[The seventy-first year of the Great Qiankang Yuan, the fourth day of the fourth month of April, the time of the future, the Zichen Hall of the Daming Palace]

The emperor is in high spirits today, and it is rare to read the folds in the Zichen Hall early in the morning, and from the time of the hour to the time of the day, he has met with several envoys who have entered Beijing to report on their work, but at this moment, he heard what Gao Liangshi said, but shook his head and said:

"He loves to stay in prison, and let him stay!"

Gao Liangshi peeked at Li Chongsheng's expression, and saw a pleasant smile on the emperor's face, he knew that Li Chongsheng had not only forgiven Xu Ke for his recklessness that day, but also had a trace of love for Xu Ke in his eyes. However, the emperor was still unwilling to exonerate Xu Ke at the moment, Gao Liangshi couldn't help but be a little puzzled in his heart, but he just shook his head secretly, and at the moment, he didn't dare to say much about Xu Ke.

Li Chongsheng reviewed the folds for a while, and suddenly asked again:

"You say, today's funeral of King Han was extremely beautiful?"

"Back to Your Majesty! His Royal Highness the King of Jin personally presided over the funeral of King Han, not only the funeral ceremonial guard was extremely grand, but also the funeral utensils were countless, and the carriages and horses traveled, and there were miles long before and after! This pomp, don't say that King Han is just a prince of three beads, even if it is the crown prince, it is nothing more than that......"

Li Chongsheng glanced at Gao Liangshi, his eyes showed a slight dissatisfaction, Gao Liangshi hurriedly lowered his head, and said in fear: "The old slave lost his words!"

Li Chongsheng immediately asked: "According to your estimates, how much will he spend on this funeral?"

Gao Liangshi hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, according to the reports of the people below, His Royal Highness King Jin organized a funeral for King Han this time, and the total cost was at least 30,000 taels of silver. ”

"Thirty thousand taels?" Li Chongsheng couldn't help but be a little puzzled:

"I only allocated 10,000 taels to the priest from the inner treasury, and the treasury silver applied for by the Ministry of Rites is only 5,000 taels of silver, where did he get 30,000 taels of silver?!"

Gao Liangshi immediately said: "It must be His Royal Highness the King of Jin who took another 15,000 taels from his own pocket and filled it." ”

Li Chongsheng shook his head and sighed:

"Ahem......! Three days ago, the court had also ordered, 'King Han's funeral, everything should be simple!' He actually spent a full 30,000 taels of silver! Isn't it a bit too much for Xi'er to do this? Now that it is still a year of great calamity, and there is no surplus in the treasury, what will the common people say when they see it?!"

Gao Liangshi bowed slightly to the emperor, but said:

"Your Majesty, you can't say that, everyone in the court knows that Your Majesty has always loved King Han. His Royal Highness the King of Jin took out the silver from his own house and held a grand funeral for the Lord Han, which is not only the whole of His Majesty's love for the King of Han, but also the benevolence of His Royal Highness the King of Jin to his brother.

"Reasonable, reasonable!" Li Chongsheng heard this, and couldn't help but brush his long beard, and there was already a pleasant smile on his face:

"Gao Liangshi, you are good, everywhere is your good words, you must not offend people anywhere!"

Gao Liang shook his head to the ground: "Your Majesty, what the old slave said is from the bottom of his heart!"

"Hmm......" Li Chongsheng stroked his snow-white long beard with his right hand, thought for a moment, and then ordered:

"Spread the decree, allocate another 20,000 taels of silver from my internal funds, 15,000 taels and send them to the Jin Palace, and the remaining 5,000 taels will be sent to the Han Palace!"

"The old slave commands!"

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And almost at the same time, in the Yunqi Inn in Changle Fang, in an upper room upstairs, Mingyue and Jiaojiao were already hugging each other tightly.

Originally, Mingyue stayed in her room, bored, leaning on the edge of the bed in a daze.

Since she was sent to this inn by Xu Ke on the first day of April, she has been staying in her room and barely leaving the house.

Sure enough, as Xu Ke said, the shopkeeper of this store is not only kind, but also very thoughtful in hospitality, the shopkeeper saw that Mingyue didn't like to go out, so he didn't need her to tell him, so he asked Xiao Er to bring three meals a day into the room.

