Marry the villain and the whole court kneels down and calls her the queen

When Jiang Jiu came to Sucheng, Xiao Yimo had already bought a yard in Sucheng.

It is neither big nor small, with three courtyards, and is very clean.

Xiao Yimo, Chu Yu and other girls lived in the second courtyard, while Jiang Jiu and Lu Yunyang lived in the third courtyard.

In previous years, when Lu Yunyang came to Sucheng, he always stayed in an inn. Now he insisted on living with Jiang Jiu, saying that it was to save money.

In order to allow Lu Yunyang to take her into Prince Qi's Mansion, Jiang Jiu endured it.

Nanny Qian and Xia Zhi cleaned the house.

Xia Zhi said happily, "Miss, you really have a way to keep Chunxiao at home. Now Madam can no longer monitor you."

Nanny Qian smiled. It turned out that they all knew that Chunxiao was the spy left by Jiang Liu by Jiang Jiu's side, and this time when Jiang Jiu came to Sucheng, he only brought Nanny Qian and Xia Zhi.

Jiang Liu's spy, Chunxiao, was left in the Lu Mansion, with the pretext of letting her look after Mudan and the others at home.

Jiang Jiu has already made arrangements for Lu Yunyang's family. As long as Mudan and the other concubines don't slack off, make snacks, sell vegetables and bamboo shoots, and run the Jiuwen Supermarket well, they will never have to worry about food and drink.

Everyone thought that Lu Yunyang was just bringing Jiang Jiu to Sucheng to stay for a few days, but they never expected that Jiang Jiu would not go back.

Because of this move, Lu Yunyang got to know Jiang Jiu's background clearly.

In a villa outside Sucheng, the scenery was pleasant and full of flowers. Nichang served Lu Yunyang tea. He leaned lazily on the beauty couch, and two women knelt there to serve him.

The musicians next to them were playing light music, and seven or eight dancers were dancing gracefully to the accompaniment of the music. Lu Yunyang was enjoying it so much.

Lu Ming was reporting the investigation in detail.

"Ms. Jiang Jiu opened a gambling house in Su City, and there are rouge shops on several streets. That charming woman also came to Su City with her son. She is the head shopkeeper of the rouge shop, and her boss is still Miss Jiang Jiu."

Lu Yunyang smiled, very happily and proudly.

"Jiang Jiu, Jiang Jiu, should I call you my wife or Ninth Brother? I knew you must be hiding something from me. As expected, you still can't escape my grasp."

"Rouge Shop, Gambling House, Red Sleeves, she's involved in any business that makes money. I was wondering, with such a good business sense, how could I not know about it?"

Lu Ming: "Master, now that the Ninth Sister of Xiang County has been found, you can temporarily use her to make money for us."

Lu Yunyang waved his hand and said, "Everyone stop. Nichang, go get me that colorful feather robe."

The colorful feather clothes, as the name suggests, show a variety of sparkling colors in the sun. The clothes are as light and breathable as feathers, and the base color is pink.

The styles made of this kind of fabric look good no matter how you wear it.

"Jiang Jiu solved our urgent problem. We should thank her. Lu Ming, go home."

Lu Yunyang was about to leave when suddenly, Nishang grabbed him.

"Master, this dress is made of the cloth given by the Queen Mother. If I give it to Miss Jiang like this, given her intelligence, I'm afraid she will guess your identity..."

After Nichang's reminder, Lu Yunyang paused.

"Yes, this piece of cloth was a tribute from Jiangnan weaving factory back then. It's not suitable for her to wear now..."

Lu Yunyang raised his eyebrows: "Put this dress back, Lu Ming, let's go to the best cloth shop in Su City and make her a new one..."

Compared with Xiang County, Sucheng is larger, more crowded, and more lively. The road is paved with bluestone slabs and can accommodate three carriages at the same time.

The overall layout of the city is also very reasonable. It is surrounded by a moat, with shops and residents interspersed. Rich people live in the north city, and there are houses and shops on the east and west sides of the Prince Qi's Mansion. The poor live in the south city. Although it is a bit crowded, it is not messy.

