At this time, Gu Yi, who was just sick, sat in the house, eating the chiffon cake that the maids bought from the takeaway hall, the sweet and soft taste suppressed the bitterness of the medicinal juice, but it could not dispel the boredom in her heart at all. Since the second sister Gu Xiaosu married into Changning Bofu, she has been invited to go there several times, and she can meet the Nine Emperor Princes every time. The last time I went to Changningbo Mansion, the Nine Emperor Princes secretly came to talk to her and asked how Gu Ci's condition was, she was completely an innocent person who didn't know anything about the world, and said that she wanted to visit in person, but Concubine Du Xian said that she would be sick, and she didn't allow him to go, knowing that Gu Yi had seen her, she came to ask. Seeing that he looked sincere, and talked about his concern without knowing it, Gu Yi wondered, didn't he say that the children in the palace were all human spirits, why was he so stupid? The skin can indeed be called a 'beautiful posture', and there is no bad atmosphere of 'fun and frolicking, close to the group of small' in the history books, and it is really the appearance of a sunny boy next door. This time she was sick, and the Nine Emperor Princes also sent someone to send medicine to condole, saying that it was because he invited her to visit Gu Ci, so she was sick?

It's just laughable.

Mrs. Fang knew that the Nine Emperor Princes had sent someone to come, so she specially made her new clothes and jewelry, and also sent a Gan Mama to hint that she would reply to the Nine Emperor Princes every day.

The fourth lady didn't care about this, and persuaded her daughter to relax and socialize generously. Whatever the idea Mrs. Fang wants, she will have to pass her level. Last year, my father had already entered the cabinet, but unfortunately it was not the first assistant, but just the minister, Zheng Cifu became the first assistant, and Chai Gechen was promoted to the second assistant. These two Jinshi are still one year later than their father, they are older, and they originally operated effectively, maybe they can overpower them and be the first assistant directly, but now they can only wait for them to retire, and their father may get the position of first assistant. The boy of the Qiao family is only one Qiao Zhen, and she can see it, but she is still a little reluctant to match her daughter. The daughter goes to the wealthy family more often, and her reputation is getting better and better, and the mother will only be happy to see it. As for whether to consider the Nine Emperor Princes, who have just turned ten, it is too early to say.

What really made Gu Yi upset and irritable was not the Nine Emperor Princes and Mrs. Fang, but that since she had been with Gu Ci during this period of time, her understanding of the Changfang and the Qingyi Courtyard had deepened, and the sense of powerlessness and unwillingness that had arisen spontaneously haunted her heart all the time.

Gu Ci is only seven or eight years old, and he is more delicate than the princesses, not to mention Niu Tan, a county lord with the same status, even Fengyang, who has been married, and the most favored eighth princess in the palace, the things on his head are not necessarily as valuable as the piece of ancient jade that Gu Ci casually brought to the paperweight, not to mention the wealth under his name. The second sister told her privately that Concubine Du Xian was very general to the eldest princess, and felt that she was not a prince, and the dowry did not add much, but fortunately she married back to her uncle's family, otherwise she would not even have a grange to make money. can look at Gu Ci, not to mention the small fights such as Bright Pavilion and Satin Silk Pavilion, which do not have any high-end products, Danqing Pavilion's current review has made a lot of money. When other bookstores were so red that they were dripping blood, and they paid a lot of money to poach people and steal printing, the emperor issued an edict to publicize movable type typesetting and printing, and I don't know how many people vomited blood. She can know this, also because among the people who threw silver at the craftsmen of the Xie family is Wan Gu Zhai in the name of the Qiao family, it is said that the Qin family, the eldest lady of Qiao, has lost a lot of money and has added a problem with angina. It is said that the prince is running the Zhishuang Zhai, and all kinds of fresh recipes are sorted out from Taizong's notes for Zhishuang Zhai to try. But that piece of land is all Gu Ci's, not the Qingyi Courtyard, not the eldest princess, not the Gu family, or Gu Ci's own.

Gu Yi couldn't help but think, if she changed places, she could have the confidence to resign, I don't know if Mrs. Fang and Mama Gan would dare to point fingers at her!?

It's a pity that even if there is such a dowry shop in the name of the fourth lady, it is inconvenient for her to interfere, so as not to conflict with her future sister-in-law. The Qiao family has always had only the daughter-in-law in charge of the outside economic affairs, and the girls in charge of the housework, not to mention that the fourth lady only has a grange and no shop. The last time I gave a gift to my sister-in-law's family, the peach blossom she painted for Gu Ci was carried forward, and the December flowers were gathered to make a series of purse handkerchief fan pendants, etc., which were sold cheaply and sold very well. Gu Ci expressed his gratitude and asked the Satin Pavilion to send a few valuable colored satins. Her mood at that time was really indescribable, both unwilling and envious and jealous, and she couldn't help but always think: Ruosatin Silk Pavilion is hers......

