A trace of disgust flashed in Jin Yunshun's eyes: "That implies to her that one of the concubines in the East Palace in the future will be a daughter of the Li family."

Even if it is just for the queen, this daughter of the Li family must be included.

Ji Xiang then responded and followed the prince's footsteps without saying a word.

Lin Yutong got on the carriage and frowned. As soon as the prince returned to Beijing, he kept moving. Doesn't he seem a little eager? But in Lin Yutong's observation, the prince has never been a fool. If he is not a fool, he will naturally not do stupid things. And the prince now

This action he took was not because he was eager for quick success or impatient. It could only be because he had something to rely on in his heart.

But what kind of support can make him act like this?

Lin Yutong put his hand on the brazier, took out the roasted chestnuts from the brazier with tongs, and then handed them to Sanxi and Man Yue one by one.

The thoughts in my mind were spinning back and forth along the way, and I finally decided to get some clues. When I got out of the car, Xiangli came out to greet me first, "I haven't come back yet. But Mrs. Weiyuan Hou is here."

Yun's?

Lin Changgen's step-wife. Why is this here? Since she was canonized as a princess, she has basically not met with the Lin family. Although it's the Fourth of July, you still have to leave when you have to leave, but you never meet. Save it.

Everyone is embarrassed to each other.

Therefore, Lin Yutong felt a little surprised that Yun, the nominal stepmother, came to visit.

"How long have you been here?" Lin Yutong asked while letting the girl untie her cloak and hand her a hot handkerchief.

"It's been an hour." Xiangli reported: "No one thought she had waited so long."

"Please." Lin Yutong sat in the main hall, "You are all elders after all, don't be rude." At least in the eyes of outsiders, he was raised by the Lin family. No matter how bad the Lin family was, they still had nurturing kindness for Lin Yutong.

When Mrs. Yun came in to pay her respects, Lin Yutong helped her with his own hands: "Please sit down. I haven't seen you for a few days, but how are you?"

"Everything is fine!" Mrs. Yun had a smile on her face, but it made people feel that her smile was a little forced for no reason. "Is everything okay, Your Highness?"

Lin Yutong nodded, "There is no need to be polite between us. We all say that we don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for anything. I am also arrogant and just think that this is the Three Treasures Hall. If you have anything to say, just say it, and listen to what the girls say you came out

The time is not short. If we delay any longer, the family will be worried."

Yunshi slowly put away the smile on her face, and her eyes were immediately filled with tears: "To be honest with Your Highness, I don't dare to disturb Your Highness's purity even if I have some means. You may not know

, the old lady plans to...plan to ask the third girl to enter the palace."

The third girl is Lin Yuke, born to the Yun family.

"Isn't Sanmei only eleven years old this year?" Lin Yutong looked at Sanxi, "Am I remembering correctly?"

Sanxi shook his head: "Your Highness remembers correctly."

When Mrs. Yun heard Lin Yutong calling her daughter Sanmei, the expression on her face softened a lot, "Yes! The third girl is only eleven..."

Then why send this little girl to the palace? Serving the emperor is definitely impossible. Lin Fanghua does not have such a big belly.

"Are you sending it to Li Cairen?" Lin Yutong paused and asked, holding the tea in his hand.

Yun's tears came down again, "What's going on with a talented person who educates the direct daughter of a minister? The old lady must have taken some kind of poison. Li Talent is just a distant relative of her mother's family...

…" In addition, the emperor often goes to Li Cairen's palace, and his daughter is fostered with such a person. What if something happens? Even if nothing happens, if there is a bad reputation, the child will be in trouble for the rest of his life.

destroyed.

Lin Yutong thought to himself, seeing that the Yun family didn't know who Li Cairen was? And the old lady of the Lin family was like this, I'm afraid that Lin Fanghua brought Lin Yuke into the palace for the prince.

She laughed in her heart, she was just a little girl, and she was able to charm the prince into all sorts of ways.

She understood what he said and said bluntly: "Didn't Third Sister always stay at the Yun family before? Let's stay at the Yun family. You go back and tell your father that... the old lady is confused and she should recuperate at the house.

I can't see guests, I'm going to see my family, and I'm careful to get over the illness." She picked up the tea bowl, but didn't drink it, just held it in her hand, "Don't worry. Father is not confused."

No matter how stupid Lin Changgen is, he still knows who to turn to and who to side with.

Yun thought to herself, this must be the intention to completely trap the old lady in the room. Her heart was beating hard, and looking at Lin Yutong holding the tea bowl, she knew that this meant serving tea to see off the guests. She quickly stood up and left. In fact, she heard

Lin Yutong called Mr. Hou 'father', and his heart trembled. Not everyone can be the father of this man nowadays.

