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

After watching the excitement on the street, Li Yu and Mr. Xiang went home to cook.

Mr. Su said that they would celebrate together on the day when Prince Hui was captured.

She planned to cook all of Mr. Su's favorite foods today so that the old man could enjoy a satisfying meal.

In the past few years, Mr. Su has also done a lot of things in private, such as using his connections in the court to ask those people to speak for the prince at the right time. When something happened this time, Mr. Su sent out 90% of his family guards and asked them to follow the Beijing garrison to fight against the private soldiers of Prince Hui.

Mr. Su's youngest son, Su Yi, works in the Ministry of Works. In recent years, he has been secretly organizing people to manufacture weapons for the prince's private army and has made a lot of efforts.

Now that Prince Hui no longer threatens the Crown Prince or them, they can finally live in peace.

There were not many ingredients left at home, so Li Yu checked them, wrote down the names of the missing ingredients, and asked Han Xiaomei to take people out to buy them.

Just as the arrangements were made, Eunuch Ye, who was beside Emperor Tianyuan, suddenly came in and said that the emperor had summoned him.

Li Yu did not dare to delay and immediately went back to the room and changed into something more formal as quickly as possible.

*

The palace directly sent a carriage, and Li Yu sat on it. He took out a bulging purse and handed it to Eunuch Ye, asking him if he knew why Emperor Tianyuan wanted to see him.

Eunuch Ye felt the weight of his purse and the smile on his face grew wider. "Don't worry, Madam Li. His Majesty is asking you to come over for a good reason."

Seeing that he didn't seem to be lying, Li Yu felt relieved.

A quarter of an hour later, the carriage arrived at the palace gate. Li Yu got off. As soon as she stood up straight, a man ran over and held her arm.

It’s Princess Jianing.

Princess Jianing pulled Li Yu towards the palace, "I knew you were coming, so I came to pick you up."

Li Yu looked at Eunuch Ye. Whatever this man said, they were all people around Emperor Tianyuan. She couldn't pretend they didn't exist.

Eunuch Ye was happy to give Princess Jianing some face, and said, "Since the princess is coming, Madam Li can follow her, but don't stay too far away from our family."

Li Yu thanked him and then walked quickly with Princess Jianing.

*

Princess Jianing was in a very good mood. Before Li Yu asked, she told him why Emperor Tianyuan asked Li Yu to enter the palace.

"After the Emperor's uncle knew that the Crown Prince had his own private army, he asked the Crown Prince where the money came from to support the private army. The Crown Prince knew that he could no longer hide it, so he told you about his cooperation.

When the Emperor's uncle heard that you were behind this, he said he wanted to meet you.

You don't have to worry. You and the Crown Prince's private soldiers have made great contributions this time. The Emperor's uncle will only reward you.

In addition to the Emperor's uncle, the Emperor's aunt and the Crown Princess's sister-in-law also prepared many things."

Li Yu felt uneasy.

Emperor Tianyuan had given her too complicated feelings in the past few years. Did he really not mind her helping the crown prince to plot against Prince Hui? In any case, he and Prince Hui were father and son, and their blood relationship could not be severed.

Li Yu thought for a moment, but still couldn't figure out what Emperor Tianyuan meant.

*

Emperor Tianyuan arranged for Eunuch Ye to take Li Yu directly to the imperial study. However, when Li Yu arrived, Prince Hui had already been taken into the palace by the crown prince. Emperor Tianyuan went to the Fengtian Hall to interrogate him, so Li Yu could only wait in the imperial study.

Princess Jianing was afraid that some short-sighted people would bully Li Yu, so she didn't leave and stayed by his side.

After accompanying him for a while, Princess Jianing kept glancing towards the Fengtian Palace. She wanted to see how her uncle the emperor would interrogate Prince Hui.

Li Yu also wanted to take a look, but this was the imperial palace and she couldn't act recklessly.

*

The two of them sat like this, and when they drank the second cup of tea, Princess Jianing stood up from her chair and turned around twice anxiously.

