The eldest princess is obsessed with rebellion, but there are six male protagonists

The emperor was not interested in border trade, but he was very interested in the one million taels of silver every year. He immediately pulled Su Fengyi in and asked her to explain in detail.

Let’s talk about how his good fourth uncle, who always sent him rare birds and beasts, earned one million taels of silver from the Northern Tartars every year.

Su Fengyi saw that the house was in a mess and there was no place to step, so she called Eunuch Cui and said,

"Eunuch Cui."

The emperor was no longer angry, and Eunuch Cui regained his foresight and quickly arranged for the eunuchs to clean up the emperor's bedroom.

The eunuchs were slow to pack up, how could the emperor wait for the money? He said anxiously:

"Let's talk about this somewhere else. Come on, sister, let's go to my study."

The emperor hurriedly urged Su Fengyi to go to the study. The terrible atmosphere just now, like a dark cloud pressing down on a city and threatening to destroy it, suddenly dissipated due to the emperor's wrath.

Eunuch Cui was amazed at the eldest princess who had coaxed the emperor into submission with just a few words. He thought, how come the eldest princess is not afraid when the emperor is so angry?

The emperor was furious and millions of people were killed. Cui Shi was terrified.

When they arrived at the study, Su Fengyi carefully spread out a huge pancake for the emperor.

She found the map, spread it out, and pointed to the vast expanse of land for the emperor to see:

"Your Majesty, what do you see here?"

The emperor had been kept in suspense by his own sister for a long time, and he was angry when he heard this:

"Don't be so secretive, just tell me!"

Seeing that the groundwork was almost done, Su Fengyi pointed to the land of the Northern Tartars:

“Here, there are four million people, and they are good at herding but not at anything else.

For example, salt. The Northern Tartars have no sea and cannot dry salt, but these four million people cannot live without salt, right?

Your Majesty, the northern barbarians need salt, and it can only be transported from Damu."

Su Fengyi pointed to the southernmost part of the Great Mu Dynasty, and then drew a line from south to north to the land of Beilu and said:

"Salt costs five coins per pound when it leaves the salt field, and it costs forty coins in Hankou, and more than a hundred coins at the border.

Our fourth uncle charges several hundred coins per pound to the Northern Tartars.

Your Majesty, please do the math. Each person consumes five kilograms of salt a year, which costs several hundred coins per kilogram. With four million people, how much does the income from salt alone amount to?

This is just salt, and there is tea..."

Before Su Fengyi could finish her words, the emperor was almost stunned by the huge amount of paper wealth.

He held Su Fengyi's hand and said with shining eyes:

"Royal sister, please stop talking about border trade. Let's start it quickly. We can't let Fourth Uncle make all the money!"

Su Fengyi took the map:

"Okay, then the emperor will issue an imperial decree. Well, let's have another person. Who does the emperor want to entrust this matter to? Qiao Gui?"

If it were in the past, the emperor would have definitely handed the matter over to Qiao Gui without even a second thought, but now Qiao Gui has done something so stupid, how can the emperor feel at ease handing over such a big matter to him again?

It’s just that Qiao Gui kept a tight grip on the emperor, leaving no one around him. As a result, no one dared to show up except Qiao Gui.

The emperor thought about it carefully and realized that apart from Qiao Gui, there was no other suitable candidate who could get the job done.

The emperor hesitated and said:

"Royal sister, we are together, why don't you send someone? Who will do it for you?"

Su Fengyi was waiting for him to ask, and said with a smile:

"Of course it's Pei Zhaoming. Who else could it be? I'll just sit and wait for him to give me some money. He can worry about everything else."

Since Su Fengyi has promised to share wealth and honor with Pei Yu, she must keep her word. Pei Zhaoming is the only one who can be in charge of border trade.

The emperor thought to himself, Pei Zhaoming is his second in command and also his future brother-in-law, he is one of his own, if my sister can rest assured, I can too.

And most importantly, Pei Zhaoming is good at speaking and has more knowledge than Qiao Gui. He will not be as stupid as Qiao Gui and mess things up.

Then the Emperor said:

"Okay, why don't he do it all at once?"

The emperor sent someone to invite Lord Pei. The cabinet was close to the Qianqing Palace, so Pei Yu arrived quickly.

Pei Yu was not surprised to see the eldest princess in the Qianqing Palace.

Before the emperor disappeared, the eldest princess entrusted the affairs of the capital to him.

In order to cover up the emperor's disappearance, the palace is of utmost importance. With Lu Hong's tacit approval, Pei Yu placed several secret agents in the palace.

Therefore, Pei Yu soon learned that Qiao Gui had angered the emperor and was deprived of his position as a royal servant.

After hearing the emperor's plan to open border trade, Pei Yu used his skills again to praise the emperor, which made the emperor happy. Then he took the imperial edict and left the emperor together with Su Fengyi.

After coming out, Pei Yu asked about Qiao Gui:

"The factory master particularly loves jade-carved Buddha statues. It is said that there is also a fertility-granting Guanyin statue enshrined in the mansion of Eunuch Qiao.

Pei also happens to have a jade Guanyin and a pair of Shancai boys, which were made by famous artists in the previous dynasty. Your Highness, do you think it is appropriate to give them to me now?"

Pei Yu was asking Qiao Gui whether he had completely fallen and whether he could make a comeback.

Because Su Fengyi specifically mentioned last time that the factory owner liked things from the previous dynasty, every time Pei Yu gave Qiao Gui a gift, he specially sent people to collect antiques from the previous dynasty.

Su Fengyi said:

"Since ancient times, it is easy to add icing on the cake, but it is difficult to send charcoal in the snow. Now is the time to send charcoal to the factory owner.

I also love Shancai Tongzi, and since Lord Pei has a pair, why not give me one too."

Pei Yu smiled after receiving the hidden meaning in this:

"Yes, Your Highness, but is it time?"

Su Fengyi also laughed:

"No hurry. The love that the factory master has for his son is truly touching. How can I let him endure the pain of being separated from his wife and children?

We must help the factory owner and reunite our family."

After hearing Xue Yu say that Qiao Gui had been looking for his ex-wife, Su Fengyi recalled the original book again, and there was a scene that made her suspicious.

In the original book, after the princess and the emperor fled to the south, it was a temporary palace after all, and all aspects were incomplete, so more and more people came to assassinate Qiao Gui.

If someone else had attempted to assassinate him, Qiao Gui would naturally have killed him immediately. However, there was an old woman who wanted to kill Qiao Gui, but Qiao Gui locked her up instead.

Could that person be Qiao Gui’s wife back then?

After returning to the Princess's Mansion, Su Fengyi arranged for Wutong to take a few palace soldiers to Jiangnan to find Qiao Gui's wife.

Su Fengyi also wanted to take this opportunity to send Wutong out of the capital to avoid the emperor's attention.

Wutong has always been thorough in her work. She doesn't know what Qiao Gui's wife looks like, but since Qiao Gui asked the East Factory to look for her, they will definitely give them clues, and maybe even a portrait.

Wutong contacted Captain Zhu and got a full set of information. After everything was ready, he packed his luggage that night and came to say goodbye to Su Fengyi.

When saying goodbye, Wutong was a little worried:

"They have been searching for so long and still haven't found the child. What if there is no child at all..."

Su Fengyi smiled and said:

"That depends on your ability. You can create something out of nothing. You have to make sure the factory owner has no regrets."