Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language

Wan Peng quickly put his mouth close to Gu Chan's ear and whispered.

"Don't mention Yan Li. They were all beaten by her before. Now they hate her so much."

"How would I know? Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Gu Chan said embarrassedly.

Wan Peng chuckled and immediately tried to smooth things over, "Sister, he's young and outspoken, don't bother with him. Let's eat and drink well tonight and get to know each other. It would be nice to make friends in the future."

"You little brat, if this wasn't the first time we met you, we would have just gotten up and left based on what you just said." Wan Feiyan said unhappily.

The other six young ladies also nodded and drank.

Gu Chan rolled her eyes and said slyly, "You don't have to do this. Anyway, I avenged you that night. She is still lying in bed and can't get out!"

"Yes, sister, Gu Chan is very powerful. That night Yan Li sent people to steal his mysterious beast, and he went directly to the Censorate's Mansion. Not only did he get the mysterious beast back, he also forced Yan Xishan to beat up his precious daughter." Wan Peng followed and spoke well of him.

Wan Feiyan and the others were a little angry at first, but when they heard what the two said, they instantly smiled like flowers.

When Yan Li beat them in the past, they did not dare to go against her because she was the eldest daughter of the Yushi family. They could only swallow their anger and suffer the loss.

They never imagined that one day there would be such a person who could beat Yan Li half to death.

At this time, they really admired Gu Chan from the bottom of their hearts.

Then they began to ask Gu Chan one by one about what happened in the Censorate's Mansion that night.

Naturally, Gu Chan repeated what she had said to Wan Peng before, and only then was the matter settled.

After hearing this, they also thought that Gu Chan might have relatives or acquaintances who were high-ranking officials in the capital, otherwise Yan Xishan, who was so protective of his own children, would never have the heart to beat his own precious daughter.

With this thought in mind, they began to become extremely enthusiastic towards Gu Chan.

For more than an hour, everyone sat together, eating, drinking and chatting, and the atmosphere was very good.

It was not until Wan Feiyan and the others had almost finished drinking that Gu Chan said seriously, "Sister Feiyan, and the six sisters, you have almost finished drinking. It's time for us to talk about business."

"Tell me! What's the serious matter?" Wan Feiyan said with a smile.

"To be honest, I came to Jiangnan this time to help the Ninth Prince raise money for border relief. According to your words, I should be considered the Ninth Prince's person." Gu Chan said solemnly.

"boom!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Wan Feiyan's grip on the wine glass loosened, and the glass instantly fell to the ground, shattering with a bang.

Wan Peng and the other six young ladies all stared at Gu Chan with wide eyes, with expressions of surprise on their faces.

The atmosphere in the compartment began to become subtle.

Gu Chan drank silently with her head down, and was not in a hurry to speak, but gave them time to come back to their senses.

After a while, Wan Peng sighed and said, "No wonder you were able to win 100,000 taels of silver from me that night. It seems that I really underestimated you. You are really not an ordinary person."

"So, you became a beggar today in order to find out the details of the Jiangnan area so as to prepare for raising relief funds later?" Wan Feiyan said.

Gu Chan neither admitted nor denied it, but just smiled and said, "I have my own plans, and I can't let everything be related to raising money for relief."

"Gu Chan, you want to help the Ninth Prince raise money for relief in the Jiangnan area, but it may not be an easy task."

"Yes! Some things in Tiancang Country are not as simple as they seem on the surface, and the situation in the Jiangnan area is also very complicated."

"I advise you to be more careful in the future and don't tell anyone about this kind of thing."

Several people tried to persuade him with uncertain expressions.

Gu Chan could understand from their words that the situation in the Jiangnan area was definitely not simple. As for what was hidden behind it, she was not clear at the moment.

Of course, she had her own considerations for choosing to use this direct approach and tell them directly.

After all, these people are not ordinary civilians. Although she cannot get any information about the trivial matters at the bottom of society from their mouths, the general information they can get may still be useful to her.

Thinking of this, Gu Chan said directly, "I'm new here, so I don't know much about the overall situation here. How about you explain it to me and help me avoid pitfalls?"

"No way! Don't you know that the area south of the Yangtze River in Tiancang Kingdom is the fiefdom of the second prince?" Wan Feiyan suddenly said.

"What? This is the second prince's fiefdom?" Gu Chan said in a daze.

Wan Feiyan and the others all nodded.

Ma Zheng had been sitting on the sidelines, and had not spoken a word until he heard this. He quickly put his mouth close to Gu Chan's ear and said, "It's over, Boss! The prince has really screwed us over this time!"

"Damn it, this bastard prince really wants to torture me to death!" Gu Chan muttered secretly with a stiff face and clenched fists.

In Tiancang Kingdom, the eldest prince and the second prince are the most powerful contenders for the throne. They have been fighting openly and secretly for many years. If the old emperor had not been able to die, they would have fought to the death for the throne.

But this time the Crown Prince was in charge of the government and issued an imperial decree asking her to come to the Second Prince's fiefdom to raise relief money for the Ninth Prince, and he even asked for 5 billion taels of silver.

Isn't it obvious that the Crown Prince wants to use her as a pawn to deal with the Second Prince, and also wants to use her to trick the Ninth Prince?

If she fails to complete this task, she will definitely stir up trouble in the Jiangnan area and put some pressure on the Second Prince. When the relief silver cannot reach the border, the Ninth Prince will also be under great pressure.

"Dog Prince, this is a great way to kill two birds with one stone!"

After thinking all this through, Gu Chan couldn't help but curse in her heart.

It was not until this moment that she completely understood how insidious and cunning the current crown prince was.

Seeing Gu Chan's face turn ugly, Wan Peng could not help but remind her, "All the officials in the Jiangnan area are considered the Second Prince's party. If you want to raise money for border relief here, you should first say hello to the Second Prince, otherwise they will not give you this convenience."

"Tsk! Before I came here, I never thought of asking them to give me an easy way, otherwise I wouldn't have run directly to the Censorate that night and risked offending Yan Xishan to get my mysterious beast back. To put it bluntly, since I dared to come here, I must fight them to the end." Gu Chan said disdainfully.

Wan Peng and Wan Feiyan looked at each other, with surprise on their faces.

Obviously, they never expected that a seemingly harmless kid like Gu Chan could be so bold.