Li Cheng and Lin Zhixiu came out of the palace. Li Cheng asked his men to hold the horses, and he got directly into the car and talked to Lin Zhi, "This virtuous concubine...how is it such a coincidence? Xiu'er, this shows that you are a lucky star!"
Father is so happy that he doesn’t care about anything else!”
Lin Zhixiu smiled, yes, originally the emperor looked at her clothes and was a little unhappy with her publicity. But later, he didn't bother to "teach" him a few words!
Concubine Yan Xian chose today to reveal her pregnancy, and she did have the intention of showing her kindness.
Oh, if she had a son... that would be different. If you sell a good son to me, you might get Li Cheng's support, which would be an extra layer of protection.
It's never too early to prepare for something like this.
In the last life, if the emperor hadn't died early, her son would have been too young. King Jing had a deep mind and took action early. It's hard to say who would hold the throne.
Then, next, the pattern will change.
When they got home, the two of them took off their formal clothes.
Bei Fei asked curiously, "Girl! Your clothes shocked her, right?"
Li Cheng said, "Beifei, what girl, what are you yelling at?"
Beifei stuck out his tongue and said, "You called me wrong, it's Empress!"
Li Cheng said with a sullen face, "Get out, get out, all of you! Yelling..."
Beifei was scared and ran out first.
Aunt Song pulled Dongyun and they all went down.
Li Cheng saw them leaving, turned around, smiled at Lin Zhixiu, and rushed over.
Lin Zhixiu frowned, "What are you going to do?"
Li Cheng said, "Shh, keep your voice down...come on!"
He enthusiastically pulled her on the bed.
Lin Zhixiu didn't want to go, but how could she defeat him?
Li Cheng struggled a lot.
After that, Lin Zhixiu was so tired that she turned over and fell asleep, sleeping until the sun went down...
When I woke up, I couldn't help but sigh... It feels so good to have no old people at home. Otherwise, if these two people were so ridiculous, they would be embarrassed to death even if they weren't scolded to death.
Another advantage is that you don’t have to dress up too deliberately. The two of them got up and packed up after a while.
Open the door and call some girls.
Dongyun's ears were slightly red and he whispered, "Mr. Wu is already waiting in the main hall."
Lin Zhixiu's face turned red with embarrassment. She pinched Li Cheng and cursed in his ear, "It's all your fault!"
Li Cheng smiled at her gently, took the slender hand with his big hand, and walked to the living room of the main room next to her.
Wu Dong was sitting inside, and when he saw them coming in, he quickly stood up, holding the books in his hands, smiling.
Li Cheng said with a satisfied look on his face, "Uncle Dong!" and pulled Lin Zhixiu to sit down.
Lin Zhixiu also smiled and called "Uncle Dong!"
Wu Dong wore a sapphire blue silk dress today, with a jade hairpin on his head and a jade pendant hanging from his waist. He looked much brighter than usual. He looked at the newlyweds with a smile...
I really feel like half of my burden has been lifted.
Wu Dong bowed slightly and said, "Seventh Master, Your Majesty! Just now, His Highness Prince Jin sent a message saying that Your Majesty and Yuan Jing will come over for dinner in a while."
When Li Cheng heard this, he became even more happy, "Axiu, my second brother is my dearest person in the world. If it weren't for them, I might have suffered a lot... You, please get closer to them in the future."
Lin Zhixiu rolled her eyes, "There are differences between men and women, why should I be close to them?"
Li Cheng quickly explained, "What I mean is...don't dislike the second brother. The second brother is having a hard time, and I always want to help him."
Lin Zhixiu said, "That's your business, and I won't stop you."
Li Cheng said, "My property will be yours from now on!"
Wu Dong said, "Yes, Princess, I have prepared all the accounts at home. Look, what do I entrust to you?"
Lin Zhixiu said, "Uncle Dong, I have a lot of property. In the past, my uncle mainly helped me manage it. Now that my uncle has an official position, I'm afraid he won't have so much time and energy in the future. So I have to do everything myself."
