Every day at the morning court, officials would write down the people's opinions and submit them to the emperor. The Emperor of Beili never said a word about the outside voices, nor did he order anyone to dispel the rumors.
The Zhan family never showed anything on the surface, but they were secretly angry with the villain.
The Gu family was not aware of the situation in the palace. Listening to rumors from all sides, they couldn't help but ridicule some people like Xiang Minghou and Ye Qianning. However, the thing that made the Gu family happiest was that Gu Shuo was coming back.
Their Gu family’s God of Wealth is coming back.
Only Dai was full of worries every day, and she would lose her temper whenever she heard the slander and gossip from the Gu family.
The third and fourth branches of the Gu family were all crowded in the house where Old Gu was recuperating in the western suburbs. They were all managed by the Dai family, so they did not dare to challenge the Dai family and would avoid them when they saw them.
When the officials and dignitaries in the capital met and talked, the topic of conversation always revolved around Xiang Minghou, Old Chen, Ye Qianning, and Gu Shuo. They were all influential figures in their time, and their return was bound to cause a stir.
Many people also believed that even if he came back, he would not be able to achieve anything great without power and money, and his wealth would depend on the emperor's words.
Everyone thought so, but they were slapped in the face the next day. The news that Ye Qianning was in Baimuxun reached the capital.
Let’s not talk about planting Yin-Yang-Shengsheng plants, but how much would it cost to plant hundreds of Yin-Yang-Shengsheng plants at 20 million each?
What a sky-high price!
I heard that they had auctioned several unique items in Bermuda, with prices almost reaching hundreds of millions. Their ice crystal glass was even bought by Prince Xiyan.
He is very wealthy now, and few businessmen can compare to him.
What's more, they can also research things that can make plants grow rapidly, and they also have the Fengling Horn of Penglai Mountain.
The topic of Penglai Fairy Mountain also spread in the capital for a while. People in Bermuda sold the Liangyi Xiangsheng to various countries, but not to the people of Beili. How could such people beg to come to Beili?
How can you invite him back just by asking him to?
The voices of ridicule were quite loud before, but one day the tone of conversation on the streets began to change.
Beili Xianhai Tower, second floor.
Several young men dressed in brocade sat at the table, listening to the discussions from all sides upstairs, their expressions somewhat complicated.
"master."
"explain."
The bodyguard in tight clothes looked at the three people beside him with some hesitation.
"No problem, go ahead." The man in light-colored clothes with gold edges said coldly.
"Just received news that Marquis Xiang Ming and his entourage have entered the Beili border." The armored guard reported
Sang Qi's fingers tightened slightly, his face sullen, "Back off."
She really went back to Beili, the Zhan family is useless!
"The Imperial Academy has been changed into the Loushan Academy. It seems that the emperor still values Dean Chen very much. If Miss Xiang was not a direct disciple of Mr. Chen, I am afraid that the emperor would not show mercy and let Marquis Xiang Ming and his daughter come back. After all, Marquis Xiang Ming committed the crime of treason." The man who spoke opposite was a young man in blue clothes, about seventeen or eighteen years old. He was Pan Ziyan, the son of Grand Tutor Pan Zhen.
"That's right. Ye Qianning alone bears a grave crime. It was she who lured the Eighth Prince to Sifang Mountain back then, and also..." The man sitting on the left was An Chengqian from the Yongding Marquis's Mansion. He was about to say something when something suddenly occurred to him. He quickly stopped talking and looked at Sang Qi with an awkward smile: "Anyway, there's definitely something strange about Ye Qianning. She could still be alive after her body had been cold for several days. That kind of person wouldn't do that... haha..."
“Clatter…”
Before An Chengqian could finish his words, he felt a pain on his face and his body tilted. He quickly hugged the table, but then he was kicked in the shoulder again, and he fell to the ground with the table.
The finest banquet on the table fell to the ground with a clanging sound.
Sang Qi and Pan Ziyan were both startled and quickly stood up and jumped away. Although they were not scratched by the broken pieces of the plate, their clean clothes were splashed with the soup from the food.
Sang Qi frowned.
"Takasaki, what are you crazy about?" Pan Ziyan looked at the culprit angrily.
Gao Qi gracefully retracted his foot, raised his hand to straighten his clothes, raised his eyes and smiled: "Sorry, I suddenly feel like hitting someone."
"you……"
"Gao Qi, you dare to attack me? Come, capture him for me." An Chengqian got up from the ground, extremely angry.
As he finished speaking, several servants and guards came up the stairs.
"Prince, Prince, are you okay?" The servant ran over.
"Get out of the way! Capture Gao Qi for me." An Chengqian was furious.
The guards immediately surrounded Takaki.
"An Chengqian, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here, so you don't have the energy to act so arrogantly." Gao Qi didn't show any panic. He turned his peach-shaped eyes and swept them over the people surrounding him: "Why don't you retreat?"
The guard saw that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was also there and looked at his own prince hesitantly.
