Princess of the auxiliary country

After seeing the attitude of the emperor and empress, she knew very well that if she continued to use the same wasteful method of applying eye drops to the prince.

It is not easy to deal with the prince.

Therefore, you need to be prepared for both things. The first thing is to accumulate your own strength and directly increase your reputation. At the same time, you can also take this opportunity to accumulate enough power to make the royal family fearful.

In this way, even if she failed to depose the prince in the end, she would still make the prince afraid to touch her.

Of course, the primary goal is to depose the prince.

Corn and paper making are just the first step. There will be more things to come, which need to be released bit by bit.

"Miss, can these things really make paper?"

Looking at the things soaked in the big pit, Xiaochan's little face was full of doubt.

There was no way, she really felt that these things looked very unreliable.

This is normal. After all, paper was a very valuable thing in the Yu Dynasty, and even the amount used by courtiers was fixed.

She couldn't figure out how to make such valuable things. How could the things in front of her be made?

"Of course it can be done, but it will take a few days. You will know then."

After surveying around, Huo Junyao did not stay at Xiaohuangzhuang for long, and directly told Manager Zhao to notify the workers in the papermaking workshop and come over to start work in three days.

Afterwards, they took the carriage back to the Hot Spring Villa.

As soon as the carriage stopped at the villa, Huo Junyao noticed a carriage standing in the open space next to it.

This carriage looks very noble, and it is not an ordinary carriage.

As soon as she stood there, the concierge hurriedly came up to her. After saluting and saying hello, she said, "Princess, His Royal Highness Prince Qi has been waiting for you for a long time."

"King Qi?"

Huo Junyao was slightly startled, wondering if she had heard wrongly.

She remembered that she had no interaction with King Qi.

That is to say, I have seen each other at some big banquets. Apart from greeting each other, there is basically no much communication.

"What's he doing here?"

The concierge quickly bowed and shook her head and said, "I don't know, but I have already said that you are no longer here. His Highness King Qi said that it would be okay to wait a while, so I had to invite him to the living room of the main courtyard."

"It's been almost an hour."

Huo Junyao nodded, thinking about it.

She was still willing to wait even though she knew she wouldn't be there, and she waited for so long. It was obvious that she wasn't just passing by, so she must have something important to see her.

However, she couldn't figure out why the King of Qi came to her when he was not fighting with the King of Chu in the capital.

By the way, when it comes to this, we have to talk about His Highness the Crown Prince.

It has been several months since the last time Emperor Zhaowu ordered him to stop government affairs. The prince is still locked up in the East Palace every day, receiving instruction from the prince's grand master Shen Huan.

As for Zhao Yan'er and Princess Qinghe, they seemed to have been warned, which made Huo Junyao relatively clean in the past few months.

Of course, this cleanliness was also aimed at her. In the past few months, the court in the capital had not been clean at all. Without the prince, the King of Qi and the King of Chu began to fight in the ring, making a lot of noise.

However, Huo Junyao only knew it briefly and didn't pay too much attention.

After all, she has had a lot of things on her hands in the past few months.

"Got it." After waving her hand, Huo Junyao walked directly into the hot spring villa and went straight to the living room of the main courtyard.

At this time, in the living room, King Qi was swinging the folding fan very leisurely, and there was no trace of irritation from the long wait on his face.

Hearing the footsteps, he turned to look at the door. When he saw Huo Junyao, a smile immediately appeared on his handsome face, and he stood up.

"My daughter has met His Highness King Qi."

As soon as Huo Junyao stood still and saluted, King Qi opposite him quickly put away his folding fan and raised his hand.

"Cousin, what are you doing? You're too outspoken. Please forgive me."

Hearing this, Huo Junyao smiled politely, greeted King Qi to take a seat, and exchanged a few words before Huo Junyao asked her doubts.

"I wonder what your Highness, Prince Qi, is doing when you come to my humble residence today?"

She wasn't very good at interacting with people, so she didn't have to go around too much.

"I'm ashamed to say it. It's been almost a year since my cousin returned to Beijing, and I, my cousin, haven't been able to visit her at home."

Huo Junyao gave a fake smile and thought to herself, if you really meant it, you wouldn't need it now.

Without waiting for her reply, King Qi turned around, looked around, and continued, "My cousin is living a more miserable life these days."

Although he didn't say it clearly, why couldn't Huo Junyao understand what he meant?

Why did she come to this hot spring resort? It's not because of the persecution of the prince. What she said now is just to say that she should have lived in the red wall and high gate of the capital, but because of the prince, you had to come to the village outside the city.

Even though he was putting eye drops on the prince's eyes openly, he also had the intention of stoking her anger and building a relationship.

"His Royal Highness, King Qi, was joking. Although the humble abode is simple, it is already very good in comparison."

Who in Beijing knows her origin?

Although this hot spring villa is not as good as the red walls and high gates in the capital, but among the people, it is still considered first-class.

Especially compared to the place she lived before, it was a world between heaven and earth.

"His Royal Highness King Qi, it's better to say it clearly."

She had no intention of talking to King Qi and asking him again about his purpose.

Seeing this, King Qi also knew what she meant, and stopped beating around the bush and said with a smile, "I heard that my cousin has a big business, so I came over to ask if I can cooperate with my cousin."

Big business?

When did she have any big business? How come she doesn't know?

Although she did make some things at Xiaohuangzhuang and planned to make money, in her opinion, what she earned at the brick and tile factory was just hard money and not a big business.

Next is paper. Although it is indeed very profitable, this thing is also very sensitive. Moreover, she has given the bulk of it to the Supreme Emperor, and the remaining part has to be divided into several parts. It is not really a big business.

"Where did King Qi hear this news?"

She also did not deny that she had a big business, although she was very confused.

"A few days ago, the king came to the palace to pay respects to the emperor. I heard from him that my cousin planned to make paper and sell it. I am also very interested in this business, so I came to discuss with my cousin."

Sure enough, he would go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing.

I knew that there must be some conspiracy to allow King Qi to come to the door and be willing to wait instead of leaving.

My feelings are that I want to get involved in the paper-making business, but I have made a good calculation.

If it were other business and someone came to her door to cooperate, she would give it some thought.

But the papermaking business was not one of them, especially since the person who wanted to cooperate was His Highness King Qi, so she would not consider it.