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

Shen Xiaoniang's eyes were filled with tears and she looked extremely pitiful.

But Li Yu knew what kind of person she was and could not feel any sympathy for her.

Shaking her head, she said, "Madam Shen, it won't work if you come to me. I'm just an ordinary businessman and can't help you."

"But you know Princess Jianing, please ask her to save me." Shen Xiaoniang said, reaching out to grab Li Yu's clothes.

She had thought it all out. With the help of Li Yu, she would get in touch with Princess Jianing. By then, she would be a member of Prince An's Mansion. Not only would the people in the Wang Mansion, but even people in the capital would have to look up to her.

Li Yu saw through her plan and took two steps back to avoid her.

Shen Xiaoniang was caught off guard and couldn't believe it: "Sister Li, what do you mean? Do you think you look down on me? I've been so good to you..."

"Are you really good to me?" Li Yu interrupted her: "The day before yesterday at Guanyin Temple, Madam Shen was planning to push me into the well."

Shen Xiaoniang looked at her as if she had seen a ghost: "You know everything?"

After she finished speaking, she realized that she had said the wrong thing and immediately covered her mouth.

Li Yu laughed when he saw this, "Of course I know, Shen Xiaoniang, you did it so obviously, I would be a fool if I couldn't see it."

Shen Xiaoniang stammered, "But I was just thinking about it in my mind, and I didn't push you. Sister Li, please help me. I won't do anything to let you down again in the future."

"I can't help you." Li Yu stood at the door and refused again without mercy: "I'm not interested in being friends with someone who wants to hurt me."

Madam Shen choked, but she was unwilling to give in.

After thinking for a while, she squeezed out a few tears and sat softly on the ground, "Sister Li..."

Li Yu raised her hand: "Madam Shen, your tricks are useless to me. I advise you to leave quickly."

Seeing that there was no sympathy on her face and she looked unmoved, Shen Xiaoniang had no choice but to stand up unwillingly.

She pointed at Li Yu with a ferocious expression: "You are so cruel, Mr. Li, you will not have a good death!"

Li Yu chuckled: "Before you say that, Miss Shen, you should ask yourself how many lives you have killed over the years. If I don't want to die a good death, then you will go to the eighteenth level of hell."

After saying that, Li Yu said no more to her and turned back to the yard.

Mr. Fang closed the door quickly.

Shen Xiaoniang didn't expect that Li Yu knew about her past deeds of harming others, so she didn't dare to stay and left in a hurry.

She was afraid that Mrs. Wang would send someone to kill her, so she didn't dare go back to the Wang Mansion. After much thought, she decided to go back to her parents' home.

However, when the carriage was less than a mile away from her parents' home, a man in black suddenly broke into her carriage. Before she could scream, a sword pierced her chest.

The world was spinning in her head as she thought of the other concubines of Wang Liantang who had been killed by her in the past few years. They were either poisoned by her, or hanged after their innocence was lost due to her schemes. One was also pushed into the water and drowned by her.

She thought she would not be the same as them, but in the end she did not escape. It was all Li's fault. He could have saved her but he refused to do so.

*

Li Yu was not surprised at all when he heard that Shen Xiaoniang was killed by people sent by Mrs. Wang.

Even if Madam Wang didn't kill her, the families of the women she had harmed would seek revenge after she lost power. She was destined not to live long in this life!

Shaking his head, Li Yu put the matter behind him and focused on doing his own thing.

August 15th is coming soon, and she plans to make a batch of mooncakes to eat first, and then make another batch on August 12th and 13th, and then send some to Mr. Su, Princess Jianing and the Eastern Palace.

Because he didn't plan to do too much, Li Yu didn't ask Han Xiaomei to help. Instead, he called Fang's mother and Mu Niang to the kitchen, and the three of them divided the work.

This time she plans to make mooncakes with rose, fresh meat and bacon fillings.

The materials are all ready-made, and the three people divide the work and cooperate well.

By the evening, fifteen of each of the four kinds of mooncakes had been made.

Thinking that mooncakes are better eaten while hot, Li Yu called everyone to the kitchen door and planned to share mooncakes with everyone. But just as she handed the mooncake to Han Zheng, the door of the house was pushed open heavily from the outside.

Before the family knew what was going on, they saw a eunuch trotting into the courtyard, "There is something going on in the palace, please come in quickly, Lord Han."

Li Yu: “…”

Han Zheng was stunned for a moment before he reacted. He put the mooncake back into Li Yu's hand and said to the eunuch: "Eunuch, please wait for me for a moment. I will go change into my official uniform."

"Master Han, there is no need to change clothes at this time." The eunuch said, "This is an urgent matter. Please follow me into the palace immediately."

Seeing that he was really anxious, Han Zheng nodded to Li Yu and walked out.

Li Yu quickly grabbed the fine cotton cloth on the stove, put a few mooncakes in it, and quickly ran over to stuff it into the hands of Lu Xuan who was going to the backyard to lead the horse, "Eat it on the way."

Lu Xuan nodded.

*

The eunuch came on horseback, and Lu Xuan pulled the carriage out in the shortest time possible and let Han Zheng sit in it.

Fortunately, Han Zheng had just arrived home and the carriage and horse had not been separated yet, otherwise it would have been a waste of time.

Li Yu watched the car go away quickly, asked Fang's father to close the door, and then she walked into the courtyard and moved the ladder to the next door.

Boss Bai was doing horse stance in the yard when Li Yu suddenly appeared. He was startled and quickly set up the wooden ladder on their side.

After Li Yu landed, he asked, "Madam Li, do you have something to talk to me about?"

Li Yu brushed the dust off his clothes and asked, "What happened in the palace? Just now, a eunuch hurriedly called Han Zheng away."

Boss Bai looked bewildered: "I don't know. There has been no news from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Mr. Xiang."

Li Yu: “…”

"How about I send someone to ask." Boss Bai said, "Boss Li, wait a minute."

After saying that, Boss Bai quickly walked out of the yard, called out to a guard with great martial arts skills and gave him some instructions. Then the guard ran out leading the horse.

*

Because he wanted to know the reason as soon as possible, Li Yu went home and arranged for Miao Da, Miao Er and a dozen guards living in the outer city to go out and investigate.

After waiting for about an hour and a half, I finally got a little bit of news from the East Palace.

"General Ren who was stationed in Meicheng was killed by Captain Wang, the son of Wang Liantang, Wang Jue. Then Wang Jue collaborated with the enemy and betrayed his country, allowing the Northern Qing Kingdom's cavalry to enter our Dayu." Boss Bai's face turned red with anger.

Li Yu didn't expect it to be so serious and was a little scared.

During the reign of Dayu, there were several small countries along the border. The three largest ones were Beiqing in the north, Xirong in the west, and Nanyue in the south.

Among them, Beiqing State is the closest to the capital. It takes only six days to get from the border of Beiqing to the capital. There is only Yanzhou Prefecture between them. Meizhou is the northernmost small city of Dayu. Once Meizhou is lost, the cavalry of Beiqing State can go all the way south, directly capture Yanzhou Prefecture, and then go straight to the capital.

"No one with the surname Wang is a good person." Boss Bai cursed, "They actually dared to collude with the Beiqing people. Their entire clan is finished!"

Boss Bai was extremely angry, but he didn't know that while he was talking about this matter with Li Yu, two other letters with an urgent delivery of 800 miles were delivered to the palace.