Women dressed as men: powerful officials

Sitting in the carriage, Qi Shengzhu's face looked terribly gloomy.

Diao Yun had never seen Qi Shengzhu like this before, and guessed that he was probably mad about Xu Yuan, so he didn't dare to say a word and could only talk about happy things.

"The eldest son has written that he will arrive in the capital tomorrow. Can the mansion prepare a banquet?"

Qi Shengxin, as the imperial envoy, escorted Song Xiujing back to Geshu. Once he returned to the capital, he would definitely be granted an official position.

This year, there were only two outstanding students in the national examination: Qi Shengxin and Shen Yichuan.

Shen Yichuan gets drunk every day, and Shen Jia also intends to resign. It seems that he will not be able to achieve much in the court in the future.

Qi Shengxin is different.

With a father who is the prime minister, it is only a matter of time for him to reach the highest position in the country.

If Diao Yun could think of this, Qi Shengzhu could naturally think of it as well.

I thought that mentioning this matter would make Qi Shengzhu's expression better, but I didn't expect that Qi Shengzhu's expression became even worse.

Diao Yun had no choice but to shut his mouth, look at his eyes, look at his nose, and look at his heart, and said no more.

As the carriage passed through the downtown area, Qi Shengzhu recovered and said slowly, "Brother's return to the capital is a good thing, but the capital is in a state of panic right now, so forget about the banquet. Let's book a table at Yipinlou tomorrow so that the family can have some fun."

"Yes." Diao Yun nodded.

"Where are the people sent to Lanzhou? Have they returned?"

"Not yet." Diao Yun shook his head.

Nothing good happened, and Qi Shengzhu felt particularly unhappy.

Especially when she thought that Xu Yuan didn't even regard her as an opponent, Qi Shengzhu felt like she had punched cotton.

After returning to the Prime Minister's Mansion, Qi Shengzhu saw a servant hurried out holding a wooden box before he even entered the door.

In the past, Qi Shengzhu would not care what this servant did.

But as soon as she saw Xuyuan, she felt uneasy and immediately stopped him, saying, "Where are you going in such a hurry?"

The servant who was delivering the things heard Qi Shengzhu's voice and immediately stopped and said, "After the master left the court, he asked me to deliver this wooden box to Xu's house. I don't know what it is."

When Qi Shengzhu heard the word "Xu's House", the first thing he thought of was Shouzhuo Bookstore.

She stretched out her hand and said, "Let me see it first."

The boy looked embarrassed, but Diao Yun was not afraid. He immediately went over and took the wooden box and said, "Miss, this is for you."

Qi Shengzhu opened the wooden box, which was filled with land deeds.

The first one is Shouzhu Bookstore.

She looked through the pages one by one and felt terrible.

My father is going to give most of the Prime Minister’s Mansion’s assets to the Xu family.

Why?

Qi Shengzhu suppressed his anger and did not make things difficult for the errand boy. Instead, he handed the wooden box to Diao Yun and said, "No need to send the things. Where is my father?"

"Yes, in the study." The servant said, and wanted to take the wooden box back.

Qi Shengzhu had already brought Diaoyun in.

He thought something was wrong and immediately trotted back.

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After leaving Shouzhuo Bookstore, Huamei took the initiative to ask, "Miss, have you negotiated the store yet?"

Huamei didn't know about the grudge between Xu Yuan and Qi Shengzhu, nor did she know what Qi Shengzhu and Xu Yuan talked about in the bookstore.

But she is good at reading facial expressions.

Qi Shengzhu saw the flash of disgust when he made the wish, and Huamei saw it.

So, she guessed that her wish would probably come true.

"Never."

"Ah?" Huamei's voice rose slightly, "Then how should I tell the master when I get back?"

This is the first thing to do after making a wish.

The thrush hoped from the bottom of her heart that her wish would come true.

"Father won't care about that. Regardless of whether this bookstore is bought back or not, I am still his daughter."

