In ancient times, she gave birth to seven daughters and was divorced by her husband's family.

Duke Anguo felt that Gu Liang was much easier to talk to than Bai Lu, so he smiled and said a few more words to Gu Liang: "He turned out to be the son of the prefect of Qingzhou, no wonder, no wonder..."

Judging from his status, he should be a legitimate son like Sun Nanxing, otherwise he would not get along so happily with Sun Nanxing.

When Sun Nanxing saw Duke Anguo and Gu Liang chatting, he scratched his head and didn't know what to say for a moment, as he was not very good at speaking.

At this time, Gu Liang beside him smiled and spoke patiently: "This is my brother, Sun Nanxing, my father's legitimate son."

After hearing this, Duke Anguo immediately turned around and chatted with Sun Nanxing for a few more words.

Sun Nanxing began to praise Gu Liang to Duke Anguo: "My brother is very capable. My father wants him to inherit his legacy."

Duke Anguo's expression changed.

It turns out that the Qingzhou prefect's favorite is... this kid next to him who he has a good impression of. He is much better than Sun Nanxing.

In this way, he understood even more clearly that Gu Liang should be the legitimate son of the Qingzhou prefect.

He nodded. It was not easy for others to ask whether it was true or not, and matters concerning legitimate and illegitimate children could not be discussed in person, so he did not say much.

Instead, he pricked up his ears to listen to what Bai Lu, Bai Chuyao, Lin and others were saying at the dinner table.

At this time, the topic came up: Bai Liezhao.

Bai Lu spoke first: "...Miss Xu has been detained in Qingzhou by me. She said that she felt very guilty and wanted to stay by my side to repay me. This can be regarded as making up for the shortcoming of harming the Bai family."

When Bai Chuyao and Lin heard this, they were delighted.

What? Xu Wanrong took the initiative to stay in Qingzhou. I guess Bai Lu detained her herself.

Bai Chuyao smiled and said, "There is nothing to repay. Now, the grudge between the Xu family and our Bai family has been resolved immediately."

"Xu Wanrong's father, Censor Xu, has been dismissed from his post in prison and demoted to a commoner.

Moreover, the Emperor has now issued an order to thoroughly investigate the Xu family. The Xu family business has been uprooted. Even if all nine clans are not executed, at least three clans will be executed.”

"Although on the surface their family has been a family of upright officials for generations, but in reality... they have been occupying the people's land and forcibly seizing the people's women."

"Although these evil deeds are done covertly, they can be discovered once investigated."

"Their family...really does a good job of putting in the effort to look good."

The general idea is that the Xu family has been completely liquidated. Even if Xu Wanrong likes Bai Liezhao, it is impossible for Bai Liezhao to marry her. Bai Liezhao's wife... must be someone with a clean family background.

Hearing this, Bai Lu smiled and nodded. Lin, who was standing next to her, said to Bai Lu with a smile, "Speaking of which, why don't you see Lie Zhao?"

Bai Lu pondered for a while, then deliberately spoke in a vague manner, smiling at Bai Chuyao and Lin, "Second brother will naturally follow Miss Shangguan Yi of the Shangguan family to inspect the Shangguan family's shops in various counties in Qingzhou."

"What is he doing in Shangguan's shop?!"

Bai Chuyao and Lin next to him were both stunned.

Afterwards, Lin probably tasted the flavor, and Bai Chuyao and his wife looked at each other, and they both laughed at the same time.

How could they not understand Bai Lu's meaning? !

Bai Lu was also happy, and said to Bai Chuyao: “Brother and sister-in-law know everything.

The Shangguan family is a good partner of our Bai family in the Qingzhou business world, and they are the richest family in Qingzhou.

Shangguan Yi, the daughter of the Shangguan family, can support half of the Shangguan family's assets. Although she is a woman, she has the reputation of a heroine and has a very high status among the merchants in Qingzhou."

"My second brother usually gets along very well with heroines like this. Now... the Shangguan family's shop is often robbed by the Turks, so he went with them to take a look and see if we can help in any way."

"Also, I'm here to inspect our Bai family's shop."

After talking about Shangguan Yi, even a fool could understand what Bai Lu meant now.

Bai Chuyao nodded. When he heard the Turks robbing the shop, he looked disgusted: "...So that's the case."

"The Turks often come here to rob, so we really need to patrol more and pay more attention."

"Merchants should be united as one, otherwise, they will probably be defeated one by one by others."

The topic suddenly became much more serious.

Lin, who was standing next to him, sighed. She felt very sad and said to Bai Lu, "I don't know...what happened to those farmhands who were killed...I feel so sorry for them and their families."

Bai Lu nodded and immediately felt a little sad. The atmosphere in the air suddenly changed.

She said, "Don't worry, the Shangguan family has given a lot of sympathy money to those farmhands, and the government has even given some sympathy money."

"Moreover, the Shangguan family is very good at doing things. If any of the farmhands can't support themselves, Miss Shangguan Yi and the head of the Shangguan family will arrange for them to have leisure work in the shops under the name of the Shangguan family, and they will also receive subsidies during the New Year and other festivals."

"Don't worry, everything is fine in Qingzhou."

"...There is the management of the Qingzhou governor, and the merchants here do not do things like some merchants in the Jiangnan area, who do things in a messy way..."

In the Jiangnan area, it is not easy for ordinary merchants to survive, and they will resort to any means necessary in commercial warfare... They will force people to death just for the sake of profit, and their methods are not reasonable.

After hearing this, everyone roughly understood.

The governor of Qingzhou does a good job and has clean politics.

Moreover, although their shops in Qingzhou were somewhat affected by the attacks of the Turks and the people were a little panicked, these merchants in Qingzhou were not there to sit around and do nothing. They worked together and did not allow others to take advantage of them at all.

Before they came, they were still worried about what to do if Qingzhou became the first entry point for the Turkic attack.

Now... I feel relieved.

There is nothing wrong with it from top to bottom.

Just by looking at the attitude of the Qingzhou prefect in doing things, you can tell that Qingzhou’s politics is clean.

After finishing the meal, the Qingzhou governor turned around and said to Gu Liang with a smile: "Gu Liang, go and show the way to Duke Anguo and Master Qilin, so that they can have a good look at the scenery around Qingzhou."

"There are always people performing juggling on Zhuque Street, and there are opera troupes performing on Xuanwu Street. There is a hilltop and a pond next to Xuanwu Street. We can all take a walk together and relax."

"I have something to do, so I won't accompany you guys."