Resourceful beauty

Chapter 320
"Prince Yong's side concubine did this to tell the people in the palace that the young master born in Prince Yong's mansion is raised by her side, paving the way for the future."

While talking with Kapok, Fang Ruxuan flipped through the ledger she brought.

Fang Ruxuan put the account book of Tianji Building at the end, but when she saw the income in November, even though she was mentally prepared, Fang Ruxuan still stared at the figure for a long time.

"Miss, this is net profit, not gross profit."

Kapok smiled proudly.

Whether it is Dayuan Capital or Shangyang City, the most profitable business is those brothel gambling stalls, which can earn tens of thousands of taels a month, and the owners behind the scenes may be able to wake up laughing.

However, the net income of Tianjilou in November was nearly 3 taels of silver. Fang Ruxuan would not dare to think about it in the past.

"The news in the secret building is so valuable?"

Fang Ruxuan asked Kapok with interest.

Mu Mian smiled and said: "Not necessarily, let's see what kind of news you are looking for. If it is the privacy of the inner house, the news is probably not very valuable, there are tens of taels or hundreds of taels. But, if it is in the court If it’s something about it, or something about it in military camps around the world, then the news will be valuable.”

Ye Changfeng and the people in the intelligence team under Xiao Shiqi are now almost all working in the intelligence organization of Tianji Building. Most of the news comes from them, so the more important the news, the more valuable it is, but fortunately These news are in the hands of Chu Yuan and Fang Ruxuan, and they are not afraid of any troubles caused by the passing of the news.

"Is there any trouble?"

Fang Ruxuan believed that such a huge benefit, and the mystery of the Tianji Building, would definitely provoke many people in Yangcheng to move around.

Mu Mian pondered for a moment and said: "In the last month alone, several groups of people were discovered. There are people from the Princess Chang's Mansion, Prince Yong's Mansion, Prince Xuan's Mansion, as well as people from the Marquis of Lin'an Mansion and several other big aristocratic families' mansions."

As he said that, as if thinking of something funny, Mu Mian said in a low voice: "One night, when Xiao Shiqi returned to his residence from the Tianji Building, he was followed on the way. The people who followed him underestimated the enemy, maybe they thought that Xiao Shiqi Looking at the polite ones, I didn’t find them, and I didn’t find Xiao Qiqi’s residence in the end, let alone Xiao Shiqi’s residence, but Xiao Qi went back and found their residence, which is from the Marquis of Chang’an.”

Marquis of Chang'an?

Hearing this name again, Fang Ruxuan couldn't help inquiring curiously.

The young lady from the Marquis of Chang'an married King Xuan and became Princess Xuan. Normally, the Marquis of Chang'an should be on the side of King Xuan and support King Xuan.

However, Concubine Lu Rufei, who has been keeping in touch with the Marquis of Chang'an secretly, is on Queen Zhou's side.

Is there some deviation in the middle, or is the attitude of the Marquis of Chang'an not as clear as it seems on the surface?
Fang Ruxuan thought suspiciously, raised her eyes and asked Mu Mian, "What news did you find out about that jade pendant?"

Mu Mian shook his head, "That jade pendant is undoubtedly the personal belonging of Chang'an Marquis Xing Yuan, but it hasn't appeared on Chang'an Marquis since Yongqian 16 years ago, so there is no definite information about the jade pendant's whereabouts." gone."

"Forever 16 years?"

Muttering, Fang Ruxuan summoned Sangsan, "Inquire in private, and see what happened in the palace during the 16th year of Yongqian, especially at the Lu Rufei side of Jinghua Palace."

Mulberry nodded and left, Fang Ruxuan talked to Mu Mian for a while, and when Mu Mian left, Fang Ruxuan was still thinking about how Lu Rufei and Marquis Chang'an got in touch.

As Concubine Xi said, ever since Concubine Lu Rufei entered the palace, on the surface, she seemed to have distanced herself from the Marquis of Chang'an. It seems that there is a consensus between the two.

Marquis Chang'an's personal jade pendant will appear in Lu Rufei's hands, obviously he gave it to Lu Rufei, it is really rare for a love to last for so many years, but why not sooner or later, just in that year?

Now it is 30 years of Yongqian, 16 years of Yongqian, which is 15 years ago.

15 years ago?

After a lot of thinking, Fang Ruxuan suddenly thought that the Ninth Princess, Chu Lin, would be ready to age after the Chinese New Year. Fifteen years ago, Lu Rufei was pregnant with her.

Naturally, Fang Ruxuan would not doubt that the Ninth Princess would have anything to do with Marquis Chang'an. After all, Concubine Fang and King Yong were bold, while Concubine Lu and Marquis Chang'an were definitely not such people.

Lu Rufei has been cautious for so many years before she climbed to where she is today. No one knows better than Fang Ruxuan how much she cares about what she has obtained. Therefore, she will never do such a thing.

What's more, all the conveniences of King Yong are much inferior to that of Marquis Chang'an. It is as difficult as going to heaven to form a dewy relationship with Concubine Lu Ruru in the palace quietly.

What's more, if Princess Nine really has something to do with Marquis Chang'an, wouldn't this marriage be even more absurd now?
"Family..."

When this word came to mind, Fang Ruxuan's eyes lit up: Could it be that the seeds of this marriage were planted 15 years ago?

