Princess, he is rich enough to rival the country

And the fifth prince, who was still chatting with Gu Yanshu about the gossip in Princess Funing's mansion just now, also had a blank face after hearing Gu Yanshu's question.

Then, the Fifth Prince shook his head:

"This minister doesn't know."

As soon as the words were finished, the fifth prince seemed to have thought of something, and his expression changed.

With such an obvious change in expression, it's hard for Gu Yanshu not to pay attention:

"how?"

"It suddenly occurred to me that some unseemly things have indeed happened in my aunt's house recently. I don't know if it is related to this matter."

When he said this, the fifth prince had a strange expression on his face.

Gu Yanshu raised his eyebrows, gave the fifth prince a look, and signaled him to continue talking.

After receiving Gu Yanshu's signal, the Fifth Prince looked around first, then moved closer to Gu Yanshu's ear, and quickly replied in a low voice:

"My cousin sister-in-law didn't know why a few days ago, she suddenly had a fight with Ding Yibai, saying that she would rather ask herself to go down than spend another day with her cousin."

Cousin, Ding Yibai.

From the names the fifth prince called the two of them, Gu Yanshu could hear the closeness and distance between them with one ear.

The fifth prince cared about his relative relationship with Ding Yibai, and kept secrets about Ding Yibai and his wife.

But the common people who were watching the fun didn't have so many scruples.

After hearing that these servants belonged to Princess Funing's residence, they began to talk about this interesting incident about Ding Yibai.

Although the voices of those people's discussions were not loud, Gu Yanshu had also practiced martial arts with Qin Lu for a period of time, and his hearing was sharper than that of ordinary people.

Not long after, Gu Yanshu learned the whole story from the few words of the people who eat melons around him.

Ding Yibai's wife is the legitimate daughter of the British government, named Liu Ruxi.

Logically speaking, with Ding Yibai's reputation so bad, the marriage would definitely not go smoothly.

At least there is some disgrace, and the honorable family who loves their daughter more will not betroth their noble daughter to such a person.

There are naturally reasons why the British government is willing to betroth the family's prostitute daughter to Ding Yibai.

Among all the nobles in Tianqi, the British government is regarded as the one that started earlier, and it has been going on for hundreds of years.

That is to say, since the founding of Tianqi, the British government has been a royal noble.

In the hundreds of years, it can be regarded as experiencing several ups and downs. After going through several patriarchs, each patriarch has a different style of doing things.

This Miss Liu Ruxi can be regarded as a relatively unlucky generation in the British government.

When Liu Ruxi was born, the British government had just experienced a change, relying on the previous family background and in-laws to keep the family business.

It was also because of this that the previous head of the British government was very concerned about the marriage of the girl in the mansion.

And this Shangxin is different from the Shangxin of ordinary people who love their daughters.

When the Duke of England chooses a husband for his daughter, he doesn't care about his appearance, talent, learning, or character, but only his family background.

Although this Ding Yibai is an asshole, he is the only son of Princess Funing, and no matter how bad he is in the future, he can still be granted a title.

Even if the eldest princess only has a noble name and no real power, with such an identity, she can be regarded as the top of the list in Beijing.

In addition, although Liu Ruxi is a legitimate daughter, she is born under the younger brother of the British Duke who died young, so she cannot be regarded as the legitimate daughter of the Duke's family.

It can be said that it was an extremely cost-effective deal for the British Duke at that time to exchange a prostitute who was not a concubine in exchange for an in-law with the royal family.

For the noble ladies in Beijing, Ding Yibai is obviously not a good match.

However, the British government was interested, Liu Ruxi's biological father died early, and her biological mother could not speak in the British government.

Even though Liu Ruxi was unwilling in every possible way, she could only obey her uncle's arrangement and marry Ding Yibai in the end.

After being forced to marry Ding Yibai, Liu Ruxi's life is not easy.

After marriage, Ding Yibai not only didn't restrain himself, he was even more of a jerk than before.

The concubines carried the concubines one by one into the eldest princess' mansion until they filled the backyard of the mansion.

Not only that, Ding Yibai also kept the prostitutes and oirans in the outer chambers and brothels outside the mansion.

