"I don't know either!" The servant thought for a moment and said, "But I heard that last night, more than a dozen carriages went back and forth on the street for many times."

"Are you sure they are transporting food?" Shopkeeper Zhao asked in surprise, "That's a lot of food, where did Mr. Li get it from?"

He put down the tea in his hand, stood up and walked out: "No, I have to go and see for myself what he is up to." If he got so much food, then they wouldn't be able to sell it at a good price.

The grain shop owners, led by Manager Zhao, gathered together.

"Are you sure? Is it really food?"

Shopkeeper Zhao nodded: "Yes, I see they are piled up like a mountain, wheat, rice and extremely rare fresh corn. Where does he get them from?" He was really puzzled.

"Not only that, he hasn't raised the price yet. So far, I haven't sold a single bean in my shop."

"This Li guy has never been sociable. Some time ago, we all raised the price, but he said he had a conscience and refused to raise the price. Ha, conscience, don't we have a conscience enough?" A grain store owner said, "We only raised the price five times, while other towns raised it eight or ten times."

"Yes, except for that Li who said we were making money from the national crisis. What's wrong with making money from the national crisis? As long as we can get rich and earn money, I don't care whether it's a national crisis or something else."

His words made all the shopkeepers nod their heads frequently.

Yes, what about making money from national disasters?

If we don't make money now, do we have to wait until this plague is over?

How can you make money then?

Others ate meat and drank soup, but they couldn't even see any meat or fishy smell.

In a person's life, there may be only this one chance. If you seize it, you can soar into the sky; if you fail to seize it, you will surely fall into the quagmire.

Shopkeeper Zhao smiled and said, "It's actually not that difficult to solve the current predicament."

"Please give me some advice, Manager Zhao."

"We can have someone buy out everything in his warehouse. When it's returned to us, he'll be left with nothing. Who knows where he'll go to regret it."

Manager Zhao's words caused many people to applaud: "Regret medicine? If I'm right, I'm afraid you'll have to drink the red wine."

At this time, Manager Li's shop was packed with people, and people from the entire town came to buy food.

"Manager Li, you are a conscientious person. Among all the shops in our town, your food is the cheapest, just like before." An old man came forward and said a little excitedly, "Thanks to you, otherwise my family would have starved to death!"

This old man is a regular customer of the grain store. He has been buying grain here for more than 20 years.

Shopkeeper Li smiled and said, "How can it be my hard work? It's all thanks to the person who provided me with the food. She didn't want to reveal her name, so she let me do such a great good deed."

"Your virtue is immeasurable, your virtue is immeasurable!"

The person who was sent by Shopkeeper Zhao to buy the crops came back and whispered, "Shopkeeper, it's not possible. In his shop, each person can only buy a pound of rice and wheat, and six heads of corn every day. Apart from that, not even a grain of rice can be bought."

Shopkeeper Zhao frowned and said angrily, "Didn't you say I was willing to pay twice the price to buy all of these?"

"Yes! But after hearing this, Shopkeeper Li got even angrier and told me to get out of here right away. He also told me to bring you something, say, say."

Upon hearing this, Shopkeeper Zhao slammed the table hard and said, "What are you talking about! Hurry up!"

"It's useless to persuade you. If you try to profit from the country's misfortune, you will be punished."

Shopkeeper Zhao narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard this. It seemed that the man surnamed Li was determined. In this case, don't blame me for being ruthless.

Shang Ruoyi was worried about Cong Fangzhi, so she didn't go to the milk tea shop and went back to the He family instead.

Shang Ruoyi came to her yard. When Cong Fangzhi saw her coming, she hurriedly invited her into the room.

Cong Fangzhi dismissed the servants and closed the door tightly.

Shang Ruoyi saw her being so cautious and anxious, and asked in a low voice: "What's wrong? What happened?"

Cong Fangzhi cried and took out a broken jade pendant and a letter from her arms.

"This is my father's jade pendant. Some time ago, I woke up in the middle of the night and found the jade pendant and the letter next to my bed."

Shang Ruoyi unfolded the letter and saw the contents, her eyes dimmed.

The letter said that she must find the ring of Prince Ding's palace within half a day, otherwise her Cong family would be uprooted for more than ten years, and even her niece who was still in her infancy would not be able to escape.

Once it is found, someone will come to take it.

It seems that there are still many spies in this mansion.

Shang Ruoyi sighed and said softly, "So you suspect that this poisoning was a warning from that person to you?"

Cong Fangzhi nodded: "Aunt Zhao must have been bribed by them, so she poisoned me. The previous poisoning must have been a warning to me. Sister-in-law, it doesn't matter if I die, but I can't ignore the child in my belly and the lives of dozens of people in my Cong family!"

Shang Ruoyi patted her arm and soothed her, "Let's find a solution together." She looked at Cong Fangzhi, her eyes twinkling, "I really want to help you, but that ring was stolen by He Jinghe. He Jingheng is also very anxious about this, but what's the point of being anxious? We don't even know where he went."

After hearing this, Cong Fangzhi's eyes shone even more fiercely: "What should we do?" She thought for a moment and suddenly asked: "Could it be that the ring was not lost at all? Was it hidden by my uncle?"

"How is this possible?" Shang Ruoyi whispered, "Others may not know about the ring, but I know it clearly. Ever since the ring was lost, your uncle didn't seem to care on the surface, but in fact, he was furious."

"But I've never seen him get anxious or angry about the ring!"

Shang Ruoyi sighed: "I heard him say that this ring is the symbol of the Ding Palace, and it was passed down by the first generation of Duke Ding. It has no special meaning. Now that the Ding Palace no longer exists, the ring is just a thought. I don't know if these people are too bored to think that the ring has some special meaning."

Cong Fangzhi fell silent after hearing what she said.

"If this ring really had some meaning, the Dingguo Palace wouldn't have become what it is today." Shang Ruoyi shook her head and sighed, "I have been destined to be a hard worker in this life. I just didn't have a good life in the Xiangfu. I thought I could live a leisurely life after marrying him, but I didn't expect that my life would be even harder than before."

Cong Fangzhi looked sad: "Then my father and the others..."