Liu Chaoyan glanced at Zhou Xing meaningfully and smiled slightly: "I have been admiring this house for a long time. Sister-in-law, can you take me to this house for a walk?"
She knew very well what Zhou Xing wanted, it was just to have a chance to get along with Gu Xiyan.
See how competent she is as a princess? Think about what Zhou Xing thinks, and everything will be subject to Zhou Xing's wishes, even if her heart is bleeding.
Gu Xiyan thought Liu Chaoyan looked a little weird.
Normally, he would guard her like a thief, fearing that she and Zhou Xing would have a chance to get along, but at this moment Liu Chaoyan looked downright generous, which was not at all in line with her jealous nature.
She wanted to see what kind of tricks Liu Chaoyan was playing, so she happily agreed: "Of course."
In this way, Gu Xiyan led Zhou Xing and Liu Chaoyan around the Zhou Mansion. Su Ho had a low status and could only accompany her like other maids. She had no room to speak.
Although Gu Xiyan was walking at the front, she could feel that Su Ho was secretly observing her.
So as a concubine, Su Ho followed Zhou Xing to the Zhou Mansion. It was definitely not because Zhou Xing spoiled his concubine and destroyed his wife. Could it be that Su Ho suspected that she was Mr. Yan?
Thinking of this possibility, Gu Xiyan's heart sank.
Su Ho was struggling with how to strike up a conversation with Gu Xiyan. The purpose of her coming here was to test whether Gu Xiyan knew the whereabouts of Mr. Yan, but how could she test this moment?
Just when she was struggling, Gu Xiyan suddenly turned back and looked at her.
She subconsciously accompanied her with a smile.
"Su San and Su Mei don't look alike." Gu Xiyan also wanted to test and took the initiative to talk to Su He.
Su Ho immediately followed a few steps and replied respectfully: "My concubine and the second sister are indeed not very similar. The second sister is even more capable than the concubine. The second sister also opened a grain store in Bafang Hutong, and the business is getting bigger and bigger.
, how can a maid and concubine deserve to be compared with the second sister?"
Gu Xiyan quite agreed with Su Ho's statement: "You are indeed inferior to Su Mei. Su Mei is not only better at business than you, but her character is also many times better than yours."
Su Ho sneered in his heart.
If she didn't want to test Gu Xiyan, why would she need to belittle herself? If Gu Xiyan really thought that she was the eldest princess, could she be superior to her?
I just don’t know what it means!
She was dissatisfied in her heart, but it did not show on her face: "What the princess said is that I am not as good as the second sister in everything, and I feel ashamed. But I heard that the reason why the business of the second sister and Fourth Master Rong is doing well is because
There is an expert giving guidance behind the scenes. I wonder if the princess knows the name of that expert?"
Instead of trying in a roundabout way, it would be better to catch Gu Xiyan off guard and see how Gu Xiyan reacts.
Gu Xiyan felt calm after hearing Su He's direct question.
Su Ho definitely didn't suspect that she was Mr. Yan, otherwise he wouldn't have asked her in front of her. At most, he knew that Mr. Yan was there.
This also indirectly confirmed her guess that Zhou Xing was indeed looking for Mr. Yan.
"I wonder where you heard the rumor? Rong Song has already become famous in the Jin Dynasty in his early years. Everyone knows that Rong Song is quite talented in business. What kind of help does a person like him need? He is not a master himself.
People?" Gu Xi asked in a calm voice without changing her expression.
Su Ho had been observing Gu Xiyan's expression carefully, but didn't see anything strange about Gu Xiyan. It seemed that he really didn't know that Mr. Yan existed.
But she still firmly believes that Mr. Yan’s handiwork was responsible for the food festival at Jixianglou.
There was no visible change in Gu Xiyan's expression, it was just that she was scheming.
How can a woman who can deceive everyone and organize a food festival be so simple?
Everyone, including her, underestimated Gu Xiyan.
Gu Xiyan didn't have any emotional changes after hearing "Master". It was probably because she knew the origin of this Master that she was not surprised at all.
Even if Gu Xiyan doesn't know the whereabouts of Mr. Yan, she still wants Zhou Xing to believe that Gu Xiyan is the insider. Since Gu Xiyan is Zhou Mu's wife, Zhou Mu is naturally the one who favors him.
In other words, Gu Xiyan is Zhou Xing’s enemy.
At that time, Zhou Xing will have to choose between Gu Xiyan and his great cause as emperor.
"What the princess said makes sense. It should be just a rumor. I am short-sighted after all." After a pause, Su Ho suddenly mentioned Jixiang Tower again: "I heard that the princess has participated in the management of Jixiang Tower, and she can still enjoy it at the end of the year.
I haven’t congratulated the princess yet on the dividends. Speaking of Jixiang Tower, I remembered that the food festival was so successful. There must be some masters behind the scenes to advise Shopkeeper Wu, right?"
The corners of Gu Xiyan's lips raised slightly: "Su San, are you jealous that I can just sit back and wait for money to come in?"
Su Ho quickly lowered his head: "I don't dare!"
"What are you afraid of? Didn't you just see Su Mei and Prince Xu getting close to each other and deliberately have an affair with Prince Xu? This concubine has heard that after you followed King Qin, you also fished for Prince Xu in private
With such a heart, Prince Xu found a girl from the Wang family similar to you as a substitute..."
Su Ho's face turned pale: "Where did the princess hear this rumor? This is unfounded."
She subconsciously looked at Zhou Xing, who was too quiet, fearing that Zhou Xing would believe Gu Xiyan's words.
What a wonderful Gu Xiyan, this woman is so vicious-hearted!
"Is it a rumor? But I did hear that Miss Wang Yuying came to trouble you because of this matter. At that time, Su Mei was kind and loaned you several thousand taels of silver as compensation to settle the matter. Su Mei always came to me
When you are a friend, you will never fool me with unreasonable things." Gu Xiyan raised her lips with a half-smile.
This was delivered to Su Ho's doorstep.
She hadn't thought about dealing with Su Ho at first, but since Su Ho insisted on digging out Mr. Yan, she made Zhou Xing doubt Su Ho's loyalty.
No matter how capable Su Ho is, if he is not chaste and cannot be trusted by Zhou Xing, a fatal rift will arise between Zhou Xing and Su Ho.
Even though Su Ho was eloquent, he didn't know how to answer the question at the moment.
Because what Gu Xiyan said was true, she did want to seduce Xu Yongqian after following Zhou Xing. The purpose was to prevent Xu Yongqian from marrying Su Mei. How did she know that Su Mei would be engaged to Rong Song in the end?
What's more, she didn't expect that Xu Yongqian would choose Wang Yuying, who was slightly similar to her, to get engaged because of her. Wang Yuying would make trouble for her, and Su Mei would see her embarrassment with her own eyes.
Now Gu Xiyan was shaking it out in front of Zhou Xing, leaving her unable to defend herself.
"The King of Qin should see clearly what kind of character the person next to him is like." Gu Xiyan openly provoked her and said to Zhou Xing: "After all, it is about the royal family's face. If there really is a scandal, my husband will also be affected by it.
Implicated."
Zhou Xing was very excited when he heard that he would be very happy if Gu Xiyan didn't mention Zhou Mu.
"What my sister-in-law said is that from now on, I will strictly control the backyard of the house so that my sister-in-law will not be harmed no matter what." As Zhou Xing spoke, he couldn't help but get closer to Gu Xiyan.
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Let’s call her the princess, it feels more accurate.
