boudoir

Chapter 237 Suspicious Thing
Dingbei Palace is now leaning toward the Crown Prince or the Prince, and there is no certainty so far. This is also the reason why the Crown Prince and King Qing dare not make a big deal. Without Qi Yunhao's public statement, Liu Li can't publicly express his dissatisfaction with the Crown Prince. .

Recently, it seems that although Qi Yunhao and King Qing have played chess together a few times, it is not as simple as playing chess when it is spread to other people's ears.The struggle for power is of great importance. Even if she is a sister, Liuli also knows that Shuhua's words are not all meant to help the prince, but also contain some sincerity. Some things just can't be said as much as before.

Shuhua glanced at her, then slowly waving her fan, "I know you are capable, so I don't worry about it in vain. Speaking of which, I'm also the daughter-in-law of the Song family, and it's not my turn to care about these things. I just came to see what you are doing. That's all."

She is also a sensible person. Seeing Liuli like this, she knows that she has seen through her intentions. It is a matter between men, and she does not want to create a estrangement with Liuli because of this. She must use this as an excuse.

Liuli smiled and said: "You head back, sit down. I'm a good cook here, I ordered a lot of dishes today, you should try it!"

Shuhua also laughed and said, "It's just to blackmail you!"

Naturally, the prince was no longer mentioned at the dinner table. There are so many rich and powerful families in Beijing, so there are many topics to talk about. Shuhua has been an official wife for a long time, and the way here is naturally clearer than that of Liulimen. , it took a while.

After drinking tea, the sun slanted slightly, Shuhua said: "I've come here, at least I'm going to sit with Sanyatou."

Liuli thought for a while, called Yuegui, and said: "Go to Yongqingtang and echo Second Grandma, and say that Fourth Aunt Grandma is here, so go through Yongqingtang."

Laurel responded.Liuli said to Shuhua again: "I won't go, wait for Yuegui to come back and take you there. I don't want to bother with her sour face."

Shuhua gouged her out and said, "You're not very forgiving."

After saying a few words, Yuegui came back, glanced at Liuli, and said, "Second Grandma said that she is not feeling well, please come back."

Shuhua suddenly looked at Liuli when she heard this, Liuli snorted and said, "You won't blame me for being unforgiving this time, will you?"

Because of Song Pi's prestige, Shuhua is at least a figure in the circle of noble ladies who can walk away, now that Yuhua has such a slap in the face, no matter how good her self-cultivation is, she can't help but feel embarrassed now.

Not two days after Shuhua left, Liuli received an invitation from the East Palace, saying that on September [-]th, the emperor's eldest grandson Lu Zhen and Song Zijun would hold a grand wedding in the East Palace.Liuli glanced at it and put it on the desk.

The matter of Liuli colliding with the prince gradually fell into dust as the emperor's eldest grandson's wedding was approaching. At the same time, the emperor's eldest grandson's natal family, Songbi's mansion, also officially entered the ranks of the emperor's relatives.Lu Zhen is the eldest grandson of the emperor, and his marriage was also personally appointed by the Holy Majesty. This time the big wedding was also held in the East Palace. The Holy Majesty loves Song Pizhi's talent deeply. As a result, the Crown Prince entrusted Song Pi's blessing to the public for the past few days. The market among public opinion began to pick up a little again.

When Ji Xiaoquan sent melons and vegetables into the mansion, he said these things to Liuli as usual.

But Liuli had already guessed the development of the matter, so she didn't have much interest. After he finished speaking, she nodded and asked, "I want you to inquire about the affairs of Zhuangzi. Do you have any clues now?"

Ji Xiaoquan paused, and said: "Although the eastern suburbs are not as fertile as the southern suburbs, they are also a good place to grow melons and vegetables. There are also a few small properties for sale, but they are not good places. I have no idea. Now, it costs at least 2 taels of silver to buy one, but the annual harvest is no more than 3000 taels, which is really not worth it.”

Liuli said: "I'm not in a hurry, just pay attention first."

Ji Xiaoquan nodded, then glanced at Liuli, and said, "There is one more thing, I dare not hide it from Grandma."

"What's the matter?" Liuli said in a letter.

Ji Xiaoquan looked around, took two steps forward and said in a low voice: "Two days ago, when my grandma was collecting rent in a shop in Qingmiao Hutong, she met Mr. Nie, the younger brother of Mrs. He's fourth wife's natal family. There's a shop there."

Speaking of rent collection, let's talk about Liuli's dowry shops.She had three shops in total, one was given by Aunt Su, that is, the rouge shop where Hongxiu and Jia Fu stayed. The couple are currently shopkeepers, and the business is not bad.The other two were given to her by the old lady. After she went through the door, she settled the accounts and found that although there was no greed for ink, there was no surplus. Some rents are much easier.Those in the shop who are willing to go to Zhuangzi will go to Zhuangzi, and those who don't want to go will buy the deed of sale back, Liuli is not embarrassed.

The shop in Qingmiao Hutong mentioned by Ji Xiaoquan is one that is now rented out as a goldware store. At the Caishikou in the east of the city, this area is full of business. The brother of the Nie family was the one who joined her in collecting military pay. Nie Boyuan, who earns ignorant money, is ignorant and good at taking advantage of tricks. I heard that after getting the money, he also set up a few shops and started business. Now Ji Xiaoquan said that he saw him selling shops there, and he didn't know what happened. Strange.

