When Xie Yiyi said this, both Cui Boxiao and Liu Qiaoer felt it sounded familiar.
Cui Boxiao smiled awkwardly: "Really? It might be a coincidence."
Xie Yiyi smiled sweetly at Cui Boxiao, but Cui Boxiao didn't look at her directly.
At that awkward moment, a clear voice rang out.
"Since there are guests at the Marquis's house, we'll take our leave first." Su Qing stood up and bowed to Cui Boxiao and the Marquis's.
Madam Hou smiled and nodded: "Qiao'er, go and see him off."
Hu Bingxue also stood up at the right time: "My daughter is leaving now. Thank you, Madam, for your hospitality."
This time, there was no need for Madam Hou to tell her to do so. Linglong stood up to see her off, but Cui Boyao got there first.
"You two girls should go back together. I'll take you there."
Su Qing and Hu Bingxue walked out of the hall one after another and walked towards the front yard.
Su Qing began to ask Liu Qiaoer about this cousin, but Liu Qiaoer didn't know either and was clueless.
Similarly, Hu Bingxue also asked about Xie Yiyi, but Linglong knew nothing about anything.
After sending the two girls away, Liu Qiaoer changed her mind about Su Qing and suggested, "My Lord, I have an idea. Your cousin is here with bad intentions. Let's let Miss Su and Miss Hu compete. Whoever beats your cousin first will be the one we choose in the end."
Although Cui Boxiao was not the original owner, he had read classic novels, and said that cousins were close relatives. But it was not the case with him.
He was afraid that the baby would be deformed.
Cui Boyao almost felt what was going to happen next.
"Okay, I don't have any special feelings for this cousin, but let's make it clear first, it's for the prince to choose a princess, not me."
Cui Boxiao was afraid that Liu Qiaoer would misunderstand, but Liu Qiaoer, on the contrary, looked as if she was eager to create chaos in the world.
"Understood. Don't worry, I won't be jealous."
Cui Boxiao squeezed Liu Qiaoer's hand and said, "I knew you were always very rational."
"Okay, tell me, who is the princess you plan to choose for the prince?"
At this banquet, Cui Boxiao asked Liu Qiaoer and Linglong to observe the two women carefully. It had nothing to do with love, but only to see which of them was suitable to be the Crown Prince's Consort.
Liu Qiaoer recommended Su Qing.
"Although Miss Su Qing is plain-looking, she is calm and intelligent, just like Miss Bao."
During the banquet, a maid from the Marquis's mansion accidentally spilled tea on Su Qing's clothes. Su Qing did not blame her, but asked the maid to get new clothes from the carriage and change into them.
When Su Qing went to the side yard to change clothes, she happened to hear the maids whispering about the prince's marriage being arranged by the emperor.
She is one of them, but everyone thinks that Hu Bingxue will win the favor of the prince.
Su Qing was not surprised by the praise or criticism, as if she didn't hear it. From then on, she didn't act particularly flattering when interacting with Cui Boxiao.
It made Liu Qiaoer feel that she was a woman of great wisdom.
Linglong still prefers Hu Bingxue. Not to mention that she is as beautiful as a flower, she is lively and popular. She always has all kinds of friends around her and can be said to be very versatile.
Liu Qiaoer asked Cui Boxiao: "Which one do you like?"
Cui Boxiao thought about it and said, "The mansion is huge, and there are many things to do, and they are complicated. It's better to be smooth-talking than to be stable. Su Qing is a good choice."
Liu Qiaoer glanced at Linglong with pride and said, "I will report to Madam Hou tomorrow."
Some things are not destined to be easy.
The next day, early in the morning, Liu Qiaoer had just helped Cui Boyao get up and wash up when Linglong ran in in a panic.
"Oh no, oh no, my prince, have you heard? The Queen Mother has granted Miss Su a marriage."
Liu Qiaoer glanced at her and said, "Queen Dowager, is the marriage granted to the prince?"
Linglong was anxious: "Of course not, it was given to Prince Yi."
Prince Yi is the emperor's cousin and the son of the emperor's sixth uncle. He is also a royal relative. He is a few years younger than the emperor and is about the same age as Cui Boxiao.
In terms of status, they are considered to be a good match, and the Su family can even be considered to be marrying up, but Prince Yi is weak in character and has no real power. Compared with the Zhennan Marquis Mansion, it only has a better reputation.
Liu Qiaoer handed the towel to Cui Boxiao and seemed to have figured it out: "The Queen Mother doesn't want you to marry Su Qing."
Cui Boxiao was calm: "I knew it a long time ago. When I entered the palace that day, the Queen Mother praised the maid next to me. She just wanted me to marry a girl from a poor family and didn't want the Marquis of Zhennan to marry into another family."
Liu Qiao'er was speechless: "Why, is she afraid that her power will be taken away?"
Cui Boyao smiled but said nothing.
Liu Qiaoer rolled her eyes and said, "Then marry Hu Bingxue."
The weather was nice, so Cui Boyao took a day off and took Liu Qiaoer shopping. The capital was prosperous and the shops were lined up next to each other.
"Du Zixu said that you need gold, silver and jewelry to upgrade your space. Do you want to open a shop and make some money?"
Liu Qiaoer recalled the last time she traveled through time, when she used the space to collect gold, silver and jewelry.
"No need to bother. If you find any court official you don't like, I can go and clean up his warehouse."
Speaking of this, Cui Boxiao immediately thought of someone: "In this case, I really thought of someone. Do you know Lord Yang, the Minister of Rites?"
Liu Qiaoer shook her head mischievously: "I haven't met Lord Yang, I have met Yang Song."
Cui Boxiao tapped Liu Qiaoer's forehead with his fan: "Okay, it's his father. It turns out that he brought those longevity creams from abroad, and he allowed them to be sold, and he took 40% of every box of longevity cream."
Liu Qiaoer covered her mouth in shock: "How rich must his family be?"
Cui Boxiao calculated with his fingers: "Fu Shou Gao has been in the capital for three years. It's almost rich enough to rival a country."
Liu Qiaoer was filled with anger: "This Lord Yang is too greedy. He is willing to hurt the soldiers for money. They have taken the longevity cream and are weak all day long. How can they fight?"
Cui Boxiao rolled his eyes and said, "How about we go to Yang's house at night and search his warehouse?"
Liu Qiaoer nodded in agreement: "His house is very big, it would be better to have a map, but generally people like him would not keep silver in their own warehouse."
Cui Boxiao narrowed his eyes slightly and gave a thumbs up: "You are smart. I sent someone to follow his housekeeper. His housekeeper meets a foreigner once a month, always in the villa outside Beijing."
Liu Qiaoer nodded: "After planning, we must take action within three days."
Cui Boxiao said: "Let's go to the outskirts of the city to relax. We have a villa in the suburbs of Beijing."
I have to say that Cui Boxiao is very capable.
He first found out the sales channel of Fushou Cream, then found out the source, and then found out who held the key.
Finally, the investigation was traced back to the Minister of Rites.
Foreigners wanted to make money from Beiyuan through the Fushou Cream, how could Cui Boxiao let them do that
The Minister of Rites made a lot of money from it. He planned to cut off the source of the profit and lead his troops to capture the foreigner who sold the longevity cream. He didn't believe that he could not completely cut off the sales of the longevity cream in the capital.
The two were just about to go to the outskirts of Beijing when suddenly, a delicate voice stopped Cui Boxiao.
"Prince, what a coincidence, you are here shopping too."
Cui Boyao turned his head and saw a bright face, and returned the greeting slowly.
"It turns out to be my cousin."