The Favoured Medical Princess: 457 black market

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On that day, the emperor issued an explicit edict, canonizing the three princesses as Princess Heshuo Wenxi, and marrying Kuilang, the new king of Baiyue, as his queen. The marriage will be completed ten days later.

This sudden decree shocked the entire royal capital.

In the early morning, it was clear that the candidate had not yet been decided. Due to the emperor's indecisiveness, all the ministers thought that it would drag on for another ten days and a half. Unexpectedly, in just a few hours, it was already settled.

Han Lingchao and Han Lingfu, who were still in Taibai Restaurant, couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief after hearing the news. The result was exactly what they expected.

Han Lingguan locked himself in the study for a whole hour, and then called Pingyang Hou and several staff.

As for the Baiyue envoys who live in Wuyi Pavilion, they don’t seem to care about this matter. For them, it doesn’t matter who the marriage partner is. What matters is whether Dayu is willing to lend troops... …

According to the order, the Ministry of Internal Affairs hurriedly arranged the marriage of the three princesses. The emperor summoned several ministers from the cabinet and the Ministry of War to the imperial study room to discuss the matter overnight. Even the official language was announced.

There was a turmoil in the royal capital.

Fortunately, Southern Xinjiang, thousands of miles away, has not been affected, especially Luoyue City, which is still peaceful.

Nangong Yue finished taking care of the trivial matters of the middle school in Bixiao Hall in the morning as usual. Not long after lunch, she was called by Zhennan King to the study in the inner courtyard.

"Father!"

Nangong Yue bowed and saluted. In the study, besides King Zhennan, the concubine Wei was also there. She was wearing a Yunxia Zhai Wenhui, lightly powdered, and elegant but dignified. There is a hint of charm in her face, so it is no wonder that she has been favored by King Zhennan since she entered the palace.

Nangong Yue glanced at Mrs. Wei without trace. The maid Peiyu beside her was holding a very familiar rosewood box in her hands.

Early this morning, Nangong Yue thought that the application of the medicine was on track, so she ordered Baihui to return the palace's cards to the Wei family.

It was only an hour after the pair of cards were handed over that King Zhennan sent someone to invite her over.

Thinking about it, Nangong Yue's eyes flashed, and she greeted the Wei family appropriately.

After sitting down, she bowed and asked respectfully: "I wonder what the father has in mind when he calls his daughter-in-law here?"

The King of Zhennan did not mince words and said loudly: "Prince Princess, your mother has been in poor health recently..." At this point, he couldn't help but coughed dryly and said, "You have been in southern Xinjiang for two months. It’s time to become familiar with the situation in the palace. I plan to let you take over the middle office of the palace from now on. What do you think?”

This idea was not a whim of King Zhennan. Ever since the eldest princess Yongyang came to Southern Xinjiang, he deeply felt that it was inconvenient for the palace to be managed by a concubine, even if the Wei family had a second rank. The imperial concubine is a concubine after all, and it always seems that her name is not justified.

Over the past few days, he has carefully inspected it. The Crown Princess is still kind and kind, and she has rules and regulations for doing things. Bixiaotang also has to be in order. Even Xiao Yi, the rebellious son, is not so rebellious now... ...To marry a virtuous wife, this statement seems to be true. King Zhennan slowly began to think about it.

Just after he returned home, Mrs. Wei came specifically to report that the Crown Princess had returned the pair of cards. Seeing that the imperial concubine was not someone who would hold on to power, King Zhennan finally made a decision, so he ordered someone to call her over.

Nangong Yue stood up, without shirk, and blessed her with humility: "My daughter-in-law will definitely live up to her father's trust."

Nangong Yue is not surprised. The situation in the palace is so delicate. As long as she doesn’t make any mistakes, the gift will eventually be handed over to her. It’s just a matter of time...

"Okay! Okay!" King Zhennan stroked his beard and smiled, while Mrs. Wei on the side secretly breathed a sigh of relief and thought to herself: Finally, we got this hot potato away. For more than a year, she has not sought merit but no fault. Hey, although the palace's middle minister is a hot commodity, but with the prince's concubine here, how can she, a concubine, dare to take care of the middle minister's affairs... Her daughter She is still young and will have to rely on the crown prince and crown princess in the future.

Ms. Wei quickly winked at Peiyu, who held the rosewood box to Nangong Yue's side, opened the box and gave Nangong Yue a look, and then presented it to Baihui respectfully.

