Xu Lingyi knew that Shiyi Niang was making her position clear by teasing him.

"Moyan!" He couldn't help but sigh, "When you need me, just tell me."

Since they were running an embroidery shop business, how could they avoid dealing with Huzhou? They had an old relationship for more than ten years, and others knew their background well. It didn't matter whether Xu Lingyi said hello or not.

Amber came in and handed the list of things to be sent to Guizhou to Shiyi Niang for review: "I'm afraid it will take until after the New Year to send more things there. So I also prepared some things for the New Year."

Eleventh Lady nodded and added a silver note of two hundred taels of silver: "Maybe we have to ask the higher-ups for favors. If Master Pang and the others follow us, we should also give them a red envelope during the New Year."

Amber smiled and walked away.

Xu Lingyi sat there and smiled slightly.

I didn't expect Jing'er to be so mature at such a young age.

He first told King Yong about the silver mine and got his support, then used King Yong's name to pull Gong Dongning on board. Then he pretended not to know Gong Dongning and instigated the captain of Pingyi Qianhu Suo and the commander of Pu'anwei to do this business together. The captain of Pingyi Qianhu Suo and the commander of Pu'anwei were in a dilemma for several days. After thinking about it, they couldn't get around Gong Dongning, so they finally decided to let Gong Dongning take the lion's share... If something went wrong, there would be someone to take the blame.

If nothing unexpected happens, the silver mine will be able to produce silver next spring. Under such circumstances, even if he wants Jing'er to come back, I'm afraid King Yong will not agree.

Thinking of this, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly, revealing a happy expression.

There is no such thing as a wall that is impenetrable. Since Jing'er was making such a fuss in Guizhou, he should continue to stay at home and bide his time, lest they, father and son, one inside and one outside, become a force and make the new emperor uneasy.

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Because the previous emperor had passed away, the emperor did not hold a banquet to reward the princes, princesses and their husbands as in previous years. The New Year's greetings were also cancelled. The reign was changed to Xi'an.

On the third day of the first lunar month, the Empress Dowager summoned Princess Jiangdu and her husband into the palace. The Emperor, the Empress, Prince Yong, Princess Yong, and Xu Lingyi and his wife accompanied them. A vegetarian banquet was held in the Cining Palace.

Wang Xian was a handsome man, and he behaved neither arrogantly nor servilely in front of the Emperor and the Queen Mother. He was generous and decent, and Eleventh Lady could not help but nod secretly.

After the banquet, the Queen Mother kept the Queen, the Princess of Yong, the Princess of Jiangdu and Eleventh Lady to talk, while the Emperor went to the warm room next to the side hall with Wang Xian, the Prince of Yong and Xu Lingyi. The Emperor asked about Xu Sijin: "...The Nanjing Commander is old and retired. Jing'er is too young. I want to promote the Nanjing Commander to the Nanjing Commander, and let Jing'er be the Commander to the Commander, and let him work there for a few years."

From a powerless fourth-rank commander to the powerful deputy governor of the Metropolitan Commandery, it can be said that he had risen to the top in one step.

Xu Lingyi bowed and thanked him quickly.

Prince Yong jumped out and said, "Your Majesty, I think we should take a long-term view on this matter. Jin Ge'er is too young. Even if he goes, I'm afraid he won't be able to suppress those people. Instead of putting him on the spot, it's better to let him stay in Guizhou for two more years and be promoted there. It won't be too late to transfer him to Nanjing Commander-in-Chief when the time comes!"

The emperor was stunned.

Although the ministers were exempted from the New Year's greetings, the kings, princesses, and their husbands still went to the palace to pay New Year's greetings to the Queen Mother and him. Princess Jiangdu found an opportunity to tell him why Jing'er had a grudge with Chen Ji, and cried and asked him to find a way to transfer Jing'er back no matter what. She also said that Jing'er was demoted because of her. Now it's the New Year, and every family is reunited, but Jing'er is alone in Guizhou, and he doesn't know if he has new clothes to wear... Yongping Marquis and his wife don't know how worried they are!

He thought of the first time he saw Jing'er, wearing a bright red silk jacket, with black and shiny hair, white skin, chubby and grinning... It was indeed not suitable for him to stay in that remote place. He was afraid that this was the first time he had suffered such a hardship in his life, so he wanted to make up for it. He never thought that King Yong would oppose it. Not only opposed it, but also made a well-reasoned argument, which made it difficult for people to refute.

He couldn't help but glance at Xu Lingyi.

Xu Lingyi was obviously surprised as well. He looked at Prince Yong and was speechless for a moment. After a while, he came back to his senses and bowed, saying, "Prince Yong is right. Xu Sijin is too young to convince the public, and he is also a relative of the emperor. The emperor has just ascended the throne, so he should use virtuous officials to inform the world of talents and make use of them. It's not too late to talk about Xu Sijin's matter later."

The emperor nodded slightly and said nothing.

Wang Xian noticed that Prince Yong's expression seemed much more relaxed than before. He was secretly surprised and went back to tell Princess Jiangdu about it.

Princess Jiangdu went to see Prince Yong angrily.

Prince Yong was pestered by her and had no choice. He knew that the emperor loved his sister the most. If she really said it, the emperor might really transfer Xu Sijin back, and then his silver mine would be finished - he couldn't just go and ask Gong Dongning for the share of money! After all, this was a shady business. He had to tell Princess Jiangdu what happened tactfully, and then persuade her: "... I will stop after paying off the money in the inner court. If the emperor investigates, the emperor, I and the queen mother will all lose face. If we don't investigate, everyone will follow suit, which will only hurt the foundation of the country."