It can be said that it is not picky at all.

Although the British government was a bit of a jerk in choosing a son-in-law, it is a century-old family after all, and the education of its children has not been left behind at all.

Although Liu Ruxi's biological father died young, he grew up reading the Four Books and Five Classics.

Although I don't want to be able to recite poems with my husband and son-in-law, but at least I want to respect each other as a guest and live in harmony.

How can such a husband and son-in-law be in harmony?

Not to mention that Liu Ruxi came from the British government, even the innocent daughter of an ordinary family could not bear the humiliation of working with a prostitute.

It is impossible to respect each other as guests, and you can always hide if you can't afford it.

Liu Ruxi originally thought to stay a little further away from Ding Yibai, and just ignore those little concubines and the like.

But Liu Ruxi had a good look, which made Ding Yibai like it very much.

Seeing Liu Ruxi's disdain for him, Young Master Ding, who had never been wronged since childhood, was naturally furious, and gave Liu Ruxi a lot of trouble.

In it, there are some gossip.

It is said that in order to make Liu Ruxi obedient, Ding Yibai used a lot of tricks.

Someone mentioned a few words, but was finally stopped by his companions because the content was too unsavory.

Being able to raise Ding Yibai to such an appearance shows how much the eldest princess loves Ding Yibai.

This kind of doting, of course, has not changed after marriage.

Whenever Ding Yibai had a dispute with Liu Ruxi, he always reprimanded Liu Ruxi without asking why.

In the early years when Liu Ruxi first married into the eldest princess's mansion, the eldest princess Funing often shamed Liu Ruxi in front of others.

In Tianqi, even if the daughter's family married the wrong person, they would just make mistakes like this, leading to a dead end.

And for noble families, mutual interests are involved, even more so.

Even if Liu Ruxi suffered so many grievances in the eldest princess's mansion, it can only be smashed and swallowed, and there is absolutely no reason to reconcile.

Liu Ruxi's proposal of reconciliation this time can be said to be the first time in the noble family.

It has been five years since Liu Ruxi married into the eldest princess's mansion.

Logically speaking, Liu Ruxi had endured it for the past five years, so there was no reason to suddenly propose a divorce.

But Liu Ruxi not only mentioned it, but even brought it up without any scruples in front of many guests when the princess's mansion held a banquet.

Therefore, since the day Liu Ruxi proposed to reconcile, the news spread throughout the entire capital like a thunderclap on the ground at the fastest speed.

That is to say, a few days ago, Gu Yanshu was busy with the cement road planning and bidding of the household department, and ignored the news from the outside world a little, so he didn't know about it.

The Fifth Prince had also practiced some martial arts, so he naturally heard the discussions from the people around him.

Seeing that his sister-in-law of the third emperor had understood the whole story clearly, and then she looked pensive again, the fifth prince could not help persuading:

"Sister-in-law Sanhuang don't think too much about it. The matter of reconciliation proposed by sister-in-law should have nothing to do with Yaoyue Pavilion. The relationship between Ding Yibai and brother Sanhuang has always been flat. Maybe this time it's just an excuse to vent."

The fifth prince didn't say this just to comfort Gu Yanshu.

After all, Ding Yibai did not do this kind of thing less before.

Unexpectedly, Gu Yanshu just glanced at the fifth prince lightly:

"It's really hard to tell."

"what?"

The fifth prince was stunned, and looked at Gu Yanshu with a face full of astonishment, apparently not knowing why he said that.

However, Gu Yanshu did not answer the confusion in the fifth prince's heart, and only focused on Lady Yao who was approaching not far away.

"I have met Your Highness, Your Highness Wanan."

Here, Mrs. Yao knew that after the people under her command reported the troubles encountered in Yaoyue Pavilion to Prince Li's residence, she knew that according to Princess Li's temperament, she would probably come over in person.

After finishing the matters in Yaoyue Pavilion, Mrs. Yao hurried out the door.

As a result, he had just arrived at the intersection of Shaohua, and saw his highness from a distance, and Lady Yao knew that she was a bit late.