Huamei couldn't hold back the joy in her heart, and she was very happy for her master. Letting the Crown Princess take charge of the royal palace should be regarded as the greatest affirmation of King Zhennan. Since then, the Crown Princess has finally established a firm foothold in the palace.

Now that he had finished talking about the business, King Zhennan did not stay with Nangong Yue for long, and waved her hand to let her go.

As for Nangong Yue, everything has just begun.

Ms. Wei sent someone to order all the housekeepers to go to the Youning Hall where the daily directors were held, and accompanied Nangong Yue there.

Those stewards are all smart people, and even the slightest disturbance in the palace cannot be hidden from their eyes and ears. The news that the Crown Princess will officially start to take charge of the palace spread throughout the palace in an instant, as if it had wings.

For a time, some families were really happy and some were sad.

Everyone in the family knew about such a big event. Even if Nanny Qi wanted to hide it, she couldn't hide it from Little Fang.

Had it not been for the fact that she was still grounded, Xiao Fang would have almost rushed to the outer study to find King Zhennan.

But now, she can only——

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Wow!"

One moment she threw the cup, the other the vase, and the next she swept all the teapots and teacups on the table to the floor. Broken porcelain and tea splashed all over the floor, but Xiao Fang's mood did not change. Get better.

The maids and women who serve in the house have become accustomed to it. They lower their eyebrows and remain silent.

Since Madam was grounded by the prince, her temper has become even hotter than before. She even throws some cups and dishes, but that's all minor. Last time, a little maid was almost blinded when a piece of flying porcelain slipped across her eye.

Seeing that there was nothing left to smash, Xiao Fang finally sat down and gritted his teeth and said, "This Wei is really useless!"

She never expected that Mrs. Wei would hand over the palace's middle card so easily - there was no delay, no push and pull, Mrs. Wei actually handed over the right cards so simply!

Little Fang rubbed the handkerchief desperately, her teeth itching with hatred. Once this person has tasted the feeling of being in power, how can he let go so easily... Xiao Fang originally thought that if the Wei family and Nangong Yue fought to the death for power, then she could just sit back and take it easy. The profit of the fisherman.

But it just backfired!

Is Mr. Wei really willing? Or maybe she didn't want to lose the favor of King Zhennan, so she pretended to be virtuous and handed over the cards?

Little Fang’s eyes were dim and unclear, and the movements of rubbing the handkerchief on his hands finally became much less intense.

Seeing that Xiao Fang's mind had calmed down a bit, Aunt Qi ordered the maid to make tea again, then leaned over and persuaded her soothingly: "Madam, don't get so angry that you get so angry over this matter. It’s not worth it...the days are still long!”

Xiao Fang narrowed his eyes slightly, thought of something, and instantly calmed down.

"That's good, the days are still long!" Xiao Fang straightened his back, a cold smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and slapped the table in a conspiratorial manner, "Zhongfianquan? I want to see how you manage it. 'Good' this palace!"

Nanny Qi’s eyes lit up and she immediately understood, and she complimented diligently: “My wife is still smart!”

The eyelids of the maids in the room twitched when they heard this, and their heads lowered even lower.

From the next day, King Zhennan found that his life seemed not to be so smooth.

Early in the morning, when the maid was about to help him put on his starched robe, he smelled a faint smell of borneol on the robe. King Zhennan's robes are usually scented with some of his usual incense, and I don't know who changed it without permission. King Zhennan frowned and immediately ordered someone to bring him a new set of clothes.

In the afternoon, King Zhennan was taking a nap in the study outside. His eighteen-year-old concubine, Mrs. Zheng, suddenly came and cried loudly, saying that the prince had promised to send her head and face, but the warehouse had not yet delivered it. , clearly does not take her seriously.

That night, the supper delivered by the kitchenette actually contained his least favorite sweet-scented osmanthus. King Zhennan ordered it to be removed without even taking a bite.

These trivial things reached Nangong Yue's ears early the next morning. When she was washing and dressing up, Que'er told her one by one, with a look of worry on her face: "Prince Princess, Will the prince..." Think it's your housekeeper who's doing something bad?

Huamei said angrily: "Prince Concubine, this is too ridiculous. The washing room has been washing, fumigating and ironing the clothes of the prince for so many years. How could he not know the prince's preferences and the prince's small kitchen every day? I only provide the prince with tea and some snacks for the night..."

