On the fourth day of September, nine days after the Xuzhou prefect was imprisoned, the human trafficking case in Xuzhou was successfully concluded. The Xuzhou prefect and other key officials and human traffickers were all sentenced to execution after autumn. The rest of the people involved in the case were also sentenced. , Those who deserved to be ransacked, those who should be exiled, dealt with a large number of people mercilessly.
Many officials were involved in this case. Apart from the highest-ranking Xuzhou prefect, several Beijing officials were also executed. Emperor Wen Xiao’s move was a bit like killing chickens and monkeys, so Beijing was very solemn for a while. .
On September 12th, the fourth prince suddenly fell ill with a strange disease, and several famous doctors failed to cure him. Emperor Wen Xiao took pity on his son, and granted the fourth prince who had already left the palace to recuperate, so that the imperial doctor could help him Take good care of your body from time to time.
As for the second prince who was lucky enough to get his life back this time, because he had no power, he didn't know the hidden truth at all. After being reprimanded by Emperor Wenxiao Xuanjin Palace, he was fined for two years' salary in a daze. .
Emperor Wen Xiao scolded him: "If you don't do serious things all day long, you will play yourself to death sooner or later!"
The second prince felt very wronged. Although he was indeed not very up-to-date, he hadn't caused any serious disasters, right? As for saying that he should be fined for two years' salary
The prince of the Wen Dynasty had a lot of salary, and suddenly lost his salary for two full years for no reason, the second prince inevitably felt very heartbroken.
But no matter how depressed he was, he only dared to secretly complain a few words in his heart, the decision that Emperor Wen Xiao had already made was impossible to change.
The content of the conversation between Prince Su and Emperor Wen Xiao didn't flow out at all, so the officials in Beijing couldn't figure out why the grounded person changed from the second prince to the fourth prince, and could only speculate based on the results. Maybe it was the Fourth Prince who really committed the crime
If this is the case, then the fourth prince is too confused. According to Emperor Wen Xiao's respect for him, as long as he can maintain his previous performance, he will have a great chance to be crowned prince in the future. Why should he participate in this kind of activity?
Now it's all right, even if the holy favor was more prosperous before, and you touched Emperor Wen Xiao's Nilin, wouldn't you still be rejected
They guessed half right.
The fourth prince was indeed confused, but he was not confused because he participated in the Xuzhou human trafficking case, but because he mutilated his siblings.
Emperor Wen Xiao always knew that his sons were secretly competing for the position of prince, and he had intended to let them compete to test the abilities of these sons, but the method of the fourth prince was too much, and he has not yet As for being the prince, he can use such insidious means to frame the second prince who has no deep hatred against him. If he really becomes the prince and ascends to the throne, why don't he punish all his brothers
Emperor Wen Xiao was the eldest son of the Central Palace, and he was named the crown prince at birth. His status is firm, so the relationship with the other princes is not very good, but it is barely harmonious. Now, naturally, he has no brotherhood towards the fourth prince. The practice is disgusting.
No matter how outstanding the fourth prince's ability is, considering his cruel nature, he would never let the fourth prince be the prince.
However, Emperor Wen Xiao did not intend to imprison the fourth prince in the cold palace forever. As long as the new emperor came to power, the fourth prince whose wings had been cut off by him could "recover" and leave the palace to become an idle prince with little real power.
After all, he was partly responsible for this matter. It was because he was too greedy for power and started to establish the prince until his body couldn't hold on anymore, which led to the unbearable situation where the sons are now fighting to the death.
But these things have nothing to do with He Yan, except that after the news that the fourth prince was admitted to the palace to "recover his illness", Mu Yuanwen dragged him to murmur with emotion, and he never heard of it again. News about the Fourth Prince.
He found something new to be busy with.
There are actually many shops under the name of Prince Su.
During the years when Prince Su was at the border, these shops were always managed by the people of Emperor Wen Xiao. After he returned to Beijing, the people of Emperor Wen Xiao handed over the management of these shops and the income and expenditure of the accounts to his mansion. superior. However, Prince Su had no interest in these matters, so he casually ordered the steward in the mansion to handle these matters by himself.
But the steward of Prince Su's mansion is in charge of internal affairs, and has never been in touch with the business of the store, but the master has given orders, and he can't refuse, so he can only bite the bullet and make up for it, and finally be cautious. They hired a few professional shopkeepers, and finally maintained these shops.
