"Yingrong, do you think that you climbed into His Highness's bed, so you are smarter than anyone else."

"Slaves don't dare!"

"Don't dare? I think you dare! Qiao Ningdai's voice was sharp, "You have the courage to shout and demonstrate in front of me, what else do you dare not do?" ”

"Aunt Dai," Ying Rong hurriedly explained, "The things that the slave and maid have done are irreparable, the slave and the maid just want to live, please let the slave and the maid follow you, the slave and the maid are useful, and the aunt will definitely have a place for the slave and the maid in the future." ”

"I'll need you?" Qiao Ningdai asked flirtatiously.

"Auntie, Your Highness may have someone else by her side in the future, and even a concubine, please let the slave and maid follow you, you will definitely have a place for the slave and maid." Ying Rong didn't dare to raise her head and said.

When Qiao Ningdai heard this, she couldn't help but glance at Ying Rong more.

This slut is not only smart, but also knows how to put down his body.

"I never keep useless people."

"Aunt Dai, the slave will let you see the slave's ability."

Dropping a word of loyalty as if he were dead, Yingrong quietly left the "Begonia Courtyard".

"Your Highness, what have you done today?" Qiao Ningda asked.

"Aunt Hui, Your Highness has summoned the advisor today, and he has been in the study."

Qiao Ningdai's eyes showed disdain.

Don't you panic when you summon the counselor to his study, for fear that everyone won't see the bed in his study?

"Did you hear what they said?" Despite not holding out hope, Qiao Ningdai still asked more.

Sure enough, Cai Lu shook his head and said: "Aunt Dai, as you know, no outsiders in His Highness's study can get close, but the slave maid bought the little guy who sent tea to the study, and learned that His Highness was talking about the shop this time." ”

Her heart was tight, and the look on Qiao Ningdai's face was also difficult to look at.

You don't need to ask in detail to know what the second prince is going to plan, and there is not much time on his father's side.

Qiao Ningdai only guessed that the second prince was under great pressure, but she didn't expect that the second prince was suppressed by the third prince one after another, and he was completely powerless to parry.

Several private shops are closed!

Even if Taifu Tao helped deal with some tricky things, he couldn't save the second prince's defeat.

The third prince was menacing, mercilessly killing him, and no one knew why he suddenly became so sharp.

This is what Tao Taifu can't understand.

There has always been a fight between the two princes, they are all petty fights, you kill two of me, I will get rid of you a dark spot, although human life is in hand, but it is all a temptation, and it is the life of the shrimp soldier and crab general, and it does not involve each other.

But this time, the attitude of the third prince seems to be to completely get rid of the second prince.

It's no wonder that the second prince is not anxious!

What annoyed him the most was that since he began to suppress the third child, no secret letter was sent to his study again!

That's why he's losing and retreating!

"Your Highness, now we are only losing a few shops, without these shops, we can still hold on for a while."

"For a while?" The second prince said gloomily, "I can't last this month, and it's going to be a while?" ”

The counsellor did not dare to speak again.

If those hard-hit shops continue to maintain, it will cost a lot of manpower and financial resources, and the profits have not lost much, so it is the most labor-saving way to close the doors directly.

But this also shows from another angle that the second prince is not as good as the third prince!

The second prince lost!

"The shops in His Royal Highness's private office have lost nearly 20,000 taels in the past few months, and a large number of goods are hoarded there.

"Your Highness, Second Master Qiao's side...... Is there no way to do it? ”

The second prince disdainful, "One 'Shu Embroidery Building' is enough for Second Master Qiao to have a sad face, where does he have the energy to deal with other shops." ”

"Your Highness, strategy is our forte, but business is ......."

The second prince also knows that it is difficult for a strong man, but Second Master Qiao is really useless now, let alone a few other shopkeepers and stewards.

His grandfather couldn't help him, what else could he do?

Tell my grandfather the truth?

Actually, it doesn't matter if you say it or not, the battle between him and the third child has reached this point, what else needs to be said?

The shop in his hand was lost by a third, and there was still a gap of 20,000 yuan waiting for him to fill, and he was facing an unprecedented crisis.

"Your Highness, Taifu's ...... over there"

"My grandfather can't protect himself these days! His dark industries have been suppressed to varying degrees. ”

"It was also done by His Royal Highness?"

"If it's the third child, then it's fine, but unfortunately it's not. My grandfather's pawns in the court were either punished by the Holy Lord for their bad deeds recently, or they were impeached by the imperial history in other places for various issues. His Royal Highness has checked it, and it is not the third person. ”

"Who could that be? Four Highnesses? ”

"The fourth child has been very peaceful recently, he doesn't go out of the door, he only follows his master to learn martial arts, and the official affairs assigned by his father will be done, but he won't be 'nosy'."

"Who could that be?"

