Dressed as the villain's stepmother

It has been five days since Liao Yunchuan returned to the capital.

The capital city is still decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, giving people a lively feeling of celebrating the festival.

Liao Yunchuan did not go back directly to Liumen, but took a detour to Prince Xiang's Mansion.

King Xiang's guards all recognized him. Seeing Liao Yunchuan arriving in a hurry, they opened the door and let him walk in.

When Prince Xiang heard the news about Liao Yunchuan's return, he was still processing official documents in the study. He looked up and saw Liao Yunchuan walking in.

"Yunchuan, you are so busy with what you are doing so quickly? You are actually able to return to Beijing after the new year."

King Xiang said with a smile and poured him a cup of tea.

On a more serious level, Liao Yunchuan also helped him with things in the Governor's Mansion. On a more serious level, the two of them had some friendship in private, so they didn't talk about it when they met.

"No, it's just that I found out some things here, so I came back in a hurry to inform you of these things."

Liao Yunchuan bluntly stated the purpose of his return this time, and took out all the things in the bag and placed them on the table.

"The prime minister asked his staff to serve as county magistrates in the county. He secretly controlled the magistrate to help him mine iron ore, and then transported the mined iron ore to the border, forged weapons and sold them to the tribes on the border."

Liao Yunchuan explained what he had investigated in a concise and concise manner.

Prince Xiang suddenly froze when he was looking through the account books. Only then did he understand why he always saw those extremely large amounts of accounts in the account books.

It turns out that these are evidence of the Prime Minister's corruption.

"I originally wanted to bring that aide with me, but he committed suicide in the dungeon some time ago. He should have prepared it before, chewing up the poison hidden between his teeth."

Liao Yunchuan then said, taking out two pieces of paper from his sleeve and placing them in front of King Xiang.

"There was another person working with that staff member. He wrote all the things he did on this confession. The prince should know it after reading it."

King Xiang pursed his lips and said nothing.

He continued to digest the information he received, and then opened the confession.

In it, the activities between the two people and the things they did were clearly written one by one, in black and white, making it impossible to argue.

"Yunchuan, these things can only be kept in your hands temporarily. You must not bring them to the Holy Lord rashly at this time, otherwise I am afraid that the Holy Lord will also become suspicious of the two of us."

Prince Xiang said with some seriousness, and put the things in his hands into a hidden compartment in his study.

The prime minister made trouble outside, but he maintained his reputation as a wise minister in the capital. Neither the emperor nor the people were dissatisfied with him.

If he and the two of them jumped out to speak ill of him at this time and took out all the evidence they had, it would cause a disaster.

"Don't worry, I know all of this."

Liao Yunchuan said calmly, not in a hurry.

"Also, I have received the invitation I sent to you some time ago. It is rare for the Prime Minister to hold a banquet at his own home. He probably has another purpose."

"Of course I received it. Is Wang Yuan planning to take advantage of this time to find out?"

"Yes."

King Xiang answered simply and neatly.

Liao Yunchuan knew that he had made up his mind, so he said no more.

King Xiang had someone clean up a room in the palace for Liao Yunchuan to stay temporarily, and sent people to spread the news that Liao Yunchuan had returned to Beijing.

The prime minister's banquet will be held the next day.

The Prime Minister never holds banquets at his residence, and this is the first time in many years.

All the officials who were invited speculated about the purpose of this, and most of them still suspected that the prime minister wanted to find a husband for his legitimate daughter.

After all, it was just last year that I got my haircut, and I didn’t plan to send it to the palace, so it would be better to marry the son of an official family.

Liao Yunchuan went to the banquet with King Xiang, and their positions were arranged to the left and right of the prime minister.

No one came to the palace this time, but the emperor specifically asked the eunuch next to him to send a letter of congratulations.

"Governor Liao, I haven't seen you in the capital for a long time. I originally thought that the invitation I handed you would be lost, but I didn't expect that it would actually be responded to."

The Prime Minister spoke hypocritically, raised the wine glass in front of him, and nodded in the direction of Liao Yunchuan.

At the same time, Liao Yunchuan also picked up the wine glass and drank with the Prime Minister.

"You must also know why I want to hold a banquet in my mansion today. I don't know if you have this idea."

The prime minister then said lightly, almost making it clear that he wanted Liao Yunchuan to be his legitimate daughter's husband.

Liao Yunchuan's expression changed slightly, and he paused slightly as he put down the wine glass.

"Thank you very much, Mr. Liao, for your love. I'm afraid my status is not worthy of it."

"What kind of words is this? How could the dignified six-door governor be unworthy?"

Prime Minister Lang said happily, deliberately raising his voice louder.

The group of people present heard his words clearly, and they all knew that the Prime Minister had someone in mind, and that person was Liao Yunchuan.

"Liao was frightened."

Liao Yunchuan said lightly, but still did not agree.

The prime minister suddenly showed up this time, and he couldn't tell what was going on in his mind.

It's just that you have to be careful now, otherwise you may get into trouble.

Meanwhile, in the village.

Jiang Lianzhu was pouring out facial cream and Liao Yunchuan's prescription in the room. She was a little unfamiliar when she started doing it, but now she is getting more and more comfortable with it.

The three treasures stood by and wanted to help, but seeing that the production process was complicated, they couldn't start.

"You three, stop staring here and go back to bed soon. We have to go to the county town early tomorrow morning."

Jiang Lianzhu was a little helpless being stared at by the three of them, so she pretended to be mean and said something.

She planned to put the things she had made in the shop tomorrow, and she would open them when everything was almost done.

"Ok."

The Three Treasures responded and turned back into the house.

Jiang Lianzhu was busy until midnight, then hurriedly washed up and went to bed.

The next day, she took the three treasures and Aunt Liu to the county town.

The person who rented the shop to her had been waiting for her for a while. After handing her the key, he said some goodbyes before leaving.

"Sister Jiang, why do you rent such a large shop in this county? The things we have in hand probably can't fit even half of the shelf."