Xiao Jiu probably doesn't leave the palace very often, so even if she just leaves the palace and strolls on Wangfu Street in front of her door, she will be happy.
You must buy some snacks of all kinds, not only to satisfy your cravings, but also to share with other little sisters; you also need to buy some good-looking jewelry, anyway, they are not expensive things made of gold and silver, and a bunch of colorful and shiny ones are also worth buying.
Not much money.
Of course, the important thing is that even if it doesn't cost a few dollars, it's still Jiang Wan's money.
Anyway, Jiang Wan said that all the unlucky money he got today must be spent, otherwise it will continue to bring him bad luck if he keeps it with him.
The little girl didn't hesitate to buy these messy things. Jiang Wan didn't buy anything else. She just spent more than five taels of silver to find an inkstone that looked pretty good. Since she wanted to thank Mr. Chang Shi,
, it would be a bit unbecoming to come to the door empty-handed. The other party is a scholar, so this square inkstone is just the right gift, neither looking shabby nor lacking in elegance.
When they went out, they were empty-handed. When they came back, Jiang Wan had an inkstone in his hand, but Xiao Jiu had a lot of big and small bags. Jiang Wan had never thought that this little girl's tiny body could actually explode.
With such great strength, if he hadn't held her tighter, the little girl might have had more bags and bags on her body.
The two of them had just entered the side door of the palace when Jiang Wan saw Li Fuyao waiting for them with a dark face.
"Where did you two go? If you don't come back, I will go out to find you!" Li Fuyao glared at Xiao Jiu fiercely, then turned to Jiang Wan and said: "You clean up, the prince wants to
See you!"
"What do I have to take care of!" Jiang Wan looked down at herself and put the inkstone in her hand into Xiao Jiu's hand: "Oh, Xiao Jiu, please put this away for me and put it in my room!"
"Oh!" Xiao Jiu nodded, and the big and small bags ran away in a hurry.
"The prince wants to see you, and you're like this?" Li Fuyao felt that Jiang Wan didn't realize the importance of the matter: "Even the prince must know what happened today, and you figured out how to answer the prince's questions along the way.
Come on, otherwise I won’t be able to speak for you!”
"Just tell the truth!" Jiang Wan smiled and nodded: "Don't think about it, the prince is not a fool, and he won't eat me!"
"You..." Seeing his disapproval, Li Fuyao suddenly became angry: "Why are you like this!"
"It's okay!" Jiang Wan smiled at Li Fuyao: "I've wanted to see the prince for a long time, I won't be rude, and I won't make you worry about me!"
"I'm too lazy to worry about you!" Li Fuyao rolled his eyes: "I'll take you there, hurry up, the prince has been waiting for a long time!"
Walking all the way to the depths of the Tenth Prince's Mansion, I saw Wang Chengen at the entrance of the courtyard from a distance. As soon as he saw the two of them coming, Wang Chengen hurriedly greeted them: "Why are you here? Your Majesty is already waiting impatiently!"
"I just came back from outside!" Jiang Wan explained, and Li Fuyao nodded beside her.
"Fuyao, please don't come in!" Wang Chengen glanced at Li Fuyao: "The prince is in a bad mood. He probably doesn't want to see anyone else except Jiang Wan!"
Li Fuyao nodded: "It's okay, I'll be waiting outside!"
Wang Chengen took Jiang Wancai and walked towards the depths of the courtyard. Jiang Wan followed him. Wang Chengen didn't look back. He seemed to be talking to himself: "This matter is a personal grudge between you and Zheng Bajin. The prince thinks it is Wei Zhongxian."
I am using this matter to test the prince's attitude towards him. I don't need to teach you how to speak!"
"Don't worry!" Jiang Wan replied in a low voice: "Jiang Wan knows how to speak!"
Wang Chengen nodded and said no more.
Walking all the way to a pavilion, Wang Chengen stood still and whispered to the young man sitting in the pavilion: "Your Majesty, deacon Jiang Wan will bring you here!"
Jiang Wan took a deep breath. He didn't know how long he had been rehearsing in his mind for this formal meeting. Now when he saw the young man in the pavilion, he became slightly nervous.
"Are you Jiang Wan?" Zhu Youjian turned around and vaguely felt that the person in the audience looked familiar: "Have I met you before?"
"Your Majesty, before Jiang Wan entered the palace, he once spoke at the Fuyuan Tea House. I checked his family background and found that he was an innocent scholar in Shuntian Mansion. He was a scholar with a great reputation. He only took up such a lowly business as storytelling because of his livelihood!" Wang Chengen
Said on the side: "So I have a love for talents and recommended him to the prince's palace. Now he is serving as a deacon in Tingyunxuan!"
"Remember, you are the one who talked about "The Condor Heroes"!" Zhu Youjian said, "I didn't expect that you are still a poor student, and you come to my Tenth Prince's Palace to do things. I don't think I have wronged you!"
"It is Jiang Wan's honor to serve the prince!" Jiang Wan bowed slightly and stood with his hands tied.
"Daban has already told me what happened today!" Zhu Youjian glanced at him: "I heard that under the coercion of the Dongchang people, you wrote an IOU of a thousand taels of silver before you were released from the Dongchang. At that time
Have you ever told them that you are the deacon of my Tenth Prince's Palace?"
"This was known to them when Master Changshi sent someone to go with them to Dongchang!"
"Then do you have so much money to repay the debt?" Zhu Youjian shook his head: "Or are you doing everything you can to get out, just getting past the current hurdle, and not planning for the rest!?
"
"Of course I don't have that much money!" Jiang Wan spread his hands: "But I don't want to die in Dongchang at that time! No one in the capital knows that those who join Jinyiwei and Dongchang can do everything.
There are only a handful of them that come out!”
"Then how long can you delay? When the debt collectors come, you are still desperate!" Zhu Youjian looked at the little deacon in front of him, and suddenly became a little interested: "If I were you, I would immediately get out of Dongchang.
If you fly far away, you might be able to escape this disaster!"
"You can't leave!" Jiang Wan shook his head: "Besides, I have no intention of leaving. The people in Dongchang are so rampant. Even if I have nowhere to redress my grievances, I will take advantage of them before they come again."
Their evil deeds were written down into stories and spread among the people, so that everyone in the world would know about their evil deeds. Although scholars are powerless, they can still kill people with the pen and paper in their hands!"
"You still have the backbone of a scholar!" Zhu Youjian nodded. This answer was a bit beyond his expectation, but the Ming Dynasty was full of talents, and it was not surprising that there were several scholars who were not afraid of power.
The young scholar in front of him, regardless of his status as a deacon in the palace, was actually in desperate situation. He didn't want to compromise, but to take a chance. This courage alone is worthy of praise.
Probably only such a person could write a story like "The Condor Heroes". Although the story has some meaning of using force to break the ban, if the court and the people could have more such loyal warriors to defend the country against foreign aggression.
, which is not necessarily a good thing.
At least, Jiang Wan, who wrote this story, thinks so just like him.