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That night, at the head of the city.

Chang An and Hu Shan were at the same table drinking wine.

Because of malfeasance towards his duty, General Gao of the 24 cities had already been removed from his post. Hu Shan ascended from his jurisdiction and served as commander, and because he had assisted Gao Lang in winning numerous battles, he lost many of his South Yi. Thus, he took over the position of General Gao and was in charge of defending the 24 cities.

"You don't know the dangers of that day!" Hu Shan raised his head and downed two mouthfuls of wine, then rushed towards Chang An, "That little thief Zhao Jin, taking advantage of His Highness' exhausted body after the battle, and actually going on a sneak attack with his mother, fortunately Seventh Prince is unparalleled in bravery, and shot an arrow back at Chang An, hmph hmph."

Before Hu Shan could finish his words, he was already stopped by Chang An, "The walls have ears, he is the fifth prince after all, the son of his majesty.

"You're just too cautious!" Hu Shan pushed the wine bowl in front of Chang An, "Let's see who dares to pry their ears out in front of me.

Saying that, he spat out the scent of alcohol, "I'm not done yet! "Keep listening!"

"Isn't Zhao Jin the little thief going to pretend to be ill and stay indoors? Our Prince's arrow shot straight towards Zhao Jin's knee, and immediately made him kneel on one knee, hmph hmph, I'm afraid that he won't be able to come out after that.

Hearing that, Chang An could not help but laugh: "That's true, firstly, he had to take care of his legs, and secondly, I'm afraid that he might not even have the face to show his face to our Seventh Elder."

"Hahaha!" Hu Shan laughed out loud, "Without Zhao Jin secretly making trouble behind our back, the battle at Wuli River should be over!"

"It was all thanks to Brother Hu!" Chang An cupped his hands, raising his wine glass to toast Hu Shan, "I heard that since Brother Hu led the troops, he has promoted many capable people in the army. Brother Hu is intelligent, and is Seventh Prince's right-hand man."

Jin Xiaolou received a letter from Gao Lang three days before the start of May.

At this time, the Linlang Workshop had already created some momentum, and every night, there were almost no seats vacant, so because she still had to pay a registration fee to participate in the charge, the Linlang Workshop did not need to spend much, and Jin Xiaolou spent all her money on the wager.

Tonight's auspicious item was even more exquisite. Jin Xiaolou had spent five hundred silver to find an old craftsman who had come out of the palace to create a silky enameled pot with a melon pattern on it.

Although there wasn't much silver, but Jin Xiaolou had personally designed the lid pot, it was shaped like a round melon, with a narrow top and abundant bottom.

The tank body ornaments with red ground color peony pattern, gorgeous.

What was even more captivating was that inside the jar that was filled with the new sweet water, the jade yolks cooked by Linlang Workshop, a message came out from the Linlang Workshop. It was said to be the most delicious sweet water in Linlang Workshop, and it was only made once.

Everyone knew that the snacks and teas in the Linlang Workshop were delicious. Many customers not only went to the second and third times to watch the Great Surge pass, they also went to eat the tea set that was sold along with the tickets.

This jade cheese was burnt to the last piece of bait that led the cat out.

Even the ladies of the noble families in the capital were itching to go as well. They set down rooms on the second floor one after another and ordered their capable Attendant to register and participate in the Great Surge pass so that they could get the prize money back.

The Mrs. Ji in Master Ji's residence and his little daughter Ji Lingyun, who had yet to leave the pavilion, also came to catch up on the commotion.

The two of them brought their personal maidservants in the boat and entered through the Linlang Workshop's back door. As soon as they entered, they directly went to the left side of the second floor, in the private room that was separated by a curtain.

Just as she sat down, Ji Lingyun reached out to his mother and prodded her with her finger: "Mother, who do you think is that person over there?"

Mrs. Ji looked up through the curtain and saw a woman sitting in the private room across from him. Separated by the double curtains, the woman looked blurry, and it could only be seen that her figure was pretty.

Mrs. Ji shook his head: "I don't see through it, why do you know about it?"

Ji Lingyun sighed, "Mother, you compared me to her everyday, and now that you have her in front of you, you can't see it anymore."

"That woman is actually the Third Miss of the Minister's Assistant Minister of Rites?" Mrs. Ji opened his eyes wide, "She is so bold, a girl that has yet to leave the pavilion, he actually went to the crook of the roof to watch the show!"

Ji Lingyun laughed. "Mother, aren't we the same?"

