Li Xiaonan tried her best to overcome the swaying in the carriage on the way back, and wrote a letter in rough strokes. She went to the palace and asked Wan Qing to borrow a silver pin to seal the letter.
, sealed it inside and out, and handed the letter to Wan Qing.
Gu Yan and the prince had just set off in the morning. The inspection was not a march and the speed was not fast. The route that day was not far from Pingjiang City. Before and after dinner, Gu Yan received this letter urgently delivered from Bieye.
Gu Yan turned the envelope and looked at the crooked lacquer seal marks on both sides of the envelope, feeling very speechless.
"Very cautious." The prince took the letter from Gu Yan's hand, turned it over and looked at the lacquer seal, and couldn't help but laugh, "This mark seems like we are together in this world, what did you agree?"
"No, I asked her to teach her magic tricks and gave her a few silver coins." Gu Yan was a little embarrassed, feeling like she was suddenly exposed when she was disheveled.
"Oh." The prince said slowly, handed the letter to Gu Yan, watched Gu Yan tear open the envelope, and suddenly asked: "Should I avoid it?"
"It must be business." Gu Yan took out the letter and glanced at it a few times, "It's business."
The prince immediately stretched his head over, and Gu Yan moved the letter towards the prince.
"Huang Xianzhou has been very worried recently, and I was a little worried, so I asked her to go talk to Huang Xianzhou. She is very popular, and even Miss Shi is willing to tell her what is on her mind." Gu Yan explained a few words.<
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Li Xiaonan's letter was straightforward and simple. It said that after the prince was well, she went to visit Mr. Huang in the afternoon. Mr. Huang talked to her about the young ladies who were all looking at General Yang when he was on inspection, and asked her
Her third sister was doing well, and she also asked them whether the sisters had taken good care of others, and Mr. Huang's lament that it was easy to deal with the case but difficult to deal with the aftermath, and the few words of instruction he gave her. Good and bad were always mixed together.
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"This little girl isn't afraid of you at all, is she? Why did Huang Xianzhou mention Yang Qifan's gossip? She didn't write anything. He asked the sisters if they liked him. She didn't write anything about her answer." The prince glanced sideways at Gu Yan.<
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"Huang Xianzhou is still in the mood to gossip. If the little lady looks at Yang Wu, then there is nothing wrong." Gu Yan answered the question differently.
"Huang Xianzhou knows that the most difficult part of this case is the aftermath. You have a good eye. This is such a chaotic mess." The prince tapped his finger on the letter and sighed, "You can arrange for someone to take a closer look to see what he is doing in this chaotic mess."
How he handles himself in a group may be a person of great use."
"Yeah." Gu Yan nodded.
"Huang Xianzhou wasn't asking about their sisters, but about her. Didn't her eldest sister comb herself?" The prince returned to the topic just now.
"She also has a second sister who is waiting for her to be married."
"She didn't write down how she answered. Do you want someone to ask?" The prince looked at Gu Yan with a smile.
Gu Yan glanced at the prince but did not answer.
"If you had canceled the engagement after arriving in Jiangnan, I would definitely have thought that you had canceled the engagement because of her. Unfortunately, you had canceled the engagement before you came to Jiangnan." The prince continued with a smile.
"I haven't thought about it yet." After a moment of silence, Gu Yan looked at the prince and said.
The prince was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "What do you mean by this? Do you really have any intention of marrying her?"
"I haven't thought about it. In the past two years, I have been focusing on the Customs and Excise Department. Besides, she is only sixteen years old this year." After a pause, Gu Yan looked at the prince and said, "She can afford to marry her."
The duties of a princess."
The prince looked at Gu Yan for a long time and said, "You and I are the only ones who know what you are thinking?"
"Well, you asked, I have to tell you." Gu Yan spread his hands and said.
"Then I'll just pretend I don't know, and you can handle your own affairs." The prince took a step aside.
"At most, it's just my grandma. This will happen in the future. For now, let's do our best to sort out the mess of the Customs and Excise Department." Gu Yan said with a smile.
"And that little girl." The prince paused, stayed for a moment, and suddenly laughed, patting Gu Yan while laughing, "If you think about it, just read this letter. This little girl is not afraid at all."
You, when the time comes, with your aunt on one side and this little girl on the other, you will feel very uncomfortable with the plywood."
"We'll talk about it after we sort out the Customs and Excise Department." Gu Yan folded the letter and put it back in the envelope.
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In a restaurant not far from Pingjiang Government Office, Ping Yatou and Yu Dalang came out one after another.
Ping Yatou stopped, looked at the gray-faced Yu Dalang, raised his hand and patted him, "Don't think too much, your cloth shop has only been open for a few months, it will definitely not be implicated, so relax."
"Yes, I think so too." Yu Dalang wanted to smile, but failed.
"How are you going back? You don't look good. Don't go back. Call a car." Ping Yatou waved to a large car soliciting customers, motioned for Yu Dalang to get on the car, and took the mulberry paper bag in his hand.
Put it on the car, step back, and signal the driver to leave quickly.
When Yu Dalang returned home, he took the mulberry paper bag and went straight to his mother-in-law.
"You came back so soon? Why did you bring it back again? Didn't you see Ping Yatou?" Yu Aniang looked at the mulberry paper bag in Yu Dalang's hand and asked with a frown.
"We met and had dinner together. Ping Yatou confiscated it."
Yu Dalang put down the mulberry paper bag, looked at his mother and said: "Ping Yatou said that the people who come and go to their Yamen to deliver orders and messages are all soldiers from Linhai Town. They are all outsiders. They can only understand Mandarin and not our Pingjiang dialect.
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"Ping Yatou said that the most important thing for their government now is the emissary from Linhai Town.
"When people came back for the first time, they were asked to take them with them. They hurriedly went to ask Liu Fuyin for instructions. Unexpectedly, Liu Fuyin lost his temper and said that if he didn't go on an errand quickly, why should he ask for instructions? From that day on, whenever Linhai
They would rush to handle the errands coming from the town, and then report them to Liu Fuyin.
"Ping Yatou said that almost all the weaving shopkeepers in the silk shop in Pingjiang City were taken away, and few of them could come back.
"Ping Yatou also said that more than half of the people's money and food in their Yamen were taken away, and that his master, Mr. Hong Yatou, was also taken away.
"Aniang!"
Yu Dalang finished speaking the information he got from Ping Yatou in one breath, and looked at his mother, trembling all over.
"Don't panic. Our fine cloth business has just started. Besides, we don't go to Linhai Town to sell goods. It will definitely be fine. Don't panic."
Although Aniang Yu's face is pale, she can still hold her own.
"Besides, now that we've reached this point, there's nothing we can do about it. We've never done anything harmful to nature. It'll be fine. You can go back and rest first."
"Okay." Yu Dalang stood up, holding on to the armrests of the chair, with his head lowered and shoulders slumped, and he moved back to his room step by step.
"You're back. Is everything okay? Aunt Miao came over just now and told us to relax, saying that Yueyang Cloth Shop is still open. As long as Yueyang Cloth Shop is still open, then everything will be fine." Grandma Wu came up to greet us.
, said with a smile.
"She is a matchmaker, she knows nothing!" Yu Dalang suddenly became furious, "It's all you! You loser! This fine cloth business was all your idea! You loser! Get out!" Yu Dalang pushed Wu away fiercely.
Grandma.
Grandma Wu was pushed and hit the low couch. She was so painful that she burst into tears, but she did not dare to say a word.