As soon as Wei Ran returned to the mansion, he returned to the room and prepared to change clothes and go out.

At this time, Xiao Yanran happened to be reading a book in the room, and when she saw that Wei Ran was going to change her clothes now, she couldn't help but glance at her, and then said, "Husband didn't just come back from Taicheng, why do you have to change clothes again." ”

Wei Ran didn't think much about it at this time, and said without looking back: "Change your clothes and go to the flower picking conference." ”

"Flower picking conference?" Xiao Yanran didn't react at first, but then she seemed to understand something, her face sank, and she said coldly: "Husband, do you think our three sisters are too old and want to find us a sister?" ”

Wei Ran turned his head in surprise, his face full of incomprehension.

"Isn't it? The picking meeting is not just a banquet for finding a concubine, but also called the flower picking conference. Xiao Yanran's face was already unkind at the moment, and then she got up and put away all the clothes that her subordinates had prepared for Wei Ran.

Wei Ran hurriedly grabbed Xiao Yanran and said, "Don't mess around, Your Majesty will go with you this time." ”

Hearing that Xiao Ju was also going, Xiao Yanran was even more depressed, and said sullenly: "The imperial brother has every opportunity, and the harem is indeed a little deserted, but there is no need to choose a concubine on this occasion." ”

Wei Ran came to his senses at this moment, and hurriedly said to Xiao Yanran: "Madame is too worried, Your Majesty and I are not going to choose a concubine, first of all, Your Majesty has been obsessed with official business in recent days, take him out to relax, and secondly, to see how extravagant the magnates in Jiankang City are at such a grand event." ”

Xiao Yanran didn't speak immediately after hearing this, first found a decent dress for Wei Ran, and then said: "I used to disguise myself as a man and go to Hengxuan to see it, I was really drunk and gold-obsessed, and the Oiran girl that year was finally won by 300,000 taels of silver, and finally was given to Xiao Liang, the king of Han. ”

Wei Ran stretched out his hand to change his clothes, and said suspiciously: "Who is so wealthy?" A woman is worth 300,000 taels of silver, so wouldn't it be too shabby for Your Majesty and I to bring 200,000 taels of silver today. ”

When Xiao Yanran heard this, her eyes immediately rolled, and she took out the account book from the drawer: "My husband is 12,000 taels this year, and the monthly expenses of our house will be close to 1,000 taels, and there are still social interactions." ”

Wei Ran was shocked when he heard this, but he still said in surprise: "There are not many people in the mansion, why is the cost so big?" ”

Xiao Yanran began to calculate again at this time: "There are not many people in our house, and at present, there are more than 100 people even with the maid and the general, and Sister Yuan Shu also has to give 200 taels of daily expenses every month, Sister Chen also has 100 taels per month, and my mother also has 200 taels a month." ”

Then Xiao Yanran said: "As a princess, I have the worship of the inner mansion every month, so I can't use my husband's money, otherwise my husband's money will be too much for the house." ”

Wei Ran couldn't help blushing at this time, and then secretly took out a silver ticket of 100,000 taels from a cabinet and handed it to Xiao Yanran: "Don't be too shabby with your subordinates, take 100,000 taels to deal with emergencies first." ”

After handing the silver ticket to Xiao Yan, Wei Ran couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "No wonder those children of the poor family, after becoming officials, they have to enclose land to get money, as a first-class prince, I am already several times more than a fifth-grade official, and I am so poor, fortunately, I led the troops to fight, and there are trophies to take." ”

At this time, the subordinate suddenly said: "Master, there is someone waiting for the master outside the door, claiming to be surnamed Wang." ”

"Got it, I'll go right away."

Wei Ran then picked up the Taiping Sword and was about to go out, Xiao Yanran returned the 100,000 taels of silver tickets to Wei Ran at this time, and said to Wei Ran: "Now that the war has just ended, I know what my husband means today, and I will spend it where it should be spent, and I can get it back sooner or later anyway." ”

Wei Ran couldn't help but hold Xiao Yanran's hand at the moment, and said with emotion: "Those who know me, Mrs. is also." ”

Xiao Ju was dressed in a green robe at this time and was sitting on the horse, and Wei Ran did not shy away from it, and immediately got into the carriage.

