Traveling to an ancient peasant family: I got rich by doing business

The mountain behind Guanyin Temple is relatively flat, and the monks in the temple have opened up several plots of land to grow vegetables. There are two thatched houses next to the vegetable fields, probably used by the monks to guard the vegetable fields.

There is a well between the vegetable patch and the thatched cottage.

When Shen Xiaoniang saw the well, she immediately ordered the maid to come forward and help her fetch water.

Li Yu stood not far away and watched quietly, while the guards sent by Wang Liantang to protect Shen Xiaoniang scattered and stared around vigilantly.

Suddenly, the expressions of the guards looking to the west became strange.

They looked at each other, and then two of them ran away quickly.

Seeing this, Li Yu knew that the matter was settled.

According to her and the prince's plan, when Shen Xiaoniang came with her guards to drink water, the prince's hundreds of soldiers would just pass by the woods not far west of the well. They were sneaky and looked nervous, and anyone could tell at a glance that there was something wrong with them.

Sure enough, the guards took the bait. When they followed the hundreds of soldiers over, they found that there were not just a few hundred soldiers here, but thousands of them.

As for where these people came from, of course they were raised by the prince in the past few years.

Prince Hui is powerful, so the Crown Prince will naturally not sit idly by and wait for death. Although it is problematic to raise a large number of private soldiers beyond the regulations without the emperor's permission, he has to do so, otherwise he will not be able to fight against Prince Hui.

The reason why he was able to support so many people was largely due to Li Yu, who helped him earn money through business.

*

Shen Xiaoniang soon drank the well water.

In order to have a son, she drank two large bowls at a time.

Not only did she drink it, she also asked the guards to fetch a few buckets to take back to the mansion.

After doing all this, she was not in a hurry to leave, but asked the maids and guards to step back.

"I feel a little uncomfortable, please don't get so close to me."

She is now Wang Liantang's favorite concubine, and the guards dare not disobey and retreat one after another.

The maids, who had always listened to her, followed her and walked away.

As outsiders, Li Yuhe retreated with the maids. Si'er, Lu Xuan and Miao Da retreated with the guards.

Unexpectedly, Shen Xiaoniang called her, "Sister Li, don't leave."

Li Yu stopped and looked at her in confusion.

At this time, Shen Xiaoniang was standing by the well, with a gentle smile but a deep calculation in her eyes.

Li Yu suddenly felt a sense of crisis.

Glancing at the well, she smiled and said, "Madam Shen, I've fallen into water before, so I don't dare get too close to the well."

Shen Xiaoniang's face turned cold.

If the woman surnamed Li didn't come to the well, how could she let her look at the well and push her into the well?

*

Shen Xiaoniang planned to kill Li Yu.

Because she was afraid that Wang Liantang would really take Li Yu into his mansion to compete with her for favor, she decided to kill Li Yu first.

Anyway, she has a baby in her belly, so even if Wang Liantang is angry, he won't do anything to her.

There are few males in the Wang family, and Wang Liantang is waiting for her to give birth to a son.

She was not afraid that Princess Jianing would cause trouble for her. When Li Yu died and Princess Jianing asked about it, she would say that Li Yu fell into the well accidentally. Princess Jianing would have no evidence and could not do anything to her.

She had used similar methods several times in the past and never failed.

But when it came to implementation, Li Yu was unwilling to go to the well as she wished.

*

Shen Xiaoniang gritted her teeth and then smiled, "Sister Li, I'm here, what are you afraid of? Come over here."

Li Yu pretended to be afraid, "No, I really can't go, Madam Shen, it's getting late, let's go back quickly."

Shen Xiaoniang: "..."

Li Yu turned around and looked at the maids and guards who were walking away, "Madam Shen is pregnant, why don't you hurry up and take care of her? If something happens to her, you will definitely be in trouble."

In the past, these maids and guards would never listen to Li Yu, but the situation is indeed special now.

The maids and guards looked at each other and returned hesitantly.

Shen Xiaoniang said angrily: "Who told you to come back? Get away from me now."

The maid and the guard walked away, looking back every few steps.

Shen Xiaoniang was satisfied, and then she looked at Li Yu again, with a wronged look on her face: "Sister Li, we are so close, don't you want to make an exception for me?"

Li Yu couldn't help but admire her. She was clearly planning to harm someone, but she still pretended to be so weak and harmless. She was worthy of being from the Wang family's backyard.

Since she wants to pretend, she will accompany her to pretend now.

*

Pursing her lips, Li Yu showed a guilty look, "Madam Shen, of course I am willing to make an exception for you, but I get dizzy when I get close to the well. You are standing by the well. What if I bump into you and knock you into the well? You are pregnant, so you must be careful."

As he spoke, Li Yu looked at Shen Xiaoniang's belly.

Although her eyes were full of concern, Shen Xiaoniang felt a chill quickly spreading from the soles of her feet to her whole body.

She shuddered violently, and the scene of the assassination a few days ago emerged in her mind.

She...she can't get into any trouble. This child was hard to come by, she must give birth to him.

"Ms. Shen, why is your face so pale?" Li Yu asked with concern on the opposite side.

Not knowing whether it was due to psychological reasons or if there was really something wrong with her body, Shen Xiaoniang felt dizzy. She wanted to hold on to something to steady herself, but there was only a well of water next to her. She had no choice but to call for the maid to come and support her.

Li Yu watched coldly and laughed in his heart.

*

Shen Xiaoniang temporarily gave up on killing Li Yu.

She was somewhat unwilling and decided to go back and arrange for her confidant to do the killing.

At the same time, she regretted it very much, because she wanted to kill Li Yu with her own hands, she did not tell her confidant about her plan today, and as a result, she lost an opportunity in vain.

Although she could arrange it for her confidant now, the best time had passed. If she tried again, the chance of success would be too small. In order to succeed once, she could only look for another opportunity.

Because she was unhappy, when she was going back, Shen Xiaoniang used the excuse that she was not feeling well and refused to let Li Yu ride in the same carriage with her.

Li Yu just wanted to stay away from her, so he decisively got on his own carriage.

It is worth noting that before they left Guanyin Temple, the two guards who were investigating the news came back. They looked solemn, obviously having seen the thousands of private soldiers.

*

In order to talk, Li Yu and the other three did not follow the Wang family's convoy, but stayed far away from it.

Miao Da and Si'er were sitting outside driving the car, while Li Yu and Lu Xuan were sitting inside talking.

Lu Xuan said: "That Miss Shen seems to want to kill someone."

Li Yu praised his vision: "She seems to regard me as an imaginary enemy and wants to kill me."

Lu Xuan's face darkened: "Are you going to kill her?"

Li Yu: "Not yet. The most important thing right now is to kill Wang Liantang. As for her, she won't cause any trouble, so it's okay to let her live for a few more days. Besides, now is a critical period, try not to let the affairs of the harem interfere with Wang Liantang, we want him to focus on dealing with the private soldiers."

Lu Xuan nodded.

After they finished talking, Li Yu lifted the car curtain.

When he reached the corner of the intersection, he saw a man with a person wearing imperial guard uniform hurriedly running in the direction of the prince's private soldiers.

Very good, it seems that Mr. Xiang has also taken action.