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Chapter 301: After one wave, another wave arises

"Sir, you are too tired. You haven't had a rest for a whole day. Let's go to the front and have a drink of wedding wine." As soon as Zhou Chang entered the study courtyard, he saw Zhong Yu still counting.

Zhong Yu asked back: "Where did the prince go just now? He was looking for you."

"What do you want me for? It's just a social event." Zhou Chang pulled Zhong Yu and walked quickly to the study, not daring to take another look. "Sir, take a rest. These things are piled here and you can't run away."

Zhong Yu was dragged into the study room, puzzled: "Your Highness, Aunt Jing just sent me food, I have already eaten, is there anything wrong, Your Highness?"

Zhou Chang had nothing to do, but he was upset.

The entire Prince Yi's Mansion was in chaos inside and out, and her heart was also in a mess.

"Your Highness, things have come to this, but looking at the grandeur of the Yuan family's dowry today, it has helped you to look good. It's really not easy." In Zhong Yu's opinion, it was somewhat of fate that Prince Yi married Yuan Qi. Prince Yi might not be happy, and the Yuan family was indeed marrying above their station.

Zhou Chang didn't expect that the Yuan family did this for Prince Yi, but Zhong Yu used the words "really not easy", and he couldn't help but worry: "Mr. Zhong, do you think the Yuan family has given all their dowry?"

Zhong Yu stroked his beard and shook his head: "I don't know either, I just guessed that such a dowry has never been seen since the founding of Dalin."

Zhou Chang was also unsure, but for some reason, he felt uneasy and subconsciously avoided the question: "Mr. Zhong, how much are these gifts worth? If they are all converted into silver, it should be enough to get by for a while."

"That's not right," Zhong Yu said, contrary to his usual attitude, "It would be inappropriate to pawn these gifts."

"Why? Sir, you still need to build an orphanage and a shelter, and the south is also building medical clinics and drug stores. There is never enough money." Zhong Yu always supported Zhou Chang in the matter of pawning things, and he was not afraid that Prince Yi's Mansion would be penniless.

In the memory of Prince Yi Fengming, Zhong Yu always said, "A gentleman is content with poverty and enjoys the way of life."

Zhong Yu weighed the record book in his hand and sighed again: "Alas, I didn't expect so many guests to come today. The gifts they gave were not cheap. In the past, the prince did not interact with officials in the court, but now the situation is very different. Gifts will be returned in the future. The palace was not prepared before, so these gifts must be kept for return gifts."

Zhong Yu's thoughts were profound and thorough, which was another thing Zhou Chang had not expected.

"Alas..." Zhong Yu said this with a sad face and no joy of receiving the gift. Zhou Chang also sighed and said, "It's all up to you, sir. If it can be pawned for silver, then we can exchange it for silver. If it's still worth keeping and giving it to others, then we can keep it."

"Yes, Your Highness." Zhong Yu nodded and stood up. "It's getting dark, I'll ask someone to light the lamp. Your Highness can't hide away forever. After all, today is your big day, isn't it..."

"Okay, I'm tired. I'll rest for a while before going over." A screen has been set up in the study, and behind the screen are a bed, a coffee table, and a rattan chair. Zhou Chang is going to lie down on the rattan chair.

"Prince, Prince..." At this time, the skinny monkey's anxious shouting came from outside, obviously he was still looking for her.

Before Zhou Chang could answer, Zhong Yu had already come out to greet him: "Monkey, here, the prince has returned to the study."

"Ah, Your Majesty..." The skinny monkey rushed in in two or three steps, "Your Majesty, it's bad, something happened up ahead."

Zhou Chang turned around before his butt even touched the rattan chair and asked, "What happened?"

"Your Highness, stop asking questions and go take a look in the front." The skinny monkey pulled Zhou Chang up and dragged him out.

Zhou Chang was puzzled, but seeing that the skinny monkey didn't seem to be joking, he had no choice but to follow the skinny monkey out.

Zhong Yuye put down the account book and followed him: "What happened?"

"Oh, I can't explain it clearly, it's all so confusing, anyway..." The skinny monkey, who usually speaks carelessly, is now speechless.

Zhou Chang walked out of the study courtyard and saw red lanterns lit up on the corridor not far outside.

Yuanjie and Hexi were standing under the red lanterns at the entrance of the corridor, wandering around.

As soon as Yuan Jie saw Zhou Chang, he hurried over to him and said, "Your Majesty, Yuan Jie has something to say."

"Where is Wen Qingyan? Has he been sent back?" Zhou Chang was still thinking about Wen Qingyan.

"Young Master Wen has been sent back to the front by us. He drank a few too many cups and went to the wrong place. The Wen and Yuan families are old friends in the north, and Young Master Wen was indeed familiar with my sister before. When they were in Danlu, Aunt Wen often brought Young Master Wen to my house as a guest. Although they were good friends, they had no private relationship. My sister has not met Young Master Wen since the imperial decree of marriage came down. Just now, Young Master Wen was drunk and somehow broke into the back hall by mistake. He was confused after drinking and thought it was the same as before. But my sister didn't want to see him, nor did she hear him talking nonsense." Yuan Jie finished speaking in one breath without taking a breath in between.

But he was only twelve or thirteen years old, the same age as the twelfth prince Feng Suo, and these words were obviously rehearsed in advance.

Zhou Chang frowned unconsciously. She didn't care about these things. The only thing she was not satisfied with was why Wen Qingyan was still in the palace. Shouldn't he be sent home directly?

Yuanjie and Hexi felt something was wrong when they saw this.

Yuan Jie had only "rehearsed" this paragraph, and he didn't know how to answer the following. But he was twelve or thirteen years old after all, and he knew everything. He nervously pulled Zhou Chang's sleeve and said, "Your Highness Prince Yi, it's true. Believe me, I can swear."

He Xi was also worried beside him, and assured him: "I dare not deceive Your Highness Prince Yi. What the young master said is the truth. Please understand Your Highness Prince Yi."

This happened on the wedding day. Yuan Qi's wet nurse, Madam Duan, was unable to get rid of Wen Qingyan, so she had no choice but to send someone to secretly call Yuan Jie and He Xi over, intending to take Wen Qingyan away without anyone noticing.

Unexpectedly, as luck would have it, Prince Yi ran into him red-handed.

They didn't know how much Prince Yi saw and heard, but he definitely knew something.

When this happened suddenly, everyone was at a loss as to what to do.

After some discussion, it was Nanny Duan who asked He Xi to think carefully about teaching Yuan Jie these words and to stabilize Prince Yi first.

But when they turned around, no one could find Prince Yi.

Now when he saw Zhou Chang, Yuan Jie had practiced it over and over in his mind many times and said it out loud without thinking.

Zhou Chang didn't care at all, and didn't think much about it. Seeing Yuan Jie's nervous face, he touched Yuan Jie's head as if he was in the wind and said, "Don't worry, is this what you want to say?"

Yuanjie knew that the matter was of great importance, so he did not dare to relax at all: "Your Highness, these are all true. You must believe what Yuanjie said and believe my sister."