Chapter 53: Your vest has fallen off, Prince
Jiang Jiu was tired. She was a premature baby and had myocarditis since childhood, so she couldn't overwork.
Close your eyes and take a long breath.
"We met once fifteen years ago. You may have forgotten it a long time ago. I'm really sorry. You took my most precious thing, so I have to remember it."
Lu Yunyang pondered for a long time, then raised his eyes and stared at Jiang Jiu who was resting, his dark eyes moving with sharp and deep thoughts.
"So, you recognized me very early on?"
Jiang Jiu was really sleepy, and he said softly, "I recognized you the moment we met. It's because you are so handsome. There aren't many people with such affectionate and cold eyes."
Lu Yunyang's eyes were cold, and he snorted in self-mockery: "You recognized me so early, yet you still played along with me for so long, you are such a good actor..."
Jiang Jiu still didn't open his eyes: "Not as good as the prince's acting skills. He has been a playboy for a few years and deceived everyone in the world."
Lu Yunyang felt that he had not revealed any flaws in front of Jiang Jiu.
Still unwilling to accept it, he said, "Well, even if you recognized me, you didn't have any proof at the time. How can you prove that I am the Ninth Prince?"
Let Jiang Jiu prove that Lu Yunyang is the Ninth Prince.
Jiang Jiu's mouth curled up: "Your eight concubines told me..."
After waiting for a long time, Lu Yunyang heard Jiang Jiu's slow and soft breathing and realized that she had fallen asleep.
How could eight concubines betray him?
Besides, the eight concubines of the Lu family were just a trick he used to conceal his identity.
What else doesn't he know?
Lu Yunyang left Hua Man Lou angrily and wanted to go straight back home. But halfway there, he was suddenly shocked to realize that although Jiang Jiu had guessed his identity, others did not know it.
Then he returned to Jiang Jiu's home.
"Lu Ming, how did she find out my identity?"
Lu Ming had been following Lu Yunyang and felt that he had concealed his guilt very well and there was nothing wrong with him.
"Eight concubines, lingering in brothels, spending money like water... Isn't this the standard configuration of a playboy? Master, I don't think there is anything wrong with you."
"Besides, Mudan and the others don't know your identity either. Did you reveal your true identity in your daily life?"
Lu Yunyang thought hard: "Daily? What daily? Tell me in detail what you did in the first three days after you married Jiang Jiu into the Lu family..."
Although Lu Yunyang was in the Huamanlou, in Miss Nishang's room at that time.
But the Lu family, Lu Yunyang also sent people to keep an eye on Jiang Jiu at all times.
Lu Mingzai recalled it carefully.
"When Miss Jiang got married, she said she had married the wrong man. Then, Mudan and the others wanted to meet the mistress, and Miss Jiang went to find the old man and the lady... Then the eldest lady wanted to divide the family..."
Lu Yunyang thought for a moment and said, "There should be no flaw in this, because we had never met before, and she didn't know my identity at that time..."
Jiang Jiugang just said that he guessed his identity after meeting him.
At that time, even if one guessed that he was the Ninth Prince, he still needed to verify it.
"You can start talking after I return home and take the money..."
Lu Ming thought for a moment and said, "Miss Jiang said she wanted to return the betrothal money to her master, and also said she wanted to revitalize the shop in the mansion, and asked Nanny Qian and Miss Xiazhi to ask Mudan what their specialties are..."
Lu Yunyang nodded slightly: "This makes sense. Jiang Jiu doesn't keep idle people around. He lets Mudan and the others use their own strengths to support themselves, and even returns their indentures to them... She told me all this a long time ago..."
There's nothing special about this.
Lu Ming spread his hands and said, "Next, Miss Jiang opened a shop, settled Mudan and the others, and even hired a doctor to check Mudan and the others' pulses, saying that she wanted to have children for her master. Besides, Miss Jiang had already planned to divorce at that time. All this..."
At this moment, Lu Yunyang suddenly widened his eyes and his pupils narrowed.
"What did you say? Jiang Jiu hired a doctor to check Mudan and the others' pulses?"
Lu Ming nodded: "After all, she is the master's concubine, so the mistress must
Can I release my concubine's body and continue the master's family line?"
Lu Yunyang took a deep breath. It turned out that Jiang Jiu had already confirmed his identity at that time.
The eight concubines are just a cover, they are all innocent.
He calculated so much that he actually forgot about the most important private matter.
Suddenly, Lu Yunyang thought of the table that Jiang Jiu had arranged for his eight concubines to sleep with him.
Yes, Jiang Jiu had told him a long time ago, but he didn’t think of it.
Jiang Jiu asked a doctor to check the pulses of the eight concubines. On the surface, it was to continue the family line for her husband, but in reality, it was to see if the eight concubines were virgins.
How could a dandy boy not be tempted by eight young and beautiful concubines at home? They are all virgins.
There are only two reasons for this result. First, the man is not good enough. Second, the man has another identity.
It’s not that Lu Yunyang is not capable. She knew it when Jiang Jiu fought with him that night.
Therefore, it is more certain that Lu Yunyang has another identity.
Lu Yunyang was extremely upset. Jiang Jiu was really going to make the secret recipes of making soap, glass, and sugar public, and the one who would suffer the most would be Yi Ye Xiao Zhou.
And he won't get any benefit either, as he has to pay the highest tax. I'm afraid that next year, his tax won't be enough.
They also said that the people were the beneficiaries, as the prices of valuables were lowered, and that the court was the sufferer, as it collected taxes based on profits.
I don’t know how long it took, but Jiang Jiu actually came in from outside.
After not sleeping all night, Lu Yunyang's eyes were dark and his face was full of resentment.
Jiang Jiu had a good sleep and was full of energy. He looked at Lu Yunyang in shock: "Why are you still here? Princess Qi Yang's convoy will arrive at Shili Pavilion soon. You are a prince after all, why don't you go to greet them?"
Lu Yunyang was shocked at this, as he had received news from the capital two days ago.
When the Emperor learned that Prince Qi had been assassinated and was ill, he specially sent the eldest princess's daughter, Princess Qiyang, to visit him.
Lu Yunyang was angry: "No, to put it nicely, you came to see me, to put it bluntly, you want to know when I will die..."
Jiang Jiu asked Nanny Qian to prepare breakfast and turned around to sit on the couch next to Lu Yunyang.
"In fact, there is another purpose, which is to get the secret recipes of Yiye Pianzhou. Look, if I make the secret recipes public, it will be safe for you and the merchants in Suzhou..."
Lu Yunyang frowned: "How did you know? After all, the ring of Yiye Pianzhou has just appeared. The court will not react so quickly..."
Jiang Jiu showed an innocent face: "Prince, you forgot that the ring was in your hand the whole time. On the day you were injured, there must have been spies in the palace from the capital. Besides, the court must know more than you do."
After all, Jiang Jiu's mother was hunted down in the capital.
Lu Yunyang never expected that the woman in front of him was so smart. His sharp eyes narrowed slightly.
Jiang Jiu suddenly laughed: "Don't think about killing me, my lord. Killing me won't do you any good. My lord needs money, and I have promised to give you 60% of the money I earn."
"Besides, now that Princess Qiyang is here, don't you want to continue the show?"
"The reputation of the Ninth Prince in the court is that he is weak and sickly, and obsessed with women. Naturally, the palace is full of beautiful women..."
"I have already brought Mudan and the others over from Xiang County for the prince..."