After sending Yun away, Lin Yutong put down the tea bowl on the table, "Lin Fanghua is jumping around like this, it's really disgusting. She wants to have a hand in everything..."

As soon as the fourth master entered the door, he saw Lin Yutong losing his temper. He rubbed his hands and said, "Why bother with her? In a few days, I will take you to see a good show."

Lin Yutong didn't know when the show would be staged. As for whether it would be lively, there was no way of knowing. After pestering the Fourth Master for a long time, he also pursed his lips and remained silent.

After pestering and pestering, Lin Yutong couldn't care less.

Because of the construction of the library, the imperial edict followed closely.

At this time, the whole capital became lively. Scholars even rushed to tell each other.

Emperor Yongkang's reputation suddenly became lofty among scholars. Along with him, there was also the prince.

I heard that the prince paid many private visits incognito, chatted freely with talented people from all over the world in restaurants and teahouses, and many of them had already won the prince's favor.

Lin Yutong only found it funny. Since it was a private visit incognito, how did these people know that the person was the prince?

Unlike the joy and excitement outside, Lin Yutong is troubled at the moment. It is naturally a good thing to build this library, but it is a bit difficult to make it a good thing. Some rare and rare classics are precious because they are rare.

My own treasure is actually to protect my own property. Now it is not easy to ask them to take out all their treasures.

But the prince pushed this errand onto Lin Yutong.

No matter how noisy it was outside, it was useless. No one presented books.

The emperor has already circled the location of the library. The personnel have also been allocated. There are editors from the Hanlin Academy and Yuanwailang from the Ministry of Industry. It can be seen that they are all people who are not doing well in various departments.

Standing in front of Lin Yutong today is an editor in his twenties named Shen Xiu.

"Sit down and talk." Lin Yutong pointed to the chair on the side and said.

Chen Xiu glanced at Lin Yutong, then stood up and sat down. Sanxi served tea, and Lin Yutong motioned to him to drink tea first and not to be in such a hurry.

Shen Xiu didn't confront Lin Yutong, and actually picked up the tea and took a sip, but Lin Yutong saw his eyebrows furrowed tightly.

"What? It doesn't taste good?" she asked.

Chen Xiu put down the tea cup and nodded calmly: "Yes! It doesn't suit the taste."

This was said so calmly that not only the girl in the room was stunned, but also Lin Yutong and the fourth master behind the screen were stunned.

If you don’t know etiquette, is it really okay to be so upright in front of the master?

Lin Yutong looked at Shen Xiu with a meaningful look. Was he deliberately acting out in front of him to attract his attention?

This is not the way to show others how to be upright.

Lin Yutong had a big question mark in his mind about this Shen Xiu. So he waved to Sanxi and said: "Bring a cup of tea for Mr. Shen." After saying that, he turned his face and asked Shen Xiu: "What kind of tea does Mr. Shen like to drink?"

?”

"As long as it's not scented tea, any kind of tea will do." Shen Xiu glanced at the teacup filled with scented tea, "This thing is also a vulgar arty thing."

Sanxi almost thrust the tray in her hand into Shen Xiu's face. Who is this common man talking about?

The scented tea served to the guests at the Princess Mansion was all made by the master and them.

Lin Yutong was a little dumbfounded: "Master Shen doesn't look like a common person."

"Everyone says so." Shen Xiu responded calmly.

Lin Yutong was choked and couldn't speak for a moment. She didn't know for a moment whether this person was deliberately choking her, or if he really had such low emotional intelligence.

The fourth master behind the screen whispered a few instructions to Gui Wu, who was waiting on the side, and sent him out first.

Lin Yutong took a deep breath, not intending to continue the courtesy with Shen Xiuzai, and went straight to the topic: "I already know the reason why you came here this time. What do you think about this?"

A somewhat sarcastic smile appeared on Shen Xiu's lips: "They are all stupid people who cherish their own things. They are short-sighted and vain. I do have an idea in my heart, but I just have to see if His Highness can ask for grace."

There must be poison in Chen Xiu's mouth. He also speaks too harshly. As soon as these words come out, he will offend a lot of people. If he has always spoken like this, then Lin Yutong knows why he was kicked out of the Hanlin Academy. This has happened. He is really unpleasant.

Lin Yutong looked at the taunt he had not taken back, and felt that the taunt was not only directed at those "short-sighted" people, but also at her, the princess. It seemed to be saying, without diamonds, why would you bother to take on this porcelain job? ?Look! It’s a discount!

Lin Yutong always wanted to be a tolerant person, really! But what should she do when she saw Shen Xiu's face and wanted to slap him twice? She suppressed this impulse and only whispered: "As long as there is a way, I will go to the palace. Please."

