The Ministry of Rites did not hide anyone from the fact that he went to General Wensheng's Mansion twice to hire him, and those ministers in the court who were ordinary people guessed the reason when Pei Xuan asked him to ask for his old age.

After all, Pei Xuan is only in his early forties, and he is in the year of fighting.

It was precisely because they guessed the reason that they were shocked, they didn't think that Hua Jingyun would pay attention to him when he changed from the sixth prince to the king of Annan, and in their hearts, even the title of the prince was given by the emperor in the face of the clerk.

Shocked that Wen Mian actually had such an important position in the emperor's heart, he didn't even have his official position because he offended him, and this realization made the rest of the princes' henchmen feel deeply in crisis.

At this time, several princes regretted it even more, especially the second prince Hua Jingsheng.

The second prince's mansion, Hua Jingsheng stood by the window of the study, there was a long one under the window, a small incense burner with cloisonné enamel wafting cigarettes, outside the window was a small peony bush, although the peony flower had fallen from the branches, but because this cluster of peonies was extraordinary, it was to keep the seedlings and wait for the next year.

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps in the study, and a young man wearing a cloth coat and a square scarf walked in and saluted Hua Jingsheng respectfully.

This person was one of Hua Jingsheng's many advisors, named Lu Xing.

"Your Highness, Qin Gong has already taken care of it."

Qin Gong smashed two things in a row, and it was expected that he would be kicked out, Hua Jingsheng turned around, "Lu Xing, according to the current situation, tell me your opinion." ”

Lu Xing got up and arched his hand: "Okay, I think Qin Gong has taken a crooked path." ”

Under Hua Jingsheng's signal, Lu Xing continued to express his thoughts, "One is that the king of Annan was ambushed on the way back to Beijing, even if the king of Annan was not liked by the emperor because of his fate, but in the end he is also the emperor's son, and if his brother is killed, the emperor will inevitably be angry." ”

"Second, King Annan is now the son-in-law of General Wen, General Wen favors his daughter excessively, and for Miss Wen will inevitably support King Annan, the border is unstable, it can be seen from Pei Xuan's accident in the Ministry of Rites that the emperor will rely more on General Wen."

"Three, the emperor's majesty is not satisfied with the status quo of Dongshu, as long as General Wen's father and son are not damaged in battle, even if they make some mistakes, the emperor can turn a blind eye, as long as the mistake is not fatal, he wants to use it to blackmail him."

"Qin Gong is doing his own thing, and now he is an offended General Wen, but it makes His Highness passive."

"With the life of King Annan, the great position has nothing to do with him, so in his humble opinion, as long as His Royal Highness can be brothers, friends and brothers with King Annan, he can get his help to some extent, not to mention General Wen's troops, and the financial resources of King Annan should not be underestimated."

"His Royal Highness is dormant, first to please the emperor, and then win over King Annan, and in the end, it may not be impossible to accumulate thick and thin."

When Hua Jingsheng heard this, he carefully looked at Lu Xing for the first time, and sighed in his heart, Lu Xing has been in the mansion for more than two years, and he is not visible on weekdays, but he didn't expect to analyze the situation so thoroughly.

Thinking about his words and thinking about the two actions earlier, he was extremely annoyed, and he couldn't wait to dismantle Qin Gong into eight pieces.

"From today on, you are the chief strategist of this prince, can you tell me how this prince will win over the sixth brother?"

Lu Xing smiled, "Your Highness, please stay still for the time being, no matter how much you do a small thing, it is not as important as a big thing, it is better to owe a big favor, just wait for now." ”

"Of course, Xing will also keep an eye on the best time for His Highness."

Hua Jingsheng nodded, now it is pleasing to the eye to see how Lu Xing looks, the two said a few more words, and Lu Xing left the study, the corners of his mouth hooked up a smile in a place that people couldn't see...

Wen Mianmian's wedding date is set for the eighth day of August, and there are still two months to go.

The clerk gave the dowry list to Mrs. Wen, and the Ministry of Rites sent eighty-one lifts, and Hua Jingyun added seven lifts to make up eighty-eight lifts, with these eighty-eight dowries, the general's mansion only needs to add thirteen lifts, which means that the dowry of one in a hundred miles will come out, which can be described as quite decent.

Of course, any more is beyond the norm.

Wen Mian gave the emperor five thousand taels and handed them over, so that Mrs. Wen's pressure dropped sharply.

On this day, Wen Mianmian was watching her marriage, to be honest, for her, who used to be a social animal, it was very trance to see so many treasures.

Mrs. Wen took a scroll, which was a picture of Xuemei, and there were several stamps in the lower right corner, which didn't look cheap.

"This is Mr. Holly's Danqing, which is extremely rare, if it is an external shot, let alone a thousand taels."

Wen Mianmian stepped forward to observe carefully, in recent days she had studied with her grandfather, and had seen many of his grandfather's paintings by the way, as a layman, she felt that this painting was not as good as his grandfather's painting.

"That's it, a thousand taels?"

Mrs. Wen nodded, "It is rumored that Mr. Holly used to sell paintings on the street when he was down, and I was fortunate to meet Mr. Yuan Chun, the holy hand of Danqing, Mr. Yuan Chun once praised Mr. Holly's paintings for their excellent craftsmanship and expression, and they slowly became famous." ”

"I heard that the most expensive one was bought for more than three thousand taels."

Wen Mianmian gasped, this is the down-and-out painter who met the support of the great god and soared into the sky.

"Mother, give me this painting to use, and I'll return it later."

Mrs. Wen gave it to her without thinking about it, "Take it." ”

Waiting to finish reading the dowry, Wen Mianmian sent the scroll to Mrs. Wen, "Grandfather, look, that's it, one thousand taels." ”

"Why don't I look as good as you do?"

The old lady was very excited to have the opportunity to see the masterpieces of his peers, or the paintings of famous people, and looked at it carefully for a long time with a disappointed face, "This person is impetuous, superficial, too gorgeous, but lost the charm." ”

Wen Mianmian stepped forward and pretended to look at it, of course, she didn't see anything, turned her head and spoke, "Grandfather, I remember that you have a similar painting, you came to me to see it?" ”

The old lady turned around and entered the house, and after a while, she took out a painting and unfolded it, and now even the layman-like Wen Mianmian had a plan in his heart.

Is this famous, if you want to be famous, her grandfather's painting is not worth 1,200 taels?

The big eyes rolled, how can I help my grandfather gain fame?

If her grandfather is famous and has a lot of money, not to mention the rolling of money, she will become the granddaughter of a certain Danqing Holy Hand, how majestic and cultured.

I couldn't help but laugh out loud when I thought of this.

Looking at his granddaughter with a smirk on her face, the old man couldn't help but interrupt him with a voice, "What are you laughing at?" ”

Wen Mianmian turned her head, "Grandfather, why did you lose the seal?" ”

The old man's face was gloomy, "I don't have a seal." ”

In fact, he had a seal earlier, but his wife forcibly took it away and never returned it.

"Grandfather, what is the name of your previous seal, I will give you a seal, this painting can't be said without a seal."