Chapter Forty-Eight: A Grain of Ash
King Jin?
Ning Wuxian didn't have much impression of this person, but he had heard his grandfather scold King Jin.
Because this person had proposed to reduce military spending, divert it to expand the number of state and county official positions, and increase the number of places in the imperial examination, so that Daxing would only pay more attention to literature and military affairs.
He has no interest in serving such a person who does not think about danger.
I didn't plan to take sides.
Seeing his disapproving appearance, Ji Jin glanced at his friend who also didn't take King Jin to heart, and was quite helpless: "Among the organizers of the Talent Conference held some time ago, there was King Kang's daughter Jingxian County Lord, and this matter is not trivial. ”
Another King Kang?
The two princes ignored the autumn test and the imminent spring department, so untimely rushed to Jiangnan Road to recruit talents?
There's only one possibility.
Hoarding talents, intended to compete for reserves!
Just as in a war, the soldiers and horses go first before the grain and grass are moved, and the struggle for reserves is an extremely labor-intensive struggle.
No wonder Ye Tongju knew that he had a holiday with the Ye family, and tried to recruit him, which was for the appeal and influence of his poetry in the literary world!
"Thank you Miss Ji for reminding me, I have no intention of participating in the court, and I only went to the Juxian meeting to deliver goods."
He was just an inconspicuous speck of dust, and he didn't want to make much of a storm, and he didn't want to get involved in the battle of the wind and waves.
Ning Wuxian's assurance made Ji Jin breathe a sigh of relief.
The Ji family has always maintained a neutral attitude and is firmly on the side of the present, so she has heard some rumors that she has not yet decided who will be the crown prince.
If Ning Gongzi chooses the wrong person at this time, not only himself, but even the Ning family will probably be destroyed because of this.
Ning Wuxian felt Ji Jin's concern, and he asked softly, "Is Miss Ji going to this rally?" ”
"I ...... If Gongzi Ning goes, I'll go and have a good time. Ji Jin's answer surprised Shen Youchu, who has never commented on the dispute between the crown princes.
She remembered that Zhou An sent the post early, and wanted to ask Jin'er to help participate in the hosting, which was intended to win over the Ji family and at the same time, it also meant to compete with Jingxian's talent conference.
But Jin'er didn't agree, saying that she didn't want to get involved in the dispute, how could she ...... Yikes!
Shen Youchu knocked his little head melon with a powder fist, and suddenly understood: "If you want to go, I will go too!" ”
She is going to escort Ning Gongzi.
If Ye Tong was sentenced to bully Ning Gongzi with official authority, she would let Mei Xiang beat him!
"Okay, let's go and join in the fun." Ning Wuxian held the hot 10,000 taels of silver tickets in his arms, thought of the danger of this rally, and bowed to the two women: "I still have something to do, so I will leave first." ”
"Ning Gongzi, you are busy with you, when the peach blossom perfume can be used, remember to call me to receive it, on the day of the Juxian gathering, I must take it to participate." Shen Youchu is very good.
Through the secret competition between Ning Wuxian and Ye Changlong just now, she knew that Ning Gongzi attached great importance to the perfume business.
Although she wanted Ning Gongzi to make perfume for her alone for the rest of her life, this wish was obviously impossible to come true.
Then he secretly helped him and successfully squeezed the damn Ye's incense shop.
In this way, Ning Gongzi will become the richest man in Jinling, and his parents will definitely be very satisfied with this marriage.
Ning Wuxian actually wanted to make this request to bring the goods, and felt that a real daughter of a famous family like Shen Youchu would not be so ostentatious, seeing her take the initiative to mention it, she naturally understood that Shen Youchu was helping her, and she was grateful.
"I believe that Miss Shen will be the most beautiful woman in the audience at that time."
Rao is Shen Youchu was praised so explicitly, and a blush couldn't help but appear on his face.
And Ji Jinhe had heard such a bold speech, and looked at Ning Wuxian's side face in a daze, if this word hadn't come out of his mouth, she would have thought that the other party was a disciple.
But seeing that Ning Gongzi's eyes were clear and pure, but he didn't mean anything else by complimenting, a sour feeling suddenly surged in her heart: Isn't she a beauty in Ning Gongzi's eyes?
"Hehe, Ning Gongzi, you are busy with you, I will take Jin'er back to cut new clothes, and I will definitely live up to your praise."
Ji Jin didn't notice that he was dragged by Shen Youchu for a while, stumbled under his feet, and exclaimed.
Fortunately, Ning Wuxian quickly took her arm and helped the person up so that she would not fall to the ground.
The powerful arm was as hot as fire, and Ji Jin hurriedly stood up and saluted: "Thank you, Prince Xie Ning." ”
"Miss Ji, we have met several times, you should know that I am easy-going, there is no need to be so restrained, I just like Miss Ji's reminder, just raise my hands."
But I'm not doing it alone.
Ji Jin pursed his lips and said in his heart: I am worried that your life is in danger, so I specially reminded you.
But in front of Youchu, she couldn't open her mouth at all.
"Sincerely, let's go."
Shen Youchu saw that the two of them were arm together, and hurriedly pulled them away, waved his little hand towards Ning Wuxian, and took Ji Jin into the carriage.
Ning Wuxian sent the carriage away, and instructed the one-eyed boy to go to the flower room to get the cheapest flowers to extract two hundred bottles of plant essential oil, and when he came back, he would mix and blend, and after explaining, he would go towards Ning Mansion.
As soon as he arrived at the gate, the little man guarding the door rushed into the door in a hurry to report, and someone specially stepped forward to lead the way for him.
"Fifth son, the old lady and the eldest master are on an errand today, only the second master is in the house, the younger one will take you to see the second master?"
"Okay."
In the past, although the subordinates of Ningfu regarded him as the master under the rule of the two aunts, they did not respect him so much.
Now that he knows that he is a poet, his attitude is much more respectful.
This kind of thing exists everywhere.
As long as you become rich or powerful, you are surrounded by smiling people. Ning Wuxian had already experienced this, so he had to work hard to become a strong man.
It's not that others look up to him, it's just that he doesn't want to live a miserable life.
Walked through the pavilion of the water pavilion and came to the courtyard of the second uncle.
As soon as I entered the courtyard, I saw the second uncle eating peanuts and sipping wine in the gazebo, and he looked drunk, and it seemed that he had been drinking since he got up early.
"Fine, come on!"
Ning Weiguo greeted him with a smile.
"I heard that you have been busy with business for the past few days and have not come out of the house, how can you give up today? I wrote a few more good poems, so let the second uncle listen to them? ”
Ning Wuxian sat opposite Ning Weiguo, and the maidservant next to him poured tea and water very enthusiastically.
He took a sip of tea, and then asked puzzledly: "Didn't the second uncle go on an errand today?" ”
"Don't mention it, recently Ye Tong sentenced him to find fault every day, and yesterday he found a reason, asking me not to go to the government office for the time being, if I don't let me go, I won't go, just staring at your third brother's homework at home."
Ye Tongju co-opted him while suppressing the second uncle?
The teacup that Ning Wuxian picked up hovered in the air, and after thinking for a while, he understood: the Ye family wanted to use both grace and power to force him and the Ning family to submit to the Ye family.
This method is very common in shopping mall cooperation, although low-level, but the effect is good.
Especially when the giver can take all the money and power, the persecuted person has no possibility of breaking free unless he wants to break the net.
Ning Wuxian glanced at Ning Weiguo, who said that he didn't care about his career, but was actually buying drunk and sorrowful, and raised a soul torture question: "Second uncle, if Ye Tongju can promote you, the premise is that you must let him go, are you willing?" ”