Chapter 30: The Discord Meter
"Childe, your letter."
The housekeeper of the Chen Mansion took an envelope and handed it to Chen Ce in the study.
Chen Ce took the envelope, "Who sent it?" ”
The butler shook his head, "The man handed it to me and left, with a hat and a face that could not be seen clearly. ”
Chen Ce frowned, faintly feeling a little strange, "I know, you go down first." ”
"Yes."
After the housekeeper left, Chen Ce opened the envelope nervously, and when he saw the contents of the letter, his heart tightened.
Without hesitation, Chen Ce immediately got up and went to the location on the letter, Zuiyue Tower.
In the private room of Zuiyue Building, Li Yunji had been waiting for a long time, and his dress today was a little different than usual.
Looks a little more magnanimous.
"Chen Gongzi, look up for a long time." Li Yunji saluted.
Chen Ce glanced at Li Yunji and sat down opposite him, his face solemn.
"What are you looking for me?" Chen Ce said coldly.
Li Yunji smiled lightly, then picked up the wine jug and filled Chen Ce's wine glass, then raised his own wine glass and said, "Chen Gongzi, I asked knowingly!" ”
Seeing Li Yunji toasting to himself, Chen Ce ignored it, turned his head and said, "This son doesn't have to be pretentious, why are you looking for me?" ”
Li Yunji drank all the wine in the cup, put the duck meat in his mouth, and tasted it carefully.
"The plate duck in Shangjing is really good, it tastes delicious, Chen Gongzi doesn't want to taste it?"
Chen Ce was in the mood to eat, the reason why he hurried to see Li Yunji was because of the letter that Li Yunji gave to Chen Ce.
There are only three words on the letter, Drunken Moon Building.
And in the envelope, another folded piece of paper was wrapped in black powder.
There were very few people who knew that Chen Ce had black powder, and Chen Ce was worried that the matter would be revealed, so he came to the appointment.
"If this son has nothing to do, he still has important things to do, so he will leave."
After that, Chen Ce got up and was about to leave.
Regarding Chen Ce's reaction, Li Yunji had already prepared.
Secretly possessing black powder is a head-off business, if there is no bait, Chen Ce will never be easily fooled.
"I took all your batch of black powder, no matter how much others gave, I will pay double."
Li Yunji estimated that Chen Ce's batch of black powder, if it was according to the black market price, would cost hundreds of taels of gold, and if Chen Ce was a businessman, it would be impossible for him not to consider it in the face of Li Yunji's temptation.
If he had other purposes, then he would definitely find a reason to reject Li Yunji.
Chen Ce really stopped, turned around slowly, and showed a trace of evil on his face, which was quite solemn just now.
"This son, I don't know what you're talking about."
After the words are finished, the trend is made again.
"Chen Gongzi thinks that if you don't sell it to me, I won't have any other way?"
Li Yunji's expression was indifferent, and he poured another glass of wine as he spoke, and his confident posture made Chen Ce's heart tremble.
But after thinking about it, the location where he hid the black powder was very secretive, and it was impossible for anyone to find out.
After a little doubt, Chen Ce still walked out the door.
In the Jin Palace, Su Ling and Xu Man were arranging flowers in the front yard.
"Your Royal Highness Princess, why did you invite me to arrange flowers so elegantly today?"
Xu Man was a little puzzled by Su Ling's actions, although Su Ling had a few relationships with him, he was not good enough to have a long talk.
"Sister Xu Man, I heard that you love flower arrangement, and you are very skillful, I don't want to ask you for advice." Su Ling said playfully.
"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be."
Xu Man paused, Su Ling has been playful since he was a child, and he doesn't know anything about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, let alone flower arrangement. Inviting yourself so abruptly today must be deceitful.
"Sister Xu Man, I heard that you have recently had some dealings with a foreigner named Chen Ce in that ministry, is this true?" Su Ling moved to Xu Man's side and said.
Xu Man was a little surprised, his affairs with Chen Ce had not yet been made public, how could outsiders know?
Presumably a few tongue-chewing people leaked the news.
Xu Man stroked his hair a little uncomfortably, and his eyes dodged: "Gong, who did Her Royal Highness the princess listen to?" ”
"It's all hearsay, I'm just curious, how could such a beautiful woman as Sister Xiang deal with a disciple." Su Ling pursed his lips, and his words sounded a little pity.
"Dengzi?" Xu Man was really fooled.
After all, it is the person he likes, whether it is slander or not, Xu Man will take it to heart.
Seeing that the plan had succeeded, Su Ling was overjoyed and almost leaked.
"I heard that Chen Ce is a frequent visitor to the Drunken Moon Tower!" Su Ling looked around, and after making sure that there was no one, he deliberately lowered his voice and said.
Xu Man frowned slightly, although she didn't go out much on weekdays, she still heard about what Drunken Moon Tower was.
"No way, Tserou isn't like that!" Xu Man cut the railway.
Although he said that, Xu Man still had some nostalgia in his heart.
But what puzzled her was that Chen Ce was just a layman, how could Su Ling have seen him?
"How could Her Highness the Princess have seen him?"
Su Ling obviously didn't think of how to answer this question, he was stunned at first, and then immediately became anxious.
"I, I haven't heard that my sister has a close personal relationship with him, so I'm curious about which toad can be worthy of a great beauty like my sister! So, I sent someone to find out..."
Xu Man nodded in disbelief, "I see..."
Su Ling breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but he had been fooled.
"Sister, men are the best at lying, don't be deceived! And that Chen Ce, I know at a glance that he is not a good person! Su Ling pursed his lips, looking indignant.
Xu Man had already been disturbed by Su Ling's words, and he didn't even know that the flowers in his hands had been picked and folded.
Su Ling touched Xu Man's hand, took the Yueji in her hand, and said matter-of-factly: "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it." ”
"See it with your own eyes?" Xu Man had been brainwashed by Su Ling's words.
"That's right, I went to the street today, and I happened to see him enter the Zuiyue Building, those girls, that's called a passion!" Su Ling's tone was a little angry.
After all, it was Her Royal Highness the Princess, and what she said still had weight, and Xu Man's heart was like a mess now.
Su Ling's words worked.
Seeing Xu Man's overwhelmed look, Su Ling seized the opportunity to add another fire.
"At this time, maybe I can still touch him!"
After that, she looked at Xu Man meaningfully.
Unable to withstand Su Ling's agitation, Xu Man immediately decided to go to Zuiyue Tower with Su Ling to find out.
When the two arrived, Chen Ce had just come out of Zuiyue Tower, followed by several girls, led by Mei'er and Yang Xiaoyu.
"Childe~ I'm drinking two cups!"
"Chen Gongzi, why are you in such a hurry today~"
……
Although Chen Ce raised his hand and refused, he still couldn't match the enthusiasm of the girls.
This scene happened to be seen by Xu Man and Su Ling, who rushed over.
"Man'er..."Chen Ce saw Xu Man with an angry face, and was about to explain.
"Smack!"
A resounding slap in the face in an instant!
"Chen Ce, I never thought that you would be this kind of person!"
With that, he left angrily.
Chen Ce aggrievedly covered his face that was slapped red, remembering what Li Yunji said just now.
"It's over..."