The two went all the way to the venue of today's flower picking conference, which is located in the Tingyu Pavilion on the shore of Xuanwu Lake.

At this time, the Tingyu Pavilion was already crowded, and the roads were blocked along the way, making it difficult for the carriage to move forward.

Just as he was about to get close to Tingyu Pavilion, Wei Ran suddenly found that there was quite a commotion outside, and the carriage was stagnant, so he opened the curtain and asked, "What's the matter, why is it stagnant?" ”

After some investigation, the subordinates replied: "There are two groups of people in front of them, and they will not give way to each other, so they are blocking the traffic and cannot move. ”

According to Wei Ran's previous temper, he would have gone out to drive people out in person, but today he was on patrol in Weifu, so it was inconvenient to go out in person, so he called someone and said, "Go carefully and see which two families are from." ”

Xiao Ju's carriage is actually quite pompous, not to mention Wei Ran and Xiao Ju now, even if a few more people come, they will not feel crowded, at this moment Xiao Ju slowly made a pot of tea, and said to Wei Ran: "Brother Wei wants to take this opportunity to ban the flower picking conference today?" Or do you have something else in mind? ”

Wei Ran didn't hide it, and said with a smile after taking a sip of tea: "Your Majesty Mingjian, Weichen just wants to loot." ”

Hearing Wei Ran, who said the word looting lightly, Xiao Ju couldn't help but shake his head.

Wei Ran said at this time: "Your Majesty, I heard my wife say that at the flower picking conference a few years ago, the first card was auctioned for 300,000 taels of silver, which is equivalent to the combination of more than a year's worth of five high-ranking members of the imperial court, so Weichen is curious, where did the 300,000 taels of silver go?" Who took the money? If in the past, it was the gate valve family that took the lead, and these silver were divided by them, then who is the leader now, and where will the money go? ”

Hearing Wei Ran's words, Xiao Ju couldn't help but be shocked, the annual tax revenue of the Southern Dynasty was less than 10 million taels, this banquet for people's enjoyment could spend nearly two months of taxes in the imperial court, how could it not be shocking.

Just as Wei Ran was about to continue to speak, he suddenly said: "Lord Wang, I have already found out clearly, but there is friction between the son of Chen Xian, the Duke of Dingguo, and the son of Sun Tong, who is the Hou of Anyi. ”

Wei Ran has been bloodbathing in the Southern Dynasty in recent years, but he has ignored the founding meritorious family, many of them are Xiao Huan's contemporaries, and the old subordinates who followed Xiao Huan to raise troops in Jiangling.

After Xiao Huan founded the country, he slowly relieved these old men of their military power, but gave them enough glory and wealth.

After Xiao Ju succeeded to the throne, he didn't notice these people, but he didn't expect that under Wei Ran's operation, when the family lords and vassal kings were almost wiped out, these founding clans and local new families formed a new political group in the Southern Dynasty.

While Wei Ran and Xiao Ju were analyzing the situation, the riot outside the carriage seemed to have been quelled, and the carriage was able to continue to pass.

Wei Ran was very curious, so he asked, "How was this matter resolved?" ”

"Master, a young man came, and he revealed this matter lightly, and I don't know the specific details."

Wei Ran didn't ask any more, but was secretly curious about who could suppress the sons of the two nobles.

Xiao Ju was interested at this time, and said to Wei Ran: "It seems that the person who organizes this flower picking adult must not be an ordinary person, Chen Bazhen, the son of Dingguo Gong, is also a gentleman, it is estimated that he will not even give Wei Di your face, of course, if you don't give Wei Di your face, it is estimated that he will feel good, but he can let him retreat before he suffers a loss, I think it is definitely not an ordinary person." ”

As soon as these words came out, Wei Ran's curiosity was instantly aroused, and he also wanted to see who this son was.

