It was getting late at night, and the lights in the living room in the main courtyard were still on.
In the room, Liu Ruyan put down the pen, enveloped the book and handed it to Juanxiu next to her.
"Send the letter."
Juanxiu took the envelope and frowned: "Young madam, the eldest lady has said that she doesn't want you to have anything to do with those people anymore."
"Just mind your mouth and do your job well."
Juanxiu hesitated to speak, silently took the envelope, went out, and left the house through the back door of the backyard.
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On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the most lively period begins in Beijing.
During dinner last night, Xia Shang had a plan, saying that the family would go to the capital for a walk.
So the family started preparing early in the morning.
Unfortunately, it started to snow again today, and it was very strong, as if the tail of winter refused to leave.
This year is indeed different from previous years. The weather is really weird.
It is said that there have been many activities of praying and worshiping gods in some common people's homes. This phenomenon is especially obvious in surrounding villages and towns.
Xia Shang didn't care about this. It was rare for his family to get together, so he wanted to travel rain or shine.
Although Qin Huairou had gone shopping with several ladies yesterday, everyone was in a better mood with Xia Shang here.
After Chen hour, the family prepared their car and set off.
It was still early, and it was snowing heavily, so there were not many pedestrians on the street.
Li Xiaoxin suggested going to the palace to play. The scenery in the royal gardens was much better than outside.
It is estimated that only someone with Li Xiaoxin's status can treat entering the palace as a pleasure, and only she can bring so many irrelevant people into the palace.
This is the woman arranged by the emperor for him. Of course, he also wants to enjoy the convenience brought by this woman and at the same time satisfy his family's curiosity about the palace, so he agreed.
Half an hour later, the motorcade arrived not far from the palace.
Although they were far apart, a pair of soldiers soon came to question him.
Li Xiaoxin has her own token to show her intentions and has not been embarrassed since she came.
But at this moment, a carriage came out from the side street and blocked the Xia Shang team in front.
Soon, the car curtain in front was opened, and an old man with gray hair came out, with a kind face, his hair tied in a bun, and wearing a Taoist gray robe.
The old man's clothes looked a bit fairy-like, but his face had an air of worldliness that couldn't be washed away.
Xia Shang was still hiding in the car, looking at each other through the gap in the car curtain.
The other party smiled kindly and nodded to Xia Shang's team very politely: "Is it Mr. Xia's team?"
Hearing the other party directly call him by name, Xia Shang drove out first and said: "Xia Shang, I don't know, senior..."
"I'm from Fenghui Bank. I have something to discuss with Mr. Xia."
"Fenghui Bank..." Xia Shang frowned slightly, then put on a smile.
Seeing Xia Shang laughing, the old man also smiled in accommodating manner. It seemed that both of them understood what they meant by this smile.
Xia Shang clasped his fists: "Old sir, it's only the first day of the Lunar New Year. Every household is busy celebrating the New Year and having reunions. Even the princes are relaxing and enjoying themselves at home. Why is Fenghui Bank so impatient."
"The situation forces me to do this as a last resort. Please give me a favor from Mr. Xia and don't turn a blind eye."
Xia Shang did not answer immediately. He looked back at the beautiful ladies in the cart, feeling quite reluctant to leave.
At this time, Qin Huaiju said: "Since my husband has something to do, let's go visit the palace by ourselves today."
Xia Shang nodded and got out of the car.
When the old gentleman saw Xia Shang getting off the bus, the driver in front of him drove his horse out of the way for Xia Shang's team.
A large group of people gradually disappeared in front, leaving only Xia Shang and Nie Shisan.
At this time, another carriage came out from the corner of the street, and a graceful girl opened the curtain for Xia Shang from inside. She said nothing and stared at Xia Shang with her big watery eyes.
"What does it mean?"
The old gentleman smiled and said: "We have disturbed your Excellency and several ladies traveling together, so we will naturally compensate you. If you need anything along the way, just give us your instructions. Now we just need to find a quiet place for our two families to sit down."
Let’s have a chat and hope that we can resolve the misunderstanding. In order to show our sincerity and to put your mind at ease, I will let you tell me the specific location of the discussion. Please tell me a place and we will go there immediately.”
The people at Fenghui Bank keep their attitude low enough, but it is also reasonable.
What Xia Shang had been waiting for for so many days was precisely the way the other party stood in front of him and begged.
Now, many comments about Fenghui Bank have stopped.
But it is based on the premise of breaking the contract with the Xia family.
At the beginning, Xia Shang created rumors about Fenghui Bank's shortage of funds, which caused all the people around the capital to rush to the bank to exchange money. For a period of time, no store dared to accept Fenghui Bank's banknotes. Fortunately, Fenghui Bank responded
In time, he privately exchanged nearly two million taels of silver that should have been exchanged for Xia Shang to ordinary people, so that the matter did not spread to the entire Dahua.
Fenghui Bank's biggest crisis was finally over, but it broke the contract with Xia Shang.
Fenghui Bank originally thought that it would be easy to deal with Xia Shang, and at worst it would pay some liquidated damages.
But they never imagined that the money from Xia and Shang would be transferred to the third prince for military expansion expenses.
Fenghui Bank's failure to provide money means that it has not provided military expenses to the third prince.
If the matter involves military expenditures, it will be more serious.
But this matter is very wonderful. This military expenditure needs to be kept private enough. This is the third prince who plans to recruit troops privately.
This is actually a knuckle fight between Fenghui Bank and the third prince.
Guang Xie, the subordinate of the third prince, is a ruthless character. He can do things that he can't do on the surface, but he has many tricks secretly.
During this period, many people from Fenghui Bank have died, whether openly or secretly, ranging from helpers to bookkeepers. A dozen of them were killed in a month, and they were also robbed.
Many treasuries.
Fortunately, there was not much money in the bank, so Fenghui Bank's losses were not that big.
As for Fenghui Bank, we knew that the matter was related to the third prince, but we couldn't make it clear.
Because once it is revealed, it will undoubtedly expose the third prince's plan and expose his ambition.
If the third prince is exposed because of Fenghui Bank, there will be irreconcilable conflicts between the third prince and Fenghui Bank, and it is very likely that the third prince will take reckless revenge.
Fenghui Bank is just a bank, and Liao Baican, the head of the weaving department behind it, is just a businessman and will never put himself in the political whirlpool.
This has led to contradictions and conflicts between the two parties going on every day and getting more intense.
This problem is obviously more troublesome than Fenghui Bank expected, otherwise it would not have found Xia Shang on the first day of the Lunar New Year and lowered its stance to such a low level.
In such negotiations, Xia Shang felt no pressure: "It doesn't matter where I go, where is the person I want to see?"
The old man smiled and clasped his fists at Xia Shang: "This old man is the real Liao Baican." (To be continued)