After moving into the new house, Gu Yuzhi began his education and also learned how to do business from Wen Xiuzhu. He was busy every day, and before he knew it, it was the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

At this moment, in the imperial study, the new emperor of Sang Kingdom, Gu Yuchen, had a slightly gloomy face. He held one of the memorials and sneered repeatedly. The chief eunuch Zhao Xi, standing to the side, kept his eyes down and didn't dare to breathe.

The only thing that could elicit this expression from the Emperor is probably that person causing trouble again.

Before Gu Yuchen could make a further move, there was a commotion outside the door. Zhao Xi quickly went out and returned shortly afterward with a letter in her hand: "Your Majesty, a letter from Prince Wen has arrived."

Gu Yuchen then looked up from the memorial: "Read it to me."

Judging by the time, Xie Changshi should be writing to himself to report on the situation.

"Yes." Zhao Xi opened the letter and read it aloud softly: "Is Your Majesty well..."

Gu Yuchen's face remained expressionless until he heard the words "struggling to make ends meet," at which point he chuckled lightly. Zhao Xi immediately shut up upon hearing this, only speaking again when Gu Yuchen casually said, "Continue."

As Gu Yuchen listened, he gently tapped the desk with his index finger.

From the moment the words "struggling to make ends meet" appeared, Gu Yuchen already understood the main purpose of this letter.

The pitiful-looking Gu Yuzhi actually has some cleverness, and his arrangements were not in vain.

Zhao Xi read the letter word by word in a calm tone, and Gu Yuchen also got the information he wanted from this "family letter".

After finishing the letter, Zhao Xi stepped forward and presented it with both hands. Gu Yuchen took it, glanced at it casually, and put it aside: "Zhao Xi, tell me, what does our Prince Wen mean by this?"

Upon hearing Gu Yuchen's question, Zhao Xi's mind raced.

The Emperor was still angry because of that person, and now, upon hearing the contents of His Highness's letter, which were both overt and covert indicative of his poverty, the Emperor was asking himself...

Zhao Xi lowered his eyes to his toes, bending over even more deeply: "Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the arrival of Prince Wen's letter of peace is perfectly timed."

Gu Yuchen couldn't help but throw a memorial at Zhao Xi and chuckled, "If you keep spouting nonsense, believe me, I'll chop off your head."

However, Zhao Xi was right. For him, this letter was neither too early nor too late; arriving at the palace today was truly the perfect time.

Gu Yuzhi's "family letter" was sent via post stations, and it's likely that it has already attracted attention before even reaching the capital. People will probably be talking about it at tomorrow's morning court session.

Gu Yuchen tapped his index finger lightly; the Mid-Autumn Festival was indeed a perfectly valid reason.

Zhao Xi breathed a sigh of relief, pretended to lightly slap herself twice, and chuckled, feigning ignorance: "This servant is foolish."

"You old fool." Gu Yuchen chuckled, then looked closely and saw that Zhao Xi still had an unopened letter in his hand. He pointed with his index finger, "What's that?"

"It is a letter of greeting from Prince Wen to the Empress and Consort Tai Xian."

Consort Tai Xian is Gu Yuzhi's mother, so it is perfectly reasonable for her to pay her respects.

And the letter of greeting to the Empress...

Gu Yuchen thought with amusement, "He probably asked the Empress for money."

This poor thing has quite an appetite.

Gu Yuchen waved his hand: "Go, deliver the letter to the Empress and Consort Taixian."

Zhao Xi agreed in a low voice and slowly retreated out. Just as she was about to leave the imperial study, she heard Gu Yuchen say, "Never mind, bring me the letter for the Empress. I will go myself."

Gu Yuchen took the letter, boarded the palanquin, and leisurely made his way to the Empress's palace.

Upon receiving the news, the Empress was already waiting in the palace. As soon as Gu Yuchen stepped in, Empress Jiang Huirong stepped forward to greet him with an irrepressible smile: "Greetings to Your Majesty."

