Chapter 252: Autumn Comes September 8
"Are you alright?" As soon as Yifang entered the door, he saw Deng Tong.
His shoulder was indeed scratched by a branch, and there were sporadic scars on his body, and he was taking medicine at this time, and there was no one around to serve him.
"It's good that I reacted quickly, otherwise you wouldn't have seen me by now." Deng Tong still has the same chic appearance as before, and has not changed at all because of injuries or just experienced an ordeal.
"Now that I've escaped, I shouldn't have come here in the first place." Yi Fang said this, but sat down on the chair beside him.
"It's okay that Liu Heng is a little worried, and he knows that he asked you to come and save me." Deng Tong put the medicine on the good and then ordered the maid to serve tea.
"No need, I'm looking for you today, not only the emperor's intentions, but also something I want your help with." Before Yifang came here, there was a plan that had been circling in his heart for a long time.
Seeing that Yifang looked serious, Deng Tong was also a little serious: "What's the matter?" ”
"I want you to help me set up a bureau and get rid of one person completely."
Deng Tong frowned: "You are the queen, whose life do you want, it is easy now, but you still have to ask me for help in this matter, presumably this person's identity is not ordinary, right?" ”
"Not bad."
Deng Tong continued to speculate: "With your identity, I'm afraid that no one dares to offend easily, and even if you do, it will not be to the point of being eliminated." The only thing I could think of to make you have such hatred is Princess Lu Yuan Liu Le. ”
"It's you, just guess it." Yifang nodded in confirmation.
"Tell me, what's the plan?"
Yifang was shocked: "You just agreed?" ”
"I said before, since it is your request, go up the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire, and you will not hesitate." After Deng Tong finished speaking, he sighed again, "It seems that in my life, I am destined to do things for you and your husband and wife." ”
Yifang looked at him and smiled: "It's rare that you can stick to a promise for so many years." Liu Le is the emperor's sister, even if she commits a crime, she will not be executed. The only thing that can make her disappear forever is one thing. ”
Deng Tong immediately realized: "Rebellion? ”
Yifang nodded: "I heard that Liu Le once came to look for you?" ”
"After the death of Empress Dowager Lu, her princess's mansion was not as lively as before, and she received a lot less money. Princess Lu Yuan likes luxury, and spending money is like running water, and the princess's mansion can't afford it. In order to continue to live like that, she had to find a way on her own, so she approached me and wanted to run a few shops. ”
"But you rejected her?"
"Of course, Princess Lu Yuan is just arrogant, but her brain is not easy to use, and if she puts the store in her hands, I'm afraid she will only lose money." Deng Tong said very directly.
"Although she lived in the palace for a while, she moved out after the princess's mansion was repaired, and the situation is not much better than before."
"You mean, let me reach out to her?"
"Yes, only by getting close to her will you have a chance to complete the whole plan. It would be even better if she could invite you to the princess's mansion. ”
"It's easy, I'll help you do it one by one."
Yifang believed that Deng Tong could perfectly facilitate this matter, she walked out of the gate of the Drunken Spring Mansion and glanced at the princess's mansion. The brightly lit street seemed very far away, and she seemed to see Gu Wenzhou's face, but it was a little blurry, and she didn't know if she was smiling.
And in the princess's mansion, Liu Le, who didn't know anything about the disaster he was about to experience, was still losing his temper and scolding his subordinates. Regarding Gu Wenzhou's death, although she knew that she was the culprit who forced him to death, she would never admit it. She was angry and angry in her heart, and she could only pour her anger on her subordinates, and she also suffered these servants who tried their best to serve.
When she was tired, she went to rest, and the next morning she continued to walk. It's just that not long after the temper of this day began, a thorn was pierced in her hand by a beating bamboo stick, and she screamed in pain.
Hua Lu brought her medicinal wine with a cold face, and only tried to squeeze out some smiles when she arrived in front of Liu Le.
"What kind of medicinal wine is this? Such a big taste! Liu Le glanced at the medicinal wine, which was not the kind she usually used, and immediately waved his hand to knock it over, "I don't want to live anymore!" How dare you fool this princess with such a thing for her subordinates! ”
"Princess, there is really no good medicine and wine in our house, and even these are saved by the slaves and maids." Hua Lu retorted in a low voice.
"If you don't have it, go buy it! What does this princess do you all eat? ”
"Princess, we don't have any extra money in our house, and we can't afford to buy medicine and wine at all." Hua Lu told the truth about the current situation.
Liu Le suddenly remembered that the mansion was facing the problem of lack of money before, lived in the palace for a while, and enjoyed the days of brocade clothes and food, so he vaguely forgot about it.
