The snow was getting heavier.
There were no customers in Hundred Fragrance Square, so the two of them chatted in this shop.
Hearing Li Qin's request, Fang Yaoyi frowned and said,""Tell me about it first."
If it was an excessive request, even if the young master and the empress were friends, she would have to reject it.
Li Qin smiled and said,"As long as Miss Fang is willing to hang a banner at the venue of the poetry gathering, it will be fine."”
"If Miss Fang agrees, I am willing to sell each jar to Miss Fang for thirty-five taels of silver. Furthermore, if the Fang Estate wants to buy Thousand Gold Drunk, I promise that I will never raise the price.”
Since they were going to promote it, they had to make it as effective as possible.
Fang Yaoyi shook her head and refused,"This method is not possible, Ruoshui Poetry Meet does not only use your family's wine."”
Ruoshui Poetry Meet was the name of the poetry meet that Fang Yaoyi organized.
Two of the five jars of wine were prepared for his father, and the remaining three were used for the poetry gathering.
Ruoshui Poetry would pay attention to celebrating together, and those servants who followed the young master and beautiful woman would also receive some wine and food. This wine naturally would not be drunk by thousands of gold.
Seeming to have expected this situation, Li Qin smiled and said,""These girls don't need to worry. I'll also give you ten jars of Dream-entangling Brew. What do you think?”
Fang Yaoyi could not say anything more. Although she knew that Li Qin was using Ruoshui's Poetry Club to make a name for himself, she did not feel disgusted.
This was a win-win situation. Over the years, people would not only talk about which poetry club produced good poems, but also about which poetry club's wine and food were good.
Fang Yaoyi did not reject him anymore. She took out an invitation card that she had already prepared from the counter and handed it to Li Qin.
After Li Qin took it, Fang Yaoyi hesitated for a moment before saying softly,""In the past years, the moon has been the focus of the poetry meet. You can make more preparations.”
"If you really can't make it, you can come to Hundred Fragrance Square to find me. I should be here these few days.”
Li Qin understood Fang Yaoyi's worry. She was afraid that he would not be able to compose a poem, but Miss Fang was worrying too much.
I'm a 21st-century man who has gone through nine years of compulsory education. I have 300 Tang poems in my mind.
The words " the moon has its ups and downs, people have their joys and sorrows " came out of his mouth.
If it really didn't work, he could add a few lines of Song Ci and Yuan Qu.
He was very careful when it came to pretending.
But he couldn't reject the girl's good intentions. Li Qin cupped his hands and said,""Thank you for your reminder, Miss Fang. I'm just a merchant, I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you.”
These words were spoken with sincerity.
Fang Yaoyi smiled: " Young Master need not be so polite. Oh right, I don't know if it's convenient for Young Master to go with you to get the Thousand Gold Drunk."”
"I'm afraid not right now. Right now, my residence only has three jars of wine."”
"The osmanthus needed for wine brewing is also gone. I came here this time to buy some osmanthus.”
"I'm afraid it will take another three days for the new wine to be ready. At that time, I'll just bring the wine to Hundred Fragrance Square.”
Three days later, it would be the 14th day of the first month.
Fang Yaoyi smiled," There are plenty of laurel petals in Hundred Fragrance Square. If Young Master needs them, just come and get them."”
"This time, take it as a thank you gift from Young Master for the wine.”
"How much does Young Master need?"
Li Qin's eyes lit up. There was such a good thing." I don't need much.”
"A hundred taels of laurel petals will do."
Actually, he didn't need that much. Two jars of wine and ten taels of laurel petals were enough to break the sky.
However, as the saying goes, a bastard doesn't take advantage of others.
Fang Yaoyi smiled," How much taels did Young Master say?”
Li Qin chuckled, looking harmless." A hundred taels.”
Fang Yaoyi's smile remained," Thirty taels of laurel petals, right? I'll go and wrap it up for Young Master."”
She had already asked Shan 'er how much he bought each time, so she had a rough idea.
