My harem can't be this messy

"Queen..."

Li Zhi wanted to say something, but he didn't say it. He was really short of money. It was a helpless move to collect the harem's wool, but even so, the money he got probably wasn't enough to buy the bamboo garden.

Li Zhi wanted to evade, but thinking of his mother's face, he didn't know how to evade.

I am really short of money, and Zhuyuan must be taken down. This is the dignity of the royal family, and it is also the dignity of the queen mother.

Li Zhi only said the word Huangjie, but he didn't know what to say.

At this time, she was resting on the shoulder of Huang Jie, only quietly looking at the stunning face that was so close at hand.

"By the way, third brother, we are going to see the second miss of the Cui family. You don't know her situation yet."

"Miss Huang must have found out!"

"Well, the current second young lady of the Cui family is the daughter of the Patriarch of the Cui family in Qinghe. Her single name is Yi. In the sixth year of Zhenguan, she married to Chang'an. The bamboo garden is the dowry given to her by the Cui family."

"However, before she saw her husband, he died suddenly. Originally, the Cui family planned to choose a new marriage for her, but the second young lady of the Cui family insisted on continuing this marriage without a husband and not remarrying."

After hearing this, Li Zhi struggled to sit up from his sister's shoulders and looked at her.

"She is faithful!"

In fact, Li Zhi knew in his heart that this may not have anything to do with loyalty. It is probably the first time he married Chang'an Cui Yu and he was unwilling, because he was forced by his family.

After all, her husband, whom she had never met, died suddenly. How could she let her family persecute her again.

Naturally, in the name of loyalty, she insisted on marrying the ghost husband, so she could escape the fate of being forced by the family again.

"That's right, the husband who has never met is dead, and he insists on continuing to call himself his wife. He is indeed loyal."

Li Zhi looked at his imperial sister, and estimated that Princess Datang would never have anything to do with these two words.

"Sister Huang, since the Zhuyuan is the dowry given to Cui Yan by the Cui family, why would she want to sell the Zhuyuan?"

"This, only she understands, you can ask her yourself after meeting her."

Bamboo Garden, this is the top manor in Chang'an. At this time, there are hundreds of maidservants in the manor, dedicated to taking care of this garden.

The reason why the bamboo garden is famous is not because it is the property of the family of Qiwang with five surnames, nor because of the story about loyalty that was staged in this garden, nor because of the fame of the owner of the bamboo garden.

In fact, the owner of the bamboo garden at this time is very low-key. Even in the bamboo garden, except for a few maids in the bamboo garden, few people have seen the owner of the bamboo garden at this time.

The reason why the bamboo garden is famous is that the garden is full of green bamboos. As long as someone looks at the bamboo garden from a distance, they will always see a green garden with a few green bamboos protruding from the wall. This is the reason why the bamboo garden is famous.

At this time, in the bamboo garden, by the bank of a pool of spring water, a jade man in deep clothes was holding on to a small fan, and sprinkled some steamed bun crumbs into the water.

Suddenly there was some movement on the calm water surface, causing ripples, and several swimming fish were attracted by the crumbs of steamed buns, scrambling for food, causing bursts of water sounds.

"Miss, are you still feeding the fish here?"

"What's the matter, Ying'er?"

Miss Cui's family finally stopped watching Yuyu grabbing food, and looked at her closest maid, who was also the only maid brought from Cui's house.

"Miss may not know that Ying'er heard some rumors outside today that someone wants to buy our garden."

"Oh, who wants to buy it?"

"Nine princes!"

"He wants to buy a bamboo garden, how can he have the money to buy this place?"

"I don't know about this shadow, maybe it's just a rumor."

"Well, if it's another prince, I'd believe it, but King Jin, all his money has been invested in Da Ci'en Temple, and he can't afford to buy it here. I guess he relies on other people's help for the daily expenses of Prince Jin's residence."

Cui Yan continued to sprinkle steamed bread crumbs in the water, watching the swimming fish gather again to grab food.

A few years ago, she really wanted to sell this garden. It was because she was really short of money. Since she insisted on marrying this marriage without a husband, her relationship with the Cui family has broken down. There is no contact, and some of the savings accumulated in the past have already been used up.

So Cui Yan really wanted to sell this bamboo garden a few years ago, but because it was too expensive, he couldn't sell it. As for the cheap sale, Cui Yan himself refused.

In the past few years, Cui Yan has been running businesses in Longxi and Western Regions, especially the business of famous horses, precious stones and fine wines, but they are no longer as poor as they were back then. It can be said that the most important thing Cui Yan lacks at this time is money.

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Not to mention in this area of ​​Chang'an, even in the entire Tang Dynasty, Cui Yan was definitely considered a rich woman, and she was of the top class, how could she be willing to sell this bamboo garden at this time.

