Chapter 57: Lighting the Lamp
Gu Huanyi told Li Congxin and Wu Lie about the quarrel between Li Chengxu and Fang Yurong in the Qilin Club alone, and after they found out, they had the same thoughts as Gu Huanyi.
If Lin Youhai stays away from the capital and guards himself, he may still have some effect on King Xian; If you go to Beijing to seek revenge, you may be affected by the Xianwang Mansion.
King Xian never leaves any trouble in his work, if they find Lin Youhai, he will only have a dead end.
Wu Lie said: "Originally, I was afraid that Lin Youhai would plot against Miss Gu, but now that the prince of Xianwang is tracking it down, he doesn't dare to make a move for a while." ”
Li Congxin said uneasily: "We still have to hurry, if we let Li Chengxu take the lead, this clue will be completely broken." ”
And if you don't find it for a day, Gu Huanyi will have to watch out for a day, it's not safe after all.
After dinner, after Gu Huanyi sent the two waves of guests away, he told Li Congxin something alone.
"The Cao Gang's smuggling of people into Beijing is very secretive, you didn't find it before, and Admiral Wu didn't find it in Xichang, if it wasn't for Zheng Qing himself telling me, no one would know. But just after we knew, it was only a few days before Li Chengxu knew. Where would he have known that? ”
Gu Huanyi asked very tactfully, but Li Congxin understood, and she suspected that her own side had revealed the news.
Li Congxin nodded, and he was also a little suspicious.
But those who know about it, except for the two of them, are the righteous brother Wu Lie, who has been brothers for many years, and they have a relationship between birth and death.
He pondered and said: "Brother Wu used the people from the West Factory to find Lin Youhai in the capital, no matter how low-key he is, it will also have an impact. Li Chengxu's power is complicated, and he must also have eyeliner in the West Factory, so if there is a rumor of leakage, I will carefully check the people under him with my eldest brother. ”
Gu Huanyi nodded, more doubts, she didn't want to talk about it.
Just now she told Wu Lie about the Qilin Society, and she regretted it a little, after all, this was the first secret village she had arranged in the capital, if she let outsiders know that this was her industry, it would be inconvenient to use the Qilin Society for anything.
Fang didn't think about it, he said it all, Gu Huanyi had no room for regret, so he had to believe that Wu Lie was a reliable person.
On the next day, the Shangyuan Festival, each family was holding a family banquet.
Gu Huanyi would go to the Song Mansion to have dinner with his relatives in the evening, and at noon he gathered Song Ping, Song An, Wang Sheng, Miao Mama, Xingyun, Xingqing and other people around him together and had a simple family banquet.
After the meal, Gu Huanyi discussed with everyone a few important things in the coming year, and everyone also told Gu Huanyi about the situation at hand.
Xingqing said that the shopkeeper of Jinsang Dress Weaving took the opportunity of the New Year and the festival to visit the stewards and compradors of various mansions in the capital and go to the door, and the most important thing was to open up the relationship between the Fang family.
"According to the instructions of the young lady, we asked the embroidery lady to make a pair of calligraphy embroidered yarn tents and send them to Fang Fu, and sure enough, they won the favor of the steward and immediately sent them to Fang Yurong. Fang Yurong liked it very much, and after praising the steward, the steward promised that the spring clothes of Fangfu would be divided into three percent, and the shopkeeper would personally take people to Fangfu at that time. ”
Gu Huanyi heard from Qiao Jingyun that Fang Yurong likes calligraphy and embroidery, and he had a conflict with He Guangling because of this matter, so he had this idea of "doing what he likes".
Seeing that there was progress, Gu Huanyi said with satisfaction: "Please keep more thought to the shopkeeper, what you hear and see in the Fang Mansion must be carefully told to you, I have to know Fang Yurong's affairs, no matter how big or small." ”
Xingyun and Xingqing nodded in agreement.
was rejoicing, and sent a message down his head, saying that the shopkeeper of the Qilin Society had come to Wang Sheng for urgent business.