The second prince rubbed his jaw, "There are not many heirs of the father and the emperor, except for His Royal Highness, the third and fourth children, there is only one former prince." ”

"The Great Prince?" The strategist disagreed, "The eldest prince is not even qualified to go to the court now, does His Royal Highness suspect that there is a great prince in the court?" ”

The second prince naturally didn't believe it.

However, it's not the third, it's not the fourth, so who else?

A fruitless meeting ended, and the second prince went out irritably.

It's just two months, and the power of the second prince in the court has been reduced by two-thirds, and the industries under his name are almost closed.

The Prince's Mansion.

Tao Mingxing looked at the news sent by the secret guard, and picked up the teacup with a smile.

The second prince was restless, but in front of his grandfather, he always behaved docile and obedient.

None of them.

Just because his maternal grandfather is in power and is one of the few elders of the three dynasties left in the court, but unlike the Marquis of Zhenyuan, Tao Mingxing has no "real power" in his hands.

This "real power" is relative to the military power in the hands of the Marquis of Zhenyuan.

Tao Mingxing is a civil official, these years, in addition to the position of a prince and concubine, in the court, in addition to the affairs assigned by the old emperor, the rest of the time is at home to feed birds, raise fish, and by the way, plant flowers, it is completely the rhythm of raising the sky.

A few years ago, Tao Mingxing revealed the idea of resigning, but before this idea could be put into action, he was invited to the palace by the old emperor to drink tea. Then, Tao Mingxing's position in the court remained unchanged, but he didn't even deal with official business, and only routinely went to the court every day, and when he needed to express his opinions, he would still say a word, and he tried his best to share the worries and solve problems for the old emperor, but handed over the last bit of power.

Yes, on the surface, it is.

can be the patriarch of the Three Dynasties, the protégé of the door, whether new or old, has long been the pillar of the court, several key positions, and Tao Mingxing's most valued students, general things don't need him to come forward at all, he only needs to sit in the rear.

With such a maternal grandfather, what else is there for the second prince to worry about?

What else does he need to worry about?

As long as he goes down step by step according to the footprints arranged for him by his grandfather, that position will be in his pocket sooner or later, and in the future in the court, he will not have any worries, the key positions are all his grandfather's people, all his people, what is still unstable in the dynasty?

It's the border pass, even in southern Xinjiang, without the Marquis of Zhenyuan, without the Shen family's army, the other armies of the dynasty will not work?

What's more, in the famous Shen family army, the Shen family army in a broad sense is not a small number, what is he afraid of?

Therefore, the second prince has always been an obedient grandson in front of Tao Mingxing, and the only time he acted privately was the time when he made a move against Duanmu Qing after receiving the secret letter.

But he relied on his ability to suppress the third child's industry, severely damaged the third child's morale, and disrupted the third child's plan, so he succeeded!

"Your Highness doesn't need to worry about the affairs of the court, I have my own way, but what does Your Highness plan to do with those private properties?" Tao Mingxing asked.

"It's been closed for the most part, and the rest can barely be maintained."

"What about Shu Xiulou?"

"Shu Embroidery Building" is hung in the name of Tao Xue, the aunt of the second prince, and it is Tao Xue's dowry shop, and it is also the most loss-making so far. It's just that Second Master Qiao made a fake account, and there is the silver that Qiao Ningdai pasted upside down, and the second prince doesn't know the truth yet.

"'Shu Embroidery Building' can barely be maintained, and I don't earn much, but I have a strong foundation in the capital over the years, and I don't want to move 'Shu Embroidery Building' for a while. Moreover, even if the business of 'Shu Xiulou' is not good, the third 'splendor' is not much better, at present, the best business in Beijing is 'Yunshang'. ”

"Have you found the details of 'Yunshang'?"

"I've checked it before, it's the Jin family's industry, I'm not at ease, I asked people to check it again, it's indeed the Jin family."

"Qiao Er's side, have you ever found anything wrong with Jingjin?"

The second prince shook his head regretfully, "Jingjin is the same as Shu brocade, there are three grades, because of the different weaving techniques, the prices of the three grades are not the same." Qiao Lao Er's side, after careful comparison, there is no similarity. ”

"How could it not be?" Tao Mingxing said with an uncertain expression, "The craftsmanship of brocade is much the same, the only difference is the processing of details, the so-called secret recipe of the Qiao family is just that when weaving brocade, there are a few more procedures in some processes, and there are their own tricks in dyeing or other places." Jingjin is also 'brocade', how can there be no similarity? ”

According to the master on Qiao Laoer's side, Shu brocade is divided into two categories: warp brocade and weft brocade. The Shu brocade with multiple color warp flowers is the warp brocade, and the Shu brocade with multiple color weft flowers is the weft brocade, in which the warp brocade process is unique to Shu brocade. Beijing brocade in the weaving technique, and Shu brocade slightly different, to say different, the technique is indeed similar, but to say similar, several characteristics of Beijing brocade and Shu brocade are completely different. ”