Are you uncomfortable living by yourself?Besides, this bamboo garden does have unusual significance to Cui Yan.The only thing left to her from that marriage is this bamboo garden.

"Ying'er, come here and see how happy these fish are fighting."

Ying'er stood beside her young lady, the surface of the pool of spring water was already rippling violently, dozens of swimming fish were vying for the limited steamed bun crumbs, the scene was chaotic and spectacular.

Ying'er knows that her young lady likes to watch the fish scrambling for food, and for some reason, the young lady likes the fish in the bamboo garden, but she never let people feed them, these fish are always hungry.

Or, Miss just wants them to grab more fun!

The two masters and servants watched the fish robbing for food here, and gradually forgot the conversation just now. In Cui Yan's view, the one who was least likely to buy a bamboo garden was King Jin. The reason was very simple. He was the poorest man in Tang Dynasty. Prince.

"Miss, ma'am!"

The two of them were watching fiercely. From the direction of the gate of the bamboo garden, a maid came running here with her skirts up. She ran and yelled twice when she saw her own lady.

"Yi Cui, what's the matter? Are you running so fast?"

Yi Cui is one of Cui Yan's closest maids. In this bamboo garden, there are three maids who are closest to Cui Yan. The closest one is naturally the shadow from Cui's house, and the other two are Yi Cui and Yi Cui. red.

"Miss, there are distinguished guests visiting, and I want to see you, miss!"

"Yi Cui, you know I don't see outsiders easily, so if you dismiss me, just say I'm not here."

"Miss, you'd better go and see her! The master who came this time cannot be dismissed easily."

"Oh, who is it?"

"It's His Royal Highness King Jin and the three princesses of Changle, Yuzhang and Hengshan."

Ying'er standing next to Cui Yan unconsciously let out an ah, exclaimed, and looked at her own lady, and the small Qingluo fan in Cui Yan's hand trembled unconsciously, but she held it firmly immediately.

"Miss, don't the rumors be true?"

"Let's go, I'll meet this King Jin! We'll know when we see him."

In the living room of Zhuyuan, Li Zhi and the three accompanying princesses have already been invited here.

These are the prince and the three princesses. In Chang'an City, no one would dare to stop them.Let alone the Bamboo Garden, even the Imperial Palace and the Eastern Palace, these people can come in and out at will.

At this time, Li Zhi and the three princesses were sitting in the living room, and there were maids serving tea, which was naturally the top grade tea in Suzhou and Hangzhou.

Li Zhi casually looked around in the living room, and saw some wooden shelves with some small gadgets on them. He approached and looked at some jade pieces on display.

"Sister Huang, look at this jade!"

"What's the matter, third brother?"

"I don't quite understand, so I let Miss Huang take a look."

"Hetian mutton fat jade, top grade! So are these few pieces."

Princess Changle opened her mouth lightly. She was born in the royal family, so she naturally has a certain level of recognition for these jade articles.

After hearing what Princess Changle said, Li Zhi pointed to several other ornaments!

"This is the Lantian jade carving, this is, it seems to be carved from amethyst."

Li Zhi stood in front of these placed objects, and slightly stroked the Hetian sheep fat jade ornament with his hand.

This Cui Yan is not short of silver, just the decorations in this living room may need tens of thousands of taels of silver.

This is still a living room decoration, so naturally it will not be the most valuable. Li Zhi no longer dares to imagine how many treasures this woman from the Cui family has that are several times or even dozens of times stronger than this.

"Third brother, what's wrong?"

"Sister Huang, I'm afraid that if we come today, the trip will be in vain."

"Why does the third brother say that? Could it be that Miss Cui's family won't sell this garden?"

Princess Changle looked at her younger brother, and understood a little at this moment.Some of the ornaments in this living room are too expensive.At first glance, Miss Cui is not a person short of money.

At this moment, footsteps were heard outside, Li Zhi left the wooden shelf where the curios were placed, and said a word to his three royal sisters calmly, to the effect that they should not talk for a while, Talk about things yourself.

Both Princess Changle and Princess Yuzhang looked at their younger brother with some puzzlement. He said just now that he was afraid that today would be a waste of time, so why did he suddenly say that he would not let himself interrupt for a while, let him interrupt, no, no, let him come talk.

The two princesses didn't know why, but they nodded.The third brother said let him talk, so let him talk.

At this time, at the door of the living room, a dignified and extremely young woman in a dark long dress walked into the living room, followed by two women, who should be just accompanying maids.

Li Zhi naturally took a look at the first woman who came in, she was Chang'an who lived in Zhenguan for six years, and according to the custom of getting married at the age of 24 or [-] in this era, she should be [-] or [-] this year, but she is the best age for a woman.

Instinctively, Li Zhi took a look at Cui Yan's appearance, but he was slightly shocked, and there were some ripples in his heart.

