Facing the enthusiasm of the nobles present and the eyes of the new monarch asking for help, Qianxue thought for a while and gave the answer: "As the saying goes, it's better to come early than to come sooner, and the Duke of Dingguo proposed marriage first, and His Majesty has agreed unconditionally."

You don't have any jokes, if you agree, you agree. Your Majesty may also grant other requests for marriage.

But after all, there are so many people, and they agreed without conditions, even if His Majesty is willing, he can't explain it to the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty. ”

As soon as the nobles heard this, they knew that there was a play, and they hurriedly asked the princess what conditions they had.

Qianxue smiled: "There is a ready-made army of Warat outside the city, let's talk about the Tartar head." 3,000 heads for a princess or a concubine, the real price is clear, and the child is not bullied. What do you think? ”

Zhu Qiyu was happy as soon as he heard this, this girl was disgusted that the fight outside the city was not lively enough, and the generals and nobles felt that they had not fought enough, and now you are still running to add fuel to the fire, according to this way of playing, more than half of the 200,000 troops will be pulled out tomorrow to attack and kill.

However, no matter how Zhu Qiyu slandered, he couldn't stand the nobles from saying yes. Chengshan Marquis Wang Tong has already cut out most of the princess, and another thousand eight hundred tartars will be enough to make up the head, of course, he strongly agrees with the idea of Qianxue.

Shi Heng felt that there were only 3,000 heads, which was not a problem at all, and he also echoed his words at the moment.

It doesn't matter if the Marquis of Xining and the Marquis of Zhenyuan can't cut down 3,000 people, they can still talk to Xinjun in private. Especially Song Jie, the Marquis of Xining, is as stable as Mount Tai in his heart: he is the grandson of Emperor Taizong and the cousin of the current emperor, and there is no problem at all to talk about his feelings with the emperor in private.

So both sides got their hearts up and drank happily.

After a while, it was completely dark, and other powerful and wealthy people in the capital began to rush to the Tianlou for a banquet.

Gongshun Hou Wu Jin came especially early, it is said that his father and uncle died in Tumu Fort, and he should be filial piety at home. But the Wu family is a Mongol who returned to the Ming Dynasty, and they don't pay much attention to these.

As soon as Wu Jin's carriage entered the Xicheng area, he saw that there were no people on the street at all, only teams of soldiers patrolling back and forth.

Wu Jin asked the housekeeper curiously, "What's wrong?" Xicheng, which has always been lively, why can't you see anyone at all except for the soldiers? ”

The housekeeper replied: "Master Hou, it seems that this is martial law." ”

Wu Jin was anxious when he heard this: "Then how can I do it, I finally caught up with such a grand event as fundraising, and I have to buy a few prostitutes to raise them back." ”

The housekeeper replied with a smile: "Didn't Master Hou read what the invitation said, you can't force it to buy it with money alone, and you have to be willing to be beautiful, and the two sides can be happy." ”

"Then I'm going to force it to buy? A merchant in Tianlou, do you dare to offend my cousin? My father and uncle died on the battlefield for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, even if they go to the emperor, they have to give me three points of face. ”

The housekeeper smiled and said: "Master Hou, I advise you a little, there has been no major incident recently, but if you look at this quiet street, is it possible that the owner of the Heavenly Tower arranged this martial law?" ”

"Not really, right? A merchant has so much energy? ”

"Master Hou doesn't believe it, you can find a government steward and ask you later."

When Wu Jin heard this, he kept silent, waiting for a while to slap the butler in the face.

After a short time, the carriage came to the outside of Mingyufang. There were more soldiers here, and the whole street was full, and there were also checkpoints to check the visitors, and only according to the invitation, the invited people were allowed to enter.

Wu Jin felt quite strange, so he got out of the carriage and came to investigate in person.

When he came to the sentry post, Wu Jin was just about to put on the shelf, when he saw Zhou Shouzheng standing there with a smile.

Wu Jin couldn't get up immediately, how could it be a cold day, Queen Zhou's younger brother and the prince's uncle actually stood guard here.

When Zhou Shou saw Wu Jin, he walked over unhurriedly. Wu Jin hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "Uncle Guo, why is your old man standing here in person?" Is there something big going on in the capital? ”

Zhou Shou shook his head helplessly, he was only sixteen years old, how could he become an old man. Fortunately, in terms of status, his identity is enough, and Zhou Shou is not pretending to be polite, but just replied with a smile:

"There's no way, Gongshun Hou, as the commander of the Xicheng Soldiers and Horses, it is my duty to maintain the law and order of Xicheng.

In addition, my sister personally ordered me to put Xicheng under martial law and supervise Mingyufang to ensure that today's fundraising dinner will go smoothly without interference. ”

Wu Jin couldn't help but be very curious when he saw that his housekeeper was in his words: "Uncle Guo, who is the owner behind this Tianlou, how can he be so hand-eyed, he can really impose martial law on the entire Xicheng, and even Uncle Guo has instructed him." ”

Zhou Shou shook his head and smiled: "Master Hou, don't ask, anyway, if we add it together, we can't break a finger of others." So don't think about it so much, Hou Ye just spend money to enjoy it.

No matter how many people have hands and eyes, they are now opening the door to do business, as long as you have money, you are the uncle in the sky.

Today there are not only all kinds of beauties in the building, but also hundreds of treasures to be auctioned, you go in first, drink a few glasses of wine, and let the girls sing you a little song. In another hour, everyone arrived, and the dinner officially began. ”

When Wu Jin heard this, it made sense, he was here to be an uncle tonight, so why should he bother himself. Don't care if someone has a background that goes through the sky, as long as you open the door to do business, you have to treat yourself as an uncle.

So Wu Jin and Zhou Shouhan had a few more words, and then came to the heavenly tower. At this time, hundreds of famous names and hundreds of treasures have been gathered upstairs, and they are placed everywhere for people to see. It's really dazzling and dizzying.

As soon as Wu Jin came in, there were two stunning beauties, serving left and right, accompanying them to drink and entertain the whole process.

An hour later, all the invited dignitaries of the capital arrived, and the dinner officially began.

As soon as the beautiful woman who presided over this dinner party entered, it immediately aroused the cheers of the audience.

The beautiful woman in front of her, known to many people present, is Li Xi'er, a famous prostitute from Jiangnan who is now in the limelight.

Li Xi'er didn't say much, and smiled faintly at everyone in the audience: "Let you wait for a long time, and now the fundraising dinner has officially begun."

The slave family will tell you the rules: if you are willing to donate directly, you can raise a sign and shout. However, we recommend using an auction.

In order to respond to the call of the imperial court and make a modest contribution to the redemption of the emperor, the owner of the heavenly tower decided to destroy the family and auction all the treasures in the collection.

And take out 30% of the auction proceeds and donate them to the Queen Mother free of charge to pay a ransom to Warat.

When the nobles shout the price, please use silver uniformly, and when the actual delivery is made, you can also use the equivalent gold.

And for every 10,000 taels sold, the owner allowed one of the sisters present to regain her free body. In the past three nights, if you can auction 1 million taels, not only can the ransom be enough, but even the sisters present can also get free. ”

(End of chapter)