Plum Blossom Pavilion is located in the west courtyard of Plum Garden.

Prince Ning Zhiyi was standing in front of the window of Hua Mei Xuan, looking at the plum garden outside the window.

Of course the plum blossoms were not in full bloom at this time of year, so there wasn’t much to appreciate in the plum garden.

What he looked at was not the bare plum trees, he looked at loneliness!

Loneliness means that he has felt the warmth and coldness of this world, and he has also felt the changes in the current situation!

Once upon a time, the Duke of Dingguo's Palace, the Duke of Cheng's Palace, and the Duke of Qi's Palace, including Changsun Jinghong, all secretly supported him, hoping that he could win this party struggle and finally sit on the dragon throne.

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Therefore, although he has been extremely low-key these years, he has also been paying attention to the government affairs conscientiously and dealing with those memorials that were not taken seriously by Ji Tai.

He hopes he can do better.

Firstly, he wanted to live up to the expectations of these people, and secondly...if he had sat on that dragon throne, many fewer people would have died in the court.

In his opinion, many officials in Ji Tai's party are not evil, but are just afraid of Ji Tai's power.

Therefore, he gained a reputation as a generous and benevolent person in the court.

But now, they seem to be more inclined to the eldest brother.

Regarding this, he felt somewhat disappointed.

Now this eldest brother has suddenly started working in the Supervision Department with great fanfare. There are not only people from the Imperial City Department, but also many old people who used to be in the Supervision Department.

There is only one thing they are doing -

Clarify the various sins of officials in the DPRK and China!

It's clear what Li Chenan is going to do.

Therefore, all the ministers in the DPRK were in danger. Going to the Political Hall to find Ji Tai seemed to have no effect, so they found the East Palace!

The originally deserted East Palace has suddenly become lively in the past few days.

But such excitement was not what Ning Zhiyi wanted. Those ministers did not come to him to talk about state affairs, but... came to him like resentful women to express their grievances!

They did not criticize Li Chenan by name, but pointed the finger at the Supervision Department.

It is said that the admonishers of the Supervision Department have colluded with the imps of the Imperial City Department to accuse the officials in the imperial court. I heard that there is an intention to arrest all the officials in the imperial court, because the two prisons of the Ministry of Personnel and Dali Temple are now occupied by the Imperial City.

The people from the company took over!

This is against the rules!

Although Li Chenan did this with a good intention to purge officials, now everyone in the court was in danger, so much so that the entire court was paralyzed.

Why……

This royal brother uses too much medicine!

Just when Ning Zhiyi was thinking this, Li Chenan came to Hua Mei Xuan.

"Your Highness,"

Li Chenan called out warmly, Ning Zhiyi turned around, and Li Chenan said again: "You came empty-handed?"

Ning Zhiyi was suddenly startled, with a look of surprise on his chubby face, "Ah... I forgot that you are moving in today. I will send someone to bring you a big gift tomorrow. What else do you need?"

Li Chenan grinned: "Your Highness, please take a seat!"

The two sat opposite each other, and Li Chenan lit the tea stove, "This yard is quite big. Not to mention the lack of things, there are quite a few."

"For example, Your Highness can give me some..."

"Rosewood carved tables and chairs, huanghuali Eight Immortals standing cabinets, vermilion lacquer frames with gold floral patterns, ebony gilded elephant bed with entwined branches, three screens with pine, cypress and plum orchid patterns, and by the way, some sapphire bottles with entangled branches and lotus patterns, cloisonné enamel dishes...

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"That's about it. First of all, I would like to say thank you to His Highness!"

Ning Zhiyi's face suddenly turned green!

His originally small eyes were now so wide open!

Because of these artifacts, even his prince's East Palace could not produce two of them.

Li Chenan cooked a pot of tea and looked up to see the embarrassment on the prince's face, "Don't worry, I have to go to Shuangjiao Mountain to suppress the bandits soon. You can prepare it slowly... If it's more troublesome to prepare, you can break it into silver

Just give it to me."

Ning Zhiyi swallowed and felt that he had made a huge mistake by coming to Meiyuan alone today!

He doesn’t have much money in the East Palace either!

In these years, the East Palace has been living a frugal life, and even there are only three maids left in the palace, who cannot afford to support them.

Li Chenan opened his mouth and made a rough calculation. If these utensils were converted into silver... I am afraid it would cost thirty thousand taels!

Ning Zhiyi trembled, "This..."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Li Chenan.

At this moment, Li Chenan's expression became serious.

He stared at Ning Zhiyi, "I know you can't afford so much money! But I'm not using this to humiliate you!"

"What I want you to understand is that silver is a good thing!"

"It not only allows you to live a comfortable life, it also allows you to do many things... such as recruiting martial arts masters to form your own bodyguard!"

"For example, recruiting talents from all over the world to become your guest, and also your think tank to advise you!"

"For example, a prince who is not short of money will be more popular with the ministers of civil and military affairs, because money can make the world go round!"

"Aren't these words vulgar?"

"Your Highness, human beings are just vulgar things! The bustling world is all for profit; the hustle and bustle in the world is for gain!"

"I admit that there are noble-minded people in the world who want to realize their ideals, but such people are rare. Even such people have to wear clothes and eat!"

"How many private properties does His Highness have in the East Palace? How much annual income can he have? Not to mention raising people, I guess I can't even raise horses... Why are you trying to compete for the world?!"

Li Chenan's words were so serious that Ning Zhiyi's head was buzzing, and his chubby face turned red and white. He was so ashamed that beads of sweat suddenly appeared on his forehead.

He was not angry because he found Li Chenan's words irrefutable!

"Your Highness, good medicine is bitter in the mouth and good for the disease; loyal words are hard on the ears and good for the deeds."

"I shouldn't have said these words, but if I didn't say them out, I would feel so upset. Seeing your aggrieved look in the East Palace, I would also feel so uncomfortable!"

"You are the prince! You are the crown prince! You are the future emperor of Ning Kingdom!"

"You are generous and kind, which is a good character, but you should have a certain degree of restraint... because others will use your kindness to seek their own interests, and they will call you a fool behind your back!"

Li Chenan didn't say anything more, he had to leave some time for Ning Zhiyi to digest.

He filled two cups of tea and handed one over. After waiting for a moment, he suddenly leaned over and whispered: "I know you are in trouble because you are not good at making money."

"I'm good at this! I'll help you earn a 50-50 split!"

Ning Zhiyi forgot the purpose of coming here. At this moment, he also looked at Li Chenan, "How can I make money?"

"Mines, salt wells, water transportation, agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, sideline fisheries, etc., etc., are all chickens that lay golden eggs!"

"His Highness will think about this carefully after returning to the palace and see what things can be obtained. When I return from Shuangjiao Mountain to suppress the bandits... we will discuss it carefully."

"I promise it will only take one year, and your East Palace... will be magnificent!"

Ning Zhiyi swallowed again, "Really?"

"Why did I lie to you?"

"However, it's really time for you to lose weight. Starting from tomorrow morning, you will run around your East Palace three times!"

"If you can persist, I will help you get rich."
Chapter completed!