Huang Qubing hid outside the door and eavesdropped.
I couldn't hear clearly, and my heart was beating fast, hanging in the air and unable to settle down.
He will be tortured to death.
The door opened and Gu Jiu walked out.
Huang Qubing was startled and jumped up.
"Has the discussion concluded?"
Gu Jiu nodded with a smile, "You can go in now."
"How did the talk go?" Huang Qubing tried to appear calm, but his tone was too hurried, and it was obvious that he was worried.
Gu Jiu smiled and said, "You'll know when you go in. I'll take my leave first!"
He left very decisively, with no intention of greeting or chatting.
Huang Qubing was a little confused.
Didn’t the deal come to fruition?
He clearly heard his mother's hearty laughter.
Is he hallucinating?
Huang Qubing walked into the bedroom nervously.
Princess Fuya actually got out of bed and sat upright on a chair, with a look in her eyes, signaling Huang Yubing to sit down and talk.
"Mother, are you feeling better?" he asked cautiously.
Princess Fuya said with a cold expression, "I'm lucky I didn't die of anger."
Upon hearing this, Huang Qubing's heart skipped a beat and he knew that something bad was going to happen.
He was considering whether to run away now and come back to visit his grumpy mother in a few days.
Princess Fuya gave him a look and said, "What's that expression on your face? Would I eat people?"
Huang Qubing smiled awkwardly. Of course, they wouldn't eat people, but their deeds were even scarier than eating people.
Princess Fuya snorted and asked directly, "Do you want to go to the Shaofu?"
Huang Qubing said, "Hasn't this been agreed upon long ago?"
Princess Fuya looked at him with a half-smile, "I and Madam Zhao have not reached an agreement."
Huang Qubing was stunned, a little bit unbelieving. He said cautiously: "I heard my mother's laughter."
Princess Fuya chuckled, "I firmly oppose her involving you in any dangerous situation. Yet, she brazenly claimed to guarantee your safety. Do you know how she did it?"
Huang Qubing shook his head like a rattle.
Princess Fuya said coldly: "She is going to use money to save your life. Bribing Your Majesty directly with money is simply ridiculous."
Huang Qubing weakly retorted, "Madam Zhao has mastered this tactic to perfection. Your Majesty is very fond of it."
Princess Fuya was furious.
Going against her, it turned out that raising this son was a waste.
Princess Fuya suppressed her temper and said patiently, "I can't reach an agreement with her. Tell me what you plan to do. She meant that if we can't reach an agreement, then there's nothing to talk about. She has ways to get you and your son into the Shaofu, but she also has ways to drive you out. She also said that if the Shaofu leaves Sihai, it will reveal its true colors within two months."
Huang Qubing frowned. He really didn't expect that they would fall out so directly.
Gu Jiu, who had always been successful, finally hit a wall with his mother and returned in defeat.
This will surely be a day to remember.
Boom boom boom…
Princess Fu Ya knocked on the table and finally called back the distracted Huang Qubing.
"I asked you a question, didn't you hear me?"
Huang Qubing said, "Given Madam Zhao's business plan, if she terminates the cooperation between Sihai and the Shaofu, the Shaofu will indeed encounter great difficulties."
"What kind of cooperation is there between Sihai and Shaofu? Isn't it just lending? Logically, she should be the one who is nervous." Princess Fu Ya didn't know the inside story, so she had this idea.
Huang Qubing shook his head repeatedly. "The cooperation between Sihai and the Shaofu goes far beyond lending. Lending is only a small part of it. Mother, you should know that the beef jerky that's popular on the market today is also a product of Sihai. But mother, do you know that the grassland cattle used to make beef jerky are all supplied by the Shaofu?"
If Sihai terminates the cooperation, with its business layout, it can directly purchase cattle and sheep from the grasslands and transport them to the interior, and the price is cheaper than that of the Shaofu. And without Sihai, the cattle and sheep on the Shaofu's hands will all be left in vain. There are countless similar cooperations, both what mother can imagine and what she can't imagine.
Princess Fuya frowned, "You mean, Sihai buys goods from the Shaofu at a high price, and then sells them and makes a profit?"
Huang Qubing nodded heavily, "Shaofu has many profitable businesses, and they all involve Sihai."
Princess Fuya sneered, "The old ancestor has been in the Shaofu for so many years, and the Shaofu has been beaten to a pulp by Gu Jiu. Her shadow is everywhere. And yet, Your Majesty didn't replace the old ancestor?"
Princess Fuya felt incredible.
Huang Qubing reminded him quietly, "The old ancestor has been in the Ministry of Finance for many years, and the profits are getting higher year by year. Your Majesty is so happy that he can't wait to replace the old ancestor."
Princess Fuya laughed at herself, "I was confused. I forgot that His Majesty values money over people. Gu Jiu said that if anything goes wrong, she can buy your life for millions of taels. It turns out she has done so before. And I actually called her a fantasy. In recent years, I haven't paid much attention to what's happening outside. I can hardly keep up with the thinking of you young people."
For the first time, Princess Fuya felt that she was really old.
Young people nowadays are too aggressive.
In the past, they didn’t dare to think about or do things, but now young people not only dare to think and do them, but also do it very well.
Huang Qubing was so moved by the words that his life could be bought for millions of taels that his eyes filled with tears.
