Yongchang in early October is half gorgeous and half bleak. The autumn is deep at the foot of Yanshan Mountain, Luoshui Lake is sparkling, and the morning mist rises like a fairyland. When the fog is gone, the trees on the mountain appear red, yellow, orange and green in color, layer by layer, sparse and dense, as brilliant as clouds, the wind blows yellow leaves, falling on the clear lake surface, causing the fish to leaps high, and the white cranes that are resting are so shocked that they spread their wings and fly far away.

The news that the emperor was interested in selling Yanshan Manor came from the Ministry of Revenue. Since the beginning of autumn, there have been endless people coming to view the scenery. One by one, one by one, blocking the official road in front of Yanshan tightly. There were hundreds of people asking for the Ministry of Revenue. This made Yu Zhijie sigh that the national treasury was empty, but the wealthy businessmen of the royal family were rich, and the manor of 2 million per building could not stop the enthusiasm for purchase. The more this happened, Yu Zhijie became more cautious. He had to plan well and use these manors to recover as much money as possible for the national treasury.

Apricot trees are planted on both sides of Chongrenfang. Since autumn began, the leaves were golden and fallen leaves were like butterflies, quietly covering the road. Tian Shoulou was riding in a carriage and galloping up the fallen leaves without rushing, leaving a "rustling" sound. The carriage drove into Yongxingfang and became quiet. Tian Shoulou gently lifted the curtains of the carriage, and the willow leaves on both sides fell, and branches like whips were hanging weakly, indescribable.

Tian Shoulou has been here to deliver official documents and knows what kind of lively place the rich gate not far ahead was. Even at the third anniversary of the day, there are still people going in and out of the rich gate. Looking around, the rich gates on the high stone steps are still there, but the plaque on the door has changed from the word "Prince's Mansion" to "Changchi Hou Mansion". The pair of stone lions about a meter tall at the steps seemed much dim.

The carriage continued to drive forward more than ten feet and stopped in front of a low gate. Tian Shoulou bent down and got off the carriage. The Wei Mansion in front of him was called the Princess Mansion, which was the mansion where Wei Youcheng and Princess Anshou lived. Wei Youcheng Shang Anshou, the emperor respected Wei Yishen's merits and ordered the princess to marry the Wei family. Instead of building another Princess Mansion, he bought the house on the west side of the Wei Mansion to build a small Wei Mansion, two gatehouses and family. The same vermilion gate, three or five-frame facades, carved beams and painted buildings, and was gorgeous and rich.

Tian Shoulou stepped up the steps slowly, and four men in black sat in front of the door. Seeing Tian Shoulou wearing green robes, he knew that he was only a small official of the eighth and ninth rank, and a seventh rank official in front of the prime minister. These old men sat down and didn't get up, and were still chatting enthusiastically.

"I'll bother someone to go and report it to Tian Shoulou, the head of the Ministry of Rites, asked to see Lord Wei." Lord Tian bowed to the four of them and said.

The strong man in black who was sitting outside looked up at Tian Shoulou and asked lazily: "Is there any comment?"

"Yes", Tian Shoulou presented a nanmu famous thorn with both hands. The man sat and took it. He moved his fingers behind the thorn. He stood up with a smile, his right hand shrank quietly, and the silver note had been put into his sleeve.

"This master, my master is in the mansion. I will report to you. If you don't see him, you have to speak. Please wait." The strong man in black took the famous thorn and hurriedly walked in. The other three men smiled as if no one was around: "Qi Liu must have gained benefits, otherwise he wouldn't be so enthusiastic. How many benefits did you give him, Master? When he comes back, we can ask him for it."

Tian Shoulou smiled bitterly in his heart and distributed three silver notes prepared in advance. The three men received the money and enthusiastically invited him to sit down and rest. Tian Shoulou was not polite and sat on the bench and followed.

The three gatekeepers started chatting.

After not much skill, Qi Liuxiao jogged over and bowed and said, "Master Tian, ​​my master asked you to go to the study to talk."

Moving along the corridor, the trees in the courtyard are shaded, red leaves, yellow leaves and green leaves complement each other, the bamboos are upright, the sound of water is gurgling, the faint fragrance floats, the exquisiteness and beauty are extremely exquisite. Tian Shoulou secretly praised in his heart, and it is worthy of being the residence of the princess, even the princess lives in this way.

After passing through the hanging flower gate, the rockery in the middle of the courtyard was rugged, the strange flowers and plants were green and red, and the vines were climbing along the wall. Five upper rooms were at the end of the corridor. Under the eaves, Wei Youcheng stood there in a brocade robe and smiled. Tian Shoulou rushed forward and bowed: "I have seen Lord Wei."

"You don't have to be polite to guard the building, just talk in the room." Wei Youcheng smiled and turned to the guest sideways.

The house emits a faint fragrance, which makes it comfortable. Looking around, there are bookshelves on three sides of the house, with a wide range of books placed on it, without any extra decorations, and a strong smell of book. In front of the west window is a mahogany desk with pens, ink, paper and inkstone on the table. The sun shines through the window, reflecting the leaves outside the window on the table, elegant and fresh.

Several jujube wooden chairs were placed around the desk. Wei Youcheng signaled Tian Shoulou to sit at will. The beautiful maid served tea. Tian Shoulou picked up and took a sip and praised: "Anshan Silver Needle, good tea."

Wei Youcheng smelled the nose with tea, and a graceful smile on his white jade-like face had a heart-breaking momentum. Tian Shoulou secretly compared him with his lord Jiang Anyi in his heart. It was a shiny momentum, and it was hard to tell the difference.

Putting down the teacup, Tian Shoulou took out Jiang Anyi's letter from his arms and said, "Mr. Wei, Lord Jiang has a letter to him who is sent to him. Please check it out."

