The prince is more stable

Chapter 40: Fire and Water
The item was returned to its original owner, and Di Ying was finally happy.

Taking the purse handed to her by Zhao Xiaoqian, Di Ying hurriedly and carefully put it away, then raised her head, and her angry expression suddenly became bright and cheerful.

"Thank you very much for your generosity, Your Highness." Di Ying smiled and bowed.

Zhao Xiaoqian touched his nose. The two were very close to each other now. Zhao Xiaoqian smelled a faint fragrance from Di Ying. He didn't know what flower it was, but it smelled very comfortable.

Of course, Di Ying is no longer dressed as a man today. She is now dressed normally.

The clothing colors of women in the Song Dynasty were quite restrained and elegant, unlike the exaggerated bright red and purple in the Tang Dynasty. Instead, the main colors were cyan, green, silver gray, etc.

If later generations have visited a museum, they will find that the colors of clothing during the Tang and Song dynasties were actually very different. This difference is just like the pursuit of art by Yongzheng and Qianlong.

Today, Di Ying was wearing a turquoise skirt, and her hair was tied in a heart-shaped bun, which was suitable for unmarried girls. She had a hairpin inserted diagonally on her head, and she looked quiet but also a little cute.

After carefully examining her, Zhao Xiaoqian smiled and said, "You're not wearing men's clothes today?"

This incident was somewhat like a dark history. Di Ying blushed and gave him a quiet look. Still maintaining the decorum of a lady from a noble family, she lowered her eyelids and said calmly, "My Lord, please forgive me for laughing. I was just out doing some errands for my family that day and only stopped by a brothel occasionally. It's nothing worth mentioning."

Zhao Xiaoqian said puzzledly, "Your table is filled with fruits and snacks, and you look at them with great interest. Why doesn't it look like you're just 'pausing occasionally'..."

Di Ying blushed again, and this time she didn't even bother to roll her eyes.

"Your Highness is joking. This matter is not worth mentioning." Di Ying gritted her teeth and raised her tone, but her manner of speaking was still very elegant and quiet, giving people the impression that she was always maintaining the airs of a lady from a noble family.

Once someone says "not worth mentioning", you shouldn't keep bringing it up. That's not how you chat.

This time Zhao Xiaoqian finally understood.

This woman... seems to have two faces no matter how you look at her.

In the brothels, women dressed as men, stuffed their mouths with food and watched the performances with excitement.

At this moment, she was as calm as water, generous and decent, and her ladylike manners were more standard than those of a diplomat.

Which one is the real her?

"I've returned the money to you, Miss Di. Now we're parting ways." Zhao Xiaoqian bowed.

However, Di Ying seemed to want to chat for a while longer. She ignored Zhao Xiaoqian's farewell speech and instead looked him up and down with her pretty eyes.

"Is the prince short of money?" Di Ying asked.

"That's true. Who in the world doesn't lack money? The government also lacks money." Zhao Xiaoqian said lightly.

"Your Highness has gained a lot today, but the powerful and influential children in Bianjing City are full of resentment towards you. Are you not afraid of being impeached by the Censor for your actions?"

Zhao Xiaoqian smiled: "I'm not afraid."

It was just two words, but Di Ying could still hear the certainty in the words. It was obvious that the other person was really not afraid.

"Why does the prince need so much money?"

"You're just making small talk. Goodbye!"

After saying this, Zhao Xiaoqian turned around and left without any reluctance.

Di Ying stood there in shock, looking at Zhao Xiaoqian's receding back. For a moment, she felt deeply doubtful about her appearance.

In fact, Di Ying's beauty was known throughout the capital.

Especially after she came of age, the Di family was flooded with powerful and influential people proposing marriage.

Di Ying has always been confident in her beauty. There is no one in this world who is "beautiful but unaware of it". A true beauty definitely knows that she is beautiful.

Those who pretend to have just realized that they are actually a beautiful woman are undoubtedly green tea characters.

Zhao Xiaoqian left without any regrets, which finally made Di Ying feel insecure for the first time.

Isn’t she beautiful? In order to have a few more words with her, the young men from Bianjing who were her close friends would often stay by her side and would not leave even if they were driven away.

But the Prince of Chu just left without saying anything, and it seemed that he had no feelings about his appearance at all. Was there something wrong with his appearance, or was there something wrong with his aesthetic taste?
Zhao Xiaoqian had already walked away, but Di Ying still stood there for a long time. Then she took out a small bronze mirror that she always carried with her from her bosom and looked left and right with a serious expression.

