Princess, he is rich enough to rival the country

Just when the people in the capital went mad because of Gu Yanshu's house, and the emperor was also angry about it, there was peace in Prince Li's mansion.

There are even quite a few people, as far as these days are concerned, holding popsicles and watching the excitement.

"You said, when will they react?"

On a wall in Prince Li's mansion, the dark guard was eating a small popsicle handed out by the mansion, while watching a group of sneaky people not far outside the mansion, while chatting with his companions.

"I don't know, but looking at the situation, I'm afraid it will be difficult."

"Then tell me, should we remind them?"

"Farewell, you've almost taken all the bamboo shoots on the mountain!"

"That is, are you trying to piss them off?"

"How else can we say that our princess is insidious?"

"Can you talk, kid? Is this called insidious? This is called smart! Our princess is obviously playing tricks!"

"That's right! I see that you can't speak so much, so don't ask for ice cream tonight, I'll help you out!"

"You're dreaming! Now ice cream is my life, you want my life!"

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At this time, if the conversations of these hidden guards fall into the ears of others, they will definitely cause confusion.

However, everyone in Prince Li's mansion knew why they said such words.

It's all because of their highness, the concubine, who is simply too insidious... no, smart!

On the first day when those ministers sent more people to Prince Li's mansion, the patrolling people in the mansion had seen their movements clearly, and reported to their prince and concubine, asking if they needed to be expelled.

Who knew that the concubine only said no, and told them not to bother, it would be of great use for him to keep these people.

At that time, the guards in the mansion still didn't understand, weren't they just some spies who came to inquire about the news?What's the use?

However, in the following time, Gu Yanshu told them with practical actions that these spies were indeed useful.

Look, isn't this a good advertisement for him?

Gu Yanshu saved a lot of advertising costs!

That's right.

Thinking back carefully, these days, whenever Gu Yanshu is about to open a new store, these spies are always able to get the news at the first time.

Of course it wasn't because they had good ears and eyes, they were able to hear the news from Prince Li's residence.

It was because Gu Yanshu did it on purpose.

However, the ministers who sent these spies didn't notice any abnormality, and every time they would follow the script written by Bao Yanshu.

Since the opening of several new stores, Gu Yanshu has brought in most of the capital's money in less than half a month.

Looking through the ledger carefully, it is not difficult to find that those ministers who planted spies outside Prince Li's mansion have made indelible contributions in it.

Gu Yanshu earned more money, and the servants in Prince Li's mansion also enjoyed a lot of blessings.

I haven't seen these cold drinks that cost a lot of money in "refreshing", can they all be eaten for free?

Of course, during the period when Gu Yanshu was earning a lot of money, there were also not small changes in the court.

One of the most shocking news is that the eldest prince's natal family, the imperial concubine's natal family, Ningguo Gongfu, was ransacked by the emperor!

This matter started when Qin Lu annoyed the emperor a few days ago.

"The noble concubine saw that the third brother had a dispute with the father, so she thought that the elder brother had a chance. These days, she often blew pillows in front of the father, and even made her own decisions by calling the elder brother into the palace. I want to take this opportunity to let my father lift the confinement on the elder brother."

"In the end, who would have known that this action caused the royal father to be furious, and he just sent someone to send the eldest brother back to the mansion, and even gave the imperial concubine a foot-stop order. When he went to court the next day, he read it out The imperial decree of copying the house."

This time it was still the Fifth Prince Qin Hao who came to send news to Qin Lu and Gu Yanshu.

Ever since the news that Qin Lu had annoyed the emperor came out, the gates of Prince Li's mansion became quite deserted.

But there are also many people whose attitudes remain the same as before.

Among these people, apart from the generals who were born and died with Qin Lu in those years, are Gu Yanshu's natal family Chengenhou's Mansion, Wen's family and the fifth prince.

Even on the second day after the news from the palace came out, the fifth prince made a bold visit to the palace to inquire about the specific situation and Qin Lu's thoughts.

After knowing Qin Lu's unwillingness to compromise, although the expression on his face could not hide his disappointment, he did not alienate Qin Lu because of this.

On the contrary, because Qin Lu couldn't go to court these days, he tidied himself up and went to court on time every day.

Once there is any trouble in the court, they will come to Qin Lu to report the news.

Even though Gu Yanshu and Qin Lu repeatedly emphasized that the fifth prince did not need to be like this, the fifth prince still did not relax or change.

This is the case today.

