Manbao said guiltily: "I, I brought it in."

She did not dare to admit Mr. Zhuang. Although the prince would definitely know it if he asked, she still said vaguely: "Because I live in the palace all the time, I can bring some food..."

The prince stepped forward and sat down at Bai Shan's seat, then looked at the palace servants waiting on the side.

The palace attendant was stunned and couldn't react. It was Eunuch Wu who stepped forward and took out a spare pair of bowls and chopsticks from the food box beside her and gave them to the prince.

The prince took a piece of meat with his chopsticks, nodded slightly after taking a bite, and ate all the meat on the chopsticks in one gulp. Then he wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, ordered one of the bowls and said to Eunuch Wu: "Bring one to the princess.

Go to the bowl."

Eunuch Wu quickly agreed, and he and a chamberlain took the food box from the palace maid, put the steamed meat in it, and then left with the food box in front of everyone's bright eyes.

The prince then nodded his chopsticks and said, "Sit down, what were you discussing just now? From a distance, I saw that the atmosphere between you was not very good. We had a quarrel?"

Everyone shook their heads repeatedly to show that they had not quarreled and that their relationship with each other was getting better.

The prince had already picked up another piece of meat, ordered the bowl in front of him and said to the palace maid: "Here is a bowl of rice."

The palace maid hurriedly agreed, carefully took the bowl and served the prince with rice.

This kind of steamed meat is delicious with rice. Manbao and the others had planned this before, so they didn't even eat when they ate barbecue before, so they were just waiting to eat it now.

Seeing that the prince was already enjoying his meal, several people couldn't help but froze.

In the end, Mingda handed the bowl to the palace maid and said, "Give me some rice too."

Man Bao and Chang Yu immediately stretched out their bowls.

The prince glanced at them, ordered the dishes on the table and said, "You've all eaten like this and you haven't started eating yet?"

Everyone lowered their heads and smiled sheepishly.

The prince then said to the attendant: "Go and ask the kitchen to cook some more dishes and deliver them."

The palace attendants left in response, and everyone saw that the prince continued to pick up steamed meat one piece after another. The prince had finished a bowl of meat just after their rice was served.

Changyu was about to cry. She had been looking forward to the steamed meat for a long time.

When Mingda saw it, he felt distressed and funny at the same time. He simply picked up a piece for her with his chopsticks. Just as he was about to give it to Manbao, he saw Manbao holding out his chopsticks. She felt distressed and hadn't eaten much, so she just waited.

Yin or eating steamed meat.

So I gave him a piece of it.

Bai Shan then took a piece for Man Bao, and Man Bao followed suit by taking a piece and put it into his bowl as a gift in return.

Liu Huan saw that they were all taking action, so he also boldly took a piece. Bai Erlang, who was a step slower, looked at this and then that. He felt that everyone was giving in to each other, and he didn't show any sign of discomfort, so he stared at Liu

Huankan.

It's a pity that Liu Huan didn't have any friendly thoughts at all, so he ate the meat without even looking at him.

Bai Erlang hesitated for a moment, then saw that Mingda on the side had not yet put it into her bowl. When he tried to stretch out his chopsticks again, the remaining two pieces were picked up by the prince.

Bai Erlang:......

He turned his head and glanced at Mingda, thinking to himself: Is it too late to regret now?

Mingda raised her eyes and looked at him, unable to understand what he meant. She didn't mind giving in, but it was very rude to return the food in the bowl.

So she smiled politely at Bai Erlang, then lowered her head and started eating the meat.

It would be rude for others to give it to Bai Erlang, but Bai Shan and Man Bao, who had grown up with him since childhood, felt distressed and funny when they saw it, so they gave him half directly.

Mingda felt more comfortable with the prince. After all, this was her brother, and the relationship between the brother and sister was not bad. She said bluntly: "Why is the prince's brother fighting for food with us?"

The prince said: "I haven't eaten much for lunch. I've been hungry for a long time. Why, I'm not happy to eat a few pieces of your meat?"

Mingda said: "This is the steamed pork made by Manbao's sister-in-law, but it is very difficult."

The prince said to Zhou Man: "Since it is made by humans, just send a few more bowls in later."

It’s not made by gods. Isn’t this simple?

Before Man Bao could speak, Ming Da had already said: "Things from outside the palace cannot be brought into the palace casually. She has already had a lot of trouble bringing these few bowls in. If there are more, the guards guarding the gate will not be very happy unless others are mentioned."

The prince said: "You just have someone deliver it to the palace gate, and I'll have someone pick it up."

That person was naturally Eunuch Wu.

There is a purchase order in the East Palace. Just bring it in with the purchased items. What a big deal.

Bai Shan thought about his proficiency in taking advantage of this loophole, and he couldn't help but ask: "Do the people under His Highness also do business?"

The prince raised his eyelids and glanced at him, asking: "What?"

That’s it!

Only then did Chang Yu remember this, and he immediately turned to look at Ming Da, his eyes accusing, "Look, eldest brother is involved, why can't I?"

Mingda:……

She looked at her elder brother, opened her mouth and said bravely: "Brother, we can't participate in business, right?"

The prince said confidently: "It's just a few disciples running a few small businesses. I haven't stolen the country's wealth, so why not?"

The prince asked: "Why, it has reached your ears that someone is looking for trouble?"

Mingda shook his head and couldn't help but look at Manbao.

Man Bao cleared his throat and said with some embarrassment: "We, we are doing a study, that is, the imperial court has explicitly ordered officials and relatives of the emperor not to do business, but no one seems to abide by it, so we are thinking about how to fill these loopholes.

"

The prince said directly: "These loopholes cannot be repaired."

He looked at all these teenagers, then sneered and shook his head, "Young people, you are too young and too smart to think about it. Are you just daydreaming about cutting off officials and relatives of the emperor from participating in business?"

Everyone:......

No one expected the prince to be so straightforward.

The prince took a sip of tea and felt that his hungry stomach felt much better. He then leaned back on his chair and smiled at them: "I won't talk to others, but do you know that the emperor has a private treasury?"

Everyone nodded in confusion.

"Do you really think that His Majesty's private treasury is just to collect some grain from the imperial village? Or to collect some things that are difficult to cash when raiding officials' homes?" The prince said bluntly: "Your Majesty also has his own business, these are all in the internal treasury.

Tube."

The emperor had his subordinates sell ginseng, so why couldn't officials and other relatives of the emperor make their own lives more prosperous?

Another example is him, who can support his staff for free and his confidants for free?

He glanced directly at Mingda and Changyu, "When you get married, you also have to accompany the shops. Those shops were given to you by your father."

Mingda: "But although those shops are in our name, they have to be rented out, right?"

The imperial court allowed them to buy properties and shops, but restricted them from operating shops under their real names. Therefore, many officials bought shops and recorded them in their own names, but let servants or relatives at home run them. Basically, no one would investigate.

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Chapter completed!