Five-year enthronement three-year simulation

In the end, amidst the silence of the hall, the emperor finally made a decision and agreed to Ming Tan's request to lift the curfew, and asked her to be responsible for the security of the capital, and properly arrange the patrols of the imperial army and Shuntian government officials, so that there must be no mistakes.

On the other hand, Minghui, before the matter was settled, he basically lost his fighting spirit—the dark lines buried in Jinfeng Bookstore had been pulled out, so there was no point in fighting for the curfew, it would be better to spend less effort and save money The father will be displeased again.

You know, after the autumn hunt, the emperor never gave him any good looks...

Therefore, the curfew was finally successfully lifted, and the capital quickly became a dimly lit city that never sleeps.

As soon as the decree was implemented, the common people took action upon hearing the news, and the shops keenly seized the good opportunity. Many shops that were close to closing came back to life again, and opened their doors to welcome customers.

Even though the winter night is cold, people’s shopping fun has never diminished for a hundred years: the market day will resume soon, every household has new year’s goods to buy, children are clamoring for hot sweet dumplings, small shops in the streets and alleys There are too many stalls to dazzle and dizzy...

If it coincides with festivals such as Laba again, it will only be more prosperous, and it can really be called a reappearance of the wonders of the Song Dynasty, as recorded in "Tokyo Menghualu": ​​"The night market did not reopen until the third o'clock. If you want to make a fuss, you will know everything."

The common people in Beijing were born at the root of the imperial city, and they have a high degree of acceptance and adaptation to the new policy. They have never been afraid of the night; what's more, there are always guards patrolling the streets, which makes people feel more at ease. The new government decree spoke highly of it, and they all praised "Your Majesty is really a wise king with a heart for the people and great foresight."

After news of the movement in the court came out, even Ming Tan, who advocated this order, was praised to the bottom of the sky—too short of setting up a memorial archway on the street, writing full of beautiful words, and praising Princess Yonghui for them. Made all kinds of achievements.

After all, if you want to be serious, after the curfew is lifted, the people and shops will benefit most directly.The former can better meet their own entertainment or shopping needs, and have more leisure time; the latter will have more prosperous business, constantly develop new consumption forms, earn a lot of money, and pay taxes happily. very--

They are all smart people who do business at the feet of the emperor. Who wants to easily make life difficult for the court?

After careful calculation, we can see that the profit of each store has doubled compared to before the curfew was lifted. What do you still care about the small money that takes [-] out of [-]?

Therefore, after a steady stream of silver flowed into the national treasury, those conservative ministers and censors who originally advocated "emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business" and were quite dissatisfied with Mingtan had to shut up and quietly moved back when they were in court. Stand for a while, lest the latter find his painful face.

no way.Money is the last word.

The Ninth Princess can earn money for the court by just thinking of a trick, can they do it too?

……

But in fact, Ming Tan didn't care what those ministers thought at all—she was too busy counting the money until she was soft!

After the increase in turnover, Shun'an Study has recruited many helpers, who work day and night and operate around the clock. The books sold are also one after another, and quickly become white money, which is exchanged by the shopkeeper Zhou to the bank. The silver bill was secretly sent to the palace.

After Mingtan gets it, she will calculate the amount carefully, and send people to send the dividends or wages to the Yuwang Mansion and the Imperial Academy, so that these partners will be more united and have the confidence to the enterprise—that is, the Shun'an Study. Belonging and motivation.

From the very beginning, he is an old professional.Ming Tan was so emotional.

As the only Seventh Princess Mingyu who fully trusted her and was therefore completely kept in the dark, Mingtan chose to hand over her due share to the other party when the two agreed to meet in the Imperial Garden, and said with a smile : "Now that you have money, can you afford to listen to opera?"

Ming Yan held a thick stack of banknotes, and showed her a rare smile, but unexpectedly, he still shook his head as before.

"The concubine mother has spent more and more money recently, and she even plans to sell the jewelry she brought from her boudoir," Ming Wei lowered his eyes, "I don't want her to live so hard...so, I'm afraid the money will go to waste." It's useful, but I still can't listen to the opera with Tan'er."

Unexpectedly, he would get such an answer. Ming Tan was startled when he heard the words, and immediately frowned, "What is Mrs. Jing doing recently? Concubines of all ranks have their own expenses in the palace, and they don't have any other expenses on weekdays. What are you doing with so much money?"

"I don't know either." Ming Wei sighed, shook his head and said, "According to my concubine's temperament, she would never tell me such an important matter."

"..."

Mrs. Jing has always doted on the seventh princess, and only regards this daughter as the apple of her eye. Even when dealing with the sixth prince Ming Ye who has been adopted under her name, her attitude is only flat.

This is really rare.