"Why don't you do it?" An Chengqian's face was covered in soup and food. He was so angry that his brain almost jumped out.
The guard was in a dilemma and had to draw his sword and attack Takaki.
"That's enough." Sang Qi said in a deep voice.
The guard suddenly retracted the sword he had just raised.
"Your Highness, Gao Qi has gone too far. He dared to attack me. He doesn't even know who he is." An Chengqian said angrily.
Gao Qi was unfazed: "My father is the Prime Minister."
“…”
"An Chengqian, I used to dislike you, but I could tolerate you a little because you were such a dog. I don't know why I'm not only disliked by you today, but I'm also itching to do something with you."
“…”
An Chengqian was stunned for a few seconds, then he jumped into a rage: "Gao Qi, I'm going to fight you today."
"Enough!" Sang Qi spoke again, with a hint of displeasure in his voice.
No matter how angry An Chengqian was, he stopped when he heard the voice. Even though he was angry, he didn't dare to act rashly in front of the prince.
"We'll be disbanding today. You guys can go back first." Sang Qi said coldly.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince..." An Chengqian was dissatisfied.
"Let's go." Sang Qi would not tolerate any refusal.
Pan Ziyan winked at An Chengqian.
An Chengqian glared at Gao Qi angrily, shook off the stains on his sleeves, and walked towards the door in great dissatisfaction.
"If Prince An is not satisfied, tell your Lordship to remember to file a petition and sue the Prime Minister's Office." Gao Qi shouted with a smile.
An Chengqian walked to the door and looked back angrily.
Takaki shrugged and smiled even wider, as if to say, "My father is the prime minister, what can you do to me?"
"The Prime Minister is nothing." An Chengqian spat.
Gao Qi clicked his tongue and said, "Tsk, insulting the Prime Minister in public! I'll go back and ask my father to sue the Marquis of Anding's Mansion."
"Just wait for me..."
Pan Ziyan pulled the furious An Chengqian and said, "Let's go."
Gao Qi followed him to the door in a servile manner and shouted condescendingly towards the stairs: "I'm waiting."
On the stairs, An Chengqian was practically vomiting blood in anger, looking up and cursing. If Pan Ziyan hadn't held him tight, he would have definitely rushed up and hit someone again. "What a jerk! What's so arrogant about a mere Prime Minister's Mansion? My father is a true hereditary noble. What the hell is Gao Qi? Bastard, bastard..." An Chengqian cursed non-stop.
Pan Ziyan didn't dare let go until he walked out of Xianrenzui and dragged the man into the carriage. "Sir, no matter how much you dislike it, you have to consider the situation. If you fight in front of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, it will not be good for the Marquis' Mansion."
"Even Gao Qi dared to take action. How can this prince be afraid of him?" An Chengqian said angrily.
"Takagi is nothing, but the Crown Prince has spoken. If you take action again, wouldn't it be considered disobedience to the Crown Prince? If Takagi takes advantage of you, the Anding Marquisate will be in trouble."
An Chengqian fell silent for a moment after hearing this, his face wrinkled. "Gao Qi is a villain. He just relies on his father being a favorite of the Emperor to do whatever he wants. Prime Minister Gao is cunning and treacherous. The Emperor must have been deceived by him."
"It's not for us to discuss what the Crown Prince and the Emperor are doing, but Prime Minister Gao's complacency won't last long."
An Chengqian was stunned, raised his eyebrows and asked, "What do you have in mind?"
"Marquis Xiang Ming is about to return to the capital, does the Crown Prince still remember the threshold of Prime Minister Gao's residence?"
"Um?"
"A few years ago, some people in Kyoto couldn't stand the Prime Minister's Mansion having a threshold. Every time the Prime Minister's Mansion was built, it would be chopped down within two days. I remember that this happened repeatedly in the past few years, but later for some reason, the Prime Minister's Mansion stopped building a threshold." Pan Ziyan recalled.
"That's true, but what does that have to do with Marquis Xiang Ming?"
"When the prince returned to the capital, he only knew about the events at Sifang Mountain. He had no idea about the young lady from General Xiang's family's first arrival in the capital. It was this young lady from the Xiang family who initially broke the threshold of the Prime Minister's residence. She also led her men to beat Prime Minister Gao's entire family nearly to death. In other words, the Xiang family and Prime Minister Gao are sworn enemies."
An Chengqian's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Did Miss Xiang bring people to cause trouble at the Prime Minister's Mansion?"
"More than once, when I was a child, I heard my father say that it was this young lady from the Ye family who interfered with Prime Minister Gao's divorce of Madam Gao. Prime Minister Gao even went to the General's Mansion with generous gifts to apologize."
"So powerful? Is it true?" An Chengqian couldn't believe it.
"It's true. Back when I was in Loushan Academy, I was in the same school with Miss Xiang. We dared not mess with anyone. Miss Xiang often bullied Gao Qi when we were in school. Gao Qi was angry but dared not say anything. He also had to help Miss Xiang copy the "Discipline for Younger Students" as punishment. If he didn't write it, he would be beaten." Pan Ziyan had seen it several times. Gao Qi cried loudly and had to copy words with his hands. He looked so miserable.
