The uncle borrowed some merits, and the princess drew the talisman fiercely

Lu Zhaoyun in the room had no idea that what she said to the second prince had been heard by the two people outside the door.

She was happy and expectant at this moment.

No matter what the Second Prince's reason was, he had to let her enter the palace to meet Concubine Shu.

Lu Zhaoling, who came from the countryside, had never learned the etiquette of a lady from a noble family, let alone the palace rules.

It would be great if she made some serious mistake when she entered the palace.

It would be even better if she could meet the emperor, and if Lu Zhaoling angered the emperor, he would cancel the arranged marriage on the spot.

Although thinking this in her heart, Lu Zhaoling still looked worried and said to the Second Prince, "Second sister was raised in the countryside. What if she offends the Empress or the Emperor when she enters the palace? What should we do?"

The second prince sneered, "Isn't she relying on the favor of the emperor's uncle? If she really did commit a crime, she can just blame it on the emperor's uncle."

He wanted to see whether the emperor's uncle could protect Lu Zhaoling at any time and in any situation.

"My second sister is downstairs. I think she followed us here today to take advantage of us. Since we want her to enter the palace, we have to give her some benefits. Your Highness knows that she is a petty and greedy person. She has already found all kinds of excuses to ask my father for money at home."

Lu Zhaoyun looked at the second prince in embarrassment, "But I don't have much money on hand..."

Lu Zhaoling outside the door sneered.

Lu Zhaoyun is really great. Did she follow him to take advantage?

The Lu family has been spending money from her own mother, so how can they have the nerve to say these things now?

The second prince wants her to enter the palace to help find human skin lanterns?

It's not impossible, he brought it to me himself.

After taking advantage of Zhu Minghao, there is a new customer?

"You are indeed a small family, you have no sense of propriety, you only care about the little profit in front of you!"

The second prince cursed, but still took out a silver ingot and threw it to Lu Zhaoyun. "Use it to buy her some hair ornaments to deal with her. If you say something nice to her and try to coax her, you may not have to pay much."

A thud.

Lu Zhaoyun failed to catch the silver ingot and it fell to the ground.

She bent down to pick it up, and felt a little humiliated the moment she picked up the silver.

Lu Zhaoling was about to push the door again.

She has to go in and give the second prince a good beating.

As a result, someone grabbed her collar from behind and pulled her backwards.

"Well......"

Before she could say anything, Zhou Shiyue covered her mouth with one hand and jumped out of the window at the end of the porch with her.

The people fell onto the street. Qinglin, who was guarding beside the carriage, looked at them blankly, then looked up at the second floor.

"My Lord, was he assassinated?"

He asked, his hand already on the hilt of his sword, ready to meet the enemy.

Zhou Shiyue glanced at him, speechless.

Lu Zhaoling patted his hands, signaling him to let her go.

As soon as he let go of her hand, Lu Zhaoling turned to him angrily, her eyes wide open.

"Zhou Shiyue!"

Zhou Shiyue raised his hands. "They are clean. I didn't touch the coffin or the dead body. I washed my hands before leaving the palace."

Is that what she wanted to say?

Lu Zhaoling was actually stunned by him, and the urge to say sweet words was strangled.

This feeling is really bad, like a failed burp.

It turned out that he was not assassinated. He thought that he had encountered some trouble because he suddenly jumped from the second floor.

Seeing them like this, Qinglin loosened his grip on the sword and stepped back a few steps. At the same time, he glanced majestically at the people not far away, intimidating them and preventing them from getting close to eat the melons.

"Why did you drag me down here?" Lu Zhaoling glared at Zhou Shiyue unhappily, "Didn't you hear that they were plotting against me? They plotted against me so well, I have to go in and collect the fees, right?"

If she hadn't told them in person about her charging standards, the Second Prince and Lu Zhaoling would have just given her three or five taels of silver to send her off.

She's not that cheap.

"Why are you in such a hurry? With me here, are you afraid of missing out?"

Zhou Shiyue thought of what the second prince had just said, and a dark color welled up in his eyes.

Nephews are different from each other. For example, this nephew is particularly annoying.

"What bad idea have you come up with?" Lu Zhaoling's eyes lit up and she moved closer to him.

"What?" Zhou Shiyue tilted his head slightly, pretending to pick his ear with his little finger, and asked with a half-smile, "What idea are you talking about?"

Lu Zhaoling: "...Your Highness, please tell me about the golden ideas you have come up with."

"Yeah." Zhou Shiyue nodded. "I'll tell you later, but you have to understand one thing. If you just barge in and tell them, you won't get much money. What's the point of digging out hundreds or thousands of taels, right?"

Lu Zhaoling's eyes lit up.

"You mean, maybe ten thousand liang?"

She really only wanted a few hundred taels.

Who was the one who complained about her high fees before? Why is she so arrogant now?

"Don't be so mercenary and only think about money. I heard from the assistant doctor that you also pay attention to the quality of paper and cinnabar when drawing talismans?"

"Of course."

"Then the talisman drawn with top-grade cinnabar and top-grade yellow paper will be much more effective?"

"It's not just the effect of the painting that's improved, it also saves time and effort when drawing the talismans," said Lu Zhaoling.

She hasn't found the best cinnabar and yellow paper yet, so drawing the talisman is a little more difficult.

If she could buy the Imperial Sand, she would really save time and effort when drawing talismans, and the resulting talismans would be much better.

"There is a cousin in Shufei's family. With Shufei's support, this man is in charge of several small mines in the southwest. One of them is a small mine that produces cinnabar."

Zhou Shiyue came close to her, covered his lips with his hand, and said to her in a low voice, "Although the minerals belong to the court and are the emperor's property, the emperor is far away and the water cannot be pure. They divide the cinnabar into several grades in the mining area, and there will be secret ways to secretly sell it. The best cinnabar ore and the best mining technology may not be delivered directly to the emperor."

At this point, he looked at Lu Zhaoling, "Lu Er, do you understand what I mean?"

"You mean, the Second Prince and I want top-quality cinnabar, not silver?"

With a thud.

Zhou Shiyue flicked his finger on her forehead.

"You are so smart, but you should be a little stupid once in a while. How can I allow you to discuss this matter openly? If Concubine Shu knew that you even knew this and were thinking about it, wouldn't she want to tear your little head off?"

Lu Zhaoling covered his forehead with his hands, angrily.

Then what are you talking about?

"Uncle Prince, he also wants to get involved in the management of those mines, that's the position."

Zhou Shiyue lowered his voice and spoke again.

Lu Zhaoling felt tired after listening to this.

"You want me to help my uncle the Crown Prince to seize this position from my cousin the Concubine Shu. If I succeed, the Crown Prince will provide me with the best cinnabar to thank me..."

She understood it, but she was tired. It would be better for her to go straight to the point and get the second prince!

Zhou Shiyue understood after looking at her expression that this girl was extremely lazy and just didn't want to do anything big.

"Okay, okay, okay. I'll take care of this matter. If you need a few hundred silver coins, go and have fun by yourself." He waved his hand.