The Ministry of Internal Affairs has a large organization and is in charge of the internal affairs of the palace.

The internal funds are equivalent to the treasury of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, commonly known as the emperor's private treasury.

Emperor Ning Kang was quite concerned about the receipt of these millions of taels of silver. With this money, he would not have to fight Tai Chi with the veterans of the court over money for a longer period of time. Therefore, he specially sent Dai Quan to hand over to Jia Lian.

When these things were done and Jia Lian came out of the palace, he felt completely relaxed.

Although it is impossible for him to cover everything at any time and at any time, he strives to pursue everything carefully before taking action.

As long as the emperor is satisfied with him here, he will go to court tomorrow morning and it will be just a formality. At most, he will just chat with the ministers, and it is impossible to have much influence on him.

He led his personal guards to the west city. Before leaving Xi'an Gate, a beauty in palace clothes blocked their way.

"Why are you here?"

Jia Lian opened the carriage curtain and saw that it was the maid given to him by Princess Zhaoyang. Her name was Hu Yuanyao, and she felt it in her heart. I was thinking about it, but I still asked.

The main reason why Princess Zhaoyang gave it to herself was to let her act as a liaison to facilitate communication between the two of them.

In order to make it easier for her to enter and leave the Rongguo Mansion, and to avoid too much contact between the princess and Wang Xifeng, Jia Lian did not arrange for her to enter the inner courtyard. Instead, he placed her in the east cross courtyard to help him take care of the outside. study.

Hu Yuanyao stood outside the carriage and bowed, "Master Marquis, there is an old friend waiting for you to tell me."

As she said that, she glanced behind her .

Jia Lian looked along her line of sight, and sure enough, at the entrance of an alley in the distance, a carriage was parked quietly. This carriage is not big or small, nor is it gorgeous. There are no attendants around it. It is parked there and is not conspicuous at all.

Jia Lian shook his head slightly. In this case, who else could meet him in this way besides Princess Zhaoyang?

Let’s just say that it is necessary to be so mysterious and return the favor to an old friend...

This must have been what Princess Zhaoyang told Hu Yuanyao to say on purpose.

Without hesitation, Jia Lian asked his guards to stand by and followed Hu Meiren to the carriage.

"Master, the Marquis of Zhenyuan has arrived."

Shortly after Hu Meiren's words fell, a beautiful woman appeared, with a bit of joy and a bit of teasing. The voice sounded: "Master Jiahou, since we are all here, why don't you get in the car and talk about it?"

Who is this voice if not Princess Zhaoyang?

When he and Princess Zhaoyang wandered together in the desert for more than a month, spending time together day and night, Jia Lian didn't understand some of her habits.

This little sister always likes to create different atmospheres. In future generations, she must be a woman who knows how to be romantic.

"Since I am invited by an old friend, I dare not obey my order."

Jia Lian said, jumped on the carriage, opened the curtain and went in.

I saw this carriage with a simple appearance, but the interior was decorated with light luxury and elegance. The twenty-nine-year-old Princess Zhaoyang, dressed in a palace dress, was sitting behind a small tea table, making tea leisurely and leisurely.

She has a beautiful appearance and a noble and elegant temperament. With such a casual and natural posture, she is calm and confident that all the ladies in the world cannot match.

"I haven't seen you for a few months. Could it be that the Marquis doesn't recognize me?"

Seeing that Jia Lian kept staring at her and made no move, Princess Zhaoyang's eyes flashed. Have a smile.

"After several months of not seeing each other, Her Highness the Princess has become more and more beautiful and refined, just like a fairy in the Moon Palace. An ordinary person like me is lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the beauty, so I want to see it all at once."

"Hahaha, I haven't seen Erlang for a few months, but his appearance has not changed much. He is still so handsome, but his mouth is better than before."

Princess Zhaoyang He smiled, pushed aside the cup of tea he had just brewed, and gestured with one hand for Jia Lian to sit down and taste it.

“Erlang knows my tea art, so I won’t introduce this tea, lest Erlang say I am arty and waste nature.