I’m slowly getting started. Oh, I get a headache just thinking about it! I still want to leave it all to you! Just take care of what you have in your hands for us first!”
Wu Dong was not pretentious and nodded and said, "Okay! Then I will still take care of it. I have copied all the industry catalogs for you. Take a look at it when you have time to see if there is anything that needs to be adjusted. Also, if you have
Whatever you need me to do, just tell me!"
Lin Zhixiu said, "Okay. Uncle Dong, regarding shipping, have you suffered any losses?"
Wu Dong said, "After the empress reminded me last time, I transferred a large amount. However, the transfer was not completely completed. After all, there were a few friends together. It doesn't matter if I lost some. I thought, this is good, otherwise
, this time it’s too conspicuous!”
Lin Zhixiu nodded and said, "Uncle Dong is so thoughtful!"
Li Cheng and Wu Dong both laughed.
Lin Zhixiu looked at Wu Dong's gentle and elegant appearance, and couldn't help but think of his tragedy in the previous life, and asked, "Does Uncle Dong live in the mansion?"
Wu Dong said, "There is my courtyard in the mansion. It is in the east courtyard, next to the prince's study in the front courtyard. On weekdays, most of the affairs are done in the room next to the study. But I also bought a courtyard myself.
In Huaishu Hutong, Xicheng. When the prince is not in the mansion, I occasionally go there to stay. If the prince is at home, I am willing to stay with him!"
Li Cheng looked at him and smiled, "There are so many people and it's so lively!"
Wu Dong said, "In the past two years, I have also promoted two people who can help me. When Princess, you are settled, I will bring them here to show you. In addition, the daily affairs in this house are basically
I am in charge. In the past, Butler Liu was cooperating with me. Now you are in charge of Aunt Zhao. Aunt Zhao is very capable and understands the rules. But these two people are not considered to be close to His Highness.
After the death of the old people, the imperial concubine, and the queen, those old people were gradually released to take care of themselves."
Lin Zhixiu nodded, this is good, it saves so many people who rely on the old and sell the old, which is difficult to manage.
"The current roster and relationships of the servants have been sorted out and placed in your room. The deeds of sale are kept in the prince's study. You can use these people as you see fit. If you don't like them, just adjust them!"
Lin Zhixiu nodded, "Okay. In the past two days, I feel that everything has been well arranged. Thank you for your hard work, Uncle Dong. If there are any adjustments that need to be made in the future, we will discuss them."
Wu Dong said, "Yes. Now, I just hope that the prince and the princess will have a son. Wu Dong will help you take care of him!"
Li Cheng smiled and said, "It will be there soon!"
Lin Zhixiu's face turned red and she was very angry, so she pinched him quietly.
Li Cheng exclaimed exaggeratedly, "Hey! Uncle Dong, she pinched me!"
Wu Dong laughed heartily.
Someone said outside the door, "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Prince Jin is here!"
As soon as he finished speaking, King Jin strode in, "Seventh brother is considered to be married. Seeing how happy he is, his laughter spread outside the courtyard!"
Li Cheng shouted loudly, "Second brother! Ah Jing!" He stood up and ran over.
Li Xu was wearing a navy blue silk cotton suit. He looked ordinary, just like the accountant of a shop on the street...
But the original scene next to it was full of wind and moonlight. She was wearing a white silk robe, relaxed and elegant, and unparalleled. With a slight smile at the corner of her mouth, her beautiful black eyes were looking at Li Cheng crookedly.
That way, he looks more like his master than his master...
Li Xu looked at Li Cheng who was holding his arms... grinning widely.
He had a silly look on his face. He was obviously handsome and heroic, but he was always so stupid! He couldn't help but shake his head.
Yuan Jing gave them a greeting: "Seventh Master, Your Majesty."
Lin Zhixiu greeted Li Xu with "Second brother! Original scene!"
Li Xu looked at this delicate flower in his seventh brother's house. It seemed that it had never been exposed to wind and rain, but in reality, it was extremely strong inside.