The more Huamei talked, the angrier she became, and her red little mouth pouted.

No! Nangong Yue smiled faintly, and while looking at the bronze mirror, she slightly adjusted the position of her hairpin, and thought to herself: Obviously, someone is trying to trip her up!

Who would do these things when they are idle?

The answer naturally emerged in her mind...

Nangong Yue was not in a hurry, stood up and said: "Let's go to Youning Hall."

Because she was going to the horse market soon, Nangong Yue moved the director's time to a quarter past nine o'clock. When she arrived, the ladies in charge were already waiting. They all lowered their eyebrows and looked very respectful.

Nangong Yue had a smile on her lips. After sitting down, she said lightly: "Yesterday in the laundry room, there were some mistakes in the kitchen and the warehouse. Aunt Li, Aunt Zhou, Aunt Xu, you can accept the punishment. ?"

These three are the stewards of the washing room, kitchen and warehouse. The three of them were shocked when they heard the words. Aunt Li immediately said: "My eldest concubine, I don't know what mistakes the servants made. What happened yesterday? Maybe he's from below..."

"The three of you have been in charge of this job for more than a year and a half, but you allowed the people below to do wrong things. If you don't punish them, are you going to let me, my concubine, argue with those little maids about right and wrong?" Nangong Yue picked up the tea cup, moved the tea leaves lightly and said, "I don't care what the rules of the palace were in the past. From today on, the rule you have to abide by is to sit together. If one of her subordinates commits a crime, the one who does it will be responsible for her." Fine. I, my concubine, will remember that the three nuns are first-time offenders. This time, they will be fined two months’ monthly payment.”

The three nuns looked at each other. Aunt Li and Aunt Zhou lowered their heads one after another. Only Aunt Xu said with a look of dissatisfaction: "Prince Concubine, what do you mean by this? I am right!"

Nangong Yue smiled and asked casually: "Aunt Xu, are you dissatisfied?"

Mother Xu frowned and said, "I don't agree with you!"

"In that case, just go home."

Such an understatement shocked everyone in Youning Hall. Aunt Xu even said in disbelief: "Prince Concubine, how could you..."

"Why not?" Nangong Yue's lips curled up slightly, and she said matter-of-factly, "I, the noble concubine, do I still have to look at the face of a slave like you? I just don't want to use you today, so I can naturally withdraw. I even sold you..."

These housekeepers have been in this position for a long time. Do they really think they can dictate and be the masters of the country?

If the water is clear, there will be no fish. Nangong Yue understands this and doesn't care about their harmless behavior in daily life, but they must recognize their identities.

Nanny Xu’s eyes widened, but Nangong Yue was too lazy to listen to her anymore, so she waved her hand and said, “Take her down.”

Immediately, several women walked over with smiles on their faces.

"My slave is not convinced! My slave... ugh!"

Nanny Xu still wanted to speak, but the ladies blocked her mouth with a handkerchief and dragged her out.

From now on, she is no longer qualified to step into this Youning Hall.

Everyone remained silent.

I had always heard that the Crown Princess had a good temperament and was born in a scholarly family. She had a bookish air. I didn't expect that she was so vigorous and resolute in her work.

Nangong Yue put down the tea cup in her hand and said gently: "What do you have to report today?"

Although she was smiling and her smile was gentle, the ladies in charge did not dare to take anything lightly and reported back one by one carefully.

It was already past half-hour when everything was settled. On the way back to Bixiaotang, Baihui said with some worry: "Prince Concubine, what should I do if the servants in the palace make trouble?"

These stewards have been serving the prince since they were old princes. They think they have some dignity. The prince and concubine have just taken charge of the affairs. If they disobey and cause any trouble, the prince may get tired of the prince. Concubine.

Nangong Yue waved her fingers with a smile and said: "Madam has lost both her favor and her imperial title. Her prestige in the palace has long been lost. Although she still has close followers, they don't have many anymore, so , Madam, the only things that can cause trouble now are these trivial things. If anyone dares to be the leader, I can still easily remove them."

She will not tolerate a slave who deceives her master!

"When they know that their wealth and lives are in my hands, they won't dare to have other thoughts." Nangong Yue said casually, "After all, the foundation of our palace is only twenty years old. , if the mansions of those centuries-old families have flourishing branches and intertwined roots and branches, and the interests of each house are involved, then it would be troublesome."