These days, because of the dramas caused by the servants of Princess Funing's mansion, Mrs. Yao can be regarded as a celebrity on Shaohua Road.

It has just arrived, and it has attracted the attention of most people.

When the people from Princess Funing's mansion saw Mrs. Yao, they originally wanted to step forward to trouble her, but in a blink of an eye they saw Gu Yanshu standing in the crowd, and Zhige standing behind Gu Yanshu.

Even though they are members of the eldest princess's mansion, and they usually followed their young master to do their best in Beijing, they didn't dare to easily provoke Li Wang's mansion.

In the end, those people had no choice but to give up their plan to make trouble for Mrs. Yao.

It's just that the yelling and cursing that had been suspended for a while suddenly became louder, even more tricky than before, and there was a sense of accusation and scolding in it.

For those people's behavior, Gu Yanshu just pretended not to hear, and waved his hand slightly, motioning Lady Yao to get up.

Seeing Mrs. Yao opening her mouth to speak, Gu Yanshu raised her hand slightly, signaling that there is no rush.

This is obviously not a place to talk, let's not talk about the covetous servants in Princess Funing's mansion, just talk about the melon eaters on this side, who can't wait to put their ears to Lady Yao's mouth, and see what Lady Yao is going to say Some people can't bear the appearance of something.

But the Yueyue Pavilion is obviously not allowed to go.

After all, in this women's club, the rule that men are not allowed is set by Gu Yanshu and Mrs. Yao personally, and it is not easy to break it with their own hands.

In the end, Gu Yanshu directly asked Zhige to book a private room in the teahouse beside Shaohua Road.

Seeing this, the people who watched the excitement were of course a little bit unwilling, and some of them were courageous, and even wanted to follow behind Gu Yanshu to hear what Miss Yao would say.

However, after seeing Zhi Ge standing aside and staring at him, he had no choice but to dispel such thoughts in his heart.

After all, Zhi Ge has been with Gu Yanshu for some time, and he knows Gu Yanshu quite well.

Looking from the window of the teahouse box I booked, I can just see the small square at the intersection of Shaohua Road.

Even in the teahouse, Gu Yanshu could easily observe the movements of the servants in Princess Funing's mansion.

No, when Gu Yanshu raised his eyes, he saw one of the servants wearing the clothes of the eldest princess's servant, leaving in a hurry from Shaohua Road, as if to report to someone.

After withdrawing his gaze, Gu Yanshu raised his chin at Mrs. Yao:

"Tell me what's going on."

Lady Yao leaned over slightly, saluted Gu Yanshu before slowly opening her mouth:

"Returning to Your Highness, this matter has to be related to the matter of Mrs. Ding's proposal of reconciliation a few days ago."

Just as Gu Yanshu thought, the reason why Ding Yibai would send people to make such a fuss at the intersection of Shaohua was related to Liu Ruxi's proposal of reconciliation.

It has been a while since Yaoyue Pavilion opened, and it has a well-known name in the circle of noble women in Beijing.

Now almost all noble ladies worthy of the name are members of Yaoyue Pavilion.

Although Liu Ruxi has been tortured by Ding Yibai and the eldest princess, but in the end, her identity is, among the noble ladies and wives in Beijing, the eldest princess' daughter-in-law can be regarded as the top one.

As time passed, someone naturally invited Liu Ruxi to relax and play in the Yueyue Pavilion.

Liu Ruxi came here only once, but was captured by the considerate service in Yueyue Pavilion, and got a black card membership of the highest standard.

Then whenever I have time, I will come to the Yueyue Pavilion to sit and have a massage.

The scriptures in the Yueyue Pavilion were all written by Gu Yanshu for the storyteller, especially for women.

Among them are basically the scriptures of the heroines such as "Miss Merchant Heartbroken".

Mrs. Yao had heard Liu Ruxi sigh more than once, and envied the straightforwardness and courage of those women in the storybook.

As the treasurer of Yaoyue Pavilion, Mrs. Yao is naturally not easy to speak, but the other noble ladies who come to Yaoyue Pavilion for consumption speak boldly and agree with Liu Ruxi's words.

