I became the tyrant's only belief.

Chapter 231 One dares to sell and the other dares to buy

[The tyrant, this freeloader, is now paving the way for the real princess to become the queen. The poor Third Prince has been fooled by the tyrant... Tsk tsk, he is so blind, how can he believe the tyrant's words? ]

Chu Liuzheng silently lit a row of candles for Yin Taiyu.

Seeing that last night's operation to trap the butterfly went smoothly, she began to look through other gossip.

The first one made her stunned.

[Entangled in the middle of the night, she chased and she ran away, she couldn't fly away even if she had wings! 】

This title... is quite interesting.

She clicked on it with great anticipation, expecting to see something bloody and exciting, but ended up being all over Princess Gaochang's face with her outrageous actions.

[Climbing over the wall in the middle of the night, having a secret meeting in the boudoir, knocking on the door, window, bed, etc., Hercules Princess, I can do it as long as you are not asking for drugs. If you have the time, why don’t you buy them on the black market yourself... Oh, I bought them, and they are all flour.]

[No, who sells drugs by the pound? It's really one who dares to sell and one who dares to buy. Are you planning to use drugs to make steamed buns? If you don't be the one who gets taken advantage of, who will? ]

[That means he has a lot of money to burn. If he is short of money, he will not... Wow, it turns out that arrogance is hereditary. ]

Chu Liuzheng suddenly caught a glimpse of a piece of gossip related to Gaochang Kingdom.

[The Emperor of Gaochang received an urgent letter from Emperor Shunguang, and learned that the envoy Ainiwar had secretly colluded with officials of Dasheng to buy and sell firearms and was caught red-handed. He was so angry that he overturned the table and cursed Ainiwar's portrait for half an hour. Then he summoned his trusted ministers to discuss for five days, and reluctantly agreed to the conditions proposed by Emperor Shunguang. To show his apology and sincerity, he also took the initiative to increase the price by 20%. ]

If we add another 20% to the conditions proposed by the tyrant... Chu Liuzheng silently calculated, and the moment she came up with the number, she raised her hand and rubbed her chest, silently saying: Other people's money, other people's money, other people's money, it has nothing to do with me, it has nothing to do with me...

[I've seen prodigals before, but I've never seen such a prodigal. They dare to sign such a treaty. The Emperor of Gaochang really doesn't take the money from the national treasury seriously. He is determined to cling to the tyrant even if he loses everything, right?]

Chu Liuzheng didn't quite understand the Gaochang Emperor's approach. Instead of using the money to please the tyrant, couldn't the money be used to improve the soldiers' lives and equipment?
In this world, only those with strong soldiers and horses can avoid being bullied.

The Tatars have repeatedly plundered the border of Gaochang State and are extremely arrogant, but they dare not harass the people on the border of Dasheng as they did before. Isn't it because since the tyrant ascended the throne, he has attached great importance to armaments, cracked down on corruption, allocated silver several times, and was willing to empty the treasury in order to build the border into an iron wall?
We will fight each time we come. If those vicious wolves of the Tatars cannot gain any advantage, they will naturally stop coming.

[By the way, did the tyrant guess that the Emperor of Gaochang would agree and so he deliberately asked for a high price? With such a huge investment, when the Hercules Princess enters the palace, she should be able to obtain a good position, right? ]

[Alas, Hercules Princess is still trying to imitate the fake princess and not enter the palace. She doesn't even think about why there is no one guarding the Ganquan Palace, and why there is a trap outside the back window? If it weren't for the tyrant's instructions, who would dare to dig such a big pit in the palace? ]

Chu Liuzheng shook his head, pulled apart the gossip and turned it over.

[Hmm...Emperor Shunguang sent someone to deliver a secret letter to Prince Xiao, summoning Prince Xiao to the capital.]

[Oh, is this to find a helper for Minister Wen? If Prince Xiao comes to the capital, the two of them won't have to send letters via Feiyan anymore, and it will be more convenient to discuss anything. ]

[But...] Chu Liuzheng thought of the problems in the first draft, [Although the tyrant has cheated Gaochang of a large sum of money, we still need to provide Gaochang with firearms. It is not pure profit. The silver crisis is still not resolved. I hope King Xiao and Minister Wen can come up with a good solution.]

