After my soul traveled to ancient times, I don't want to be cannon fodder

Zhou Yi immediately withdrew his hand that was about to stop him, and followed Zhong Ning hesitantly towards the teahouse.

Forget it, it’s just for my brother and the children.

We cannot allow such a mess to corrode the family again, because he alone has forced the whole family to this point.

Even if he was convicted and imprisoned, it was his own fault.

In the teahouse.

The two secret guards had already collected all the information about the Nanfeng Pavilion across the street and presented it to Zhong Ning.

Emperor Yong provided comprehensive protection for his new daughter, Zhong Ning. In addition to one hundred imperial guards that could be deployed at will, there were also four secret guards at her disposal.

Two male secret guards protected in the dark, and two female secret guards protected in the light.

Zhong Ning gave them names according to the standard style of wind, flowers, snow and moon: Zou, Fengxin, Huarong, Xueming and Yuesheng.

In addition, there are ten imperial guards who will disguise themselves as ordinary people, hiding in the environment around her, ready to protect her at any time.

Of course, Murong Xin also has this equipment.

However, she herself rejected the imperial guards because her current identity was only the concubine of Prince An. The fact that she was given the title of princess and had a mansion granted by the emperor was enough to attract attention.

Coupled with the imperial guards that only princesses have, the regulations are a bit too extreme.

However, she was also assigned four secret guards to protect her at all times.

Emperor Yong also received information on the same day about Murong Huan and Murong Chen coming to cause trouble, and privately caused some trouble for Prince An.

If King An does not understand and does not know how he has offended the Holy Emperor, someone will quietly tell him how to educate his children.

And now Princess Anle is highly regarded by His Majesty, so don't let the people in the mansion come to her house and cause trouble for themselves.

Prince An understood this clearly and ordered Murong Huan to be confined to his residence and not allowed to go out for at least a month.

As for Prince An's son Murong Chen, he is increasing his schoolwork and increasing his martial arts training experience.

It's not that Prince An doesn't care about his children. He values ​​this prince very much. It's just that a few days ago, this rebellious son competed with the son of Duke Fuguo for a woman in the Music Bureau, and he actually lost miserably.

It's really embarrassing for him.

This also means that Murong Chen can't think of taking it easy in the near future. He can only leave the house when his martial arts skills are improved.

Zhong Ning took the intelligence and looked at the information about Nanfeng Pavilion.

It was founded six years ago, and the person behind the scenes was the Grand Princess.

This eldest princess is Emperor Yong's sister.

She lost her husband at an early age and has been a widow ever since. But this widowhood is only on the surface. In fact, she has many male lovers in her house, and they are all very beautiful.

This Nanfeng Pavilion was also the place she used to select her own lovers. The young men whom she disliked or had used and abandoned would be thrown here.

If you want to survive, you have to flatter and beg for survival.

For example, the most famous person in Nanfeng Pavilion today is Young Master Liuyue.

It is said that she has a cool temperament, a face as beautiful as a jade, both talent and beauty, and is best at chess, earning her the reputation of being the chess player among flowers.

Such a talent would cost three thousand taels of silver just to meet him.

This one is the kind of beauty that even the eldest princess wants to coax.

And the Grand Princess has not been able to succeed so far.

But because of the Grand Princess's reputation, few people dared to meet him.

Logically speaking, he should live in the princess's mansion.

But he himself doesn't want to.

I would rather live here and make a living by performing.

The next one is Young Master Nong Shuang.

He is graceful and handsome, with sharp eyebrows, bright eyes and extraordinary appearance.

His appearance is comparable to that of the first-ranked Master Liu Yue, but he has a straightforward temperament and loses one point in temperament, so he is ranked below him.

He is best at playing the piano and the flute. The starting price for meeting him and listening to a piece of music is at least two thousand taels.

Further down...

Zhong Ning felt a little depressed.

The prices in this Nanfeng Pavilion are surprisingly so high.

How much food can you buy with three thousand taels of silver?

But when I got here, I could only meet him once.

No matter how rich she is, she wouldn't spend money like this.

What's more, the recent reports of drought in Xiyan, Xining and Dingyuan have been submitted to the court. Although the court has sent people to provide disaster relief, after being exploited by officials at all levels, the amount of food that can actually reach the hands of the victims is probably much less.

And the scope of the disaster will become larger and larger.

Initially, only Xiyan City suffered the worst damage, and the affected areas in the two neighboring cities were not large. However, it was later discovered that as the drought intensified, a locust plague gradually broke out.

In two months at most, a group of refugees from the three cities will flock to the capital.

By then, the capital city was in a food crisis, with food prices soaring thirty times.

The original price of grain was seven coins per catty, but by then it had risen to two hundred coins per catty.

Therefore, she had sent a message to Qi Yu a few days ago, borrowed a few Black Dragon Guards, and went to Jiangnan to secretly stockpile food.

It was Hei Shiliu, Hei Shiqi and others who had helped her place the bet for a win last time. At this moment, they had already taken the 100,000 taels of silver notes from her and secretly went to Jiangnan to stock up on grain.

She also went to the palace to greet the emperor.

He just said that he had opened a grain shop in his new property, and he also heard that Xiyan City and three other cities had suffered from drought. It can be seen that food is extremely important at all times.

So I want to stock up some in advance to be prepared.

Although the emperor looked skeptical at the time, he did not say much. After all, in his opinion, the court had already made arrangements for disaster relief in the three cities of Xiyan. It would not be of much use if Zhong Ning sent people to stockpile grain at this time.

Since he opened a grain store and was worried about future troubles, it would not be a big deal to stock up some grain.

Therefore, he simply chose to turn a blind eye to Zhong Ning's borrowing people to go to the south of the Yangtze River to stockpile grain.

After all, she is my daughter. If she wants to do something, I can only support her as much as possible.

Of course, it’s not just Zhong Ning.

Murong Xin also saw the price of ordering a small Wanwan at Nanfeng Pavilion. Although she didn't have much concept of money, she was still shocked.

A few days ago, when Fang Ping was a guest at the Princess's residence, the three of them discussed opening a dim sum shop together at the dinner table.

Fang Ping Technology invested 20% of the shares.

She and Sister Zhong each contributed two thousand taels, accounting for 30% each.

Of the remaining 20%, 10% is paid to the chefs who make and innovate the dim sum.

One percent is given to the shopkeeper who is responsible for managing the shop and the clerk who sells snacks.

She didn't spend much money, so she had very little cash. Most of her daily necessities, including food, clothing, housing, transportation, and jewelry, were provided by the palace.

Those two thousand taels were her own private money.

She had no retainers or sources of income, and she did not accept any tributes, so naturally she had very few ways to make money.

So when she saw that a little girl like Xiao Wan had so much money in Nanfeng Pavilion, she was a little shocked.

She swallowed and wanted to see what Sister Zhong thought.

But Zhong Ning suddenly asked, "How much was your brother sold for?"

"Two hundred taels!" Zhou Yi replied somewhat embarrassedly.

"I'll pay for this," Zhong Ning continued. "We'll go into the prison together later. After we get the man out, you can go home directly. Let your man reflect on his actions in prison for a few years!"