Chapter 206 Is She Reborn?
Zhaohua Palace.
Xue Youli had finished her breakfast and was digesting it in the yard when she saw Xiao Zhongzi coming to report, "Master, Princess Kang is here."
Xue Youli didn't expect Chu Xinyue to be so efficient, and immediately said, "Please invite the person in."
As soon as she finished speaking, Chu Xinyue led Wang Dali into the gate of Zhaohua Palace one after another.
"Ali, I brought you something good!"
Xue Youli looked at the excited expression on her face and raised his eyebrows, "You are smiling so happily, are you here to give me money?"
"You guessed it!"
Chu Xinyue took her hand and said to her mysteriously, "I have another important discovery. Let's go inside and talk about it!"
"Okay." Xue Youli responded, thought for a moment, turned around and ordered, "Banxia, bring in some snacks and tea, and ask Ruyi to entertain Wang Dali."
"yes!"
Chu Xinyue pulled Xue Youli into the house, took out the things she had stolen from Cuiru, and slapped them on the table. "Guess how much money I stole from Cuiru?"
Xue Youli looked at her, then at the thick stack of banknotes under her hand, "Looking at your expression, it can't be over ten thousand, right?"
"Ali, if you can guess so accurately, why don't you just change your job and go read people's fortunes under the bridge!" Chu Xinyue didn't keep her in suspense and counted the banknotes one by one for her to see. "Xue Qingyao was quite poor before, but I didn't expect that she could secretly get 18,000 taels of banknotes! Do you know why she gave these banknotes to Cuiru?"
"It's impossible that she will be supported in her old age."
Xue Youli did not look up this question in the Book of Heavenly Secrets. She pursed her lips and thought for a moment. Suddenly, she thought of a possibility that they had always overlooked. "Could Xue Qingyao be planning to use this money to store food?"
Although Xue Qingyao entered the palace as the daughter of Lingzhou prefect, Prefect Xue did not give her any gold, silver or other valuables, and she was not favored in the harem, and she had never had any money on her.
During the autumn hunt some time ago, she cried to Murong Ye about her poverty, and Murong Ye gave her some silver.
And Xue Qingyao seemed to be very favored during this period, and indeed received a lot of rewards in the form of real money.
Given Xue Qingyao's personality, it is impossible for her to hand over all her assets to Cuiru for no reason, unless she has a bigger plan.
"Oh my god! Ali, you can even guess this?" Chu Xinyue originally wanted to tease Xue Youli, but she didn't expect that she actually guessed it right.
In the original book, the year-end famine will break out next month.
Xue Qingyao wrote clearly in the letter to Cuiru, asking Cuiru to find a place to store all the banknotes in the next few days.
Xue Youli spread his hands, "It's not hard to guess, after all, it's such a large sum of money, how much can Cuiru, a maid, use?"
Chu Xinyue touched her chin and said, "You say, Xue Qingyao wants to make a fortune from the national disaster. She spends more than 10,000 taels to buy food, and when the famine comes, she sells the food at a high price. Then she can make a lot of money!"
Xue Youli pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "Xue Qingyao's ambition is not limited to this. She definitely doesn't just want to make money."
"What does she want to do? She can't buy food and then give out porridge for free, acting like a living bodhisattva, right?"
Chu Xinyue's words reminded Xue Youli, "I know what she wants to do! She plans to use this famine to gain a good reputation for herself and pave the way for her future as queen."
Chu Xinyue slapped her thigh and said, "Now that you mention it, there is indeed such a possibility."
After she finished speaking, she stared at Xue Youli for a few seconds, and suddenly realized something, "Ali, how did Xue Qingyao know there would be a famine at the end of the year?"
Xue Qingyao can predict the future plot, but they are sure that Xue Qingyao himself is a person in this dynasty, so there is only one possibility left -
“Rebirth!”
“Rebirth!”
Chu Xinyue and Xue Youli thought of the same thing, and they came to the same conclusion at the same time.
Xue Youli recalled every detail of her previous fight with Xue Qingyao, and became more certain of their guess, "That's right! No wonder she formed cliques and factions everywhere when she first entered the palace. She seemed to be familiar with everything in the palace. It turns out that she was reborn."
Chu Xinyue narrowed her eyes, revealing an expression of sudden enlightenment, "No wonder Xue Qingyao chose to plant her lover on Murong Che. If this is the case, she should have been killed by Murong Ye and reborn."
Xue Youli agreed with her guess, "Whether she was reborn or not, since she died the first time under your pen, she can die the second time in our hands."
She suddenly remembered something, "Oh, by the way, Xue Qingyao suddenly went to Yonghe Palace to get close to Rong Qingyue. Does she have some secrets that I don't know about?"
Chu Xinyue was startled, then shook her head and said, "You shouldn't be like this. Don't you know everything here? Nothing can be hidden from you."
"That's something I have to think of first, so I can use the golden finger to check. But people, no matter how careful they are, are bound to make mistakes..."
