Chapter 14: Pulling down Prince Zhou to the top?
"Find a post station to take this letter to King Xi, and he will definitely come."
"If it's done, I'll ask King Xi to give you 1,000 taels of silver. I'm under your command, so you don't have to worry about me running away or cheating you."
The title of the most talented woman in Kyoto was not earned for nothing. Xie Xiangxiang was very good at grasping people's psychology. She saw that Zhu Ba loved money, but did not have the ways to make money like Li Rong and others.
"What kind of letter is this?" Zhu Ba swallowed his saliva. Silver is a good thing, but if it is a bad letter, his life will be in danger.
"I am the concubine appointed by the Imperial Concubine, and the Prince of Xi will definitely take me back."
"If King Xi wanted to take you away, he would have done it long ago. Why would you need to write him a letter?" Zhu Ba was not a fool.
Xie Xiangxiang sighed and said, "Prince Xi and I are in love with each other, but since the Marquis's mansion has been convicted, his subordinates will definitely want to separate me from him. This is human nature. But I don't believe he has forgotten the affection between us."
Zhu Ba was just a cook among the escorts. He had never been to school and didn't understand any big principles. From his perspective, Xie Xiangxiang was just a lovesick girl.
"Don't plot against me. Don't think I won't kill anyone."
"If I lie to you, God will punish me with five thunderbolts and I will die miserably. If you don't do it, someone else will. Anyway, I will not go all the way to exile."
Zhu Ba took the letter and also accepted the 20 taels of silver for the postage given by Xie Xiangxiang.
After Xie Xiangxiang finished her work, she called Xie Yun who was keeping watch outside the door, and the brother and sister left the kitchen as if nothing had happened.
Xie Yanyan didn't believe what Xie Xiangxiang said about feelings. King Xi's attitude was very clear, he didn't care about her at all.
She must be using some bargaining chip to make a deal with King Xi.
The spatial scanning object movement range is 500 meters, which is enough for her to see the transaction between Xie Xiangxiang and Zhu Ba in the room.
Xie Yanyan immediately transferred the letter to his space and took a quick look at it.
"The theft in Prince Xi's mansion was the work of Prince Zhou of Nanhai. The Zhou family will rebel next year.
There is a huge gold mine at the foot of Tiansha Mountain in Shuzhou, Jin, with reserves enough to buy out the sixteen kingdoms of the north and south. This mine will be discovered by the men of the King of Nanhai by the end of the year, and it will be the capital for the King of Nanhai to start a rebellion. "
I have to say, Xie Xiangxiang is really not simple.
This letter is half true and half false, but it will definitely impress someone like King Xi.
Xie Xiangxiang is a reborn person, so this gold mine must be real.
If a gold mine is really discovered, King Xi will definitely treat her as a treasure.
Moreover, Xie Xiangxiang gave King Xi a strategy that could be used for both offense and defense:
If he digs for gold and the emperor doesn't find out, he will have the greatest capital to seize the throne; if the emperor finds out that he is mining secretly, he will put the blame on Prince Zhou, saying that the Prince of Nanhai is mining to rebel.
The Emperor faced off against the King of the South Sea, and in the dispute between the two, King Xi gained the advantage.
Xie Yanyan didn’t know how they were going to do it, but Xie Xiangxiang’s plan was to pull down the King of Nanhai and the Prince of Zhou and help King Xi take the throne!
There must be something else going on here. Xie Xiangxiang is not saying anything now, but is just waiting for King Xi to come find her.
Xie Yanyan and Prince Zhou don't have any special friendship, but Prince Xi and Xie Xiangxiang have formed an alliance. If he comes to power, Xie Xiangxiang will definitely gain power, the Shen family will rise, and Xie Anfeng's family will definitely be miserable.
Thinking of this, Xie Yanyan immediately took out the four treasures of the study from the space and processed Xie Xiangxiang's letter for the second time.
