After the heroine was robbed, save the paranoid villain

Xiao Chengji did not lie to Yan Yu. After a few days, he really took Yan Yu out for a walk.

However, it was inconvenient for Yan Yu to meet people in women's clothes, so they changed her into men's clothes.

The men's clothes at home would definitely be too big for her, and it would be too late to make them now, so Xiao Chengji asked someone to look for them and found the clothes she wore when she was a child.

Yan Yu put it on properly. She didn't expect that Xiao Chengji would wear all black at such a young age. There was nothing on it except some dark cloud patterns. Although the material was luxurious, it felt a bit stiff to wear.

She fastened her belt and said, "Is this for summer? It's a bit like autumn material. The fabric is too stiff."

"Yes, it's thicker so it won't wrinkle easily and it looks neater when worn." Xiao Chengji said, "Are the sleeves longer?"

In fact, the hem of the dress was long enough to cover the feet. Yan Yu rolled up his sleeves and looked at himself in the mirror again and again. He was quite satisfied with himself: "Am I very handsome?"

Xiao Chengji held back his laughter and said nothing.

Yan Yu's facial features are too delicate. No man can have such a beautiful face. In addition, her frame is too small, so she doesn't look like a man even when she wears men's clothes.

Yan Yu drew on his eyebrows and made his eyes more narrow and long. This time it looked a little better, like a spoiled young master from a wealthy family. Although he was still very effeminate, at least not as exaggerated as at the beginning.

Fortunately, in recent years, the capital has liked gentlemen with fair complexions and feminine features, so the chance of Yan Yu being exposed is not that great.

Yan Yu said: "Your Highness, should I call you brother to others?"

She called him "brother" softly and gently, and Xiao Chengji responded with an expressionless "hmm".

Yan Yu thought it was quite cool for a man to go out with a folding fan in his hand, so she also secretly took a folding fan from Xiao Chengji, and then unfolded it to cover the lower half of her face.

Xiao Chengji watched her every move, picked her up with one hand, and carried her to the carriage.

Yan Yu warned him seriously: "Don't hug me when you leave the house, otherwise others will see it."

Xiao Chengji said: "We are all men, hugging each other is normal. If you are cautious, others will suspect that you are pretending to be a woman."

Yan Yu was a little surprised: "Do you hug your brother? Do you also hug Sixth Master, Seventh Master, Ninth Master?"

Xiao Chengji thought about it and felt a little disgusted. The relationship between him and his brothers was just like that. They just greeted each other and had a drink together on a daily basis. They were not even close to each other.

Only someone as sweet and soft as Yan Yu is worthy of his hug; those brothers who are sweaty and smelly are not worthy of his contact.

"If you don't hug them, you can't hug me either." Yan Yu said seriously, "Don't let anyone see it."

In fact, no one dared to watch. Xiao Chengji had given the order yesterday, and Xingwen had the entire street blocked off.

The people who came and went today were Xiao Chengji's subordinates and family members. He planned to let Yan Yu be happy and then go back, and he didn't really want her to meet anyone outside.

Yan Yu actually saw a tall, blonde, blue-eyed Western woman and a Kunlun slave dressed in black in the enamelware shop.

She was embarrassed to look directly at them, and couldn't understand what they were saying, so she secretly glanced at them a few times and got a general idea.

Yan Yu felt that the people on this street did not behave like normal passers-by. She couldn't tell what was strange, but she just felt it was strange, so she suggested going to another street to take another look.

Xiao Chengji accompanied Yan Yu there. Yan Yu stopped when he saw the sign of an antique shop, and the two of them walked in.

The owner of the antique shop had never met Xiao Chengji and Yan Yu.

One can tell at a glance that Xiao Chengji's temperament is not an ordinary person. In addition, the young man with a delicate figure next to Xiao Chengji is so delicate that ordinary families cannot raise such a man. It can be seen at first glance that he is an elder from a large family who is accompanying the younger generation out for a stroll.

To be able to open such a large antique shop in the capital, one must have a backer. There are simply too many powerful people coming and going here. Although the boss is enthusiastic, he is not servile.

Yan Yu felt that this street was much more normal. There were noisy sounds, and the vendors hawking things on the roadside and the customers buying things were all like normal people. Even the boss had a sense of arrogance, not as cautious as he had just seen.

Yan Yu picked out an ebony-bone folding fan with flowers and birds. The antique shop owner smiled and said, "Sir, you have a good eye. The fan was painted by the former talent Fan Cang. It's getting late. If you want it today, I'll give you five hundred taels of silver."

Yan Yu said: "The painting on the fan was copied by someone else. It can be sold for at most ten taels of silver. If you sell it, I will take it and enjoy it for a day."

Upon hearing this, the antique shop owner's face suddenly darkened: "Sir, please look at the sign outside. This is Guxuan Pavilion, an old shop that has been around for many years. Princes and ministers come here. We never sell fakes."

Yan Yu didn't say anything more and put the fan down.

Xiao Chengji walked out with her: "You already have one on you, why bother asking for this one."

Yan Yu said: "We also have an antique shop in our house, specializing in calligraphy and painting, and we sell authentic works. In the past two months, Guxuan Pavilion's business has suddenly surpassed ours. I thought they had more rare items, but I just took a look and found that most of the items inside are fake."

Xiao Chengji felt something was a little strange, so he went back and asked someone to investigate.

Generally, shops in the capital city have backers. The backer of this antique shop is Prince Rui’s Mansion.

Since Xiao Jiashan was conferred the title of Prince Rui, his status in the court has improved a lot.

The last time he held a banquet at his house, he offended some of the upright literati.

Another group of people who like to curry favor with others still try to please him.

After all, Xiao Jiashan is the son of the queen, and the emperor has conferred the title of prince on him. In the future, he will have a great reputation in competing with Xiao Chengji.

Those who were rejected by the Prince of Qin's Palace began to curry favor with the Prince of Rui's Palace.

It happened that the finances of Prince Rui's Mansion were empty, and Wei Ruxuan seized this opportunity and secretly spread the news that Guxuan Pavilion was her property. As long as she bought enough things there, she would have a way to curry favor with Prince Rui's Mansion, and by spending tens of thousands of taels of silver, she could even buy the official position she wanted.

As the Princess of Rui County, Wei Ruxuan had some connections and a good relationship with the Queen, so she became familiar to Zheng Shu.

Zheng Shu has been suspended from his post for the past six months, but his connections in the Ministry of Personnel remain. The Zheng family's management of the Ministry of Personnel over the years is not in vain.

Zheng Shu and the Queen are siblings. Old Master Zheng Can can support the Seventh Prince together with the Second House, but Zheng Shu cannot. He can only support the Fifth Prince.

In just two months, Zheng Shu and Wei Ruxuan, under the name of Prince Rui, attracted opportunistic officials to follow them, divided up 300,000 taels of silver, and arranged more than a dozen official positions through the Ministry of Personnel.

Zheng Shu and Wei Ruxuan were not careful enough in their work, so Xiao Chengji didn't have to spend much effort to find out about this.

The Ministry of Personnel has always been a thorn in Xiao Chengji's side. He never expected that such a great opportunity would come to him by accident this time.