Chapter 504
Uncle Yu can only stay in the capital for a limited time, and Yuan Jing does not agree with the Yu family returning to the capital at this time. It is better to wait until the old emperor passes away and the next emperor takes the throne.
What Uncle Yu was most worried about was his nephew Yuan Jing. He had not had a good life in the past ten years, and he really wanted to pack up and take his nephew away. However, Jing Lie had a talk with Uncle Yu, and Uncle Yu did not mention this request again. He took the reluctant Yu Liang and left the capital.
Jing Lie did not do anything else but showed his martial arts to Uncle Yu to prove that he had the ability to protect Yuan Jing. Uncle Yu's jaw nearly dropped when he saw that, but he also had more confidence in his nephew's safety. Besides, he had also met his nephew's three friends. Although they were all idle playboys, they all had good characters. Moreover, Li Yan was the grandson of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion. With this background, Uncle Yu did not worry that his nephew, a commoner, would be bullied by the dignitaries in the capital.
However, before leaving, Uncle Yu was still thinking about the best time for the Yu family to move to Beijing. Now he could start making arrangements and could not leave his nephew alone here any longer.
Prince Shun also left with them. After calling several foreign kings to the capital for such a long time, the old emperor finally let them return to their fiefdoms. The old emperor was exhausted by the fighting among his sons, and he was worried that these foreign kings would get involved in his sons' disputes, so he simply drove them away.
Most emperors are easily angered. The princes are their own people, while Prince Shun and other foreign kings are outsiders. When their own people make mistakes, the emperor will think that it is all caused by these outsiders. If they drive the outsiders away, the disputes among the princes will stop.
To Prince Shun and Jing Lie, the old emperor was dreaming and too wishful. He wanted these adult princes to give up their fight. Unless they were allowed to regress to childhood, their growing ambitions and desires would not stop them, and the fight between them would only become more and more intense.
Prince Shun left very decisively, patted his butt and left, as if he couldn't wait to return to his fiefdom in the capital city because he was bored. Little did he know that Prince Shun had met with Jing Lie in private and had a detailed discussion before leaving. The two reached an agreement, and Prince Shun handed over all the people in the capital city to Jing Lie and returned to his fiefdom with peace of mind.
I'm afraid no one in the capital city would have thought that Prince Shun would let Jing Lie take over his power, because who is Jing Lie? He is a gigolo who lives on Zeng Yuanjing and eats Zeng Yuanjing's soft rice. How talented can he be? Who among those powerful princes would look up to Jing Lie?
Prince Shun was also very confident in using Jing Lie and Yuan Jing. Not only did their abilities amaze Prince Shun, but also because the two men were destined to have no offspring together, and their power would be limited in any further expansion. Prince Shun did not have to worry about the two of them forming a huge family behind them. Jing Lie was also an expelled member of the clan. In Prince Shun's eyes, these were their shortcomings.
For Yuan Jing and Jing Lie, Prince Shun is at least much better than those princes. The Yellow Beam Dream has been serialized to the eighth volume so far, but only Prince Shun is thinking of applying the contents of the book to reality. In his own fiefdom, he sincerely wants to improve the lives of the people. Compared with those princes, at least Prince Shun has the people in his heart.
In the context of imperial power, these are rare qualities.
As the weather got hotter, Li Yan and Zhao Yu had no interest in going anywhere else to play, so they came to Yuan Jing to cool off. Strangely, they felt irritated and irritated when they were in other places, but when they came to Yuan Jing, they realized the meaning of the words "the mood naturally cools down".
"Where's Xia Zhou? Just the two of you?"
Li Yan sneered, "That guy only has Manager Liu in his eyes now. Manager Liu is busy competing with the Fifth Prince's concubine, and is also trying to set up a place on land. Xia Zhou is busy following Manager Liu around, so he has no time to pay attention to us brothers."
In fact, Yuan Jing also noticed Xia Zhou's approach to Liu Yiyi. Needless to say, he had a good impression of Liu Yiyi, but it was not easy to impress Liu Yiyi. Just thinking about the troubles of the Xia family, Liu Yiyi would definitely not want to get involved. The Zeng family's lesson was deep enough.
Yuan Jing waved his fan and said, "Are you talking about the club that Manager Liu wants to open for women to have fun?"
"Yes, yes, it's this thing. Manager Liu told us three brothers about it. It sounds good, so we let her do what she wants. We just have to pay the money anyway." They also did not lose out. Manager Liu had helped them earn a lot of money during this period of time. They usually did not have to ask the mansion for money. In addition, they received dividends from Yuan Jing and Jing Lie, so even though they did not get a separate mansion, they were living a very comfortable life.
Zhao Yu approached Yuan Jing and said, "Yuan Jing, I also think that Manager Liu's idea is good, but that place can only be used for women to play. After all, Manager Liu is a woman. I wonder if we can build a similar place for us men to play?"
Li Yan immediately clapped his hands: "This is a great idea!"
