“Your Highness, chennu actually didn’t do it on function. I didn’t anticipate issues to develop like this.” She blinked, and stared at Chen Wang with limpid eyes: “Don’t be indignant with me, okay?”

her pitiful look, Chen Wang smiled as an alternative of getting indignant: “Inform me what is that this about first.”

“It began on a brilliant, sunny morning…”

Chen Wang reached out and frivolously poked at her hair bun: “Come to the purpose.”

“After I got here to this teahouse to hearken to a narrative, I found that the one being narrated a couple of good-looking prince and an evil prince appeared to have some function behind it. So I didn’t let her proceed.” Pondering of the cash that she needed to spend that day, Jiuzhu felt a uninteresting ache in her coronary heart: “To be able to have this feminine storyteller change her story, I needed to spend two months price my month-to-month allowance, a complete two months!”

“How a lot is your month-to-month allowance?” Her distressed expression made Chen Wang really feel slightly curious.

Jiuzhu stretched out two fingers.

“2 hundred taels?” Chen Wang clicked his tongue, considering that Ming Jingzhou was certainly as sincere as individuals mentioned.

Jiuzhu’s eyes widened: “How may or not it’s a lot? It’s twenty taels.”

Twenty taels was already an enormous sum to her. Throughout her time within the Daoist temple, she and masters couldn’t spend a lot cash even in a complete 12 months.

Twenty taels?

Chen Wang checked out Jiuzhu with pity. What sort of an impoverished life was this little guniang residing?

No marvel she solely paid a small, grain-like piece of silver for the funeral bills of his nice Basic Changsheng. She turned out to be too poor.

“Within the story, the good-looking prince was good in every thing whereas the evil prince was horrible. It’s clear that dangerous individuals intentionally wished to smear His Highness’ popularity.” Jiuzhu whispered in a really low voice: “Your Highness is so good. Why ought to the dangerous individuals be allowed to slander you?”

“Subsequently you spent all of your cash on altering the story?” Chen Wang checked out this younger lady with a bun coiffure. A considerably bizarre feeling arose in his coronary heart, he simply wished to poke her truthful and tender cheeks now.

“Though I do really feel slightly unhappy, so long as nobody speaks sick of Your Highness, it might nonetheless be worthwhile.” After saying this, Jiuzhu lowered her head in guilt: “It’s simply that chennu didn’t anticipate the story to get increasingly more absurd……”

Confronted with such a pitiful countenance, who may have the guts to reproach her?

Was this Ming Xiaozhu’s fault?

It was clearly the fault of these storytellers. Ming Xiaozhu didn’t have any dangerous intentions; she merely wished to guard him.

“It’s only a story, the overbearing prince is the overbearing prince. In any case, Ben Wang’s title and surname weren’t talked about.” Chen Wang raised his eyebrows: “The subsequent time you encounter this sort of a factor, you don’t have to spend cash. Simply take Ben Wang’s title and see who dares to not hearken to you.”

Jiuzhu shook her head: “Your Highness, that’s not a good suggestion. Storytellers narrate for a residing. If I had talked about your title, it might have solely made her solely anxious and stressed day and evening, and she or he can be residing in worry for the remainder of her life.”

Chen Wang stood up: “Let’s go.”

“Go the place?”

“Your residence. I’ll ship you again.”

As soon as the carriage stopped in entrance on the entrance of Assistant Minister Ming’s residence, Jiuzhu bought off the carriage and seemed up at Chen Wang on horseback with a brilliant smile.

“What are you laughing at?”

“I simply thought how great it was to have the ability to meet Your Highness.” Chen Wang may clearly see his reflection in her clear and brilliant eyes.

“Your Highness shouldn’t be solely mild and kindhearted but additionally lenient and beneficiant.” Jiuzhu tilted her head: “Your Highness is definitely a celestial, proper?”

Due to her, so many sloppy tales of the overbearing prince had been presently unfold within the capital, and but, His Highness by no means blamed her. If he wasn’t for an immortal, how may or not it’s so mild?

Chen Wang seemed on the earnest lady and the guidelines of his ears immediately turned purple.

Do the ladies who grew up in Lingzhou all have such a glib tongue?

Ben Wang is tall and durable like a warrior, what do I’ve to do with gentleness and kindness…

“What does the little guniang even know.” He rubbed his considerably scorching ears: “You must return early, in order to not fear you esteemed father and mom.”

