The pretty widow is addicted to money, and the little wolfdog asks for a hug

"Prince Yi is upright and selfless, and he dares to speak out. He is truly the conscience of our Great Xia!" Xiao Yuan knelt down and praised him loudly.

Daxia has a conscience? Ugh! Daxia is more like disgusting!

All the ministers secretly rolled their eyes, thinking that Xiao Pingshi was too shameless. He would say anything just to curry favor with Prince Yi.

This was the first time in all these years that Prince Yi was praised by someone. A feeling of comfort spread throughout his body, making him straighten his back unconsciously.

Xiao Yuan turned to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, Gu Qinghuai said that she would provide seeds and personally guide the land officials to plant and guarantee the yield per mu!"

The emperor nodded, "Well, that's great! When can we start the trial planting?"

Xiao Yuan immediately said, "Your Majesty, it is April now, the time is perfect, Miss Gu said we can start anytime."

"Then three days later, you will personally take Princess Qinghe to see the Minister of Agriculture!" said the emperor.

Xiao Yuan immediately bowed and accepted the order, "I obey your order!"

The emperor glanced at Eunuch Tian.

Eunuch Tian immediately understood and sang loudly: "If there is something to report, report it early. If there is nothing to report, leave the court."

The civil and military officials had nothing to report, and the morning court ended.

After thanking Prince Yi, Xiao Yuan held his head high and walked briskly back to the Dali Temple.

In less than an hour, he received the imperial edict promoting him to the position of Right Minister of the Dali Temple.

His immediate superiors Wang Quan and Ma Qingxian, who had deliberately found fault with him and scolded him in the morning, as well as his colleagues who had ridiculed him, were all shocked after hearing the imperial edict, and suspected that they had heard it wrongly.

But when they saw the real eunuch delivering the imperial edict, they had to believe that it was true.

Thinking of their past bad attitude towards Xiao Pingshi, everyone changed their expressions.

From now on, Xiao Pingshi will be their boss. Will he take revenge on them for this?

What kind of shit luck did Xiao Yuan have that he actually got such an opportunity to make meritorious deeds and suddenly jumped from the seventh rank to the second in command of the Dali Temple?

After the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict left, Yan Siyuan, the Minister of Dali Temple, came over, looked at Xiao Yuan coldly, and said sarcastically: "Xiao Youqing really doesn't take me, the superior, seriously. Such a big thing, he didn't even report it to me!"

Xiao Yuan smiled and said respectfully, "Lord Yan, I'm really sorry, Prince Yi asked me to keep this secret."

Humph, if you have the guts, go find Prince Yi!

Wang Quan smiled flatteringly, "Mr. Xiao Pingshi - oh, no, look at my memory, I should call you Xiao Youqing now. May I ask, Mr. Xiao Youqing, when did you become so close to Prince Yi?"

Xiao Yuan glanced at him and smiled faintly: "Oh, the Princess of Qinghe County is a relative of my daughter. She has a very good relationship with Prince Yi and they have cooperated in business together."

Anyway, Xin'er is going to marry Qinghe County Lord's uncle, so what he said is not wrong.

When everyone heard this, they all opened their mouths in shock.

In the imperial capital, everyone knows that Prince Yi is a hedgehog. No one can get close to him except the Empress Dowager and the Emperor. Yet, the newly-appointed Princess of Qinghe County is actually cooperating in business with Prince Yi!

They still don't know what the Princess of Qinghe County is capable of, but now that Xiao Youqing has Prince Yi as his backer, who would dare to mess with him?

Those who had suppressed and excluded Xiao Yuan in the past all looked unhappy, fearing that Xiao Yuan would retaliate against them in the future.

Thinking that Prince Yi didn't even take Duke Liang seriously and could scold him whenever he wanted, Yan Siyuan felt a chill down his spine.

It seems that he must not offend Xiao Yuan in the future, otherwise this old guy will go to Prince Yi to complain, and he won't be able to stand Prince Yi's crazy and critical mouth.

