Yesterday, Yufu opened the door, piles of Nian Jing moved to the inside without stopping, Zhou Hu, the steward of the front yard, received the gift list softly, closed the door in the evening, and went to the account room to settle the account, there are more than 200 horses of various colors of fabrics alone, spices and medicinal materials are weighed by catties, countless porcelain and jade, antique calligraphy and paintings, and many strange and interesting things, it seems that he is afraid that he will not be able to enter Yu Shu's eyes.

After receiving the filial piety of others, Yu Shu was not ambiguous in doing things. The next day of the sacrificial stove was the day of sweeping the dust, and Si Tianjian was resting up and down, but she was not idle, she went to the official office early in the morning, and took Wen Shaoan to count all the marriage books that had been piled up a year ago, and worked overtime to approve and enter them, and try to distribute them before the New Year.

The days that should have rested were pulled to strengthen Ding, Wen Shaoan was not dissatisfied, but full of energy, with Yu Shu's acquiescence, he has not taken a red envelope in the past few days, if it goes on like this, he can no longer rent a house to live, and he can pick a smaller courtyard to buy it in the coming year.

Busy from morning to night, seeing that it was dark, Yu Shu packed up his things and left, sent Wen Shao'an to the vicinity of the Peiren Pavilion by the way, and then took the spies who were secretly following him to wander around Qianyuan Street, found the most expensive restaurant, reported a table of wine and food, and then sent guards to invite Pei Jing.

The Taehyung Chamber of Commerce is not far from here, and as soon as the dishes are served, Pei Jing came. They sat in the upstairs private room, closed the door, and Lu Hong and Xu Qing stood guard outside the door.

Yu Shu got up and waited for Pei Jing to sit down, and first brought a glass of wine to him: "Since entering Beijing, our family has been thanks to my uncle's care, and Xiao Xiu and I have few relatives in this world, except for my godfather and godmother. I only recognize you as an uncle. ”

This is from her heart, Pei Jing once lent a helping hand when she was in her last days, when she offended the Ji family in Yiyang City, she had to leave her hometown and go to the capital, and it was also the way Pei Jing arranged for her, so that she and Xiao Xiu followed the caravan into Beijing, although there was an accident on the way, but she remembered this favor in her heart.

Later, she turned over, Pei Jing didn't intend to take advantage of her, but helped her a lot. has always cared for their sisters and brothers as juniors. Whether it is hypocrisy or sincerity, Yu Shu can see it clearly, so she is willing to give him half of the profits of the crystal business, not only in return. It's also because of trust.

"What do you say from your own family?" Pei Jing smiled and took the wine glass and drank it all. Beckoned her to sit down. He didn't move his chopsticks, but asked in a good time: "You set up a banquet so seriously and invited me, you must have something important to discuss with me." I won't guess what it is, just tell me. ”

Otherwise, Jiang is still old and spicy, Yu Shu didn't know how to speak, but when he asked, he paved the way for her, and she took the opportunity to say the idea of suspending the crystal trade.

"Right now, King Ning is in power, the limelight is too tight, I offended Prince Ning earlier, and I made a feud with the Yin family not long ago, I'm afraid that someone will secretly make it bad and ruin our business. It's better to stop for a while and wait and see what happens. ”

Pei Jing's reaction was unexpected, he did not hesitate or doubt, but simply nodded in agreement.

"This business is indeed eye-catching, Jubao Zhai has been patronized by thieves more than once, because the loss is not big, I didn't mention it to you. Master Xu, someone found him, willing to buy raw materials from him at a high price, and asked him to inquire about the source of goods from me, but fortunately, Master Xu is a sincere person, and he sued me in 1510. ”

Taiheng Chamber of Commerce is not an iron plate, two days ago at the tea party of the owner, several managers joined forces to sue him for drilling camps, breaking the rules of the industry, insisting that he stop selling, otherwise they will take out the process of raising crystals, and they are willing to pay for it. I didn't blush when I said this, Pei Jing would rather not do this business than let them bargain.

"I just thought that we have made a lot of money, and now it's time to stop, since you have this meaning, then I will stop the trading of Jubaozhai tomorrow, and when Master Xu finishes the batch of materials on hand, he will pay the deposit for the goods, and he will no longer flow out, and I will give you the profit when I look back."

Pei Jing could afford to put it down like this, Yu Shu had nothing to say, and toasted him again.

Pei Jing took the chopsticks and picked up the vegetables, and said to her: "You don't know that someone has specially lined up in our Jubao Zhai, and then sold the crystal at a high price, and when we are out of stock, which one has something in his hand, wait for a while before selling, and the price can be doubled several times." ”

Yu Shu didn't think it was a pestle: "The crystals we sell will slowly expire after three months, if they are not sent to me for maintenance, they will be left with the same, they can't stay for a few days, they are really greedy, but they will lose money." ”

Pei Jing nodded and said: "This point has been explained to people on the day of the sale, some people are not long-hearted, and they can't complain about us." ”

After a meal, Yu Shu and Pei Jing separated, went straight to Old Man Xu's workshop, took away the polished two hundred crystal strips, and paid him a gold.

