A day after the prince's private visit, he just gave Shu Ruo a porridge, and handled it in an orderly manner, and those homeless people listened to him and did not make trouble, and they were all grateful. really made him realize why his second brother admired him.

From the handling of small things, it can be seen that this person must have great talents, and he is still a kind-hearted person who is dedicated to the people. If you can use it for me, share the worries of the court, and become the pillar of the country. So the prince decided that he would meet Shuruo.

The prince was alone and walked into Jingyi Xuan.

"This boy wants to see some calligraphy and paintings?" Lin Zixuan, who was copying the album at the counter, greeted someone when he saw it.

"I'll take a look first."

"Okay, you can call me if you have something." Lin Zixuan secretly looked at the prince in large quantities, and the person in front of him had a familiar extravagance, which should not be simple.

While Lin Zixuan had a large number of princes, the princes were also observing him. This small calligraphy and painting shop is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, such a handsome young man, but he is the shopkeeper of this shop, and it can be inferred from his breath that he should be strong in martial arts. can keep such a person in the calligraphy and painting shop, the owner of Jingyixuan should also be a master who should not be underestimated. Why do you think you have seen this face somewhere? Where?

Suddenly, a painting attracted the prince, and the white expanse covered the scene of Yanjing City after heavy snowfall, and there was a long queue in front of a small shop, waiting for the soup kitchen. This is exactly what Shu Ruo did that day when he looked at the long queue to receive porridge and sighed.

This painting, the superb painting skills are not the most shocking, what is shocking is that seeing this painting makes people empathize, deeply understand the painter, the distress and pity for the poor people, and a touch of helplessness.

"Shopkeeper, who made this painting?"

Lin Zixuan stepped out of the counter, came to the painting, and explained to the prince: "This painting is called soup porridge, which is made by our son. ”

"Can I sell this painting?" Son? This painting has not been precipitated for decades, and I am afraid that this artistic conception cannot be painted.

"I'm sorry, but Childe said that this painting is not for sale. She wanted to commemorate the soup kitchen. ”

"The son in your mouth is the owner of your Jingyixuan at this door?" The prince was shocked.

"Exactly." This person doesn't know his son, and he doesn't look like a foreigner.

"Can you introduce me to the next acquaintance?"

"Wait a minute, sit here for a while. I asked someone to ask Childe to come over. ”

After Lin Zixuan arranged for the prince to sit down, he instructed the sixth son to find Shu Ruo.

"Zixuan, the sixth son said you were looking for me."

A pair of aura with playful eyes met the eyes of the prince, such a handsome young man is the owner of Jingyi Xuan?

"Childe, this childe wants to know you." Lin Zixuan brought Shu Ruo to the crown prince.

Shu Ruo followed Lin Zixuan's gesture and looked at the person in front of him, another handsome guy? is different from Lin Zixuan's Qingjun, more mature and stable, handsome and domineering.

"Hello, I'm Shu Ruo, the boss of Jingyixuan." Calmly, did this ancient produce handsome guys?

"In Xia Leng Hao, I like the painting of soup porridge quite a lot, so Tang suddenly wants to know the person who paints." Young ghost, surprise. Leng Hao thought of today's purpose, and did not intend to hide his identity.

"You like my painting! Thank you for appreciating it, it's not a great work to draw casually. "Leng Hao? Surname Leng? What does it have to do with cold and cold? Could it be that he is a prince again?

"Brother Shu is humble." Humble and polite, easy-going and informal, good. After a few words, the prince became more satisfied with Shu Ruo the more he looked at it.

After that, they had a discussion on painting skills, as well as Leng Hao's admiration for Shu Ruo's porridge strategy.

At this moment, Leng Hao felt that the time was ripe and wanted to explain the meaning of today.

"Shu Ruo, I'm a little cold when I come to this prince, are you ready?" The tenth princess came, looking for Shu Ruo's figure, "Hey, Brother Prince, why are you here?" ”

Prince?

"Prince, please forgive your sins......" Shu Ruo was shocked, although he thought that it might be a prince. Do you have to kneel and salute? Just as he was about to kneel, Leng Hao interrupted.

"Brother Shu, don't be formal, this prince is a private visit this time, and he doesn't want to be too ostentatious. I hope that Brother Shu will treat each other as before. ”

"Brother Prince, why are you here?" Why is the prince here.