Quie'er said jokingly from the side: "The imperial concubine is wise!"

Back at Bixiaotang, Nangong Yue hurriedly changed into clothes that were more convenient for traveling and went to Yunli Courtyard. Yong Yang, Fu Yunyan and Xiao Fei were all ready, and soon, an ordinary carriage drove out of the East Street gate of the palace.

The horse market they are going to today is located on a large wasteland in the southwest outside Luoyue City. It is said that this horse market has a history of a hundred years.

The military strategist said: "The horse is the foundation of armor and soldiers, and is of great use to the country."

Since ancient times, because horses are associated with military affairs, the number of horses is a symbol of a country's strength. Therefore, whether in the previous dynasty or today's Dayu Dynasty, those in power have collected a large number of horses as military horses, so that There is a shortage of horses among the people, and the horse market is extremely lively every year.

The reason why the horse market was chosen to be located in the wilderness outside the city was that it was originally a horse market run privately by the private sector, avoiding the government. Most of the trading was done secretly in the middle of the night, until the dynasty changed, and it was considered a horse market in the Dayu Dynasty. Passed the clear road.

Nangong Yue thought she arrived early, but she was still shocked when she arrived at her destination. Tent after tent was erected on the usually wasteland, and every few feet, there were circles of fences surrounding the horses, stretching up to the sky.

The horse market was already bustling with people, and at a glance, it was hard to tell whether there were more people or more horses. The sounds of people and horses mingled, making it very lively. There is a very complex smell in the air. The strong smell of horse manure and horse sweat mixed together is really "refreshing".

Fu Yunyan looked around enthusiastically, almost impatient to get into the crowd. But at least her sense was still there, and she still remembered to remind: "Ah Yue, Ah Fei, there are three religions and nine schools in this place, dragons and snakes are mixed together, don't get separated, and be careful of pickpockets." As she said this, she also gestured. He made a pickpocket gesture twice.

While they were talking, several people had already entered the horse market, and saw the red, white, black or brown horses in the fences shaking their long tails, shaking their heads and neighing from time to time. Outside the fence, many onlookers pointed at the horses. If they had further interest, they would ask the horse owners to pull the horses out and negotiate the price privately.

Everyone watched with dazzled eyes. Yongyang made comments from time to time, while Fu Yunyan and Xiao Fei nodded. However, Nangong Yue was confused. One moment she heard them say, "The first class can catch deer, the second class can catch elk, the third class can attack crows, and the fourth class can rule the world", and the next moment they said, "The sun is shining brightly, the hoofs are in the sky." "Like tired koji", and a little while later it said "water and fire have distinct desires", and all kinds of horse scriptures are treasured in every household.

It is really a heavenly book. Nangong Yue sighed inwardly, the main character today was Ma anyway, she was just accompanying him and was responsible for taking a look around.

Suddenly, there was a noise in the front, and the heads of the surrounding people rushed forward crazily.

A middle-aged man shouted excitedly: "Brother Wang, hurry up, hurry up, there's someone betting on horse racing over there!"

"Then you have to hurry up and join in the fun." Another bearded man hurriedly agreed.

"I don’t know who is lucky today..."

After hearing this, Xiao Fei blinked suspiciously: "I heard that Xiangma is at the end of the daily horse market..." Why is it suddenly early today?

Baihui immediately went to the passers-by to inquire about it, and then came over to report: "Master, I went to inquire about it. This is a horse betting program run by the racecourse owners in private. In fact, it is against the rules. ”

In other words, it is a black market.

After Baihui paused, he continued: "The horse racing events organized by the Jockey Club provide all good horses, but those horse owners who bet on horse racing in the black market often mix sick and old horses unscrupulously. Among them." It's just that this horse market only lasts for one day a year. By the time you find out it's a sick horse, you often regret it. The owner who sold the horse has long gone.

Yongyang raised his brows and said with a smile: "Everything is fine, let's go join in the fun!"

The girls naturally had no objections. They followed Yongyang and followed the flow of people. Soon they saw a middle-aged man standing on a wooden box in front of him, shouting to the surroundings: "Look! Look, take a look, the exciting horse racing game has begun! For only twelve taels of silver, you can get a thousand-gold horse. Come and take a look, everyone!"

The price of horses fluctuates every year, but it is basically between eighty taels and twenty two taels. In the past two years, Dayu has been in continuous battles, and there is a shortage of war horses, which has also raised the price of horses a lot.