Hearing the news from the Fifth Prince today, not to mention Gu Yanshu, even Qin Lu showed a trace of surprise on his face:

"Copy the house?"

In the generation of Ningguo Duke's Mansion, there are actually two talented juniors.

However, perhaps because he didn't want his relatives to interfere too much in politics, after the emperor named the daughter of the Duke of Ning as a noble concubine, he rarely promoted people from the Duke of Ning in the previous dynasty.

It was fine in the past, although the juniors below were not in important positions, the elders above at least held a pivotal position in the court.

However, in recent years, as the elders of the Ningguo Palace gradually aged, either passed away, or had to withdraw from the court due to physical reasons, the status of the Ningguo Palace in Tianqi was not as good as before.

It was also because of this that Duke Ningguo's government so eagerly hoped that the First Prince would be crowned Prince.

Because that's pretty much the only way they can turn around.

However, there are still three catties of nails in the rotten boats, and the emaciated camels are still bigger than the horses.

Even though the Ningguo Mansion has not been as popular as in previous years, it still stands at the top of the Tianqi Pyramid.

How do you say that if you are ransacked, you will be ransacked?

"It seems to be related to Brother Sanhuang's incident in Yizhou."

Speaking of this, the fifth prince also had a puzzled look on his face.

Not to mention the more than a month it took Qin Lu to travel from Yizhou to Jingdu.

Let's just say that now, it has been nearly a month since Qin Lu returned to Beijing and annoyed the emperor.

It took two months to add up, and the emperor was still attacking Ningguo's government for the matter of Yizhou. It's not so slow to settle accounts after autumn, right?

The fifth prince was puzzled, but Qin Lu and Gu Yanshu had a flash of understanding in their eyes.

The incident of Qin Lu contracting smallpox in Yizhou was planned by Duke Ninguo.

No matter where the crime of murdering the emperor's heir is placed, it is a serious crime of ransacking the family and exterminating the family.

Not to mention that what the Ningguo government committed was not only the felony of murdering the emperor's heir.

Not to mention other things, but his behavior of reaching out to the army is completely intolerable to the superiors.

After getting the testimony from Li Mingpeng, Gu Yanshu rushed back to the capital along with the memorial for [-] miles.

Later, Gu Yanshu was busy looking at the stars and the moon with Qin Lu, talking about poetry, songs, and ideals in life, so he didn't even pay attention to the news of the Ningguo Palace for a while.

After returning to the capital, Qin Lu annoyed the emperor again, Gu Yanshu was busy with his own money-making plan, and did not let people pay attention to the follow-up of this matter.

Who knew that there was no movement from Ningguo's mansion, and it was because the emperor hadn't dealt with it.

The emperor's punishment to Duke Ning's government this time was not light.

Although the Ningguo Mansion was not implicated in the nine clans, it also suffered the consequences of exile of the whole clan.

Not to mention that before the exile, Ningguo's mansion was ransacked once, almost losing the ability to make a comeback.

Ningguo's mansion was ransacked, which naturally brought a shocking change to the court.

After all, all these years, the eldest prince was able to fight Qin Lu [-]-[-] because of the support of the noble concubine and Duke Ning's mansion behind him.

Now the noble concubine has been grounded, and the Ningguo Duke's mansion has been exiled by the whole family. They left the capital, and even the eldest prince lost all their capital.

Those courtiers who had originally offended the emperor because of Qin Lu, and turned to the eldest prince's command, wavered again.

"It's no wonder that there have been many more spies outside the mansion in the past two days. So it's because of this?"

A gleam of clarity flashed across Gu Yanshu's eyes.

Since the opening of "Pleasure to Yourself", the female relatives of the ministers' homes have taken away a lot of people in order to be able to buy the new products in the first time, and even the number of spies outside Prince Li's mansion has decreased a lot.

However, in the past two days, those people who were transferred away quietly returned without knowing when.

At that time, Gu Yanshu only thought that everyone's enthusiasm for "self-pleasing appearance" had diminished, and he planned to make the best use of everything, using these free ** advertisements, and open a new store.

Unexpectedly, the reason for this was that it appeared in the previous dynasty.

"Isn't it? But it's good that Brother Sanhuang didn't go to the court recently, the atmosphere in the court hall recently is very smoky."

The third prince nodded slightly, and sighed with emotion in a low voice.

If he didn't want to bring the latest news to Qin Lu, the fifth prince would not want to go to the court every day at this time to feel the strange atmosphere.