It's just that it can't be compared with before.
And because of the master's indifference, it is inevitable that in many shops there will be some naughty people who take advantage of the lax supervision and take advantage of the loopholes to do some tricks from time to time.
Although the loss may not be large once or twice, in the long run, these moths may hollow out the entire store.
After He Yan straightened out the internal affairs of Prince Su's mansion, he was idle for a while, and slowly felt that his bones were almost rusting. Although he is not a busy person, he is really bored with this kind of life that has nothing to do except eating, drinking and having fun. He eats, sleeps and sleeps all day long, and he starts to feel lazy mentally.
It wasn't until he noticed the situation of these shops that he regained his energy and devoted his energy to the rectification of the shops.
In his previous life, he and Adrian also had shares in some companies, so he also had some understanding of business operations. Although the times are different, the management concepts are interoperable. His learning ability is very strong, so he got started quickly up.
After a month of busy work, the shops under Prince Su's name were all organized by him in an orderly manner. Not only were the moths almost all picked out and dealt with, but because He Yan applied some management methods of later generations to the shops, he also brought Some unexpected effects.
The income of these shops increased by one-third in the current month, and doubled in the next month, and there is still a momentum of continuous increase.
Seeing this, the steward of Prince Su's mansion felt ashamed that he failed to manage the shop well and failed Prince Su's orders, but he was also very surprised at the princess' ability.
Managing a store is not an easy task. If you don't have enough brains, even if you have monstrous power, you can't completely control those seemingly insignificant people in the store.
When he took over these shops with the order of Prince Su, all the people in the shop showed respect to him on the surface, but when they turned around, they still did some tricks secretly for their own personal gain.
And under the premise that the princess was spoiled and spoiled since she was a child and has never been in contact with these things, she brought several shops on the right track in less than a month, which really deserves to be called "extremely talented".
Even though the person in charge is Prince Su, looking at Xie Ming's way of handling things, he couldn't help sighing secretly in his heart: Even if such a smart person as Wangfei doesn't have the status of the son of Xinyuanhou's mansion, she will not be unknown and relegated to the It's a pity to be in the back house.
A few shops are far from being able to display his talents.
He Yan is keen to test the advanced management concepts of later generations in these shops, and he goes to these shops almost every day, and the time he stays in the mansion is reduced by more than half.
Prince Su, who can no longer occupy his concubine all the time, is very unhappy about this.
In fact, in his opinion, his Ah Ming only needs to eat, drink and play carefree all day long as before. There is really no need to spend energy on these trivial matters and make himself so tired all day long. After a month, All the little meat that I managed to raise before all faded away!
One of Prince Su's favorite activities on weekdays is to knead the soft flesh on He Yan's waist. His princess's part is extremely sensitive, and he will pant and want to push him away if he bites and tortures him again. They could all be forced out, begging her for mercy in a soft voice.
Their princess has always been strong, so he especially cherishes this moment when he can completely control people.
But now that soft flesh was completely gone. He stretched out his hand to touch the back of the person, and he could easily touch the pair of slender and protruding butterfly bones. Only a little flesh remained on the young man's buttocks. However, the feel in the palm is not as good as before.
Of course, that kind of reason is only secondary. Prince Su is mainly worried that it will be bad for his health if his concubine loses weight after being so busy.
And because of some secret speculations in his heart, he is also a little restless these days, and he doesn't want to be separated from his princess for too long.
But seeing He Yan's excited look, Prince Su didn't want to disturb his interest, so he could only keep these thoughts in his heart alone, and followed him silently when he had time.
After the incident with the fourth prince, under the strong coercion of Emperor Wen Xiao, he finally began to go to court reluctantly.
The time of the morning court is uncertain, and the time of a stick of incense can be dispersed in leisure time, but if the ministers argue about something, it can even be delayed for three hours, so many times when he goes to the court, the princess is often gone Fuchu.
Fortunately, there were spies who reported to him the movements of the princess from time to time, so after the morning court ended, Prince Su did not go back to the mansion, but went directly to a certain shop to arrest his princess.
On this day, He Yan had just arrived at a restaurant with the best business under the name of the palace, and before he could say a few words to the shopkeeper, Prince Su lifted the curtain and came in.