Dressed thickly in winter, she wrapped a box of more than ten catties in a cloak, and it was dark outside, and she couldn't see what she was holding in her arms from a distance. As soon as she went out, she got into the carriage and closed the curtains, and then picked up the lamp to check.

Old man Xu's craftsmanship has nothing to say, the two hundred crystal strips are polished neatly, the length is uniform, and the red spar without cultivation looks gray, which is somewhat similar to the agate stone, but it is very different from the finished products sold by Jubao Zhai, and no one can recognize it as the same thing. The white crystal is to hide people's ears and eyes, according to the arrangement of the Xuannu book, eighty-one red crystals are enough, and the extra is to prevent the carving from making mistakes.

When she returned to the house, she moved a hundred red crystals into a sandalwood box without pretending to be someone else's hand, and locked it. Early the next morning, he called Zhou Hu over.

"You personally go to deliver the New Year's gift from Prime Minister Xue's mansion, take my post, say good things to people, and I will reward you when you come back."

It is said that Zhou Hu was promoted to the head of the Yu Mansion, and he should not do this door-to-door gift to see people's faces, but Yu Shu confessed differently, and gave gifts to the Prime Minister's Mansion, which was to give him face.

"Girl, don't worry."

Zhou Hu followed Xin'er, took the two male servants who carried the burden to carry the New Year's gift into the carriage, and sent it to Xue's mansion on the same day, no one knew that there were terrible things here.

***

Xue Lingnan looked at the gift list sent by Yu Fu, and asked people to find Xue Rui. Throwing the gift slip at his feet, he said, "You promised well last time, but it dragged on for a few days, and I didn't plan to let her come forward to testify against King Ning, didn't you?" ”

Xue Rui bent down to pick it up, glanced at it, and saw that it was all ordinary things, nothing special, and suddenly understood, in the face of the old man's question, he bowed his head and admitted his mistake:

"Such a big deal. The grandson thought about it. It's still too risky, framing the royal family is a felony, and if it fails, then she will have to take her life. And ask her grandfather to let her go. Find another way. ”

Listen to him change his tune. Xue Lingnan smiled angrily: "Okay, you have stiff wings, and even the old man's words can be disobeyed." A woman outside. Compared with the entire Xue family, can't you tell which is more important? ”

Xue Rui bowed his head and said nothing.

Xue Lingnan saw that he couldn't move him, so he no longer bothered to exert himself, and waved his hand: "Go out, you don't need to ask about this matter anymore, you just need to remember, who raised you to grow up all these years, who provided you with glory and wealth, don't end up being a white-eyed wolf, in vain my son gave your life for you, hum!" ”

Xue Rui is a person who can tolerate it, and he has been called by Xue Lingnan over the years, and although he is resentful in his heart, he has never talked back to the old man except for the one three years ago.

Today, I was also insulted like this, and I respectfully retired. Three years ago, he ran away from home in search of his life experience, and now he knows who his biological parents are, but he returns to the Xue family in order to repay the kindness of his upbringing, but he has a clear conscience.

Xue Rui thought about the gift list he had just seen, and when he returned to the courtyard, he called Baode over and whispered to him, and after dinner, a locked mahogany box was quietly placed on his desk.

***

In a blink of an eye, it was the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and this year's Chinese New Year's Eve palace banquet was canceled, but King Ning's Mansion set up another banquet, and the invitation was sent early, Yu Shu was invited to the list, and if he didn't want to go, he had to go, but fortunately, it was a luncheon, and the family did not delay the family to have a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner in the evening.

Speaking of King Ning, Yu Shu has to admire, since the announcement of the holy decree, King Ning has entered the East Palace with one foot, but he has not made any out-of-character actions, in the face of some opposition voices in the court, he blindly tolerated it, and did not eradicate dissidents because he was in power, which was quite calm.

Take today's banquet as an example, he did not take the opportunity to choose to organize it in the palace, but retreated to Ning Wang's Mansion.

This banquet was plain, and everyone was happy on the surface, and it was calm. Yu Shu sat in the corner, trying to minimize the sense of saving, she calculated a hexagram last night, and knew that something was going to happen today, so she waited to see the excitement.

Expected, unexpected. Just when everyone was full of wine and food, King Ning was proud, and raised his glass to thank the guests, suddenly a wine glass was thrown out of the banquet and smashed in front of King Ning's table, fragments splashed, and the whole audience was shocked, and several dead soldiers in the dark quickly protected King Ning's body, and at the same time, a figure strode out from among the guests.

Yu Shu saw who this person was, and he was really stunned for a moment, he never expected it to happen to him. But seeing this person, the green robe and jade belt are elegant, the steps are shaky, the face is seven points drunk, the fingers are on the seat of King Ning, the horizontal eyebrows are cold, and the mouth scolds:

"You unrighteous person, a wolf-hearted thing, mutilating your siblings, forming a party for personal gain, you actually have the face to want the throne!"