This horse owner’s price of twelve taels is still very attractive to many people. Even if he doesn’t get the BMW, he won’t lose a few taels of money by selling the horse again.

But after they surrounded them, they found that the matter was not that simple. The horse owner specially built two circles of fences, which separated the buyer from the horses by more than two feet. The method is to look at the horse carefully.

Soon, a young man shouted in a rough voice: "Boss, this is too far!"

"That's right!" Someone immediately echoed, "How can anyone be a horse rider like this!"

The horse owner didn't take it seriously and said with a smile: "Hey, I'm just here to add a little excitement to everyone."

One sentence caused a round of cheers from the surrounding onlookers, but the crowd did not disperse.

Looking at the people in front of them, who were surrounded on three levels inside and outside, unable to see clearly what was going on inside, Nangong Yue and the others wanted to give up. But at this moment, they heard a male voice behind them say excitedly: "Master Ning is here! It's Master Ning."

The crowd around him became excited, and they all followed the sound. They saw a man in his thirties, wearing a brown brocade robe, with a medium build walking towards this side. Wherever this man passed, people flowed automatically. Split into two halves, let him walk forward in the direction of the fence.

Fu Yunyan curiously looked for an aunt at the side and asked, "Auntie, who is this Mr. Ning?" Could it be a big horse buyer?

The aunt looked at Fu Yunyan and Nangong Yue beside her, and said, "Are you the first time outsiders coming to Ma Market?"

Fu Yunyan nodded. She was indeed a foreigner and it was her first time to the horse market.

The aunt became excited and said enthusiastically: "This Mr. Ning is a famous horse showman around here. Basically every year he comes to the horse market, he can pick out famous horses. In the horse show event held by the Jockey Club last year , it was Master Ning who spotted the **** horse among hundreds of horses at a glance, and got the name of Bole!"

The aunt clicked her tongue in envy, "Those of us, we just hope to follow Master Ning and listen to his advice, maybe we can catch a horse and earn a few taels of silver."

After saying that, the aunt followed happily.

Nangong Yue and Yong Yang exchanged glances and followed the flow of people who separated automatically.

"Master Ning," a young man in gray shorts greeted Master Ning enthusiastically, "Look, how are these horses?"

The eyes of everyone present were focused on Mr. Ning, and their eyes were so hot that they almost surpassed the rising sun at this moment.

Master Ning was obviously used to being the center of attention. While stroking his beard, he walked along the fence and observed the horses. Wherever he went, there was a surge of people. Everyone was whispering to each other, but no one dared to disturb them. This is Master Ning.

Master Ning suddenly stopped. After pondering for a moment, he looked at the horse owner standing on the box and said, "You have wild horses mixed with wild horses!"

As if a drop of water fell into the hot oil pan, everything exploded. It's not that wild horses are bad, it's just that domestic horses have been tamed for many years and are docile by nature, while wild horses are not as wild as ordinary people. How can ordinary people have the time and thought to tame wild horses? Although there are also BMW horses among wild horses, the ones that will be caught by these horse dealers are basically inferior horses that lag behind the rest of the group.

Sweat dripped from the horse owner's forehead. Today he met a knowledgeable person, but he still said stubbornly: "You, don't talk nonsense!"

Nangong Yue, Fu Yunyan and Xiao Fei couldn't help but glance at Yongyang, and Yongyang nodded. It seems that Mr. Ning still has some real abilities.

Mr. Ning straightened his chest and said confidently: "Wild horses eat wild grass, moss, and dead grass for a long time, so their mouths are relatively wide, while domestic horses are used to eating concentrated feed, and their mouths are long and thin. Wild horses have short and thick limbs and hoofs. The shape is tall, round, and small; while domestic horses have relatively long limbs and relatively large hooves."

When the onlookers took a closer look, they really discovered that there were indeed some "alien" mixed in among the horses in the fence. It was then that I suddenly realized that it was no wonder that the horse master asked them to watch the horse from a distance. In fact, he was afraid that if he looked up close, his appearance would be revealed.

Looking at the horse owner's mouth opening and closing but unable to speak, the onlookers who were watching didn't know what was going on, and the crowd immediately dispersed.

Yongyang’s eyes flashed, this horse owner is indeed a bit unreasonable, but——

Yongyang smiled and said loudly: "Boss, I want a horse!"