flstandardbreds Chapter 135 Leaving
Chapter 135 Leaving
Yan Qing looked at the messy account books on the floor, feeling a bit amused and helpless.
Qingluan also joked, "If the princess doesn't come again, I'm afraid that Brother Zhao will bankrupt this gambling house..."
Luzhi snorted softly, "I think he's just too obsessed with Sister Sun to do anything. I heard from Xiaojiu at the gambling den that Brother Zhao goes to the Dali Temple every day. How could he possibly spend the time studying account books?"
"Miss Green Branch is innocent!"
Zhao Hu immediately protested, "I, Old Zhao, swear I tried my best to learn. I even asked the accountant to teach me, but I get sleepy when I see these numbers. Princess, please forgive me. I'll do anything you want me to do, but don't let me look at the account books anymore."
Yan Qing said, "From now on, the account books in the gambling house will be sent to the Princess's Mansion."
Previously, there were many inconveniences in Yan Mansion, so Yan Qing asked Zhao Hu to temporarily manage Fugui Gambling House. Now she has moved out independently and has her own mansion.
Naturally, there is no need to worry about anything.
Zhao Hu felt as if he had been pardoned, tears welling up in his eyes: "Thank you, Princess!" This way he would have more time to accompany Azhi!
"but……"
Just as Zhao Hu was feeling happy, Yan Qing said, "You don't have to worry about the account book, but Brother Zhao, you can't refuse to find out the news from all over Kyoto."
Yan Qing had previously taken over the Fugui Casino because it was a popular and well-connected place, a good place to gather information. However, she didn't want to just passively wait for news inside the casino. Instead, she wanted to leverage the casino's nature to expand outward.
She hopes to learn about current events in Kyoto more quickly.
Hearing this, Zhao Hu said in embarrassment, "My Lord, it's not difficult to arrange for people to gather information from those who come to gamble in the gambling house. But how are we going to gather information outside the gambling house?"
Although Zhao Hu didn't know why Yan Qing was collecting information from all over Kyoto, she saved Gongsun Zhi and was his benefactor.
His benefactor had commanded him to do so, and he would never refuse even if it meant death.
But his brain is not as bright as Azhi's, so Zhao Hu feels that for many things it is not that he cannot do it, but that he simply does not know how to start!
Yan Qing also thought of this.
She had already had an idea, and now she slowly said to Zhao Hu, "We can screen the people who come to the gambling house to gamble, picking out those who hold official positions, or whose family or friends hold official positions, and focus on keeping in touch with them..."
Zhao Hu quickly took out a pen and paper to write it down halfway through.
Qingluan and Luzhi also listened quietly.
Yan Qing continued, "Let's start with the gambling house. However, the information we can get from the gambling house is limited, so we can also make a return visit. For example, the youngest son of the Left Vice-Minister of the Censorate hasn't been to the gambling house recently. We can send someone to ask..."
"I know this!"
Zhao Hu immediately said, "That grandson has a serious gambling addiction but bad luck. He's borrowed money from our gambling house several times. Now he's embarrassed to come here. I've gone to ask for the money several times, but he runs away when he sees me!"
"Then try another way."
Yan Qingwen smiled gently: "Since he has no money to pay back, then he doesn't have to pay it back."
"How can this be done!"
Zhao Hu spoke without thinking: "Princess, we run a gambling house, not a charity!"
If everyone keeps their debts on credit and doesn't pay them back, can this gambling house still operate?
"What are you in a hurry for?"
Luzhi put her hands on her hips and said, "Wait until the princess finishes speaking!"
Although the two girls didn't understand why Yan Qing said that, they believed deep down that she must have a reason for doing so.
A faint light flashed in Yan Qing's eyes, and he said calmly, "Exchange it for information."
Facing the three people's still puzzled eyes, she said calmly and calmly: "Let those gamblers who are unable to repay their principal use the information to pay off their debts!"
Qingluan was the first to react. "The Left Vice-Chief Censor is the Prince of Qi's man. People around him don't know what kind of dealings he has with the Prince of Qi, but his son might not. The princess wants her youngest son to use information about his father to pay off his debt?"
"Yes."
Yan Qing glanced at Qing Luan approvingly and said slowly, "Not only the family of the Left Vice-Chief Censor, but also the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Rites... and other relevant personnel, we can focus on them."
Luzhi seemed to understand: "I think I understand, but why should we do this?"
Paying for information? Why?
Luzhi never understood what her young lady was going to do.
In the past, she could still guess some of the young lady's thoughts, but since her divorce from Master Lu, she has become less and less able to understand the young lady.
Qing Luan pondered for a moment, then asked tentatively, "Does the princess want to help... the Fourth Prince?"
Yan Qing didn't intend to hide it.
Now that Gu Huaizhou has returned to the palace, the battle for the throne is bound to surface. From Wei Yanyan's behavior, it can be seen that King Qi can't wait any longer.
So she didn't need to hide it anymore.