Yuan Jing's eyes lit up. Great! This Zhao Yu is also a promising talent. "That's a good idea. You can discuss this idea with Shopkeeper Liu. Maybe Shopkeeper Liu can provide you with a better idea."
"Yes, Yuan Jing is right. I knew it was best to raise this idea with you, Yuan Jing." Zhao Yu thought, there was no need to worry about others laughing at him for being fanciful. If he could really succeed, he would not have to compete with other brothers in the mansion. He might even earn more than what the mansion could get.
Li Yan didn't want to leave, but Zhao Yu dragged him away. Yuan Jing looked unwilling to participate. They were also concerned about Yuan Jing's health. In their minds, Yuan Jing was a sickly person and they didn't want him to worry too much, so they had to arrest Li Yan and find the shopkeeper Liu to discuss it as soon as possible. If possible, they would let the shopkeeper Liu also invest, just like Yiliu's shop.
After hearing Zhao Yu's idea, Liu Yiyi didn't think much about it, because when she first proposed this idea, she found that Zhao Yu was moved. She thought that maybe Zhao Yu had come up with this idea at that time, but had not made up his mind yet.
There are many clubs in later generations. Liu Yiyi herself has been to many of them because of her work. What these places emphasize is service awareness, how to make people feel comfortable and happy. Even in Yiliu's shop now, she also focuses on service, so that these noble ladies can come happily and leave satisfied. She relies on this to compete with Han Miao's shop across the street.
Due to her status as the fifth prince, she did not reveal the secret recipe of the glass in anger, but she was quite disgusted with Han Miao.
In terms of service, how could Han Miao, as the concubine of the fifth prince, lower her posture like she is doing now? Han Miao not only does it herself, but also makes the future wives happy. How could Han Miao do it herself? She always orders the servants to do it. Can those servants be as attentive as Liu Yiyi?
Not to mention that Han Miao is now the prince's concubine. Even if she wants to be like Liu Yiyi, the Fifth Prince will never agree. If that happens, how can he, the Fifth Prince, have face in the capital?
Yuan Jing was also very happy. He lay comfortably on the bamboo chair and said to Jing Lie, "When they finish building it, we will also have a place to play."
Jing Lie fanned him and said, "Well, we have to let them build it well. After a few years, we can leave the capital and go to other places."
The situation in the capital is uncertain now, so it is not easy for them to leave. Once they fulfill the agreement with Prince Shun, they won't have to stay in the capital, and Yuan Jing won't have to pretend to be in poor health.
Yuan Jing was thinking about the future while enjoying the breeze, and he was about to fall asleep. Then he suddenly remembered something, opened his eyes and said, "After all this time, I finally got rid of Zeng Kang's family. What about Xie Boli? How is he now?"
Although Yuan Jing pushed all the poison in the original body onto Song, others did not know that Song only poisoned him with one type of poison, and the other one was given by Xie Boli. He had just solved one enemy, but what about the other? How could he let Xie Boli be free all alone?
Jing Lie paused for a moment, then continued to fan Yuan Jing. Yuan Jing and his husband were old men, and they could tell what the other was thinking with just a glance, so Yuan Jing chuckled and reached out to hit Jing Lie: "Tell me the truth, what good things have you done behind my back?"
Jing Lie chuckled, lowered his head and bit Yuan Jing's earlobe, leaving a shallow tooth mark: "What do you mean by calling you on your back? I was just punishing the bitch openly, but you were only paying attention to the things in the mansion and didn't pay attention."
"Want to know if I can take you to see it?"
Although he was too lazy to walk under the sun in this weather, he had to give an explanation to his original body anyway, so Yuan Jing climbed up from the recliner and waved his hand, saying, "Okay, Xiao Liezi, lead the way and go take a look."
Jing Lie was extremely annoyed. Little Lie? Just as he was thinking about whether to go out at a different time, Yuan Jing quickly slipped out, and a loud laugh came over. Jing Lie shook his head helplessly. Well, Yuan Jing was having a lot of fun and relaxing time in this world, so I'll spare him for this.
Following Jing Lie to a place, Yuan Jing looked up and was surprised: "Is that a gambling house across the street? Oh my God, did you trick Xie Boli into the gambling house?"
Jing Lie curled his lips and said, "He was short of money, I just had someone lure him in. But he was weak-willed and fell into it. If he was determined, he wouldn't have done what he did."
Yuan Jing nodded in agreement. Jing Lie knew Xie Boli's personality very well. Why did Xie Boli deliberately get close to the original body? It was not because of the money in the original body's hand. Xie Boli just wanted to take a shortcut. In the end, he got enough benefits and despised the original body. He felt that his previous patience was a sacrifice, and he regarded it as a stain and wanted to erase the stain of the original body.
It is really hard to imagine that even if such a person passes the imperial examination and enters the officialdom, he will not be a good official who serves the people and has the common people in his heart, let alone an honest and upright official. It is a good thing that his official career is cut off now.
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