Just ask: "What's the matter?"

Ji Xiaoquan said: "I made some inquiries at the time, and I heard that the official Nie had to sell the shop because of his debts."

"I owe money?"

Liuli felt bored.When she found the account book that Nie gave her from Mrs Yu, the figures on it were jaw-dropping enough, and what Mrs Yu received was only a small part of the whole sum, most of it All the shares belonged to Nie Boyuan, why has he owed someone else's debts in the past few years? "Did you lose money at a bad bet?"

"No." Ji Xiaoquan shook his head and said, "I don't know the specifics, but the creditor he owed money seems to have a lot of background, not ordinary people, but related to Jing Zhaoyin. When he was in the shop, that man followed him. He was dressed very gorgeously, and it was obvious that he was not an ordinary person. Mr. Nie seemed to have something in his hands, and he was very humble from the beginning to the end. , and said to him, 'Just such a small amount of money can't even fill my stomach, and you still want to fill the belly of our dignified Jing Zhaoyin?' So, the young one guessed the origin of this person."

Liuli frowned more and more.Nie Boyuan actually has something in Jing Zhaoyin's hands, what could it be?The word "requisition for food" suddenly flashed in her mind. If there was any reason in the hands of Jing Zhaoyin, and the need to sell the shop to seal it, then the matter of Nie Boyuan would definitely not be trivial.If it's a major event, what could be greater than the fact that the use of grain and money falls into the hands of people?

"What else did you find?" He stared at Ji Xiaoquan, she knew he was cautious, if there was no absolute suspicion, she would not have said this matter so solemnly.Now it's up to him to tell her the whole story.

Ji Xiaoquan looked at her, and said: "I think this official Nie is very suspicious, so after he sold the shop and got the money back to that person, he immediately rushed to the Jincang in the south of the city. But I don't know why. , when he got there, he couldn't find anything, and then he became angry, punched and kicked against the warehouse wall, cursing, "Duan Zhiping, you bastard, how dare you blackmail me!" That appearance, he looked very broken .”

The south city gate is the place where grain transportation must pass every year, so the government also set up several large granaries in the south of the city. This golden warehouse is one of them, and it is also the place that has been used to stockpile grain over the years.Since the army returned to the court, the gold warehouse was useless, and Nie Boyuan rushed there at this time, if he didn't want to eliminate the reason for accumulating money in the past, what was it?
But, "This Zhiping is exactly the person you mentioned earlier who is related to Jing Zhaoyin?" Liuli asked.

Ji Xiaoquan pondered for a moment, looked at her fixedly, and said: "Because I also wanted to give grandma a definite answer, I went to check it out, and found out that this Duan Zhiping is not only the nephew of Master Jing Zhaoyin Liu Hong Liu, but also a He is the brother of General Duan Yanshan, Duan Duan."

Hearing Duan Yanshan, the cup in Liuli's hand almost fell to the ground!This Duan Zhiping who blackmailed Nie Boyuan, is that prince's dog leg, Duan Yanshan who was beaten by her until he couldn't get out of bed?
It's not surprising that these officials in Beijing are all relatives, but since this paragraph of Zhiping has the ability to blackmail Nie Boyuan, he must also have some inside stories about the cooperation between the Nie family and the Yu family and He Yuli to make money. As the son of Zhengqing of Dali Temple, even if he was a concubine, how could he be blackmailed by a dude?
If Duan Zhiping, the younger brother, has the inside story of grain collection, will Duan Yanshan know the same?
He Yuli used to be the prince's subordinate for many years, and He Yuhua was the daughter of He Yuli and the Yu family, and also the young mistress of the Dingbei Prince's Mansion. He is now the eldest daughter-in-law of the Dingbei Prince's wife. The military power held by Dingbei Palace.

Liuli did not forget that the signboard of Cuiyuyuan in the long room was written by the prince himself. Duan Yanshan, as the prince's dog leg, can naturally understand the importance of this, and most likely will present these evidences to the prince, and the prince will inevitably take these The replacement of He Yuli was wiped out, because not only could He Yuli be retained to continue to serve as his henchman, but at the same time, it could be regarded as selling face to Yuhua, Qi Yunjing and the Mei family. Naturally, they couldn't explain what the East Palace was going to do in the future. It's sympathetic.

When Liuli touched the powerful part, she couldn't help but feel her heart tremble.

The Holy Majesty asked people to investigate the matter of pay and food several times, so it can be seen that he also attaches great importance to this matter. If He Yuhua is to be defeated, she must be cut off from the source. How could she let He Yuli and Yu Qingqiaoqiao escape the guilt like this? ?What's more, He Yuli used his power for personal gain in the past, and as a result, Qi Yunhao almost died on the battlefield. Anyway, without Qi Yunhao, she would not be where she is today, and after the matter is revealed, Qi Yunhao will take revenge on He Yuli sooner or later, just for He Yuli back then For kicking her a few times and agreeing to give her to Yuhua as a dowry, she had to let He Yuli and Yu Shi die by her own hands before Qi Yunhao!
(End of this chapter)