Princess Jiangdu was so angry that she was shaking all over: "It's all your fault. Why did you insist on building the garden?"

Prince Yong smiled bitterly: "If I don't cultivate the garden, do you think I should get involved in the affairs of the court?"

Princess Jiangdu was silent.

I feel that Jing'er is so pitiful.

First, he met Chen Ji, a fool, when he was helping her with something, and then he was used as a gun by his third brother...

She turned around and went to Shiyi Niang, chatted with her about daily life for a long time, and also gave Ting'er, Zhuang'er, Qing'er and Yingying a lot of gifts.

Eleventh Lady was completely confused.

"After all, it's different now that we're married." Jiang served tea to Shiyi Niang, "Sometimes I want to visit relatives and have someone to talk to, it's more lively."

Maybe!

Eleventh Lady nodded slightly, put the matter aside, and went to Xu Lingyi.

"Why did you suddenly say you wanted to be promoted to centurion?" She showed him Xu Sijin's letter. "I haven't heard that he has made any military achievements, nor have I heard that he has done anything special for the centurion. Could it be that Gong Dongning hinted to the people below?"

It seems that the people from Pu'anwei and Pingyi Qianhusuo want to keep Xu Sijin to work for them...

Xu Lingyi took the letter with a smile and read it quickly: "Let me ask what's going on?"

Buy some time for your son. Once the silver mine business is on track, send someone you trust to keep an eye on it. Even if he is transferred to another garrison, it won't have any impact.

Eleventh Lady frowned: "Does this count as passing your test? He's only been there for a year, and I always feel like there's something I don't know about!"

Xu Lingyi put his arm around her shoulders and said, "Don't worry. I'm here for you!" Then he asked about her shop, "How's the embroidery thread business?"

"Not bad!" Eleventh Lady's frown gradually relaxed. "A merchant from Yangzhou saw that our business was good and wanted us to sell the perfume powder in their shop. I sent someone to inquire about it. The perfume powder of that store is very famous in the Jiangnan area. Master Jian thinks it is profitable and is discussing this with them. If it works out, we want to rent the shop next door and open another perfume powder shop."

"I remember that the rouge in the palace comes from Hangzhou. It's a bit monotonous to only sell powder. Why don't you send someone to Hangzhou to have a look? If you sell both powder and rouge, maybe the business will be better."

"I thought so too," said Eleventh Lady seriously, "I'm going to go to Prince Shun's mansion tomorrow to see where the tribute of black stone and lipstick in the palace came from, so as to collect all the goods."

Xu Lingyi breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that she no longer mentioned Jing'er.

Eleventh Lady became more suspicious and called the little boy, Cuoyang, who was brought back from Jiayuguan by Jing'er: "...I want to transfer the Sixth Young Master back from Guizhou, but the Marquis won't let me. Do you dare to go to Guizhou with the people from the Resettlement Office?"

Cuoyang immediately promised: "Sixth Young Master saved my life. Madam, just tell me what you want to do. I promise to pass on your message." He added, "Not to mention that I can walk to Guizhou by myself, let alone following the people from the Hui Office."

"In two days, I will send someone to deliver clothes to the Sixth Young Master, and you will go with them." Eleventh Lady said, "When you get to Pingyi, don't say anything. Take a close look at who the Sixth Young Master's superiors are. How do they treat the Sixth Young Master? Who does the Sixth Young Master usually associate with... Once you find out the truth, I will know how to get along with the Sixth Young Master. If the Sixth Young Master asks about it, just say that it's not fun in the mansion, and just watch as the people in the office deliver things to him, and then run away. Can you do that?"

“Yes!” Cuoyang’s dark red face was full of determination.

Eleventh Lady smiled and rewarded him with a bag of silver coins, and hid ten silver bills of ten silver denominations in his belt: "Use them in case of emergency!"

Cuoyang happily followed the people from the Huihui Office to Guizhou.

Eleventh Lady was busy running the pollen shop. Occasionally, Princess Jiangdu would come to visit and she got along very well with Jiang.

At the end of April, Cuoyang came back and brought two sets of Miao people's silver headdresses, one set for the lady and one set for Shiyi Niang, saying they were birthday gifts.

"Sixth Young Master asked me how I got here, and I told him what you said." Cuoyang seemed a little listless. "As a result, the next day, Sixth Young Master asked Master Pang to send me to the post station, and told me to stay at home and learn martial arts from Seventh Young Master's master. He told me not to run around everywhere if he could use me in the future." After that, he took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Eleventh Lady. "Sixth Young Master told me to give you the letter as soon as I see you when I come back."

Eleventh Lady took the letter with a smile.

"I respectfully report to you, mother," the first sentence was quite normal, but the second sentence started to complain, "I knew I could not hide anything from you, so I will tell you the truth! I found a silver mine here, and it is not possible to mine it privately, so I told Prince Yong..."

He told her the whole story.

Sometimes, alerting the enemy is a solution.

Eleventh Lady looked at the letter silently.

At the beginning, the daily output was 12 or 13 taels of silver, and now it can produce more than 40 taels of silver every day... With such a huge fortune, would Jing'er still want to go to Jiayuguan to be a general?

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I have been really busy these past few days, please forgive me. Fortunately, there are only a few chapters left to finish... O(∩_∩)O~... I will try to add another chapter tomorrow at noon!