Fortunately, she is a mature person, suppressing this faint injustice, and immediately thought of talking to Gu Ci, if she can cooperate with Satin Ayage, she will be a designer and get some shares. If she can further win Gu Ci's trust, with her modern experience, it is best to be a person who gives advice behind Gu Ci. With Gu Ci's status funds, she can not only gain fame and fortune, but also don't have to worry about being too high-profile, and the dividends can be taken after she gets married.

However, how to convince Gu Ci is difficult, this is a completely unequal negotiation, all kinds of modern tricks that she can use as a bargaining chip, as long as it is not more than three days old, the ancients will definitely be able to imitate more beautiful and better-looking. If she starts from the love of sisterhood, she will carry this name in the future, which means that her reputation will be held in Gu Ci's hands, and the sentence of 'can't hinder the face' can make her a wicked person who 'bullies her younger sister for personal gain'.

If she gave up this opportunity and didn't marry the Nine Emperor Princes, with the little dowry in the family, when would she have to wait until she could have a little scenery comparable to Gu Ci......

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Gu Yi, who had been tossing and turning for many days, still came to the door to express his intentions to Gu Ci, and wanted to design a special pattern for the Satin Silk Pavilion, but without waiting for her to mention the matter of remuneration, Gu Ci simply interrupted neatly, "Fifth sister, the embroidery work of the Satin Silk Pavilion is actually a small business, and the big head is not on the embroidery girl at all." At the beginning, the embroidery girls with good craftsmanship came to the house, and outsiders were begging for a living, and they didn't have to do too delicate work. If you like to use this as a pastime on weekdays, it is better to put a price on the patterns you don't need and sell them anonymously. If you want to use it in the pavilion, you can pay the same price, what do you think? ”

This is the worst situation that Gu Yi considered before he came, but he didn't expect that although Gu Ci was young, he had a bit of talent for business, and he set this tone in a word, if he didn't agree, I was afraid that he wouldn't be able to go down her path in the future, so he agreed.

Gu Ci directly asked people to send a letter to Jane's mother, and they talked about the details by themselves, and she was now anxious to find Gu Xi. Xiao Xiao's steward personally ran to find out about the goods store, and now that the news has come back, she feels that the problem is very serious, and she wants to discuss it with Gu Yi, but she doesn't have so much patience for Gu Yi, and she didn't think to know why Gu Yi is a daughter who wants to make money and spend it herself.

The sullen Gu Yi returned to the house, sat for a long time under the nagging of Mama Gan, and kept thinking, the current prince would really suddenly die of a serious illness in three years? What can she do now?

Finally, Gu Yi picked up his pen and began to write a letter to the Nine Emperor Princes.

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To put it bluntly, Lin Qianfeng exchanged the smuggled fur and herbs with the merchants outside the customs in the army, and sent them all the way back to Shangjing to sell them to the Fang family, and then transported the goods from the Beijing side of the Fang family to Beiguan and sold them to several local chambers of commerce. This kind of convention is not uncommon in the Zhenbei Army, and the chambers of commerce in Beiguan basically have shares of senior generals, and Gu Yao is no exception. However, Lin Qianfeng's family members not only did this, they befriended the guards in various places along the way, and even secretly cooperated with local mountain bandits to help sell the stolen goods in Beiguan and the capital.

Originally, this kind of secret thing was not so easy to find, but Lin Qianfeng was dismissed, and a certain local official who was jealous of their family's trade route looked for trouble with the delivery of the family several times, and the local mountain bandits were righteous and helped them out, and they had a fight with the officers and soldiers, and there were casualties. The officers and soldiers had their own military doctors to deal with them, and the family members hid the injured mountain bandit brothers in the pharmacy of Jiukangtang, and complained while bandaging them. They think that they speak in the incision dialect, and the short-haired doctor in the pharmacy must not understand, but it is a pity that this medical monk who has just returned to the vulgar is a local, and he went to the suburbs of Beijing with his parents in the year of the disaster, and saved his life in the Tiemei Temple.

Steward Xiao Xiao took people to take down the family Ding Mountain bandits, and after the trial, he sent a letter back to Beijing and asked how he planned to use these people. If Xie Qing is still in Beijing, he will definitely take care of it, and this kind of thing will not let her little girl know. Because this matter was explained by Gu Ci, Xiao Lu didn't read the content and changed hands directly. This matter is not what Gu Ci thinks, it is enough to simply take revenge on the Fang family's business.

