Steel Dynasty - Chapter 403

[Chapter 403 The answer]

In the Bishui Pavilion, Concubine Zhen took Fei Yueer and chatted about home affairs, asking for help from time to time.

Xiao Ming sat on the chair and looked at the two of them, calculating the time to return to Qingzhou. Now that he was married, he no longer had the need to stay in Chang’an.

Moreover, the last assassination also left a psychological shadow on him. Chang’an is not safe for him.

Just as every vassal king would try his best to avoid leaving his own fiefdom, Xiao Ming was thinking the same way now, because once he came to someone else’s territory, he would no longer be able to control his own safety.

What’s more, now that he has Fei Yue’er as his princess, he doesn’t want anything to go wrong in Chang’an.

While the two were joking, Xiao Ming interrupted and said, “Mom, I plan to return to Qingzhou in five days. I won’t stay in Chang’an any longer. This is not a safe place after all.”

Concubine Zhen nodded when she heard this. She did not try to persuade her to stay. The assassination incident this time also made her worried, “Well, it’s better to go back early. The water in Chang’an is too muddy, and one more day will bring a threat. And your fiefdom must be taken care of, otherwise it will be over time.” Afraid of something happening, just prepare and go back.”

Fei Yue’er also knew about Xiao Ming’s assassination, but she didn’t object. She just asked, “Has the murderer not been found yet?”

“According to what the father meant, he was not the second prince. It was the Shanxi merchants who colluded with the barbarians, and these two parties are indeed the most likely.” Xiao Ming pondered.

“Second Prince.” Concubine Zhen was surprised.

Xiao Ming nodded, “Yes, and the father also tested his son for this matter.” Then Xiao Ming told the matter again.

“If it’s the second prince, your father seems to be planning to downplay the big thing again. The trivial matter is downgraded. He is the king of a country. Now that you are fine, he naturally doesn’t want to touch the second prince, so as not to make Prince Liang unhappy. But this There will always be no shortage of admonitions,” Concubine Zhen said.

“Hmph, I guess my father means the same thing, but if he is the second prince, I will not compromise like this. Otherwise, how can I explain to the dead soldiers.” Xiao Ming’s anger surged.

“Even if what the second prince did is not a serious crime of treason, the prince’s crime will not lead to death. At most, he will be disabled as a commoner or exiled to the frontier.” Fei Yue’er said at this time.

Concubine Zhen nodded, “Yue’er is right. You can’t be impulsive in this matter. Let your father handle it.” She was worried that Xiao Ming would do something stupid on impulse.

Xiao Ming frowned and said, “Yes, Concubine Mother.”

After chatting with Concubine Zhen for a while, Xiao Ming and Fei Yue’er stood up and left. They couldn’t stay in this palace for too long.

“Hey, the mother-in-law is staying alone in this deep palace compound, and you are not around, she must be very lonely.”

On the way back, Fei Yue’er felt this.

“The most ruthless emperor’s family, how can this be nonsense, but what can it do? The only thing I can do is to improve my status. Mother is more valuable than her son, so that she can be more relaxed in the palace and don’t have to suffer the consequences of other concubines. Humiliation.”

Fei Yue’er often chats with her sister, so she naturally knows the darkness in the palace, but even so, her sister still looks forward to the day when her mother can honor the world.

Sometimes she can’t even understand, are rights really that important?

After returning to the palace, Xiao Ming ordered Zi Yuan and Luluo to count the gifts given by the guests, and at the same time prepared to pack them up and return to Qingzhou.

At this time, Fei Yue’er also met Aster and Pothos.

Fei Yue’er always treated people in a gentle manner. After chatting with the two girls for a while, Aster and Luluo were so happy that they called them “Princess”.

Looking at this scene, Xiao Ming nodded with satisfaction.

For a man, a good wife is a woman who can take care of the house. He and Fei Yue’er are not in a free love relationship, but a political marriage. Naturally, he hopes that there will be no fires in his backyard.

Working outside is already very tiring, which man wants to go back home or be in a hurry?

The three of them chatted for a while, and Fei Yue’er quickly stepped into the role of a wife and took the initiative to take on the responsibility of counting the gift lists. For her, these things were now theirs.

This made Xiao Ming feel more at ease, and he couldn’t help but smile on his face.

Thinking of the gift list Xiao Wenxuan gave him, Xiao Ming took it out of his sleeve and glanced at it. When he saw the things on it, Xiao Ming couldn’t help but laugh. This time Xiao Wenxuan was very generous and directly gave him 60,000 taels of gold and 5,000 pieces of cloth. There are hundreds of treasures and jewelry, which really feeds him.

The last item of the wedding in the morning was over, and in the afternoon Xiao Ming and Fei Yue’er counted the gift lists together.

There were six hundred guests at this sixty-table banquet. These guests included almost all the prominent people in Chang’an City. By the evening, they were so busy that they calculated everything and got about three million taels of gift money. It was a great harvest. Quite abundant.

Although most things need to be sold to be converted, this number also makes Xiao Ming very satisfied.

When a group of people were happy, a man suddenly entered the palace.

The person who came was none other than Li San. After the assassination incident, he sent Li San to conduct a secret investigation. During this period, Li San had been running around and even sent a letter to Qingzhou to ask Wang Xuan to cooperate with the investigation.

Seeing Li San coming, Xiao Ming took Li San into the main hall, while Fei Yueer wisely avoided suspicion and went to the wedding room.

“Your Highness, Wang Xuan’s people have captured this Shanxi merchant who sent barbarians to the prince.” Li San still had the dust of travel on his body, but his expression was very determined.

“Caught?” Xiao Ming’s eyes narrowed.

“Yes, Wang Xuan has been leaving detailed work in the barbarian territory, and he quickly found out the details of this Shanxi merchant. Moreover, this Shanxi merchant actually had dealings with our Chamber of Commerce, and violated the regulations of the Chamber of Commerce and sold a lot of liquor to the grassland without authorization. , Li Kaiyuan has always wanted to punish him,” Li San said.

“How did you catch him?” He had also heard about this Shanxi merchant. Many businessmen in the Qingzhou Chamber of Commerce looked down upon these Shanxi merchants and called them traitors and traitors because these Shanxi merchants had sold goods from the country of Chongqing over the years. He gave a lot of contraband to the barbarians, which indirectly funded the rise of the barbarians.

Li San said: “There is a village between Liangdi and King Yong’s fiefdom. Most Shanxi merchants gather here, and many goods are transferred through this place. However, there are also conflicts among these Shanxi merchants, so we asked Li Kaiyuan to take advantage of it. The Chamber of Commerce bribed a Shanxi businessman to get the whereabouts of that person and successfully arrested him. Now the Shanxi businessman is just outside Chang’an City, just waiting for His Highness to be released. “

“Good job,” Xiao Ming praised.

From Xiao Wenxuan’s tone, he knew that Xiao Wenxuan would handle this matter unhurriedly, because from Xiao Wenxuan’s perspective, he was not dead anyway, and what he needed was the stability of the overall situation, and he wanted to fool him.

But for him, this revenge must be avenged.

(End of chapter)