Chen Xiu chuckled, the sound was not loud, but it made people feel that there was too much ridicule in his voice. "According to my wishes, according to the number and value of the donated books, please grant some false posts." , allow the children of his favor."

Lin Yutong swirled the tea in her mouth and swallowed it slowly. His idea was quite similar to her own. Only then did she look at Shen Xiu seriously. Although this man's mouth was a bit vicious, he still had a vicious mouth. He's not someone who can't do anything.

"This way..." She put down her teacup and sat upright, "You go to the Ministry of Engineering and tell them that it's me, and ask them to set aside a space when they design the library drawings. I want to build a forest of steles there. Those who donate books can have their names, life, family, etc. engraved on the monument. After thousands of generations, people will still remember their names. As long as there are scholars in this world, their names will be remembered forever. As for the favor you mentioned...it won't be very broad. Only those who have truly made outstanding contributions can be given additional rewards." There are too many favors, but they are not valuable anymore.

Chen Xiu then looked at Lin Yutong and said in a very serious tone: "I always thought that erecting monuments was to fool the dead. I didn't expect that His Highness would use erecting monuments to fool the living! What an experience!"

Lin Yutong: "..." What about the dead and the living? Who fooled you? Can you speak? If you can't speak, get out of here!

After Shen Xiu left, Lin Yutong held the tea cup and spent a long time trying to regain his energy. It was all about anything! The fourth master took the note handed over by Gui Wu and also smiled: "Okay, don't be angry. Then Shen Xiu is nineteen years old. He was awarded the title of "Tanhua" because he could not speak, so he has been wasting his time in the Hanlin Academy until now. He is still in the seventh rank. Several of the second-level Jinshi in the same department as him back then are now the fourth-rank magistrates."

Lin Yutong then placed the teacup firmly in his hand and went inside, "How come this man can't speak or behave if he's so spiritual in reading? With his mouth open, it won't take more than two years for him to trick himself. He's dead. Who among his colleagues has not been offended? I don't think I can find him, right?"

The fourth master smiled: "This is indeed a strange man. It is said that when he first entered the Hanlin Academy, he went to have wine with several colleagues. Literati, apart from Qin Lou and Chu Hall, there are other places to have wine. Which? In other words, he and an editor surnamed Mei couldn't argue over some academic issues during the dinner. The two of them kept arguing, but neither could convince the other. But after drinking half-way, Mei The editor had no intention of discussing knowledge with a grown man in this place, but he was attracted by the young lady pouring wine. Wine is a matchmaker for sex, so Editor Mei was anxious to make a good deal with the young lady, so she sent Shen Xiu away and said: When the banquet is over, go to my house and even have a night talk by candlelight. I can’t care about it now..."

Lin Yutong guessed: "He really went to Editor Mei's house?" He was so sincere that he couldn't even hear other people's excuses.

The fourth master laughed: "After the banquet was over, he really went to someone's house. He was waiting to have a night talk with someone holding a candle. This editor Mei's wife is strange. She said that the master is not here. Why don't I send someone to look for her. I just don’t know where it is? I’m not sure when I’ll find him.” These are all excuses, and he’s issuing an eviction order.

Lin Yutong laughed even more.

The fourth master continued: "Shen Xiu didn't think this was a disguised eviction order. He honestly told his wife that you don't know where your master is, and that doesn't matter. I know! He told his wife very enthusiastically. He told Editor Mei's whereabouts in detail, including the girl with a certain appearance, in which room, what he had done, and all the good things he had done. Afterwards, he also asked his wife to order the kitchen to prepare food and wine, waiting for Editor Mei. When they came back, the two of them continued to talk at night by candlelight. Who would have thought that the lady was a shrewd person, and her mother-in-law was very powerful, so editor Mei was able to get into this job thanks to her father-in-law. After hearing this, it was okay, and Mrs. Mei immediately took the people with her. The brothel was smashed. Half of the capital knew about the trouble. It was already midnight when the couple got home. But when they got home, the couple had no time to close the door and deal with private matters, because there were still guests at home waiting to talk by candlelight. When Editor Mei saw Shen Xiu, he was naturally angry. This made Shen Xiu extremely angry. He felt that Editor Mei looked down on him and was so unconcerned about what he had agreed to do. He waited for half the night and then I waited until I didn't talk to someone, but then I was embarrassed. Is this the way to treat guests? So, I broke off all relations with editor Mei Xiuqipao on the spot..."

Lin Yutong laughed so hard that he rubbed his belly, "This Editor Mei is just going to want to strangle Shen Xiu to death! Are you going to cut off your robe and sever the relationship? Who would be willing to be friends with someone like you." After laughing for a while, he said Asked the fourth master, "Did Shen Xiu really have a grudge against the person named Mei?"
To be continued...