Li Youran had no time to pay attention to Aunt Tian, as she had more important things to do.
"Miss Li, it's really not convenient for me to talk here. Why don't I go with you?"
Tian Alang was in a dilemma. If he stayed, his grandmother would definitely say those hurtful things again, so he decided to go with Li Youran.
"If you dare to go with this vixen today, don't ever acknowledge me as your grandmother again."
As Aunt Tian spoke, she began her usual routine of crying, making a scene, and threatening suicide, slapping her thighs as she cried and shouted.
Tian Alang glanced back, sighed helplessly, and then got into the carriage.
"Damn it! I've never seen a woman come to a man's door to seduce him. She's shameless!"
As the carriage sped away, Aunt Tian cried even harder.
She meant well, hoping her grandson would have a better future, but her grandson didn't understand her good intentions and grew closer and closer to Li Youran.
“I had already thought about what you’re saying before.”
As Tian Alang spoke, he habitually fiddled with the book in his hand, looked at Li Youran, and smiled.
"The emperor isn't stupid; perhaps all of this was within his expectations."
After hearing Tian Alang's words, Li Youran raised an eyebrow and pondered for a moment, feeling that what Tian Alang said made a lot of sense.
Although I don't know the emperor very well, judging from what I do know, the emperor is very cautious and suspicious.
"Just do as you have arranged. After all, doing nothing will arouse the emperor's suspicion."
As Tian Alang spoke, he let out a heavy sigh.
"The days ahead are probably not going to be peaceful."
What do you mean?
Li Youran looked at Tian Alang with a puzzled expression, wondering why he had suddenly said such a thing.
"A country cannot be without a ruler for a day. After being assassinated twice in a row, the emperor must have been thinking about establishing a crown prince. Therefore, the princes will definitely engage in a fierce battle for the crown prince."
"Miss, something terrible has happened! Our warehouse has been sealed off by the soldiers."
Just then, a clerk responsible for guarding the warehouse ran over in a panic.
"Don't be in a hurry, tell me slowly."
Li Youran frowned deeply; she never expected the warehouse to have a problem under such circumstances.
If the Emperor knew that His Highness the Second Prince possessed so much fine salt, wouldn't he have other ideas...?
"Someone reported that we were selling inferior products as superior ones, adding coarse salt to fine salt and cheating consumers."
"Then why are there so many officers and soldiers?"
Li Youran had encountered such aggressive tactics before, but never on such a grand scale.
"I don't know, Miss, you'd better go and take a look at the warehouse quickly!"
Li Youran didn't have time to think it through and hurriedly fled from the warehouse. Tian Alang followed closely behind.
Upon arriving at the scene, Li Youran realized what it meant to be well-prepared. The soldiers and accompanying officials were all fully prepared, clearly indicating that their purpose in coming was to target her.
"We received a tip that you are selling smuggled salt here, so we were ordered to come and investigate."
The leading official sized up Li Youran and spoke in a condescending tone.
"Does Your Excellency have a search warrant?"
Li Youran exuded an aura of authority without anger as he looked at the leading official and continued speaking.
“Fine salt is a precious commodity; if we lose several thousand taels, we cannot afford to pay the difference.”
They had initially thought Li Youran was an easy woman to deal with, but it turned out she was a tough nut to crack. The leading official paused for a moment, then spoke to Li Youran.
"The search warrant will be delivered later."
"In that case, let's wait for the search warrant to arrive before conducting the search!"
After Li Youran finished speaking, she turned and left.
"Someone, go and get a search warrant!"
Since Li Youran was a princess, the official dared not rush into the warehouse and could only order his guards to request a search warrant.
After Li Youran entered the warehouse, he ordered his servants to lock the warehouse door tightly, and then had his men thoroughly search the fine salt.
Li Youran became increasingly suspicious. The official spoke with such self-righteousness, showing no fear of a search. Being punished for not finding anything led her to suspect that someone had hidden something stolen inside.
Just as Li Youran had predicted, someone soon found four whole sacks of coarse salt among the fine salt.
"Miss, what should we do?"
The imperial court had a clear regulation that prohibits the sale of coarse salt, and anyone found selling coarse salt would be executed without exception.
"Bring over the stoves you use for cooking."
Li Youran calmly gave the instructions.
With such petty tricks, they think they can drive her into a corner? It's ridiculous. Li Youran revealed a sneer.
"Hongxiu, I have done as you instructed. Let's call it even!"
The Prime Minister's wife twirled the Buddhist prayer beads in her hand and spoke with her eyes closed.
Ever since the Prime Minister's wife learned where Hongxiu lived, she had her maid Momo disguise herself as a woman selling mountain goods and pass by the mansion selling some rare trinkets.
Just as the Prime Minister's wife had predicted, every time she passed by Hongxiu's door, servants would come out to buy some rare mountain products for Hongxiu's son.
Little did they know that the Prime Minister's wife had added tiny doses of poison to these mountain produce. However, over time, the poison slowly accumulated, and the child died from the poison.
I thought I had done this without anyone noticing, but I didn't expect Hongxiu to have other ideas.
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