Her hair was cloud-like and beautiful! She opened her eyes and found herself back in the third year

"Marriage? What marriage?" Zhao Rufang was taken aback at first, then her eyes lit up, and she immediately became interested. "Princess, what marriage are you going to tell me about?"

Qin Yizhen: "......"

What happened to your promise to admire the Marquis?

You really came here for wealth and luxury, didn't you!

Qin Yi was speechless for a moment, but she quickly realized what was happening.

Since there is a request, then there is something to discuss.

"What kind of marriage do you want?" Qin Yizhen asked her, and then added, "You need to think carefully about what kind of life you want before you speak, so that I can find one for you."

“They need to be rich,” Zhao Rufang said immediately. “That’s especially important.”

"Okay," Qin Yizhen readily agreed.

"Then it's best to have power, to be an official, preferably a civil official, preferably young, at most as old as the Marquis, and even better, to be good-looking, as good-looking as the Marquis."

Qin Yizhen: "......"

Qin Yizhen fell silent again.

"Should I give Xie Zhan to you?"

Cheng Yan's appearance is certainly not bad.

He was tall and upright, with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, handsome and unparalleled, a rare and fine young man in the world.

If one had to find someone who was better looking than him, the only one would probably be the handsome, elegant, and refined immortal Xie Zhan.

"Really?" Zhao Rufang's eyes lit up with an astonishing brightness.

"It's fake." Qin Yizhen glanced at her irritably. "You actually dare to think about Xie Zhan!"

That's incredibly audacious.

Zhao Rufang replied matter-of-factly, "Of course I wouldn't dare to think about it. But if the princess said she wanted him to marry me, then I would dare to think about it. After all, you are a princess!"

"You're dreaming." Qin Yizhen was speechless. "Not to mention Xie Zhan, any young master with such good conditions would not marry you if you didn't have any outstanding qualities. You should just give up on your dreams."

Zhao Rufang sighed regretfully, "Alright."

Qin Yizhen said, "You can take your time to think about the marriage. I have promised you, so I will naturally help you find a suitable one. However, you will be moving to the guest courtyard in the outer courtyard today, so the matter of taking a concubine will be called off."

Zhao Rufang hesitated for a moment, then looked at Qin Yizhen cautiously, as if she had something to say.

"What? You disagree? Or do you not trust me?"

"That's not quite it. I do agree, after all, who would want to be a concubine if they could marry someone and become a wife? I believe what the princess says, but... but..."

She hesitated, seemingly a little embarrassed.

"Just what? Tell me."

Zhao Rufang closed her eyes and said loudly, "But shouldn't the precious jewels, jewelry, and silk fabrics that the princess prepared for me have been given to me?"

Qin Yizhen: "?!"

She remained silent for a long while, carefully recalling how she had believed Zhao Rufang when she said she admired Cheng Yan.

Is she blind?

This person clearly only loves wealth, riches, money, and jewels.

However, Qin Yizhen naturally didn't argue with her about this small amount. She said, "Since it's given to you, it's all yours."

"That's wonderful, wonderful, hahaha!" Zhao Rufang covered her mouth and laughed so hard that her shoulders shook.

Qin Yizhen asked her, "So now you're willing to move to the guest quarters in the outer courtyard?"

"Yes, yes, I'll go move it right away! Granny Jin, please send a few people to help!"

Granny Jin looked at Qin Yizhen, and seeing her nod, she agreed and followed Zhao Rufang to Lanfang Courtyard to move things.

After everyone left, the room became quiet.

Qin Yizhen patted her forehead, sighing, "It's all my own fault. Where am I supposed to find her a suitable marriage partner? I should never have arranged for him to take a concubine..."

It's true what they say: it's easy to invite a god but hard to send him away; he brought this upon himself and deserves it!

.

When Cheng Yan returned to the outer courtyard, Steward Zhou was also startled: "Lord Marquis, why are you back?"

They've already had dinner at the Spring Retreat Courtyard, why don't they rest there?

What a great opportunity! Wouldn't it be foolish for him not to seize it and stay?

Seeing his expression, Cheng Yan knew exactly what he was thinking. His lips twitched: "Stop talking nonsense."

"Alright, alright, I'm being nosy. Why don't you stay? I think if you said you wanted to stay, the princess wouldn't send you away today."

Cheng Yan pressed down on the corners of his mouth, offering no explanation, but simply instructing him, "Have someone bring some hot water; I need to wash up. Also, have someone make several copies of this letter containing the information about making velvet flowers."

Cheng Yan took the letter out of his pocket and handed it to Butler Zhou, adding, "Don't copy anything except the content about making velvet flowers. Also, make sure it's written in a way that makes it impossible to recognize who wrote it, understand?"

Qin Yizhen was thinking too simply. In her letter to Princess Huizhen, she said that she had accidentally learned Fang Shixin's method of making velvet flowers. Recently, Fang Shixin had offended her again, and she wanted to teach Fang Shixin a lesson, so she gave the method to Princess Huizhen.

Even if Fang Shixin later finds out that Qin Yizhen leaked the method of making velvet flowers, she wouldn't dare to do anything to Qin Yizhen. However, it would be best not to leave any evidence to clear her name.

"Understood, understood. I'll have someone come right away. Don't worry."

Cheng Yan nodded and instructed, "Call over a few idle people as well. I think this business of making velvet flowers is quite interesting. Call people over to discuss whether it is feasible. If it is feasible, we can arrange for some people to do it, but Huizhen should be the one to do it on the surface."

The Eastern Qin has been unstable for the past three or four years. After years of fighting, the national treasury has been greatly reduced. Even now, the military supplies that he receives are sometimes not enough, and he can only use them sparingly.

If we could get some money, there would be many things we could do, including increasing the compensation for the wounded and injured soldiers.

Cheng Yan saw some business opportunities in the velvet flower business.

"Yes."

Butler Zhou quickly arranged things, and when Cheng Yan finished washing up and came out wearing a blue cross-collar long gown, several people had already come to the study.

Song Nian also came.

"Lord Marquis." Upon seeing Cheng Yan arrive, the group rose and bowed respectfully.

"No need for formalities, please sit down." Cheng Yan gestured for everyone to sit, then sat down behind his desk and asked them, "You've all read it, what do you think?"

The group had been discussing for a while when Cheng Yan asked a question. A middle-aged man with a stubble of green beard stepped forward, bowed, and said, "Your Excellency, we have discussed it and think it is feasible."

"The army is short of money right now. If we could get more money, we could replace the soldiers' damaged weapons and armor. The ones that were broken before can only be used as is, which is not a long-term solution. We could also give more money to the wounded soldiers."

"However, if we want to do it, we need to spend a sum of money to buy silk and find an embroiderer to draw the pattern, and finally ask the embroiderer to make it."

Song Nian opened his mouth: "I just checked with Steward Zhou, and the manor doesn't have much money left."

It's true that the Marquis of Pingxi's mansion is not short of money, but much of it has been used to subsidize the army, so there isn't much money left in the accounts right now.

Cheng Yan asked him, "How much can you afford?"

"Three thousand taels."

Fearing he wouldn't believe it, Songnian explained, "There are over ten thousand in the accounts, but we need to keep some for emergencies. In addition, we just finished a war, and on the way back, my subordinates counted the number of casualties, which also amounted to five or six thousand."

As Song Nian finished speaking, his eyes darted around, and suddenly an idea struck him, so he suggested:

"How about you borrow some money from the princess, my lord? She has money."