The families of the officials of the current dynasty all have multiple businesses outside. Even Feng Jinyuan at that time also had some small businesses running. Of course, the Feng family relied mainly on the support of the Shen family, but now the left prime minister Lu Song completely relies on his own business operations to support the expenses of the entire Lu family and his official career operations.
From the beginning, the Lu family had not only set their sights on the Eighth Prince. With three daughters in their hands, they had already set their sights on the Yao family and the Ren family. Unfortunately, in the end, the Eighth Prince was the only lifeline left for them. Lu Song was not a fool. He knew that his position as the Left Prime Minister was not secure. In fact, people who had held the position of Left Prime Minister had never been secure. Therefore, he had to plan a way out for the Lu family while he still had the ability and power. Now that all parties were in trouble, he had to grab this last lifeline no matter what.
After discussing with Ge, Lu Song decided to concentrate the Lu family's businesses in the east, west and north to the south. The Lu family wanted to make their position clear and fully support the Eighth Prince, betting all their money on the Eighth Prince alone, in order to make the Lu family prosperous in the future. At the same time, they also invited an old maid in the palace to teach etiquette for Lu Yan through the relationship of Concubine Yuan Shu, in order to train Lu Yan into a qualified prince's wife. Lu Yan cooperated with all this.
The Lu family kept the reassignment of the family business very secret, even Lu Yan was completely unaware of it. The business leaders in the east, west and north also kept their mouths shut, actively and low-key executing Lu Song's orders, cooperating to quickly transfer the Lu family's business. And the so-called rapid was really rapid enough. A large amount of business was transferred within a month, all of which were transferred to the southern part of Dashun, starting from the capital and extending southward to Lanzhou in the southernmost part, and even beginning to move into the desert.
However, just when the Lu family was most proud, just when Lu Song thought that everything was developing in the most perfect direction he imagined! Suddenly, the originally stable Lu family business began to suffer heavy losses repeatedly, and this heavy loss started from the southernmost part and developed all the way to the north, catching the Lu family off guard.
The other party seemed to be targeting the Lu family intentionally, destroying and crushing them, one store a day, one town in two days, and one city in three days. They pushed forward from the southern border to the capital, and they became more and more adept at destroying, and the speed was getting faster and faster. Finally, within a month, all the businesses of the Lu family failed miserably! All assets were cleared to zero! Even the top leaders of various industries left the Lu family on their own initiative or were arrested by the government on various charges for one reason or another. The information network that Lu Song had built up over the years was completely broken up in an instant. He couldn't even find out any news. As soon as his people left the capital, the information chain was immediately broken, and there was no one to contact. Lu Song tried no less than ten times, but couldn't get any news back.
He finally realized that something was wrong. He began to get scared, began to feel terrified, and began to wonder what was going on. Ge's words reminded him: "Go and ask Concubine Yuan Shu for help. Our Lu family has lost contact, but the arrangements made by Concubine Shu and the Eighth Prince cannot be cut off at the same time. Ask Concubine Shu to help find out."
So, when Lu Song entered the palace, he saw an enraged Concubine Yuan Shu. "Lu Song! How dare you come to me now? Your daughter of the Lu family has committed such a big mistake, offending someone she shouldn't have offended. Now that she has suffered retribution, you still have the nerve to come to me for help? Do you know that during the other party's suppression, His Highness the Eighth Prince's business was also destroyed by 30%!"
Lu Song couldn't kneel any longer and fell to the ground. He stared at Concubine Yuan Shu for a long time before he asked, "Your Majesty, do you mean that the people who harmed us are... the Yao family?" Lu Song hadn't thought about it at first, and he didn't think the Yao family was so capable. But now that Concubine Yuan Shu mentioned that it was the daughter of their Lu family who made a big mistake, he should understand that the person she was referring to was the Yao family. But... "The Yao family had a falling out with Princess Ji'an. Without Princess Ji'an's help, how could they have done so many things in such a short time?"
Seeing Lu Song's face full of disbelief, Concubine Yuan Shu snorted coldly, "Let's not talk about whether the Yao family and Princess Ji'an have really fallen out. But even if they have, Lord Prime Minister Lu, have you always looked down on the Yao family? Did you marry your daughter to the Yao family just because of their relationship with Princess Ji'an?" Concubine Yuan Shu looked incredulous, "I thought the left prime minister replaced by the court this time was a smart one, but I didn't expect that you are not much better than Feng Jinyuan." She scolded Lu Song without any politeness, and finally just flicked her sleeves and went into the inner room, not wanting to say another word.
Lu Song half-knelt and half-sat on the ground, his mind kept turning over and over, every word of Concubine Yuan Shu went through his mind again, but what could he do? Although he didn't know whether the Yao family did it, when the case of Lu Yao was closed, the Yao family did say that the Lu family would pay the price for Lu Yao's intention to drag Xu into the water with the intention of murder. He had never taken this generation's price seriously, but he didn't expect that the Yao family, who had never been silent, would take revenge so fiercely once they got angry.