Liu Hao's expression changed drastically, he slapped the wine table, and said angrily: "Kong Qi, you are bold!" Someone took him down and gagged him! ”

However, how can his hands and feet be fast, Kong Qi does not dodge or dodge, does not wait for anyone to get close, and scolds loudly: "Back then, you designed to kill the ten princesses, if you become the emperor one day, you will have to kill all your brothers and sisters, you brute-"

Before he finished speaking, he was pushed to the ground and covered his mouth, Kong Qi struggled hard, and let out a whining sound, looking ruthless to fight King Ning to the end.

Liu Hao couldn't wait to let people kill him on the spot, but in front of everyone's eyes, he couldn't kill him, so he had to say with a cold face: "On a good day, there is such a defeated person." Kong Qi, whoever instructed you to slander this king, you have committed the crime of disrespect. Someone is coming, take him down first, and then try him later. ”

He avoided the important and tried to cover the limelight first, but the person who manipulated it behind the scenes would not let him get his wish.

"Wait," Guo Huai'an, the secretary of Dali Temple, stood up and said with a solemn face: "If I heard correctly, he mentioned the death of the tenth princess just now?" It is a matter of human life, and the prince is also asked to hand over the person to Dali Temple for disposal. ”

Facing this Cheng Biting Jin, who was killed halfway, Liu Hao said with a pale face: "No, this person slandered this king first, obviously someone instigated it, it is related to the innocence of this king, and this king must be interrogated in person." ”

Seeing this, everyone invariably suspected in their hearts, how could the death of the tenth princess be related to King Ning, isn't it rumored that a young lady of the Xue family was harmed? What's going on with Guo Huai'an, isn't Dali Temple always centrist, why did he suddenly stand up and go against King Ning?

"Brother Huang is reasonable, it's just that this person stays in your mansion, in case someone kills him, I'm afraid he will be counted on your head, and then you will not be able to wash it even if you jump into the Yellow River," this time it was Liu Tan who spoke out, on the surface he was thinking about King Ning, but anyone with ears could hear his voice.

At this point, Yin Xiangye, who had been pretending to be deaf and dumb, finally spoke: "The palace is heavily guarded, how can it be that you can't even look at yourself, and His Royal Highness is serious." ”

Seeing that the two sides were deadlocked, and no one was willing to give in, Da Tidian, who was sitting on the guest of honor, suddenly got up, left the table and walked in front of Kong Qi, looked down at him, turned back to Liu Hao and Guo Huai'an and said:

"It's better to hand over the person to our heavenly supervisor, after tonight, tomorrow's trial will be held, King Ning and Master Guo can rest assured."

What else can Liu Hao say, he can't keep the person, and if he doesn't hand it over to Si Tianjian, he can only hand it over to Dali Temple, so he compromised and agreed.

Guo Huaian also nodded and sat back.

With a wave of Zhu Muzhao's hand, someone followed the palace guards and took Kong Qi away, and then he took his leave. This time, everyone was in no mood to stay any longer, and King Ning sent off several ministers with a smile on his face, and did not return to the table.

Yu Shu saw that there was no more excitement, so he secretly exchanged glances with Xue Rui, and left King Ning's Mansion one after the other, meeting outside the door.

The two of them got into a carriage and let the coachman slowly drive back, and when there was such a mess, they talked together, and the spies in the shadows would regard it as normal when they saw it.

"Today's play was all arranged by Xue Xiang, right?" Yu Shu was convinced, "I didn't expect your grandfather to come today, but he moved Lord Guo, I see that apart from him, no one dares to sing against King Ning." ”

In terms of grade, Guo Huai'an, the secretary of Dali Temple, is not as good as several veterans of the dynasty, but in terms of prestige and real power, he is not inferior to a first-class master. Before today, Yu Shu, like everyone else, thought that Guo Huai'an was a neutral faction, and who knew that he would be on the side of the Xue family.

Xue Rui sighed.

Yu Shu looked at him strangely: "Why are you unhappy, King Ning should be unlucky now, I think he can't do this post of prison for long," she said, she came to her senses again: "Are you worried that Kong Qi will shake out his affair with the tenth princess and ruin the reputation of the tenth princess?" ”

She glared at him and said coldly: "You are really infatuated, if the tenth princess knows underground, she must not be moved to die again." ”

It's not that she has to deal with a dead person, it's really what the tenth princess did before her death made her respond, but such a woman is still Xue Rui's first love, she can't bear it.

Xue Rui listened to her more and more outrageous, crying and laughing, and shook his head again and again: "Don't talk nonsense, where did I think about this." ”

"And what are you sighing about?"

"I sigh that my grandfather persecuted King Ning like this, even if it is successful, the result may not be good."

The emperor is seriously ill, the Jiang family wants to rebel, if King Ning is ousted from the position of prison, who can be up to the task? I'm afraid that in the end, it will be the snipe and the clam that will compete and the fisherman will profit. (To be continued......)