Qianning Palace.

Today is a special day, the Qianning Palace is heavily guarded, no one is allowed to enter and exit at will, even the ladies of the harem can only come here with the permission of the emperor.

And Concubine Jing is the only one who has been allowed, you must know that even the queen mother is not treated like this.

"You are all cloth merchants from all over the world, and now you can stand here, you naturally have a certain strength, and some people have stood here more than once, but there will be progress if there is competition, if you can come out on top, it is this year's imperial businessman."

The speaker is the emperor, and today is the day when cloth merchants from all over the country meet the emperor, so that the emperor has a preliminary understanding of them.

"The one on the far left is last year's imperial merchant, named Gao Huan, and the woman next to him is named Shangguan Liuli, the only person who can be comparable to Gao Huan last year, this year will definitely be fully prepared, these two people will be your most troublesome opponents."

Su Mingyue muttered in Du Ruonan's ear, introducing the people here to Du Ruonan.

Du Ruonan used to be in a remote town, so she was very unfamiliar with these people, and Su Mingyue, as the number one skill in Jiangnan, she could still call these people by name.

"Do you have any questions? If you have it, you can bring it up now, if not, then take a good rest and prepare for tomorrow's review. ”

The emperor said absentmindedly that every time this kind of thing needs him to come forward, he is also very helpless.

Many of the faces below are old acquaintances, and occasionally there will be some fresh blood, but they still can't attract much interest from the emperor.

The people below shook their heads in unison, except for Du Ruonan.

"Ruonan, what's your problem?"

Du Ruonan's nod, everyone shook their heads, making her even more unique, so that the emperor noticed her at once. And as soon as the emperor saw Du Ruonan nodding, he was instantly interested.

Concubine Jing on the side was very unwilling.

"No, no."

Du Ruonan hurriedly replied, she nodded just now because she had just listened to Su Mingyue's introduction to show that she understood, but she happened to be together.

"Okay, you're participating for the first time, so you can ask if you don't understand something, don't be shy."

The emperor encouraged Du Ruonan.

Hearing this, Gao Huan and Shangguan Liuli were unconvinced for a while, in terms of ability, they were many times stronger than Du Ruonan, and the emperor ignored them and talked to Du Ruonan instead, which made them very dissatisfied.

Besides, Du Ruonan is not the only newcomer here, why did the emperor only ask her.

"Grandstanding."

Gao Huan said disdainfully, he felt that Du Ruonan just knew how to attract the emperor's attention, but in the end, the emperor's choice was based on his real strength, not how to attract the emperor.

Shangguan Liuli smiled slightly, obviously not denying Gao Huan's words.

"Ruonan has to play well tomorrow."

Before leaving, the emperor encouraged Du Ruonan again.

As everyone knows, the emperor's words have brought great harm to Du Ruonan. The people present were basically very hostile to Du Ruonan, and Du Ruonan also noticed that everyone's eyes were not good, and she wondered what was going on?

Red Rhyme Inn.

"Shopkeeper, someone is looking for you outside the door."

A guy ran to inform Shangguan Liuli.

From Shangguan Liuli's expression, it could be seen that she was very surprised, who would come to find her at this time? Could it be Gao Huan, but what did he come to do with himself?

Could it be that he wanted to give himself a dismount or hoped that he would let him go.

"He said you would definitely see him, and he wanted to talk to you about Du Ruonan."

The man passed the words of the people waiting downstairs to Shangguan Liuli.

"Let him in."

Sure enough, although she has always been very disdainful of Du Ruonan, when she heard Du Ruonan's news, she was still a little nervous, and this nervousness made her very upset for no reason.

Could it be because the emperor takes special care of her today?

"It's you, what are you looking for me?"

Shangguan Liuli said coldly, it seems that the person in front of him is also very familiar.

"I want to ask Liuli to do one thing."

From the shouts of the people, it can be heard that he knows Shangguan Liuli. It turned out that the person who came was Wang Quan, and in the past, he was a celebrity in front of Concubine Jing, so Shangguan Liuli naturally recognized it.

If it was in the past, Shangguan Liuli might have respected him for three points because of Concubine Jing's mother, but now that she has been in the capital for a few days, she has heard about Wang Quan, so she naturally won't give him a good face now.

What's more, she didn't want to see Wang Quan in the first place, because he always looked at him with a smile, although he had tried his best to restrain his gaze this time.

But if there is nothing, they will still glance at her, which makes her very dissatisfied.

"I didn't expect the famous Butterfly Clothes Textile Shopkeeper to beg for help."

Shangguan Liuli said angrily.

"People have to bow their heads under the eaves, but if you don't listen to my advice this time, I think this time the imperial merchant still doesn't have your share, do you believe it or not."