Xuyuan said, and seeing Huamei's sad face, she changed the subject and said, "The same is true for me. Even if one or two things are not done well, you are still my maid. The relationship between us will not change. Do you understand?"

I wish that the thrush would be braver.

Huamei thought for a while before she realized that Xuyuan was using his own experience to teach her.

She nodded solemnly and said, "I understand."

Xu Yuan curled his lips, "Of course, the premise is that you let me know as soon as possible, so that this mistake will not be irreversible."

Huamei nodded again.

On the return carriage, Xu Yuan rubbed his eyebrows slightly.

What she was after was not the shop.

Qi Chengen proposed in the court yesterday to stop investigating the Xu family's case.

Qi Shengxin will return to Beijing tomorrow. I am afraid that the day after tomorrow, Qi Chengen will follow Shen Yiji's example and resign and return home.

I don’t know how powerful my father was back then to make Qi Chengen so scared.

Thinking of this, Xu Yuan lifted the curtain and said, "Let's not go back yet. Let's go to Prince Cheng's Mansion."

"Miss, this is not good, right?" Huamei hesitated.

Although the two people have been granted marriage.

But after all, they haven't gotten married yet.

Besides, there is no girl who would rush to go to a man's house.

Xu Yuan laughed and said, "I'm not looking for Prince Cheng, I'm looking for Lord Chen."

Only then did Huamei stop muttering.

When the Xu family's carriage arrived, the palace's servant saw it at a glance.

Huamei went up and said she wanted to see Chen Shan, and immediately someone came into the house to call Chen Shan out.

It didn't take long before Chen Shan came out.

Perhaps it was because he was in high spirits when something good happened. Chen Shan always used to have a sullen face, looking bitter and resentful, but today he had a smile on his face.

Even when calling Huamei, they were calling her "Huamei Girl", which made Huamei blush. She retreated behind Xuyuan and didn't dare to look at him any more.

Xu Yuan congratulated him, and then said directly: "Master Chen, I want to ask you for some people."

Chen Shan raised his eyebrows and asked in a good-tempered manner, "How many does Miss Xu want?"

Xu Yuan and Bei Yao are about to get married, so Chen Shan will naturally not be stingy. Even if Bei Yao is here, he will agree immediately.

What's more, even if Xu Yuan and Bei Yao were not going to get married, given the relationship between Bei Yao and Xu Yuan, Chen Shan would not dare to refuse on his own.

"Three are enough." Xu Yuan lowered his eyes.

This is the Prince Cheng's Mansion, and there are guards everywhere. They are all considered her own people. She did not try to hide anything and said directly, "One will keep an eye on Qi Shengzhu for me, and the other will keep an eye on the Marquis Jiaqing's Mansion. Besides, Song Xiuyue and Song Xiuwen are still missing, and no one knows whether they are alive or dead. I want to find these two people."

Although Wu Shiming has been asked to investigate the Jiaqing Marquis Mansion.

But one more person means more strength.

If Qi Chengen wants to retire at the right time, then she must do it before that happens, so that Qi Chengen cannot retire even if he wants to.

Enraging Qi Shengzhu is just the first step.

After hearing Xu Yuan's words, Chen Shan thought for a moment and said, "It may not be convenient to follow the Prime Minister's Mansion, but it is possible to follow the Jiaqing Marquis Mansion. As for Song Xiuwen and Song Xiuyue, the Third Master also feels that these two have disappeared for a long time, and has ordered Chen Hu to look for them, but there is no clue yet."

After saying this, Chen Shan felt a little bit of admiration that Xu Yuan and Bei Yao could actually think of the same thing.

Isn't this what they mean by "people from the same family stick together"?

"Then please pay more attention to Qi Shengzhu and Jiaqing Marquis' Mansion for me, especially Jiaqing Marquis' Mansion."

Xu Yuan raised his eyes, a cold look flashed across his eyes, "We have to know what they are up to, so that we can defeat them one by one."