After rebirth, I married the emperor's uncle and overthrew my ex-husband's kingdom

The Crown Prince and the Marquis of Yong'an came back from outside. The gatekeeper pointed to the corner and said to the Marquis of Yong'an, "My Lord, that young master said that someone from the Marquis of Yongning's mansion has been hanging around in front of the gate for an hour."

He had come to see Marquis Yong'an before, but Marquis Yong'an was not in the mansion, so he stopped him outside.

Marquis Yong'an and the Crown Prince both looked in the direction of his finger and happened to meet Bai Jingting's gaze.

Bai Jingting shrank back, and nervously walked up to the crown prince and bowed, "Greetings to the crown prince, and to the Marquis of Yong'an."

The prince looked him up and down with an indifferent expression, "Are you the grandson of Prince Rong?"

The last thing Bai Jingting wants to do now is to admit that he is Prince Rong’s grandson, but the blood relationship is there and he cannot deny it even if he wants to.

"Yes."

He lowered his head and whispered a response.

"Why are you here at the Yong'an Marquis' Mansion today?"

"I, I have something important to report to His Highness, so I came to the Yong'an Marquis' Mansion."

"You have something important to talk to me about?"

The business of Zhen Ni Fang has been good these days, and the prince is in a good mood and has more patience. He looked at the half-grown boy in front of him and chuckled, "Tell me, what's the matter?"

"It's about my cousin Bai Youyou."

"Bai Youyou?" The prince raised his eyebrows. "What happened to her?"

Bai Jingting looked around and then lowered his voice and whispered, "Bai Youyou killed someone!"

"Bai Youyou killed someone?"

The prince thought Bai Jingting was talking about Bai Youyou killing Jiang Hui. He glanced at Yong'an Hou beside him and saw that he had a gloomy face.

"Well, Bai Youyou killed the father of Li Xiucai from the north city, and someone saw it."

Bai Jingting's words shocked both the Crown Prince and Marquis Yong'an.

Yong'an Hou asked anxiously, "You said Bai Youyou killed Li Xiucai's father. When did that happen?"

Bai Jingting was a little afraid of Yong'an Marquis and shrank his neck. "It happened in the winter of the year before last."

"Let's go to the study. This is not the place to talk."

The prince walked inside. When the Marquis of Yong'an passed by the gatekeeper, he stared at them fiercely and said, "Don't say anything you shouldn't say. Shut up!"

Bai Jingting followed them to the study and told them everything he knew.

Yong'an Hou asked, "What is the full name of the scholar Li you mentioned?"

"His name is Li Wenchang." Bai Jingting said respectfully, "You can send someone to North City to ask around and find out."

The prince looked surprised, "Li Wenchang?"

I seem to have heard this person's name somewhere.

Yong'an Hou hesitated for a moment, and then he hissed, "Is the fiancé that Master Qin has chosen for Qin Ran called Li Wenchang?"

After he mentioned this, the prince also remembered it.

Qin Taifu had mentioned before that Qin Ran's fiancé had passed the imperial examination, and he had also asked to bring him to him one day.

"Maybe they have the same name."

Yong'an Hou also thought it was unlikely, "It's just a coincidence."

The prince looked at Bai Jingting, frowning slightly, "Did anyone really see her push someone into the water?"

Bai Jingting stood in front of him and nodded a little stiffly, "My grandmother has sent people to investigate, and it is true that Bai Youyou killed the man, but Li Xiucai's father's body was burned in a fire, so it is difficult to find solid evidence."

"Did your grandmother ask someone to investigate this?"

After a brief thought, the prince knew what the old lady of Yongning Marquis intended to do.

He raised his eyes and glanced at him, "So you came here today to tell me this matter, do you have anything to ask for?"

"Jingting has nothing to ask for, I just hope this matter can be useful to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Bai Jingting deliberately declined.

He had thought it through before he came here. If this matter was reported to the prince, the recipe of Yun Nifang would never reach his hands even if Bai Youyou handed it over.

He knew his own capabilities clearly. If he relied on studying to enter the officialdom, he would never know when. But if he took advantage of this matter to curry favor with the prince, he might be able to get a position in the future.

The prince stared at him for a few seconds, and then a smile suddenly broke out on his lips, "I am not an ungrateful person. I will remember your actions today."

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Upon hearing this, Bai Jingting was so excited that he immediately bowed.

"You should go back first. I still have something to discuss with Yong'an Hou."

After sending Bai Jingting away, the prince immediately asked Zhu San to thoroughly investigate the matter of Li Wenchang.

Yong'an Hou curled his lips and sneered, "If Bai Youyou really kills someone, let's see how the Zhenguo Mansion will protect her this time!"

"Let's talk about this matter after verification."

The prince felt that the people in Yongning Marquis' Mansion were not very reliable, but if it was true, he could use this incident to strike a blow against Zhenguo Duke's Mansion.

He picked up the teacup beside him and took a sip of tea before asking, "Has Xu Sheng not been found yet?"

"In the hands of the Third Prince, but we don't know where he is being held for the time being."

Yong'an Hou couldn't help laughing when he thought about how few people came to Yunnifang these days. "Even if Xu Sheng wasn't here, we just need to lower the price. I believe we can wear them out in less than three months!"

But after laughing, his face was filled with pain, "The 200,000 taels I prepared earlier were gone in less than a month. If it was three months, that would be a full 600,000 taels!"

Six hundred thousand taels are enough for him to build a large manor covering a thousand acres!

Previously, I thought that these two hundred thousand taels would be enough to drain the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion, but I didn't expect that the soapberry business would be so prosperous.

The prince smiled and said, "It's just a temporary gain or loss, don't take it too seriously."

"Without Yunnifang, we will be the only one left." Yong'an Hou slapped his thigh, "Humph, then we will raise the price tenfold!"

Based on the current sales volume, the investment can be recovered in just one month.

He looked excited, "It seems that we need to attract more merchants."

The prince didn't know much about business, so all matters were left to him.

The business of Zhennifang was getting better and better, but it was only good for half a month, and Marquis Yong'an began to feel a little uneasy.

"Two hundred thousand taels of silver are gone again?!"

The manager of Zhen Ni Fang was grinning from ear to ear. "My Lord, you may not know that our goods are in great demand right now. There are still more than 300 merchants eagerly waiting to get the goods, but we are short of manpower and the space is a bit small, so our production capacity cannot keep up."

Yong'an Hou frowned, "How is Yun Ni Fang doing recently?"

"With our Zhen Ni Fang, Yun Ni Fang will probably be closed down soon!"

Originally it was estimated that 200,000 taels would be spent per month, and now another 200,000 taels have been burned in just half a month. Adding the previous amount, 400,000 taels have been subsidized!

Marquis Yong'an paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back.

Four hundred thousand taels of silver have already been spent. If we stop now, it will be all in vain.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Go to the accounting office and withdraw another 200,000 taels of silver."

The steward left happily, and the steward of Mingzhu Tower came in again with the account book, "My Lord, this is the account of Mingzhu Tower, please take a look."