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After eating lunch in a somewhat stiff atmosphere, Ling Wenze said to Zhiyuan, "Well, I'm going out first."

Seeing his cautious look, Zhi Yuan felt a pain in her heart: These days Ling Wenze really treated him too well, which made him have the illusion that he could fight for something.Ling Wenze is a prince, he is just a young lady, what right does he have for Ling Wenze to show such a humble look to him?

Suppressing all the turbulent emotions, Zhi Yuan still couldn't smile at Ling Wenze, he just nodded: "Your Highness, come back soon."

Ling Wenze smiled at him: "Okay!"

Emperor Yong had just finished lunch with Concubine Shu, and the two were whispering softly on the couch, when they heard a report from the palace that His Royal Highness the Third Prince asked to see him.

Emperor Yong frowned: "How did the third child find this place?"

Concubine Shu wanted to know what the third prince who had never approached Emperor Yong wanted to do, so she said, "Your Majesty, let him in, what if there is something urgent?"

Emperor Yong naturally agreed, and said to the palace man who reported, "Let him in."

Standing still at a suitable position, Ling Wenze knelt on the ground and respectfully saluted Emperor Yong and Concubine Shu: "I have met Emperor Father, Concubine Shu!"

"Get up, why are you so eager to see me?"

Ling Wenze didn't stand up, but knelt there and cupped his hands and said, "I want to ask my father to agree to let my son marry Zhi Yuan as his wife."

Emperor Yong frowned again: "Who is Zhi Yuan?"

Ling Wenze said brightly: "It's the young lady whom my son picked up from King Cheng a while ago."

"Bastard!"

Hearing this, Emperor Yong felt furious. He raised his hand and threw a plate of grapes on the table beside the couch towards Ling Wenze.

Ling Wenze took a hard hit, and the plate just happened to hit the spot where he was smashed last time, but fortunately, the plate didn't have edges and corners like a paperweight, so he didn't bleed this time.But the grapes on the plate hit his face, and the juice flowed horizontally, so he was in a mess.

Cursing obscenities in his heart, Ling Wenze knelt there with his head up, looking firmly at Emperor Yong and Concubine Shu: "I will not marry you if you have to! Please allow me!"

During the conversation between Emperor Yong and Ling Wenze, Concubine Shu's thoughts had already turned around many times.Although the third prince was not a threat to her son, but now is the critical period for the establishment of a prince, and it would be great if the third prince can completely leave the center of power.

So, before Emperor Yong could speak, Concubine Shu suddenly began to shed tears.

Emperor Yong quickly embraced Concubine Shu and asked, "What's wrong with Concubine Ai?"

Concubine Shu wiped her tears with a handkerchief, looked at Emperor Yong and said: "I heard from Cheng'er earlier that His Royal Highness the Third Prince took the young man who lost his hand, and was punished by His Majesty for this. The concubine was lucky to get Your Majesty favors you, and you and Your Majesty are in love with each other and accompany you every day. Seeing that His Highness the Third Prince has such deep affection for that young lady, I am really touched, why doesn't Your Majesty make this lover happy?"

Ling Wenze sighed in his heart: Damn, you can cry if you say you want to cry, this acting skill is amazing!

Emperor Yong was so fond of Concubine Shu that he hurriedly persuaded Concubine Shu, but Concubine Shu cried and begged Emperor Yong to agree.

Ling Wenze maintained a embarrassed look and watched the two people just ignore him, and waited for a while before Emperor Yong said to him with a sullen face: "I'm sure."

Ling Wenze quickly grabbed the ground with his head: "Thank you, father!"

Emperor Yong snorted, and continued: "Don't be too happy. I only give you the money for the mansion. The wedding banquet is cancelled, and you marry a young man as your official wife. You don't feel ashamed and I hate it! You don't need to bring that young man here Seeing Zhen and the ladies, hurry to find Dongfang Wo, find any ready-made mansion and buy it, and take your young lady out of the palace!"

Emperor Yong's conditions were exactly what Ling Wenze wanted, and he hurriedly kowtowed to thank him, and left as soon as Emperor Yong had written the imperial edict and threw it to him.

Coming out of Concubine Jin's bedroom, Ling Wenze took the handkerchief handed over by the palace attendant and wiped his face with enthusiasm, always feeling that this scene seemed familiar.Touching his forehead and forehead, he resented in his heart: It's all because Concubine Shu performed so well just now, and he was too involved in being driven, those few heads made his real head hurt.But thinking of achieving his goal, Ling Wenze laughed, and happily took the imperial order to find Dongfang Wo.

Ling Wenze left the palace and went to the household department to find Dongfang Wo.

Hearing the announcement that the third prince was coming, Dongfang Wo hurried out to greet him, and when he saw Ling Wenze, he was startled and said, "Your Highness, why... are you in such a mess?"

Ling Wenze's forehead is now covered with bruises, his forehead is still red, and there are still patches of stains on his robe.After being reminded by Dongfang Wo, he realized that he looked really embarrassed, but this did not affect his good mood.

Before Ling Wenze could answer, Dongfang Wo hurriedly invited him into the room.

"This is the place where the humble staff handles daily affairs, please sit down, Your Highness."