He asked anxiously, "Did Madam Zhao really say that she would give His Majesty millions of taels to buy my life?"
Princess Fuya picked up the teacup and smashed it on Huang Qubing's head.
Huang Qubing jumped up nimbly.
Judging from the smoothness of his movements and the tricky angles, he is obviously a veteran of many battles.
Princess Fuya pointed at Huang Qubing and angrily scolded him, "I gave birth to you and raised you, yet you are moved by an outsider. You unfilial son, why don't you think about how much effort I have put into you?"
Huang Qubing said weakly, "Mother is simply worried that one day His Majesty will pass the throne to a prince other than the First Prince, and that he will settle accounts with the First Prince's wife. But I would like to say that of all the princes, the First Prince has the best chance of success."
"It's useless to think that Liu Zhao has a good chance of winning. Did Crown Prince Renxuan have a good chance of winning? Did Empress Cui Ruizhen have a good chance of winning? In the end, nothing happened."
Huang Qubing stiffened his neck and said, "If Crown Prince Renxuan could marry a woman like Madam Zhao, and casually spend millions of taels, and have the influence that Madam Zhao has now, the outcome is uncertain."
Princess Fu Ya pointed at Huang Qubing and was almost angry to death.
"The greater Gu Jiu's influence, the greater the danger. Your Majesty cannot be deceived forever. One day you will see the truth. By then, no one who has anything to do with Liu Zhao and Gu Jiu will end up well." Princess Fu Ya spoke with great sincerity.
She was determined to pull her son back to his right path after he got stuck in a dead end.
Huang Qubing asked, "Even if His Majesty sees the truth one day, will he definitely choose someone else? Which prince can be better than the eldest prince? Which lady can be more worthy of being the empress than Madam Zhao?"
Princess Fuya was furious, "Are you determined to stick to this path?"
"Why did my mother decide that this was a road of no return, rather than a road with a bright future?"
Huang Qubing was also very distressed.
On one side are ideals, on the other side are family.
He didn't want to be an unfilial son, nor did he want to give up his ideals and career. He also wanted to achieve something.
The success of Wenqing Bookstore gave him great confidence.
He imagined that after entering the Shaofu, he would have more opportunities to display his strengths.
However, I didn't expect that I would encounter the biggest obstacle in my life just when I got started.
Princess Fuya gritted her teeth and said, "I've eaten more salt than you've eaten rice. During the Kaiyao era, more than a dozen princes fought for a position. What was the result? How many are still alive? Count them carefully for me."
Which of those princes didn't have some influence, a group of counselors, or a plan? They all ended up making wedding clothes for others. Being alive is lucky. You only see the advantages of the eldest prince and Gu Jiu's influence, but how can you not see the risks involved? "
"What can you do without risk? Even drinking water can cause choking and death. Should we just stop drinking water?"
Huang Qubing's rebuttal made Princess Fu Ya furious.
"Are you deliberately trying to piss me off to death? I've tried so hard to persuade you, but you won't listen to a single word I say."
Huang Qubing was so angry that his face turned red. "Well, then, my son will not go to the Shaofu. He will return to Wenqing Bookstore and continue to edit and publish books."
"You can't go back to Wenqing Bookstore."
Huang Qubing was stunned on the spot.
Princess Fuya said coldly, "Gu Jiu said that since we can't reach an agreement, there's no need to continue our relationship. She will calculate all your investments as soon as possible. From now on, you have nothing to do with her, Sihai, or Wenqing Bookstore."
Huang Qubing's face suddenly turned pale, and he asked in a trembling voice, "What did you say?"
"I told you not to go back to Wenqing Bookstore. From now on, that place has nothing to do with you."
“Ahhh…”
Huang Qubing suddenly collapsed and went crazy, screaming heart-wrenchingly.
Princess Fuya was frightened, "Qubing, please don't scare mother!"
“Ahhh…”
Huang Qubing rushed out directly.
Princess Fuya put on her shoes while shouting, "Catch up with the young master quickly and don't let him leave the house."
After putting on her shoes, Princess Fuya also chased after him.
The guards stopped Huang Qubing at the gate of the princess's mansion.
Huang Qubing couldn't break free and fainted due to the shock.
Princess Fuya was terrified, "Call the doctor, quickly!"
…
Huang Qubing fell ill.
Unlike Princess Fuya's illness, he is really sick.
The disease came on very rapidly and he remained in a coma.
The imperial physician said that Huang Qubing was stimulated and depressed, which caused his old illness to relapse.
In addition, he wanted to escape, so he fell into a coma.
Princess Fuya cried until her eyes were swollen, but she was unable to wake Huang Qubing up.
"Qubing, please wake up soon. As long as you wake up, I will agree to anything you ask. I will do whatever you want. At worst, I will sacrifice my life."
"Oh my, what's the point of saying this now?"
Prince Consort Huang sighed and wanted to blame Princess Fuya, but he didn't dare to say it out loud.
Princess Pingyang Liu Huan's eyes had already turned red from crying.
As a husband and wife, she didn't know why Huang Qubing quarreled with Princess Fu Ya, nor did she know why Huang Qubing fell ill.
Even if Prince Consort Huang didn't say anything, Princess Fuya was also very secretive about it.
Princess Pingyang Liu Huan was worried about Huang Qubing's safety and asked, "What can we do to save him?"
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