Wei Youcheng took the letter and knew that Tian Shoulou was Jiang Anyi's walking in the capital. This man was good at dancing and was generous. He not only got along well with the small officials of the six ministries and nine ministers, but also had some communication with Ze Dang, Yu family, many officials and even Queen Wang. Ze Dang often called him at gatherings in the capital. He regarded himself as the representative of Jiang Anyi. Jiang Anyi trusted this person very much. The silver he used to deal with the officials was from the perfume shop. He heard that this angered Jiang Anyi's uncle Li Shicheng and said a lot of strange words about Tian Shoulou, but it did not change Jiang Anyi's support for Tian Shoulou.

He and Jiang Anyi were just moral friends and did not have much private contact. Jiang Anyi was far away in Huazhou. If he had anything to do, he would ask Tian Shoulou to come to deliver the letter. Wei Youcheng showed the letter and watched it with doubts.

The timeless handwriting in the letter was written by Jiang Anyi. After some courtesy, Jiang Anyi said in the letter, "...... Some time ago, the prince Xima Zhou Chucun wrote that the prince wanted to buy the manor in Yanshan as a place for his close ministers to rest. He could not raise so much silver at the moment and asked Jiang to borrow one million taels temporarily. Jiang thought for a long time and did not argue the authenticity. Youcheng, you are a direct scholar in Chongwenguan and the prince's brother-in-law. You should know the authenticity of this matter, so you asked Tian Shoulou to offer it with millions of silver notes, and you were bothering Youcheng to make a decision on your behalf..."

After putting down the letter, Tian Shoulou had already taken out a thick stack of silver notes and handed them over. Wei Youcheng did not reach out to pick it up, and said with a wry smile: "An Yi is asking me a problem. He is not afraid that I will swallow this million taels of silver."

"Mr. Wei is a gentleman, everyone knows it. Not to mention a million taels of silver, even a million taels of gold is not despised." Tian Shoulou said flatteringly.

"It's a pity to guard the building

." Wei Youcheng reached out to hold the teacup, took a sip and calmed down, and said, "I am trusted by An Yi, but Wei is inconvenient to agree to this matter. Please keep the banknotes and take them back. An Yi has to decide on this matter himself."

Tian Shoulou gently placed the silver notes on the table and said, "Mr. Jiang has a few words inconvenient to write them in the letter, so I asked me to talk to Master Wei in person."

"Speaking."

"All the kings under the heavens are the kings. As the crown prince, it is not appropriate to ask for land and houses. An Yiyuan is in Huazhou and is inconvenient to give advice. Youcheng is a direct scholar in Chongwenguan and the prince's brother-in-law. He is a close relative. If you know that the crown prince is wrong, you should speak out directly, and that is the way to be a minister."

Wei Youcheng's eyes flashed with shame and said nothing.

"When Zhou Chucun and others encounter the evil of the king, they are slanderous ministers and princess, and they should be eliminated."

Wei Youcheng smiled bitterly and said, "I also want to get rid of Zhou Chucun and others, but I don't know where to start. If you are not careful, I may be in the opposite direction."

Tian Shoulou picked up the teacup and took a big gulp, and said with a smile: "My master has a plan for Lord Wei to refer to..."

At the gate of the mansion, Wei Youcheng personally sent Tian Shoulou away, leaving four black-clothed gatekeepers in front of the door and muttered secretly, "What is the origin of this young master of the Ministry of Rites?" The master actually sent him out himself, so his eyes must be brighter. Next time this person comes to the door, he dare not ask for a door bag anymore."

Back in the study, Wei Youcheng looked at the silver notes on the table and thought for a moment. He brought the silver notes to the bedroom, waved his maid back to the service, An Shou held his eyes and smiled and said, "What are you doing? Such a mysterious and shameful person?"

"Madam, Jiang Anyi just sent someone to send a million taels of silver notes, saying that he was borrowing money from the prince to buy Yanshan Manor, but asked me to give it to him, but he would not give it?" Wei Youcheng said as he took out the stack of silver notes and placed it on the table.

Princess Anshou raised her eyebrows and said angrily: "Jiang Anyi has no kindness and asked you to sit on him. She is so brave. You are useless to promise your own intelligence. Why don't you give him a silver note to his face?"

Wei Youcheng leaned down and touched An Shou's stomach gently, and smiled and said, "Madam, don't get angry. Be careful of being tempted by fetal aura. Then Jiang Anyi said it openly. He wanted to use this money to get rid of Zhou Chucun and others around the prince."

Princess Anshou was extremely disgusted with Zhou Chucun, Wang Zhixing and others around her younger brother. These people hooked up with their younger brother to eat, drink and have fun all day long. If they could get rid of them, they wouldn't be able to help.

Half an hour later, Princess Anshou brought Wei Yunlin to Kunning Palace. When she saw her grandson, Queen Wang was so happy that she smiled and followed her grandson to chase and ran away, without the majesty of the mother in the world. When the mother returned to the chair to rest, Princess Anshou took out the silver notes and put them on the table. Queen Wang curled her smile and asked, "Anshou, what is this for?"

"My mother, my younger brother asked Zhou Chucun to ask Jiang Anyi for one million taels to buy the manor in Yanshan. Jiang Anyi did not argue the truth and falsely, so he asked someone to hand over the money to Wei Lang and let him hand over to the crown prince. Wei Lang thought that the world would belong to the crown prince in the future, so why should I buy any manor? So I asked me to hand over the money to the queen mother to decide."

Queen Wang's face darkened. She knew that the emperor sold Yanshan Manor to fill the treasury. She didn't expect that her son would actually have the intention to buy a manor. What did he do for buying a manor? Could it be that An Shou told him that the prince was having fun with a group of close ministers?
Chapter completed!