"How can we be like her?!" "I was dragged here by you. Otherwise, how would I …"

"Oh, Mother!" Ji Lingyun called out, "In the entire capital, which family's young miss has never been to this Linlang Workshop before? Everyone has a tacit understanding, it's fine. "

Ji Lingyun leaned forward and looked down towards the, intentionally staring at her own Attendant, and muttered: "I just want to have a taste of that jade cheese burning, they already said, that this kind of good stuff, only has today's portion, in the future there won't be anymore, if I, Ji Lingyun were to obtain it, those girls would be jealous of me for at least a year!"

"You have no future!" The Mrs. Ji pointed at her, "If you marry the Seventh Prince, then you can make them jealous for the rest of their lives!"

"Aiya! And you're talking about this again! " Ji Lingyun frowned, "I don't like hearing that! Your Highness, whoever marries that idiot will marry to him. Even if I have to marry a cat or dog, a pig or cow, I won't marry him! "

Mrs. Ji was anxious to get on the fire, he wanted to say more, but there were already gongs and drums.

Taking advantage of the big prize, Jin Xiaolou increased the difficulty of breaking through. She changed the hemp rope net she was reading into a horizontal tree that required a strong arm strength to climb over.

In the time it took for an incense stick to burn, many people had fallen into the water while hanging from a tree.

Ji Lingyun glanced around and saw that everyone on the second floor was anxiously sitting, but she herself was calm and composed.

The Attendant she found was one of the best in the Ji Mansion. Being able to jump onto the roof so easily, they did not put these flowers that were trying to rush into the light at all.

Opposite him, Minister Zhu's youngest daughter, Third Miss of the Zhu Family, Zhu Shishi, had long seen Ji Lingyun.

She took a sip of her tea, took another bite of the walnut, and looked down.

After looking around twice, he finally set his sights on the people sent by the Ji Mansion.

Zhu Shishi waved her hand, and his personal servant bowed down. Zhu Shishi spoke a few words, and the servant immediately nodded her head, pushed open the door and walked out.

Not long after, the Little Maid appeared on the first floor. She raised her hand and said something to the Attendant s in the Zhu Residence.

Zhu Shishi used a human wave tactic, she had sent 20 Attendant s over, she was definitely going to win the prize money.

The children of the two families used to play together when Minister Ji and Minister Zhu were both court officials and empress parties.

Especially Ji Lingyun and Zhu Shishi, both of them were young daughters of the palace and their ages were similar. In the past, they were once best friends in the pavilion.

Until the crown prince became a failure and his faction came out, the Queen's faction also gradually had two factions that protected the crown prince and the entire Seventh Prince.

While Seventh Prince was still in a daze, the empress had tried to probe out Shang Shu and the two wives of the assistant minister, and wanted to point out their two little daughters, who had yet to leave the pavilion, as concubines to Seventh Prince. It was just that the daughter of one family thought that Seventh Prince was foolish, and the other wanted to become the next empress even more.

But now, not only was Seventh Prince not an idiot, he was also incomparably brave and unparalleled. Seeing that they were about to be the best candidate to be the lords, the thoughts of both families started to come to life, and they wanted to pick up the marriage that they had previously rejected.

Ji Lingyun was the one who rejected her parents' words the most, so she was not willing to marry to Seventh Prince. However, Zhu Shishi wanted to make her her enemy, and wanted to fight with her over everything, pissing him off so much that Ji Lingyun was always going against Zhu Shishi.

The next person to go up to that big hurdle was the Attendant of Ji Mansion.

Ji Lingyun stood up and stood outside the private room, staring at the Attendant without blinking.

Zhu Shishi sneered, loosened her back, and leaned against the back of the chair. Hearing the sound, the Attendant's challenge began.

The top Attendant in the Ji Mansion lived up to their reputation, and the first two trials were easily passed.

Just like the swallow spreading its wings, its free and easy posture caused the audience to applaud and praise it.

Ji Lingyun laughed proudly, she then raised her eyes and looked at the ribbon which was on the platform on the second floor, the jar was shining even brighter under the light of the candles.

He only felt that it was very certain. Lowering his head to look, he saw that when the third stage of the water wheel was about to spin, the five workers of the water wheel were pushed down by a few other people who were dressed in the same clothes. When he stepped onto the water wheel, the water wheel that was originally spinning in the same direction suddenly turned backwards.

The Attendant of the Ji Mansion had true abilities as well, and even then, he stopped in his tracks. Just as he was about to walk forward, the water wheel suddenly sped up, and a moment later, the unprepared Attendant was thrown off the carriage.

Water splashed everywhere as Zhu Shishi laughed out loud.

Ji Lingyun lifted the curtain covering the room and bellowed: "Black curtain! Is this how your Linlang Workshop does business? They were doing something under the watchful eyes of everyone! How shameless! "