Chapter 231 One dares to sell and the other dares to buy
[The tyrant, this freeloader, is now paving the way for the real princess to become empress. The poor Third Prince has been fooled by the tyrant... Tsk tsk, this is too much! How can you believe the tyrant's words?]
Chu Liuzheng silently lit a row of candles for Yin Taiyu.
Seeing that the operation to trap the butterfly went smoothly last night, she began to look through other gossip.
The first one made her stunned.
[They were entangled in the middle of the night, chasing each other but she couldn't escape even with wings! ]
This title... is quite interesting.
She clicked on it with great anticipation, expecting to see something bloody and exciting, but ended up being completely confused by Princess Gaochang's outrageous actions.
[Midnight wall climbing, boudoir rendezvous, door knocks, window knocks, bed knocks, etc., Hercules Princess, I'll take it as long as you're not asking for drugs. If you have the time, why don't you buy them on the black market yourself... Oh, I did, and it was all flour.]
[No, who sells drugs by the pound? It's really like one dares to sell and the other dares to buy. Are you planning to use drugs to make steamed buns? If you don't take advantage of me, who will?]
[That's just because he has a lot of money to burn. If he were short of money, he wouldn't be... Wow, so arrogance is hereditary.]
Chu Liuzheng suddenly caught a glimpse of a piece of gossip related to Gaochang Kingdom.
The Emperor of Gaochang received an urgent letter from the Shunguang Emperor, informing him that the envoy, Ainiwar, had been caught red-handed in a firearms trade involving collusion with Dasheng officials. Furious, he overturned the table and cursed Ainiwar's portrait for half an hour. He then summoned his trusted ministers to discuss the matter for five days, reluctantly agreeing to the Shunguang Emperor's terms. As a token of apology and sincerity, he even offered a 20% increase.
If we add another 20% to the tyrant's conditions... Chu Liuzheng silently calculated. The moment she figured out the number, she raised her hand and rubbed her chest, silently saying: Other people's money, other people's money, other people's money, it has nothing to do with me, it has nothing to do with me, it has nothing to do with me...
"I've seen prodigals before, but I've never seen one as prodigal as this. They dared to sign such a treaty. The Emperor of Gaochang really doesn't take the treasury's money seriously. He's determined to cling to the tyrant even if it means losing everything, right?"
Chu Liuzheng didn't quite understand the Gaochang Emperor's actions. Instead of using the money to please the tyrant, couldn't the money be used to improve the soldiers' lives and equipment?
In this world, only those with strong soldiers and horses can avoid being bullied.
The Tatars have repeatedly plundered the border of Gaochang Kingdom and are extremely arrogant, but they dare not harass the people on the border of Dasheng as they did before. Isn't it because since the tyrant ascended the throne, he has attached great importance to armaments, cracked down on corruption, allocated silver several times, and even emptied the treasury to build the border into an iron wall?
We will fight every time they come. If those vicious wolves of the Tatars cannot gain any advantage, they will naturally stop coming.
[Speaking of which, did the tyrant deliberately ask for such an exorbitant price, guessing the Emperor of Gaochang would agree? With such a huge investment, Princess Hercules should be able to secure a respectable position once she enters the palace, right?]
[Alas, Hercules Princess is still trying to imitate the fake princess and not enter the palace. She hasn't even considered why there's no one guarding Ganquan Palace, and why there's a trap just outside the back window? Who would dare dig such a large pit in the palace without the tyrant's instructions?]
Chu Liuzheng shook his head, pulled apart the gossip and turned it over.
[Hmm... Emperor Shunguang sent a secret letter to Prince Xiao, summoning him to the capital.]
[Oh, are you finding an assistant for Minister Wen? If Prince Xiao comes to the capital, the two of them won't have to send letters via Feiyan anymore. It will be much more convenient to discuss anything.]