“En.” Jiuzhu nodded and circled, intending to depart.

“Wait.” Chen Wang fished out a stack of banknotes and held it out towards Jiuzhu: “Take this earlier than you go.”

Jiuzhu checked out him in confusion: “Your Highness?

“If you wish to hearken to any tales later, use these to make the storyteller change it nonetheless you need.” Stuffing the banknotes into Jiuzhu’s arms, Chen Wang seemed up on the sky awkwardly: “Take this and spend as you want, Ben Wang has cash.”

Isn’t it simply an absurd story of an overbearing prince? Since this little guniang likes that, Ben Wang will let her pay attention.

As a giant, grown man, he didn’t should trouble a couple of easy and silly younger lady.

Jiuzhu sucked in a breath of chilly air when she noticed the denomination on high of the banknotes.

5 hundred taels?!

She had by no means seen such a big denomination on a banknote!

“Your Highness.” Jiuzhu rapidly put the cash again into Chen Wang’s arms: “That is an excessive amount of. I will be unable to sleep if I’ve it on myself.”

If by any probability, she misplaced it or anyone stole it, she would possibly probably cry for 3 days and three nights straight.

“Sigh.” Helpless, Chen Wang bought off his horse, rummaged by his garments and located a banknote of twenty taels. Together with a couple of small items of silver, he handed it to Jiuzhu: “It’s essential to settle for this cash.”

Seeing that Jiuzhu nonetheless wished to refuse, he mentioned with a critical expression: “When you don’t settle for it once more, I can be indignant.”

“Your Highness?” From a distance, Ming Jingzhou noticed a carriage halt earlier than his home. When walked over, he found that it was none aside from his personal daughter with Chen Wang.

He took a more in-depth have a look at what Chen Wang wished to provide to his daughter. It was truly a banknote price twenty taels and some items of silver that added as much as lower than 4 or 5 taels.

He checked out Chen Wang with a delicate gaze; his temper was extraordinarily difficult.

The Emperor doted on Chen Wang a lot that he would additionally ship rewards to his residence every so often. It may even be mentioned that Chen Wang was virtually the richest amongst all of the princes.

He didn’t anticipate such a rich prince to be so stingy with women.

Chen Wang, who observed the look in Ming Jingzhou’s eyes when he checked out him: “……”

For the primary time in his twenty-one years of life, he was suspected of being a miser. And the one who did that was the daddy of his future Wangfei.

“Father.” Jiuzhu was very pleased to see Ming Jingzhou: “Are you accomplished working?”

“En.” Ming Jingzhou bowed to Chen Wang: “Weichen apologizes for this poor welcome, Your Highness. Please are available and have a cup of tea.”

“No want for that.” With a straight face, Chen Wang shoved the banknote and the items of silver into Jiuzhu’s arms: “Ben Wang nonetheless has some issues to take care of within the Palace, so I received’t trouble Lord Ming.”

“Farewell, Your Highness.” Ming Jingzhou smiled politely.

“Your Highness, wait a minute.” Jiuzhu was afraid that refusing the cash would really make Chen Wang indignant, so she accepted it. She took out the yupei from her pouch: “Your yupei…”

“Preserve it, it’s a gift for you.” Chen Wang bought on his horse and advised Jiuzhu: “This yupei has been blessed by a monk. You possibly can dangle it anyplace you need.”

With this yupei, Ming Jingzhou ought to now not proceed doubting that he was stingy with girls, proper?

After watching Chen Wang go away with the guards in tow, Jiuzhu turned to see her father smiling within the route of the previous’s departure: “Father?” 

“It’s nothing. Comply with your Father inside.” Beaming whereas wanting on the yupei in Jiuzhu’s hand, Ming Jingzhou put his arms behind him and entered the residence in a lightweight temper.

Taiyang Palace.

As quickly as Emperor Longfeng put down his vermilion ink brush, Liu Zhongbao walked in.

“Your Majesty, His Highness Chen Wang is looking for an viewers.”

“Let him are available.” Wanting exterior, Emperor Longfeng bought up and walked a couple of steps.

“Erchen greets Father Emperor.” Getting into the palace corridor, Chen Wang cupped his arms and bowed deeply.

