Seeing his eyes light up, Shu Xiaohan couldn't help but laugh: "Young Prince, be careful your royal brother doesn't give you any rewards if he sees you looking like such a money-grubber."

Based on Shu Xiaohan's analysis of the Sang Dynasty emperor's letters, she felt that this emperor had a rather wicked sense of humor.

Whether it was sweet potatoes and potatoes before, or cotton later, the emperor's gifts to the young prince were all very generous.

In contrast, the emperor's replies were all very simple, and each one ended with a joke or two.

That's why the young prince felt that the emperor didn't actually like him at all during the time he was blind.

Shu Xiaohan had thought so before, but when the young prince went blind, the emperor did not abandon him because he had no use, just like the young prince did. Instead, he sent him a lot of medicine.

After that, Shu Xiaohan carefully considered the emperor's actions and discovered the emperor's inherently perverse sense of humor.

He seems to find pleasure in bullying the young prince.

But deep down, he liked the young prince.

Gu Yuzhi was much more confident than before. Hearing Shu Xiaohan say that, he pouted and giggled, "I'm not afraid at all!"

Without his elder brother's summons, he would never be allowed to enter the capital again.

Being unable to enter the capital meant he would not be able to meet with his elder brother, the Emperor.

If we can't meet, my brother will never see his little money-grubber side!

Gu Yuzhi's big eyes darted around, feeling that his logic was so strong that there was nothing wrong with it!

Upon hearing this, Shu Xiaohan couldn't help but laugh.

The young prince is so kind!

Guard Zhang's expression had softened considerably, and his tone was gentler than usual: "Your Highness's guess was quite accurate; a considerable amount of goods were indeed seized from the Li Family Trading Company in Quanzhou. I was just about to ask Your Highness for instructions..."

Gu Yuzhi blinked: "What? Tell me quickly..."

Guard Zhang said, "I feel that the distribution of the seized property of Li Ji Trading Company in Changzhou is very reasonable, so I would like to ask Your Highness if the seized property can also be distributed in the same way in the whole prefecture and other prefectures."

He spoke quickly, and Gu Yuzhi didn't quite catch on. He had to repeat it to himself twice before his eyes widened in disbelief. "Guard Zhang, Guard Zhang, do you mean you're going to give me all the silver and other valuables from the Li Family Business that were seized in other prefectures?"

She turned to look at Xie Changshi, who was rushing over after finishing his work, and asked, "Is this a good idea?"

After all, he hadn't done anything for other states.

Most importantly, Dingzhou and Qingzhou are already very poor, so he shouldn't have taken the money.

At this point, Chief Secretary Xie stepped forward and said, "If Guard Zhang won't mention it, I was prepared to do so as well."

He pulled out a stack of silver notes from his pocket: "Prefect Qi just sent someone to deliver these, saying they are stolen goods from Li's Trading Company sent by the three prefectures of Qingzhou, Dingzhou, and Qizhou."

The distribution of the stolen goods was clearly discussed with Prefect Qi by these prefects.

As the biggest victim of the robbery and murder at Li's Trading Company, Gu Yuzhi certainly had the right to take all the stolen goods with him.

Gu Yuzhi had never thought about this matter, mainly because the other prefectures were too poor!

Gu Yuzhi stared longingly at the silver notes, her little mouth pouting. After a long while, she reluctantly said, "Chief Secretary Xie, Chief Secretary Xie, please return these silver notes to me. Prefect Huang and the others need these silver notes more than we do."

Compared to the enormous granary discovered by Prefect Qi, the Li family business in other prefectures was not nearly as wealthy.

Upon hearing this, Xie Changshi paused, his gaze towards Gu Yuzhi filled with disbelief.

When they first arrived in the northern desert, the young prince was really poor. It was uncertain whether the emperor would reward him. During that time, the young prince ate and used things that they brought from the capital.

While other princes enjoy a feast with a table full of delicacies, the young prince's table will never have more than three dishes.

Other princes would spend lavishly on their outings, but the young prince was afraid of wasting ink and paper during his early education, and would only replace a sheet of paper when it was completely worn out.

Even though the young prince no longer has to worry about these things, he is still very frugal.

Chief Secretary Xie had asked about it, and Gu Yuzhi's answer shocked Chief Secretary Xie for a long time.

He said, "Just because I don't lack money now doesn't mean I won't in the future!"

"Besides, I also have many places where I need to spend money."

"Mother, Imperial Brother, Imperial Sister-in-law, Chief Secretary Xie, and the people of Xinliang are all counting on me! I must save as much money as possible so that no one will go hungry!"

His little heart held a big wish.

That is why Chief Secretary Xie tried every means to save money for the young prince.

But the young prince, who has always been "money-loving," deliberately pushed the money away...

At that moment, Xie Changshi had only three words on his mind: He's grown up!

Their little prince has really grown up!

After thinking for a moment, Xie Changshi said, "I think that the things plundered from Li Ji Trading Company are more than this. The money is the least important thing, so Your Highness does not need to return it to them."

Since Chief Secretary Xie had said so, Gu Yuzhi naturally wouldn't object, and his face immediately lit up with joy again.

Although the silver notes weren't many, they were still money!

He said with a smug look on his face, "In that case, I'll agree to Guard Zhang's request."

Guard Zhang had finished explaining everything he needed to, just as Mingli returned and said that Granny Xu had prepared the things and asked Guard Zhang to go to the kitchen to get them.

Guard Zhang then took his leave and strode quickly to the kitchen.

The neglected guard Qi, seeing that the annoying person had finally left, quickly stepped forward. His eyes darted around, and instead of mentioning the grain purchase situation in Jinzhou, he dropped a bombshell: "Your Highness, Your Highness, before I returned, I received some breaking news: the Empress is pregnant!"

Gu Yuzhi was confused and couldn't figure out what it meant to be pregnant for a while.

The late emperor did not have many children, but fortunately, his concubines were quite capable. Apart from the eldest princess, who was a girl, all the others were princes.

But despite his ambition, the late emperor only had six children in total, and Gu Yuzhi was the youngest.

He had never experienced the emperor lavishly bestowing gifts upon pregnant concubines, so when he heard the word "pregnant," he couldn't understand it at all.

Upon seeing this, Chief Secretary Xie chuckled softly, his expression relaxing considerably: "Your Highness, what Guard Qi means is that the Empress is pregnant with the Emperor's child, and in a few more months, His Majesty's eldest son or daughter will be born."

Dragon son, the eldest son or daughter born of the principal wife...

When these words were put together, Gu Yuzhi quickly understood and jumped up: "My sister-in-law, the Empress, has a baby!"

He turned and headed toward the warehouse.

His sister-in-law, the Empress, had been so kind to him; he should carefully select something to give her as a gift.

Oh right, we also need to prepare for our unborn nephew or niece!

Gu Yuzhi had a big smile on his face the whole time, and said happily, "I'm an elder now! I'm no longer the youngest one in the family!"