I am a prince in Zhutian Films

Chapter 363 Zhao Pan'er is stubborn

I had a banquet last night that lasted until the early hours of the morning, and my head feels a little swollen from the hangover.

Zhao Wei rubbed his head and asked, "What are Madam Zhao and the others doing recently?"

He sent a team of personal guards to secretly protect Zhao Pan'er. All the news about Zhao Pan'er and the others would be transmitted to the palace, and Shuangxi would be in charge of it, but Zhao Pan'er and the others didn't know about it.

Shuangxi replied, "Madam Zhao went to see Ouyang Xu alone a few days ago, but it seems that they didn't reach an agreement, so she recently blocked the door of Ouyang Xu's ancestral home, causing quite a stir in the surrounding area."

"Really? What are they doing?"

"In order to get Ouyang Xu to issue a letter of withdrawal of engagement."

After watching the TV series, Zhao Wei actually knew why he was looking for Ouyang Xu.

One was to cancel the engagement letter, the second was to get Ouyang Xu to help Song Yinzhang get rid of his membership in the nationality, and the last was to get Ouyang Xu to return the Night Banquet Painting.

Among these three things, the most important is the Night Banquet.

Because Zhao Pan'er learned in Yang's Mansion that Gu Qianfan came to Qiantang to investigate the Night Banquet Picture, and she was very clear that there were deep connections behind the Night Banquet Picture, so whether it was to make a break with Ouyang Xu or to avoid being involved, she had to get the Night Banquet Picture back.

Unfortunately, Zhao Pan'er didn't know that the Night Banquet Picture had been sent to the palace by Lei Jing a few days ago and then burned by Liu Wan herself.

"Well, go prepare the carriage and go out for a trip."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Zhao Wei took a carriage to the inn where Zhao Pan'er and the others lived, and found that the inn was much more lively today than before. Not only were there to watch some good show, but many people were trying to squeeze in.

At Zhao Wei's signal, Shuangxi stopped one of them and asked, "Brother, what's wrong with this inn? Why are there so many people here today?"

I originally went there to watch the fun, so naturally I felt a little unhappy when Shuangxi pulled me along.

Just as he was about to get angry, he found Zhao Wei next to him and immediately smiled and said, "Zhao Yanei."

In the streets of Tokyo City, very few people knew Han Wang Zhao Wei, but many people knew Zhao Chengzong Zhao Yanei.

It was obvious that Zhao Wei met someone who knew him.

"What is the situation now?"

"It's the Thirteenth Young Master Chi Yanei who is competing with others. I heard that the other party is a few young ladies from other places. They want to compete in three rounds. They have already competed in two rounds, one win and one loss. Now they are going to compete in the last round. Do you want to go and watch the fun together, Zhao Yanei?"

So that’s what happened.

Zhao Wei smiled and was quite interested: "Please bring it here, we will go and take a look."

"You're welcome, Zhao Yanei."

The group came to the corridor inside the inn, and saw that a lot of people had gathered in the pavilion in the center of the lake, surrounding it tightly and it was impossible to squeeze in.

Fortunately, Zhao Wei was also a well-known official, and many people who came to watch the fun gave him face and gave up some seats for him.

The two parties fighting in the pavilion were none other than Chi Pan and Zhao Pan'er's three daughters, the famous Thirteen Young Masters of Tokyo.

Now their competition is like rolling the dice in the plot, and the ending is not surprising. He relied on trickery to roll thirty-seven points and won Chi Pan's thirty-six points.

Shuangxi was stunned, his eyes shining.

"Mrs. Zhao's gambling skills are too good. If I had Mrs. Zhao's level, I would definitely beat Xiao Qingzi and the others until they were left with nothing. I even want to become Mrs. Zhao's apprentice."

Zhao Wei turned his head and said with a smile: "Then why don't you go ask her?"

"The slaves dare not."

Shuangxi just said that casually, he would never dare to really go to Zhao Paner to become her apprentice.

Others may not know, but they follow Zhao Wei every day, how could they not know the situation?

Zhao Pan'er will definitely be one of the mistresses of Prince Han's Mansion in the future. She will at least be a concubine. If her status is not too low, she may even be the principal wife.

In the pavilion, Chi Pan was so angry that he kept yelling, but in front of everyone, he had to admit defeat, and finally left the inn reluctantly with his people.

Zhao Pan'er and her two daughters received a lot of applause. The competition ended here. Seeing that there was nothing exciting to watch, everyone left one after another.

Zhao Pan'er and her two daughters sat down in the pavilion and ordered a table of wine and food.

Song Yinzhang took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "This is the first time I drink wine from Tokyo. The wine from Central Plains is really different from the wine from Jiangnan."

Sun Sanniang was also very happy. While filling Zhao Pan'er and Song Yinzhang's glasses, she said, "Today, we beat Chi Yanei. It's really satisfying."

Zhao Paner smiled and was about to speak when a laugh suddenly sounded behind her.