This cup of tea is worthy of Erlang Come back from a long way to quench Erlang's thirst and relieve his fatigue."

Jia Lian did not answer this sentence, just smiled, picked up the tea, took two sips, and drank it all in one gulp: "Good tea. "

"Hehehe..."

Princess Zhaoyang found that her smile had not stopped since she saw Jia Lian. He felt that this would make Jia Lian look down on him, so he quickly collected himself and said seriously: "You have met my father, has he talked to you about the comments made by some ministers in the court? Is there any trouble? "

Jia Lian met Princess Zhaoyang's gaze and saw that she was caring about him, so he shook his head: "It's no trouble. Didn't you say that I am the best at coaxing people with my mouth? Your Majesty is also very happy to be coaxed by me. With him as my backer, no one dares to cause me trouble."

Princess Zhaoyang's lips twitched when she heard this.

She saidJia Lian is the best at coaxing people, but that is ironic. He can coax girls. Even she, the princess, was coaxed by him.

But his father was neither a woman nor someone easy to coax.

However, she had great trust in Jia Lian's ability. Since Jia Lian said this, she wanted to have a countermeasure, so she skipped this incident.

Lifting her ** and getting closer to Jia Lian, she raised her head and looked at Jia Lian's face, and suddenly said jokingly: "Do you have anything you want to say to me, for example, about women?" Regarding..."

Jia Lian's expression froze slightly when he heard this, and turned to look at her, as if he felt guilty, "Have you been discovered by Qing Ran?"

"Keke, what do you think?"

"Okay, I admit, I brought a few women back from Jiangnan..."

Princess Zhaoyang was stunned. , "Women? Or several?"

Jia Lian quickly made a frank and lenient posture, briefly describing the origins of Shen Pan'er and others, emphasizing that he valued their talents. Just brought them back to Beijing.

After hearing this, Princess Zhaoyang looked at Jia Lian with a smile. Seeing Jia Lian looking at her sincerely, she suddenly smiled.

　“They are just a few beauties. As long as Erlang likes them, just keep them by your side. What is this worth?

　I know, for you men, Of course, the more beauties, the better. Otherwise, why would I have given Yuan Yao to you in the first place.

Who would have thought that you would not appreciate someone who kindly gave you beauties? Let her remain a widow for so long, and then turn around and get close to her cousin, which makes her very sad..."

" Princess Zhaoyang said, looking sad.

Princess Zhaoyang really doesn’t care about courtesans. To her, those women are no different from playthings.

It can’t even compare to the beauty she gave to Jia Lian. After all, Hu Yuanyao was still the daughter of the gatekeeper of Xi'an, and she had a potential political role. She could just give it to Jia Lian, so naturally she could no longer care about some low-status women.

What she originally wanted to say was naturally Daiyu’s business, and it could only be Daiyu’s business.

This was the gossip she got after Jia Lian left Beijing, but at that time Jia Lian was on business in Jiangnan, so she did not mention it in her letter to Jia Lian.

Now that Jia Lian has returned safely, of course she has to ask.

When her imperial grandmother forced him to marry her, Jia Lian was not willing, so she turned around and made a promise to get engaged to her little cousin.

Duke ZhaoyangIt’s strange that the Lord doesn’t care.

Jia Lian actually knew that this was probably what Princess Zhaoyang was talking about, and he never thought that this matter could be hidden from her.

Seeing her clarifying her words, Jia Lian sighed, took her into his arms, and said softly: "Since you already know about this matter, you must also understand the inside story. .

I thought Qingran wouldn’t care about this matter. After all, even Feng Yatou, in terms of status, is far from being comparable to you as the eldest princess, let alone her. , a weak woman who has lost her parents and is helpless.

I know that our current situation has wronged Qingran, and I feel sorry for you. To be honest, whenever I have If you can find some way, your majesty will promise you to me, even if your legs are broken by your majesty, I am willing."

Princess Zhaoyang kept looking at Jia Lian's face while he was talking, and she was also willing to do so. Don't know what to think.

