Gu Yan stood at the door of Nuange, wearing a silver-white gown without a belt, holding his hands behind his back, looking at Li Xiaonan.
Li Xiaonan stood at the foot of the steps, looking up at Gu Yan.
"Come in." Gu Yan laughed when she saw her and motioned to Li Xiaonan.
"This is the autumn tea from the mountain behind Hangcheng Bieye. Try it." Gu Yan poured a cup of tea and pushed it in front of Li Xiaonan.
Li Xiaonan picked up the cup and took a careful sip.
"Zhou Chennian said you asked Yu Chengfu to come find him, why didn't you do it yourself?" Gu Yan changed the topic.
"How can I afford that Yu Chengfu looks so ambitious?" Li Xiaonan replied.
"Why can't you pick it up?"
Li Xiaonan raised her eyebrows and looked at Gu Yan without answering.
Why can she afford it?
"Where is the prince? Have you gone back?" Li Xiaonan asked.
"I went back by sea. Your Majesty is not in good health." Gu Yanluo lowered his voice.
Li Xiaonan let out a light sigh and sighed.
In the current time and space, it is really rare for people to live for seventy years.
Gu Yan also fell silent. After a moment, he pushed the letter on the table in front of Li Xiaonan and said, "I have read it."
When Gu Xiaonan saw that it was Mrs. Shi's letter, she yelled, folded the letter and put it in her sleeve pocket, "Is it useful?"
"Well, the Taixue student who was impeached is somewhat related to Prime Minister Pang, but his brother is from the family of Prime Minister Wang. Mrs. Shi's younger brother has low moral standards and a withdrawn temperament. There are not many literary circles who can impress him. .
"After Mrs. Shi returned, she only invited him twice, one was the Autumn Appreciation Party hosted by Wang Xiang's youngest son, and the other was the Wei family's banquet." Gu Yan snorted coldly.
"The lady is so amazing." Li Xiaonan praised.
"She is thoughtful and very smart." After a pause, Gu Yan looked at Li Xiaonan and said seriously: "Her coldness is worse than her smartness, even if her close relatives, parents, children, husband and brothers, hinder her, or If she thinks it should be eliminated, she will do it without hesitation.
"This person can be an alliance, but not a friend."
Li Xiaonan nodded quickly.
What kind of alliance can she make with Mrs. Shi? Who can she make an alliance against?
"She wrote this letter for you." Li Xiaonan looked at Gu Yan.
"Her letter was written to you." Gu Yan frowned.
Although he couldn't figure out where he was exposed, he felt that Mrs. Shi wrote to A'nan because she guessed his plan, or because she thought it was possible and wanted to take A'nan's line first.< /p>
But what is the purpose of her friendship with A-nan? What does she want to do?
He didn't want A'nan to have any contact with Mrs. Shi, but between the two of them, he couldn't talk to Mrs. Shi. On A'nan's side, he was very sure that she would not listen to him. If he didn't let her have any contact with Mrs. Shi,
When the eldest lady exchanged letters, the most she could do was to give a silly consent, and she exchanged letters with Mrs. Shi jbsu, but she just didn’t go through a different business.
Alas, if this was the case, it would be better to go through a different business, so that he could know how frequently they exchanged letters. If necessary, he could secretly read them and then forward them to her.
"I think the eldest lady just wants to find someone to talk to. If she and I can barely be called friends, then we are just pen pals. A noble lady like her is too far away from me."
Li Xiaonan looked at Gu Yan's frown and explained seriously.
Gu Yan looked at her for a moment and then snorted.
Li Xiaonan looked at Gu Yan, who was obviously unhappy, and picked up the cup to sip tea.
From the two topics between Yu Chengfu and Mrs. Shi, she felt that she and him were talking like ducks.
Gu Yan looked at Li Xiaonan who was sipping tea with her eyes downcast, and for a moment, she sighed.
She didn't understand that what he said was reasonable. Although it was reasonable, he still felt very depressed and unhappy.
"The marriage between Yang Wu and Fourth Lady has been decided." Gu Yan said abruptly.
Li Xiaonan was startled before she realized that she was talking about General Yang and Lady Wei Si.
"Four ladies, I don't mind..." Li Xiaonan didn't finish her sentence, her tongue was tied.
This must be considered a private conversation that the Fourth Lady told her, and she shouldn’t say it out loud.
"What's wrong?" Gu Yan asked closely.