Lu Song did not stay in the palace for long and left in a hurry, ready to investigate further. Meanwhile, in Cunshan Palace, Concubine Yuan Shu asked her maid Yuexiu, "The portrait should have arrived in the south a long time ago, right?"
Yuexiu calculated and nodded, "It's been two months. It must have reached the Eighth Prince. Your Majesty, please be patient. The Eighth Prince will write back to you soon after reading it."
Concubine Yuan Shu smiled and said, "I am not in a hurry. However, I still need to keep a close eye on the relationship between Princess Ji'an and the Yao family. Don't let her deceive you."
In fact, it was not just Concubine Yuan Shu who was watching Feng Yuheng. Ever since Feng Yuheng broke up with the Yao family, the marriage family, and the Feng family, and the court also took away the first-rank imperial position of Yao, there were countless eyes watching her secretly, from the Mid-Autumn Festival to the severe winter. Even if they were not tired, Feng Yuheng would be tired for them. But she was not worried at all, and she traveled back and forth between the Princess's Mansion and Baicaotang every day. In just two months, she and the ghost doctor Song Kang trained doctors who were interested in advanced medical careers, and then assigned them to the Baicaotang branches in various parts of Dashun.
Of course, during this period, Yao Xian never showed up in Baicaotang again. Some people who were trained by Yao Xian chose to leave and go to Yao Mansion to join Yao Xian. In response, Feng Yuheng scolded those who left Baicaotang one by one at the door, and then let them leave without paying a penny. Those people later claimed that Baicaotang owed them a month's wages, which made Feng Yuheng very embarrassed.
But it was also because of these that most of those who had doubts about the falling out between Feng Yuheng and the Yao family believed that it was true. Therefore, some of the spies who were secretly monitoring withdrew, leaving only some who were too persistent and whose employers were too strong to stay in the dark. However, they only knew that they were monitoring Feng Yuheng, but they didn't know that Feng Yuheng's secret guards were also monitoring them behind the scenes.
"Do you want me to go south and bring back the letter from the Eighth Prince?" In the Princess's Mansion, Ban Zou stood in front of Feng Yuheng and asked her expressionlessly, "The portrait of that woman should have been stopped when it was spread out, and it should not have been allowed to flow to the southern border at all." Ban Zou said to Feng Yuheng bluntly, "If that portrait falls into the hands of the Eighth Prince, it will look exactly like you. Such a person will definitely arouse the Eighth Prince's desire to use him. The sky is high and the emperor is far away in the south. If he uses Fu Ya to do something, what should you do in your name?"
Feng Yuheng held the little white tiger in her arms, listening to what was said intermittently, without any worry. Seeing her like this, Huang Quan was anxious, and couldn't help but say, "Miss, Ban Zou is right. If they used Fu Ya to do something they shouldn't do in your name, we know it's fake, and the people in Beijing also know it's fake, but the people in the South Realm are different. How do they know whether it's true or not? They will be deceived."
Feng Yuheng was still smiling, that look... "Why do you think we are being looked at as if we were fools?" Ban Zou couldn't help but ask, "Do you think all this is impossible? But in fact, Concubine Yuan Shu painted a portrait of Fu Ya, and before painting, she specially dressed her in a very gorgeous palace dress. In that way, she looked exactly like you. You asked me to stay in the other courtyard to monitor, and in the past two months, the most important information I got was that Fu Ya surrendered to Concubine Yuan Shu, and Concubine Yuan Shu intended to introduce Fu Ya to the Eighth Prince. Just think about it and you will know the tricks here."
"So what?" Feng Yuheng smiled and looked at the two of them. "Yes, I should take this matter to heart. Just like you said, if Fu Ya is used by the Eighth Prince as me, it will cause a very bad impact. But how could you forget that Xuan Tianming is in the South Realm! I don't think that with him around, Concubine Yuan Shu's letter can be delivered to the Eighth Prince normally. What do you think?"
Ban Zou and Huang Quan were stunned at the same time. Soon, Ban Zou slapped his forehead with his hand and cursed himself in a low voice: "I'm so stupid." Then he threw down a sentence - "It's okay." His figure flashed and disappeared into the darkness.
Huang Quan was left alone, feeling extremely embarrassed. She helplessly watched Wang Chuan and Feng Yu Heng laugh at her. She couldn't hold back her expression, but she didn't dare to say anything to Feng Yu Heng, so she could only glare at Wang Chuan and said, "You didn't even remind me."
Wang Chuan smiled bitterly and said, "I just realized it." Then he looked at Feng Yuheng, "Young lady is really quick-witted. I just don't know how His Majesty the Ninth Prince arranged it. Did he rob the portrait or use it for other purposes?"
Feng Yuheng stroked Xiao Bai and said to them, "Don't worry, he will definitely make the best arrangements. You should pay more attention these days. He will probably send a letter to you."
As they were talking, Qingyu came back from outside, accompanied by a person dressed as a palace maid...
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