Wang Sheng hurriedly got up and went out, stayed for a while, and said with a dark face: "The Qilin Club has just been smashed by someone, Feng Hua's hand has been discounted, I'm afraid I won't be able to go on stage for some days." ”
Gu Huanyi was shocked and angry, and asked, "Who did it?" ”
Wang Sheng said: "It's a group of ruffians in Xishi, saying that we don't understand the rules and don't give them New Year's gifts." ”
Wang Sheng suggested taking the clear road of the government, so as to ensure that there would be no other ruffians to extort money in the future.
Gu Huanyi shook his head and said, "They are not in it for money. ”
It's been two months since the Qilin Society opened, and these ruffians didn't come to smash the field at first, but they came at this time.
If it's just for money, it won't hit the pillars, and if it makes such a fuss, it is impossible for the general shopkeeper to pay back the money.
She said to Uncle Miao: "You go to Yang Xin to inquire, is the matter of the Qilin Club arranged by Li Chengxu?" ”
Uncle Miao went immediately.
Wang Sheng was even more surprised and asked, "Miss, where did we show our feet and let Li Chengxu notice?" ”
Gu Huanyi didn't dare to conclude yet, and said, "I hope it's not what I guessed." ”
Uncle Miao came back before dinner and said: "Yang Xin sent Li Chengxu into the palace for a banquet today, and he couldn't get out, when I found him in the carport outside the palace, before I could ask, he asked me to tell Miss that something was going to happen to the Kirin Society." Sure enough, as Miss said, it was arranged by Li Chengxu. ”
Gu Huanyi's face darkened.
She thought for a long time, and said to Wang Sheng: "Since the Qilin Society has been exposed, let's close it." Let the shopkeeper send Fenghua back to Jinling to recuperate, and the others will be assigned to work elsewhere. ”
The Qilin Club is about to close as soon as it is opened, which is a huge loss for Gu Huanyi!
But she can only suffer this loss, if she is clearly exposed and goes to operate, she will be used by others.
Hit hard by this, everyone was a little depressed, but Gu Huanyi was thinking about more serious problems......
Li Chengxu only asked Fang Yurong to meet at the Kirin Club yesterday afternoon, explaining that he had trusted the Kirin Club before.
Today, someone was sent to smash the field, which means that the news leaked last night.
Although there is no empirical evidence of Wu Lie's leaked news, under this level of suspicion, Gu Huanyi feels that he must talk to Li Congxin.
Although Li Congxin went to the palace for the banquet today, the palace banquet usually starts in the afternoon, and it will not be delayed until too late after nightfall, and it will end before the palace gate is locked.
She asked Song Ping to wait outside the palace gate, and after Li Congxin left the palace, she invited him to come to the house.
When it was time for dinner, Gu Huanyi went to Song's house for a meal, did not go out with his sisters to watch the lantern festival, and went home early to wait.
Gu Huanyi waited for a long time at night and didn't wait for Li Congxin, and was suspicious that there was something else in the palace, but Li Congxin came.
Gu Huanyi went out to welcome him in, and saw that he had a bitter face and was in a bad mood.
She poured him a cup of hot tea, pressed the matter of Wu Lie and the Qilin Society, and asked softly first, "Is there something going on in the palace?" ”
Li Congxin rubbed his eyebrows and said, "After the dinner ended, Concubine Zhen Niangniang was on the way back to the dormitory, and the lanterns on the cloister suddenly burned, which happened to fall on Concubine Zhen Niangniang, and ignited Niangniang's hair. The mother was frightened and fell, but fortunately, a palace maid rushed to the rescue to keep the mother and son safe. ”
Gu Huanyi was shocked when he heard it.
Although it seems unexpected that the lantern is burning, how can there be such a coincidence, and it just fell on Concubine Zhen?
Concubine Zhen is now an important person in the whole country, and what she is pregnant with is the only prince of the emperor, the future monarch of Xuan Kingdom!