The yard that Jiang Jiu sells is in the North City, and there are shops in the East and West Cities. I just came to Su City, a strange place, so I always have to take a walk around and get familiar with it.

"Sucheng is really lively, with quite a lot of people. I heard that there is no corruption in the Sucheng government. There is a big drum in front of the Prince of Qi's palace. Anyone who finds that the Sucheng government is unfair or corrupt can beat the drum to complain."

Xia Zhi told Jiang Jiu all the information he had heard.

Jiang Jiu only had a slight impression of the Ninth Prince, Prince Qi: "No matter what, he is a person who is unwilling to suffer any loss. Whether it is fair or not is up to the people."

When they first met, the King of Qi was just a child. To put it bluntly, like her, he had escaped from the capital.

The Ninth Prince was the last son of the late emperor, so the youngest was naturally more distressed about him, but he had nothing to do with the throne. After the late emperor passed away, the Ninth Prince returned directly to his fiefdom on the pretext of being frail and sickly.

The Yunmengze area in the south of the Yangtze River is an important grain base for the Nanli Kingdom, and Sucheng and Shenhu Town, two thousand miles to the east, are the fiefdoms of the Prince of Qi's Mansion.

In fact, apart from the more prosperous Sucheng, Shenhu Town in the east is basically just a few small fishing villages where farmers make a living by fishing and are extremely poor.

The Ninth Prince was able to manage Su City so prosperously and bustlingly, which showed that he was a talented person. However, he was frail and sickly, and it was rumored that he would not live past the age of twenty.

Jiang Jiu felt that the rumors might not be true.

Just like Lu Yunyang, everyone said he was a playboy, but the people he made friends with were all rich young men, apart from officials, and he was also the boss behind Hua Manlou.

As a second-generation rich man, he can't be considered a playboy for working so hard to make money.

"Did Jiao Niang send Xiao Shitou to school?" Jiang Jiu asked.

Xia Zhi pointed to the alley to the east. "The King of Qi has opened two official schools in the east and west cities. Anyone with sufficient academic qualifications can attend. Yesterday I saw Xiao Shitou memorizing his lessons seriously. He said he was going to take an exam... I think since he's so well-behaved, he should be able to get in."

Free is the most expensive. In order to improve the knowledge of local people, the King of Qi stipulated that children of all ages, regardless of gender, can go to school for free when they reach the age of seven.

This one rule alone made Jiang Jiu admire him very much.

You have to know that in ancient times, preference for boys over girls was common, not to mention free schools.

I heard that the teacher in the school is a retired Grand Secretary of the Hanlin Academy and the former Prince's tutor. If the children can get his guidance and work hard, they will definitely be admitted to the imperial examinations.

The bustling coming and going of people in Sucheng also made Jiang Jiu happy.

Jiang Jiu entered a clothing store and selected two pieces of fabric. Just as he was about to pay, someone suddenly threw a bag of silver over to him.

"I paid her money."

Jiang Jiu turned her head and saw the man with a pair of slender almond-shaped eyes looking at her with a smile.

"What? Girl, you don't recognize me so quickly?"

Jiang Jiu was still confused, and the man suddenly smiled: "Miss, you are really forgetful. On the way to Sucheng, I was grateful for your meal."

Xia Zhi suddenly realized: "So, you are the beggar sleeping in the temple... You, you..."

The man was wearing brocade and silk, and he looked completely different from the beggars in the temple.

"It's me. My last name is Gu, Gu Chengyan. I'm an aide to Prince Qi's palace. I just came back from the capital that day and was extremely tired, which is why I looked so disheveled. I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, young lady..."

When Jiang Jiu heard that they were from Prince Qi's Mansion, his attitude changed subtly.

"So it's Mr. Gu. Excuse me."

Gu Chengyan laughed heartily: "It's not surprising that you didn't know. Besides, I was really hungry that day. The young lady's meal came just in time. Otherwise, I would have to return to Sucheng on an empty stomach, tired and hungry, which would have been even more uncomfortable."