In the golden autumn, the king of Xiangyang colluded with the Li family and conspired to force the palace.

The king of Xiangyang sent troops, the Li family funded, raised troops from the two broad places, all the way like a bamboo, and actually captured dozens of cities, His Majesty was furious, and ordered Yang Che, the marquis of Zhenbei, to lead the troops to quell the rebellion.

This King of Xiangyang is the one who once took a fancy to Yang Che in the brothel, and later forced his mother to jump off the building, who was still a son at the time, and has now inherited the throne.

The first generation of King Xiangyang was the personal general of Emperor Taizu, and now he has inherited four generations, and his momentum is not as good as before.

King Xiangyang once forced Yang Che's mother to death, afraid that Yang Che would take revenge with a grudge, and this time he rebelled against the Li family, and he also struck first.

Yang Che is now in full swing, and after the crown prince succeeds to the throne, I am afraid it will be even more difficult to gain a foothold. Although I know that there is little hope of rebellion, I don't want to sit still.

Yang Che led his troops to destroy the withering and decaying, but in January, the rebellion was put down. The Xiangyang royal family was uprooted.

His Majesty also gave Concubine Li Shufei Bai Aya, abolished King An as a concubine, and the Li family was investigated, and the Zhong Ding family, which lasted for four generations, perished. Most of the officials in Jiangsu and Zhejiang were involved, the officialdom was shaken, and the senior officials were almost wiped out.

Yang Che was meritorious in quelling the rebellion, and the Marquis of Zhenbei was hereditarily replaced, in addition to serving as the general of the Northwest, he was also appointed as the secretary of the military department.

The ancestral home of the Li family is Hangzhou, and there is an old house in Hangzhou, the people of Hangzhou City are secretly sighing, many businessmen are also involved, many of them are the Li family's industry, and there are some businesses that are deeply involved with the Li family.

The Gao family handled it properly and successfully escaped this catastrophe, and everyone was secretly happy.

In October, everything settled, and the officials of the two provinces were in place one after another, once a son of heaven and a courtier, everyone understood whose world and whose courtiers this was.

The eldest prince said privately: Fortunately, Tan Jun reminded him at the time, and after checking, sure enough, one or two stewards were not clean and were involved in the Li family's industry, but fortunately, they were properly handled.

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On this day, Li Can, the new governor of Zhejiang, hosted a banquet for the city's dignitaries and celebrities, and Mrs. Li also hosted a banquet to invite the ladies and ladies of various families.

This Li Can is the younger brother of Li Huang, a close minister of the crown prince, and he has only been in office for half a month.

The Gao family also received the post. The three lords and the eldest prince, several ladies and sisters Yanya all received invitations, and even Mrs. Tan and Tan Yin also received invitations.

Tan Yin felt strange that the new governor lavishly entertained guests, which could be understood because the new official wanted to meet with everyone, mingle with the locality, and appease the officials of Zhejiang and the Chinese giants of the city, who were already frightened. Suhu Lake is familiar with the world, and its importance is self-evident.

But the Gao family is a merchant after all, why is it unreasonable for everyone to be invited, even their mother and daughter will be invited.

Her nature is not a worrying and thoughtful, mediocre person who disturbs herself, but after a few months in Hangzhou, the people she sees and the things she has experienced are very different from Wu Jiang, who has been quiet and stable in the present world, and she can't be tolerated if she doesn't want to.

Tan Yin discussed this matter with the eldest prince, and the eldest prince also felt strange, he inquired, the scope of the Gao family's invitation this time was not in the world friends who knew each other, and only the rich and wealthy elders in the city could participate. But this banquet is extremely important to everyone, and they can't take care of it so much, so they have to prepare carefully.

Although the mood was apprehensive, several girls were reluctant to go out, but they also knew that this banquet was important. The Gao family prepared early, and also hoped to take this opportunity to clarify the rumors and show the true demeanor of the Gao family's young ladies.

The family can't wait to dress up a few girls as fairy concubines, although the three girls are from rich families, they usually dress luxuriously, but this banquet is different.

