It is necessary not only to give him the opportunity to establish sufficient prestige, but also to ensure his safety.

However, now that the old emperor suddenly let the four princes take the expedition in person, what does this mean?

The four princes follow their master in the rivers and lakes all the year round, and basically do not participate in the affairs of the court, but they are quite prestigious in the rivers and lakes, not because the four princes have done anything earth-shattering, but because of his chivalrous courage.

The master of the four princes is the uncle and ancestor of a certain sect in the rivers and lakes, and his seniority sounds very high, but in fact, he is not very old, and the relationship with the four princes can be described as a master, a father and a friend.

The mother concubine of the fourth prince is not as good as Cao Guifei and Concubine Tao, and she is a low-key existence in the harem.

It is precisely because of her Buddhist lineage that Cao Guifei allowed the existence of the four princes, otherwise, with Cao Guifei's temperament, anything that would threaten his son could not exist.

As for the second prince, Cao Guifei's ability was not good at that time, and the second prince finally had a grandfather of the crown prince, so Cao Guifei had to swallow her anger.

Back to the Four Princes.

Until the old emperor ordered the four princes to rush to southern Xinjiang, the talents in the court realized it later, and I don't know when it began, the prestige and connections of the four princes in the people were already outstanding among several princes.

Unlike the third prince, the fourth prince did not make many so-called achievements to enhance his popularity and reputation among the people, he just followed the master to wander among the various sects, coordinating the interests of various sects in the rivers and lakes, and by the way, he acted chivalrous and righteous in the people, and rarely returned to the palace.

Everyone thought that the four princes would be free-range until the crown prince's position was decided, after all, before that, the four princes had never shown interest in the crown prince's position, but they didn't want to, the four princes who rushed back on the queen mother's birthday, silently, became the one who benefited from the three princes, which made everyone have to re-examine the strategies and methods of the four princes.

In short, the four princes seemed to have done nothing, but they were pushed by the old emperor to the position closest to the crown prince.

As long as the four princes have made military exploits in southern Xinjiang this time, they have prestige in the army, and their strength should not be underestimated.

On the contrary, the second prince and the third prince are in constant condition, and they don't know the final result of the two princes.

The reason why the courtiers in the court did not immediately change their camp was that they did not know the four princes, and the four princes did not have any special contact with anyone in the court. If the four princes don't accept it, their actions will also cause the displeasure of the original master, and both sides will be thankless at that time.

Another point is that everyone is waiting to see the attitude of the old emperor.

I don't know if he really gave up on the Three Princes, or just gave the Three Princes a warning.

The Sacred Heart is unfathomable.

After all, the third prince is the old emperor's favorite prince.

Won't give up so quickly.

Regarding the turmoil between several princes, Qiao Lixi said that she was not interested, and she specially arranged her own affairs.

Because of the help of Jin Baijin and Yu Rou, the shops of the second and third princes not only lost a lot of money, but it was difficult to even barely maintain it.

After all, one is the richest man in the dynasty, and the other is a merchant family, and they don't have any ability, and Qiao Lixi will despise them.

"How? Aren't we ready to make big moves? Kimberkin asked whimsically.

"There is no problem with the 'Shu Embroidery Building' here, the deed is in my hands, you can just work together to deal with the 'Jinxiu'."

Jin Baijin pouted, "I said that the 'Shu Embroidery Building' was good for me to play, in order to have a good time, I also made so many preparations in advance, and as a result, you got the deed quietly in your hand." ”

Qiao Lixi spread her hands and said helplessly: "I want to too, but who knew that things would become like this." However, it's okay that way, we have less effort. ”

"Qiaoqiao, who do you say will fall first, the second prince or the third prince?"

"Needless to say, it must be the second prince." It was Yu Rou who said this, and as she spoke, she didn't forget to give Kim Birkin a look of contempt.

Kim Birkin rolled his eyes sharply, "I'm talking to Jojo, what's the matter with you?" Not reserved at all, when others speak, can you interject casually? ”

"I'm willing, you don't care!"

Qiao Lixi looked at the interaction between the two with a smile, maybe her gaze was too teasing, Yu Rou inadvertently swept the banter in her eyes, and immediately stopped talking, but she didn't want to provoke Qiao Lixi to laugh more meaningfully.

"Jojo!" Yu Rou glared at Qiao Yixi angrily.

"You ...... When did you ...... so much," Qiao Yixi laughed lewdly.

Kimberkin snorted heavily in a nasal voice, as if unwilling to answer the inexplicable question, and tilted his head to the side, exposing the tips of his reddish ears.

Yu Rou turned the topic to the side, "Did Wei Nanshui come back with the news?" ”

Qiao Lixi shook her head, "Wei Nanshui is all in contact with Jinzhen. ”

"You don't exchange information, okay?"

Looking at Yu Rou's serious appearance, Qiao Yixi suddenly smiled.

"What are you laughing at?" Yu Rou asked vigilantly.

Qiao Yixi blinked.

"What do you want?" A sense of crisis rose in Yu Rou's heart.

"Sister Rou, you're not good."

