Not as beautiful as the uncle

Chapter 13

I really can't blame her. When I was living in Yizhu Pavilion, the three meals were delivered by others. She never went to the kitchen. She wanted to explain to him, but he refused to listen and insisted on her cooking.

Glancing at her, Shen Guyuan went back to the table and sat down, said with disgust, "Did you cook for Shen Qihuai, so he suddenly fell in love with someone else?"

Not knowing whether to laugh or cry, Chi Yu lowered his eyes and shook his head: "I haven't cooked for him, this is my first time cooking."

Why would Shen Qihuai ask her to cook, the best cooks in the whole capital are here in the Palace of Mercy.It's just that, a long, long time ago, she delivered him a meal once.

At that time, Shen Qihuai was only 13 years old. Because he was the adopted son of the palace, he had been living a cautious life. If he made a slight mistake, he would be punished by the princess.Once he accidentally fell down on a flower in the garden, and he was locked in the woodshed again without food.

Chi Yu was clever, ran to the kitchen and stole five steamed buns, opened them through the window, and handed them to him.

"If you are discovered, you will be punished." Shen Qihuai didn't eat, and frowned at her: "Are you stupid? Go away!"

Chi Yu looked at him with a smile, squeezed the buns and stuffed them into his mouth: "Eat them all, and I won't be found out!"

However, she was found, and the guards opened the door of the firewood room and dragged her out, causing her to scream, "Brother Qihuai!"

"Let her go!" Shen Qihuai panicked, hurried up to rescue her, but was pushed down by several guards, watching her being taken away.

Chi Yu struggled to look back at him, and saw that his eyes were full of hatred and unwillingness, and his pupils were slightly red.

"I will definitely save you." He gritted his teeth and said, "One day, none of them will be able to bully you!"

At that time, Shen Qihuai didn't have any power in his heart, all he thought about was how to protect her.

With slightly red eyes, Chi Yu sniffed his nose to recover, and saw Shen Guyuan in front of him looking at her thoughtfully with his chin propped up.

"Sorry." She smirked: "I... get distracted easily."

"I have a problem, but I can't figure it out." Shen Guyuan raised his eyebrows: "If the person you hate the most is Shen Qihuai, then I'm here, and you can ask me to kill him for you, why didn't you?"

"Why?" Chi Yu asked him in turn.

Shen Guyuan sneered: "Because you have a problem with your brain, you will remember the sweetness given to you all your life, so even if you hate Shen Qihuai who is going to kill you now, you will never forget Shen Qihuai who tried his best to treat you well."

If Shen Qihuai died, then the person he used to be would also die.

Chi Yu laughed dryly, his voice a little hoarse: "I don't want to, but it's been ten years, and the things I've experienced with him are really too many, even if he can forget it cruelly, I..."

"You deserve to be burned by him." Shen Guyuan rolled his eyes: "It's hopeless."

"I need time." Taking a deep breath, Chi Yu closed his eyes and said, "I won't soften my heart to him, and I don't want to reunite with him. All I want is revenge. But... to completely let go, I'm afraid I have to A decade."

"I don't have that much time to spend with you!" Shen Guyuan frowned: "When you avenge yourself, marry me right away!"

Ok?Chi Yu was taken aback, and opened his eyes to look at him: "Who will you marry?"

"Marry whoever you want, as long as you get married." Shen Guyuan said, "This is my reward."

In general, if you are kind to others, don't you ask them to promise you with their bodies?This person is good enough to ask her to marry someone else?Chi Yu felt baffled, but nodded, "Since it is the master who speaks, the apprentice dare not refuse."

"That's good." The anger subsided, Shen Guyuan carried her out and walked out.

"Where are you going?"

"Have a meal."

There is no food in the palace, but there are delicacies outside, anyway, no one can stop Shen Guyuan, he comes and goes freely, very chic.

Chi Yu was safely carried away by him, and when he arrived at a restaurant, he sat down to order food.

"Hey, did you hear that? The third division envoy has been accused!" The people at the next table murmured in low voices: "It seems that there is a big problem with the taxation this year, and the chief bookkeeper of the third division's government office has been taken away."

Registrar?Shen Guyuan raised his eyebrows as soon as he heard it, and said with a snort, "Abandon the car to protect the handsome man."

"It's a common trick." Chi Yu murmured softly, "This group of people will find a scapegoat whenever something happens."

"What's the use?" Shen Guyuan said: "This year's autumn harvest, he won't even think about using Zhong Wushen."

There is a big problem with taxation, and the people outside the imperial city are being exploited, let alone thousands of miles away?The emperor didn't understand it when he was young, but the four princes did understand that if the moths of the country are not eliminated, the treasury will not be profitable.

"Autumn harvest is the busiest time in the court." Prince Xiao said with a straight face: "There are not enough people in charge at the moment, so why don't you let Guyuan exercise."

"The third prince just came back." Shen Qihuai shook his head: "I don't understand anything, how can I take on this great task?"

"Abandon Huai's words are wrong." Prince Jing waved his hand and said, "If there is no reason for the secret increase of taxes by the government of the third department, who can get involved? It's not like he doesn't understand anything."

Shen Qihuai squinted his eyes: "Even if he knows superficially, if he hastily entrusted him with important matters, I'm afraid there will be problems."

