The legitimate daughter was reborn, and the emperor’s little Jiaojiao went crazy.

"He's poor!" As Shi Anxia uttered these two deafening words, the entire magnificent hall seemed to tremble.

Precious calligraphy and paintings, elegant in their scent of ink. Colorful carpets, soft and exquisite. Rosewood carved tables and chairs, even the backs of the chairs are inlaid with valuable jade.

Rare antiques were displayed on the antique shelf. With Shi Anxia's eyes, some of them were priceless without having to be carefully examined. But they were just casually placed on the shelf as decorations.

In a word, this family is rich! Very rich!

One is poor, the other is rich...Based on Shi Anxia's understanding of his stupid father, he was probably attracted by the other person's money.

Unexpectedly, Madam Gu suddenly stood up, took two steps back, knelt down and kowtowed deeply to Shi Anxia, ​​"I, a common woman, have deceived the princess, and I deserve to die."

Shi Anxia and Wei Cailing looked at each other, both showing surprise.

"Madam Gu, please stand up and talk." Shi Anxia said softly and winked at Bei Hui.

The latter understood and hurried forward to help Madam Gu up.

Madam Gu sat back in her chair with a face full of shame.

She has experienced countless ups and downs in her life, and she is able to bend and stretch, and speak differently to different people.

Originally, she had prepared herself to be bullied by the princess, after all, she was going to be someone's stepmother.

Unexpectedly, the princess not only did not attack her, but was surprisingly friendly to her.

Madam Gu could tell the sincerity of Shi Anxia's attitude. When she clearly said that she had an agenda in marrying Shi Chengxuan, he not only did not laugh at her, but actually gave her some advice.

She also revealed Shi Chengxuan's true situation one by one, which sounded like she wanted to break up a pair of lovers, but she inexplicably heard a hint that the princess was afraid that she would suffer.

Madam Gu felt extremely embarrassed facing this teenage girl. "I knew that you were no longer an official in the court, and I also knew that you had no property. I also knew that you had many concubines in your harem, and now one of your concubines just had an abortion."

Shi Anxia: "!!!"

No way! She knows everything and still acts stupidly? Why is her father worth anyone's attention?

Wei Cailing: “!!!”

It was shocking enough that her mother-in-law, Tang Chujun, was going to marry Emperor Mingde in the future. Who would have thought that her father-in-law was equally shocking, that he could make such a shrewd businessman so devoted to him?

It turns out that everyone in her husband's family is extraordinary!

Madam Gu presented a sandalwood box that had been prepared on the table, "Princess, this is the money my Gu family donated to Chang'an County for post-disaster reconstruction."

Shi Anxia opened it and saw a neatly stacked stack of silver bills. A rough calculation revealed that there were exactly 100,000 taels of silver.

One hundred thousand taels! Such a generous gift.

Madam Gu had not yet said how she had deceived the princess, and she went on to talk about something else. "In recent years, the imperial court's policies have become increasingly perfect, especially the support for merchants. Our Gu family has received many preferential treatments. In order to encourage merchants, the imperial court has also greatly reduced taxes. I am grateful from the bottom of my heart, and I have long wanted to do my best, but... I don't know who should I donate such a large sum of money to."

Shi Anxia understood.

The Gu family wanted to donate the money, but they were afraid that it would fall into the hands of corrupt officials, so they hesitated to do so.

She asked in surprise, "Did you see the Chen family donating money..."

Madam Gu nodded. "Not only did I see that the Chen family donated money to get the title, but they also sent people to check where the money went. I know that the money was actually used for the post-disaster reconstruction of Yucheng. Since then, I have been planning to get to know the relevant officials."

Shi Anxia was shocked. A wealthy businessman was kind-hearted, grateful, and knew that only when the country was peaceful and the people were safe could he earn more money and live a better life.

Moreover, they were so rigorous that they even sent people to check whether the money had been put into the right place.

This was very impressive, and she had a better impression of Madam Gu. She did not interrupt her and let her continue.

A sip of tea went down her throat, refreshing her heart. She suddenly understood why Lady Gu in her previous life was so determined to donate all her wealth.

Madam Gu was a little embarrassed. "Perhaps the princess will laugh at us merchants who seek rewards for everything. I did think of exchanging silver for a title..."

Shi Anxia said seriously, "No, it's normal for people to do things with a purpose. How can I be laughed at?"

They have actually spent a lot of money, so it is normal for them to seek some benefits.

Madam Gu blushed again, but her eyes became clearer. "I have lived in Ganzhou for many years, and I bought the house in Beijing two years ago. I was worried that I had no way to meet the dignitaries in Beijing, so I got to know Master Shi. Moreover, Master Shi's appearance really solved the urgent needs of my Gu family..."

It turned out that the Gu family merchant ship encountered a flood that year and was delayed on the road for a long time. Later, the merchant ship hurried to Ganzhou to unload the goods, but the ship and the people were detained.

On the ship were silk and tea, all valuable items.

At this point, Madam Gu explained, "Our Gu family's goods have always been taxed according to the law, and the tax bills and other procedures are complete. It shouldn't have been detained for so long. Seeing that the delivery date was approaching, the merchant ship was still detained by the government. At that time, I was anxious. After checking, I found out that it was the Song family in Ganzhou who was jealous of our Gu family's business and bribed the Ganzhou prefect. The Song family just wanted us to lose all our money..."

At that time, Shi Chengxuan was in a bad mood. He had just fallen out with the Wen family and accidentally ran into this incident.

After Madam Gu said this, Shi Anxia remembered that her father lied in Ganzhou that he was an imperial envoy and was sent by Emperor Mingde to secretly investigate the people's sentiments.

Because of this, she and her mother Tang Chujun were so angry that they planned to find a place to lock Shi Chengxuan up.

Unexpectedly, the person sent back reported that Shi Chengxuan had suddenly become honest and did a good thing. He used his identity as Princess Haiyan's father and his self-proclaimed status as an imperial envoy to uncover the case of the Ganzhou prefect accepting bribes.

Later, the imperial court sent people to investigate and found that it was true. They then imprisoned the former governor of Ganzhou and replaced him with a new governor. All the people involved in the case were sentenced according to the law.

But Shi Anxia didn't know that Shi Chengxuan was helping the Gu family to get justice.

Since then, Shi Chengxuan didn't cause any trouble, so Shi Anxia didn't hire anyone to lock him up.

Madam Gu said, "We in the Gu family have always valued reputation more than life. That day was the last day for delivery. At that time, I was ready to double the compensation. Who knew that Master Shi would show up..."

There is always a way out!

And the imperial envoy "Lord Shi" that day was so suave and brilliant.

"I feel grateful for the help from Mr. Shi, so I often invite him to my house to drink tea and appreciate flowers, and occasionally have a drink to express my gratitude." When Madam Gu said this, her eyes were clear and bright. "After a few visits, I became a close friend of Mr. Shi, and we talked about everything we knew, and we said everything we knew..."