The upper room she lived in was very spacious and fully furnished, and she stayed in the room all day long, but there was no inconvenience.

The window of the guest room is facing the street of Changle Fang, and if she is bored in the room, she will lie in front of the window and look at the street scene.

Every day, she goes to bed early and wakes up early, but when she gets up, she has nothing to do.

For Mingyue, since she can remember, she has never been as free as she is today, and she has never been as free as today, she is both happy with this freedom and empty at this leisure.

It turns out that after leaving Cuiyun Tower, this is the kind of life!

In the past ten years, she has lived in Cuiyun Building, and she has never known what the outside world is. At this time, she didn't dare to go out at will, and she would break into the outside world at will.

Several times, she wanted to leave the Yunqi Inn, she really wanted to find someone, she really wanted to tell that person, Mingyue had nothing else to ask for, she just wanted to follow the adult's side, and she was only a slave of the adult in this life......

However, in the vast sea of people, where is that person now? She can't openly break into the Tsing Yi guard to find him, right?

She thought about it, or forget it, she is the former top brand of Cuiyun Building, this reputation is really not good, if it stains the reputation of that adult, then she is really dead!

So, she lived in the Yunqi Inn, just waiting for Jiaojiao to come and pick her up.

Fortunately, Xu Ke gave a lot of silver taels before leaving, which was enough to cope with the food and accommodation expenses in the past few days.

The sky pays off, today is not the time, and the bright moon is finally waiting for Jiaojiao!

When Mingyue heard the shopkeeper say through the door in the room, Miss, someone is looking for you outside the door! She was overjoyed, and said that Xu Ke finally came to see her again.

At this time, without waiting for Mingyue to agree, the door had already been pushed open, and it was Jiaojiao who strode in.

"Sister Mingyue!" Jiaojiao shouted happily.

"Jiaojiao sister!" Although Mingyue was slightly surprised, she was also infinitely happy.

The two immediately hugged each other tightly, and both of them couldn't help but shed tears in their eyes, which were tears of joy, and the shopkeeper outside the door saw this, thinking that it was a pair of sisters reuniting after a long absence, so he gently closed the door and retreated.

Jiaojiao carefully looked at Mingyue's whole body, and saw that Mingyue was only slightly thin, and the rest was unharmed, she was very relieved:

"Great! Sister, it's great that you're safe! God blesses you!"

"This is not God's blessing...... Mingyue and Jiaojiao have not seen each other for a few days, she saw that Jiaojiao was finally able to come over to see her today, and her heart was overjoyed, but she did not agree with what Jiaojiao said, she smiled and said: Everyone reads

"My sister was able to avoid the death of 'Ling Chi', thanks to an adult!"

"I know, it was 'Xu Qianhu' who saved my sister, right?"

"My sister already knows?"

"Well, I know it all!"

"How does my sister know? By the way, where has my sister been these days? Also, what happened on the night ......of March 26?

Jiaojiao hurriedly put her hand in front of her lips and made a silent gesture, she whispered: "Sister, let's not talk first, Jiaojiao is here to pick up my sister!"

"Where are you going?"

"Go to Xiao Guo! What...... Sister doesn't want to go?"

Jiaojiao saw Mingyue looking out the window on the street, her expression seemed to be nostalgic, and she was very curious, so she asked.

"No!" Mingyue hurriedly waved her hand and said, "Okay! Sister will go to Xiao Country with you!"

"However, Sister Mingyue, at the moment, my second brother's affairs are not finished, and we can't go to Xiao Guo yet. My sister is here to pick up my sister and go to the south of the city first. My sister is at the foot of Jinding Mountain in the south of the city, and there is a hidden place, although it is darker, it is comfortable to live in. When my second brother's affairs are over, let's leave for Xiao Country immediately!"

"Okay, sister, listen to you!"

Mingyue listened to Jiaojiao's mouth and kept saying, Jiaojiao also has a "second brother", Mingyue wanted to ask who that "second brother" was?

The two of them had made up their minds, and Mingyue quickly packed up, she didn't have any extra clothes, just a scattered silver tael given by Xu Ke.