An Chengqian felt better the more he listened: "No wonder Gao Qi reacted so strongly when I mentioned Ye Qianning just now."
"Prime Minister Gao already harbors a grudge. With Marquis Xiang Ming in Kyoto, Prime Minister Gao will definitely not be at peace. Marquis Xiang Ming was a killer back then. If they were to clash, and the Crown Prince were to intervene, wouldn't the Crown Prince be the one to reap the benefits of this conflict?"
"Yes, yes, yes. And that young lady from the Xiang family, coming back to life sounds very mysterious. She is definitely not a good person to be able to stand out in Bermuda. Gao Qi's good days are over." An Chengqian began to look forward to the arrival of Ye Qianning, whom he had never met before.
"She's a bit weird. She was quite evil back then. When she comes back, we'll create something for Gao Qi. Gao Qi will definitely be miserable then."
An Chengqian nodded, his anger gone. "That's right, Gao Qi doesn't like to hear about Ye Qianning, but I just don't agree with him."
The carriage moved further and further away.
Takaki stood upstairs, his arms folded across his chest. The 1.80-meter-tall figure leaned against the window, staring indifferently at the car driving away.
"If Prime Minister Gao knew you were so unscrupulous despite your reputation as Prime Minister, he would be furious." Sang Yan said, glancing into the distance: "An Chengqian is the Crown Prince after all. Creating a feud between them will not be good for both families."
"Whatever you want, if you have the guts, go ahead and sue the Prime Minister, then it will be considered that the Marquis of Anding's Mansion is capable. If you can't sue him, you'll have to endure it." Gao Qi didn't care.
"You seem a little abnormal today." Sang Qi fixed his eyes on his face.
"I've always done that." Takaki curled his lips.
At this time, the upstairs had been cleaned by the restaurant servants, and a new table of delicious food was served: "Sir, the dishes are ready."
"Your Highness, I have something else to do, so I won't accompany you." Gao Qi bowed and stood up and walked towards the stairs without waiting for Sang Qi's response.
"You took action because An Chengqian mentioned her."
Sang Qi's voice made Gao Qi, who was walking towards the stairs, stop in his tracks.
"I didn't know you cared so much about her." Sang Qi said again.
Takaki turned around and sneered, "What did your highness say?"
Sang Qi's calm eyes were full of inquiry.
"Oh~ Ye Qianning, huh? How could Your Highness think that I cared about her?" Gao Qi looked surprised and amused. Seeing that the other party still didn't say anything, he put away his smile and replaced it with an arrogant look: "I simply can't stand Young Master An."
"really?"
"Prince An ordered Liu Ruyi to the National Beauty a few days ago just to make things difficult for me. Today is just the beginning. I will beat him every time I see him in the future." Gao Qi snorted.
Sang Qi frowned again upon hearing this result: "She's just a prostitute, there's no need to be like this."
"No, it is necessary, very necessary. I just want to let Prince An know that his Anding Marquis Mansion is nothing."
"Gao Qi, it's not your place to comment on what's happening in the Marquis of Anding's Mansion," Sang Qi scolded.
"I've said it now. If the Marquis of Anding wants to touch me, just go find my father. After all, my father is the Prime Minister." Gao Qi laughed casually: "It's good to have a Prime Minister father."
Sang Qi was dissatisfied, but couldn't help asking, "Aren't you afraid that Prime Minister Gao will lose his job because of you?"
"Let it be lost. Even if he is lost, he can still be known as someone who loves his son dearly. How nice." Takaki was still nonchalant.
“…”
"Your Highness, if there's nothing else, I'll take my leave first." Takaki put down his hands that were supporting himself on the stairs and straightened up.
Sang Qi was speechless.
Takaki shrugged and walked downstairs at a leisurely pace.
Sang Qi couldn't figure out Gao Qi for a while. After Ye Qianning's death, he heard that he had been standing at the gate of Loushan for several days, refusing to listen to anyone's advice. Later, Prime Minister Gao sent people to carry him back to the palace.
The reason for this is unknown, but it is known that he would stand at the gate of Loushan Mountain for a day on the eighth day of the sixth lunar month every year. That day was also the day Ye Qianning died.
Although Sang Qi couldn't find any connection between him and Ye Qianning, he always felt that he was related to her.
In these years, Gao Qi has had nothing to do with Ye Qianning except for the eighth day of June, but his behavior today was indeed abnormal.
Takaki went downstairs, but there was a hint of joy in his eyes.
Not far away, a servant came with a carriage: "Master."
Takaki got on the carriage and sat inside thinking about the rumors of recent days. Now that they were confirmed, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch.
"Master, are we going back home?"
"To the pastry shop."
"Master, which pastry shop are you talking about?"
"ah?"
The driver was very confused.
"What? Hurry up, this young master wants to try all the cakes in the capital." (End of this chapter)
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