Among them were Liu Ruxi's close friends before she got married. Knowing that Liu Ruxi had not been easy these past few years, she tried her best to persuade Liu Ruxi to be brave.

For example, the Patriarch of the Duke's Mansion has changed now. This patriarch is not like the previous one. He should understand her daughter's house as a tool for marriage and climbing up.

For example, although the eldest princess sounds powerful, she has no real power and is not unshakable.

For example, Liu Ruxi has had such a hard time now, no matter how bad it is, it won't be too bad.

Besides, the biggest reason why Liu Ruxi agreed to marry Ding Yibai was to let her mother have a foothold in the Duke's mansion.

But last year, Liu Ruxi's biological mother had died of illness, now Liu Ruxi no longer has any worries, and she could turn against Ding Yibai long ago!

……

Lady Yao could clearly see that as time went by, Liu Ruxi came to the Yueyue Pavilion more and more often, and the time intervals became shorter and shorter.

Every time I come here, the focus of consumption has gradually shifted from massage and beauty to listening to Mr. Shu's words.

And when Liu Ruxi talked about the appearance of the Princess's mansion, she also wavered from the beginning, but then became steadfast.

At that time, Mrs. Yao knew that this madam, who had been tortured in the eldest princess's mansion, was probably about to make up her mind.

But at that time, Mrs. Yao was only happy that Liu Ruxi was able to get out of the sea of ​​suffering, and she didn't realize what kind of impact this would have on Yaoyue Pavilion.

It wasn't until Liu Ruxi proposed to reconcile and Ding Yibai came to make trouble for Yaoyue Pavilion that Lady Yao realized that Ding Yibai was even more of a jerk than what Liu Ruxi said, and he was even more vulgar.

But now that things have happened, even if Mrs. Yao senses something is wrong, she has completely lost the rules.

"This matter is because the slave family did not consider it thoroughly, and I hope His Highness will forgive me."

At the end, Mrs. Yao did not forget to write a blessing to Gu Yan, and pleaded guilty in a low voice.

As for the fifth prince on the side, he was dumbfounded and couldn't help sighing with emotion in a low voice:

"Can this also be blamed on Yueyue Pavilion?"

The five princes have also read the scripts of the stories in the Yueyue Pavilion, such as "The Merchant Lady Loses Her Heart".

At that time, although I felt that the content of it was too shocking, and it was not in line with etiquette.

But Huabenzi is just a Huabenzi after all, who will take the matter of Huabenzi seriously?

Besides, even if someone took it seriously, it shouldn't be blamed in the script, right?

Ding Yibai's reason for causing trouble for Yaoyue Pavilion is really unreasonable.

Unexpectedly, Gu Yanshu just waved his hand, signaling Lady Yao to get up first:

"This matter has nothing to do with you. I forgot to remind you."

Mrs. Yao was a little surprised:

"Your Highness, you mean that you have already expected today?"

"It's inevitable, even if it's not today, it will be tomorrow, if it's not Liu Ruxi, it will be Yang Ruxi and Bai Ruxi."

Gu Yanshu took a sip of tea slightly, with a flat tone:

"It's just that I didn't expect this day to come so soon."

At the beginning, His Highness the Fifth Highness and even Qin Lu had said that the content of "Miss Merchant Confidence" was too shocking.

Among them, the practice of the business lady not showing any kindness to the heartbroken man, asking herself to step down and even cutting off the whole career of the heartbroken man, would definitely be criticized in reality.

But Gu Yanshu still asked Mr. Storyteller to write it out.

Not only did I write "The Merchant Lady's Heartbroken Man", but I continued this style and wrote several books.

Since the articles written by the literati can reflect the true thoughts of the literati, correspondingly, the articles of the literati will also have a certain influence, and can change the thoughts of the people who read these words subtly and subtly.

The scriptures in the Yaoyue Pavilion, condensed and refined, are promoting the feminist ideas of equality between men and women, women can hold up half the sky, and so on.

The noble ladies who came to invite the Moon Pavilion often listen to these scriptures, and their thinking will inevitably change.

Gu Yanshu had foreseen this point when he asked the storyteller to write the script.

