Mortal Mage

"Master Zhang, is my sincerity sufficient?"

Li Jing buried his head in the chest of a palace maid beside him and spoke lightly with his eyes narrowed.

"Your Highness, I have said that you get what you sow. As for your gift, I have the guts to take it, but not to use it."

Zhang Mingxuan urgently needed the spiritual stones and the magic door, but at this moment, all the civil and military officials in the court were watching. If he took the spiritual stones and the magic door now, he was afraid that the assassins from the wealthy families and aristocratic families would come to his house for a meeting tomorrow.

"Don't worry, no one dares to think about the gift I sent."

The prince knew Zhang Mingxuan's concerns and spoke to comfort him, with a hint of impatience in his tone.

"I have done nothing but accept the gift. Your Highness, please take back the gift."

Zhang Mingxuan bowed slightly to refuse. He had not yet figured out the situation in the court. If he chose a side randomly, he would easily die without knowing why.

"Snapped."

Li Jing smashed the glass wine cup he had just picked up to the ground, and then suddenly stood up, raised his eyebrows, and said angrily, "Zhang Mingxuan! I gave you face! You really pissed me off!"

He waved his sleeves and drove him away, "Get lost!"

A eunuch came out and said, "Master Zhang, we won't see you off."

"Wei Chen retire."

After leaving the Prince's Mansion, he felt like he had walked through the gates of hell.

He has no money, no skills, and no connections. If he accepts this thing in public, he will probably bring unnecessary trouble upon himself.

"I am a poor fifth-rank official. I don't know what this prince can do to me."

Zhang Mingxuan was thinking about the details on his way home. Not long after he went home, a group of official sedan chairs and carriages passed by him.

They are all officials from the Prince’s Palace.

After the official's sedan chair and carriage gradually moved away, another group of people walked by behind them.

Eight eunuchs from the Attendant Bureau led a group of singing girls and dancers from the Jiaosifang.

"I don't know how much money Jiaosifang can make by running an order."

"Master Zhang!"

While he was daydreaming, a woman seemed to see him and called out to him tentatively. Zhang Mingxuan looked in the direction of the voice and saw it was the woman playing the piano.

When the woman saw that it was indeed Zhang Mingxuan, she took out half an ounce of gold from her bosom and quietly gave it to a senior eunuch in the attendant bureau. "Eunuch, I want to say something to that gentleman."

The eunuch thought it was silver and was ready to refuse, but when he saw it was half an ounce of gold, which could be exchanged for a full five hundred ounces of silver, he quickly put away his angry expression and shouted, "Take a break and let the girls do something convenient."

When the eunuchs on duty heard their leader say this, they slowed down their pace.

The chief eunuch gave a look and the woman hurried over to Zhang Mingxuan.

Zhang Mingxuan had seen this woman before, but he couldn't remember her name, and he didn't know why she called him.

While he was suspicious, the woman had already walked up to him and bowed gently. "Master Zhang, I hope you can come to the Shanhai Hall on the second floor of the Jiaosifang tomorrow. I have something to discuss with you."

Zhang Mingxuan took a look at the woman and she seemed familiar.

It turned out that this woman was the one playing the musical instrument whom he and Wang Han and his companions had met at the Jiaosifang that day. At that time, he had looked at her a few more times because of her beauty. Today, he met her again at the Prince's Mansion and looked at her a few more times. He did not expect that she would take the initiative to find him.

"Ah... this..., pretty girl, I don't seem to be familiar with you."

He thought he was handsome, but not handsome enough to attract beautiful women, so he responded with an embarrassed look on his face.

"Let's go."

In the team, the chief eunuch urged that time cannot be wasted for too long.

"Master Zhang, my daughter Yun'er, I hope you will accept the invitation tomorrow."

After Yun'er finished speaking, she returned to the team, and then the group continued to rush back to the Jiaosifang.

Zhang Mingxuan looked puzzled, not understanding why Yun'er would invite him out for no reason.

The next day, after the court was dismissed, Wang Han and Guo Zhuoran got some silver from somewhere and insisted on dragging him to the Ministry of Education, saying that owing money to an adult and treating the adult to drinks were two different things.

Wang Han lost face last time, and he was embarrassed to meet them the last few times. Zhang Mingxuan went there to help Wang Han resolve his worries.

Halfway through the drink, a waiter came downstairs and called Zhang Mingxuan, saying that Miss Yun'er invited him to a private room upstairs for a chat.

Zhang Mingxuan greeted Wang Han and Guo Zhuoran and went upstairs to accept the invitation.

As soon as they entered the room, Yun'er closed the door and suddenly knelt down in front of Zhang Mingxuan;

"Master Zhang, please help my daughter!"

"Miss Yun'er, what do you mean?"

Zhang Mingxuanxu supported Yuner.

He was already having a hard time in the court, and he really didn't know what he could do to help this girl.

"Master Zhang, my daughter is the daughter of the former Minister of War!"