What? Sending people to take over Lu Chen's business now?
Li Zhuo frowned and thought for a while, then finally shook his head and said, "It's not appropriate to do this. The Imperial Master's life or death is uncertain right now, so if we send someone there, it would be a bit like taking advantage of someone in distress."
Seeing Li Zhuo's direct refusal, Empress Qiao immediately bowed and said, "I was inconsiderate. I also felt that the Imperial Master was alone and helpless in the capital. He had helped us with so many things before. Now that something like this has happened, it is natural for us, the royal family, to help him keep those businesses."
"I also considered that our royal family has shares in those businesses, so sending people there is legitimate. Since Your Majesty feels it is inappropriate, then I will naturally comply. However, in a place like the capital, there are tigers and lions, as well as many wild dogs. I am very worried that some of the wild dogs will take advantage of the Imperial Master's absence and take a big bite out of these businesses."
"If that's the case, when the Imperial Master returns and finds out, he'll probably blame us for not helping to take good care of his assets."
After hearing this, Li Zhuo's expression became conflicted. Just as Queen Qiao said, Lu Chen had made great contributions to the Li family.
If they were really taken advantage of by some villains during this special period, they would not be able to explain to Lu Chen when he returned.
Thinking of this, Li Zhuo waved his hand and said, "Then let's send a few people from the palace to take charge of the property dedicated to the Imperial Master."
"I obey your command!"
After receiving the order, Queen Qiao could hardly suppress the smile. She quickly apologized, turned around and went out to make the arrangements.
Queen Qiao has been coveting Lu Chen's properties for a long time!
It is said that human greed is like a snake swallowing an elephant. Although Lu Chen sent gold and silver to the palace every month, no matter how much he sent, it could not satisfy the queen's greedy appetite.
When Queen Qiao thought about the fact that she had to share so many profitable businesses with others, she felt as if her heart was being chewed by a dog.
What made Queen Qiao even more angry was that she had mentioned to Li Mingyue last time that she wanted to arrange her brothers in the family into the business, but was blocked by Li Mingyue with ulterior motives.
Because of this incident, Queen Qiao was upset for half a month.
Now that Lu Chen is finally gone, she wants to see who else can stop him!
After arranging the personnel to take over Lu Chen's business, Queen Qiao said to the maidservants beside her, "Tell the Imperial Food Bureau to tell them that I want to eat something delicious today and have them use their best skills to prepare it."
The eunuchs and palace maids who were assigned tasks under Queen Qiao left the city happily.
For these lowly people, the impact of Lu Chen's accident on the entire Da Qi is not important. What is important is how much benefit they can gain after Lu Chen disappears.
Even in the palace, they had heard how profitable the commercial street opened by Lu Chen was.
Li Mingyue used to be just a crazy princess, but because she clung to Lu Chen's thigh, her life became better and better.
Before, in the palace, no matter whether it was a eunuch or a palace maid, they had to put on a smile when they saw Li Mingyue. If Li Mingyue liked someone, the rewards she gave would definitely make these lowly people happy and sell themselves out for fame and fortune.
Because they were people around the Queen, they were rarely rewarded by Li Mingyue, and they had a lot of resentment in their hearts before.
But now it seems that there is still a future in following the Queen. Look, now that Lu Chenyi is missing, their chance has come.
What are the few melons and dates as rewards? They can directly control the goose that lays golden eggs!
Soon the group arrived at the commercial street. The guard responsible for checking identity at the door stepped forward to block their way. Just as he was about to say something, he was slapped in the face.
Several eunuchs rushed forward and pinned the man to the ground. One of them aimed at the guard's face and attacked him left and right, until the guard's teeth were spitting out. Then he stopped and cursed, "You blind bastard, don't you see who I am? How dare you stop me?"
He then looked at the guards rushing out of the commercial street with great arrogance and said, "Every one of you, listen carefully! We are the Queen's men, and we are here by the order of His Majesty to take over the Imperial Master's property! If you leave immediately, I will not hold your offense against you. I will also have the person in charge here come out!"
The guards here had never seen such a scene before. When they heard people calling him "Your Majesty" all the time, they immediately got scared.
One of them came forward and greeted with a smile, while the others quickly went to look for Zheng Yourong.
Zheng Yourong was checking the accounts at the moment. Although she said she was checking the accounts, her attention was actually not focused on this at all.
Since the news of Lu Chen's disappearance reached the little prince, she naturally knew about it.
When Zheng Yourong thought about Lu Chen disappearing in Yangzhou, a place where he was unfamiliar with the place, her heart felt like it was being cut by a knife.
She was in no mood to settle accounts now. If it weren't for the fact that the commercial street was so important and really couldn't do without her, she really wanted to pack up her things immediately and go to Yangzhou to look for Lu Chen in person.
"God, Brother Lu is such a good man, you must keep him safe and sound!"
Just when Zheng Yourong was thinking about whether to go to a temple to burn incense and pray to Buddha, make a wish, or something, a maid suddenly rushed in and said, "Miss Yourong, please go and take a look. Something bad has happened!"
"Grandma Zhang, what's the rush?" Zheng Yourong frowned slightly. She was already upset, why did something else happen?
"Just now, a group of people came outside, both men and women. They said they were ordered by the emperor to take over our business."
"What!?"
No matter how good Zheng Yourong's temper is, her eyebrows are raised at this time!
What kind of joke is the Royal Family playing? The news of Lu Chen’s disappearance has just come back, and they are planning to do this?
Zheng Yourong said angrily, "Come on, let's go and see who is so audacious!"
Soon Zheng Yourong arrived at the entrance of the commercial street and saw this group of arrogant and domineering slaves.
After all, they were old people who had stayed in the palace, and Zheng Yourong recognized at a glance that these were the queen's people.
Zheng Yourong didn't bother to argue with these people about whether they had the right to take over this place. Instead, she pointed at the guard kneeling on the side with blood at his mouth and asked, "Who beat him up!?"
"Haha, isn't this Madam Zheng? I haven't seen you for a long time and you look better and better. This guy doesn't know the rules. I've already taught him a lesson for you. You're welcome."
The person who spoke looked at Zheng Yourong with a forced smile, not taking her seriously at all.
She was just a woman that the Zheng family didn't want. Before, because of his status as the national teacher, others would respect him.
Now that Lu Chen is missing, who would care about Zheng Yourong's feelings?
Seeing the other party's behavior, Zheng Yourong didn't waste any words with him. She just waved her hand and said, "Hit me!"
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