Mingyue followed Jiaojiao downstairs, and the two settled the house with the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper saw that Mingyue had only lived for three days and left, so he couldn't help but ask:

"This young lady, aren't you waiting for that official?"

When Mingyue heard what the shopkeeper said, she couldn't help but lower her head, and secretly hurt herself:

"That official, he's very busy! Even if I wait a year, he won't come......"

The shopkeeper saw Mingyue's sad look, and he couldn't bear it, so he comforted:

"No, I see that official, he is very concerned about the young lady, maybe he will come to you in a few days?"

"Then the shopkeeper will tell me that I have gone to the north with my sister, so that he doesn't have to worry about it. ”

"Okay! I remember!"

......

The two left the Yunqi Inn, went out of Changle Fang, and went straight to the south of the city.

Along the way, Jiaojiao was still thinking about Mingyue's sad state when she mentioned "that official", she couldn't help but be suspicious in her heart, suddenly stopped, and asked Mingyue:

"Sister Mingyue, aren't you, you also like that 'Xu Qianhu'?"

"This ......" Mingyue's face turned red, and she was immediately speechless.

is also a daughter, Jiaojiao saw Mingyue's shy face, and immediately guessed Mingyue's thoughts, she immediately asked:

"Sister really likes that Xu Wuxi?"

Mingyue sighed at the sky and said abruptly:

"Ahem...... If my sister can be a maid in front of Lord Xu in this life, serving him day and night, and cleaning up at dawn and dusk, my sister will be satisfied!"

"Why! A fairy-like character like my sister can only be a maid for Xu Wuxi?......! Sister, I'm the first to say yes!"

Mao Jiaojiao heard Mingyue confess her heart, indicating that Yue was willing to be a personal maid of Xu Wuxian in this life, she didn't know why, a wave of jealousy suddenly appeared in her heart, and she didn't know if she was jealous of Xu Ke or Mingyue, she immediately spoke out against it!

Mingyue smiled bitterly again and again:

"What kind of fairy-like character? How can a fairy be forced into Cuiyun Tower? and almost be cut in public!"

She sighed again and said:

"Sister, you don't have to agree, even if I want to be the girl of the Xu Mansion, Lord Xu may not be willing! He is now a high-ranking lord of a thousand households, and he has as many servants in the Xu Mansion as he wants, why do I need to be such a woman who has stayed in the Qinglou? I don't have to ruin his reputation!"

Mingyue remembered that when she was in the law field, she had whispered to Xu Ke and pleaded, but she was still ruthlessly rejected by Xu Ke, and she couldn't help but feel sad again, and her heart was extremely bitter.

"What! Although my sister has stayed in the Qinglou, but in my Jiaojiao's eyes, my sister is still ice clear and jade, and there is no other in the world!" Jiaojiao saw Mingyue's miserable face, and she felt a little blame for Xu Ke in her heart. She said in her heart, a stunning woman like Sister Mingyue has also taken a fancy to you! But you don't even want to let her enter the door to be a maid, it seems that you are really a person who doesn't understand the amorous feelings!

Jiaojiao then comforted:

"Sister, don't be sad, right now, your 'Lord Xu' is no longer a high-ranking Qianhu!"

"What's ......" Mingyue raised her head, looked at Jiaojiao, and said eagerly: "Did something happen to him?"

"He's already in the edict at this moment, and he's become a 'prisoner'......"

"Huh?!"

Jiaojiao ignored Mingyue's shocked expression, and comforted Mingyue:

"If my sister really likes him, it's better to wait for him to be robbed of his official position by the emperor and driven out of Tsing Yiwei, and then it's not too late to go to him. By that time, he had become a plain-headed commoner, and if his sister wanted to follow, would he ...... Can you still be unwilling?!"

If you take a closer look, naturally no one will object to Jiaojiao. When a person is high, his eyes are above the top, even if you are born beautiful, maybe he will dislike your Qinglou background, however, if this person falls from the top of the mountain into the abyss, he has become nothing, if you throw yourself into the arms again, he is too late to be moved, how can he refuse?

Yes, after Jiaojiao finished speaking, she also felt quite reasonable. She said in her heart, if this is the case, and Jade becomes the two of you, is it good or bad?