For this, Gu Yanshu and Qin Lu were naturally willing to accept the affection of the fifth prince, and Gu Yanshu directly expressed his gratitude to the fifth prince.

Who knew that the Fifth Prince was waiting for Gu Yanshu at this place.

Hearing Gu Yanshu's words, he directly hit the snake with the stick and asked Gu Yanshu for a lot of benefits.

Among them were the bicycles, ice cubes, and iced drinks that Gu Yanshu had just created, as well as a series of new gadgets in the department store. The Fifth Prince opened his mouth and asked Gu Yanshu for a lot.

Gu Yanshu has always been generous to his own people, even if the fifth prince doesn't mention it, Gu Yanshu will not be stingy with this little thing.

Now, of course, without thinking about it, she agreed to the Fifth Prince's request.

In the end, the fifth prince returned to his prince's mansion happily swaggeringly with the things he asked for from Gu Yanshu.

The fifth prince's whereabouts were not covered up at all, and the spies sent to see them all clearly.

Those who were still laughing at the fifth prince's stupidity in their hearts, now that King Li has completely offended the emperor, he has no intention of admitting his mistake.

The fifth prince actually had no intention of staying away at all, and he was not afraid of being angry when the emperor was liquidated in the future.

However, now, hearing the feedback from the people under their command, these ministers are really sour.

You must know that the items in these new stores opened by Princess Li are all rare items, and every time they are stocked, they buy them very quickly.

Among them, bicycles, ice cubes, soap and shampoo, which are the most in demand, will be sold out within an hour every time. If you arrive late, you will not be able to buy them at all!

But now the fifth prince can get so much!

Who said the fifth prince is stupid?

They looked at the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, and there was no one smarter than the Fifth Prince!

What these ministers were thinking, the two masters in Prince Li's mansion didn't care at all.

It was because of the news about Duke Ninguo's mansion that the Fifth Prince said today, these two people finally thought that they should pay attention to the many changes in the court now.

Immediately, Gu Yanshu sent Zhi Ge to find out what major events happened in the capital during these days when he was busy making money.

Although Qin Lu did not go to court, it did not mean that Prince Li's mansion was completely out of touch with the court.

After a short time, Zhi Ge had found the information that Gu Yanshu wanted.

In addition to the news that Ningguo Gongfu was exiled by the whole family, Zhi Ge also brought back another news.

The protagonists are also acquaintances of Gu Yanshu and Qin Lu.

That is the chief culprit who caused Duke Ning's mansion to be exiled by the whole family, Li Mingpeng.

The Duke of Ningguo was exiled, so Li Mingpeng naturally didn't please, and was sentenced to Lingchi directly.

That is to say, it was a little late when Gu Yanshu got the news, and he didn't make it in time to watch the execution.

According to the fifth prince, perhaps seeing the emperor was too angry, the executioner also dealt with cruelty, and the blood flowed all over the floor during the execution.

Even the Fifth Prince couldn't tell whether Li Mingpeng died from pain or from excessive bleeding.

What surprised Gu Yanshu was that Li Guihua, who had followed Mei Yanxi back to Beijing, went to the execution scene in person.

Even after the execution was over, Li Mingpeng's body was collected for him.

In her words, although Li Mingpeng committed a heinous crime, he also gave her a favor, and this should be regarded as repaying the favor Li Mingpeng gave her in the first place.

After doing all this, Li Guihua resigned to General Mei's family, saying that she wanted to return to Yanglin County, Yizhou.

Naturally, General Mei's family couldn't agree.

If Li Guihua could leave alone, Mei Yanxi would not have brought her back to the capital.

What's more, Li Guihua is well-behaved and sensible, almost satisfying all Mrs. Mei's fantasies about her daughter.

Although they didn't get along for a long time, Mrs. Mei really fell in love with this ill-fated little girl and hoped that she could stay forever.

However, Li Guihua did not accept the retention of General Mei's family and insisted on leaving.

In the end, seeing Li Guihua's insistence, General Mei's family couldn't force him to stay, so they had to send someone to send him back to Yanglin County.

When talking about this matter, Zhi Ge's tone was slightly regretful.

After all, General Mei and Mrs. Mei are kind people, since they have accepted Li Guihua, they will naturally treat her as their own.

As far as Zhi Ge knew, since Li Guihua came to the general's mansion, Mrs. Mei invited the best nuns and gentlemen to teach Li Guihua.