【Those who are capable should work harder, come on! 】

She skimmed over this piece of gossip and continued to read the rest.

[Uh, Chun Man Yuan is closed for rectification? ]

[Yes, Tao Shidu smashed a lot of things that day and even set a fire. It really needs to be renovated.]

[Oh, the madam wrote to that person because the business was so bad. What was that person's reaction? ]

Chu Liuzheng searched the system with great interest, but he didn't find it. He guessed that the letter hadn't been delivered yet, so he gave up and went to check other news. [The body of Prince Li was sent back to his fiefdom.]

[The body has been sent away, but what about the case? Has the murderer been caught?]

She casually flipped through the pages and found relevant news.

[The Dali Temple official suspected that the death of Prince Li was related to the Loyal and Brave Marquis's Mansion. After investigation, the wife of the Loyal and Brave Marquis revealed that the second young lady in the mansion was not sick and went to the manor to recuperate, but was missing.]

[Xiao Tao, the maid who served the Second Miss, claimed that the Second Miss had met with Prince Li privately many times. On the morning of Prince Li's death, the two met and seemed to be discussing elopement.]

[The Dali Temple suspects that the second young lady is related to the murderer of Prince Li, and issues a warrant for the second young lady's arrest nationwide. ]

Chu Liuzheng gritted his teeth.

[The shameless old Deng, the loyal and brave Marquis, actually pushed his own mistakes onto his daughter in order to avoid arousing the tyrant's suspicion! ]

[The Second Miss doesn't like Prince Li at all, how could she elope with him? This is pure rumor! ]

[This is murder. If you find the person, he will be killed! The marriage was treated as a business to benefit the family, and now I have to help Lao Deng take the blame. If I were the second daughter, I would run away too.]

She casually looked up the whereabouts of the second young lady.

[Oh, here it is! Miss Second is now... eh? ]

She blinked.

[Ah, the second young lady ran away from home because...]

"Liu Zheng!" Yu Zhui pushed the door open excitedly, "The Ministry of Internal Affairs has delivered the New Year's rewards and is calling out the names. Hurry up!"

"Here it comes!" Chu Liuzheng didn't bother to read the gossip anymore. He raised his hand and stuffed the remaining small piece of osmanthus cake into his mouth. He brushed off the cake crumbs on his hand and trotted off to receive the reward.

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The liveliness of the New Year is caused by the pile of things to do.

Large families have many rules, and the royal family has even more rules. Various sacrifices and banquets can keep them busy from the first to the tenth day of the lunar month.

Officials from the Ministry of Rites, Guanglu Temple, Honglu Temple and Taichang Temple had almost no holiday at all. They finally got a chance to take a break on the eleventh day of the first lunar month, but then they had to start preparing for the marriage of the second prince of Western Xia and Princess Mizhen of Goryeo.

The wedding date is set for the 23rd day of the first lunar month, which is an auspicious day for getting married.

March 18th would have been a better date, but the envoys would be leaving the capital in early February, so if the wedding was to be completed before then, it could only be scheduled for January 23rd.

The time was too short and the preparations were definitely insufficient, but the envoys from Western Xia and Goryeo had no objections, so Xiao Jingfan naturally would not have any objections either.

This was a tough time for officials in the Ministry of Rites. While others gained weight during the New Year, their clothes became looser and they were so busy every day that they were afraid that they would be too late.

Of course, no matter how busy the officials were, it had nothing to do with Chu Liuzheng, the little palace maid who was recuperating from her injuries.

She cherished the limited time she had left to recover from her injuries, and her favorite thing to do every day was to lie by the window, bask in the sun and gossip.

There are many people and things to do during the Chinese New Year. The melons in the system grow faster than leeks. There are all kinds of melons, all kinds of weird things. Chu Liuzheng enjoys eating the melons and often stays there for half a day.