If he really came from the family of Qiwang with five surnames, there is no appearance that is not online, especially this figure, wearing a dark long dress, but Cui Yan has an indescribable taste.

"Cui Yan has seen His Royal Highness Prince Jin, Princess Changle, Princess Yuzhang, and Princess Hehengshan. His Highnesses came to the bamboo garden, but Cui Yan was unable to welcome them from far away. I hope your Highnesses will forgive me!"

As Cui Yan said, he gave a little blessing.

"Excuse me, the king and the three royal sisters came here uninvited, and I hope Miss Cui doesn't mind."

"What did your Highness say? It is Cui Yan's dream that several His Highnesses can come to my garden."

"This king has just walked all the way and saw clusters of green bamboos. The name of this bamboo garden is indeed well-deserved."

"It made His Highness laugh."

"Miss Cui, don't you mind taking us around the bamboo garden?"

Cui Yan looked at King Jin. Originally, she intended for King Jin to explain her intentions. If she really wanted to buy this bamboo garden, she politely declined and saw off the guests.

But she didn't want the King of Jin to just not mention the matter of buying the garden. If the King of Jin didn't mention it, she naturally couldn't bring it up either.

At this moment, King Jin wanted her to take a few highnesses around the bamboo garden, but Cui Yan couldn't refuse, after all, she was a few princes and princesses, and as the master, she should take a few highnesses around.

"Your Highnesses want to visit my bamboo garden, which is what Cui Yan couldn't wish for, so I wouldn't mind. Please, Your Highnesses!"

The master led the way, Li Zhi and the three princesses followed, and Cui Yan's maid was naturally the last.

Cui Yan led the way, but Jin Wang only talked about the bamboo garden, and never mentioned other things.Seeing the beautiful scenery, I still linger to take a look.

At this time, Cui Yan already had no idea what the King of Jin was thinking. He only thought that no matter what the King of Jin was, as long as he wanted to buy a garden, he would politely decline it.No matter what happens, this bamboo garden is not for sale.

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She has no intention of selling this bamboo garden for a long time. Although a few hundred thousand taels of silver is not a small amount to her, it is not an astronomical figure. some silver.

Before the group strolled to a pool of spring water, King Jin stood by the water, watching the green bamboos reflect the bamboo shadows in the water, and watching the fish that occasionally jumped out of the water slap the water surface with their tails, picking up a few petals of fallen flowers.

"Miss Cui knows how to do business, right?"

King Jin suddenly mentioned a sentence there, quite abruptly.This sentence made Cui Yan's expression change, but it was back to normal immediately.

"Know a little bit!"

She did not hide it from King Jin, after all, this matter cannot stand investigation, and with the means of the royal family, this matter must not be concealed, so she simply said that she understands a little bit.

"If my guess is correct, Miss Cui is in the business of horses, jade and fine wine in Longxi and Western Regions."

"what!"

Cui Yan was quite calm, but Ying'er who followed behind her couldn't stop her mouth and let out a low exclamation.This sound can be regarded as confirming King Jin's words, Ying'er knew that she had slipped her words, but it was irreversible, so she could only look at her young lady, and quickly lowered her head.

Li Zhi looked at Cui Yan there, but his eyes were already a bit staring. Although Li Zhi still smiled like a spring breeze on his face, Cui Yan, who was looking at him, felt a little panic and nervous.

"His Royal Highness Prince Jin has checked me? Cui Yan is doing serious business, and he has never committed any crimes, let alone disturbed the court."

"I haven't checked it before, but Miss Cui took it all the way and saw something, so I can guess."

Cui Yan looked at King Jin's expression, calm as usual.However, his expression changed a few times uncontrollably.

"Miss Cui, can you talk to me alone? This king is very curious about doing business. As you know, this king is also short of money, and the shortage is so severe that the Jin Palace is almost unable to maintain it."

Cui Yan looked at King Jin, the young prince just smiled at Cui Yan, but he had a good face, this shallow smile also showed purity and ease, and also showed a sense of indifference, which made him When people see it, they feel good about it.

But Cui Yan understands better that King Jin's smile is not simple, and when he looks at King Jin at this time, there are more worries and disturbances in Wuming.

None of the princes who grew up in the royal family are simple. Cui Yan heard some things about King Jin before, and he didn't think so, and even felt that King Jin was a little stupid in doing things.But at this time, when I really came into contact with him, after walking for a short distance, I already understood that the young prince who was only 15 years old probably didn't have such a simple mind.

And Cui Yan was even more curious at this time, how did His Highness guess what business she was in?And the guess is so accurate.

"Cui Yan really wants to listen to His Highness' teachings, but the princesses..."

"It's okay, Bengong and the two imperial sisters are here to rest, you can do whatever you want, I don't understand business, and I'm not interested."