Cui Xiangye also turned his head and asked, "Brother Yan is coming back, can you get the first place in next year's imperial examination?" ”

Song Zhengtian smiled, "Originally, he still had reservations and didn't dare to make a guarantee, but Lan'er's accident stimulated his blood, and he said that the first name must be his, and he will never give in." ”

"Well, the children can be taught, and those who should fight must fight."

The old man nodded with satisfaction.

"Dad, what are you going to do about the Geng family, where to start."

Cui Xiangye touched his beard and said with a smile, "Since the man in black has checked, the matter is not over yet." Then check, the clues of the bitter master are almost dug up, and many clues have long disappeared after too many years, and it is a waste of time to check again, so it is better to tear the mouth from Lan'er's matter. ”

"Okay, my son understands."

Cui Yu nodded immediately.

After discussing with each other, Cui Hao rode a horse and reported to his father, "Dad, I'll go see Lan'er, you go back first." ”

"Okay."

Back at the old mansion, Zilan fidgeted and waited for her father to return, and jumped up happily when she saw someone coming back, "Dad, you're back, is the emperor embarrassed you?" How so? ”

His eyes were full of uneasiness and eagerness.

"It's okay, let me take a sip of tea first, I'm thirsty."

Song Zhengtian smiled and patted his daughter.

"Oh, woody tea."

Zilan hurriedly ordered to personally serve the tea to her father.

Song Zhengtian took a sip of tea unhurriedly, Zilan scratched her ears and cheeks anxiously, and couldn't help laughing.

"The emperor took pity on you and sealed your mother. Your paintings are also left there for the time being, and as for the Geng family's affairs, it will be handed over to Dali Temple for investigation. ”

Zilan blinked her eyes and counted with her fingers, "Hey, the Geng family has suffered a loss, and my mother has been appeased?" The Geng family investigates and handles it the same as ours, that is, it is not partial or helpful.

Does that mean that the emperor's patience with the Geng family has been exhausted, and it is time to check the Geng family next.

Acting arbitrarily, ruthlessly, wantonly harming and killing officials and family members, this is already full of complaints, and no matter how much the emperor's majesty can not be maintained. ”

Zilan relied on her wisdom of years of hard reading history books and information governance, combined with guesses to judge the conclusions.

Cui Hao's eyes lit up, and he admired and praised her intelligence and political acuity.

"That's right, your guess is not bad at all, the emperor just turns a blind eye, so this matter is over."

"What about the queen, do you want to inquire?"

"Don't worry, I'll let you do this, you can stay at home with peace of mind, don't go anywhere."

Song Zhengtian was also really frightened and looked at his daughter more closely.

"Oh, what about Xianglou, there is about to be a war, there are still many things to deal with, the Geng family will definitely retaliate, and the security of Xianglou is still tight.

All matters must be regrouped to make a deployment and plan, the red wine business will be damaged in the event of a war, I also think that this war costs a lot, and the silver money of Xianglou can only be paid more and not less, otherwise the goodwill accumulated over the years will be in vain.

There are a lot of things to do here, I can't just rely on the stewardship to worry about it, I have to go to the gatekeeper to do it, the money will start to be handed over in batches and times now, so that you and your uncle can come back, this Xianglou is my single-handed, who is suitable for me? ”

It's really not that Zilan is unwilling to give up power, it's that Xianglou has been taken care of by her since it was built, and it is soaked in her hard work bit by bit, and another person may not be able to control it.

Song Zhengtian is also dumbfounded, Xianglou is also a very important resource and business of the Song family, not all about money, but about the good in the emperor's heart, otherwise why let the emperor say that he can't help the girl, this is the accumulation of many years, and the emperor has the Song family in his heart.

Cui Hao thought for a while, "It's better to let an uncle who is good at business deal with Ziyan and Zihao's brothers together, Lan'er will get married sooner or later, and this Xianglou business still needs to be taken care of." You have to learn. She's also tired all these years, so it's too late for her to make decisions at home. ”

Xianglou involves the emperor's part, so he can't give Zilan a dowry, which is not clear, so Xiangpu is a dowry, but Xianglou still belongs to the Song and Yang families.

However, because the incense shop and the incense building are connected, they are also making money every day. In fact, the net profit is more than the money shared by the Song and Yang families, and they didn't wronged her at all, but everyone saw the prosperity of the incense building and ignored the incense shop next to it.

At the beginning, the incense shop was done by the Yang family and his sisters-in-law, and later because of the Xianglou, he withdrew from the part, and the Yang family took the share of the Xianglou money, and the Yang family went to Jiangnan before the shop was under the name of his daughter.

Song Zhengtian thought about it and nodded, "It's okay, let Lao Qi do it, he also helped him before, and he can be regarded as doing it." Wait for Brother Yan to come back and let him toss. ”

"Cheng, then I'll go back to Uncle Seven to hand it over, there's still a lot of time."

Zilan nodded There is still a year before she gets married, because she is not old enough, she can only marry after she is young, and she can't go out if she is not old enough, this is to protect the girl, and she will only have her menstrual affairs at the age of fifteen.

And the ceremony should be done at the mother's house to be considered the face of the girl, this is a major event of the big family.

Song Zhengtian looked at his daughter, his eyes were full of pity, "Your seventh uncle has been tinkering with these businesses, and he is also experienced." Girl, let go when it's time to let go, and you have to believe that we will not let down your hard work.

Over the years, my father and uncles have been able to get so many opportunities, it is because you have worked hard to break a way for us, and we will not disappoint you. ”

Zilan was stunned for a moment, then smiled brightly and nodded vigorously, "Well, it is the honor of my daughter to be able to do things for my father and family, and it is my luck and blessing that my daughter can be surnamed Song." ”

"Good boy, teach your plans and ideas to your seventh uncle, so that you can walk at ease."

"Yes, my daughter promises to complete the task."

Zilan raised her head high and happily agreed.

Song Zhengtian entered the palace and was a little tired, so he wanted to talk to his wife, so he let Cui Hao and his daughter go to the garden to play for a while, and let the maid follow.

The two came to the garden, and in the pavilion, Zilan looked at Cui Hao cautiously and didn't speak for a long time.

"Why don't you speak, dumb?"

Cui Hao glanced at her and choked angrily.

Zilan thought for a while and spoke, "I thought you didn't want to deal with me, do you still mind what happened that day." ”

"Say, should I be happy or should I cry bitterly?"

Cui Haopi looked at her with a smile, his eyes were as sharp as knives.

Zilan twisted her body and explained embarrassedly, "I'm really scared and desperate, I'm afraid I'll be kidnapped, and I'm afraid that you will all die, I'm ......"

Cui Hao turned around and said in a deep voice, "You just don't trust me enough, you're afraid of being kidnapped and ending up like Geng Rongrong."

Shame the whole clan, shame me, destroy the alliance between the two families, make you a sinner, make your father, brother and mother unable to raise their heads, you are afraid that I will look down on you and quit your family, you have the courage to die but you have the courage to live to bear the abuse of the world. ”