Soon the two arrived at Tingyu Pavilion, Wei Ran and Xiao Ju also specially covered their faces, and after showing two door stickers, they went to a private seat on the second floor under the guidance of Xiao'er.

In order to better appreciate the beauty of the beauties from all over the world, the private room was also able to face the main stage, Wei Ran and Xiao Ju asked the screen to move to the edge of the fence and temporarily closed the room.

At this time, the main stage was performing a bewitching dance of the Western Regions, and many people were applauding.

Xiao Ju couldn't help but ask, "I noticed before I went upstairs that this dance came from the Western Regions and was introduced from the land of Liangzhou in Northern Qin. ”

Wei Ran also nodded: "Yes, this dance is extremely popular in Chang'an, and I have seen it many times during the Chang'an Gate Valve Banquet before, but I didn't expect to see it in Jiangnan." ”

Wei Ran then asked the screen to open slightly and said to Xiao Ju: "I thought I was ready, although this private room has a lot of shortcomings in watching the main stage, but you can see all the remaining private rooms, which is extremely convenient." ”

Then Wei Ran pointed to the private room directly opposite and said, "This is the private room where Shangshu's right servant shoots Xie Dan. ”

"On the left is the private room of the general of Zhenguo, Yin Zhongkan, and on the right is the private room of Feng Daoran, the commander of the CRRC Mansion."

As Wei Ran informed Xiao Ju of the situation one by one like a few family treasures, Xiao Ju couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "What Brother Wei said is true, most of the names are new upstarts, and many of them are people who have been handpicked by me. ”

Wei Ran nodded at this moment, and said to Xiao Ju: "Your Majesty, so the ministers are quite worried, many ministers are going to become the pillars of the country and the pillars of the court in the future, but now they have also done such a vassal elegance and erosive life, if they are not controlled, how can they compete with the land of Hebei." ”

Seeing Xiao Ju's cold face, Wei Ran said again: "In the past, when Min Shichuan, the son of Min Guan, was a hostage in Chang'an, he had nothing to do all day, so he lingered in the Qinglou Teaching Workshop. I thought that the minister's high-pressure torture could make people restrain themselves, but I didn't expect it to be nothing more than that. ”

At this moment, a beautiful lady entered the stage and said to everyone: "Thank you for coming to our Listening Rain Pavilion today, and it is also our blessing to put the prosperity of this meeting here today." Now that the guests are all gathered, let me start by talking about today's rules. ”

At this time, someone on the second floor coaxed: "Flower lady, what more rules do you need, we all know the rules, let's start directly." ”

Xiao Ju glanced at the man, and then said to Wei Ran: "This is the son of the Duke of Dingguo, Chen Xi, who has no official position, but he is also one of the few gentlemen in Chang'an City. ”

Mei Jiaoniang said in a coquettish voice at this time: "Chen Gongzi, don't worry, there is still a difference between today and the past." In the past, this flower picking conference was a fair and righteous event, and even the first emperor was full of praise. ”

Xiao Ju slapped the table at this time, and said angrily: "When did my father and emperor praise it, but at that time, it was Lu Ke who took the lead, saying that such a grand event could show my great style, and it was inconvenient for my father to refute it, so he never spoke." ”

"But this time is different from the past, today first, first determine the ranking of the Oiran, and then bid from back to front according to the ranking, this rule is inconvenient, second, in the past, when the flower picking conference, it was inevitable that some people would be angry at the official for the beauty, but today it is not."

Before the flower lady finished speaking, someone said: "Flower lady, the flower picking conference is not only a competition for financial resources, but also a major attraction. ”

When the flower lady heard this, she smiled and said: "In the past, you were able to hold the field, but if you fight like in the past, what if you attract the Tianxiong army?" ”

"The Tianxiong Army is very terrifying, we are free, can Wei Ran still be able to impose punishments at will."

Eating melons and eating them on his head was also something Wei Ran never expected.

Wei Ran was embarrassed at the moment, but Xiao Ju couldn't help laughing: "It seems that Brother Wei's murderous name has spread all over the world." ”