused to let out any screams. Whenever the whip stopped, he immediately tried to raise his head, looked at Princess Taiping with tears in his eyes, and begged bitterly, "The slave should be beaten, thank the master for punishment." Please also ask the master not to be angry, otherwise, the body will be angry, and the slave and maid will die without redemption! ”

"Hmph, think beautifully!" Princess Taiping still did not understand her hatred, and continued to wield the leather whip, whipping it down one after another. It wasn't until the tanuki girl fainted with her eyes closed tightly that she suddenly dropped the leather whip and turned her knife-like gaze to Cui Xiang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, "This palace teaches slaves and maids, and let Cui Shangshu watch the excitement?" ”

Cui Xiang was startled, and his legs instinctively retreated alternately. However, he knew that he had run away from the monk today, and he couldn't run away from the temple, so he simply turned his heart sideways and bowed his hand in a dumb voice, "Weichen, congratulations to the princess, congratulations to the princess!" ”

"What did you say, Cui Shangshu?" didn't think that Cui Xiang didn't take the initiative to beg for mercy, but went around in circles with himself. The anger in Princess Taiping's heart, which had just weakened a little, immediately rose up again. His eyes widened, and he pressed towards the other party step by step.

"Weichen congratulates the princess, another industry has been added to the house, and the day is making money!" Cui Xiang's mind was running fast, but the words he said were intermittent, "Today, today, the Six Gods Commercial Bank defeated the Treasure Pavilion of the Great Food, and it shocked Chang'an. Presumably from now on, there will be no place for Dashi glaze in my Datang territory. And the Six Gods Trading House can sell the glaze so cheaply, and must have figured out a better way to fire the glaze. From now on, its six god flower dew, all kinds of glass, and mirrors that can clearly illuminate the pores on people's faces are bound to be marketed all over the world. Therefore......"

After a pause, he finally straightened out his thoughts completely, and also avoided himself from suffocating to death due to breathlessness, "Therefore, no matter how many shares of the Six Gods Flower Dew the princess holds in her hand, the profit will definitely be more than a hundred times in the future." According to the articles of association of Liushen Commercial Bank, major shareholders can subscribe preferentially for each share expansion. With the princess's financial resources, you can do your best! ”

"Huh?" I have never looked at the shares of the Six Gods Commercial Bank that I sent someone to snatch from Wang Yuanbao before. Princess Taiping was stunned, and the anger in her stomach was immediately unsustainable.

Cui Xiang saw her expression, and his mind was immediately settled. Raising his hand to wipe the sweat from his face, he slowed down his voice a little, and continued to add: "Aunt Tanuki hastily decided to act against the Six Gods Business before, and Wei Chen had tried his best to dissuade him. However, in the name of the princess, she refused to listen to the words of the minister. Fortunately, although he lost the investment of the two Treasure Pavilions this time, he earned back a dry stock of the Six Gods Commercial Bank. It can be regarded as a lost mulberry elm, and the east fence is harvested! ”

The eldest princess of Zhenguo Taiping frowned, and her face was cloudy: "Collect the east fence? Which is so easy? The loss of this palace today is not in money? Hongu ......"

"Princess, please listen to Weichen!" Cui Xiang quickly felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly interrupted, "The wind knows the strength of the grass, and the board knows the Chengchen!" If you don't go through a storm, how do you know if others are loyal to the princess? And today's incident, some people are estranged from the princess, and the princess just loses some face. If the princess reaches the moment of life and death, and someone abandons the princess again, the princess will lose not face but life! ”

"Huh? Who dares?! The eldest princess of Zhenguo Taiping raised her eyebrows, her teeth were clenched, and her slightly chubby face was full of fierceness.

"Today, after the six gods launched the glass marquee at the price of four cranes and two pieces. The housekeepers of the various prefectures who shop in the Treasure Pavilion of the East City will immediately scatter the birds and beasts! Cui Xiang didn't refute, but just listed the facts that had happened one by one, "The carriage that was delivering goods to the buyer's house was inexplicably overturned several cars on the road. And those buyers who have already received the goods and have no time to regret it will probably also deduce that it is the women or younger generations in the family who are willful and foolish, so they take the initiative and spend a lot of money to buy a bunch of waste back. Dare to ask the princess, if there is another Shenlong Revolution, which of these people will be like last time, as long as the princess raises her arms and shouts, she will sacrifice her life and wear armor to accompany her? (Note: During the Shenlong Revolution, Zhang Khan Zhi and others led troops into the palace and forced Wu Zetian to pass on the throne to Li Xian's coup d'état.) On the same day, Princess Taiping wore armor and held a sword, and led a group of people to express support for Li Xian. That's why she was named the princess of the town. ）

"This ......" The eldest princess of Zhenguo Taiping was flustered again, and her face suddenly became solemn.

Since she was named the princess of the town mayor, she has only suffered under her brother Li Xian. Therefore, an illusion has long been formed in my heart that no matter what I do, those who have been favored and promoted by myself, as well as those who are close to my usual family, will choose to spare no effort to support.

And today, after Cui Xiang defeated the Treasure Pavilion, she listed the performance of her supporters one by one, and she suddenly realized how fragile this support was!

Those who temporarily changed their minds and stopped buying glaze can also be said to save the face of both parties. Those who bought the glass back home, and said that the owner of the family did not know, can also be said to be forced by the situation. And those who deliberately broke the carriage halfway so that the goods could never be delivered to their own home, I am afraid that in the future, when she is in trouble, she will not stab her in the back, and they are worthy of conscience. How could he choose to be with her through thick and thin?

"These, in fact, the princess herself can think of it, but the princess is just angry and has no time to think about it. Weichen thought that since the defeat of the Treasure Pavilion was decided at this moment, there was no need for the princess to worry about it anymore. It is best to spend energy on sorting out the strength at hand and observing the reactions of all parties in the Jingshi. Secretly glancing at Princess Taiping's face, Cui Xiang said more smoothly: "And the master of the Six Gods Trading House, although his foundation is shallow, has been very holy recently. If the princess continues to chase him, I am afraid that she will be misunderstood, and she is deliberately against the saint. In case there is another imperial history taking the opportunity to fan the flames, even if the saint trusts the princess again, I am afraid that he will have to do some punishment to stuff the mouth of the world! ”

"This ......" Princess Taiping's heart was so chaotic that for a while, she couldn't tell which sentence Cui Xiang was right and which was wrong, and the wrinkles on her forehead were as deep as ravines!

"Weichen is not talented, and he is willing to pay attention to the performance of various forces outside for the princess, so that the princess can get the news in time and deal with it calmly!" Cui Xiang breathed a sigh of relief in his stomach, arched his hand, and took the initiative to ask for help.

"Go, go!" When Princess Taiping Li Lingyue heard this, she immediately waved her hand impatiently.

"Wechen obeys!" Cui Yu saluted, turned around and hurried away. I'm afraid that if I walk slowly, I will be like that raccoon girl, and I will be whipped open in public.

"It's all you idiot!" The irritability in Princess Taiping's heart could not be resolved, so she leaned over sharply and picked up the leather whip on the ground again. was about to order someone to splash the tanuki up with cold water, and then beat it hard, when his legs were suddenly gently hugged by the tanuki girl, "Lord, master, Cui Xiang is unfaithful to his master." The master must be careful with him! ”