Finally, he even opened his mouth wide to see if there were any green leaves stuck between his teeth.

No, perfect as always.

"Hmph! You blind bastard!" Di Ying put away the bronze mirror in anger. Zhao Xiaoqian certainly had feelings for Di Ying's appearance. How could a normal man not feel something when facing such a beautiful woman?
Benefiting from the utilitarian education in his previous life, Zhao Xiaoqian is a realistic person. In his eyes, young women are divided into two types: those who can be slept with and those who cannot be slept with.

There are women you can sleep with in brothels and prostitutes, it’s just a matter of spending some money.

Di Ying, on the other hand, was obviously not someone Zhao Xiaoqian could sleep with. She was the descendant of a famous general, came from a distinguished family, and was the eldest daughter of an official family. If Zhao Xiaoqian slept with such a woman, the consequences would be unbearable.

Of course, there is another way, which is to let Zhao Hao come to propose marriage, marry Di Ying openly, and sleep with her openly.

But Zhao Xiaoqian was unwilling.

There are so many suffering female compatriots in the brothel waiting for you to save and consume them. Seeing a forest right in front of you, why do you have to be so depressed and find a tree to hang yourself?

If you can't even marry or sleep with a woman, why bother wasting your time and energy on her?
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Having enough money makes you bolder.

Zhao Xiaoqian stood up.

After returning to the palace, Zhao Xiaoqian dressed up and ordered someone to find a small sandalwood box and put two hundred taels of silver in it.

After leaving the palace gate, Zhao Xiaoqian ordered the carriage to be prepared. After thinking for a while, he asked Chen Shou to bring more than 20 imperial guards to follow.

Tonight, the long-awaited "Mr. Zhao pays for everything" is about to take place!
There is no rush to get a wife, there is a rush to sleep with a woman.

A man who is over 18 years old has lived two lives. Can't he enjoy himself?

"Go to Panlou and find a more expensive brothel!" Zhao Xiaoqian ordered after getting on the carriage.

Chen Shou, who was standing beside the carriage, understood the order and looked quite emotional.

The prince has grown up!

A carriage, accompanied by more than twenty imperial guards, headed slowly towards Panlou.

Starting from the Chuwang Mansion on Yu Street, heading south, you will pass an intersection, which are East Street and West Street. The two streets cross the Yu Street, forming a crossroads.

When Zhao Xiaoqian's carriage reached the intersection, it stopped inexplicably.

There was traffic congestion in Bianjing City, but Zhao Xiaoqian was not in a hurry. He sat in the carriage and waited patiently.

However, after waiting for a long time, the carriage still did not move. Zhao Xiaoqian became impatient and lifted the curtain and asked coldly, "What's going on?"

The driver pointed ahead pitifully and said, "Sir, the two carriages ahead are blocking the intersection..."

Zhao Xiaoqian looked in the direction of his finger and saw that there were indeed two carriages blocking the intersection, parked quietly. The pedestrians and horses around them were complaining, but the two carriages remained motionless, standing as firm as a mountain.

Zhao Xiaoqian gestured to Chen Shou and said, "Tell them to move aside. If they don't, I'll beat them with fists and feet. Don't be polite."

Chen Shou led two imperial guards forward and talked with the people in the two carriages for a while.

I didn't know what Chen Shou talked about from a distance, but soon I saw him coming back covered in dust.

"Prince, they won't let us." Chen Shou said with shame on his face.

"The signboard of Prince Chu's Palace is useless?" Zhao Xiaoqian frowned.

"It doesn't work..." Chen Shou sighed. "One of the two carriages belongs to the Zhang Mansion. Inside is Zhang Dun, the newly appointed Minister of the Left and Minister of the Imperial Secretariat."

"The other one belongs to the Liu Mansion. Liu Zhi, the Right Prime Minister during the Yuanyou period, was recently demoted by the Emperor to the rank of Guanglu Qing and exiled to Huangzhou. He will be leaving Beijing for his new post in a few days."

Chen Shou smiled bitterly. He couldn't afford to offend either of these two.

Zhao Xiaoqian understood.

One was the left prime minister of the New Party, and the other was the former right prime minister of the Old Party who had just been demoted.

The leaders of the two parties, who are incompatible with each other, met at the intersection of Yujie today.

It is understandable that neither carriage was willing to give way.

But who did the Prince of Chu offend?

(End of this chapter)