Qin Hua racked her brains to think of a way out, but she didn't know that more detailed information had been sent to the prince.
"Three million taels of silver, one million dan of grain and grass...his appetite this year is not as big as usual."
After Shang Qingshu said this number, he sighed: "I have eaten twice as much as last year. I can't bear it anymore."
The prince looked at the secret letter in his hand and his eyes fell on the list at the back: "Heilongguan is 200,000 taels, and the annual salary of Heilongguan is only 700,000 taels."
It's not surprising that the prince noticed Black Dragon Pass, after all, the general stationed there is the prince's father-in-law.
Shang Qingshu nodded: "It is indeed 700,000 taels, but that was the number three years ago. Now it is decreasing sharply every year, and it has been reduced to 620,000 taels."
The 620,000 taels of silver were already in short supply, but now they are less than 30%. This is not a small sum, and something will happen in the army.
The prince knocked on the table and thought thoughtfully: "What is the name of the fat man the prince has befriended?"
Shang Qingshu: "Jin Yan, the eldest young master of the Jin family, used to be a domineering bully. He only started doing business two years ago. He is extremely talented and now has a lot of property in his hands."
Just two words - rich.
The prince suddenly laughed and said in a loud voice: "It seems that the lonely princess is very short of money..."
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The weather is getting colder and winter snow is approaching. People are busy gathering the results of the year and looking forward to spending a safe winter.
But a group of noble children had nothing to do and were so idle that they needed to kill time by hunting.
The hunting grounds of the Royal Villa are usually open in autumn, and the emperor personally takes his ministers to hunt and enjoy themselves with him.
But the current Holy Emperor is not a martial artist, and his riding and shooting skills are average, so autumn hunting is only held every three years.
This year, this hunting ground was opened by King Fu with great effort. Although autumn has passed, the early winter is not bad.
Just in time to break out a sweat to get rid of the chill of early winter.
Naturally, King Fu was not qualified to invite ministers to go with him. He reported it to Emperor Xuan, and only after receiving permission did he send out a message restricting officials of third rank or above, their children, and household heads to go.
First of all, your father must be at level three or above, and secondly, your father must agree to your going.
The first is to verify the identity, but to let everyone bear their own responsibilities. There are no eyes in the arrows on the hunting ground. If you die, you will bear the responsibility yourself.
Of course, this is just a matter of situation at most, and whether you go or not depends entirely on your mood.
Although the city of Shen is very literate, and their favorite things are music, drinking wine, poetry and poetry, but after having the same banquet for a year, no matter how much I like it, I feel a little tired of it.
This occasional hunt is refreshing enough.
Even if the purpose is not to go hunting, it is good to change to a fresh location and see different scenery.
Not surprisingly, everyone was very enthusiastic about this hunt, and many people went there. For a while, the road was busy with traffic and very lively.
When these people just set off, Qin Hua had already arrived at the Royal Villa - Xiangshan Garden.
There are geothermal hot springs in Xiangshan Garden, which are warm all year round and are most nourishing.
The prince is weak and suffers from typhoid fever. A dip in this hot spring will help his body recover.
As for why Qin Hua also came.
First, the hot springs are exciting. She is in excellent health and is not afraid of the cold, but the comfort of hot springs is hard to refuse.
Secondly, when the prince sent someone to inform her, he gave her a small box of gold. This... wasn't that she didn't want to refuse, but it was too tempting.
So Qin Hua followed without any reluctance.
Yuzheng and Yuqin went to organize their belongings, while Qinhua walked around and stretched her legs.
Xiangshan Garden is built on the mountain. It is named because the mountain is shaped like an elephant. The manor is built in the middle of the mountain, and the back mountain is a natural hunting ground.
The courtyard where the emperor lived was naturally huge. Qin Hua made a big circle and only covered less than 30% of the place, but she had a good grasp of the terrain.
There were not many guards in Xiangshan Garden originally. Jin Yuwei took over the Zhengdong courtyard where the prince lived and separated it.
Qin Hua found the place where she lived, looked to the left, and saw Shang Qingshu coming out of the next room.
It's really just a wall apart.
Qin Hua was not sure: "Master Shang lives here?"
Shang Qingshu laughed: "How dare you, a lower official? The one who lives here is naturally His Highness."
Qin Hua also guessed that he was the prince, but just because he was the prince, she was not so sure.
We live too close together, literally separated by a wall.
She originally felt that the prince was in danger, but since he was so close, did she need to sleep at night?
"This...this place is so big, why does Your Highness have to suffer so much?"
How could a man like Shang Qingshu fail to see Qin Hua's reluctance? He laughed in his heart, but did not reveal it: "His Highness only brought two hundred Golden Feather Guards. The number is limited. If they are too scattered, they will inevitably not be taken care of.
Therefore, I can only wrong Your Highness and Your Majesty."
Qin Hua: "..."
Not happy.
After returning to the room and tidying up, the little eunuch beside the prince Shanyan came over to invite someone: "Princess, Your Highness, please come over and have a meal."
Qin Hua: "..."
Since we are so close, will we have to accompany the prince for three meals a day from now on?
I thought it would be enough trouble to live in, but I didn't expect that there would be something even more troublesome.
She put on her clothes, went out, and walked in. Not even a breath of wind hit her head.
Qin Hua waited on the prince as a habit, waiting for him to finish eating and leaving quickly. Unexpectedly, the prince blocked her chopsticks: "You eat too."
After saying that, you can pick up the food and eat it by yourself.
So, why did he have to torment her before when he could do it himself?
Qin Hua was holding a bowl to eat. There was an extra chopstick dish in the bowl, and the prince picked it up.
Qin Hua ate it, and the prince immediately brought it over again.
This dish... suddenly felt a little off.
Holding the chopsticks once is polite, but if you keep holding the chopsticks, you are a bit deliberately trying to please me.
The prince has always been ruthless, and he would abandon beauties like Mei Liangyuan and Wen Shixi at the drop of a hat. But she, who wished they could never have contact with each other until death, the prince took the initiative to get in front of her.
It's so profound that I don't dare to think too much about it.
After the meal, the prince went to deal with matters again, while Qin Hua walked slowly in the courtyard.
Jin Yuwei was outside, and the palace people in the garden were coming and going in a hurry, in an orderly manner, without much conversation, and with a perfect tacit understanding.
This kind of atmosphere looks refreshing, but there are so many people there, but it's not lively or humane at all.
She has no official business, doesn't want to copy books, and doesn't like female celebrities. She has martial arts skills, but she doesn't have any weapons at hand.
The consequence of not having a wide range of interests and hobbies is that you move to another place, have nothing to do, and are completely bored.
Fortunately, the scenery here at Xiangshan is pretty good.
Qin Hua's eyes fell on the ridge of the roof. With a thought in her mind, she flew down and landed on it. Sure enough, the scenery still had to be seen from a high place.
Looking back, we can see the mountains are green and towering, and looking forward, we can see the rivers flowing towards the sunset.
You can vaguely see the town in the distance, with lights lighting up one by one, like stars in the sky scattered around the world.
A lot of leaves fell on the ridge of the roof. I picked up one and found that it was quite thick.
I wiped it, folded it into shape, put it to my mouth and tried it, and it worked.