"Your Highness, do you think it's strange? If it were just one or two, it could still be called an accident, but hundreds of people have never died in just three or two days."
Of course, there are no natural or man-made disasters.
Li Huang was not very interested at first, but when she heard that there were hundreds of people, he immediately raised his head from the mountain of books.
"So many? How did they all die?"
Lingyuan walked to the table and poured herself a glass of water, and then slowly said: "Some were hit by carriages, some fell into the latrine and drowned when they were drunk, and some slipped and fell into the water and drowned. In short, look at them one by one.
They all appear to be accidents, but when combined, they reveal something strange."
Hearing what she said, Li Huang suddenly became serious.
"Go check and find out who these people are and what they have in common."
After receiving the order, Ling Yuan immediately retreated.
Within half a day, she came back.
"Your Highness, some of those who died were stewards of various government offices, some were celebrities in brothels and palaces in the capital, and some were aunts or concubines in wealthy families. In short, they were all seemingly inconspicuous characters.
, but they all have certain connections.”
Li Huang's face turned pale, and then he thought of Li Mohan, and asked, "What's the difference between Li Mohan and Li Mohan these two days?"
Lingyuan didn't know why she suddenly turned the topic to Li Mohan, but she still answered truthfully: "I heard that he was in a good mood. Yesterday, he discussed the scientific examination with several adults from the Ministry of Rites, and even invited them to drink.
.”
Li Huang: "..."
What else doesn't she understand?
Thinking about it, the deaths of those people were closely related to Li Mohan.
"It seems that this cousin of mine has bitten the bait I put out."
That's fine, she was still afraid that he wouldn't bite.
"Your Highness, I still don't understand." Lingyuan scratched her head, looking confused.
Li Huang directly pointed it out to her: "Those people are all the spies placed all over the capital by the people behind the scenes. Because the Ye family lost the military defense map, Li Mohan felt that he had been fooled. He became angry and pulled the plug.
The opponent’s nail.”
Ling Yuan's eyes widened, and she suddenly realized: "It turns out that His Highness asked the slaves to spread the news that the Ye family has lost the defense map, just to make them fight."
High!
It’s really high!
Without even a single blow, they pulled out all the nails that the mastermind behind the scenes had planted in the capital.
"Your Highness, you are so smart, it would be great if you could differentiate yourself from your slaves."
Lingyuan looked at her with admiration.
Li Huang stabbed her on the forehead angrily: "You are like this. I can't find someone who is too calculating in the future, lest you be sold out and have to count the money."
Being teased by her suddenly, Ling Yuan's face suddenly turned red.
"Your Highness, if I tell you something serious, you will bully me."
After saying that, she rarely showed a bit of a little daughter's attitude, stamped her feet, turned around and went out.
A Yuan, who was holding a box of old books that she had collected with great difficulty, almost bumped into her.
"Your Highness, this Lingyuan is getting more and more unruly, so you don't care."
She entered the room and put the box on the ground. Li Huang stepped forward to pick it up and nodded with satisfaction.
"Rules are not the most important thing here in this palace. What I want is your loyalty, you know."
He stood up, patted the dust on his hands, and pointed at the pile picked out on the table.
"Send a few people later to send all these books to Madam Yu."
A Yuan nodded. She looked at the books on the table and asked with some surprise: "Your Highness, these are your favorite books. Do you want to give them away?"
Moreover, many of them are still unique. Isn’t it a little too hasty to just give them out and let people read them for free?
But Li Huang waved his hand casually: "It doesn't matter, the greatest significance of books is to be read and studied by others. Instead of piling them up in my study room and reading them less than twice a year, it is better to take them out and let more people read them.
There’s a chance to see them.”
Presumably, those who publish books and biographies are also very happy.
Hearing what she said, Yuan suddenly felt that his thoughts just now were a bit narrow-minded.
"Yes, I will ask someone to carry all the books to Madam Yu."
Madam Jade's detailed regulations for opening the library have been prepared, and His Highness is very satisfied. It seems that the library will be opened in a short time.
However, before opening, it still needs to be well established.
But this is what Madam Jade is best at, and they have nothing to worry about.
Not long after, several servants from the mansion came in and helped move all the books out.
In order to raise funds for the library these days, Mrs. Yu has also been searching for good books everywhere. At the same time, she has also put up a sign in the teahouse to collect various books from book lovers.
At first some people were reluctant to part with them, but after hearing Mrs. Yu's ideas, those who had books at home reluctantly took some and donated them.
Mrs. Yu's teahouse has been doing very well these days.
Anyone who donated books could enjoy free snacks, tea and other services in the teahouse, which attracted an endless stream of literati and celebrities in Beijing.
This operation can stimulate other teahouses.
Opposite Yuzhen Tower.
The shopkeeper Hei looked at Yu's Teahouse with a sullen face, and he could almost count the number of guests here with one hand.
The waiter complained: "Shopkeeper, if this continues, won't all of us teahouses have no way to survive?"
If the Yu's Tea House, which only deals with women, has become so popular, if she opens the shop to include both men and women, wouldn't that mean that Jing would have to cross the threshold?
Why doesn't the shopkeeper understand this?
But he was also annoyed. After all, he couldn't do what others did, lowering the price or giving it away for free at every turn.
Although her items are usually very expensive, because the environment and service are very good, all the ladies in Beijing like to go there.
In addition, they are very good at creating events. They hold festivals and rebate activities every once in a while, which has tied up a large number of old customers.
Those who have been to Yushi Teahouse will basically never go to another teahouse again.
Even if you can't afford to go, you'll stick to Yushi Teahouse's price reduction, and try to squeeze in once you get the chance.
It just pisses everyone off.
"Then the Yu family wants to open a library for poor students in the capital. Isn't this destroying the jobs of other bookstores?"
The shopkeeper's face was gloomy, and then he sneered again.
"Go, you publicize the threat that Yu's family has posed to major bookstores after opening a library. I want to see how she can open a library after arousing public outrage!"
So what if you have the support of the eldest princess behind you?
There are many powerful people in this capital city. Anyone who breaks the rules must get out of here.
The guy got the order and ran out in a hurry.
However, as soon as the news was released, several major bookstores in Beijing rushed to discuss cooperation with Yushi.
When the shopkeeper of Yuzhenlou got the news, he was shocked.