Tanabata Diva Concert: Happy Breakup

In the second year of Zhenguan, an epidemic broke out in Shu. Fortunately, Sun Simiao arrived in time and did not cause much damage to the local area. As a result, Jiang Ci's position in Sun Simiao's heart became more and more admired.

Because this matter was handled very promptly, Li Shimin's reputation among the people rose to a higher level.
As an emperor, Li Shimin worked diligently and loved his people. He reduced taxes and exempted levies. These measures benefited the people, and all the people of the Tang Dynasty were grateful to Li Shimin.

On this day, Jiang Ci was chatting with the wives and concubines of Prince Xian's mansion when Zhang San came to report, "Your Highness, there is a man outside the mansion who claims to be a Goguryeo merchant and says he knows you and wants to see you. What do you think?"

Jiang Ci nodded, then said to everyone: "You guys play first." Everyone smiled at him.

After Jiang Ci finished speaking, he and Zhang San went to the gate together, and then called He Yong on the way.

Jiang Ci and He Yong, led by Zhang San, soon arrived at the gate of Prince Xian's mansion.

There were several carriages parked in front of Prince Xian’s mansion. The appearance of the carriages was not luxurious, but not plain either.

Jiang Ci stood at the gate of the mansion, looking at the merchant who was selling Changbai Mountain ginseng at the market when he first met him. Now he had transformed himself into a man of silk and satin, wearing luxurious clothes. Jiang Ci knew without thinking that this merchant had obtained a glass bottle from him before, and after returning to Goguryeo, he handed it over to their king as a rare treasure.

After seeing Jiang Ci, the Goguryeo merchant smiled and said to Jiang Ci: "My humble servant, meet His Royal Highness Prince Xian." He had heard of the reputation of this prince, especially now that the entire super family of the Five Surnames and Seven Families had almost lost a quarter of their foundation in less than a year because of His Royal Highness Prince Xian.

Jiang Ci pretended to be puzzled and asked, "I wonder what brings you here this time?"

Upon hearing this, the Goguryeo merchant said bitterly, "Last year, I promised Your Highness that I would bring ten beautiful maids from Goguryeo as a gift to Your Highness, but I never thought that something delayed me, so I came here now." Then he clapped his hands at the carriages and said, "Get off."

Then, a beautiful maid came down from one of the three carriages. She was very pretty.
Jiang Ci looked at one of them and thought, damn, is it really necessary to be so outrageous?

He pointed at a maid and asked, "What's your name?"

The maid bowed her head and replied weakly, "Your Highness, I am Li Wanji, your servant."

Jiang Ci nearly vomited blood when he heard that, thinking: "It really is this guy." Then he nodded and said: "You just stay in the palace, and the rest of you follow him, he will settle you down." Jiang Ci pointed at He Yong.

Everyone was also very quick. They understood that if they wanted to survive, they had to please their master. Their Goguryeo was more patriarchal than the Tang Dynasty, and women had no status at all in Goguryeo.

Jiang Ci said to He Yong, "Go and settle them down." Whether He Yong settled these nine beautiful maids with his wife Xu Li, or in the house he bought outside, it was his own business. He believed that He Yong was capable of handling it all.

The Goguryeo merchant asked, "I wonder if Your Highness still has that exquisite colored glaze?"

Jiang Ci nodded. There were so many empty Wuliangye bottles that he couldn't even count them.

Upon hearing this, the Goguryeo merchant was pleasantly surprised and said, "This time I brought more than 11,000 ginseng plants, and I still want to exchange them with His Royal Highness Prince Xian."

Jiang Ci nodded, then took out his backpack, took out a bottle of unopened Wuliangye from it, and said to the Goguryeo merchant: "The content inside is wine, and it has not been opened yet. So this time, since you are so sincere, I will exchange the wine with you." The Goguryeo merchant was pleasantly surprised. After all, he could see the liquid in the exquisite and transparent Wuliangye bottle clearly.

He quickly said, "Thank you very much for giving up your love, Your Highness. I have something important to do, so I'll take my leave now."

Jiang Ci looked at the Goguryeo merchant with some amusement as he held Wuliangye as if it were his own son.
The merchant left, and He Yong and Zhang San quickly carried all 11,000 ginsengs back to Prince Xian's mansion.
As for the other nine beautiful maids, He Yong knew the arrangements.

Jiang Ci then took Li Wanji to the pavilion in the middle of the lake.

When Jiang Ci showed up with Li Wanji, everyone was curious about Li Wanji's identity.
When Ji Longyue saw Li Wanji, the corners of her mouth twitched, but she still had that cold expression as if Jiang Ci owed her hundreds of millions. She thought to herself, "Doesn't this guy look exactly like Li Wanji from Kimchi Country on Blue Star? How weird."

Jiang Ci introduced to everyone with a smile: "This maid is called Li Wanji. She is from Goguryeo and will follow Youwei from now on." After Jiang Ci finished speaking, he raised an eyebrow at Yu Youwei and looked at Ji Longyue's expression again.

Ji Longyue is good at reading faces. After all, if Li Wanji comes, she will know the other person's past and whether he is a spy or not. She can tell at a glance.

Yu Youwei had not expected that Jiang Ci would arrange a maid for her. You know, in the entire palace, only the principal wife and two concubines had maids. She was a little panicked at the moment.

Ji Longyue said to her calmly: "He gave it to you, so just accept it."

Yu Youwei had no choice but to accept it, but in fact she had been with Jiang Ci for two years. During these two years, she had never used a maid. After all, everything in the villa was very convenient, so why would a maid be needed? Moreover, everyone present was very good at using those home appliances.

Li Wanji was just in front of the Prince Xian's Mansion. When she heard that she was chosen by His Royal Highness Prince Xian, she felt very fortunate. After all, she knew how beautiful she was. Later, the businessman found her, gave her family a large sum of money and took her away, saying that he would send her to the Prince Xian's Mansion of the Tang Dynasty to be a maid. Of course, if this maid did a good job, it is possible that she could become a concubine or something like that.

But her confidence in her beauty was shattered when she entered the Prince Xian's Mansion and came to the pavilion in the middle of the lake. She stared blankly at the pretty Li Leyan, the stunning Zheng Liwan, the long legs longer than her life, and the petite Li Chenxia. The murderous weapon Yu Youwei was not even counted. The most important thing was that there was another stunning beauty who looked exactly like Yu Youwei, whose toes could not be seen when she lowered her head. The key point was that the two looked exactly the same.

"Maid Li Wanji, greetings to the master." Li Wanji looked at the women in front of her, each of them beautiful and charming, and felt bitter in her heart. In such a situation, she estimated that she would have no choice but to climb into bed with them one day.

Jiang Ci didn't have much good feelings towards Goguryeo, but he couldn't say that he hated it to the extreme.

Yu Youwei didn't act pretentiously, but smiled and said to him: "Okay, Prince Xian's Mansion doesn't have so many rules, but you must also remember your identity, and don't let me find out that you are a spy sent by Goguryeo to the Tang Dynasty."

"Master, rest assured. I am not a spy." Li Wanji replied in fear and trepidation.

Yu Youwei nodded. She herself had escaped from the brothel, so she naturally would not make things difficult for Li Wanji. After all, she had been caught in the rain before, and she didn't want others to get caught in the rain again.

Li Wanji soon became a chatterbox with Sweet Potato, Taro, and Colorful Butterfly. When Li Wanji learned how many princesses there were in this group, her jaw dropped. As for when she would become the bed-warming maid of His Royal Highness the Prince of Idleness, that would depend on the Prince of Idleness Jiang Ci's mood.

(End of this chapter)