As soon as she finished speaking, Chu Xinyue suddenly had an idea and thought of something very important. "I remember! Concubine Rong's daughter is not actually a daughter. Concubine Rong deliberately changed the gender of the child in order to protect her own child."
Xue Youli listened to her confusing words and quickly responded, "You mean, Murongxi is not a girl, but a boy?"
Chu Xinyue nodded vigorously, "Yes! That's how I set it up when I wrote the novel!"
Xue Youli was really impressed by her. "Why didn't you tell me such important information earlier?"
Chu Xinyue rubbed her forehead, "You know, when I wrote this book, the story revolved around the protagonists Murong Ye and Xue Qingyao. Rong Qingyue was a concubine in the harem, and I only briefly mentioned her. When I was writing, I killed her and Murong Xi, and later I didn't dwell on Murong Xi's gender. If you hadn't mentioned it just now, I wouldn't have remembered it at all."
Xue Youli heard this and immediately communicated with the Book of Secrets through his mind: [When Murong Xi appeared, why didn't you remind me that Murong Xi was a boy? ]
Tianjishu: [When I first introduced Murongxi, I introduced her like this:
Name: Murong Xi, 4 and a half years old, the 'daughter' of Concubine Rong, was named Princess Changle.
You didn't look carefully, this is not my fault! 】
Xue Youli: [……] Well, after all this trouble, it was her own fault for not taking a closer look at the person’s ID card and actually missing such an important single quotation mark!
So, she turned her head and looked at Chu Xinyue, "Fortunately, it's not too late for us to discover it now. Recently, I will pay more attention to Xue Qingyao's movements and will not give her the opportunity to harm Concubine Rong and her son."
Chu Xinyue nodded and said, "Murong Ye should not be dead yet. If he heard the news that Xue Qingyao was favored in the harem again, he would definitely find a way to contact Xue Qingyao, right?"
"Of course, this is also the reason why the emperor favors her so publicly. After all, Xue Qingyao is the destined heroine. As long as she is still in the palace, Murong Ye will bet on her."
Chu Xinyue heard this and asked curiously, "Can't your golden finger find the exact location of Murong Ye?"
Xue Youli once mentioned to Chu Xinyue that her golden finger could check the identity background of many characters, as well as some hidden plots, and even had a positioning function.
Xue Youli shook his head. "I did try to locate Murong Ye, but strangely, I couldn't locate his exact location."
"From this perspective, his protagonist halo may have a shielding function that can protect his life." After Chu Xinyue came to this conclusion, she sighed with a depressed look on her face, "Then, isn't it impossible for us to deal with him?"
Xue Youli raised his hand and patted her shoulder, comforting her, "If you can't kill him once, kill him twice. If you can't kill him twice, kill him three times, four times, five times, six times! I don't believe that the protagonist's halo can protect him for his entire life!"
"Now that you mention it, I remember that when I met Xue Qingyao before, I found that the protagonist halo above Xue Qingyao's head was much dimmer than before. So, the protagonist halo should also have a time limit. If the protagonist does not live up to his expectations, maybe the protagonist of this novel world will be replaced!"
"Then we don't have to be afraid. With the concerted efforts of the best friends, we will definitely kill the hero and heroine!"
Chu Xinyue looked at the determined expression on Xue Youli's face, and suddenly she was full of confidence, "Ali, if you charge, I will help you blow the horn, and if you kill, I will help you sharpen the knife! We can definitely defeat the male and female protagonists!"
"I'm so excited to hear you say that!"
…
At this moment, Minghua Palace.
Biyu has returned to the palace and is reporting to Xue Qingyao about her meeting with Cuiru after leaving the palace.
"I have personally handed the letter you gave to Aunt Cuiru."
Xue Qingyao nodded with satisfaction, "You did a great job, this money is a reward for you."
As she spoke, she took out two silver ingots and handed them to Biyu.
Biyu took the silver ingot in her hands and said, "Thank you for the gift, Master!"
Xue Qingyao waved her hand and said to her, "You've worked hard today, go down and have a rest."
"yes."
After Biyu left the bedroom, Xue Qingyao could no longer suppress the smile on his face.
Very good!
During this time, she sold many of the gifts given by Murong Che for cash and handed them all to Cuiru, intending to use the money to stockpile food.
She has lived two lifetimes, and no one knows better than her what kind of famine will hit Jiuzhou next month.
Once famine comes, the people will starve to death, and those who are not starved to death will steal and rob. Anyway, as long as they can survive, these people will do anything.
When the common people thought they had no food to eat and could only wait to die, she would make donations in her name, cook the stored rice into porridge and send it to the common people in the whole city.
These people who are struggling like ants will worship her as a god.
And Murong Che will certainly look at her with admiration.
By that time, she will let people spread some rumors that she is a goddess who came to earth to save the people from danger. Then, won't the position of Queen be in her pocket?
Isn’t Xue Youli very capable?
She wanted to see what this woman could use to compete with her!