After being divorced, my identity as a poet was exposed

"I will give you six months to raise 2.8 billion taels of silver!"

"Once your money is deposited into the Ministry of Revenue's account, all the snowflake salt produced in Ningguo will be yours!"

"You don't have to worry about not having enough snowflake salt."

"However much you want, I can give you!"

"I also promise you that the six major salt mines will only release snowflake salt after seeing your handprint and your seal."

"In the past five years, every grain of snowflake salt on the market has belonged to you, Guo. Even the imperial kitchen of the palace would never take even a pound or one ounce of salt from the six major salt fields!"

"But you have to remember that the final selling price in the market is one catty of salt and one ounce of silver. You are not allowed to change the selling price without permission!"

"As for the sales area... you can sell it in any country. Even if you smuggle it to other countries, I will not care. After all, you have already paid the salt tax to the court when you bought the salt from the six major salt fields."

"..."

Li Chenan and Guo Shanyi exchanged views on the detailed terms and after an hour, they finally reached an agreement and formed a contract.

The contract stipulates the responsibilities and obligations of each party, and of course also sets strict penalties for breach of the contract.

then……

Li Chenan stood up and held out his hand: "Master Guo, congratulations!"

Guo Shanyi also stood up quickly, but he didn't know what the emperor was going to do with his hand.

"Shake hands!"

"I wish you a lot of money."

Shake hands with the Emperor?
Guo Shanyi suddenly became excited again.

He nervously wiped his hands on his clothes again and again, then stretched out his hands and held Li Chenan's hands.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"You don't need to thank me. This is a business based on mutual interests."

"If you manage it well, your Guo family might become the richest in Ningguo."

"If the business is not going well... don't blame me!"

"I dare not. I will personally take charge of this big deal!"

"it is good!"

Li Chenan pulled his hand away and looked at the sky outside.

It's dusk.

"By the way, there will be a Lantern Festival at Yihong Tower tonight. I invite you to attend. It's at Jinshui Tower behind Yihong Tower."

"We can have a few drinks."

"Also... I want to show you a new and interesting thing."

At this point, Li Chenan grinned and said, "That's also a good business!"

Guo Shanyi and others were immediately delighted. It was a great favor to be invited by the emperor to participate in the Lantern Festival. The emperor actually said that there was another good business opportunity...

“It can’t be compared with this snowflake salt, but it is also an exclusive business, and the market size… cannot be underestimated!”

"I have to go back."

"You will know when you see it in the evening."

"Prime Minister Wen, you guys stay with them."

"Let's meet at Jinshui Tower tonight, and don't leave until you're drunk!"

……

……

Yihong Building.

backyard.

Su Xiaoxiao was sitting in front of the dressing mirror while her maid was doing her makeup.

Aunt Rong stood aside and looked at the delicate face in the mirror, "Tsk tsk tsk, my Xiaoxiao is getting more and more beautiful!"

Su Xiaoxiao blushed slightly, and after a moment, she sighed:
"What's the use of being beautiful?"

"Time flies, and there will always be gray hair."

Aunt Rong was a little embarrassed, and said, "But my Xiaoxiao is very talented!"

"Mammy knows how to read faces. Xiaoxiao in my family has the appearance of being rich and having a good husband. She will definitely marry into a good family in the future."

Su Xiaoxiao smiled bitterly.

Vanves……

Where is my husband?

My heart has been hooked by that man's poem "Man Jiang Hong". Not only have I not been able to forget him these days, but his appearance has become clearer and clearer.

That bad guy is worse than a beast!

It was exactly as the little monk said.

You were in my eyes in my previous life, but I forgot you in the cycle of reincarnation.

In this life, you appear in my life and in my concern, which is what I owe you in my previous life.

How much did I owe him in my previous life that I have to suffer this endless longing for him?
Madam Rong looked at Su Xiaoxiao, who seemed a little absent-minded, in the mirror. She naturally knew that Su Xiaoxiao was thinking about the emperor again at this time.

This is a good thing.

It's also a bad thing.

The good thing is that if Miss Xiaoxiao can really gain the emperor's favor and walk out of this building one day, even if she becomes a concubine, it will be of great benefit to the reputation of Yihong Tower.

And the bad thing is... the geishas in brothels sell their art but not their bodies.

Although she was a prostitute, she grew up in a brothel and had served many men.

And he is the emperor of Ningguo!

As an emperor, he might like Xiaoxiao's body, but it would be difficult for him to give Xiaoxiao a status.

But Miss Xiaoxiao was infatuated with him.

If the emperor really possesses Miss Xiaoxiao... then Miss Xiaoxiao will never marry anyone else in her life.

If the emperor does not give Miss Xiaoxiao a status, it means that Xiaoxiao will be alone for the rest of her life.

"Smile,"

"Ok?"

"How about...after the Lantern Festival tonight, should we set off tomorrow or go back to Jiangnan?"

Su Xiaoxiao was stunned. She understood what Aunt Rong meant.

Knowing that there is a deep pit ahead, I still want to jump into it...

Rather than suffering here, it is better to go away and never see each other again. Maybe that person will gradually forget you.

She pondered for a few breaths, then took out a silver hairpin and inserted it into her hair.

"it is good!"

"Then we'll set off tomorrow...back to Jiangnan!"

After saying this, she seemed relieved, but Aunt Rong clearly saw a hint of loss on the beautiful face in the mirror.

Hey……

The talented man and the beautiful woman are a match made in heaven.

But the talented man became the emperor, and the beautiful woman... ended up in this brothel.

This is fate!
Aunt Rong turned and left the courtyard.

After finishing her makeup, Su Xiaoxiao dismissed the maid and sat in front of the window alone.

The sun sets in the west.

The evening breeze blowing from Yueyang Lake is very cool.

She opened the drawer and took out a stack of papers.

On the paper were poems she had copied down.

They are all his poems.

She looked at them slowly, one by one, and before she knew it, a smile appeared on her face.

She seemed to see him between the lines of these poems.

He is not an emperor, but the immortal poet!

The talented man walked towards her from the poetry.

As the stack of papers grew thinner, she felt him getting closer and closer to her.

When the poem on the last piece of paper appeared before her, she suddenly woke up.

She raised her head.

Looked out the window.

The sun has set.

The glow of the sunset has faded.

Outside the window...several lanterns have been lit.

Night has come.

He has gone far away.

Su Xiaoxiao stretched out her hand and caught a wisp of wind.

She smiled silently, lowered her eyes, and her sight fell on the last piece of paper:

"The world is a big dream,
Life has its share of autumn chills.

The wind and leaves have been mingled in the corridor at night.

Look at the eyebrows and temples..."

This poem about Mid-Autumn Festival does not fit the scene, but it fits Su Xiaoxiao's mood at the moment.

She shook her long, shiny black hair and placed the last piece of paper on top of the stack of papers aside.

Put the stack of papers in the drawer.

A moment of silence made me feel better.

get up,

Turn around,

She walked out of the room and headed towards the water tower.

He will come tonight.

What kind of poem will he write on this Lantern Festival night?

tonight……

Too bad it's not convenient tonight.

If I can take his seeds with me when I leave here, I will have no regrets in my life. (End of this chapter)