Around evening, Gu Yan received the second letter from Mrs. Wei Si.
After reading the letter, the prince looked at Gu Yan and said with a smile: "No wonder after you broke off the engagement, your mother-in-law ran to my mother-in-law and cried bitterly.
"Look at her ability to adapt. She knew nothing about the case, so she pointedly pointed out that the Chen family knew that the crime was unforgivable, but deceived a child and risked her life for sympathy. Look at her words, she can do anything to her own flesh and blood.
Being so despicable and vicious, the implication is profound."
The prince clicked his tongue.
"What a pity, you really don't think about it anymore?"
Gu Yan shook his head without any room.
"From now on, no matter who you marry, I think the best thing is to be no worse than her. If you want to be better than her~" the prince trailed off and said, "It's unlikely, you have to think about it."
"She has thought about it and the matter is over.
"The submitted document should have been handed over to the capital. The case of the Chen family and his son will be made public the day after tomorrow at most. Mrs. Shi's condolences and this eulogy are very beneficial to people's hearts. Are you..." p>
"She wants to thank you for your sake." The prince interrupted Gu Yan very rudely.
Gu Yan was choked by the prince and swallowed.
Okay, let him remember this favor first and thank him later.
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Gu Yan's urgent report on the case of the Chen family and his son in the Customs and Excise Department was clearly delivered. When it was delivered to the emperor, it was also delivered to several husband-in-laws at the same time.
The chamberlain brought in the urgently delivered documents that day, and Gu Yan's was placed at the top. The emperor saw the word "Gu Yan" at a glance, and waved to Prince Rui, who had already exited, "Wait a minute."
Prince Rui stopped, followed the emperor's instructions, and sat back on the brocade stool.
"Your inkstone brother's seal." The emperor read the clear seal and handed it to Prince Rui. He looked at six or seven identical brass cylinders. These were the secret seals that had just been delivered. The emperor took the cylinder and said,
Take it apart one by one. The third one is Gu Yan’s secret fold.
The emperor read it carefully and handed the secret fold to Prince Rui. He watched him read it ten lines at a time and said with a smile: "These two children finally know the word safety. We don't need to worry too much about these cases, let them two deal with it." "The tax rate on silk and how to tax these scattered private looms are two important matters. You should keep an eye on them personally."
"Yes." Prince Rui smiled and bowed in response.
"This morning, I received a letter from the prince, saying that Brother Yan is determined to get married to the Shi family. How is Shi Mingzhao doing now?" the emperor asked slowly.
"Still holding on to hope." Prince Rui smiled bitterly.
The emperor sighed slowly and said after a moment of silence: "The taxation of private looms is still under the command of Shi Mingzhao. Don't let him know about the adjustment of the silk tax rate of the Customs and Excise Department.
"Also, the eldest daughter of his family is preparing to leave and come back. The letter should arrive in the next few days. You choose a suitable person and keep an eye on him so that nothing happens."
"Yes. Alas, Brother Yan is all willful." Prince Rui looked guilty.
"Compared to him being able to calm down and understand the difficulty of doing things, this is a small thing. Be more open-minded." The emperor smiled.
"Yes." Prince Rui saw that the emperor looked tired, stood up hurriedly, and left.
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Outside the palace, in the three huts of Prime Minister Pang Xiang.
Pang Xiang carefully read Gu Yan's statement, frowned and looked at Mr. Gong sitting opposite him, "What do you think?"
"If the prince starts like this, I'm afraid he will advance slowly." Mr. Gong frowned.
"I don't think so." Pang Xiang tapped his fingers on the table, "The prince's temper and temperament have been seen since childhood. He is not a person who can make progress slowly."
After a pause, Pang Xiang laughed and said: "When the prince reaches the age of forty or fifty, he will probably understand the principle of making progress slowly, but now, he does not have the patience."
Mr. Gong frowned and was silent for a moment before he said yes.
During the Spring Festival, the two or three times he met the prince, he felt that the prince's temperament had changed drastically, and his calmness made him think he was Prince Rui.
But in the past two years, the prince has been in Jiangnan, and the letters sent from Jiangnan are almost useless. He knows almost nothing about the prince in these two years.
"You, the advantage is that you are careful, but the disadvantage is that you are too careful." Pang Xiang looked at Mr. Gong and smiled and said: "Unless a person's nature has experienced a huge change in life and death, otherwise, he will become a Buddha suddenly and instantly.
They are completely different, how is that possible!"
"I was too careful." Mr. Gong smiled with relief when Pang Xiang said this.
These words are very true. The prince must advance slowly from being frivolous and impetuous, eager for quick success to being down-to-earth. Either he will undergo a life-and-death change that involves confiscating his family and exterminating his family, or he will have to fall step by step and slowly polish himself until he is forty or fifty years old.
He does often think too much about everything.
"Your Majesty, I started with porters on the pier. This makes me a little uneasy." Mr. Gong said with a smile.
"I have also been uneasy, and I cannot take it lightly now. Hidden dragons and crouching tigers in the south of the Yangtze River are also an auspicious place for their Prince Rui's palace. If he finds a talented person who knows the details in the south of the Yangtze River, he can appoint him."
Pang Xiang narrowed his eyes.
"In matters related to the Customs and Excise Department, talent comes second. The most important thing is to be patient and to be able to weigh concessions.
"The prince is too eager. He always thinks that with the sword in his hand, everything is inevitable, and he is too black and white. The shortcomings of the Customs and Excise Department must be extremely difficult in his hands." Mr. Gong said with a smile.
"That's very true." Pang Xiang laughed.
"My husband is right, we can't relax under any circumstances. I'll write a few more letters to Jiangnan to ask them to keep a close eye on them. We should also be ready for contingency at any time." Mr. Gong continued.
"Yeah." Pang Xiang nodded.
"The eldest son must push harder. If the army takes the lead and gets the order to send troops first, then it will be half the result with twice the result." Mr. Gong continued.
"That's very true." Pang Xiang frowned and nodded.
The eldest brother needs to hurry up. Jiang Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites will be sixty next year. If everything goes well, the eldest brother will be famous next year, and all he needs to do to succeed Jiang Shangshu is a smooth push.
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In Wang Xiang's room across the courtyard from Pang Xiang's three huts, Wang Xiang had just finished reading Gu Yan's book.
"What a fool!" Wang Xiang slapped the folding book, "How can the major issues of the Customs and Excise Department lie in these small life cases!"
"Maybe we want to start with the murder case." Mr. Zong, the staff opposite, said.
"How can the prince's temperament be so thoughtful and long-term?" Wang Xiang said angrily.
"The prince has many capable people around him," Mr. Zong said with a smile.
Wang Xiang gave a polite hum, clasped his hands behind his back, paced back and forth a few times, stopped, and said: "Find a way to make the weaving shop in Jiangnan cause trouble. If he doesn't see where the joint is, this trouble is just to give him a warning."
Xing'er. If he sees it, hum!"
Prime Minister Wang snorted coldly.
"He has been in Jiangnan for nearly two years, and his progress is too slow. Let the weaver make a fuss and hurry him up!"