But her sadness was mostly disguised as a sheep. When she noticed that Jia Lian looked so serious and deep, she immediately broke into a smile.

"That's not possible. If your legs are broken by your father, this princess will not look down on you, and then you will be in vain."

Princess Zhaoyang How could I not know that Jia Lian had no intention of provoking her at all at the beginning. She had fought for them to develop into what they are today.

So, let alone the current situation, no wonder Jia Lian. Even if Jia Lian changes his mind now and is willing to abandon his first wife and marry another for her, I am afraid it will be difficult to operate.

After all, the royal face is very important. I forced you to marry or not, but now you regret it. What is being a royal princess?

Besides, based on her understanding of Jia Lian, Jia Lian would never divorce her wife who was just a good-looking woman with a crude personality.

He just wants to have his cake and eat it too!

If it were any other man, Princess Zhaoyang would naturally sneer at him, but because it was Jia Lian, she felt that everything was so natural.

A man who would rather abandon his noble status than turn her back to him is one who has this qualification.

Given the current situation, it was impossible for her to marry into the Rongguo Mansion openly, but she was not in a hurry.

The current situation is actually pretty good.

Work on your own career, and when you want your lover, just go on a date like this.

Don’t worry yet, after arriving at the Duke’s Mansion, you will be jealous of that Wang family.

As for the little cousin of the Lin family who is rumored to be born like a fairy, she is also a pitiful person.

Furthermore, her father, who was a prostitute, was willing to give her to Jia Lian as his concubine, which shows that both she and her father are very discerning.

Same as myself.

Therefore, although she speculates on the position of this little cousin in Jia Lian's mind, she has no hostility towards him.

Because I learned from the news that this little cousin really didn’t seem to be a threat. On the contrary, because others mentioned her unique and rare appearance, she aroused a lot of curiosity.

"I heard from others that although this little cousin of the Lin family is still young and sick, she is extremely beautiful and looks like a fairy.

I I'm very curious, I don't know what she looks like. I don't know, maybe compared with my god-sister Bao Qin?

I really want to see her in person, I don't know if Erlang is willing to You are willing to introduce me to something.

In addition, my god-sister’s home seems to be in Jiangnan. When you come down, can you go and see her for me?”

Princess Zhaoyang said with a smile.

What Jia Lian admires most about Princess Zhaoyang is that she is free and easy, she never asks embarrassing questions a second time, and she is much more generous than men.

"It's not difficult for you to meet her. But she doesn't know the relationship between you and me yet. When the opportunity is right, I will arrange for you two to meet."

"Yeah, that's fine, I'm not in a hurry anyway."

Princess Zhaoyang hadn't seen Jia Lian for a long time, and she seemed to have missed something. At this time She was not polite when being held in Jia Lian's arms. She started groping Jia Lian's body with her bare hands, gradually stirring up a familiar atmosphere between the two.

After Jia Lian told Princess Zhaoyang about Baoqin’s situation, he saw her face glowing and her eyes seductive. He would not let the beauty down, so he held her in his arms. , hugged her soft and attractive body tightly, lowered his head and kissed her.

After a deep kiss that took no time, Princess Zhaoyang sat up with her arms around Jia Lian's neck, closed the skirt of her clothes that Jia Lian had torn open on her chest, then looked at Jia Lian with a smile, and exhaled softly: "It's a pity that Erlang must be in a hurry to go home today. He really doesn't want to let Erlang go."

When Jia Lian heard this, he glanced at her angrily.

She turned over and pressed her on the fur-covered chair seat, and began to disassemble her skirt with both hands, pretending to be doing something serious.

"Giggle, sister must still be waiting for Erlang at home today. If Erlang can't let sister have fun after returning, sister will definitely be angry. If Erlang is not allowed to go to the kang at night, then... It’s not good.” Princess Zhaoyang smiledroad.

Jia Lian suddenly had a black line on her forehead. She no longer showed mercy and became rough in her dismantling movements, almost tearing her clothes off directly.

"Then let's see if you have this ability."