That meant that after two years, Li Guihua's face would grow open. After the memory of those who knew Li Guihua's origin in the capital faded, they would hold a banquet and introduce Li Guihua to other nobles in Kyoto as a girl from the Mei family.

It's easy to say, let's say that Li Guihua was in poor health when she was born, and was placed outside the residence by Mrs. Mei and General Mei for recuperation.

Over the years, his health has improved day by day, and he was brought back.

This kind of thing is not particularly uncommon among noble families in Kyoto.

According to the status of Mrs. Mei and General Mei, even if someone felt that Li Guihua's identity was in doubt, they would not dare to raise it.

From then on, Li Guihua changed from a crow to a phoenix, and her whole life will be different.

Who ever thought that Li Guihua would choose to leave at this time?

Li Guihua, an orphan girl, returned to Yanglin County alone, and the days to come are bound to be difficult.

Zhi Ge didn't even understand why Li Guihua had to choose the worst path with such a bright future ahead of him?

"This Li Guihua is smart."

Unlike Zhi Ge, when Gu Yanshu talked about this matter, his tone was full of appreciation for Li Guihua.

After raising his eyes and seeing the suspicious gaze of his own deer, Gu Yanshu paused slightly with the hand holding the teacup, and then gave Qin Lu an explanation in a low voice:

"Because of Li Mingpeng."

In just five words, Qin Lu immediately understood the cause and effect.

Back then, Prince Li's mansion was able to find out about Li Mingpeng's anomaly in such a short period of time, and pulled out a carrot to bring out the mud, which was inseparable from Li Guihua's original report.

Li Guihua's actions at the beginning were said to be for Li Ergou's righteousness to kill relatives, but don't forget that Li Mingpeng is Li Guihua's biological father, which cannot be ignored.

In the current era of filial piety, "there are only children who are wrong, and there are no parents who are wrong". Tianqi, Li Guihua's actions are undoubtedly a bit shocking.

At the beginning Li Guihua was unwilling to follow Mei Yanxi back to the capital because she had such concerns.

In the end, seeing that Mei Yanxi insisted, Gu Yanshu also persuaded her a few words, and then Li Guihua agreed to return to Beijing with Mei Yanxi.

Li Guihua reluctantly agreed to this matter, but now Li Mingpeng has come to a terrible end.

Even if Mrs. Mei and General Mei don't think about Li Guihua because of this matter now, it's hard to guarantee the future.

If Li Guihua did something that displeased General Mei and Mrs. Mei in the future, would they use Li Mingpeng as an example?

After all, how can a person who can even betray his biological father be expected to have a conscience?

Even if Mrs. Mei and General Mei are not such people, they cannot stand the instigation of outsiders.

In case someone with a heart who knows Li Guihua's origin in the future fanned the flames in front of Mrs. Mei and General Mei because of this, it is hard to guarantee that there will be no knots in the hearts of the two of them.

In addition, Gu Yanshu could also clearly see that Li Guihua also had a hurdle in her heart about reporting Li Mingpeng.

It was people from Prince Li's residence who arrested Li Mingpeng back then. It can be said that Li Mingpeng's death was inseparably related to Qin Lu.

Even the death of Li Ergou's mother and son was originally caused by Li Mingpeng's desire to get rid of Qin Lu.

For Li Guihua, Li Wangfu can be said to have revenge for killing her father.

General Mei's family is Qin Lu's right-hand man, and Li Guihua's feelings for General Mei's family must be complicated.

Choosing to leave now is the best choice for Li Guihua, Mrs. Mei and General Mei.

That's why Gu Yanshu said Li Guihua's clever words.

Even thinking about it now, Gu Yanshu's remarks that he would bring Li Guihua back to the palace to be raised were ill-considered.

"Mrs. Mei loves Li Guihua very much. Naturally, she will not let Li Guihua grow wildly in Yanglin County. She will definitely send people to follow her. According to Li Guihua's thinking, the future will definitely not be bad."

Seeing that Zhi Ge was still frowning slightly, Gu Yanshu gave a rare word of comfort.

Not to mention that Li Mingpeng's house was not ransacked before, and now that he is dead, Li Guihua is his only descendant and can inherit all his property.

No lack of money, connections or brains, such a person can make a difference no matter where he is.

Hearing Gu Yanshu's words, Zhi Ge really stopped being entangled with Li Guihua's matter, and instead talked to the two about other news brought back this time.

However, before Zhige finished speaking, Xingren walked in from the door:

"My lord, the people in the palace came to deliver the decree, saying that the emperor asked you to go to the palace to face the saint."