"What's wrong?" The more Yu Rou spoke, the more unconfident she became.

"I'm talking about you, and you change the subject."

"You ......"

"Stupid!" Kimp Birkin couldn't help but said with disdain.

"You can do it, you come!" Yu Rou immediately returned it.

Qiao Yixi glanced left and right without worrying, "I'll just say, you have more and more tacit understanding, let's say, when will you get married?" ”

"There's no such thing at all!" Kimberkin suddenly exploded and jumped up in a hurry.

Before Qiao Yixi could say anything, Yu Rou instigated her with a cold eye, "What did you say?" ”

Word by word, gnashing teeth.

Kim Birkin immediately wilted, "I'll just tell you, what are you anxious about?" I'm not afraid of Jojo's nonsense! ”

"Oh?" Qiao Yixi dragged a long tail note, "What nonsense am I talking about?" ”

Jin Baijin glared at Qiao Lixi viciously, "Qiao Lixi, are we talking about business now?" ”

In order to show his anger, Kimbirkin called Qiao Lixi's name by name.

Qiao Yixi's eyes narrowed into a crescent shape, "I'm talking about business, the matter of your marriage is very important to me." I also want to see you achieve positive results. It is a matter of course for men and women to get married, and I, as a bystander, have witnessed your feelings from beginning to end, and naturally hope to see good results. ”

Qiao Lixi's sudden words made Jin Baijin and Yu Rou blush, and the two were silent awkwardly for a while.

Kimberkin thought that he was a man and had to take responsibility, and took the initiative to say: "It's still early, don't worry, at least you have to wait for you to solve your matter." ”

Afraid that Qiao Yixi would have a psychological burden, Yu Rou followed and said: "Qiao Qiao, we are not in a hurry, and it is not all because of you, you also know that my goal is to be the richest man in the dynasty, and I feel uncomfortable if I don't make some achievements." Yuanbao also means this, we are taking care of the shops in the capital, and 'Yunshang' is the industry of the three of us, I regret not doing it the best. ”

Qiao Yixi immediately smiled, "Okay, you can make up your own minds, in short, I will give you a big red envelope when the time comes." ”

"Let's not talk about these first, I want to ask Gu Jinzhen over there, is it really okay for the fourth prince to go over?" In the end, Kim Birkin was still worried about the old emperor's actions.

Qiao Yixi said: "I really don't know about the affairs of southern Xinjiang, but I think that the Marquis of Zhenyuan must have his intentions when he asked the imperial court to send reinforcements, and he has made proper arrangements." No matter how the Marquis of Zhenyuan fought with the old emperor, he would not bet on the safety of the soldiers, let alone the imperial society. ”

"We all believe this," Yu Rou said, "but the old emperor is not necessarily, the superior can sacrifice anyone for the sake of monstrous power, let alone us ordinary people." ”

"The old emperor is very jealous of the Marquis of Zhenyuan, this jealousy makes him dare not act rashly, I think, when this Southern Xinjiang campaign is over, the battle between the old emperor and the Marquis of Zhenyuan will be completely over."

Jin Baijin and Yu Rou were both heartbroken, but they didn't ask in detail.

The second prince and the third prince were anxious to deal with the affairs of the court and Dali Temple, so Jin Baijin and Yu Rou quickly annexed the few industries of the two, which were normal competition between industries, and the second prince and the third prince did not notice that something was wrong.

And Qiao Ningdai's side also came out in the end.

Qiao Ningdai can not admit the list of money in Qiao Lixi's hand, or she can buy those people to make perjury, but Qiao Ningdai's cooperation with the Quartet Gambling House has been recognized by the gambling house.

The Sifang Gambling House will pay a large amount of taxes to the imperial court every year, and the old emperor will not do anything to the Sifang Gambling House, so this backstabbing person fell on Qiao Ningdai's head.

According to the laws of the dynasty, the people in the second room of the Qiao family were exiled together with Qiao Ningdai.

Although the old emperor did not severely punish the second prince, but only symbolically punished him for one year, but everyone in the second prince's faction knew that the old emperor had given up on the second prince.

"Shu Xiulou" was taken away by Qiao Yixi as she wished, which is the best evidence.

Tao Xue didn't even struggle to make a profit, and neatly went to the government with Qiao Yixi to do the name change procedures, and the workers of the "Shu Embroidery Building" before settled their wages and fended for themselves.

There are also a few smart people who secretly found Qiao Lixi's steward and asked if the new shop needed workers, and Qiao Lixi handed over these tedious things to the steward for arrangement.

For this result, Tao Mingxing is quite satisfied.

Monetary punishment can't hurt the fundamentals, as long as the person is still there, everything else can be planned.

Merely......

In the end, it was left in the heart of the old emperor, and many people in the second prince's camp had other plans.

Tao Mingxing naturally knew about it and scoffed at it.

People with different intentions, even if they barely stay, will also be bad, in this case, these people should leave early.

The only thing he was worried about was the suspicion of the Tao family.

Because he is the maternal grandfather of the second prince, he supports his grandson in terms of seizing the heir.