Princess Zhaoyang smiled and lingered on Jia Lian's body for a while, then stood up and prepared to ask for it. When he was undressing himself, he pulled Jia Lian's head back down with great perseverance, stopped him and said, "That's it for today, don't let your soldiers wait there for too long.

If Erlang is serious, I will wait for Erlang at the imperial village outside the city tomorrow afternoon..."

Jia Lian originally thought that Princess Zhaoyang was joking, but after a few moves, he found that she was not serious. Yes, I was immediately speechless.

Little girls, fuck me?

"Gee, Erlang, don't be angry. Today is really the wrong time, and I am not prepared.

" If Erlang is angry, just take Yuan Yao away. I should be apologizing to Erlang on behalf of others..."

After all, Jia Lian is also a person with self-control. Although I don't know what this bitch is doing, since she is serious, Jia Lian can't force herself. reason.

So he sat down and held her in his arms, and said angrily: "I'll take care of you tomorrow afternoon!"

"Okay, I'll wait..."

Princess Zhaoyang looked very cute when she saw Jia Lian's angry look. She couldn't help but raised her head and kissed Jia Lian on the face, and then urged him to get out of the car.

Jia Lian had no intention of entangled, but he did not leave immediately. Instead, he took out the thick envelope he had prepared before from his sleeve and pressed it into Princess Zhaoyang's hand.

"What is this?" Princess Zhaoyang was a little curious and was not polite to Jia Lian, so she immediately opened it to check.

When she discovered that there was a thick stack of silver notes inside, Princess Zhaoyang immediately raised her eyebrows and looked at Jia Lian in surprise.

"There are five hundred thousand taels here, take it. Your princess mansion is so big, and you must have a lot of expenses on weekdays. Take it, it may be useful to you."

Although it can be seen at a glance that the number is definitely not small, Princess Zhaoyang couldn't help but her eyelids twitched when she heard the figure of five hundred thousand.

But she didn’t show too much surprise. She just looked at Jia Lian and asked with a careless smile: “Are those salt merchants respectful to you?”

Jia Lian was in Jiangnan At that time, she and Jia Lian wrote a long letter. In the letter, Jia Lian told her the situation in Yangzhou and asked her to read the details and give her opinions.

So, for Jia Lian to be able to spend so much money, ZhaoPrincess Yang was not surprised.

　"So be it."

Jia Lian did not explain to Princess Zhaoyang in detail, and Princess Zhaoyang did not ask in detail. She naturally collected the banknote. He laughed, and then said with a smile: "I won't be polite to Erlang. Anyway, my princess mansion belongs to Erlang. As the male master, it is Erlang's responsibility to support the family.

Erlang, don't worry, this Five hundred thousand taels of silver, I will definitely not let it go to waste."

Princess Zhaoyang said, with a light of planning in her eyes.

As soon as she returned to Beijing, she asked to leave the palace and build her mansion. This was precisely to establish her own power. On the one hand, she would not be helpless when she faced other things in the future. On the other hand, she would be able to I have the ability to help Jia Lian.

As the eldest princess, she can communicate internally and externally. As long as she does it well, she will definitely be able to provide help to Jia Lian.

But to build a force, without money it is all empty talk. Therefore, these five hundred thousand taels of silver were exactly what she needed.

She knew that it was absolutely impossible for Jia Lian to give her so much money for no reason. She was very pleased that Jia Lian really regarded her princess mansion as his second home and his back garden, so he trusted her so much and handed her so much money!

So he turned over and sat astride Jia Lian's lap, giving Jia Lian a wet kiss.

However, Jia Lian didn't know if it was to retaliate against her, but he acted very indifferently at this time. After the kiss ended, he immediately turned over and left.

This made Princess Zhaoyang, who had already begun to consider whether she regretted staying with Jia Lian for half an hour longer, felt empty in her heart. She opened the curtain and looked at the back of Jia Lian leading the maid away, with a slight smile on her eyebrows. Frown.

But then he smiled sweetly, and then waved to the maid who was more than ten steps away behind the carriage, then dropped the curtain, sat in the carriage, and thought about the arrangements for tomorrow afternoon.