The capital city of Shangjing was still quite quiet in the early morning, with only a few breakfast stalls open.

At the morning court today, Li Xiuzhu went home to change into court clothes and returned to the palace again.

The moment they saw Li Xiuzhu, many ministers came forward to greet him.

After everyone left, Jia Sidao stepped forward and asked quietly, "Is the prince satisfied with Jia Huan and the others?"

Li Xiuzhu frowned when he heard this.

"Master Jia, what does this mean? I heard from Liuli that they seem to have signed a contract to sell themselves."

Jia Sidao immediately heard the displeasure in Li Xiuzhu's words and quickly said, "Your Majesty, I have no other intentions."

"I heard that there is a captain named Qin in the Wucheng Military Department, and he has a daughter as beautiful as a flower."

"If Your Majesty is interested, I am willing to make a trip."

Li Xiuzhu was about to refuse, but suddenly paused.

"Do you know his daughter's name?"

"It's not appropriate for outsiders like us to know this girl's nickname, but if Your Majesty is interested, I'm willing to ask."

Li Xiuzhu thought for a moment and said, "If the other person's name is Qin Keqing, you can go. If not, forget it."

Upon hearing this, Jia Sidao smiled. He was determined to cling to the prince's thigh.

Jia Sidao agreed and was about to leave when he heard Li Xiuzhu continue, "Please don't send it to me under a different name, otherwise..."

Upon hearing this, Jia Sidao secretly thought it was a pity that he actually had such an idea.

However, Jia Sidao smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you are worrying too much. How dare I lie in front of you?"

Li Xiuzhu nodded and said nothing more. Jia Sidao also left tactfully.

However, Jia Sidao remembered the name Qin Keqing. It seems that this Qin Keqing was deeply loved by the prince.

How could one not like her? She was a combination of Daiyu and Baochai, attracting the attention of several men in the Jia family.

This morning, news of the battle came from Dasheng Pass.

Fifty thousand Quanrong troops have gathered outside Dasheng Pass, and there are fifty thousand defenders in Dasheng Pass itself. Attacking a city is much more difficult than defending it, so the two sides have not yet started fighting.

General Luo Shicheng's army was marching at a forced pace and was already halfway there.

The food and fodder supply has been completed, but the national treasury is empty. The next step is to take action against those noble families that own large granaries.

"Sir Song, Sir Jia from the Ministry of Revenue is a steady person. Let him be in charge of negotiating the grain prices with the noble families, and then the Ministry of Revenue will send two people to supervise. What do you think?"

Hearing what Li Xiuzhu said, Song Lian was stunned, and then looked at Jia Sidao.

Yesterday, Jia Sidao came to tell him that his sister fell in love with the prince after meeting him by chance, and even asked the princess to help.

It seems that Jia Sidao is hooking up with Li Xiuzhu.

Song Lian naturally would not offend Li Xiuzhu. Although he was unhappy, he still endured it.

Now the place on your head belongs to someone else, is he going to use his head to hit them?

However, if this family has offended too many people, he wouldn't mind adding insult to injury and bringing down the Li family of the Great Zhou.

Song Lian said, "Your Highness is right. Lord Jia has worked diligently, and it is time for him to shoulder the burden of the Jia family."

This is originally the responsibility of the Ministry of Revenue. Song Lian has spoken up and the decision makers have agreed, so naturally no one will interfere.

At this time, Jia Sidao was extremely happy. He didn't expect that the prince would give him such a big gift before he even did anything.

Do you think this is a hard job? No, this is a good job of expropriating the family and destroying the whole clan. If there is anyone who is not filial, then I can only say, haha... wait for death.

Of course, he would also do everything Li Xiuzhu arranged.

Not to mention the affordable price, he can buy it at 20% of the market price.

The matter was settled. Li Xiuzhu did not go home but had lunch in the palace, which made Jia Sidao and others who were waiting outside to thank him very annoyed.

It was not until dark that Li Xiuzhu came out.

Jia Sidao hurried forward and stopped Li Xiuzhu.

Li Xiuzhu came here by carriage in the morning, so he was naturally in the carriage at this time.

Li Xiuzhu didn't expect Jia Sidao to wait for him to lift the curtain. After a pause, he said, "Old Ma, let Lord Jia come up."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

As soon as Jia Sidao got on the carriage, he immediately bowed and thanked him, saying, "Thank you for your support, Your Majesty. I will definitely follow your lead in the future."

Li Xiuzhu nodded and said, "Just do what I tell you to do."

"I don't care what you do, but remember one thing: the price of grain cannot be higher than the market price."

"Don't do it to the point where God and people are angry. It's best to start with a family with a bad reputation."

Jia Sidao understood what he said.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will definitely do this."

"Well, go ahead."

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Only then did Jia Sidao get off the carriage and walked towards his own carriage.

When Li Xiuzhu got home, he unexpectedly heard some news.

"My father-in-law is gone? Did anyone, Sanniang, make the old man angry?"

Du Sanniang said, "No, it's just that the Prime Minister feels better, so he and his wife went back."

"But the Prime Minister left Yanyu and Baozhu behind, saying that they were not in good health and that it was safer to keep them with me."

Wow, this cheap father-in-law really believes in me. I don’t even believe in myself.

At this time Fu Yunshuang came over.

"Brother-in-law, you're back."

Li Xiuzhu smiled and nodded, then asked, "Are we going to Yunzhu Tower today?"

"No, I went to the book club today."

Fu Yunshuang said jokingly, "Brother-in-law, are the feet of my book club girl beautiful?"

Li Xiuzhu paused, and even rolling his eyes felt inappropriate.

Although his fetish was exposed, it would be a lie to say that he doesn't have it.

And blame Yunshuang? Come on, I've already taken all the benefits. If I continue to scold her, it seems like I'm just taking advantage of her and refusing to take responsibility.

But if I don't say anything, I always feel a little awkward.

"It's OK, just so-so. I still like our Yunshuang more."

Fu Yunshuang heard the words gently and asked with a hint of mischief: "Does brother-in-law like Yunshuang, or does he like Yunshuang's feet more?"

"Well, isn't this all because of you? I think since I like you, I naturally like your feet, right?"

How could Fu Yunshuang let Li Xiuzhu get away with it?

Upon hearing this, he directly said the words he had prepared.

"Brother-in-law is not like that. If you like Yunshuang, then Yunshuang will not let you touch her feet in the future. If you like Yunshuang's feet, then Yunshuang will let you touch them."

Upon hearing this, Li Xiuzhu glared at the little girl. You are just trying to lure me into making a fool of myself, right?

Forget it. I have no face to show now anyway.

"Okay, okay, I like your feet, okay? Really, you don't even give your brother-in-law any face."

Suddenly Fu Yunshuang covered her mouth and laughed even more happily.

But another thorny issue of death came up.

"So does my brother-in-law like my feet more, or does he like Xianxian's feet more?"

(End of this chapter)