Marquis of Chang'an had feelings for Lu Rufei, and Concubine Lu knew it well. At that time, whether she had the same affection for Marquis of Chang'an was unknown, but judging from the current situation, there was.

That being the case, it is possible to plan ahead for her daughter with Lu Rufei's temperament.

However, everything was just her own guess, Fang Ruxuan smiled and put the matter aside for the time being.

It was the warmest time in the afternoon, reclining on the soft couch by the window, my body was warm, and there was light and light movement in the lower abdomen.

Smiling softly, like playing hide-and-seek, Fang Ruxuan was playing games with the child in her womb, Chu Yuan came in with Brother Ming in her arms, and both father and son had bright smiles on their faces.

Although the child is only a little over one year old, Brother Ming is exceptionally precocious. Before, he was always unhappy because Fang Ruxuan didn't hug him. These days, Chu Yuan, the wet nurse and others have talked about it several times, and Brother Ming is also like that. I vaguely understand that there is a child who is younger than me in my mother's womb, so I can't hug me.

So, now Brother Ming no longer clings to Fang Ruxuan to hug him. Instead, whenever he looks at Fang Ruxuan's stomach, he always looks cautious, which makes Chu Yuan and Fang Ruxuan laugh extraordinarily.

"As for the matter of the jade pendant, I don't see any movement from Fengming Palace. It's probably because the queen knows it well and plans to let it go."

While talking with Fang Ruxuan, Chu Yuan asked Fang Ruxuan, "Do you think the Queen has any grudges against Concubine Lu Ruxuan?"

Fang Ruxuan shook her head hesitantly, "It's hard to say. After all, even if Concubine Lu Rufei and Marquis Chang'an really had an affair, it wouldn't hinder the queen. Moreover, after all these years, Concubine Lu Rufei must have done a lot for the queen, accumulated over the years. I'm afraid it won't disappear so soon."

"The queen is willing to let it go, which means she is still willing to protect Concubine Lu Ru. The matter of the jade pendant is probably just scratching the surface."

After taking Fang Ruxuan's words, Chu Yuan hugged Brother Ming who opened his arms to him, and threw away the catch. The father and son played the game they used to play every day.

The son's laughter resounded crisply in the hall, and the troubles in her heart dissipated little by little. Fang Ruxuan took a deep breath and carefully felt the movement in her abdomen.

In the evening, cheers from the servants of the small palace sounded outside. Fang Ruxuan opened the window and took a look, only to see snow falling outside.

The fresh and bitter cold air rushed in from the window unexpectedly, which lifted people's hearts. Fang Ruxuan sat in the main hall for a while before raising the curtain to go out.

The ground has been covered with a thin layer of snow, the sky and the earth are gray, and the big snowflakes have fallen more and more colorfully. After a while, the trees in the corner of the wall have been covered with snow. Cool feeling.

On snowy days, it got dark later than usual, but Chu Yuan still didn't come back when it was past dinner time.

After dismissing Zheng Ping, I went to the Imperial Study Room to have a look. Fang Ruxuan went to the Nuan Pavilion by herself, picked up the picture album and talked to Brother Ming.

When Zheng Ping came back, his hair and eyebrows were covered with snow, so he didn't bother to pat him, so he came in and stood far away in front of the screen and replied, "Master, Your Highness is not in the Imperial Study Room at this moment, but in Qian'an Palace. Your Highness said, for a while I'm afraid I won't be able to come back for a while, so I'll let you eat by yourself, go to bed early at night, and don't wait for him."

"What happened?"

Fang Ruxuan's heart tightened.

After hesitating for a while, Zheng Ping replied in a low voice: "Your Majesty has fainted, so several imperial doctors from the Imperial Hospital are all in Qian'an Palace at the moment. His Highness is also there, but His Majesty did not wake up until the servant came back. Therefore, His Highness said that he still has to guard in the Qian'an Hall."

"But there are inquiries, how did the king faint? Who was around when he fainted?"

King Yao had always been in good health, and he had never even had a cold in these days, so why did he faint out of nowhere, Fang Ruxuan intuitively felt something was wrong.

Zheng Ping's complexion became more and more disturbed.

Looking around, seeing that Fang Ruxuan was the wet nurse in the hall, Zheng Ping said softly, "When he passed out, the noblemen Yugui and the nobleman Rou were waiting on the sidelines. The queen arrived just now and ordered the two noblemen to be arrested. I heard that , and found some unusual things from the censer in Qian'an Hall."

Hearing this, Fang Ruxuan looked embarrassed.

Chu Yuan said earlier that King Yao seems to be a different person now. He hangs around the harem all day long, only knowing to have fun, and the affairs of the government have changed from daily meddling in the past to now being indifferent the point.

And this fainting will cause an uproar even more, right?

After contemplating for a while, Fang Ruxuan decided to take Brother Ming to have dinner first, but at the same time, she carefully told Zheng Ping, "You go to Qian'an Palace and watch over it. If you have any news, report back in time."

After Zheng Ping left, Fang Ruxuan called Sangsan in again, "Tonight, keep an eye on Lanyue Pavilion and see what's going on with Concubine Fang."

The jade nobleman and the soft nobleman both came from Concubine Fang's side, and what the Queen of Zhou was not suitable to do was just suitable for Concubine Fang to do. Thinking about it, the nobleman Yu and Rougui were the hands and feet of Concubine Fang to carry out the plan.

(End of this chapter)