Wang Quan swore that as soon as he said this, Shangguan Liuli immediately looked at him, and his words were right in her arms.

"Look at the fabric first."

Wang Quan took the fabric from Ruoyulou and handed it to Shangguan Liuli. Think

"What's this, the fabric of my Liuli Palace is no worse than it."

Shangguan Liuli said disdainfully, but although she was disdainful, she was still very shocked in her heart, this was the first time she had seen this kind of fabric.

Although it is not as good as the best fabric she developed, this may be her level last year.

"Liuli, don't be anxious first, do you know where it came from?"

Wang Quan said ill-intentionedly.

"Is that what you can call Ruri? Call me the shopkeeper, and if you want to say it, say it quickly, if you don't say it, please go out, I still need to rest. ”

Shangguan Liuli said in a tough tone.

"It's Du Ruonan's masterpiece, I know maybe it's not as good as you, but you have to know that the emperor treats her differently than you, so in the end, it may not be so easy for you to become an imperial businessman."

Wang Quan said meaningfully.

He felt that it was enough to say this, Shangguan Liuli was a smart person, and he should understand.

And he only came to Shangguan Liuli today, just to persuade her to help him and bring down Du Ruonan, if it weren't for her, he wouldn't have fallen into today's situation.

So he wants to completely defeat Du Ruonan and get back everything that belongs to him.

"What do you want to do?"

Sure enough, Shangguan Liuli's words made Wang Quan very satisfied, and it seemed that this imperial businessman was still very tempting to her.

In fact, no matter who this imperial merchant is, the temptation is very great, if Wang Quan has enough ability, he will also be interested in this, but unfortunately he has nothing now.

If you want to do things, you have to rely on others.

"I'll show you something again."

Wang Quan took out another piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it to Shangguan Liuli.

"It's ......"

Seeing the content on the paper, Shangguan Liuli was a little surprised, and then looked at Wang Quan on the side, only to see him nodding with a smile. What he gave Shangguan Liuli was the process that Du Ruonan sold to him at the beginning.

"What's the use of that?"

Shangguan Liuli asked puzzled.

Although she also thinks this fabric is good, that's all, the fabric she makes must be stronger than this, so she doesn't have to have the craftsmanship of this fabric.

If Wang Quan plans to sell this to her to seek wealth, then don't think about it.

"This can play a role in putting Du Ruonan to death."

Wang Quan leaned into Shangguan Liuli's ear and whispered, it's better to be careful about this kind of thing, if someone hears it, then both of them will die and have no place to be buried.

Shangguan Liuli was even more confused when she heard Wang Quan's words, this is not for sale, but this small process can play a role.

"There are some things you don't know yet, but you'll know when I'm done......"

In the next two hours, Wang Quan told Shangguan Liuli a lot of things about Du Ruonan, most of which were because she had a very close relationship with the emperor.

This is also what he deliberately said, just to stimulate Shangguan Liuli to be more determined to oppose Du Ruonan. And Shangguan Liuli is too eager for the imperial merchant in his heart.

longed for anyone who dared to stop her steps, then she would do whatever it takes, and Wang Quan just grasped this.

"Okay, I'm done, it's up to the shopkeeper to say yes or not."

Wang Quan said with a smile, at this time his eyes glanced at Shangguan Liuli again, but now he was much bolder than before, because he believed that Shangguan Liuli needed him at this time.

"Okay, I promise you, as long as you do what you have to do."

Although Shangguan Liuli was very disgusted with Wang Quan, she could only endure it.

"Then the conditions I propose ......"

Wang Quan naturally cares about his own interests, otherwise how could he help Shangguan Liuli for no reason.

"Isn't it her Ruoyu Mansion that belongs to you, it doesn't matter."

Shangguan Liuli said disdainfully.

Although Ruoyulou is not small now, in the eyes of Shangguan Liuli, it may not be necessary.

And she is not in the capital, even if she really takes Ruoyulou as her own, she has no way to manage it personally, and she can't rest assured that she will leave the huge cloth workshop in this capital where dragons and snakes are mixed.

"The shopkeeper's cheerfulness, since this is the case, then I will wait for your good news."

Wang Quan said happily, at this time, he couldn't help but think that he would get the butterfly back, and he would be able to get Ruoyulou in his hands. Then he left.

Shangguan Liuli was left alone in the room frowning, and no one knew what she was thinking.

Day 2.

"Everyone is here, so ...... this year's imperial business election"

"Wait, the folk girl has something to say."

When Gonggong Li announced that this year's imperial business election was ready to begin, Shangguan Liuli interrupted him, which made Gonggong Li very unhappy.

"What's the matter with you? Do you know that you will be arrested for blocking the election process without permission? ”

Gonggong Li followed the process of the previous imperial and business campaigns, so his tone was very tough.