Yan Siyuan forced a smile, patted Xiao Yuan on the shoulder, and began to express his concern for his subordinate: "Xiao Youqing, work hard in the future!"

"Yes, thank you Lord Yan for your care," Xiao Yuan bowed respectfully.

Gu Qinghuai also received the imperial edict bestowing the title of Princess of Qinghe County.

Everyone in the Hua Mansion was very excited and wanted to kneel down to kowtow to the county lady.

Gu Qinghuai smiled and said: "Don't be polite, everyone. We are all family. It will be the same as before. Just pretend when outsiders are around."

Everyone then stood up and smiled.

Shu Mingzong pouted and said, "I wish you could live in Hua Mansion for the rest of your life, but the imperial court is too stingy. They should at least grant you a mansion. Really - um"

Xiao Yueshi immediately covered his mouth, "Be careful, there are ears on the other side of the wall, don't talk nonsense!"

“Yes, Zong’er, this is the imperial capital, you must be careful with your words next time,” said Grandma Wu with a look of panic on her face.

Shu Mingzong pried Xiao Yueshi's hands apart and muttered, "I know, Grandma, I'm doing this for the sake of my family. I promise I won't say anything when I get out."

"Trouble comes from the mouth, so don't talk nonsense anywhere in the future," Grandma Wu patted him on the shoulder, then smiled and ordered the servants in the mansion to go out and buy the ingredients immediately. A banquet would be held in the mansion tonight to celebrate for Princess Qinghe.

Grandma Wu was truly happy.

My grandson has a friend who is a county lady, and Zheng'er married the county lady's brother. In the future, if old Gao and young Gao bully the siblings again, they will have to think carefully.

Even that damn old man didn't dare to show off in front of the Qinghe County Lady. Zong'er and Zheng'er were really lucky!

When everyone was happy, the doorman came to report: Prince Yi has arrived.

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. They had all heard of Prince Yi's reputation and knew that he was difficult to get along with. Was he coming to the Hua Mansion to cause trouble?

Gu Qinghuai smiled and said, "Please ask him to come in!"

The concierge scratched the back of his head awkwardly: "Prince Yi has come in and is in the front hall."

"I'll go take a look," Gu Qinghuai said as he walked towards the front yard.

Xiao Yueshi immediately chased after him, "Xiao Huai, I'll go with you."

"And me!" Shu Mingzong immediately followed.

The three of them walked into the flower hall and saw Prince Yi, wearing a mask, sitting leisurely in the main seat drinking tea, with a round-faced eunuch standing beside him.

Prince Yi looked up at Xiao Yueshi and Shu Mingzong, then turned his gaze to Gu Qinghuai, "I have done what I promised you. When will you start treating my face?"

Gu Qinghuai said, "Tomorrow, prepare a room in your house, clean it, and then spray this bottle of disinfectant in the room. After you wash your hair and take a shower, wait for me in the room. Others are not allowed to enter and leave the room at will, so as not to bring in bacteria."

Prince Yi's hand holding the teacup trembled noticeably, because Gu Qinghuai's tone was too confident, as if his face could definitely be cured.

After a long while, Prince Yi said in a hoarse voice: "Okay."

Seeing that Prince Yi was still sitting still, Gu Qinghuai asked again: "Prince Yi, what else do you want?"

Prince Yi looked at Xiao Yueshi and Shu Mingzong, "Which of you two is the owner of this house?"

Prince Yi's secret guards had already investigated everything clearly, and Gu Qinghuai was temporarily staying at the home of a friend named Shu Mingzong.

Shu Mingzong immediately raised his hand, "I am!"

"I'll stay here for dinner," Prince Yi said as a matter of course, taking a sip of tea.

Shu Mingzong glanced at Gu Qinghuai and Xiao Yueshi, then immediately nodded with a smile: "Welcome Prince Yi to our humble abode!"