Chapter 322: Well Prepared

Chu Nanyi was silent for a moment and insisted on her point of view: "There is no bottom line for doting on my wife, otherwise he wouldn't drag us out to use it as a shield. Do you know that this is very dangerous? What if the master becomes jealous one day and thinks of us? We were actually selected by Princess Feng, and she wanted to destroy us indiscriminately——"

"You think too much." Qin Shu said calmly, "If the master wants to destroy you, he doesn't need to make so many excuses."

Chu Nanyi paused for a moment and nodded politely: "Okay, I guess what you said makes sense."

"The post will be sent to you in the evening." Xie Jin said in a lazy voice, "Dress up better tomorrow morning and try to be the most beautiful."

"It sounds like he wants to sell me into a brothel..." The man playing the piano twitched his lips and muttered in a low voice, "But then again, what is the purpose of the master working so hard? He is planning carefully. , every step of the plan was meticulous, and at one point I thought the master wanted the whole world.”

Qin Shu's expression was indifferent: "Maybe this world will really fall into the hands of the master in the end."

As soon as these words came out, the other three people fell silent.

"Xie Jin, is your elder brother a little dissatisfied with you recently?" Chu Nanyi tilted his head, with a slight smile on his handsome face, "He secretly withdrew 30,000 taels of silver from the bank account two days ago. Do you know about this?"

Xie Jin said calmly: "I'm not interested in his affairs."

"Then you might as well guess where the money he took was used?"

"Thirty thousand taels?" The man playing the piano frowned, obviously feeling that this matter was a bit unreasonable, "How could a mere bastard of the Xie family have the ability to withdraw thirty thousand taels of silver at once? He has such great power in the Xie family? "

As we all know, although the concubine of the Xie family has some status outside, it is because of his father's face, but he has no weight at home.

Thirty thousand taels of silver was not a big sum for a family like the Xie family, but it was not something that a bastard with no identity or status could use at will.

Xie Jin's eyebrows were tainted with a hint of laziness, and even his sarcasm seemed indifferent: "I have been secretly saving money since I was a teenager, and I have been saving it until now. I thought he planned to use this money to marry a wife. I’m buying a betrothal gift.”

The man playing the piano was named Mo Lingan. Hearing this, he thought thoughtfully: "So, this is his private property?"

Chu Nanyi hummed: "What he kept is indeed a private account and will not be used in the Xie family's general ledger."

"So, he suddenly took out this 30,000 taels of silver to get a wife?" Mo Lingan chuckled, then shook his head, "My intuition tells me that he is most likely to use this money to pay for the assassination of Yu. you."

After the words fell, three pairs of eyes fell on him.

Mo Lingan raised his eyebrows: "What?"

Chu Nanyi chuckled: "You can go and tell others."

"Did I guess it right?" Mo Lingan raised his eyebrows and then looked at Xie Jin, "Your life is only worth thirty thousand taels?"

Xie Jin glanced sideways at him and said in a lazy voice, "Do you believe that I can kill you on the spot without spending a penny?"

Mo Lingan sneered.

…

When night falls, the East Palace bedroom is brightly lit, and the soft lamps cover the pair of people who are close to each other in front of the case. The picture is so beautiful that it seems to have come from the fairy mist.

Yin Yue served the tea with lowered eyebrows and stood quietly in an inconspicuous corner. The other palace residents also maintained absolute silence, and no one made a sound.

There is a portrait on the desk. They are all young noble men, ranging in age from sixteen to early twenty. They all have refined looks and outstanding demeanor, which makes people feel dizzy looking at them.

"Are these noble gentlemen of the imperial capital?" Nan Xi looked down at Rong Yu's perfectly trimmed fingertips. The portraits were spread out one by one in front of her eyes, allowing her to see them more clearly, but Nan Xi still Suspicion arose, "These portraits are all of me?"

If that was the case, she couldn't help but wonder if Dongling was rich in handsome men.

The gentlemen in the portrait are all noble and refined, with their own unique looks. They seem to be in line with the saying that people often like to say, "Each one is fat or thin, each has his or her own merits." Although the men in front of me are not all fat and thin, they are All of them are indeed outstanding.

"The painter's skills are good." She smiled lightly, "If it were applied to an ordinary woman, everyone would be stunned and not know which one to choose."

Rong Yu paused his fingertips slightly and turned his head to look at her. His handsome brows were filled with a hint of sourness: "Do you think they are all good-looking?"

"Not as good-looking as you." Nan Xi kissed his face, "With a beautiful husband like you, other men, even if they are as beautiful as gods, cannot catch my eye."

Rong Yu narrowed his eyes and sighed, then returned his gaze to the portrait and pointed at four of them: "This is the only legitimate son of the current chief minister, Xie Jin, the ninth son of the Xie family."

Nan Xi's heart moved slightly as she looked at the delicate and beautiful man in the portrait: "He looks young, he should be seventeen or eighteen years old."

The legitimate son of the first assistant.

This status is truly valuable, but since Rong Yu was the first to mention him... Nan Xi smiled lightly, feeling reassured.

"Yes." Rong Yu then pointed to another portrait, "This is Chu Nanyi, the concubine of the Chu family, Chu Xuanyi's concubine, and Chu Hongyi's second brother."

Nan Xi looked at the elegant and handsome young man in the portrait and pondered for a moment: "Is it true that only legitimate sons and concubines can participate in the husband-choosing banquet?"

"Both can be done." Rong Yu said, "Choosing a husband is different from choosing a concubine. In the past, when emperors chose concubines, they mostly needed family background, appearance, talent, learning, and temperament. All of them must meet the standards, and the requirements are very strict. But when the queen chooses a husband, she chooses a concubine. It is a man. Most men need to pass on heirs and inherit the bloodline. Therefore, if there is only one legitimate son in the family, there will be very few people who voluntarily enter the palace to become the emperor's wife. These are all issues that need to be considered. If the bastard son is outstanding in talent and appearance, he will also You can enter the palace, but your status won’t be too high.”

Nan Xi didn't know what she thought of, and her eyes fell back on the portrait of Xie Jin, the legitimate son of the Xie family. She secretly thought that the high-ranking chief minister had such a precious legitimate son, and he would definitely not be willing to let him enter the palace as the emperor's husband. Then... I will enter tomorrow. Gong, is he here to make up the numbers?

Well, everyone who enters the palace tomorrow is actually a make-up, and it’s impossible to actually choose a husband anyway.

But Nan Xi was still wondering, how did the chief minister's legitimate son get involved with Rong Yu? These two people who were originally out of reach... couldn't they really have subordinates all over the world?

"And this one." Rong Yu put the portraits of Xie Jin and Chu Nanyi aside and picked out another one, "This is Qin Shu, you have seen it."

Nan Xi was stunned when she saw Qin Shu: "Isn't he..." Isn't he from Jiuxiao Pavilion?

Rong Yu hummed: "He will also enter the palace tomorrow."

Nan Xi didn't know what to say for a moment, but Rong Yu was really well prepared to prevent her from choosing a husband.