Duan Jie's body stood up straighter, looked at the young man sitting opposite, and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Mei Ruoxue, the eldest lady of the Mei family in Jinling." ”

Murong Yan, the ninth prince, is seventeen years old this year, and his appearance is quite delicate, and he is seven points similar to his mother Concubine Lin Shufei, who is more beautiful than powerful enough, and lacks a bit of masculinity.

Murong Yan blinked, he seemed to have heard this name somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while, so he asked, "What does the Jinling Mei family do?" What kind of person is this Mei Ruoxue? ”

Duan Jie said with a smile: "The Jinling Mei family is the richest man in Jiangnan, and there are more than 100 shops in Jiangnan, operating money houses, restaurants, jewelry and jade, silk cloth, tea and spices.

The prince has played checkers and building blocks, right?

That's what their family made.

The villain has met Mei Ruoxue, the eldest lady of the Mei family, a few times, this girl is smart and clever, and her beauty is not inferior to ordinary people. She is good at business, and is now the head of the Mei family, controlling millions of Mei family's furniture. ”

Murong Yan, the ninth prince, remembered that he was quite interested in checkers at that time, so he asked people to check who came up with checkers, and after checking and checking, they found that it was the handwriting of someone in the Mei family's house, but I don't know what kind of person came up with it.

Duan Jie also told Murong Yan about how they set up a bet with Ruoxue, how Ruoxue spent a lot of silver taels to buy silk that was too prosperous this year, and how he burned hundreds of thousands of taels of silk in the canal, so that he won the bet.

The more Murong Yan listened, the more frightened he became, and his curiosity about Ruoxue became higher and higher, he didn't expect a little woman to have such a mind, and she actually won the bet unknowingly.

has such courage, and burned hundreds of thousands of taels of silk with one fire, such a woman is really rare.

Murong Yan took another sip of tea and said, "That checkers did she come up with?" ”

Duan Jie was stunned for a moment, he knew that checkers were not something Ruoxue came up with, but he couldn't say that! Saying this, Miss Mei's cleverness is about to be discounted, "Eighty percent may be Miss Mei's handiwork." He said.

Murong Yan nodded slightly, this was the result he wanted, he put down the teacup and stared at Duan Jie for a while before saying, "How did you come up with the idea of recommending a side concubine to this king?" This king doesn't seem to have anything to do with you, right?! ”

Duan Jie had thought of the words before he came, and at this time he said it very fluently, "The villain has long heard that the prince is an elegant and demure person, and the villain has the heart to worship early, but he can't find a reason to come to the palace for a while, isn't this the prince going to get married!" The villain thinks that the eldest lady of the Mei family is very good, and being a side concubine for the prince is also considered a high marriage, so he has the courage to come to see you and recommend it to you, which can be regarded as a little bit of the villain's heart!

Moreover, the villain thinks that the Mei family is rich in wealth, which is of great benefit to the prince,...... he said.

"Is that so?"

Murong Yan looked at Duan Jie meaningfully, and the unfinished words behind him made his heart jump slightly, and said, "Why don't you go to the Seventh Prince?" He's more valuable than I am. ”

"There are a lot of people in the Seventh Prince's place who want to break their heads and want to tie up, and most of them are officials and eunuchs, I went to a small businessman, I'm afraid I can't get into his eyes,......" Duan Jie said.

Murong Yan smiled, businessmen are used to taking advantage of opportunistic tricks, this Duan Jie is also good at this, he actually takes people to sell it to him, and wants to get some benefits from him, he is really good at doing business!

However, Murong Yan listened to what Duan Jie said, he knew the importance of money to him, and with money, he would have the courage to fight for the position of crown prince.

As for Mei Ruoxue? What can be done if she is given a side concubine, after all, it depends on whether he is willing to give her that honor.

He asked Duan Jie to move a stool to sit down, served him a cup of tea, asked him about the Mei family he knew, and gossiped for a while, and then let Duan Jie go back.

Murong Yan, the ninth prince, asked people to carefully write a fold of affection, the content of which was roughly that he admired the intelligence of Mei Ruoxue, the eldest lady of the Mei family in Jinling, and wanted to hire her as a side concubine, and asked Emperor Murong Jing to agree to his request.

The next day, Murong Yan went to the palace with his excerpt, first went to his mother Concubine Lin Shufei's Qing'an Palace to sit for a long time, and talked to Concubine Lin Shufei for a long time, and by the way, he told Concubine Lin Shufei about wanting to marry Ruoxue as a side concubine, and wanted her to help say a few words in front of Murong Jing, so that Murong Jing could quickly settle this matter.

