The Royal Family's Orphan is on the Rise

Jiang Ruofan looked at the five hundred taels of silver in the drawer. After thinking it over, he decided to use half of the silver to buy some jewelry for his daughter, and he would try to earn more with the other half. It was always safer to have both options.

Outside the main house, Jiang Cha and Jiang Wu saw him coming out and they spoke up immediately.

"Consort."

"Consort."

"Come on, accompany me to the jewelry store."

The two were stunned, looked at each other, and then followed.

In the jewelry shop, Jiang Ruofan and his two servants walked in.

"Sir, what are you looking at? We have all kinds of accessories."

Jiang Ruofan looked at the shopkeeper and said, "I want to see the headdress and jewelry."

"Sir, please come this way."

Jiang Ruofan and the other two followed the shopkeeper to the side and began to introduce them to him one by one.

"You can see that we have hairpins, hairpins, combs, hairpins, pearl flowers, velvet flowers, and some pearl hairpins. There are other styles. Do you like any of them?"

Jiang Ruofan looked at it for a while and said, "Where is the jewelry?"

"Look at these ones here. There are green jade, white jade, green and white jade, and many other colors and varieties."

Jiang Ruofan picked up the jade bracelet and looked at it carefully. Considering the princess's slender wrist, he felt that the size should be appropriate.

"Excuse me, how much is this jade bracelet?"

"Fifty taels."

Jiang Ruofan thought about it and felt that it was not worth it, and fifty taels to accompany the princess was not suitable for her status. If he spent fifty taels to buy the bracelet, he would have two hundred taels left, and he probably couldn't buy many things.

Jiang Cha seemed to have thought of this as well: "Boss, do you have any finished jade here?"

The shopkeeper was stunned: You are looking at jewelry, do you want to buy jade again?

Jiang Ruofan was a little confused, and Jiang Cha explained with a smile.

"Prince Consort, I thought we could make this jade ourselves. You know how to carve jade hairpins, so we can try carving jade and then assemble it to make a beautiful jade hairpin."

Jiang Wu looked at him in surprise: "Your brain is quite quick. If that's the case, we can buy some pearls and make them ourselves. Wouldn't that show more thoughtfulness and sincerity?"

The more he spoke, the more it made sense.

The shopkeeper was stunned: "Are you the prince consort?"

Jiang Ruofan nodded politely: "That's right."

The shopkeeper looked at him carefully again and again, and finally asked uncertainly: "Are you the consort of Princess Yongkang who is about to get married?"

When Jiang Ruofan heard that he had guessed his identity, he suddenly regretted admitting it, wondering if his identity would embarrass the princess.

"I……"

Before he could speak, the shopkeeper smiled and said, "There are indeed raw jade and pearls in the shop. I heard from them that you can carve hairpins, so these can be used. How about I take you to have a look first?"

Jiang Ruofan was stunned for a moment: he was a little uncomfortable with this reversal.

Jiang Cha quickly pushed him and said, "Prince Consort, let's go take a look."

With no other choice, Jiang Ruofan had to go and take a look.

Looking at the pearl raw stones and other jewelry materials that the shopkeeper personally took out, Jiang Ruofan became more determined to create them all by himself.

"Shopkeeper, how much do you sell these pearls and jades for?"

"These pearls are divided into different materials. Some are five taels each, some are ten taels each, and some are twenty taels each. As for jade, the common ones are fifty taels, the medium ones are eighty taels, and the better ones are one hundred taels and one hundred and fifty taels."

As for choosing the price range of pearls and jade, Jiang Cha and Jiang Wu can't help much.

After thinking it over, Jiang Ruofan finally decided to buy accessories and carve more hairpins himself. This way he could buy more things and the betrothal gift would be larger and richer.

"Boss, I want ten pearls worth five taels each, five pearls worth ten taels each, and then one piece of white jade and one piece of green jade." He also began to carefully select some accessories, spending a total of two hundred taels, and finally bought fifty taels of gold, preparing to make headwear, hand ornaments, and earrings at home.

The three of them walked out of the shop with the raw materials, and Jiang Cha thought for a moment and asked.

"Master, you don't intend to make money with the remaining ones, do you?"

Jiang Wu also looked at him, and Jiang Ruofan smiled and nodded.

"Yes, I do think so."

"Master Zhou?"

Hearing the familiar name, Jiang Ruofan raised his eyes and saw the other person's familiar face. Jiang Ruofan smiled gently.

"Master Song."

"Mr. Zhou...Prince Consort, how are you these days?"

"Not bad. What about you?"

"We'll do that. By the way, there's a poetry gathering in a couple of days. I wonder if you're interested. I heard there's a prize."

"Oh, do you know what the prize is?"

"I heard that a young man has sold a guzheng that is worth over a thousand taels. The prince consort is very talented, so you can go and give it a try."

Jiang Ruofan cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Lord Song, for telling me."

"You are too polite, my Lord. After all, we are colleagues in the same government. I will leave now. Please go on with your work."

Jiang Ruofan nodded politely: "Goodbye!"

As Song Yun was leaving, he thought that the prince consort came out of a jewelry shop and guessed that he was choosing a betrothal gift for Princess Yongkang.

But where did the prince consort get the money?

Suddenly he remembered something. A few months ago, Lord Zhou seemed to have borrowed one hundred taels from him. This could explain it.

The reason why he told the other party about the poetry gathering was actually to let him give it a try. If he could win in one fell swoop, he would have a guzheng as a betrothal gift, which could also be regarded as a friendly notification between them as colleagues.

Two days later, Jiang Ruofan specially changed into the new lake blue robe sent by the princess's mansion and took the carriage from the prince consort's mansion to go to the poetry meeting.

Jiang Cha and Jiang Wu looked at the busy place and couldn't help but look around.

"My dear, it's really lively here."

Jiang Ruofan glanced at Jiang Cha and said with a smile, "It's a poetry gathering, so naturally there will be a lot of people."

Literati are scholars, and they all like these elegant and refined things.

Jiang Cha smiled and said, "Your Highness is right."

Some of the readers recognized Jiang Ruofan and some took the initiative to talk to him.

"Are you the consort of Princess Yongkang?"

Jiang Ruofan didn't expect someone to recognize him: "Hello."

"I pay my respects to the Prince Consort. It is a great blessing for me that you come to attend the poetry gathering today."

Jiang Ruofan smiled politely again: "You're welcome."

"My name is Liang Yu. Prince Consort, how about I take you around?"

Jiang Ruofan thought for a while and nodded: "Thank you very much."

Shen Jiarou was dragged out by the sisters Jiang Shuhan and Jiang Shulan from the Yong'an Marquis Mansion.

"Sister Princess, this poetry meeting is really interesting."

"Yes, Princess Sister, it's just a way to relax if you come and join us once in a while."

Shen Jiarou had no choice but to follow the two men to the poetry gathering. Due to her special status, she brought twenty guards with her this time, and Feng Jingyun was the leader.

As the three of them walked into the poetry gathering with veils on, they were stared at by the scholars. Jiang Shuhan and Jiang Shulan became very nervous for a moment.

"Sister, I'm a little nervous." Jiang Shulan felt uncomfortable being stared at by everyone.

Jiang Shuhan agreed: "Yes."

Shen Jiarou smiled and said, "Why are you afraid? Now that you are here, just stay calm and composed."