Today, I am still safe and sound, thanks to her.
After everyone chatted and laughed for a while, they went to the side hall and sat down at the dining table.
Food and drinks are already prepared.
Li Xu picked up the wine glass and said, "Seventh brother, you are now an adult. When doing things in the future, you must consider that you are a person with a family and a career. You can no longer do whatever you want."
Li Cheng nodded, "Don't worry, second brother."
Li Xu said, "Sister-in-law, I, the second brother, am a sincere person, and he will definitely treat you well! Although I am the second brother, in fact, haha..." He smiled bitterly and said, "In the future, you may understand better.
It’s clear! Everything I have is thanks to the help of my seventh brother. As a brother, I’d like to toast you two, and wish you a happy marriage and a long life together.”
Everyone had a drink.
Lin Zhixiucai said, "Second brother is too polite! Just now, Master Qi said that if it weren't for you and Yuan Jing, he doesn't know how much more he would have suffered! My brother, there's no need to be polite! If anything happens in the future, just tell me."
Li Xu smiled and said, "My brother and sister are so understanding, and I will remember it in my heart. In fact, it's not just the seventh brother's care for me. This time, my brother and sister, you have been a big help in the Li family's case!"
Lin Zhixiu said, "I heard the prince say something that day. Actually, I'm not sure what it will be like. I just want you to be more careful."
Li Xu said, "Haha, if you hadn't warned me before, I might have fallen into it."
He told what happened: To put it simply, someone secretly put a piece of evidence into the evidence they collected. This evidence was a tribute from Wen's side branch to the Wen family in Beijing, totaling 300,000 yuan.
Two silver coins.
When Li Xu went to investigate the case, he discovered that the Wen family, a side branch, was an outright gangster and unreasonable. Under the guise of the Empress Dowager's family, they violently robbed the Li family's property and became rich.
The local officials didn't know why and were a little afraid of them. The Wen family accepted both black and white, and after tasting the sweetness, they had no scruples.
But they don’t know shit and they don’t want to listen to others’ advice.
The family accounts are very confusing.
There are things in the accounts, but they are not actually there. There are silver items piled up in the warehouse, but they are not registered in the accounts.
Such things happen everywhere! That is to say, they are so tyrannical that no one dares to think otherwise...
King Jin came to investigate the case. Although the facts were clear, it was not easy to investigate.
There have been many people before who secretly handed the evidence to Li Xu, unwilling to openly accuse the Wen family.
I received some evidence, some of which was verified, and some of which could not be implemented.
And this evidence has some of this nature.
"This piece contains about 300,000 taels of silver. The amount was relatively large, so I paid close attention without making a move. I checked privately and found that the gaps in the accounts were basically consistent... but there were some speciousities. The more this happened,
The more doubts I have... How could such a large amount be discovered only now?"
He glanced at Lin Zhixiu and then at the original scene. "Later, Xiaojiu discovered something in his own room and suspected that he had fallen in love with someone. Working backwards, he finally figured out that this thing was actually
It was the person I brought here who made it based on the previous investigation... If I hand it over, I might be accused of giving false evidence to frame the Empress Dowager's family..."
Lin Zhixiu listened and nodded silently.
Li Xu went on to say, "The writers in the capital have been very honest in recent years. Although my father had great hatred for the Empress Dowager, he could not do anything to the writers because of the need to support them. Although the writers in the capital were safe, they were not satisfied after all.
If you catch this incident, you may bite back. The emperor will be furious, so you can imagine. Moreover, it was finally found out that the person turned out to be the emperor's man..."
After he finished speaking, he smiled bitterly and took a sip.
Li Cheng coaxed him and said, "Second brother, don't be sad."
Li Xu looked at him blankly and said, "You haven't seen the emperor's expression when he saw what I handed over. He looked at me for a long time..."
He smiled bitterly, "In the past, he only allowed others to bully me and looked for every opportunity to punish me. This time, he allowed others to fabricate evidence to frame his son... It's really..."
Getting more and more promising...