Concubine Lin Shufei is a beautiful woman in her thirties, her appearance is not inferior to that of twenty-eight years old, she is also good at maintaining her skin, and she has cultivated a poetic and book temperament for many years, so she is favored by Emperor Murong.

Concubine Lin Shufei gave birth to two sons and a daughter for Murong Jing, three children, the eldest son is Murong Yan, who is seventeen years old this year, and the second son is called Murong Lan, who is the thirteenth son of Emperor Murong Jing and his youngest son, who is only six years old this year.

The daughter born to Concubine Lin is the eighth princess Murong Jingshu, twelve years old this year, the eldest Yuxue is cute, she is quite like Concubine Lin Shu, almost carved out of a mold, only there is a difference in age and bearing, there is no other place to be the same, and she is also a child who is very favored by Murong Jing.

When Concubine Lin heard that her son was interested in a merchant girl, she was still a woman she had never seen before, and her brows couldn't help frowning, and she was a little disliked.

Murong Yan saw it in his eyes, and hurriedly said: "The Mei family has a lot of money, and with the help of their family, Erchen also has the confidence to compete with several other elder brothers. ”

When Concubine Lin heard him say this, she thought silently in her heart for a while, and said, "Okay, I saw your father help you talk about it, and I don't know what your father thinks!" ”

The eighth princess Murong Jingshu and the thirteenth prince Murong Lan came back from a round of play somewhere, and when they saw Murong Yan busy saluting, they shouted "Imperial Brother" in their mouths, and said, "What did the Imperial Brother and the Mother Concubines say?" ”

"Didn't say anything, where did you come from?" Murong Yan said.

Murong Lan ran to Concubine Lin Shufei's side, leaned on Concubine Lin Shufei with half of her body, and hurriedly said, "We'...... My sister and I watched the fish in Leng Yuexuan in the north of the Imperial Garden, but I didn't expect the concubine Niangniang to go there, and after a few words with her, my sister pulled me back, if she wasn't there, we wouldn't have come back so soon. ”

Concubine Lin Shufei touched Murong Lan's head and said with a smile: "It's right to come back." ”

Murong Jingshu walked to the side and sat down, sighed, and said faintly, "The Seventh Emperor Brother hasn't sat there yet!" Let's live so carefully, so wait for the Seven Emperor Brothers to sit in that position, do we still have a way to live? ”

Murong Yan looked at his sister with a warning gaze, and said sharply: "Don't say this kind of thing in the future, it's not fun if it reaches the ears of my father." ”

"Oh! Got it. ”

Murong Jingshu pursed her lips, turned her head and saw the palace maid bringing tea, so she reached out to take it, and said that she was a little hungry, so she asked the palace maid to bring some hibiscus dumplings to eat.

Murong Yan accompanied Concubine Lin Shufei and her younger siblings to talk for a while before saying goodbye, went to Yongqing Hall to meet Emperor Murong Jing, and presented the prepared fold of presentation to Murong Jing.

Murong Jing went down to the early court, and dealt with some urgent needs to handle the chapter, and only when he wanted to take a break did he hear the eunuch come to Murong Yan to ask to see him, frowning and patiently letting people pass him in.

Murong Jing first asked Murong Yan where he was from, and then asked him what he had done recently, what books he had read, and other polite words, so he wanted to send Murong Yan back.

Murong Jing didn't think that Murong Yan knelt down as he spoke, begged him for a side concubine, and presented him with a copy of the excerpt, Murong Jing looked at the content of the fold, and his brows couldn't help but furrow deeper.

Murong Jing looked at his son whose eyes were full of expectations, and then looked at the excerpt, his son was not a thousand people, he couldn't just marry a woman and enter the door, he needed someone to check it before he could make a decision.

Murong Jing looked at Murong Yan who was kneeling on the ground and said, "I know, you go back first, Rong Zhen think about it." ”

Murong Yan didn't dare to say anything more, and withdrew after kowtowing and thanking him.

Murong Jing watched his son leave, and then handed over the excerpt to an internal servant, asking him to find someone to check the character, family, etc. of this eldest lady of the Mei family, the more detailed the better.

The night was as cool as water, and a crescent moon hung in the northwest sky. The star, which alternates between light and dark, blinks its beautiful eyes, guarding everything on the earth.

Rice Pearl slowly opened her still heavy eyes, forcing herself to wake up quickly, after eating the steamed bun brought by the fat woman last night, when she drank water, she pretended to drink water like the previous two days, in fact, she just took a sip of water, which was considered to moisten her throat.

So she woke up in the middle of the night.