On the same day, the people of Hangzhou are paying attention to the banquet in Changchun Garden, on the road to Changchun Garden, there is a lot of traffic all the way, stretching for several miles, BMW carved cars are full of incense, and moths and snow willows are golden.

Everyone was happy, scared, apprehensive, or worried, but no matter what mood they felt, they knew the meaning behind this banquet, which was a crucial day that would determine the fate of all families in Hangzhou for years to come.

The Gao family is no exception, the three masters and the eldest prince have been preparing for this party for many days, analyzing various situations.

Who says merchants are short-sighted? Merchants are the most practical and sensitive, they know very well what the movement of the imperial court means, and the Li family, which once occupied the top of Hangzhou and Zhejiang provinces, has disappeared.

Turning hands into clouds and hands covering hands into rain, how terrible is power. Who will fill the gap that the Li family has occupied for many years, whose power will rise, and whose power will fall, this is naturally determined by the new governor and the forces behind him.

And in this struggle, even if the Gao family is unwilling to cling to the powerful to expand their power, they have to prevent someone from taking advantage of the chaos to rob them.

The second master couldn't help complaining, "I heard that your marriage contract with the Xu family was dissolved, and now the Xu family is in full swing, but our Gao family is now helpless and defenseless, what should we do if someone takes advantage of the chaos." ”

The eldest prince comforted, "Second uncle, although my Gao family has been rich for several generations, it has never been the most top-notch rich family in this province. Our family's medicine, cloth village and other shops have been in business for many years, and they are all regular roads, and the foundation is also deep, and it is not easy to grab my Gao family's business. ”

"Besides, we didn't get involved in the Li family's business before, although the profits were not huge, but we were far away from this risk, so naturally it was not easy to be remembered, and this time we were able to avoid this disaster safely because of this."

The second master's face was slightly pale, and everyone knew that he was worried about the safety of his family.

"Second child, I heard that the kid from the Xu family regrets it again now, and is ready to come over again to propose marriage, is it not too late for you to promise him this time." The eldest lord looked at the second master with a smile.

"That's right, second brother, this kid is high school Xie Yuan, it is likely that he will be three yuan and the first next year, Hangzhou City is regarded as a fast son-in-law of Chenglong, you regret it too late, and our Gao family has a good one to rely on." The third master also took the opportunity to quip.

"I can't afford such a fast son-in-law, I want to live a few more years! If Ya'er entered his Xu family, it is estimated that there will be no bones left after eating. I'm not regretting the divorce, I'm saying that if it's a little later, it's good after this time! The second master saw the brothers laughing and snorted.

"There is no regret medicine in the world. The scheming methods of the Xu family, I have lived for most of my life, and I have been traveling south and north for so many years, and I have to bow to the wind. The third old man sighed.

"Let's wait for this time when the turmoil subsides! The people are about to enter Beijing to catch the exam, and as soon as the Xu family boy leaves, this matter will be forgotten, and we will find a good family for Ya'er. The eldest lord thought of the turmoil during this time.

"I'm afraid that this kid won't give up." The eldest prince was a little worried.

"The young man is just a momentary heat, and besides, he can still grab it? Don't take it personally. The second old man waved his hand and said.

Although the Gao family is a businessman, the door style is upright, and only at the age of forty can he take a concubine without a child, and the children are educated together, plus he loves his children very much, and he is very cautious in marrying his daughter-in-law.

"By the way, Dad, second uncle and third uncle, why are so many people in our Gao family invited this time. I asked Li Shibo and Zhu Shibo, and they were only invited by their families, and people like my generation were not invited, and the same was true for my ladies and young ladies. Ah Yin also came over to ask why her aunt and her were also invited, which was unreasonable. ”

"This is indeed different from common sense, Ah Yin and they are not from Hangzhou, but my Gao family has nothing to do with the imperial court, and the business they do is just some ordinary business such as medicine and fabrics, and there is nothing to worry about, let's be careful and wait and see what happens." The old man said.

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Changchun Garden is the first garden in the south of the Yangtze River, covering an area of 100 acres, the whole garden is centered on water, the mountains and rivers are lingering, the hall is exquisite, the flowers and trees are luxuriant, the garden is divided into three parts: east, middle and west.