"I mean, the fourth lady is such an elegant person, and General Yang is so merciful." Li Xiaonan changed her words.
"How can we lead good troops without military spirit?
"When Yang was five, seven or eight years old, he was taken to the army by his elder brother and spent more than a year there. When he was twelve years old, he went there for more than a year. When he was seventeen years old, he officially received the mission and started as a captain of ten.
, until now." Gu Yan smiled.
"The Yang family has always preferred the Wei family for wives. Yang Wu has always listened to the fourth sister since he was a child, and he is very good to the fourth sister. If there is anything wrong with her, it is probably a little bit of a martial spirit, which is nothing." Li Xiaonan said yes. Indeed, this marriage is far from perfect, just a little bit short. Nothing is perfect in the world.
"How is your second sister's marriage going?" Gu Yan asked.
"There is no suitable one. The eldest sister is too busy, and the second sister is also busy. The second sister is not in a hurry at all. She doesn't seem to want to get married." Li Xiaonan said with a smile.
"Aren't you in a hurry?" Gu Yan looked at Li Xiaonan.
"Second sister is not in a hurry herself, so why should I be in a hurry? It's not like I have to get married. I'm talking about our family." Li Xiaonan quickly added.
In this time and space, if it were not like their family, my daughter’s family would really have to marry.
"Does your eldest sister think so too?" Gu Yan glanced sideways at Li Xiaonan.
"The eldest sister told the second sister: Even if you are a few years older, don't rush to pick up the vegetables in the basket. If you really marry the wrong person, like Sister Mei, it is better not to marry." Li Xiaonan.
Said with a smile.
"Said in front of you?"
"No, they were whispering, and I happened to overhear it." Li Xiaonan chuckled.
"What a coincidence?" Gu Yan curled his lips.
"It's just a coincidence!" Li Xiaonan raised her chin.
Gu Yan kept laughing, nodding while laughing.
This happened to happen to him.
"How is your business?" Facing Li Xiaonan's sideways gaze, Gu Yan coughed and asked.
"It's not that good. There's more money going out, but less money coming in." Li Xiaonan sighed.
"Didn't you say that you should take the long term to catch the big fish?"
"The long line has been released, big fish~" Li Xiaonan sighed again, "There are quite a few, but there are also a lot of people fishing. Forget it, let's not talk about it anymore, how is your case?"
"On my way back, when I passed through Hangzhou, the local weaving mill had stopped paying the weavers' monthly wages and had all the weavers hired. Zhou Chennian asked the Li family to harvest autumn silkworm cocoons? How much can be harvested?
"Gu Yan frowned slightly.
"In the past month or so, Sister-in-law Yin's place often has people from the silk and satin shops or weaving workshops chatting while shopping."
Li Xiaonan became serious.
"I think that all the weaving mills and silk and satin houses in the south of the Yangtze River are hoping that the case in your hand will be settled quickly. It doesn't matter how you end it. If you lose, it will be a setback, and everyone will be as happy as before.
"If you win, everyone will quickly follow you and change the rules. You can change the rules as you want. No matter how you change it, Jiangnan cannot live without weaving mills. If other people's weaving mills can open, your own can also sustain it.
"No matter which of these two situations, we have to harvest autumn silkworm cocoons. After all, after this autumn silkworm cocoon, there is still half a year to spring silkworm cocoon."
"Sword Comes"
Li Xiaonan paused, looked at Gu Yan, and continued: "If there is any news, there will be no limelight. No one knows when the case in your hand will be concluded. No one dares to act rashly. No one dares to stand out and delay.
In the first half of the month, this autumn silkworm cocoons have rotted in the hands of silkworm farmers."
Gu Yan listened intently, and after a moment, he said, "Then let's give them some limelight."
"I went to Linhai Town a few days ago. Mr. Huang sighed after saying a few words. He said that all the difficulties are with you." Li Xiaonan looked at Gu Yan.
"Well, the prince is here to see it with his own eyes. Wait until he returns to the capital." Gu Yan paused and sighed, "Ruling a big country is like cooking small dishes. I used to think it was difficult, but now I know
How difficult it is."
"I think you can clean up the Customs and Excise Department, and then move from the Customs and Excise Department to the capital to assist the prince in becoming the master of ZTE." Li Xiaonan looked at Gu Yan and said seriously.
Gu Yan raised his eyebrows and looked at Li Xiaonan. After a moment, he laughed and cupped his hands at Li Xiaonan, "I wish you good luck."