Gu Yi was also a little surprised when he received the news, the Fang family has always donated all their family resources, and there has been no big business running in these years, but he still dares to play so big in private. If something goes wrong, there must be a demon, and he immediately concentrated his firepower to investigate the situation of this goods store in the capital.

Gu Ci was not worried about Brother Qi's ability, after all, business has business, and the effect of his inquiry is definitely not as good as Uncle Qing, but unfortunately Uncle Qing is not here now, after thinking about it, she still called Xiao Da Steward to help together.

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Ninety-nine Double Ninth Festival, Gu Ci was sent to the palace one day in advance to accompany the Queen Mother, Shenlong saw that the male protagonist of the prince did not see the end of the morning and disappeared after asking for peace, leaving the ancestors and grandchildren to experience the enthusiasm of the ladies who met together.

Except for Sui Zhangzhu, who has been avoiding Gu Ci, Liu Mengmeng and Ke Fangsi, who flattered the Queen Mother, Li Fuxiang actually appeared in Cining Palace, and smiled when she saw Gu Ci, "I'm here to make up the numbers, but my mother won't allow me to be absent from any banquet related to blind dates." ”

"Is it so difficult for your family?" Gu Ci asked in a small voice, Li Fuxiang Layue and Lu.

"My sister married too low, and now that my brother-in-law actually has a concubine, my mother will never marry me low."

Li Fuxiang's sister Li Zhixiang married the new science and technology of the year, and was enlightened in Li Shangshu's family school, and later was recommended by Li Shangshu to enter Heming Academy, with the friendship of master and apprentice, and Li Zhixiang is also a childhood sweetheart. The year before last, he came out of the Hanlin Academy to find a Zhizhou near Andong City, and took his wife and children to take up his post together.

It didn't take long for him to get a concubine?!

Xu is Gu Ci's anger was too obvious, and the Queen Mother glanced over here.

Li Fuxiang hurriedly smoothed her hair, "I'll tell you about this later." However, a concubine who is not counted in the family tree will be sent away in the future. My sister felt that it didn't matter, so my father and mother didn't make a move, so I left my brother-in-law to sit there for a few more years. ”

Gu Ci squeezed her hand for comfort.

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After sending off all the beauties, Gu Ci leaned on the Queen Mother in a daze unhappily, and the Queen Mother waved away from the palace and hugged her and whispered.

"What's wrong with Luan?"

"Grandmother, why do you have to get married?"

"Don't want to get married?"

"I always feel that it is a good loss for girls to marry." Then she told Li Zhixiang about it, and finally concluded: "Bring a large dowry, help the flowery man raise a concubine, serve the in-laws and sisters-in-law, do some housework, personal contacts, and protect the children from being killed by the aunt and concubine, and the parents-in-law have to bring their son-in-law, and they are not comfortable at home at all, what are you trying to do?" ”

"You think that the eldest girl of the Li family is not well married, so is there a good marriage?"

"I don't know anything else."

"Whether this day is good or not depends on how the girl's family wants to live, not that we outsiders don't look good." The Queen Mother felt that the little girl's troubles were really cute, "If the eldest girl of the Li family thinks that she is not doing well, she can completely change to a man, how could Li Shangshu wronged her daughter?" Do you think Tang Shangshu's daughter will marry very well? ”

Gu Ci looked at the Queen Mother in confusion, and the Queen Mother smiled and said nothing. The gossip that her old man listened to in the palace was much more profound than the news that she could know as a little bean ding, how could Tang Jiajia's Tanhua husband who was in the prime of life so easily contracted and died? It's nothing more than shaking up with the help of the Yue family, and when you go out, you can't control yourself, Tang Jiajia was angry and ready to leave her husband, but she was embarrassed by the trouble in the outer room. So I sent a pair of infatuated mandarin ducks on the road, and then found a second spring by myself. Didn't you see that the son-in-law of the Li family knew about the Tang family, and immediately sold the aunt who gave birth to a concubine to burn her throat?

"Ah Luan doesn't have to worry about this, let's find an obedient county horse. If he's not good, you can change it. Your children follow you, surnamed Gu, surnamed Xiao, surnamed Xie, it's okay. ”

Gu Ci was stunned, "Then why do you want to marry?" ”

"The most beautiful thing for a woman is to wear a wedding dress, and our Aluan will definitely fall into the country when she grows up. Grandmother will have to send you off to get married, and see you as a bride in style. The Queen Mother did not hide the pride in her tone, "As for getting married, with your identity, it is not easy to live comfortably?" Whether there is a county horse or not, it doesn't affect you to find ......"