"It's really refreshing. You've become famous right after arriving in Tokyo. Madam Zhao and you really are suitable for Tokyo."

Song Yinzhang was the first to stand up and timidly bowed, saying, "Greetings, His Royal Highness the King of Han."

Zhao Pan'er and Sun Sanniang were just a step slower and saluted together.

"Meet His Royal Highness the King of Han."

Zhao Wei shook his head: "When we are out, you don't need to call me that. Just call me Mr. Zhao as before."

The three girls looked at each other, and finally Zhao Pan'er was the first to call out, "Mr. Zhao, how come you have time to come here today?"

Zhao Wei sat down opposite Zhao Pan'er and said, "I heard that you guys were making trouble outside Ouyang Xu's house recently. I was worried that you might get into trouble, so I came to take a look. I didn't expect to see such a wonderful scene as soon as I arrived. Madam Zhao from Qiantang is indeed someone that the big bully in the casino has to be afraid of. She's amazing!"

As he spoke, Zhao Wei raised his hand and gestured for the three women to sit down and talk.

Unfortunately, none of the three dared to sit down. Zhao Paner smiled awkwardly and said, "Mr. Zhao, please don't make fun of me."

"I'm not making fun of you. I'm praising you. There's no difference in skills. No matter what skills you have, they might come in handy someday. Just like today, if you didn't have an amazing gambling skill, how could you have defeated Chi Pan? Don't stand there. Sit down and talk."

Seeing the three women sitting down as instructed, Zhao Wei continued, "If I have time in the future, I would like to ask you for advice."

Zhao Wei's words made Zhao Pan'er even more embarrassed: "Mr. Zhao, please don't tease me. Don't dirty your hands with my despicable tricks."

Zhao Wei shook his head to express his objection: "That's wrong. As the saying goes, more skills are better than less. The more skills you learn, the less you have to ask for favors. Not only me, but Shuangxi just said that he wants to take you as his master."

Zhao Pan'er smiled helplessly: "I heard that Mr. Zhao fought the Xiazhou envoys alone in the Purple Palace yesterday, which made the Tanguts tremble with fear and raised the prestige of our Song Dynasty. You are really capable, while my methods are just low-level tricks."

"Something that just happened yesterday, how could it spread so quickly?"

"There are many rumors. People were still talking about it until midnight last night." Sun Sanniang took over the conversation and said excitedly and curiously: "I heard that you asked those people from Xiazhou to get out of the hall yesterday, and they really got out. Is that true?"

"it is true."

"You also killed the envoy?"

Zhao Wei nodded: "Kill him." "If we kill the envoy, will our Song Dynasty have to fight with the Dingnan Army again?" Zhao Pan'er asked.

"It's just killing a barbarian. Li Deming doesn't dare to go to war with us." Zhao Wei smiled faintly: "Besides, even if they really dare to send troops, what will happen? My Song Dynasty soldiers are not afraid of any war. If Li Deming dares to provoke a war, I don't mind leading the troops to destroy him personally."

When Zhao Pan'er heard Zhao Wei call himself the King, she changed his address and asked with some concern, "Your Highness, are you going to lead the troops to the battle?"

War is definitely not as simple as Zhao Wei said.

Although she had never been to the battlefield, she knew that war would result in death.

"That's the worst case scenario. But if the Song Dynasty wants to avoid being bullied, it will have to fight the surrounding barbarians sooner or later." Zhao Wei's eyes flashed with coldness, and he smiled and said, "Okay, let's not talk about this topic today. You have been in Tokyo for a while. How do you feel? Do you want to stay?"

Zhao Pan'er didn't answer immediately, but Song Yinzhang couldn't help but said, "Dongjing City is really big, much bigger than Qiantang. I think Dongjing is better than Qiantang."

What she said was true, but for her, apart from the prosperity of Tokyo, what was more important was that no one in Tokyo knew that she was a prostitute, and she did not suffer from other people's strange looks, which made her feel free and happy.

Sun Sanniang also agreed with her words. She had been walking around the area a lot in the past few days, and everything she saw and heard opened her eyes. Especially at night, it was extremely lively and far beyond the small place of Qiantang.

She naturally wanted to stay, but if she wanted to stay, she had to consider one issue.

That's money.

Although Tokyo is prosperous, things in it are really expensive.

If Zhao Wei hadn't given them money before, they would all be homeless now.

Therefore, Sun Sanniang is different from Song Yinzhang. For her, the most important thing at the moment is how to make money and survive.

"I looked around these days and found that many inns and restaurants are doing good business. If I do business here, I will definitely make money."

Zhao Wei nodded and turned to look at Zhao Pan'er. Zhao Pan'er panicked and said quickly: "I haven't thought about it that much. I just want to deal with Ouyang Xu's matter now. Let's talk about other things later."

"For someone like Ouyang Xu, you should cut the Gordian knot and end all ties with him. If you drag it out like this, he will think he still has a chance, and you will feel even worse. Why bother?"

