The Little Lucky Girl

This person is so insightful about the court's movements, could he be a senior official in the court? But his writing style is still a bit immature, and those old-timers may not be able to pretend. Could it be that they instructed their nephews to write it?

Some people also speculated that the author must have a close relationship with President Pei Shan because the publication of "The Biography of Bao Gong" was jointly initiated by Bailu Academy and the book contained implicit flattery of the academy.

It happened that President Pei was in the capital at that time, so people both familiar and unfamiliar with him hurriedly sent visiting invitations, wanting to come and find out what was going on.

Those people are so eager to find the author not just out of curiosity, but because they are really afraid that they will be the next person to be written about. If possible, they would rather establish some connections with the author in advance to feel at ease.

Dean Pei welcomed everyone who came and openly admitted that he was acquainted with Sanjing Sanren. However, when he wanted to talk about it in detail, he was vague and instead started chatting with the guest about this and that, and finally he even looked at the mountain products produced in the mountain behind the academy.

The guest came eager to go, but was sent out the door in a daze, with a large bag of dried fungus and mushrooms in his hand. He did not come to his senses until he got on his own carriage.

Some people were extremely angry, thinking that Pei Shanzhang's old face was getting thicker. He actually asked them for so much money for such a worthless thing, but he didn't say a word about the useful thing. It was even more shameless than taking advantage of the fire to rob.

Some people also laughed, thinking that others could make money by opening academies, but it was not easy for Old Pei to put money into it. So they asked the housekeeper to come again the next day and say that the old man in the family liked the taste of the mushrooms and wanted to buy some more to take back.

Only a very small number of people called their confidants after returning home and said, "Go to the door of Principal Pei's house and watch to see which guests come out without holding anything in their hands."

Even though Your Majesty is always in a bad mood when he sees Principal Pei, the fact that he wants to see Your Majesty shows that the relationship between them is not ordinary.

If all the customers took out things without distinction, then there would be nothing wrong with it; but if some people were not "cheated", then it would make people think deeply, and at least they should stay away from such people in the future.

After seeing off the last wave of guests, Principal Pei stretched his arms and legs tiredly, then turned to watch his attendant counting the money.

The attendant said happily, "Master, we have enough money to repair the roof of our academy. You don't have to go to His Majesty to beg for alms this time. But we have sold all the mountain products we brought."

"Then go buy some tomorrow. Remember, don't buy the best ones, just something good will do."

The long-servant's expression was indescribable, "Master, you are asking for a lot of money from others, we can't save even this little bit of money."

"What do you know?" Principal Pei snorted. "I don't just sell them these things. Okay, let others handle this matter. Go to my room and find the paintings I brought this time and send them to the bookstore for framing."

He thought for a moment and added, "Remember to find the best craftsman and don't be afraid to spend more money."

The attendant had a guess in his mind, "Are we going to do the same old treatment as before? Which dynasty are we going to say it was from this time?"

Pei Shan sighed and said, "I didn't collect these paintings. They were too good. I can't define them as being from too long ago. I'll just assume they are from the previous dynasty."

This sounded so perfunctory, the long-servant asked curiously: "Who are you going to trick this time?" Who was such a fool that made his master so careless even when deceiving others?

Principal Pei smiled and gestured a number.

The chief attendant immediately realized that it was the Sixth Prince again, so everything was fine.

His master would sell calligraphy, paintings, antiques, out-of-print books or something like that to the Sixth Prince every once in a while. At first he was quite attentive and looked for authentic items, only exaggerating the age of the items or raising the prices a bit.

Later, Master Pei let himself go. He would claim that a few strokes of his brush were the masterpieces of Ge Xianren, and he would also claim that a broken inkstone bought from a street stall was used by Li Shengren after he sharpened it a few times with a knife.

But no matter what it was, the Sixth Prince happily accepted them all, and later held an appreciation party at home, inviting many people to be his guests.

Anyone who has a little knowledge of antiques can tell at a glance that the items are fake, and gradually the Sixth Prince's reputation as a fool with a lot of money became more and more famous.

Initially, he thought the name was appropriate. Sometimes when the Sixth Prince was happy with his purchases and gave rewards to everyone, he would feel a little guilty taking the money, as if he had cheated honest people.

But after so many years, he listened to the headmaster chatting with the literati and officials, and gradually understood that both the buyer and the seller knew the truth, and this matter was completely a matter of mutual consent.

The Sixth Prince also has a difficult life.

In his later years, the late emperor became increasingly partial to his youngest son, the Sixth Prince, and even wanted to change the heir.

But the ministers disagreed. They believed that the crown prince at that time, that is, His Majesty today, had been a hostage in Qi for many years, enduring humiliation and bearing heavy burdens. He had made great contributions to the country and had not committed any mistakes. How could he be deposed so easily?

The emperor and his ministers negotiated for many times, and the late emperor had no choice but to give up, but he was still holding his breath.

Therefore, a lot of land was awarded to the Sixth Prince, and shops in good locations in the capital were given to him street after street, without any consideration of how his two sons would get along after his death.

The Sixth Prince was not stupid. After the new emperor ascended the throne, he immediately wanted to return those excessive rewards.

However, Your Majesty had just ascended the throne and did not want to be known for treating his brothers poorly, so he did not take it back. Instead, he rewarded him with many things and urged him to return to his fiefdom after the anniversary of the late emperor's death.

The fiefdom was so large that some officials immediately submitted a petition to oppose the Sixth Prince from leaving the capital.

The Sixth Prince said hesitantly that he didn't want to go either, but after being reprimanded by His Majesty, he had to say that he would leave after saying goodbye to his relatives and friends.

As a result, he spent one day saying goodbye to relatives and friends, and two days chatting with old friends. He spent the rest of the time going to various brothels to say goodbye to his lovers, meeting each of them once a day, and he still hadn't said goodbye to all of them for more than a month.

When His Majesty asked again, he hugged his brother's thigh and cried, "I really can't bear to leave Your Majesty."

The ministers laughed secretly, who could they be reluctant to part with?

Seeing the Sixth Prince kneeling on the ground with tears and snot streaming down his face and hiccups while crying without any image, no one mentioned the matter of returning his fiefdom.

However, from then on, the reputation of the Sixth Prince as a dandy and having good kidneys was passed down, and it was also at that time that Chief Pei became close to the Sixth Prince.

The long-time attendant was holding two large boxes containing newly mounted "ancient paintings". When he was about to enter the Sixth Prince's mansion with Pei Shanchang, he saw several people coming out.

The housekeeper of the palace respectfully escorted a tall and thin middle-aged man to the carriage. The long-servant recognized the man at a glance. He was the owner of a small pawnshop. Whenever he received any good things, he would first show them to the Sixth Prince for his approval. Then, if the Prince was happy, he would buy them at a very high price.

But the long-servant knew that the pawnshop owner was actually from the Ministry of Revenue.