Lin Zhixiu was also speechless, what is the emperor planning?!
Li Xu smiled and said, "Later, I don't know what my thoughts were, and I did some serious things... a blessing in disguise? However, I don't know what is waiting for me."
Lin Zhixiu said, "Second brother, how do you think about the future?"
Li Jin glanced at the original scene and said, "I just thought that I could survive to the feudal clan safely. No matter where I go, no matter how big the place is, I can do it."
Lin Zhixiu said, "You see, although the prince's health is not good, his existence is the key to the current balance. Once...it will soon become chaotic. Today, we went to the palace, the concubine Xian, there is
Pregnant."
Li Xu was stunned for a moment, and when he thought about it, it made sense.
Lin Zhixiu said, "At that time, the emperor was very happy. Concubine Xian is my cousin. She has a good background, a good temperament, and strong abilities. I think the emperor will promote her to the throne soon... If not now, it will be her."
After giving birth to a prince and a princess...it breaks the balance and adds another force. When the time comes, no one can be alone."
Li Xu said, "My father is in good health! If the wise concubine can give birth to a prince, it will be a good thing for me. At least the attention on me will be less, right?"
Lin Zhixiu smiled.
Li Xu's "fourth brother is a member of the Defei family. He has been in power for several years and has done remarkable things. He has a good reputation among the officials. The sixth brother is very smart and has the support of the queen."
.Concubine Xian, if she gives birth to a prince, Marquis Jingjiang and the Lin family will be behind. Although Marquis Lin has no ability and no real power, he has a good and popular son...but I have nothing."
Li Cheng said, "Second brother, Axiu and I support you!"
Li Xu looked at him with a smile and patted his arm fondly.
Lin Zhixiu said, "The tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop. It is always right for Your Highness to make more preparations."
Li Xu said, "Well. This time I went out and my horizons opened up a lot. I learned about a lot of shortcomings and got to know a few promising officials... In short, it was a worthwhile trip!"
Li Cheng said, "Second brother, if you have a chance to go to the northwest, I'll introduce you to some good brothers!"
Li Jin said, "I hope my father will seal me there!"
Li Cheng said, "Okay! When the time comes, I will also go over there, and we brothers will be next to each other!"
Lin Zhixiu frowned: I don't want to go to the northwest if there is anything good about it. If I leave the capital, I want to go back to my hometown!
Here, we push cups and change cups, and it's fun.
But Boss Liu's small courtyard was full of desolate atmosphere.
The first night, Boss Liu, who wanted to check his property, found that the warehouse was not empty, but all his important things were gone.
The big iron locks on his several large cabinets were all in good condition, with no signs of prying. But the gold, silver coins, jewelry, calligraphy, paintings and antiques placed inside were all gone.
He was dumbfounded at the time and hurriedly called some housekeepers to ask.
Those four housekeepers are really honest people.
They were dumbfounded at the time because they also knew that the cabinets in the room were full of things.
Boss Liu locked up the four people separately and interrogated them one by one. He beat and scolded them and threatened to beat them all to death.
But those few people cried for father and mother, but they couldn't say anything.
Their days go by without any changes or anything new!
Boss Liu struggled all night with no results.
In the end, he sat there dejectedly, holding his head in his hands and thinking: The last time he came here was before the Chinese New Year, and then he got injured. There were always problems with his business, so he never came.
Could it be that someone was staring at me before?
So, when did they come? The few people who look after the house have been working for me for so many years. They are very honest and would not do such outrageous things.
To take a step back, even if they were the ones who did it and got so much money, they must have gone far away. How could they be waiting here stupidly?
I can send them to the official, or I can sell them, even if I beat them to death, no one will care!
Oh my God, what the hell is going on?
What to do?
The weather was already a bit cold, but he was sweating all over, and his brain was about to boil!
who is it?
when?
What should I do? Report to the official?
For a moment, I was really frustrated. After so many years of hard work, is it all over now?
Suddenly I thought of what Huang said that day: Is my life really so bad?