The eldest lady is reborn, get out of the way!

After the results of the Spring Imperial Examination were announced, Jiang Tiyu's invitations to poetry gatherings came like snowflakes.

His wedding was approaching, and he had to prepare for the palace examination, plus a poetry competition, so he was really busy.

Fortunately, everyone's attention was focused on preparing for the palace examination, so poetry gatherings were only held a few times.

It was at this time that Jiang Zhiyue learned that Xie Yi had returned to Beijing early.

At that time, Jiang Zhiyue was copying the Sutra of the Past Vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva to use as a memorial for A Niang.

After all, my brother’s marriage is imminent, and he also has to appeal to his deceased mother.

After finishing copying a section of Buddhist scripture, Jiang Zhiyue put down his pen, with no expression of joy or anger on his face.

She also found out the news sent by the mysterious person before, it was Xie Yi.

Jiang Zhiyue was grateful to Xie Yi for reminding her. No matter what his purpose was, she appreciated it.

By now, the Jiang and Xie families have become enemies.

The Xie family lost their eldest son, while the Jiang family's eldest son has now passed the imperial examination and is on the verge of a prosperous future.

There will not be a reconciliation outcome to this matter.

She sighed softly. It was a pity to be enemies with some people.

When Changying heard the young lady sigh, he knew that she was not going to write anymore, so he stepped forward and put away her writing brush and ink.

I think Xie Yi's return to the capital was also approved by Emperor Rong'an.

After all, he went there on orders.

If they return to Beijing without permission, the Xie family will definitely be reported to the historians.

King Xuan was not a vegetarian.

Now that Xie Ji has been demoted, King Xuan's party has a lot of say in the court.

After all, the current prime minister is Princess Xuan's uncle, so he is naturally close to Prince Xuan.

Regardless of whether the Duke of Ying supports King Xuan or not, in the eyes of others, they have already shared honor and disgrace.

Jiang Zhiyue smiled. Some of the ideas that her father had insisted on before seemed a little ridiculous now.

But that's how smart her father is.

He knew that this was His Majesty's intention, and he also knew that this matter would definitely tie the Duke of Yingzhou's Mansion to King Xuan.

But he wants to show His Majesty that everyone in the Duke of England's mansion is wholeheartedly on His Majesty's side.

Regardless of whether Emperor Rong An could see his father's thoughts or not, he really benefited from this.

Emperor Rong'an even took the initiative to let Prince Xuan get close to Duke Ying.

Then this matter will be more logical.

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Thinking of the Duke of England, Jiang Zhiyue couldn't help but worry about the situation in Jiangnan.

Judging from the family letters during this period, things in Jiangnan Road should be happening soon.

Her father will definitely come back before her brother's wedding.

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The Duke of England, whom Jiang Zhiyue has been thinking about, is currently being treated to a banquet by people from the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce.

The leader is Fan Jinyong, the president of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce.

The incident started when the Duke of England found the person who hid the account books.

It was also thanks to Yu Rugui, who first discovered something wrong and informed Duke Yingguo, and sure enough, the man was found in the suburbs of Jiangnan.

The person who stole the account book was called Zeng Xu. He was originally a member of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce and was also Fan Jinyong's confidant.

But after the case of Jiangnan Governor's corruption was exposed to the capital, Zeng Xu realized that the president wanted to push him out to take the blame.

In order to save his own life, Zeng Xu must of course protect himself.

His way of protecting himself was to keep all the account books he handled. He even copied Fan Jinyong's personal account book and left it with him to fool him.

Also because Zeng Xu was Fan Jinyong's confidant before, he knew very well that Fan Jinyong would never let him go.

He didn't dare to go directly to the capital, as he only had a few trusted confidants around him, and none of them knew martial arts.

Fan Jinyong has a lot of killers under his command.

As soon as he left Jiangnan, he would be killed by Fan Jinyong's assassins on the way to the capital.

In this case, your life will also be in danger.

So Zeng Xu used his connections to continue hiding in the city.

As for the news that Fan Jinyong received, saying that the person was already on the way to the capital, it was false news spread by Zeng Xu's confidants.

Zeng Xu wanted to take a gamble. He wanted to hand over these account books to the two dukes from the capital.

But the two dukes were surrounded by people from the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, so Zeng Xu had no way of getting close to them.

He could only continue to hide.

But there is always a way out.

He finally arrived at the Yu family's shop and left an extremely obscure message, hoping that someone from the Yu family would tell the Duke of England about this.

After all, the Duke of Yingguo’s deceased wife was Yu, and the previous Governor-General of Jiangnan was Yu’s brother.

There are still many Yu family businesses in Jiangnan, which are used to transmit messages.

Zeng Xu waited for two months with great humiliation, and finally met the British prince one dark night.

Also coming was Yu Rugui, the second master of the Yu family.

When Zeng Xu first met the Duke of England, he did not dare to hand over all the account books in his hands.

After all, it concerns one's own life and property, so one cannot be careless.

He also needs to get guarantees from the two imperial envoys.

Even if it means losing all his wealth, he needs to save his life.

Where there is life, there is hope.

For Zeng Xu, saving his life is the most important thing now.

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The Duke of England and the Duke of Lu received part of the account books handed over by Zeng Xu. They were shocked after reading them, but they did gain something.

The two of them didn't intend to beat around the bush with Fan Jinyong anymore.

Zeng Xu also said that Fan Jinyong had a group of killers at his disposal.

This group of people is also dangerous.

In addition, some of the money from the iron and silver mines actually flowed to the capital.

This made both Duke Lu and Duke Ying feel a sense of crisis.

So, the two of them worked together to devise a plan to lure Fan Jinyong into action.

The Duke of Ying and the Duke of Lu had a big quarrel that day because there was no progress in the corruption case, and this matter was also told to him by the spy that Fan Jinyong had planted in the Governor's Mansion.

Fan Jinyong didn't quite believe it at first.

When these two men first arrived in Jiangnan, they were as close as one person and even teamed up to play a trick on him.

It's been so long, and they suddenly fell out?

Fan Jinyong was very cautious and waited for more than half a month.

After realizing that the two seemed to be acting separately, Fan Jinyong was moved.

If the Duke of England could be convinced, then there would be nothing to be afraid of about the Duke of Lu.

No matter how powerful a scholar is, he still has to be afraid of soldiers, right?

The Duke of England is a man with military power.

This was also due to the fact that Duke Ying and Duke Lu were very devoted in their performance in front of Fan Jinyong.

Fan Jinyong thought that the Duke of England was a rude military general who didn't use his brain at all and was an easy target to persuade.

So after the two of them broke up, Fan Jinyong chose to extend his olive branch to the British referendum.

The banquet on the painted boat that day was specially organized by Fan Jinyong for the Duke of England.

As a businessman, Fan Jinyong naturally knows how to please others.

He also invited the tea lady with whom the Duke of England used to drink tea to come on board the pleasure boat.

When Fan Jinyong saw that the Duke of England's eyes were still on the beautiful tea lady, he smiled smugly.

So what if he is a Duke?

In this world, heroes have always been unable to resist the temptation of beautiful women.

Fan Jinyong greeted him with a smile and said with a cheerful face, "The Duke is here."

"Are you satisfied with the arrangement of singing, dancing and tea on this pleasure boat?"

Fan Jinyong paused for emphasis on the word "tea".