Going through the Red Mansions quickly means going against the system.

After Xichun returned to the palace, she had been waiting for news, but nothing she could understand now was what the Supreme Emperor did and thought.

After entering the palace, Princess Roufu's stand-in was taken away by two maids and was never seen again.

Princess Roufu was completely unaware of these things and treated Xichun the same way. She would say a few words when she was happy, but not even see her when she was unhappy.

Princesses of this dynasty do not need to marry, so they usually marry the children of courtiers. Coupled with secular feudalism, the requirement for princesses is chastity and tranquility.

Princess Roufu was considered a favored person, and she could only do embroidery, poetry, and chess indoors. Therefore, Xichun, the attendant, was particularly leisurely and did not need to stay with the princess for a long time.

Xichun also did some research and found that the princesses in previous dynasties did not live very long, so the princesses were especially cherished while they were still alive. If there are any physically strenuous activities, they will not be asked to play.

How can princesses live so long without even normal exercise?

The Supreme Emperor has a total of eight or nine daughters, so they are not considered scarce, but the Emperor is in a miserable situation. Now that he is over thirty-five, he only has three daughters, so he is even more concerned.

After another two months of silence, Xichun was able to take a vacation and find Yinglian to learn about the follow-up of the matter.

Because the thin man was caught after being poisoned by Xichun's snake venom, which paralyzed his nerves. Later, Xichun sent a message to kill them directly. Therefore, both the thin man and the strong man were disguised by Mingchuan Trading Company as having escaped and had an accident before they died. of.

None of the children at that time were left behind. Those with families were given homes, and the dozen or so without families were raised in other places. They would never be taken into the caravan.

"That's good. From now on, caravans should be more careful about recruiting people who are not our own people, and don't accept important departments."

Xichun played with the small purse that Yinglian gave her, and then thought about it and added: "In the future, if I don't come to ask you questions in person, you don't have to report to me about the business."

"From now on, you will make the decision on the affairs of the commercial bank. Don't hold the shareholders' meeting in the future. Try to break it into parts and hide it first."

Yinglian was shocked. She didn't expect that Xichun still cared so much after two months. Haven't there been any accidents? But since Xichun said it, she will carry it out.

Nowadays, they are used to being in charge of their own affairs, so even if they knew that Xichun would not care about them in the future, they only felt guilty for a second before nodding firmly in agreement.

"Are there any other special things?" Xichun asked. She planned not to stay with Yinglian for long in the future to prevent others from finding out about the company because of her.

"It's nothing. The Xue family's shops in Jinling have been closed down. The ones I know about have been closed down. Other sisters will continue to pay attention to it. Sooner or later, they will take over all their shops."

"Mr. Lin has already made arrangements. The information will reach the Jia family at the end of winter, just to make Miss Lin sad."

Xichun couldn't help but smile when she heard this. Lin Ruhai was tired of officialdom and wanted to keep himself. Therefore, he planned to form a partnership with Mingchuan Trading Company, and planned to fake his death and live the rest of his life anonymously.

This is much better than dying in office. He can safely watch his daughter grow up in the future.

As soon as a discerning person looks at the world today, he will know that this is what will happen in the next world.

He is just a Daiyu who doesn't think about his children and works hard for a dynasty that cannot be supported. He is not a real hero.

In fact, he had already discovered that he was seriously ill a few days ago. If the people in Xichun hadn't been paying attention to him, he wouldn't have been able to rescue him in such a timely manner.

Moreover, Xichun had been brainwashing him in the name of his father Jia Jing, so he knew it was time to turn back.

"It's a good thing for Sister Lin to cry twice more. She can finish her tears early and go home early to enjoy her happiness."

Yinglian couldn't understand the nonsense Xichun said and just continued to think about the business. Suddenly I remembered a little thing again and hurriedly reported it together.

"Oh, by the way, there is one more thing. The kidnapped little bamboo who was in the same room with you before did not work in our business, but because of his strange bones, the fat shopkeeper took him in as his apprentice. .”

"..."

Xichun naturally remembered him. After all, in that situation, the boy's behavior was indeed very clever.

"Have you checked carefully? What's the origin?"

Xichun remembered that he said that he was a native of Beijing.

"After checking, the family is indeed in the capital. There is a blind old woman and a sister in the family. After he disappeared, the sister's feet were worn out trying to find him. The neighbors also said that her two children were well-behaved and filial."

"The fat shopkeeper has personally investigated this matter, and there is nothing wrong with it."

Xichun nodded, acquiescing.

She did give an order before not to deal with the children in this matter again. But the fat shopkeeper has been trying to find a suitable apprentice for a long time. Now that he is destined, Xichun doesn't want to go out of his way to stop him.

Nowadays, the development of the situation is different from that in the original work, but we still have to be on guard against the Supreme Emperor's order to call all the concubines to visit their relatives.

Xichun also discovered that the Supreme Emperor really didn't do good things. Whenever the emperor wanted to advance, he would hold back.

He was jealous of the emperor.

When he was in power, he was known as a virtuous man in the early days, but gradually he became dim-witted.

He began to make elixirs to prevent old age, and was extremely extravagant.

Later, due to the resentment in the court caused by man-made and natural disasters, he issued an edict to repent.

But he was afraid that the princes would spy on his throne, so he actively instigated the children to fight for it. Relying on this, he killed the prince and grandson, as well as several princes, and finally reduced the dynasty to tatters.

It was also at this time that the loss of his children aroused his father's love, and he finally fell ill due to guilt.

Coupled with the turmoil in the entire dynasty, he abdicated and passed the throne to the current emperor.

But after he abdicated, he was only peaceful for a year or two, and now he is making trouble.

The emperor finally cleaned up the mess and saved some money, but he spent all the money on building palaces and imperial mausoleums.

When he ran out of money, he immediately thought of buying and selling officials and titles, and ordered the eunuch around him to cooperate with the Minister of Civil Affairs, causing even more chaos in the court.

Because of his filial piety, the emperor could not contradict him, so he could only continue to clean up the mess silently.

Nowadays, there are people's livelihood problems everywhere, and the Supreme Emperor has been looking for opportunities to elect popular beauties for major and minor elections.

The small election when Yuanchun entered the palace was the one he specially wanted to attend.

Now, as soon as the concubines were selected to fill the harem, there was another rumor that the concubines would be asked to visit the bride.

Even an old family like the Jia family has gained trust. Xichun didn't believe that the emperor would not know about it.

The Supreme Emperor is trying to catch a duck!

Now that the news of "provincial relatives" has spread, if the Emperor chooses another important day to issue an edict, the Emperor will have to carry it out even if he doesn't want to.

Otherwise, how could the concubines he had just taken into the palace not make trouble with him?

Just like Yuanchun, he has not seen his family for many years in the palace. If the emperor does not allow relatives to visit, he is afraid that his in-laws who have just been connected by marriage will cause trouble.

The emperor's methods are so good, why don't he go to the right place?

Thinking that this matter was mentioned in the original work, Xichun did not dare to be careless and asked Yinglian to start mobilizing the caravan to collect more brick and tile factories, intending to take this opportunity to make another fortune.

After all, she has many people to support now.