"I wanted to break up with him completely, so I asked him to take back what belongs to me. I no longer have any thoughts about him." Zhao Pan'er said with a firm face and some anger, "But I didn't expect that I didn't see his true face for three years. He is more shameless than I thought. He agreed to my conditions with his mouth, but shamelessly regretted it behind my back."

Zhao Wei nodded: "Do you want me to help you? I know Gao Hu well. Although he is a bit of a bully, he still cares about his reputation. If he knew what Ouyang Xu did, he would definitely not marry Gao Hui to him."

"That's good, that's good." Sun Sanniang said with a smile, "Pan'er, isn't Ouyang Xu just trying to get rich? We've ruined his plans and made him so angry that he'll die."

However, Zhao Pan'er shook her head and said, "Your Highness, Sanniang, although I hate Ouyang Xu to the core, this is a matter between him and me. I don't want Your Highness to worry about such a small matter. No matter how difficult it is, I will solve it in my own way."

"You said it was a small matter, so it's not something you would bother with."

"Thank you, Your Highness. I won't bother you any more."

Zhao Wei shook his head. Zhao Pan'er was still stubborn. Although she had worked in the Jiaofangsi and seen a lot of darkness, she obviously didn't understand Tokyo City. Here, the truth and reason were often not important at all, and power and status were the kingly way.

As the saying goes, the people should not fight against the officials. This is applicable in any era, especially in ancient society.

When common people fight against officials, how many of them will have a good ending?

In the TV series, it was because of Gu Qianfan, Zhao Paner and others that they were able to survive in Tokyo City and drive Ouyang Xu away.

In Tokyo City, Zhao Paner, who has no background or support, has no chance of defeating Ouyang Xu.

But since Zhao Pan'er wanted to give it a try, Zhao Wei didn't try to persuade her anymore. He would take care of everything anyway.

"Okay, I won't ask about your relationship with Ouyang Xu, but are you planning to stay in the inn forever? The cost here is not low, right?"

When Sun Sanniang mentioned this, she became excited and complained, "It's not just not low, it's outrageous. We've only been living here for a few days, and you've used up a lot of the money you lent us. If this continues, it won't be long before we're all homeless."

Zhao Paner smiled bitterly: "I didn't expect that Tokyo would cost so much. If we want to survive in Tokyo, we definitely can't live in an inn all the time, and we have to find a way to make a living."

"Then shall we continue to run the teahouse?" Sun Sanniang suggested.

Zhao Pan'er thought about it and replied, "After we resolve Ouyang Xu's issue, we can discuss it slowly."

Zhao Wei glanced at her and said, "If you have nothing to do now, why don't you come with me to a place?"

"where to?"

Zhao Pan'er and the other two daughters looked at Zhao Wei curiously.

"You'll know when we get there, let's go."

The three of them stood up without hesitation, following Zhao Wei.

They absolutely believed in Zhao Wei. After all, if Zhao Wei wanted to do something to them, he would not need to do so given his status.

"Wait a moment, I'll go into the house and bring my Lone Moon."

Song Yinzhang was most worried about her pipa when she was about to leave the inn temporarily, so she hurried back to the room to get her pipa before leaving the inn.

A carriage was heard outside the inn. Sun Qian was waiting beside the carriage. When he saw Zhao Wei coming out, he immediately put down his footstool.

Zhao Wei got on the carriage first, and then said to Zhao Pan'er and the others, "Get on the carriage. The place we are going to is quite far, and it will be too slow to walk there."

After hearing this, Zhao Pan'er took Sun Sanniang and Song Yinzhang into the carriage.

The interior space of the carriage was not small, and it could easily accommodate several people. Moreover, the carriage had been modified by Zhao Wei, making it much more comfortable than carriages of this era. The decoration was also very luxurious, using the best cloth and fur.

Sun Sanniang's eyes never stopped looking at Shuangxi until he handed her a cup of tea, then she looked away and thanked him.

Zhao Pan'er lifted the curtain of the car and looked outside curiously.

Seeing this, Zhao Wei didn't say anything. He just closed his eyes and started practicing internal energy.

Song Yinzhang sat beside her holding a pipa. He looked at Zhao Wei and opened his mouth, but saw that Zhao Wei had his eyes closed. So he said nothing in the end and looked at the scenery outside the window with Zhao Pan'er.

Half an hour later, the carriage finally stopped.

"Your Highness, we have arrived."

Zhao Pan'er was the third girl to get off the carriage. She looked at where the carriage was parked and asked curiously, "Where is this?"

"Greetings, Madam Zhao." Zhao Huai'en, who had been waiting here, bowed first before replying, "This is Anyefang, close to Daxiangguo Temple. Most of our Blood Robe Guards and the master's personal guards live here."

Zhao Pan'er nodded, somewhat puzzled as to why Zhao Wei brought them here.

"Let's go."

"It's the head of the family."

Zhao Huai'en nodded, led everyone towards a courtyard not far away, then took out the key, opened the door, and led everyone in.

(End of this chapter)