hotmtlnovel Chapter 520: A generous thank-you gift and an excuse to confiscate the property
Chapter 520: A generous thank-you gift and an excuse to confiscate the property
The second prince thought about it and felt that it made sense.
"But I still can't understand why you are so partial to your children, even though they are your own children."
Jiang Youzhen also picked up the small jar of wine and took a sip, and couldn't help feeling light and happy.
I didn't expect that the wine I brewed was so delicious. No wonder the second prince drank it one sip after another.
"Everyone has their own preferences, which is not surprising. Take my father for example! He is the second child in the family, and his father and mother don't love him. He is also an honest person, and his brothers and sisters like to bully him.
He always did all the dirty and tiring work at home, but he was the most filial. He not only supported his parents, but also his two brothers and the whole family. But grandparents just didn’t like him, and my dad couldn’t understand it at first. ”
The second prince shook his head and laughed, "When a kind person is bullied, it's because he doesn't know how to resist, and his family suffers as a result."
Jiang Youzhen nodded, "Yes! He has never seen much of the world and has a very narrow vision. But now he has come to his senses, has seen more, has his own thoughts, and feels that this is wrong."
"It's good that he has come to his senses." The Second Prince nodded, "Has he forgiven her biological parents now?"
Jiang Youzhen shook his head. "It can't be considered forgiveness, right? I just reconciled with myself."
"Reconciled with myself?" The second prince seemed thoughtful.
"Yes! Why should I use other people's mistakes to punish myself? My father can't find fault with anything, so why is he not liked by my parents? But this is not my father's fault. He has figured it out. Why should I go to extremes and make things difficult for myself?
He still has a family that loves him, and now he has adoptive parents who adore him. He has hope for the future, and everything is thriving.”
The second prince pondered for a long time, "You are right, he has many people who love him. But what if no one loves him? How can we reconcile?"
Jiang Youzhen smiled, "Then just love yourself! Be good to yourself, why should you expect others to do the same? As long as you face it with a normal heart, you will find that there is nothing you can't overcome."
She thought of her past life. As an orphan, she had no elders to care for her and no very close friends, but she still lived a good life.
"No matter if they are relatives or friends, they are people who can only stay with you for a period of time. As long as you understand this, you will become stronger." Jiang Youzhen clenched his fist and looked at him with a smile.
The second prince suddenly felt that it made sense. He looked up at the sky. People are born lonely. Not having the love of his father didn't seem to matter.
But he also felt that the feeling of companionship was really good, "Are you really not considering your lifelong affairs?"
The second prince asked but there was no response for a long time. He turned around and found that Jiang Youzhen had fallen asleep leaning against the roof.
He burst out laughing and took the jar of wine in her hand aside. He found that Jiang Youzhen had actually drunk half of it. Was he drunk?
"You are not on guard against me?" He moved closer to Jiang Youzhen, smelled the alcohol on her breath, and quickly hid back.
In the moonlight, the scattered hair on her temples slightly obscured her eyebrows, but her skin was like the finest mutton-fat jade, emitting a soft and white glow.
Are all women's skin this good? So good that there is no flaw.
A gust of night wind blew, and the second prince felt cold, so he embraced Jiang Youzhen and jumped down, carrying her into the bedroom.
When Jiang Youzhen woke up the next day, she felt a little dizzy. She suddenly remembered that she and Erhuazi were on the rooftop watching the moon and drinking last night, and then she seemed to fall asleep. How did she come back?
Glancing at the bed below him, Jiang Youzhen was confused. Forget it! Let's hurry up and wash up and practice calligraphy!
"Master, the concierge said that someone called Third Master is here to give a thank-you gift!"
Jiang Youzhen had just finished washing up when Qing Lang came into the room.
"A thank you gift?" Jiang Youzhen first thought of the second prince.
"Yes, there is also a gift list!" Qing Lang handed over the gift list, "I have already ordered someone to move the thank-you gifts to your yard."
Jiang Youzhen took the gift list curiously, and his eyes widened when he took a look at it.
What is this? There are even two sets of head ornaments, inlaid with rubies, sapphires, tortoise shells, and pearls, and the rest are calligraphy and painting ornaments.
A pair of Hetian jade palace lanterns, a set of filigree gilt gourd bottles inlaid with gemstones, an ivory ornament with landscape carving, etc.?
Wow! Jiang Youzhen also saw a glass cup among them? Is the third prince so generous? Just looking at these ornaments, she knew they were very noble without even looking at the real objects.
The most important thing was that there was also a property deed and a silver note of 1,000 taels attached. When Jiang Youzhen opened it, he found that it was actually the deed to a shop in the west of the city?
Third Prince! Third Prince! I really misunderstood you. It turns out that you are more generous than the other two princes. Next time I will never call you a miser. You are really rich. Tsk tsk!
"It's like a pillow has arrived for me. I have been looking for an embroidery shop for a long time. I didn't expect to find it now."
Jiang Youzhen was filled with emotion. Isn't it said that people can please their elders and the emperor by being sweet-mouthed? There must be some truth to it, right? Who wouldn't like a gift that touches someone's heart?
Just then the thank-you gifts were carried into the yard. Jiang Youzhen went forward to take a look and saw that the two large boxes were filled to the brim with gift boxes.
When I picked up one of the head ornaments, I was dazzled. On the center of the hair ornament was a ruby the size of a thumbnail, the color was very pure, and the pearl pendants hanging below were even more round.
Jiang Youzhen asked Qinglang to open the other brocade boxes. She went from being shocked at first to being numb, until finally, she came to a conclusion.
That is, the third prince is actually richer than the second prince and the fourth prince. Look at his wealth, so many treasures must add up to tens of thousands of taels of silver, right?
"Make a record of it and send this set of rubies and pearls to the lady's room. Don't tell her it's a gift. Just let her wear it."
Jiang Youzhen thought for a moment and said, "Send the gourd ornaments to them and put them in the house, and put the others in my private vault."
This is a life-saving favor. Ten thousand taels of silver in exchange for the life of the third prince is not too much.
"Yes!" Qing Lang agreed.
Jiang Youzhen was about to leave, but suddenly noticed that there was a piece of paper under the gift list in his hand.
I opened it and saw, "See you at Yunxiang Teahouse after school!"
Jiang Youzhen: ...I knew it wouldn’t be that easy.
There were turbulent times in the capital yesterday. As soon as Jiang Youzhen entered the study today, he once again felt the unusual atmosphere.
"Have you heard? The prefect was assassinated, which involved a corruption case. This morning, people from the Military Affairs Department and the Dali Temple went to seal off Jingzhao Prefecture. Now the Wan family has been imprisoned."
"Really? Yesterday I was wondering why the prefect was so unlucky. I thought he had done something that was detrimental to the interests of others, so he was silenced. I didn't expect this to be the reason?"
"It's absolutely true! My family lives near the North City. People from the two departments passed by my house this morning. They were going to the prefect's residence."