Gu Yuchen hummed in agreement, and naturally took her hand and led her into the inner hall. After they sat down, he handed her the letter: "Take a look. It's a letter of greeting from Prince Wen to you, his sister-in-law."

Jiang Huirong looked bewildered. She had rarely met Prince Wen and had never spoken to him, so she really didn't know why he would write her this letter.

If it weren't for the fact that Prince Wen was so young, she would have suspected that there was some kind of scheme involved.

With skepticism in mind, Jiang Huirong opened the letter and quickly read it at a glance. She looked up at Gu Yuchen, unsure how to describe her feelings at that moment.

"After reading Xiao Liu's letter, what would you like to say?"

Jiang Huirong came from a prestigious family, and she and the Emperor were childhood sweethearts. Hearing the Emperor's tone, she roughly understood: "Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival. Why not give Prince Wen the same amount as the Princess?"

Gu Yuchen didn't speak, but only glanced at Jiang Huirong. She immediately realized that what she said had not satisfied the emperor.

After a moment's thought, Jiang Huirong's expression suddenly changed, and she said softly, "Your Majesty, did Prince Wen's letter come from the official road?"

Gu Yuchen then looked at her with admiration in his eyes: "Yes."

Jiang Huirong then understood why the Emperor himself had delivered the letter.

The Emperor's decree to grant Prince Wen his fiefdom in the northern desert was a sudden one, catching everyone off guard. Even though the court officials knew that the matter could not be changed, they still kept the Emperor extremely annoyed in the period before Prince Wen was to go to the northern desert.

I fear that all the ministers now know about the letter from the Prince, and the Emperor will have a hard time at court tomorrow morning.

Thinking about it this way, the reward given to Prince Wen cannot be based on the share given to the eldest princess.

Most importantly, judging from the Emperor's intentions, she will have to pay for her own share.

She slowly rose and stood behind the Emperor, gently massaging his shoulders, her tone as light as possible: "Little Six is ​​still young, and he must have had a long journey. I would like to send him some gifts, not just gold and silver, but also cloth, medicine, and the like. What do you think?"

Jiang Huirong suddenly remembered that Prince Wen had mentioned several other concubines in his letter. She looked up at the Emperor and tentatively asked, "Sixth Prince also mentioned Consort De and the others in his letter. Do you think we should talk to Consort De about this?"

The four imperial concubines all came from prestigious families and had substantial private treasuries. If it came to spending money, everyone would have to contribute, since they were all sisters-in-law and it wouldn't be good to leave anyone out.

“Sure, why not?” Gu Yuchen replied somewhat casually, but seeing that he had achieved his goal, he stood up. “Since the Empress has things to attend to, I will return to the Imperial Study first.”

The Empress naturally wanted to stay, but important matters were at hand, so she hurriedly followed the Emperor out of the inner palace, watching him leave all the way: "Issue my imperial decree, ordering the four Consorts of Virtue, Gentleness, and Goodness to come to Kunning Palace."

The Empress's decree came abruptly. The four concubines had already finished washing up and hurriedly put on makeup before arriving. They thought it was something important, but it turned out to be a question asking if they had prepared a Mid-Autumn Festival gift for Prince Wen.

Everyone was shrewd enough to understand the Empress's meaning. They sent the items to Kunning Palace overnight. Only when the night was deep and quiet did they realize what was going on. They gritted their teeth and cursed inwardly, "The Empress is truly insidious!"

It was clearly a gift from everyone, but in the end, it was all sent out from Kunning Palace. They did the work but didn't get any benefit from it. No, we must publicize this matter!

After returning to the Imperial Study, Gu Yuchen instructed Zhao Xi to prepare the items overnight and send them, along with the Empress's wishes, to the Northern Desert before the morning court session.

The civil officials, who had planned to showcase their literary talents in court, were completely bewildered upon receiving this news...