Knowing that this fact hit Liu Le too hard, she didn't care about scolding her subordinates anymore, so she turned around and locked herself in the house. All day, Liu Le stayed in the house and stayed closed, which can be regarded as letting these people who were sincerely afraid live in peace for a while.
At night, Liu Le still sat alone in the room and meditated, like an old monk who had settled down. It's just that by the window not far away, there was a sudden sound, Liu Le turned around to check, but found that there was a person standing in the room.
"Are you...... Grandma's son? ”
"It's rare that the princess still recognizes me." Deng Tong walked up to Liu Le and sat down, "The princess seems to be sullen, is there something bothering?" ”
"What's the matter with you?" Liu Le wanted to blurt out, but when he thought of the last time he rejected him, he was not angry, so he temporarily changed his words.
"I'm here today to help the princess solve the problem, and since the princess doesn't want to tell me, forget it." Deng Tong pretended to leave.
"Are you really willing to help me?" When Liu Le heard him say this, he naturally knew that it was the incident he mentioned last time.
"Last time the princess rashly mentioned it, I couldn't think of a store suitable for the princess for a while, but now I do think of it, but I don't know if the princess is still interested now?"
"Of course...... Ahem...... You talk about it first, and then Princess Ben decides whether she is interested or not. ”
"I've heard that the princess has studied a lot of jewelry and clothes, and if the princess is allowed to manage these two kinds of shops, she will definitely be able to gain something." This is what Deng Tong thought about on the way here, if he doesn't find a reason, I'm afraid that no matter how dull this princess is, she will feel that there is a problem.
"Of course, the dress of this princess has always been a model for the girls of Chang'an City to imitate." Liu Le raised his head when he said this.
"Then I'll leave all this to the princess, and we'll share the money we earn. These shops have been hot recently, and if the princess takes over, the expenses in the house will no longer have to worry. Deng Tong saw that Liu Le had taken the bait so easily, so he hurriedly struck while the iron was hot and took out the deed prepared in advance.
"In that case, thank you Grandma Gongzi."
After Liu Le took the deed, he rushed to those shops in a hurry. Deng Tong really didn't lie to her, there were long queues in front of those stores, and it seemed that business was very hot. She suddenly felt that she had made a lot of money, and the excitement suddenly overwhelmed her mind, and she didn't have the slightest doubt why Deng Tong suddenly came to her.
And Deng Tong, who returned to Zuichun Building, was not idle at this time, he called some people dressed as guys.
"Are the contents of those shops ready?"
"Don't worry, master, everything has been prepared before Princess Lu Yuan takes over."
"That's very good, you are still pretending to be a guy to work in those shops, if you find anything going on with Princess Lu Yuan, come and report it to me immediately."
Immediately after the men were gone, a man came in and reported, "Master, how long do those who pretend to be guests at the door of the shop last?" ”
Deng Tong thought for a while: "After three or four days, let them withdraw!" ”
A few days before taking over the store, Liu Le's heart was like eating honey, but the good times did not last long, although they were very thoughtful, but the guests were still seriously lost. After five or six days, there were hardly many people stepping into the store. Liu Le was anxious about this, but she always thought it was a problem with her own business, and she didn't expect Deng Tong to do something early on.
Liu Le had promised Deng Tong before that the store would definitely make money in her hands, but if it goes on like this, let alone making money, it may not be self-financing.
In the first few days, he was able to hold on a little, but the more difficult it was in the future, until Liu Le had to use the money in the house to supplement the expenses of the store. This made her life even more sad, and she couldn't even pay the monthly silver of her subordinates, so that many servants were lost.
Liu Le finally couldn't bear to find Deng Tong: "Grandma Gongzi, these shops are so good, why did they become like this as soon as they were handed over to me?" ”
Deng Tong replied leisurely: "This is for the princess herself, when the store is in my hands, there is a long queue outside the store every day, but after the princess takes over, it is like this, can't it be explained that the problem is in the princess and not in me?" ”
"You!" Liu Le was very angry about this, but he couldn't think of anything to refute him, after all, what he said was the truth.
"If the princess really doesn't have the talent to run a shop, I have another way." Deng Tong took out the speech he had prepared early in the morning.
Liu Le really asked, "What way?" ”
"The princess used to have never worried about the expenses in the house, but now she has become like this, what is the reason? Has the princess thought about it? ”
Liu Le blurted out: "In the past, the mother and queen are still here, and officials from all walks of life have to respect me for three points, so naturally there is a way to get enough money." ”
"The princess is right, at that time, the power in the world was in the hands of the Empress Dowager Lu, and the princess was deeply favored by the Empress Dowager, so naturally she didn't have to worry about money. Now that he has ended up like this, the root cause is that he has lost power. Deng Tong smiled slyly, "If the princess wants to continue to live the way she used to live, she must firmly hold the power in her own hands. ”