My brother came to do business, but you walked out of the palace again? "This little thirteen days ran out of the palace at both ends.

"Brother Prince, you love me the most, you won't tell your father, right? You can't bear to be punished. Brother Prince is the best. "The tenth princess wilted all of a sudden, and worked hard to coquettish the prince.

Shu Ruo watched with a smile on the side, and he couldn't imagine that the usually arrogant tenth princess was so wilting in front of the prince.

"Xiao Shi is not sensible, let Brother Shu make you laugh." Although he said so, he could hear the prince's love for the tenth princess.

"Shu Ruo, he dares!"

"The villain doesn't dare." Shu Ruo said with a smile, "His Royal Highness the Prince, I am used to it, and the tenth princess is a regular customer of Jing Yixuan." ”

"Oh?"

"Brother Prince, Brother Nine and I both learned to paint with Shu Ruo, and we are familiar with each other."

Shu Ruo smiled.

Because he was interrupted by the tenth princess and missed the opportunity, the prince continued to chat. Only then did I know that the painting appreciation party held by Xiao Jiu before, as well as the funny portrait of Xiao Si Xiaojiu who was full of wind and rain in the city, were all from Shu Ruo's hand. It seems that the second brother is right, this prince has not been out of the palace for too long. neglected to observe the people's feelings, and didn't even know much about the things around him.

After the tenth princess was taken by Xi'er to get the album.

"Brother Shu, in fact, I came here today, my father learned of your soup kitchen, and he appreciated you, my father cherished talents, and sent me to invite Brother Shu to enter your career." The prince sincerely stated the purpose of today's visit.

Shu Ruo didn't answer for a while, and the prince waited patiently.

Entry? Be an official? There are no female officials in this Datang! Then I have not committed the sin of his king, and I am not going to fall to the ground again. I know that it will be no good to mess with these princes and princesses. I'll just silently give porridge, and I've saved so many people for your royal family, so you can't let me settle down.

"What kind of officer?"

"The position of Langzhong in the household department, is the fifth grade." This Brother Shu is really informal.

"What is the monthly salary?"

“？”

"I forgot, I'm sorry, I'm asking how much the monthly salary is." Always forget that this is in ancient times.

"Five hundred stone a year."

"Stone? I won't do the math, you wait, I'll find someone to do the math for me. ”

Looking at Shu Ruo, who was in a hurry to find someone, the prince smiled, although this Brother Shu is talented, his temperament is really not stable, and he doesn't know if this is a blessing or a curse for him to enter the ranks.

"I'm sorry to keep you waiting, I've calculated, it's equivalent to almost seventy-five taels of silver a month."

"Almost."

"Prince, in fact, I know that there are already a lot of them." In ancient times or in modern times, it was considered a high salary, 15,000 yuan a month. "But you see, my family is under a lot of pressure, I have more than 30 people to support, and I don't have any real estate, so I have to pay rent every month. Those seventy-five taels of silver can't support my family at all. So I decided, I won't be in the office. ”

The prince didn't expect to listen to Shu Ruo for a long time and wait for such an answer. At the same time, he was amazed at the number of his family.

"Brother Shu, your family depends on you?"

"No, they're just waiting for me to get paid. His Royal Highness the Prince, you see that my temperament is not suitable for being an official, I am a little greedy for money, I am afraid that I will not be able to control myself when I become an official, and when the time comes, I will be beheaded for corruption and bribery, and I will lose too much. As he spoke, he gestured with his hand to his neck.

The prince was amused by Shu Ruo.

"Brother Shu, my father and I really appreciate your talent, so we made an exception to invite you to join the ranks, don't you think about it?"

"His Royal Highness the Prince, who doesn't want to be an official, this Shi Nong businessman, Shi is the first, and the Shang is the last, and I choose to be this copper-smelling businessman, because I have self-knowledge of myself. Only this copper-smelling merchant suits me. ”

"Brother Shu, you're laughing."

"What I said is true, I am not interested in my career, and I never thought that I would attract your appreciation if I made a porridge. I am deeply honored for that. ”

"Brother Shu really doesn't think about it anymore?" The prince still wants to fight for it.

"No, I made a promise to the many villagers who came to receive the porridge today, and as long as I open a shop again in the future, they can give priority to work with ribbons. That's when I gave them this hope, and I didn't want that hope to be extinguished before the soup kitchen was over. And that's what I'm working towards. ”