Grandpa Yun: "..." Would you believe me if I said I didn't find Lao Hei?
Sisi: "No, it's not possible. But isn't that a bit too little money?"
Old Master Yun: "..." What do you mean? You want to bribe the officials?!
Gao Pengcheng: "..." What do you mean? You want us to confiscate everything you're hiding on you, just like we would with other exiled prisoners?!
"It is a bit less. However, the people are blocking you from leaving, and we brothers are not greedy people. We don't need the things you are hiding on your person."
Grandpa Yun: "..." Would you believe me if I said we didn't hide anything?
Sisi: "That's not what I meant. I want to start a business. Do you want to invest? If we lose money, it's on me; if we make money, it's yours."
Grandpa Yun: "..." You still want to do business?! Have you forgotten that you're a minor exile?
Gao Pengcheng looked at Lao Hei: "What kind of business are you planning to do? Robbery?"
Grandpa Yun: You're the one who's robbing! My great-granddaughter would never do such a thing. My great-granddaughter is both obedient and smart.
Sisi: "Robbery is risky."
Grandpa Yun: "Ahem!" Even without risk, we shouldn't do it. "Little Six means that robbery is illegal and punishable by imprisonment."
Gao Pengcheng felt that Sisi didn't mean it that way. He thought Sisi meant that robbery wasn't worthwhile. "Then what kind of business do you want to do?"
Sisi looked at Gao Pengcheng and said, "I want to get some trendy things to sell along the way."
So you're really doing business seriously, huh? "Do you know what sells well?"
"I don't know. Old Black knows."
"Who?!" Gao Pengcheng's eyes widened immediately.
Grandpa Yun was also surprised. "Old Hei can do business?"
"Um."
Grandpa Yun: You really can't judge a book by its cover.
Gao Pengcheng: Has Lao Hei reformed or does he want to have his cake and eat it too?
"Are you willing or not? If you are, then invest; if not, then forget it."
"I'm willing. Anyway, you can pay for the losses."
"Since you're willing, then take the money."
"Okay." Gao Pengcheng gave the remaining money to Sisi.
Sisi then gave it to Lao Hei.
Old Hei picked one of the men he brought back to drive the carriage for Sisi and then rode away on horseback.
Each caravan has a spare horse.
After Lao Hei left, Sisi and the others also set off.
Yesterday, Old Master Yun wanted to tell Sisi to ask Steward Qi to persuade the Emperor not to make the Seventh Prince the Crown Prince.
Sisi slept all day yesterday.
Grandpa Yun could tell that Sisi had rested well since she hadn't made her little bed yet. He looked at Sisi and said softly, "Little Six, come sit with your great-grandfather. I have something to tell you."
"Okay." Sisi moved to Grandpa Yun's side. "Great-Grandpa, what do you want to tell me?"
Old Master Yun asked in an even softer voice, "Is Steward Qi also one of your master's men?"
"No. My master just made a deal with Steward Qi. Steward Qi spared the lives of the Yun family, and my master did something for Steward Qi in return."
Old Master Yun was embarrassed to speak. However, for the sake of all living beings, he finally spoke up.
"Could you ask your master to do one more thing for Chief Steward Qi, and then have Chief Steward Qi persuade the Emperor not to make the Seventh Prince the Crown Prince? The Seventh Prince is incapable of governing the country; he only knows how to please the Emperor."
Sisi rolled her eyes in front of Grandpa Yun. "Great-Grandpa, do you really not know who tried to use the lives of the Yun family to turn the tables yesterday, or are you just pretending not to know?"
"I...I...for the sake of all living beings..."
Before Old Master Yun could finish speaking, Sisi interrupted him. "He even harmed you, how could he care about the common people? He only cares about himself. If you hadn't desperately stopped him, the Emperor would have already made the Seventh Prince the Crown Prince, and he would have been out of a job somewhere else to cool off."
"You're so considerate of him, yet he wants to leave you, your wife, and your children in the capital. You know what the consequences will be if they stay in the capital, don't you?"
Grandpa Yun hadn't thought much of it at first. But when the people stopped him from leaving for the second time, he realized something was wrong.
Later, when the people couldn't find the people who had instigated them to stop him from leaving, he roughly guessed what had happened.
After going to bed last night, Grandpa Yun thought about it for more than an hour and finally figured it out completely.
The emperor was already very angry, and if he knew that the people were blocking him from leaving, he would be even angrier.
They'll definitely say he made me so angry I almost vomited blood, and I spared the Yun family's lives because of his many years of service to the court, but he incited the people to oppose me on his behalf.
Since he is so ungrateful, I will show him no mercy. Drag his entire family to the execution ground and behead them.
The Yun family enjoys some prestige among the common people.
What if someone makes a big deal out of this...
The Emperor might have to kill Consort Zhang to appease public anger.
If that happens, the Seventh Prince will not only lose his support, but will also become the son of a treacherous concubine.
What right does the son of a treacherous concubine have to be the crown prince?
It would be a lie to say that Old Master Yun wasn't sad after figuring all this out. But, "He...he's stronger than the Seventh Prince."
Sisi rolled her eyes again. "What's so strong about it? We can't even beat a mother and son who only know how to curry favor."
"..."
“I look down on him and won’t help him with his plans.”
After saying that, Sisi made her little bed again.
Grandpa Yun: His great-granddaughter would rather sleep than pay attention to him or help the eldest prince.
Grandpa Yun looked at Feng Chan.
Feng Chan: Why are you looking at me? My hearing isn't good, I didn't hear what you were saying. "Grandpa, do you want to lie down for a while? If you want to lie down, I'll squeeze into the car in the back."
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