The east garden is called Guitian Garden, which is open and sparse, and is dominated by Pinggang distant mountains, pine forest lawns, and bamboo dock curved water.

The middle garden is called Yuanxiangtang, which is the essence of the whole garden, the pond is wide and the trees are lush, the scenery is natural, there are different shapes and shapes in the water, the buildings are high and low, and the main and secondary are distinct.

There is a lotus pond in the middle garden, four or five acres wide, the pond water is clear and broad, and lotus flowers are planted all over. The main building Yuanxiangtang is located on the south bank of the pool, across the pond and the east and west two mountain islands, the mountain island is shaded by turns, the waterfront vine and the lotus powder are draped, there is a small bridge between the two mountains and valleys, a pavilion is built on the mountain island, the west is "Xuexiang Pavilion", the east is "Yunwei Pavilion", and the scenery of the four seasons varies from time to time.

There are also buildings in the middle garden, such as Qinxiang Building, Furong Pavilion, Lanxue Hall, Shushi Pavilion, Taohuadu, Bamboo Fragrance Gallery, Wisteria Dock and so on. There are many strange peaks in the park, and the mountains and rocks imitate the Emei plank road.

The name of the West Garden is to supplement the garden, the main building is the eighteen mandarin duck pavilion, the building is exquisite, the furnishings in the hall are exquisite, it is the place to entertain guests and listen to music, the feast is often held in the garden, the Wang family often makes the family Ji perform the drama, the people of the time have the saying that "Su'e several teams out of the silver screen", "ten Hu pearls are all over the ground". The men's banquet was placed in the eighteen mandarin duck pavilions.

On that day, Changchun Garden opened the south gate, and after entering the south gate, there was a garden of about three acres in size, called the Retreat Garden, and the Retreat Garden entered the east, middle and west gardens respectively.

The attendants and maids led the guests and their dependents through the garden to the West Garden and the East Garden, the male guests went to the Eighteen Mandarin Duck Pavilion in the West Garden, and the female dependents went to the East Garden to return to the pastoral residence.

Out of the retreat garden, then into the west garden, only to see that there are guards everywhere, and they are all capable and strong, not like ordinary guards, everyone was shocked when they saw this, why is the guard so strict.

The old man and young master of the Gao family followed the attendants along the stone path, along the way there were pavilions and pavilions, winding water corridors, flowers and flowers, fragrant grass, worthy of the first garden style.

After walking for about half an hour, I entered the eighteenth hall of the main building of the West Garden.

The Gao family gave a gift, and when they met for the first time, they still didn't know Li Can's temper, and the gift naturally couldn't be too expensive or too light.

The main table in the hall sits north and faces south, and the main table is east again. Then there are three rows of seats in the west, west and east.

The seats of the Gao family are naturally not in the front, the old men are in the second row of the west head, and the eldest prince is in the last seat of the third row of the west head, looking around, some of the elders of the world friends who are similar to the Gao family have been lined up in the third row, and the Gao family knows that it is considered a courtesy.

Naturally, the table was filled with all kinds of delicacies, wine and tea, and the seats were soon filled, all waiting for the host to appear.

After waiting for a while, I saw the two of them slowly walking out of the back hall.

One of them was in his mid-thirties, of medium stature, and seemed to be quite loyal and capable, but he was quite powerful. The other was twenty-two or three years old, tall and straight, with a charming complexion and an imposing attitude. Wearing a red brocade robe, the white hosta tied up the black hair of crow feathers. It looks like a son of a family, but with a murderous aura.

Everyone had already inquired about the new governor before, and knew that this person in his thirties was the new governor Li Can.

I saw Li Can go to the second table and take a seat, but the red-clothed boy sat down at the main table, and there were two guards behind the red-clothed man, his temples protruded, and his eyes were shining, so he knew that he was a first-class master, and everyone saw two.

Many people are wondering in their hearts that this young man's identity has overshadowed Li Can, but some people have already recognized this person's identity.