"But..." Chu Liuzheng thought of the problems in the first draft. "Although the tyrant had just defrauded Gaochang of a large sum, we still need to provide them with firearms. It's not pure profit, and the silver crisis remains unresolved. I hope Prince Xiao and Minister Wen can come up with a good solution."
【Those who are capable should work harder. Come on! 】
She skimmed over this piece of gossip and continued to read the rest.
[Uh, Chun Man Yuan is closed for rectification?]
[Oh, yeah, Tao Shidu smashed a lot of things that day and even set it on fire. It really needs some renovations.]
[Hey, the madam even wrote to that person because business was so bad. What was his reaction?]
Chu Liuzheng searched the system with great interest, but didn't find it. Guessing that the letter had not been delivered yet, he gave up and went to check other messages.
[The body of Prince Li was returned to his fiefdom.]
The body has been sent away, but what about the case? Has the murderer been caught?
She casually flipped through the pages and found relevant news.
The Grand Court official suspected that the death of Prince Li's son was related to the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery's mansion. Upon investigation, the Marquis's wife revealed that the manor's second daughter had not contracted a serious illness and gone to the manor to recuperate, but had instead gone missing.
Xiao Tao, the maid who served the Second Young Lady, claimed that the Second Young Lady had met with Prince Li on numerous occasions. They even met on the morning of Prince Li's death, apparently discussing elopement.
The Dali Temple official suspects the Second Young Lady is involved with the murderer of Prince Li, and has issued a warrant for her arrest nationwide.
Chu Liuzheng gritted his teeth.
[The shameless old man, the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery, actually pushed his own mistakes onto his daughter in order to avoid the tyrant's suspicion!]
[The Second Miss doesn't like Prince Li at all, how could she possibly elope with him? This is pure rumor!]
"This is murder. If they find the perpetrator, they'll have to pay with their lives! The marriage was treated as a business to benefit the family, and now they have to help Old Deng take the blame. If I were the Second Miss, I'd run away too."
She casually looked up the whereabouts of the second young lady.
[Oh, here it is! Miss Er is now... eh?]
She blinked.
[Ah, the second young lady ran away from home because...]
"Liu Zheng!" Yu Zhui pushed the door open excitedly. "The Imperial Household Department has delivered the New Year's rewards and is calling out the names. Hurry up!"
"Here it comes!" Chu Liuzheng didn't bother to read the gossip anymore. He raised his hand and stuffed the remaining small piece of osmanthus cake into his mouth, brushed off the cake crumbs on his hand, and trotted off to receive the reward.
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The liveliness of the Chinese New Year is caused by the pile of things.
Large families have many rules, and the royal family has even more rules. Various sacrifices and banquets can keep them busy from the first to the tenth day of the lunar month.
Officials from the Ministry of Rites, Guanglu Temple, Honglu Temple and Taichang Temple had almost no holiday at all. They finally had a chance to take a break on the 11th day of the first lunar month, but they had to start preparing for the marriage of the second prince of Western Xia and Princess Meizhen of Goryeo.
The wedding date is set for the 23rd day of the first lunar month, which is an auspicious day for marriage.
Originally, March 18th would have been a better date, but the envoys would have to leave Beijing in early February, so if the wedding was to be completed before then, it could only be scheduled for January 23rd.
The time was too short and the preparations were definitely insufficient, but the envoys from Western Xia and Goryeo had no objections, so Xiao Jingfan naturally would not have any objections either.
This was a tough time for officials in the Ministry of Rites. While others gained weight during the New Year, their clothes became looser and looser. They were so busy every day that they were dizzy, fearing that they would be late.
Of course, no matter how busy the officials were, it had nothing to do with Chu Liuzheng, the little palace maid who was recuperating from her injuries.
She cherished the little time she had left to recuperate, and her favorite thing to do every day was to lie by the window, bask in the sun, and read gossip.
There are many people and things to do during the Chinese New Year. The melons in the system grow faster than leeks. There are all kinds of melodramatic and bizarre things. Chu Liuzheng enjoys eating the melons to great extent and often stays there for half a day.
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