A few strokes were added to the address of the gold mine, so the address "there is a giant gold mine at the foot of Tiansha Mountain in Shuzhou, Jin" became "there is a giant gold mine at the foot of Shensuo Mountain in Laizhou, Jin".
Laizhou and Shuzhou are at least 300 kilometers apart. King Xi can take his time looking for it.
After the revision, Xie Yanyan immediately handed the letter to Zhu Ba's arms.
Zhu Ba quietly slipped out of the inn and went to the post office.
Xie Yanyan changed the letter and felt relieved. Once the letter reached King Xi, if he sent people to find out whether the gold mine was real, it would take a long time to go back and forth.
She continued to make soap. She wanted to use soap to make her exile journey comfortable.
In fact, there are enough supplies from the supermarket in her space, including a lot of soaps.
But she wanted to do it herself. If she wanted to make soap in the right way, she had to go through the entire process herself several times.
She had no worries about the steps. Not only had she visited the soap-making process, she had also tried DIY. There was a bookstore among the supplies brought by the space scroll, with complete information. She just had to follow the instructions.
After two busy days, she used up all the soap-making materials bought in town and made a total of 102 bars of soap. She was almost exhausted.
There was a bang bang sound outside, the night watchman rang the third watch. She rubbed her eyes and went to sleep.
The next morning, Xie Yanyan showed Li Rong the soap he had made: "Master Li, we can make some money by doing this."
Li Rong looked at these square things, which were purple, green, and yellow. They looked pretty nice, but he didn't know what they were, but they had a faint fragrance.
"Miss San, what is this?"
"This is called soap. It can be used to wash your hair, bathe, or wash clothes. It is much better than the soap beans and wood ash we have now."
Xie Yanyan took three bars of soap and, beside the well in the courtyard of the inn, took out one of Xie Yong’s light-colored coats to demonstrate to Li Rong.
Liu Mingjie and several escorts were there.
Xie Yanyan took out the soaked coat from the basin, rubbed the oiliest part of the collar with soap, rubbed it hard, and then rinsed it with water. The stain on the collar disappeared immediately, revealing the original color of the cloth.
As for the gray stains on the sleeves and hem, they were washed even cleaner and the cloth still looked very bright.
"Nowadays, people use a mallet to beat clothes, which damages them. With this soap, you only need to rub them gently. It cleans them and protects the fabrics."
Xie Yanyan didn't like to laugh, but when she said these words with a slightly cold face, there was a strange sense of conviction.
"Master Liu, please take the trouble to wash your face with soap and let us try the effect?"
Liu Mingjie didn't care. As a grown man, he had nothing to be afraid of. He squatted down, wet his face with water, and according to Xie Yanyan's instructions, he rubbed soap on his face a few times and rinsed it with water.
Xie Yanyan pointed at Liu Mingjie and said to Li Rong: "Master Li, take a look at the effect."
Li Rong didn't say anything, and Zhu Ba shouted in surprise: "Liu Mingjie, your face is much whiter, the dirt is gone, and you look 10 years younger."
Liu Mingjie touched his face and said, "I feel it's quite smooth."
The chef in the restaurant also came over, spread out his greasy hands, and said, "Can I try too?"
Try it, try it!
The soap's effects are astonishing.
After a while, a female guest staying in the hotel also came to try it out, and the effect was even better.
"I want to buy, how do I sell it?"
Li Rong didn't know either. Soap beans were just a few dollars, and he had no idea how they were priced.
"Ten taels of silver per piece."
"Too expensive." The female guest frowned slightly, "The best room in the inn only costs three taels of silver for one night."
Xie Yanyan was just about to say that one piece would last a year, when suddenly someone asked in surprise, "Is this the Xie family from Kyoto?"
Everyone turned their heads and saw a fat man in fancy clothes getting out of a luxurious carriage.
The man was about 40 years old, white and plump. In this era when people are generally thin, his image is very eye-catching.
Xie Yanyan didn't recognize this person, but Shen called out.
"Mr. Huangfu, why are you here?"
(End of this chapter)
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