Tangled

Chapter 157
"The Marquis of Zhenbei is granted the title of King of Zhenbei, and he takes command of the army to personally conquer the country. The whole country listens to the orders of King Zhenbei."

He was granted the title of king before he even set out on an expedition. Since the founding of the country, there is really only one such person.

As soon as the tiger talisman was exchanged, everyone's expressions changed immediately.

The king with a different surname has military power and is highly trusted by His Majesty. It seems that no one can shake this crown prince's position.

The person who had just accepted the Third Prince's invitation was now filled with regret.

The King of Zhenbei and the Prince grew up wearing the same pair of trousers, so the meaning of His Majesty's move is clear.

If you want to replace the crown prince, there is only one way, which is the death of the prince.

After the court, Gu Tingshu followed Emperor Yuan back to the imperial study.

"Ash, I owe you again this time."

"Now that all the soldiers and horses have not returned yet, why not take advantage of the few days you are still in Kyoto to make an engagement for you?"

"Don't you like the daughter of the Shen family in Jiangzhou? I will make her the princess and we will get married after you return. What do you think?"

"I don't think so!" Gu Tingshu directly rejected the proposal. "If I die in battle, how will you let her deal with herself?"

If she doesn't get engaged, she is still a free person. If something happens to her unfortunately, she is free to choose someone else.

If she was engaged, according to the rules, she would have to wait a year before re-engaging, and because of her relationship, not many people would dare to marry her.

"Ash, be careful what you say. It's really unlucky to talk about death before you go out to fight."

Emperor Yuan was angered by his indifferent attitude, "If I didn't have someone who was really useless, I would never let you go."

Among the younger generation, he is the only one who can take on important responsibilities.

The remaining ones are all weak scholars, and some of them are idlers. They all sneaked in and became officials of no importance because of the blessings of their parents.

Emperor Yuan actually knew better than anyone else who had the ability and who didn't, but for various reasons, he could only turn a blind eye.

His generation will pass by soon, and the road has been paved for them. It is up to them how to go.

"I'm just telling the truth. If your Majesty doesn't like to hear it, I will leave first."

"Gu Gang is here, why is Ashu leaving?"

"Indeed, now that Ashu has become the King of Zhenbei, he should go back to announce the good news."

Before Emperor Yuan responded, Mu Chengze's voice came from outside the door. He glanced with disgust, turned around and sat back behind Long An.

"Didn't I ask you to go talk to your mother? What are you doing here again?"

"I've been back for a few days, but I don't know how to go see your mother. Your mother is going to cry blindly for you."

"Go back to Father, I will go and see it later, but there are some things that I need to discuss with Ashu, so I came here to find them."

They had been discussing all night yesterday, but Gu Tingshu didn't believe what he said. He knew that it was the father and son who had something to say, so he bowed and left.

"I still have something to do, so I'll leave first."

There are so many things to do when leading troops on an expedition, including counting the number of people and preparing food and supplies. He has to go through these things one by one to ensure that nothing is missed.

Gu Tingshu was so busy that he didn't even have time to come back even when an imperial edict came from the palace announcing that the world would be crowned king.

Now that a prince has appeared in the palace, he is also a prince with military power. The old lady is smiling. In just half a day, there are several wrinkles on her face.

At first, I was very reluctant to return Shen Qiqi's property, but now, there is an endless stream of people coming to give gifts. In just a few days, the house has received countless treasures. .After such a comparison, the old lady still felt a little distressed. After redeeming all the changed properties, she was sent to the Shen Mansion.

Shen Qiqi has moved back and is now in the side hall, with Shen Jinshi taking inventory of things.

Although some of them were no longer the original things, most of them were of the same value as the previous things, so they just forgot about it.

Shen Qiqi never thought that one day she would get cramps in her hands from counting money. The boxes piled in the corner contained several years of account books.

In the past, she only had two or two pieces of money per month. Even if she got some money later, it was all taken care of by a few nannies, so she didn't have to get started at all.

Now she has to learn all these things, and she has to learn the most difficult ones right from the beginning. Even though she is somewhat smart, she still finds it difficult.

"Brother, there are so many account books, when can I read them all?"

She was already dizzy before she even finished reading the book. If she really finished reading it, she was afraid she would be stupid.

She sat on the chair, leaning on the table regardless of appearance. Her whole body was wilted and she had no energy at all.

Shen Jinshi had a smile on his face and gently tapped her head with the account book in his hand.

"These are all your things. There is a lot of money hidden in each book. If you don't pick them up, others will pick them up for you."

His statement was quite novel. Shen Qiqi sat down again, pointed to a transaction above and asked, "Brother, what does this mean?"

Shen Jinshi knew what was fishy at a glance, "The quantity and the amount don't match up. The shopkeeper must have done something wrong."

"This is also reasonable. How could Mrs. Gu know this? She left it to her parents to manage it and completely let it go. Then she was tricked."

With a large sum of money right in front of him, even a saint would not be completely unmoved.

"Don't worry, after the shop is brought back, the shopkeeper will replace it with his own."

"Of course, if you have someone you trust, you can also replace the shopkeeper. But if you believe in someone, you still have to see what you should see."

"In the future, the shopkeeper will be in charge of the shop and you will be in charge of the shopkeeper, so you won't be too tired."

Shen Qiqi held the account book in her hand, with a look of confusion in her eyes. She didn't know whether she understood or not, and nodded from time to time.

Looking at the messy account books, Shen Jin had a headache. Even though he had learned to read account books since he was a child, he still had no idea what to do with these account books.

It was so messy that he didn't know where to start.

"Brother, don't you want to see it too?"

When Shen Jinshi rubbed his eyebrows for the unknown number of times, Shen Qiqi whispered next to him.

"Yeah, I don't want to read it." Shen Jinshi nodded, "You don't want to read it either, it's disturbing."

Now he finally understood why Mrs. Gu still wanted to acquire seven or seven pieces of property after having such a large fortune.

The income and expenditure every year is unclear, and she still has to control the inside and outside. Even if there is a golden mountain, she can give it up.

"Give these to Mr. Accountant, and we'll take a look after they clean them up."

Now that was the only way to do it. Shen Qiqi put down the account book, rubbed her sore eyes, and got up with difficulty.

"Girl, the prince is here."

(End of this chapter)