Yan Qing nodded: "With the Fourth Prince's return to the palace, the previously stable situation in the court will definitely be disrupted. Kyoto may..."
After a pause, she said, "We need to be prepared."
"I, Old Zhao, don't understand these things!"
Zhao Hu said in a rough voice, "But whatever the princess asks me to do, I will do it!"
Yan Qing nodded, and after inspecting the gambling house, he asked, "Has there been any news recently?"
Zhao Hu scratched his head: "It seems nothing special."
After thinking for a moment, he suddenly called out to the crowd, "Xiaojiu." A boy of about twelve or thirteen emerged from the crowd, appeared in front of Zhao Hu, and said with a chuckle, "Brother Hu, you called me?"
Zhao Hu first introduced Yan Qing: "This is the owner of our gambling house, Princess Qinghe. Come and meet the Princess!"
The boy named Xiaojiu immediately started to bow in fear, but Yan Qing reached out and held him back: "No need, stand up and talk."
Xiaojiu was suddenly at a loss.
"Thank you, thank you, Princess."
Yan Qing smiled. This child was even younger than Axun. She spoke gently, "I heard from Zhao Hu that you're very clever. Has anything interesting happened in the gambling house recently?"
"Interesting things..."
Xiaojiu thought for a moment and suddenly said, "Just now I heard from Wang, the waiter at the pancake shop, that someone recently bought a lot of pancakes from their shop, saying that they were going on a long journey..."
"Buy sesame cakes?"
Zhao Hu frowned: "What's so strange about this?"
Xiao Jiu said embarrassedly, "There have been a lot of sneaky things happening in the gambling house lately, but this one thing is different..."
"Tell me the truth, did you go out to play secretly..."
Zhao Hu's big hand was about to fall on Xiao Jiu's head, but was suddenly stopped by Yan Qing: "Wait."
"Shaobing? Long journey? Do you know where that person is going?"
Xiaojiu shook his head: "Wang said that man was acting mysterious and he didn't know where he was going..."
"Which direction were you going?"
"Heading to the White Tiger Gate."
"White Tiger Gate?"
Yan Qing frowned and thought for a moment, then a thought suddenly flashed through his mind: "The West, the Chu State!"
Baihumen is the western gate of Yongjing. That person bought so much dry food and headed west. Was he going to the Western Zhou Chu State?
Could it be that her background has been discovered?
Is it the King of Qi? Or the King of Li?
Yan Qing suddenly felt a little tense.
She only learned about her life experience a few days ago. On that day, there was no one else in Xiruoyuan except her and her brother Axun.
So it's unlikely that it was leaked that day.
Who could that be?
Besides her mother, who else knows her background?
Yan Qing tried hard to stay calm.
Suddenly, a name came to her mind: Yan Junyuan.
Yes, according to my mother, Yan Junyuan knew that she was pregnant before he married her.
So no matter how Yan Qing tried to please her father over the years, Yan Junyuan could never get close to her because he had long known that she was not his daughter.
It's my mother's child with someone else.
Even if my mother hadn't told Yan Junyuan about her own affairs, could a man really not care about his wife's past? She even married him while pregnant with someone else's child. Was he really not curious about the father of this child?
In the past, my mother and he were husband and wife, sharing weal and woe. Now, my mother threw him a letter of divorce in front of so many people. With Yan Junyuan's petty character, there is no way he could swallow this.
But he has been living in peace these days.
He didn't come to the Princess's Mansion to cause trouble for her, nor did he go to the General's Mansion to cry...
Yan Qing's eyes suddenly turned cold.
If Yan Junyuan investigated her background, then the person who left Dayong and went to Chu was most likely the King of Qi's man.
No wonder Wei Yanyan, who had always kept a low profile, suddenly faked a pregnancy to enter the general's residence. It turned out that he knew the truth about her life experience!
It seems that the King of Qi wants to follow the path of his previous life——
Falsely accuse the General's Mansion of treason and collaborating with the enemy.
The letter that Wei Yanyan stuffed into her grandfather's study in her previous life was from the northern Hu people. In this life, because of her life experience, she is afraid that it will become the Western Zhou Chu State!
Fortunately, she had already prepared to let her second uncle keep an eye on Wei Yanyan.
Ying Chu, Yan Junyuan...
I didn't expect you guys to be so impatient.
Then come on!
I'm afraid you would never imagine in your dreams that the faster you frame the General's Mansion, the sooner you will die!
"You did very well."
Yan Qing said to Xiao Jiu, "If you have any news in the future, you can send it directly to the Princess's Mansion."
Xiaojiu didn't expect this information to be so useful, and nodded excitedly: "Yes, Princess!"
Yan Qing instructed Zhao Hu on some things and then took his men to the general's mansion.
……
Yan Mansion.
Mrs. Zhen sat by Yan Hao's bed and shed tears.
Nanny Li comforted her, "Madam, the doctor said that the young master's injuries are superficial and not serious. He will be well in a short time."