When it came to the third circle, a eunuch pushed open the door of the imperial study and asked Princess Jianing and Li Yu to follow him.

"Isn't the Emperor going to summon Li Yu?" Princess Jianing asked cautiously, "Why are you leaving now?"

The eunuch smiled and said, "It is the Queen and the Crown Princess who want to see the Princess and Lady Li. Please follow me."

Princess Jianing: “?” The royal aunt clearly said that she would meet Li Yu after Li Yu met the royal uncle, so how come it was earlier?

With doubts, Princess Jianing and Li Yu left the imperial study.

*

The Queen and the Crown Princess were sitting in the pavilion in the Imperial Garden, talking and drinking tea. The palace maids and eunuchs who were serving them were all sitting far away.

When Li Yu arrived, he began to greet the two of them. However, he was stopped by the Crown Princess halfway through.

The Crown Princess smiled and said, "Madam Li, you have helped us a lot in the past few years. My mother and I are grateful to you, so you don't have to be polite when you see us. Please sit down."

After saying that, she pulled Li Yu to sit next to her.

Seeing that she was in a normal attitude, Princess Jianing sat down in the empty seat next to Li Yu with confidence, and then asked the Queen impatiently: "Aunt, why did you call us here at this time?"

The queen looked at her with a smile: "Your uncle, the Prince of Shenhui, has gone. Don't you want to know what they said in the Fengtian Palace?"

Princess Jianing was pleasantly surprised: "Aunt, someone will give us a message later, right?"

The queen nodded.

Princess Jianing excitedly held Li Yu's hand and said, "We've come to the right place."

What they said was so obvious that Li Yu already understood what the Queen meant. She was a little surprised. The matter of Prince Hui involved the royal family. Shouldn't the fewer people who knew about it the better?

If more people knew about it, once it got out, it would only bring shame to the royal family, especially Emperor Tianyuan. He used to favor Prince Hui so much, but Prince Hui rebelled, and no one could deny that he had anything to do with it.

Li Yu thought about it but didn't say it out loud.

But the Queen saw through it and took the initiative to say, "Prince Hui acted arrogantly. Now that he is in trouble, it is his own fault if it is made public. I don't care."

She also didn't care about losing face for Emperor Tianyuan. Over the years, Emperor Tianyuan favored Prince Hui and turned a blind eye to the many evil things Prince Hui did, causing her son to have a hard time over the years. Deep down, she hated Emperor Tianyuan, so she didn't care even if others scolded Emperor Tianyuan.

*

At this time, in the Fengtian Hall, Prince Hui collapsed on the ground, angrily accusing Emperor Tianyuan.

"Father, since you don't want me to be the crown prince, why have you indulged me all these years? It was you who gave me hope!"

Emperor Tianyuan coughed, his face showing a slight pain.

Why has he indulged Prince Hui all these years? Does he really love Prince Hui?

A voice in his heart said: No!

He may have fatherly love for Prince Hui, but it is definitely not much. His original purpose of supporting Prince Hui was to contain the crown prince.

In the past few years, the prince's reputation was too great and he seemed to be surpassing him.

He was dissatisfied and worried that the crown prince would develop inappropriate thoughts because of this, so he deliberately supported Prince Hui, who was not much older than the crown prince, and used Prince Hui to influence the crown prince.

Of course, he did not want to depose the crown prince. He had taught the crown prince personally. As long as the crown prince was not confused in his mind, he would be a wise ruler in the future.

He knew that his actions were unfair to Prince Hui, so he turned a blind eye to what Prince Hui and his cronies did over the years.

This was his compensation to Prince Hui. He also believed that everything Prince Hui and his followers did was under his control and they could not make any changes.

As it turned out, he was totally wrong.

He failed to control Prince Hui, causing him to harm countless people.

At the same time, his approach also alienated the prince from him. Now the prince's attitude towards him seems to have not changed, but he can feel that the prince only regards him as the emperor, not his father.

"Father!" Prince Hui couldn't wait for a reply and shouted hoarsely, "Why do you treat me like this? I hate you!"