"What is Your Highness thinking?"

"I'm wondering why you don't call me Brother Jing......"

"What did you say?"

Ming Ruonan looked at Yuan Jing and the corners of his mouth twitched, Yuan Jing was even more uncomfortable, his face was as red as an apple after autumn, and his chest was louder than the drum he had hit this morning.

"I ...... It's a joke. He coughed and lifted the curtain in embarrassment.

Ming Ruonan tilted his head, feeling that Yuan Jing has become more and more strange recently, I wonder if there is some hidden disease? Why is it that he is in a daze for a while, blushing for a while, and his eyes are often fluttering, which is very abnormal.

"Your Highness is thinking about King Kang?"

Yuan Jing touched his nose and avoided Ming Ruonan's eyes.

"yes, I was thinking...... I'm wondering why the royal brother is reluctant to give up this money. Yuan Jing dispersed the messy thoughts in his mind and began to think about the matter.

"You treat the emperor as a son, and you are not treated well?"

"Prince, there are eight hundred taels of money per month, not counting the three hundred horses of silk every year, the field products, and various subsidies."

"That's a little poor......"

Yuan Jing almost folded the fan: "Eight hundred taels can buy tens of thousands of acres of fertile land......"

"It's enough to go to the Bazhen Pavilion for a few meals......" Ming Ruonan waved his hand and said helplessly, "Drought is drought, waterlogging is dying, you see that Uncle Chen's family only earns a tael of silver for a whole year." That's it, Your Highness, let's go, I invite you to go to the Bazhen Pavilion to have a good meal. ”

Yuan Jing said that a vague idea appeared in his head when he said this, but he didn't dare to be sure, so he continued, "And the eldest brother is not like my other brothers, some love to write and play calligraphy and painting, and some love to eat, drink and have fun. He has no other use than raising a few concubines on weekdays. ”

The carriage arrived at the back door of the Bazhen Building in a blink of an eye. Yuan Jing helped Ming Ruonan to get out of the car, a set of skillful and tacit understanding, in the eyes of others, this must be a very good relationship, deep feelings between the two, but they only know that they have only known each other for a month.

Tang Yuan stepped forward and knocked on the door, and the uncle who opened the door saw that it was someone who came, and he slammed the door again.

Glutinous rice balls: ......

Lu Beibei was helpless and stepped forward to knock on the door.

"Senior brother, the young master is here."

The senior brother reluctantly opened the door, looked at the soup balls that rushed in like a hungry wolf, helplessly shook the towel around his neck, and shouted weakly: "Young master, please come in." ”

"Tsk...... Give a little face, your unwelcome appearance is too obvious. Ming Ruonan bumped his junior brother's arm.

The junior brother rolled his eyes and was speechless, clearly because his senior sister's force value was too high, so he had to give in.

"Last time, you smashed six hundred taels, and last time you came to the soup balls and nephew, you ate more than one hundred taels, young master, it's not easy for us to make money......"

Yuan Jing put his fist to his mouth and chuckled.

Ming Ruonan turned his head to look at Yuan Jing, who was happy, and really had nowhere to put his face, so he simply raised his arm and pointed to the person behind him: "That, this is His Royal Highness the Prince, he has a treat today, how much money is to find him." ”

Yuan Jing blinked, feeling as if something was wrong......

The junior brother froze in place, blinked his eyes, and immediately showed a sincere smile. This prince looks really talented, he touched his tanned red face, and said in his heart, it is really from the capital, and he looks so white!

"Distinguished guests, please!" As soon as the junior brother shouted, three or four more people poked their heads out.

"Guest?"

"This is the crown prince!"

"What?"

However, after a while, the disciples and family members of the Eight Treasures Pavilion stood in a courtyard.

Ming Ruonan looked at the brothers and sisters speechlessly, feeling very ashamed.

The group of people looked at Yuan Jing intently, as if they were watching a shadow puppet show. She cleared her throat, a little embarrassed: "Don't you have to do business?" ”

"Wang Pang greeted him alone in front of him, and we changed him after we finished reading."

A few people in the back kitchen, the official words are not very good. Although Yuan Jing half-guessed and half-made up, he really felt that he was a little like a monkey at this time......

Sister-in-law Tiger looked at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and was very satisfied: "Not bad, good, white and clean, much better looking than these rough men in our southwest." It's okay, in the future, you will walk sideways in this capital, don't be afraid, let the young master protect you. ”

The tiger took his daughter-in-law away, came to him by himself, pinched the prince's arm, and said, "It's a little meat, it's okay." An'er has a pulse? What's the body like? ”

Ming Ruonan couldn't bear it anymore, coughed heavily, and threatened them with his eyes, and then everyone reluctantly welcomed them into the elegant room in the backyard.

"Your Highness smiled, from the countryside, I haven't seen the world."

The first time Yuan Jing met such an enthusiastic group of people, he had a different feeling in his heart.

"It's good, I like them."

"Don't blame them for being rude. Your Highness, taste the tea we brought from Southwestern County. Ming Ruonan helped Yuan Jing fill the tea, "The wine we brew there is not as fragrant as the one in the capital, but the tea will definitely make you forget it." ”

"Just like our girls from the Southwest!" The soup balls are happy, and a cup of tea is going down. After speaking, I found that Lu Beibei and Linz both smiled and endured hardship, and His Royal Highness the Prince's cheeks were slightly red.

Ming Ruonan pondered these words, and felt that something seemed wrong, but he couldn't think of it for a while, so he simply didn't think about it, and continued to get down to business.

"What kind of hobby does this King Kang have?"

"As far as I know, no." Yuan Jing tasted the tea, his teeth and cheeks were slightly mellow, and the aroma was sharp and long-lasting, "Actually, the eldest brother is also a hard-working person." He guarded the northern border alone for four years, where is the silver city a good place, it is harassed by the Beili people all day long, the sun is poisonous in summer, and the wind and snow are heavy in winter, ordinary people are crying bitter, not to mention him, the prince. ”

"Then why didn't the emperor send someone else?"

"Yincheng, a military powerhouse, if you don't have someone you can trust completely, how dare you send it?" Yuan Jing sighed helplessly, "The father sent the second emperor brother to the east, and a few of us have not reached the crown, except for the eldest emperor, the father has no one to send." Later, my fourth sister married Beili, and this deadlock was broken. ”

When Yuan Jing said this, his eyes were a little dim, and he seemed to have a lot of complaints about Princess Fushou marrying Beili.

"The eldest brother resigned from his post as the general of the border and returned to Beijing to lead the forbidden army, but the forbidden army ...... After all, Jin Wuwei is a head shorter. Therefore, the status of a dignified son, in the court, is not as good as a monsoon forest with no background. ”

Ming Ruonan frowned and said: "The sky will descend on the Si people, and they must first suffer their minds?" ”

"Probably so. But since he came back from Yincheng, he seems to have changed people. The original eldest brother was diligent and down-to-earth, and now ...... Hey, Nan'er also saw it. ”

Ming Ruonan couldn't help but feel a little regretful: "Four years of suffering is enough to change a person from head to toe." If this is the case, King Kang has suffered a lot over the years...... Border...... Border! ”

Ming Ruonan patted her head, and the picture in her mind gradually took shape, she finally remembered where she had read some serious books, and finally remembered the topography of this sheep village, in which book she had seen it!

She looked at Yuan Jing, and her heart sank instantly. Although her mind was clear, Ming Ruonan's heart was even more turbulent, she frowned slightly, looked at Yuan Jing, and said in a low tone: "Your Highness, I think I should know why King Kang is short of money." ”