Song Lin was naturally interested as well.
“This…” Gu Yurong hesitated.
"You won't even give me a single bead, and you say you love me the most!" Song Lin threw the candy on the ground. "Fine, I'll go play with Grandma instead!"
"etc!"
Gu Yurong gritted her teeth and said, "Fine, Mother will give it to you."
"But you must promise me that you won't tell your father about this, and you can only play for three days."
Song Lin happily agreed.
Three days passed quickly.
At dusk, in the main room of Xingzhi Courtyard.
Jiang Wan held the general's mansion's account book, her gaze deep as she fell into deep thought.
On paper, Gu Yurong's family was indeed wealthy, which was why she felt confident in the Song family.
The Gu family's biggest annual profit comes from providing military supplies to the Song family army as imperial merchants.
To deal with Gu Yurong, we must cut off her source of income.
The Song family has been military generals for generations and has a deep-rooted foundation. If she wants to be an enemy of the General's Mansion, she has to be wary of the 200,000 Song family soldiers.
Jiang Wan closed her eyes briefly.
A plan gradually took shape in my mind...
"Mother?"
Suddenly, Song Yu slipped in and placed something in her hand.
"Where...where did this thing come from?"
Jiang Wan was very surprised.
This was actually the Ziwei Pearl that Gu Yurong had bought.
"Mother, I didn't steal or rob, I found it."
Song Yu explained.
“These past two days, Song Lin has gotten this thing from somewhere and has been wearing it around his neck every day to show it off, so I’ve been too lazy to pay attention to him. Today, he was having a water fight with someone by the moat and lost the bead. He cried and searched for it for a long time.”
"After I heard about it, I went to check it out and happened to find it in a crevice in the bridge."
Jiang Wan's eyes flickered slightly.
Gu Yurong actually handed over such a valuable item to Song Lin.
The main courtyard is probably in complete chaos right now.
...
In the blink of an eye.
With the birthday of Crown Prince Yongning approaching, the capital city is decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations.
People were distributing porridge and releasing animals throughout the city. The emperor even spent thousands of taels of gold to light sky lanterns at Furong Terrace for ten consecutive days to pray for blessings.
This shows the favor and importance the palace placed on him; his birthday banquet must have been a grand affair.
Song Ziyu and Zhou Shi were also in high spirits, immersed in the fantasy of gaining the Crown Prince's favor after successfully presenting the gift.
After Song Lin lost the Purple Pearl that day, Jiang Wan thought Gu Yurong would make a big scene.
To everyone's surprise, the other party remained calm and did not spread any rumors.
Jiang Wan noticed something was amiss and specially sent someone to keep an eye on things. Only then did she learn that Gu Yurong had secretly bought an identical ordinary South Sea pearl without telling anyone.
Only then did she realize what Gu Yurong was up to.
To dare to play such tricks in the palace, they must have some nerve.
Jiang Wan played with the Ziwei Bead in her hand, her beautiful eyes slightly narrowed, gleaming with a cold light.
Gu Yurong was looking for her own death, and she didn't mind adding fuel to the fire.
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