"Ahem." There was a sudden coughing sound outside, and the ancestors and grandchildren turned their heads to see that the emperor and the crown prince had come in with black faces, bypassing the curtain on the ground.

Gu Ci hurriedly got up and saluted, Yuan Yi picked her up, and she buried her head on Yuan Yi's shoulder a little embarrassed.

The Queen Mother laughed, and the father and son said, "Are you eavesdropping on the woman's private conversation?" ”

Yuan Yi took Gu and retired to the East Palace.

The emperor said helplessly, "Queen Mother, Ah Luan is still young. ”

"Okay, okay, you men know how to worry about it, and if you have something, talk about it quickly."

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In the East Palace, Gu Ci grabbed Yuan Yi's neck and twisted his body and refused to come down.

"Excuse me?"

"How can you eavesdrop on ......"

"Isn't that good news for you?"

“…… What the? ”

"Hao Cang can come back before the gold festival."

Gu Ci immediately raised his head happily, "Really? ”

Yuan Yi rubbed her little nose, "Uncle is late, he will definitely be home before the lunar month." ”

"Thank you!" Gu Ci generously kissed him.

Yuan Yi directly hugged the little fat dun and fell on the soft couch, and said sadly, "Ah Luan is a big girl, will she be separated from her brother in the future?" ”

Gu Ci looked at him with disdain and pretended to be pitiful with a handsome face, "Aren't you about to have a crown princess?" "There are no less than twenty girls here today, all of them in the prime of their lives.

"Those are just beam-jumping clowns." Yuan Yi was very disdainful.

It was those people in the previous life who were happy, and when the situation changed, they were the ones who slipped away the fastest. The two sides of the concubine he once set were either scandalous in the end, or they became monks or committed suicide, thanks to their blessings, and the East Palace was quiet before he died.

"What kind of girl do you like?"

"You don't have to worry about marriage, you still have to think about how to grow taller." Yuan Yi smiled maliciously.

Gu Ci retorted angrily, "My mother said that I would grow taller when I was a few years older!" "She doesn't look like much has changed at the moment, and in her previous life, she jumped up suddenly when she was eleven or twelve, so she wasn't too worried about growing tall.

"Call Brother to listen?"

“…… Brother. "Gu Ci feels that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is weird today, and he is in a good mood, but he feels a little restless." Are you going to go far away? ”

Everyone in Beijing knows that the prince has recently become obsessed with hunting, and often goes to the hunting grounds in the western suburbs, and even goes directly to Wangshan to mix for a few days and nights. The imperial history impeached many times, but after the drought appeared, no one dared to bother the emperor with such a trivial matter.

"Father hasn't made up his mind yet, so I'll set off when he relaxes."

"If there's anything important, I can keep it for you." Gu Ci whispered next to his ear. The security work of the Qingyi Yuan is still very secure.

"Tomorrow, I will move all the notes left by Taizong to you."

Yuan Yi then took out an extremely clear gold wrapped squatting dragon button mutton fat jade seal and put it in her hand, "This is my private seal, and I can use it to mobilize the people of the Wurate Mansion and the Zhan Shi Mansion." Ming Fang, Ming Du and Ming Xiu are all left to you, Ming Jin will go out with me, Ming Ting is in the East Palace," and then whispered to her in a whispered volume, "There is a private house opposite Zhi Shuang Zhai, if you have something, you can use this to go to the little chamberlain there to pray for the New Year, and he can send a message to Ming Zhuang, who is in charge of the Qianqing Palace." ”

Gu Ci glanced at him faintly, silently took out the small lotus with incense tablets and wrapped it, loosened the silk silk of the purse, tied it around his neck, and stuffed it into his arms.

"Are you going to be there for a long time?"

"Reluctantly?"

"Hmmm......"

"Then don't send me off, what if you cry so much that I don't want to leave?"

Gu Ci, who was originally nestled in his arms sadly, raised her big watery eyes and glared at him, and this person mentioned her troubles again. When Gu Yao and Gu Chong were sent away at the back door of the courtyard, Gu Ci cried so miserably, but he only dared to sobbing quietly, which made people feel distressed when they saw it. Gu Yao's father and son almost fell off the horse, but Yuyi couldn't coax her, so she took her back to the house directly, and said goodbye to the remaining three brothers. In ancient times, communication was inconvenient, and it took a long time to say goodbye after parting. Gu Ci is very self-aware, if she goes to see her off, she will definitely not be able to hold back her tears, and it will not be good for others to see the clues.

"Then, when you come back, I'll pick you up."