Including what Shan 'er had given him, there were at most ten taels of wine. Ten taels of wine would at least be three jars of wine.
You want a hundred taels for two jars of wine? Do you think I'm a fool?
"No, no, it's a hundred taels."”
Fang Yaoyi: " Yes, it's thirty taels. Young Master, please wait a moment, I'll go to the backyard to get it."”
After saying that, Fang Yaoyi turned around and left hurriedly, turning a deaf ear to Li Qin's words.
Fang Yaoyi had just arrived at the backyard when Fang Xuanling impatiently asked her, wanting to know what Empress Zhangsun had said outside.
However, she knew which family's young master Empress Zhangsun had betrothed.
Fang Yaoyi was confused, not knowing what her father was talking about, so she told him everything that had happened outside.
Fang Xuanling frowned and muttered to himself,"What does the Empress mean by this? How could he be acquainted with a merchant, especially someone so young?”
If they only knew each other, how could they have personally sewn the shawl and given it to the youth?
He had a vague premonition that the Empress had come to Xi City from the start.
Suddenly, Fang Xuanling seemed to recall something and asked nervously,""Yi 'er, do you know how old that young master is?”
Fang Yaoyi thought for a moment and said,"I don't know, but he looks like he's about the same age as me, about fifteen or sixteen years old."”
"Fifteen or sixteen years old?" Fang Xuanling swallowed his saliva quietly, his pupils shrinking as he suddenly recalled a secret history of Prince Qin's Mansion from a long time ago.
That secret history was rarely known. Back then, those who knew about it either died in battle or died of illness. Now, only a handful of people knew about it.
Even Fang Xuanling himself was shocked by this bold idea. It was clearly the middle of winter, but tiny beads of sweat were oozing out of his forehead.
At this moment, Fang Yaoyi also understood the meaning of the Empress's question today, and her expression changed," Father, does the Empress have any room to refuse?"”
How could Fang Xuanling not know what his daughter was thinking?
However, Empress Zhangsun was personally the matchmaker, and there was also the Emperor's verbal order, so how could he easily reject her?
Fang Xuanling was silent. Fang Yaoyi understood in her heart that it was not that she did not want to get married. Just as she said, she had not met someone she liked.
Fang Yaoyi smiled bitterly, her eyes gradually losing some spirituality," Father, there are so many rules in the palace. If I have to marry those second generation heirs, I would rather marry that young master outside!”
Although the young master was a merchant, although he liked to be calculative, and although he was a little scheming, at least he was good-looking, not arrogant, not impatient, and had some talent.
In any case, it was pleasing to the eye.
Fang Xuanling thought of that secret history again and sighed inwardly. He looked at his daughter with a melancholic gaze.
My dear daughter, do you know that if your father's guess is correct, the person outside the door might be the Great Tang's most powerful second generation heir?
"Forget it. I will discuss with His Majesty about the Empress tomorrow.”Fang Xuanling's heart ached when he saw his unhappy daughter. He comforted her," Oh right, remember that young master called Li Qin. Don't look down on him."”
"From your description just now, that young man's manner of speech and bearing doesn't seem like that of an ordinary merchant.”
If his guess was true, Fang Xuanling didn't dare to think too much about it.
Hearing her father's words, Fang Yaoyi heaved a sigh of relief. At least there was still a chance, right?
He immediately scooped up thirty taels of laurel petals.
Eastern Palace, Taiji Palace.
The current Crown Prince, Li Chengqian, was only ten years old, but he gave off a steady feeling.
This was a child born in an imperial family. If he wanted to live and climb up, he had to know how to scheme and pretend from a young age.
There was a blurry figure on the screen opposite him, and his face could not be seen clearly.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince, in recent days, the Emperor and the Empress seem to be out of the palace more frequently.”
"As far as I know, it seems to be related to a tavern in Xi City called Du Wine House. The owner of this tavern is sixteen years old this year.”
"I wonder if Your Highness still remembers the story I told Your Highness before?”
Li Chengqian's expression turned serious, and a trace of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes." I understand. Just continue to watch."”
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