Seeing that Prince Su was coming, the shopkeeper bent down and retreated from the box consciously.
This master has always ignored these miscellaneous matters, and came here just to find the princess.
Winter started a few days ago, and the weather turned completely cold. Under the urging of Prince Su, He Yan had already put on heavy winter clothes. The stove in the private room had not yet heated up, so he hugged his small hand stove, He started to shrink his hands on the seat, and his slightly pointed chin was sunk in the snow-white fox fur scarf, which made his small face even smaller. It reminded Prince Su of those two chubby little rabbits raised by He Yan, and made him He wanted to wrap it in his arms.
It's just that the two rabbits are really fat, and their princess is just wrapped in too much clothes. Once the clothes are stripped off, she will be so thin that it makes people feel distressed.
Prince Su just came in from the outside, and the cold air on his body was still there. Although he really wanted to hug the huddled princess in his arms, he finally restrained his desire and went to stay by the stove for a while to dispel the cold air on his body. He stepped forward and hugged him in his arms.
He Yan's clothes were already bloated, and he felt a little out of breath when he was hugged, so he stretched out a hand with difficulty, pushed on Prince Su's chest, frowned and said, "Relax a little."
This man is different from him, he is not afraid of the cold at all, he is still wearing the thin autumn shirt, when he puts his hand on Prince Su's chest, he can still feel the heat from his chest through the clothes.
Upon hearing this, Prince Su directly hugged the man with his hips, occupying the chair that He Yan had made earlier, and then put the man on his lap, hugging his waist loosely.
Yes, it is indeed a little looser now.
He Yan originally wanted to struggle formally, but the clothes he was wearing were really heavy and he was surrounded by people, so it was a bit inconvenient to move, so he didn't bother to move at last, and grabbed his collar and asked: "It's so early today. Is it time to go down?"
Prince Su grabbed that hand and kissed it, and said vaguely: "Well, I can accompany you today."
He Yan withdrew his hand, but was clenched and couldn't do so, so he frowned and said, "I don't want you to accompany me, you will only scare people so that they dare not speak, and hinder me from doing things."
Prince Su's eyes sank, his face sullen and he stopped talking, and the strength in his hand also loosened.
He Yan's hand was let go and fell on Prince Su's shoulder. He hesitated for a moment, but instead of taking back his hand, he raised his hand and pressed his palm against Prince Su's somewhat rough face.
Although in the eyes of ordinary people, Prince Su had a gloomy and fierce face at this time, but when He Yan looked into those eyes, he could clearly see an indistinct disappointment in them.
He Yan brushed the corner of his lips with his thumb, and said softly: "If you have anything to say, just say it, and always hold it in your heart and wait for me to guess?"
In fact, since Prince Su entered the palace because of the second prince, something has been wrong, especially in the fact that he has to cling to him all the time. This person is already very possessive, and he has been even more nervous this month. I can't wait to put him in my pocket, and stare at him all the time except when I go to court.
Even when he was in court, it was inevitable that spies would watch his every move, and then report everything to Prince Su in detail.
He actually guessed a little bit.
It's nothing more than because of the matter of the fourth prince.
As a man and wife without any connections, he can know things that even the spies of Su Wang's mansion can't find out for no reason in the deep house. This doubt is so big that it is difficult for people to ignore it.
Therefore, when He Yan chose to expose the plan of the fourth prince to Prince Su, he had no intention of concealing his irrationality at all.
Objectively speaking, his own power is not enough to bring down the fourth prince. Of course, considering his huge advantage in spiritual power, it is very hopeful to take the trouble to plan. But since he can take advantage of Prince Su's power to deal with the fourth prince easily and logically, why does he have to be cautious about it himself
He absolutely believed that Prince Su would not be afraid of him because of this, and he still had some confidence in his lover, and the matter of the fourth prince came to a successful conclusion without involving him at all, which also verified his thoughts.
So he has been waiting since then, waiting for this person to take the initiative to ask,
It's just that although he knew that his fierce prince had always been a little cowardly towards him, he didn't expect him to be so cowardly. He would rather stare at him all day tense and protect his eyeballs than pierce the window paper to ask him a question.
As if he was afraid that if he brought up these things, he would disappear.
Prince Su held his hand again, stared at him for a while, and then said in a muffled voice: "I don't ask how you learned about those things, I only know that you married me, and you will never leave again."