"The country granary is now empty of surplus food, the military pay is short, and the treasury has only 150 million taels of silver left, which is not enough to last until the end of the autumn harvest." Xiaoqin Wang said: "But Gu Yuan promised this king that if he came to supervise the autumn harvest After the autumn harvest, the national stockpile of grain must be enough for the army for a year."

"Who can't say empty words?" Shen Qihuai sneered: "But what if he can't do it?"

Prince Jing laughed and said: "Gu Yuan said, if he can't do it, he will demote himself to a commoner, and he will never touch the wealth of the royal family."

Self-deprecation to the people?Shen Qihuai's eyes dimmed and he began to think.

Logically speaking, the grain harvested in a year is indeed enough for a year's military supplies, but only one-tenth of it goes to the national treasury due to various levels of exploitation. This kind of secret operation is unavoidable, even if Shen Guyuan With three heads and six arms, it is impossible to supervise everywhere, so that everyone is willing to spit out the food, so this Haikou is probably exaggerated.

Concentrating his mind, Shen Qihuai said: "It's not that this king is unwilling to give him a chance, since he has said so, then this king has no objection. But, when it is really impossible, you uncles, don't be soft-hearted. "

"My son from the Shen family dares to act, he has such courage, we are all gratified as emperor uncles." Prince Filial Piety said: "But if we can't do it, we will definitely not soften our hearts."

"Okay." Shen Qihuai got up and flicked his sleeves: "Then let this king see his skills."

Zhong Wushen finally got away with the crime of contempt for his ancestors because of his injury, but maybe he was too serious, Zhong Wushen couldn't afford to be ill, everything was difficult to manage, and Shen Guyuan took advantage of the situation to enter. .

Shen Guyuan has no way of knowing how complicated the relationship between the DPRK and China is and how the top and bottom should be managed. If he wants to take over this mess, he's afraid it will be bad luck.

"During the court, the third envoy and Shen Qihuai had a lot of contacts, and the two of them ate the most fat in the autumn harvest every year." Chi Yu squatted on the ground, put the two stones aside, and said earnestly: "They lower their heads, the participating officials There are hundreds of people. Taxation needs a lot of helpers, Master, you can’t stop these people from helping, but once they help, it’s inevitable that the wild goose will pluck the feathers, and the beast will leave the skin.”

"But apart from them, there are two people in the capital who are Qingliu people. One is Shen Zhibai, the young master of Prince Jing's Mansion, and the other is Zhao Yinma, the deputy commander of the city guard army. They will participate in the autumn harvest every year, but they have nothing to do with it. , often being pushed behind the back."

Shen Guyuan listened and nodded: "You know a lot."

"For so many years by his side, he never shy away from me." Chi Yu smiled: "So I know everything he knows."

This is why Shen Qihuai had to kill her.

"Then you can really help me." Shen Guyuan snorted: "These messy things are very annoying."

"There is only so much I can do to help." Chi Yu looked at him worriedly: "Master, the military order you issued is too radical, if it really fails..."

"Don't worry." Shen Guyuan said with confidence, "There is nothing in this world that your master can't do."

Even if it can't be done, he still has a way out.

Chi Yu nodded half-understood: "Then the young master, does Master need me to ask him for help?"

"Shen Zhibai?" Shen Guyuan glanced at her: "You know him?"

"It was a coincidence that we got to know each other." Chi Yu said: "He is very nice, the only problem is that he doesn't know the way."

The reason why he knew her was also because once he came to the Palace of Mercy and lost his way into the Pavilion of the Pearl of Remains.She pointed him in the direction ten times, but he turned around with a dazed expression in the end, and finally she had to send him to the Pavilion of Compassion in person.

Turning his eyes around, Shen Guyuan nodded: "Okay, you go find him."

"Okay." Standing up and clapping the ashes in his hands, Chi Yu immediately wanted to leave.

"Wait a minute." Stretching out his hand to hold her, Shen Guyuan thought for a while, and dragged her to the clothing store on the street.

"Huh? Master?" Chi Yu looked at him puzzled: "What are you doing?"

Without answering her, Shen Guyuan stepped into the clothing store and threw her aside, then walked straight towards the girl.

When such a handsome man with white hair and red clothes suddenly appeared, the girls in the clothing store were all dumbfounded. The girl standing in the corner watched him walking straight towards her, she was at a loss and her face was flushed.

"Gong... son?"

Shen Guyuan stood in front of her, looking down at the skirt she was holding in her hand.

"Ah, this... this is the Hundred Flowers Dress that just came out of this store." Passing the skirt to him hastily, the girl stammered, "If you like it, then... first..."

"Thank you." Shen Guyuan nodded, took the skirt, turned around, and carried Chi Yu to the second floor to change.

The group of girls in the back all stared blankly at his back, as if lost in thought, and followed him up to the second floor subconsciously.

"Crack!" Shen Guyuan closed the door of the dressing room impatiently.

"Master." Chi Yu was wearing a flower skirt, and asked dumbfoundedly, "What are you doing?"

"Let you look better before you go." Shen Guyuan said seriously.

"This disciple understands, but." Turning his head to look at the narrow wing room, and then at the closed door, Chi Yu swallowed: "Do you want to stand here and watch me change?"

(End of this chapter)