To greet so respectfully, he should have accomplished one thing. Emperor Longfeng requested, “Whom did you provoke?”

Did he make an official faint from anger or did he have some dispute with a common?

[T/N: Both the Emperor and Su Guifei are very much aware of their son’s unique capabilities!]

“Father Emperor, erchen has been studying issues on the Ministry of Rites on a regular basis lately. How may erchen provoke somebody?” Chen Wang mentioned confidently, “Erchen simply despatched Ming household’s guniang again to her residence and felt one thing. So, erchen wished to come back and say one thing to Father Emperor.”

“Oh?” Emperor Longfeng raised his eyebrows.

“Assistant Minister Ming is unsoiled by corrupt practices and wholeheartedly serves the individuals of this land. He’s additionally very frugal about his meals and clothes bills.” Chen Wang’s expression was filled with admiration: “Erchen actually admires his methods.”

Emperor Longfeng patiently waited for the next phrases.

“It’s simply that the Ming household’s younger woman is a fragile and tender little guniang. She normally spends cash to purchase rouge, hairpins, rings, jewellery, and so on, so it’s not correct for her to be so embarrassingly in need of cash.” Chen Wang checked out Emperor Longfeng: “In any case, she can also be the long run daughter-in-law handpicked by Father Emperor. If she doesn’t have a couple of taels of silver to spend, it’s additionally a matter of shame to our Imperial household. Isn’t that so?”

“Zhen bear in mind that you’ve some huge cash…”

“Father Emperor’s phrases are inappropriate. Erchen has not but married the Ming household’s guniang. I did certainly give her some banknotes, however she shouldn’t be keen to spend them.” Chen Wang coughed dryly: “Erchen simply meant that you could simply discover a cause to reward the Ming household with some gold and silver. When you step in, it should change into an upright and honorable matter. Nobody would dare make any inconsiderate remarks.”

“Plainly my son is extraordinarily keen on that guniang of the Ming household.”

“Erchen simply doesn’t need the long run Wangfei to make our Imperial household lose face, nothing extra.” Chen Wang’s ears had been so purple that they nearly gave the impression to be dripping with blood: “Father Emperor has misunderstood.”

“In order that’s it.” Emperor Longfeng sighed: “Zhen initially deliberate to bestow a title upon the Ming household’s guniang seeing that you simply hooked up a lot significance to her. However because you don’t have a lot affection for her, this matter must be dropped. Tomorrow, Zhen will summon Ming Jingzhou and reward him with 100 taels of gold in order to be sure that he has sufficient cash to spend even on his daughter’s dowry.”

Give Ming Xiaozhu a title?

Chen Wang hurriedly mentioned, “Father Emperor, Mom Consort could be very keen on the Ming household’s guniang. Moreover, she’s going to marry me ultimately. This title can be granted now.”

Receiving this title, Ming Xiaozhu would obtain a wage each month so she wouldn’t have to really feel distressed for a couple of tens of taels of silver earlier than marrying him.

Mentioning the phrase ‘marry’, a crisp and numb itch rose from the underside of his coronary heart.

“It’s a title in spite of everything, it should not be given simply.” Emperor Longfeng shook his head: “Zhen will want to consider it once more.”

“It’s only a very minor title. Amongst our distant family members within the Yun household, there are various girls who’ve been given the title of a junzhu1Junzhu [郡主] – This title is a rank increased than xianzhu i.e. a Princess of the third rank. Usually, it was granted to the respectable daughters of an Emperor’s organic sons (a qinwang). or a xianzhu2T/N: When you can’t recall, please confer with chapter 18 footnotes for this..” After occupied with it, Chen Wang took the tea from Liu Zhongbao’s hand and handed it over to Emperor Longfeng personally: “Why don’t you give Miss Ming the title of a xianzhu? That isn’t solely not a lot conspicuous however can be deemed respectable?”

his personal son’s unctuous fawning and bowing, Emperor Longfeng pretended to search out his proposal troublesome: “Since that is the case, Zhen will give Ming household’s daughter the title of a xianzhu simply because your Mom Consort is keen on her.”

“Thanks, Father Emperor. You might be smart, thoughtful, form, forgiving, and love the widespread individuals as if they’re your personal youngsters.” Chen Wang shot a string of flattering phrases earlier than strolling over to the desk: “How about erchen grinds some ink for you now?”

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