You know, no matter whether the prince has the ability to win the heir, he will be more worthy of trust than the princess...

Mrs. Jing did not understand this truth, but she was still unmoved. On the contrary, just after the sixth prince's biological mother Song Ying was lifted from the ground restraint, she sent her son back with her own hands, allowing them to live together.

Therefore, both Song Ying and the sixth prince are very grateful to Mrs. Jing, and the relationship between the two palaces is very harmonious... let's not mention it for now.

"Well, since you don't know, then I won't ask."

Ming Tan sighed, patted himself, the silly queen, on the shoulder, and said: "However, you must remember not to give all the money, and keep some for yourself, in case of emergencies..."

"Thank you, Tan'er, for your reminder, I understand."

Ming Wei nodded, eyes half down, and added: "Also, I have never told anyone that I have changed the bookstore, so don't worry, Tan'er."

As soon as these words came out, Ming Tan couldn't help being taken aback, and after looking at her in surprise for a while, he pursed his lips and said with a smile: "Thank you, Ah Min."

——Sure enough, people living in the deep palace, no matter how innocent they look, they all have extraordinary sensitivity.

Ming Tan never asked Ming Yan specifically, but the other party could still see that she was covering up when she acted, and offered to keep it a secret, so that Ming Tan could settle down on this cooperation.

If she, the Seventh Sister, hadn't been too shy, she would definitely be a plastic talent capable of doing great things...

Thinking about it this way, it really looks like a combination of Lin Shurong and Ming Zhao.

Ming Tan blinked, thinking wildly, and returned to Kunning Palace.

"...Tan'er is finally back?"

Just now when he walked to the door, the queen's smiling voice came from afar, beckoning to her daughter who had just stepped into the hall, and calling: "Come and sit here, your concubine Yi and I have something to ask you about."

Ming Tan blinked, said "Oh", and obediently stepped forward to salute, "See Empress Mother, see Concubine Yi."

"No gift, no gift."

There was a hint of eagerness in the tone of the person who spoke, and it was Concubine Yi Hua Rong.

She stretched out her hand and slowly rubbed her forehead, staring bitterly at a piece of thick paper with handwriting in front of her, and said irritably: "Your mother is very difficult today, and you insist on asking me to discuss the annual banquet with her." I'm not good at this, and it gives me a headache when I hear it. Tan'er, come quickly and take over my class."

As he spoke, he stood up and wanted to slip away as soon as he threw away the burden, but the queen quickly grabbed the corner of his sleeve, shook his head and said: "Organizing the New Year's banquet is a major matter in the palace, what should I discuss with a child like her? I'm seated."

Hua Rong was stopped from running, so she could only sigh, and sat back to her original place with a look of hopelessness.

"This year's banquet is different from previous ones... The prince who is setting up a mansion outside will bring the princess to the banquet, and even the eldest princess will bring his son-in-law back to the palace for a short stay. There are more rules and people will be sent to clean up several vacant palaces in advance. ..." The queen picked up a pen and jotted down these trifles on the piece of paper, and looked up at Ming Tan, "Tan'er, mother, do you remember that you have some friendship with Concubine Wen? Do you know what the princess likes?"

"Well," Ming Tan nodded slightly, "Daughter did have some contact with Concubine Wen when she spent the summer at the Chunzhou Palace."

The eldest princess Ming Han and the second princess Ming Xi are twin sisters, both born to Concubine Wen An Ruyi.Both of them were married when Ming Tan was young. The eldest princess and her son-in-law played harmoniously and deeply in love, but the second princess had much less blessings. She died within a few years of marriage, which really made Concubine Wen very sad. for a long time.

Now, apart from the third princess Ming Zhao who is married to Qiang Mi, and the fourth princess Ming Xiao who has just finished negotiating marriage and is planning to get married in the next spring, only the eldest princess lives with her consort in the princess mansion outside the palace.I am going to attend the annual banquet this year, and come back to see my father and mother.

Speaking of the four princesses...

After the downfall of Concubine Ning and the Zhu family, Mingxuan and Mingxiao, the two princes and princesses who were originally unattainable, fell into the quagmire and had to live in the palace with their tails between their legs.

Mingxuan is more respectable, and even married a daughter of a fifth-rank official. Although she is not a high-ranking official, she is better at being educated, reasonable, and gentle; but Mingxiao is not as lucky as her brother, and she has been negotiating with her for half a year. , I only talked about a concubine son of a sixth-rank military officer. I heard that he is very unlearned and incompetent, and his temperament is extremely dull...

If Concubine Ning was in glory in the past, even sons who were born as high-ranking officials would have to choose thousands of choices, how could they allow a bastard to be the husband-in-law of a daughter?

