Tian Xiang put her hands in her sleeves and squeezed them tightly. She bent down in humiliation and picked up the banknotes that fell on the ground.
However, Hongxiu did not have such good intentions and was willing to let her go easily.
The silver notes on the ground stepped on an embroidered shoe, and even the fingers that Tianxiang used to pick up the silver notes were stepped on by Hongxiu.
I just heard Hongxiu laughing happily,
"Tianxiang, you really look like a dog, hahahaha."
Tian Xiang kept bending over and squatting on her knees, enduring the humiliation. She closed her eyes.
"I heard that the prince will go to the city lord's palace tomorrow. As long as you find a way to enter the city lord's palace and get close to the prince, you will have a chance to become the prince's woman."
"What does 'having a chance' mean? A beauty like me will definitely become the prince's woman."
Hong Xiu was quite confident and glanced at Tian Xiang with disdain.
"Do you think everyone is as useless as you?"
"Now, tell me everything you know."
Because all the city guards in Beidic City surrendered to Li Yunqing, Li Yunqing officially took back Beidic City. The purpose of his going to the city lord's mansion was to check the tax records of these years.
According to the city lord, more than half of the tax revenue in the North was taken by the city guards.
But how can a city defense army of tens of thousands consume so much tax money?
This is also an opportunity to bribe the servants and get close to Li Yunqing smoothly.
Hearing this, Hong Xiu showed disdain,
"If you want to get close to the prince, you naturally have to bribe the servants around him and ask the servants around him to help stir up trouble. Do you understand this truth?"
"It's not that I don't understand, it's just that it's difficult to bribe the palace's servants. No, they can't be bribed at all."
Tianxiang picked up the banknotes on the ground, looked at her red and swollen fingers with cold eyes, and said softly,
"The servants of Prince Li's Mansion are different from the servants of Prince Qi's Mansion who are like sieves."
Even a child from Prince Li's Mansion is not moved by money at all. Such loyalty cannot be compared to a place like Prince Qi's Mansion.
Therefore, when she was in Prince Li's Mansion, Tian Xiang didn't have many opportunities to use her own methods. She didn't even have a chance to get into Li Yunqing's bed, so she could only wait for him halfway as Li Yunqing passed by.
As a result, Li Yunqing remained unmoved. Even when Tian Xiang took off her clothes, Li Yunqing never looked back at her.
Li Yunqing and King Qi are not the same people at all.
But Hongxiu couldn't listen to Tianxiang's words. To her, all men in the world are the same, and there is no difference.
On the second day, Li Yunqing went to the city lord's mansion to check the tax rolls.
But what is surprising is that Hua Jin also came.
She didn't want to come at all, but Li Yunqing dragged her up from the warm couch and insisted that she accompany him to the city lord's mansion to check the tax rolls.
He also said that he was going to fight in the near future, and the male would lead the outside and the female would lead the inside. In the future, Hua Jin would be in charge of Beidi City.
So now Hua Jin must follow him to the city lord's mansion and look at the tax rolls together.
To put it mildly, the tax rolls of the City Lord's Mansion are to give the City Lord face. They are collected from various functional departments in Beidi City and sent to the City Lord every month.
To put it bluntly, it is actually a bad debt handed over by various departments.
Regarding this, the city lord was actually helpless.
Li Yunqing wanted to check the tax rolls, which alerted various forces in Beidi City. As soon as he and Hua Jin entered the city lord's palace, people from various forces and departments found excuses to come.
Seeing the dignitaries chatting with Li Yunqing, Hua Jin held a round fan in her hand and was led by the city lord to visit the garden.
"Hey, who is that?"
Hua Jin looked at a familiar figure from behind, beside a cluster of flower trees, turned around and went to the front.
The city lord who was following her, who was doing his best to introduce his home, saw this, propped his head and looked at it for a while, with a confused look on his face.
"Maybe she's a girl from the Xiaguan family?"
"You don't even know your girl?"
Hua Jin turned around and looked at the city lord, shaking the fan in her hand.
The city lord looked embarrassed and put on a bad show,
"There are many people coming and going in Xiaguan's mansion. I don't know how many spies have been installed. There are always new people coming in and out. Xiaguan is very helpless."
He is a dignified city lord of Beidi City, but actually he does not have much power in Beidi City.
Because his ancestors and his entire family were loyal to King Lao Li, his father's generation was the lord of Beidi City.
But starting from his father's generation, the position of the North City Lord has been vacant.
When it was his turn, he was just a wealthy person.
Hua Jin looked at the city lord with some pity,
"Qian Hong, it's time for you, the city lord, to be stunned. You see, your family has been loyal to King Li for generations. Now that the prince is struggling in the north, it is the time when your loyalty is needed. If you, the city lord, are like a sieve,
Then in Beidi City, isn’t there air leakage everywhere?”
Qian Hong was the city lord's name, and Hua Jin called him by his first and last name, indicating that the problem was quite serious.
City Master Qian blinked his eyes, straightened his chest slightly, raised his hands,
"Your Majesty, Qian Hong is at the mercy of your Majesty."
He didn't know what he should do. In the past, as long as he had enough food and drink, enough money to spend, everything was enough.
But his allegiance is to Prince Li's Mansion, and he has personally seen how powerful Princess Li is. Now, he will do whatever Princess Li asks him to do.
To put it bluntly, he has no great ambitions and no independent opinions. He sits on the throne of the city lord mediocrely. It is a miracle that he can survive to this day.
This man is full of shortcomings, but he has one advantage: he is a qualified bitch.
Hua Jin was very satisfied with his way forward and pointed in the direction where the figure left just now.
"What's ahead?"
"It's Tingshui Pavilion."
Qian Hong responded and took Hua Jin in the direction of Tingshui Pavilion.
"After a while, the prince and the city officials have finished checking the taxes and will go there to hold a banquet. There will be singers and dancers performing."
Inviting singing and dancing girls to perform is a regular activity. When Hua Jin treats guests to dinner, she will also find some singing and dancing girls from the Blue and White House to add to the fun.
It’s the same as when a modern company engages in team building and invites people to perform.
So Hua Jin didn't care.
While talking to Qian Hong, the two of them walked to Tingshui Pavilion first.
Not long after, Li Yunqing and a group of officials from the North City came to Tingshui Pavilion.
Li Yunqing was wearing a black brocade coat with a round collar and two golden dragon patterns embroidered on his shoulders. He and Hua Jin were sitting on the front seat. As soon as they sat down, they reached out and took Hua Jin's hand.
"What did you do just now?"
He asked her in a low voice, raised his other hand and took off a green leaf from her temple, his eyes full of tenderness.
Hua Jin twitched her hand, but couldn't pull it away, so she curled her lips and said:
"I took a stroll in the garden of the City Lord's Mansion, Li Yunqing, please pay attention to the impact and don't be too flirtatious."
He seemed not to hear, but instead pulled Hua Jin's body closer to him,
"No."
He was going to have a fight with Hua Jin.
It didn't take long for the delicacies to be served.
After pushing the cups and changing the cups, the music started to play, and the woman in red gauze slowly danced in front of the waterside pavilion. Her face was covered with red gauze, but it still could not hide the endless love of spring in the corners of her eyes and eyebrows.
The eyes of all the officials were attracted by the dancer. Her figure was as soft as a snake, and the soft gauze on her body was too thin. Her white arms and entire white back could be seen.
A pair of white legs loomed under the long skirt, and as she danced, her thighs could be seen.
All the officials in Tingshui Pavilion were stunned.
They have never seen such a beautiful dance. It is a beauty in the world. Even if you can't see the dancer's face, you can still see it and make people's blood boil.