But Gu Yanshu did not expect that this day would come so soon.

After all, the women of Tianqi, like the women of most dynasties in ancient China, have been brainwashed by the idea that their husband is the sky.

Hearing a different voice suddenly now is undoubtedly a kind of erosion of the worldview that these noble ladies have formed.

In particular, compared with the daughters of ordinary people, women from noble families received more profound and stricter education.

Rebuilding the worldview is not something that can be accomplished in a short time.

In Gu Yanshu's prediction, it would take at least a year for the noble ladies to fully accept the ideas conveyed in the script.

However, it has only been less than four months since the opening of the Yueyue Pavilion. According to Mrs. Yao, it has only been a short period of time since Liu Ruxi first came to spend money in the Yueyue Pavilion.

In just over a month, Liu Ruxi was able to make such a determination.

It can be seen from this that Liu Ruxi's life in the Princess's Mansion was probably more difficult than what was described by outsiders.

Now the Fifth Prince and Mrs. Yao are really speechless.

How could you predict the girls' reactions?

Did you say you did it on purpose?

Of course, due to Gu Yanshu's obscenity, neither Mrs. Yao nor the fifth prince dared to ask this question directly.

On the other hand, Gu Yanshu, after saying that sentence, had a calm expression on his face, as if he was thinking about something.

Then, as if thinking of something, he raised his eyes and looked at Mrs. Yao:

"After the incident of reconciliation and separation, did Miss Liu come to the pavilion?"

Lady Yao shook her head, and immediately gave the answer:

"Never been here."

Seven days have passed since Liu Ruxi proposed the reconciliation until today. During this period, Liu Ruxi never visited Yaoyue Pavilion again.

Gu Yanshu was not surprised at all by this, he nodded slightly, and asked again:

"Then can I still get in touch with Miss Liu?"

"This……"

When Gu Yanshu selected the shopkeeper, one of the criteria he emphasized was to let the shopkeeper maintain a cold money relationship with all the customers.

Human hearts are complicated, once the shopkeeper and the customer become friends, there will inevitably be some troubles in the future.

And because of the special nature of Yaoyue Pavilion, Gu Yanshu repeatedly mentioned this point to Mrs. Yao many times.

Lady Yao, as Gu Yanshu's most satisfied shopkeeper, naturally would not touch this red line.

Therefore, Gu Yanshu's question now really stumps Mrs. Yao.

"I almost forgot..."

Looking at the embarrassment on Lady Yao's face, Gu Yanshu obviously thought of this, and asked another question:

"Is Miss Liu in the Princess's mansion or the British government's mansion?"

This question does not bother Mrs. Yao:

"In the British government."

After proposing the reconciliation, it may be to prove my own sentence "Even if I ask myself to go down and die alone, I don't want to spend another day with you!" She makes trouble.

It can be said that Liu Ruxi moved out of the Princess's mansion non-stop.

As for Duke Ning's mansion, for some unknown reason, after Liu Ruxi moved out of the eldest princess's mansion, he still brought him back to his mansion.

In the next few days, Liu Ruxi often went to the eldest princess's mansion to make troubles in order to reconcile, but she did not move out of the Ningguo mansion.

"Then go and deliver a greeting card to the Duke's Mansion."

Gu Yanshu nodded slightly, and quickly made a decision:

"Some things should be decided after seeing Miss Liu."

As he said that, Gu Yanshu looked out of the window, at the small square at the intersection of Shaohua Road.

There, the people in Princess Funing's mansion still did not leave.

"Yes."

Upon receiving this instruction from Gu Yanshu, Zhi Ge nodded slightly, then turned and left, sending greetings to the British government.

It's just that not long after Zhi Ge left the door, he came back from the door again.

"Ok?"

Gu Yanshu put down the teacup in his hand, and cast a puzzled look at Zhi Ge.

Even if Zhi Ge's footsteps are fast enough, such a short time is not enough to go back and forth to the British government, right?

The next moment, Zhi Ge gave Gu Yanshu the answer:

"As soon as this subordinate left the house, he ran into Miss Liu from the Duke's mansion, and said that she wanted to see His Highness."