It's a pity that the world is so cold now, even Ming Xiao, who was domineering enough to slap Ming Tan in the past, can only get married hastily now in disgrace, which is really embarrassing.

"...Tan'er? Tan'er?"

The Queen's soft calls came, and Ming Tan, who was immersed in memories, finally woke up, "I haven't spoken for a long time, what are you thinking about?"

"Ah, it's nothing, nothing." Ming Tan waved his hand, and then answered the queen mother's question just now, "I have never talked with Concubine Wen about the elder sister, and I don't know what she likes... If the queen mother needs it, you might as well wait." Shall I ask Concubine Wen tomorrow?"

"Alright."

The queen nodded slightly, and approved the two small characters "to be determined" on the paper, suddenly raised her head to look at Ming Tan, and said with emotion: "I didn't expect time to pass so fast, and in just a blink of an eye, the children in this palace are so busy." They've grown so big..."

"That's right...Three years ago, the second prince married the only daughter of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials; the fourth and fifth princes also sealed the king's house one after another, and had their own concubines; now that the fourth princess's marriage is over, it's time Each of the seven princesses must have their own little family."

Hua Rong leaned on the chair, sipped tea slowly, and smiled teasingly at the queen, "Tao Zhi'er is the most blessed one. Neither son nor daughter is married, and it's someone else's wish that he can be by his side for a few more years." It’s a good thing you can’t ask for.”

"Oh...it's a good thing for me, but for Jing Er and Tan Er, brother and sister, how good is it?"

The queen sighed, patted the back of Ming Tan's hand, and said slowly: "Your elder brother doesn't want to get married, and the emperor and mother don't force him, they just hope that he will be happy. But you, Tan'er..."

——Ming Jing suffers from leg disease, which has not recovered so far, and there is a faint tendency of relapse in recent years, and he is considering whether to return to Baicao Valley for long-term treatment.

His special situation, not to mention everyone knows it, but it can't be hidden from those clans and high officials... May I ask, is there any powerful and noble family who is willing to marry the jewel in the palm to a half-crippled person?

Fortunately, Ming Jing also has no interest in marrying a princess, he would rather live a lonely life than ushering in a mistress in the house.

Therefore, since the crowning until now, the third prince is still the first widowed king of the Tiancheng royal family, and the whole palace is full of food for one person, and he is happy and carefree.

... But his sister obviously didn't have such a good life, and she was facing an unprecedented crisis of being urged to marry by her mother.

Hearing the queen calling himself, Ming Tan was terrified instantly, his back was stiff, he quickly rolled up his fingers and shook her hand, and said firmly: "Mother! My son, like the third brother, does not want to get married!"

"Nonsense. Can you be the same as Jing'er?" The queen shook her head, completely ignoring Mingtan's protest, "After a year later, the queen mother will look at the princes of the various families in Beijing... Do you like it yourself?" What about Prince Yu's son?"

Ming Tanhun was almost scared away by her, so he denied it without thinking, "Don't talk nonsense, queen mother! I really don't want to get married!"

The queen glanced at her slantly, took a full view of the real panic on her daughter's face, and said indifferently: "Why, don't you want to be like the eldest girl of the Lin family and use 'no one in Beijing can match her' as an excuse? ?”

"This is not an excuse, it is clearly the truth!"

Ming Tan bit his lower lip, rolled his eyes, and immediately moved out of the mountain to suppress people, "Otherwise, you can ask Father, he definitely doesn't want me to get married either!"

"What does your father know?" The queen lowered her lips and said without hesitation, "He didn't want to get married back then... Wasn't he forced by the late emperor in the end? Ask him, and it's better to ask Ayu. "

Hua Rong was eating melon seeds beside her, smiling and waving her hands, "Don't ask me, I also think it's good not to get married, indeed no one is worthy of our Princess Yonghui."

Ming Tan turned his head "swish", his eyes were bright and tears filled his eyes, he almost threw himself into Hua Rong's arms and wept bitterly.

"..." The queen glared at her, "You are also unreliable."

"All right, all right, since it's a lifelong event for the children, it's time for them to decide for themselves," Hua Rong said slowly, throwing the melon seeds in her palm on the table, "Don't be like you and me back then, almost It has become a lifelong regret..."

The queen was slightly taken aback, and the fingertips on Mingtan's hand tightened immediately.

After she was silent for a while, she suddenly remembered something, raised her eyes to look at Ming Tan who was full of approval, and frowned, as if she wanted to say something to her, but after opening her mouth, even half a No syllables came out either.

"...the queen mother?"

Ming Tan noticed her strangeness and felt a little dazed.

But the queen pursed her lips, stared at her for a while, a trace of complexity flashed in her eyes, and finally sighed deeply.

"That's all. You all have your own opinions..."

She murmured in a low voice, "What can I, a mother, interfere with?"