Both of them were confused. After having a good child, would it just disappear?
How can I explain to Feng Junan?
Yuanhua was a little sad and returned home unhappy.
Bai Jinyu accompanied her, always feeling that this matter might turn around and it wouldn't be so bad.
As soon as they entered the house, the servants came to report, and Wen Yao invited them to come over. When they arrived at Wen Yao's yard, they saw Tian Feiyang playing in the yard.
"You damn kid, why are you here?"
"Huahua, don't scare him."
Wen Yao walked out, her belly already slightly showing that she was pregnant, and she was holding the maid's hand, looking more lazy.
Yuanhua suddenly understood, "You brought him here, and I didn't know it. It scared me to death."
Bai Jinyu also breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay, it's okay. Concubine, you are very thoughtful. I admire you."
"You are so polite, Mr. Marquis. Please sit in the room. I haven't thanked you for accompanying Huahua on this trip. Thank you for your hard work."
The two of them went in and sat down. Yuanhua took a sip of tea and his eyes kept falling on Fang Feiyang. This child was very honest now and was obediently watching the ants move.
"I sent someone to bring him back last night. What Xiao An did was unethical, and I feel sorry for Huahua, but his intentions are good, and we can't dampen his enthusiasm for doing good things."
Yuanhua didn't quite understand: "How did you enter the city at night?"
"Have you forgotten what Xiao Rui does? Of course he was the one who brought it in. Not only is he unaware of it, but few people know about it."
Bai Jinyu was still very worried: "But Tian Baotang has obtained the emperor's imperial edict. Since the emperor wants the Fang family to perish, wouldn't it be too risky for us to keep this child?"
Wen Yao said: "What Tian Baotang wants is the wealth accumulated by the Cao Gang over the years and the control of many water transports, so as to slander and deceive the imperial edict.
It seems that our court is really short of money, and the emperor is just looking for money regardless of his dignity."
Bai Jinyu has been following King Cheng, but he knows some of the inside story, and there is a cold look in his eyes: "The emperor does not care about the life and death of the people, and is focused on his own affairs. Now he listens to the villain's slander and condones the tragedy of annihilation. This is not the behavior of a wise king!
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"I don't dare to speak out about your faults, but I have an idea that will make the emperor happy and save the Tian family from catastrophe."
"Yaoyao is the smartest, please tell me."
Yuanhua and Yourong Yan, her slender head is as good as ten of hers, and she always has an idea when she turns her eyes, so I admire her.
Bai Jinyu was also looking forward to it. Looking at Yuanhua's innocent face, he sighed secretly. It would be better for his wife to be a bit silly and easy to coax. Prince Yuan has such a powerful crown prince, which is quite stressful.
Husbands and wives generally complement each other. If the man is strong and the woman is gentle, they can survive. If the woman is smart and the man is tolerant and humble, it will be a good marriage.
What I'm afraid of is that with the same strength or weakness, a family is destined to quarrel and cannot last long.
Wen Yao didn't know that Bai Jinyu was thinking so much, so he continued: "What the emperor wants is money. Who has the most money? Of course it is the salt merchant. The Tian family has been the salt transport envoy for so many years. I don't know how much money they have spent on corruption. Compared with
By forming a Cao Gang, the Tian family will become truly wealthy, and can even be said to be as wealthy as the country."
"Tian family? Do you have that much money?"
"Yes, the Tian family is richer than you think."
Wen Yao had done business with the Tian family before, and the Tian family was still a big customer of the Wen family. The Tian family's orders every year were enough to support half a caravan. Others didn't understand the extravagance of the Tian family, but Wen Yao knew it.
"The edicts used by Young Master Tian are all made of gold foil, and the inkstone is even more precious, worth tens of thousands of gold, not to mention the cost of food and clothing. Let me tell you this, our palace is also full of food, and the monthly expenses are only thousands of dollars.
Two taels of silver, do you know how much the Tian family spends per month?"
"Ten thousand taels?"
Yuanhua gritted his teeth and said, in fact, everyone in the palace is not extravagant, and there is no need to compare. All the major families in Beijing are considered frugal.
"You said too little. I estimate it to be around one hundred thousand taels."
"so much?"
Bai Jinyu was shocked. Wouldn't it cost millions of taels of silver a year?
Wen Yao knew, firstly, from her own investigation, and secondly, from what she heard from Tian Weishu in her previous life. She let it slip that Princess Qiu Ling had been putting up with Tian Weishu because her natal family received countless filial piety from the Tian family every year.
Speaking of Tian Weishu, Wen Yao thought of Yuan Zixuan. He was sentenced to exile and he didn't know if he was gone.
And Wen Yuan, do you still miss him? What a bad fate.
After this period of time, I have to arrange a good marriage for Wen Yuan, and get married as soon as possible.
While the two of them were digesting the news, Wen Yao thought a lot.
She is pregnant now and doesn't want to worry about many things. It's almost four months now, the fetus is stable, and she has to take care of everything that needs to be taken care of.
Throughout the dynasties, as long as it is stained with salt, it represents money. Why do illegal salt dealers continue to ban it? It is because they make money by selling illegal salt!
Maybe these private salt dealers are colluding with the government, and the water inside is very deep.
Bai Jinyu said: "Even so, we can't deal with the Tian family. There is no evidence."
"Then let's find evidence. Wen Chen is in Dali Temple and asked him to do it. It's a credit to him for doing it well, but it's also dangerous. Lord Bai, please help him more. I owe you a favor."
Bai Jinyu waved his hands repeatedly: "If you don't dare to accept it, it's nothing like a favor. I will definitely help if I can."
Wen Yao saw that Yuanhua was a little tired and sent her back to rest, leaving Bai Jinyu alone to talk.
Bai Jinyu was more careful with her than with Princess Jing, mainly because Wen Yao was so smart, and her eyes seemed to be able to see through people's hearts.
"Prince Princess, is there anything else?"
Wen Yao asked him: "Mr. Bai Hou, now you have a lot of contacts with our palace. In the eyes of outsiders, we are also people in the same boat. Mr. Bai, why don't you tell me what you want?"
Bai Jinyu's expression changed, "Prince Concubine, I am an idle prince. I don't need anything and I don't want anything. Crown Princess, I worry too much."
"Are you really an idle prince? You are following Prince Cheng to do things. It seems that this is not what an idle prince should do."
Bai Jinyu was silent for a long time and said: "I'm sorry, this is my private matter. It's not that I don't trust you, but I don't want you to get involved. It won't be good for you.
But I can guarantee that I have no intention of harming the palace."
"I believe otherwise I wouldn't have confided in the Marquis. Since you have your difficulties, I won't ask. It's just that Huahua is simple and I don't want her to be involved in any danger."
Bai Jinyu said as if he was swearing: "No, I will definitely protect her. Even if I die, no one will hurt her."
[Author's digression]: If you want a banknote, just put it here.