Madam Zhen looked at her son distressedly: "Hao'er has never been hurt since he was a child. Now he has been beaten like this by Yan Xun. How can I not be sad?"
Nanny Li sighed and said, "Yes, the Second Young Master and the First Young Master have been at odds since they were young. Now that he's been beaten like this by the First Young Master, I wonder if he'll make a scene when he wakes up."
"Noisy?"
Madam Zhen smiled bitterly and said, "How else can he make trouble? Yan Xun is now the princess's younger brother. Does he still think he can beat and scold Yan Xun as he did before?"
Thinking of this, Madam Zhen felt as if a sore spot had been stabbed. She clutched her handkerchief and cried, "Blame me! It's all my fault! If I hadn't targeted Ye Xiruo and Yan Qing, the two children wouldn't be like this..."
"Madam is also doing this for the young master."
Apart from Madam Cao, Madam Li was the one who had spent the longest time with Madam Zhen, and she knew her thoughts best.
She was originally the master's original wife, but inexplicably became a concubine. She was unwilling to accept this, so she opposed Ye Xiruo everywhere. Only by stepping on Ye Xiruo could she feel that she was the mistress of the Yan Mansion.
Madam Zhen wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and turned around to ask, "Has the master returned home yet?"
"I'm back."
Nanny Li said, "But I heard he went out again."
Mrs. Zhen frowned: "You didn't tell him that Hao'er was injured?"
"How dare I not tell you when Madam has given you the order..."
Nanny Li said with a worried look on her face, "But the master said it was normal for boys to get hurt, and asked you to call a doctor to take a look, and then she left in a hurry."
Mrs. Jane pursed her lips.
Tan'er was beaten like that and is now crazy, but he doesn't care; now Hao'er is also injured, he doesn't even look at him.
Is there any father like him?
"Where's the old lady? Did she say anything?"
"said!"
Nanny Li looked at Zhenrenren's expression and said carefully, "But the old lady has been having a headache because she has to go to the Fourth Prince's mansion to empty the night incense in a few days, so she didn't..."
"what……"
Mrs. Zhen suddenly laughed, her laughter ironic and self-deprecating: "So you also say you don't have time to visit Hao'er?"
Nanny Li lowered her head and dared not speak.
Two lines of tears slid down her cheeks. Mrs. Jane's face, which was always kept fair and tight, was now slack and tired. She said softly, "So this is the love he gave me...
I should have known better!"
As early as when she learned that he married the general's daughter after being the top scorer in high school, she should have understood that in that man's heart, he didn't love anyone.
He only loves himself!
For so many years, she had fought with Ye Xiruo and Yan Qing. What was it all for? Wasn't it just for the little love he had for her?
But she worked hard all her life.
Scheming for a lifetime.
What did you get in the end?
Her daughter went crazy and her son was injured, but he didn't even come to see her.
Haha, this is the man she has loved all her life.
No wonder Ye Xiruo would rather hide in the backyard than compete with her for favor. I'm afraid she has seen through him a long time ago!
"Mammy, go and put away all my things."
Madam Zhen wiped the tears from her face with her hand and suddenly cheered up and said, "Including those jewelry I had hidden away before, I found them all and packed them up."
Nanny Li was shocked and said, "Madam, what are you doing..."
"I want to go back to the country."
Madam Zhen raised her hand and took Madam Li's hand. "The old lady has offended the Fourth Prince, and the master is close to the Prince of Qi. Although I don't understand state affairs, I know Yan Qing's character. She will not let the master go. So I want to take the children back to the countryside. Madam, are you willing to go back with me?"
Nanny Li fell to her knees with a thud.
"Madam, wherever you go, I will go!"
Nanny Li knew the whole story. She didn't know who had offended whom, but she knew that when the eldest lady and the second young lady left the Yan Mansion, they took away all the valuables in the mansion.
The expenses of the mansion now all depend on the private money that the lady left secretly. If the lady passes away, the huge Yan Mansion will probably be gone!
"it is good!"
Madam Zhen helped Nanny Li up and instructed, "Go call Xueqin, and pack up your things together. Take everything you can. Don't let the old lady know. Tomorrow, when the master goes to court, we will leave this sad place together."
The next day.
It's just dawn.
Yan Junyuan had just put on his court uniform and walked out of the front door when Madam Zhen and her people got into an inconspicuous carriage from the back door.
Yan Yue rubbed her sleepy eyes and asked, "Mom, where are we going?"
Mrs. Zhen coaxed, "Mom will take you out to live for a few days."
"Oh."
Yan Yue had no doubts and fell into the carriage to continue sleeping.
Madam Zhen turned around and pulled Yan Tan back, saying gently, "Don't be afraid, Tan'er. Once you leave this place, no one will scold you anymore."
Yan Tan froze with a dazed look on his face.
A tear slid down the corner of my eye...
When the first rays of sunlight illuminated the earth, a half-worn carriage left the bustling city of Kyoto without any reluctance.