Ling Wenze sat down, took out Emperor Yong's edict and put it on the table, and said, "Then what, I want to marry Zhi Yuan as my wife, and my father asked you to help me find a mansion quickly, and it would be best if I could move there tomorrow."

Dongfang Wo's hands that poured tea for him trembled, and the tea splashed on the table.

"Your Highness... Your Highness, are you kidding me?"

Ling Wenze quickly picked up the imperial edict, then reached out to take the teapot in his hand and put it aside: "If you keep falling down like this, the water will flood the golden mountain."

Dongfang Wo didn't understand what "Shui Man Jin Shan" was, but at this time he didn't care about it at all.Regardless of the mess on the table, he leaned on the table and sat down, took the edict and read it again and again, and then he calmed down and said: "His Royal Highness really wants to marry that young lady as his wife?"

Ling Wenze became impatient with his question: "Yes, you heard me right, I want to marry Zhi Yuan as my first wife."

Only then did Dongfang Wo realize that what he had heard about Ling Wenze's love for Zhi Yuan was not fake. He really wanted to ask again, "How did you get His Majesty to agree?" It was also very difficult, so he didn't speak again.

After collecting the imperial edict, Dongfang Wo asked someone to come in and wipe the table, then took out a map, and said to Ling Wenze: "Actually, after His Highness mentioned it to Beizhi last night, he has already searched for His Highness. Your Highness, please look here. The size of the mansion is not too big, and it is not too far from the palace. It's just... this mansion is a bit unlucky."

Ling Wenze became interested: "What's the matter? Haunted?"

"That's not true, it's actually just a murder case." Dongfang Wo said with a smile, "Your Highness, do you know that Bai Zhijian, the servant of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, married a man last year?"

Ling Wenze nodded and said, "I've heard of it."

"This house belongs to the man's wife's natal family. Bai Shilang's wife was originally the concubine son of the wealthy businessman. The concubine poisoned his father and framed it for the concubine. Bai Shilang presided over the case and gave him justice. They got married again. The son murdered and went to jail. There was only one young son left in the family, and the family's property also declined a lot. The old lady put this house up for sale, but no one bought it until now. The lowly position is naturally gone. I have seen this house, and everything is good. If your highness is interested, you can take your highness to have a look tomorrow morning."

Ling Wenze nodded: "That's fine, you can take me with you at the next court tomorrow, but my father said that I should move out of the palace as soon as possible, preferably tomorrow."

Dongfang Wo said hello and put away the map.

Ling Wenze asked him again: "Actually, I have something else I want to ask you about."

"Your Highness, please speak."

"Do you know how to buy ore? I recently read a few books on smelting, and I am very interested. I wanted to ask Mr. Hong, but unfortunately he went to the frontier. Mr. Dongfang and Mr. Hong seem to have a good relationship, I don't know Do you know anything about these?"

"Although there are also private mines, the highest quality mines are naturally owned by the imperial court. If your highness wants to practice first, I can introduce you to a few bosses who operate mines. If you want high-quality mines, you have to get your majesty I agree." After a pause, Dongfang Wo said with bright eyes, "Your Highness is new to this, right? In fact, I know more than this. I also know a little bit about the origin, appearance and smelting method of this ore. , if His Highness is interested, I will tell you about it."

Ling Wenze looked at Dongfang Wo's expression of "I understand everything, just ask me quickly", suppressed a smile and said, "I would like to hear more about it."

After chatting with Dongfang Wo for two hours, Ling Wenze gained a lot.He really didn't expect that Dongfang Wo was really not just talking, he knew the ore and smelting of Ling Chao in detail.

The level of smelting here is indeed not high. According to Dongfang Wo's description, Ling Wenze felt that the highest-quality ore in his mouth was very similar to the "A-grade ore" of the alliance. Many people have not even been able to use it to refine high-quality cold weapons.

Dongfang Wo volunteered, saying that as long as he got permission from Emperor Yong, he would accompany him to visit the Ministry of War and ask for mines.

Ling Wenze didn't intend to hide the fact that he wanted to buy mines, but he needed to buy some smelting tools and burn them every day in the house to put on a show, otherwise it would be difficult to explain why he bought so many mines and disappeared.So he plans to say hello to Emperor Yong tomorrow, the reasons are all ready-made, he also wants to do his part in the matter of You Jiang, although in the eyes of others, he can only be regarded as the same as Xiaowu's woodcarving , playthings lose one's mind.

By the time the two finished chatting, it was already dark.

Ling Wenze learned a lot of information here and was very satisfied.Dongfang Wo also had a great time talking. He is usually a chatterbox, and it was natural for someone to listen to him talk, which made him feel happy, not to mention that he was very interested in Ling Wenze.

"It's getting late, your highness, do you want to stay here and have dinner with me?"

Seeing that Dongfang Wo was still in high spirits, Ling Wenze refused with a smile: "I have to go back to the palace to find Zhi Yuan, let's talk tomorrow."

Dongfang Wo clicked his tongue and joked, "Your Highness really has a deep affection for the princess."

Ling Wenze thought to himself: This is called Wangfei.He just smiled on his face, and didn't say that he was actually relaxing after finishing his work, and began to feel uncomfortable all over. He had to go back and take a shower quickly.