My best friend is wearing a double body! Marry the emperor! Help me win the throne

Zhaohua Palace.

Xue Youli had finished her breakfast and was digesting it in the courtyard when she saw Xiao Zhongzi coming to report, "Master, Princess Kang is here."

Xue Youli didn't expect Chu Xinyue to be so efficient, and immediately said, "Please invite the person in."

As soon as she finished speaking, Chu Xinyue led Wang Dali into the gate of Zhaohua Palace one after another.

"Ali, I brought you something good!"

Xue Youli looked at the excited expression on her face and raised his eyebrows. "You're smiling so happily, aren't you here to give me money?"

"Guessed it right!"

Chu Xinyue took her hand and said to her mysteriously, "I have another important discovery. Let's go inside and talk about it!"

"Okay." Xue Youli responded, thought for a moment, then turned and ordered, "Banxia, ​​bring in some snacks and tea, and have Ruyi entertain Wang Dali."

"Yes!"

Chu Xinyue pulled Xue Youli into the house, took out the things she had snatched from Cuiru, and slammed them on the table. "Guess how much money I stole from Cuiru?"

Xue Youli looked at her, then at the thick stack of banknotes under her hand, "Judging from your expression, it can't be over ten thousand, right?"

"Ah Li, if you're so accurate in your guesses, why not just change your career and go read fortunes under the bridge?" Chu Xinyue didn't keep her in suspense and counted out the banknotes one by one for her to see. "Xue Qingyao was quite poor before, but I didn't expect her to secretly get 18,000 taels of banknotes! Do you know why she gave these banknotes to Cui Ru?"

"It's impossible that she is here to support her in her old age."

Xue Youli didn't look up this question in the Book of Heavenly Secrets. She pursed her lips and thought for a moment, then suddenly thought of a possibility they had always overlooked. "Could Xue Qingyao be planning to use this money to stockpile food?"

Although Xue Qingyao entered the palace as the daughter of Lingzhou prefect, Prefect Xue did not give her any gold or silver jewelry. She was not favored in the harem and had never had any money on her.

Some time ago, during the autumn hunt, she complained to Murong Ye about her poverty, and Murong Ye gave her some silver.

Xue Qingyao seemed to be very favored during this period and indeed received a lot of rewards in the form of real money.

Given Xue Qingyao's personality, it's impossible for her to hand over all her wealth to Cuiru for no reason, unless she has a bigger plan.

"Oh my god! Ali, you can even guess this?" Chu Xinyue originally wanted to tease Xue Youli, but she didn't expect that she actually guessed it right.

In the original book, the famine at the end of the year will break out next month.

Xue Qingyao wrote clearly in the letter to Cuiru, asking Cuiru to find a place to store all the banknotes and food in the next few days.

Xue Youli spread his hands, "It's not hard to guess, after all, with such a large sum of money, how much can a maid like Cuiru use?"

Chu Xinyue touched her chin. "Tell me, is Xue Qingyao trying to cause a national disaster? She'll spend over ten thousand taels of silver to buy grain, and then when the famine comes, she'll sell the grain at a high price. Wouldn't that make her a killing?"

Xue Youli pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Xue Qingyao's ambitions go beyond this. She definitely doesn't just want to make money."

"Then what does she want to do? She can't buy food and then give out porridge for free, acting like a living Buddha, right?"

Chu Xinyue's words reminded Xue Youli, "I know what she's up to! She plans to use this famine to build a good reputation for herself and pave the way for her future as queen."

Chu Xinyue slapped her thigh and said, "Now that you mention it, there is indeed such a possibility."

After she said this, she stared at Xue Youli for a few seconds, and suddenly realized something, "Ali, how did Xue Qingyao know there would be a famine at the end of the year?"

Xue Qingyao could predict the future plot, but they were sure that Xue Qingyao herself was a person in this dynasty, so there was only one possibility left -

"Rebirth!"

"Rebirth!"

Chu Xinyue and Xue Youli thought of the same thing and came to the same conclusion in unison.

Xue Youli recalled every detail of her previous fight with Xue Qingyao, and became more and more certain of their suspicions. "That's right! No wonder she formed cliques everywhere when she first entered the palace. She seemed to be familiar with everything in the palace. It turns out she was reborn."

Chu Xinyue narrowed her eyes, revealing an expression of sudden enlightenment, "No wonder Xue Qingyao chose to plant the lover Gu in Murong Che. If this is the case, she must have been killed by Murong Ye and then reborn."

Xue Youli agreed with her guess. "Regardless of whether she was reborn or not, since she died the first time under your pen, she can die the second time in our hands."

She suddenly remembered something, "Oh right, Xue Qingyao suddenly went to Yonghe Palace to get close to Rong Qingyue. Does she have any secrets that I don't know about?"

Chu Xinyue was startled, then shook her head and said, "That shouldn't be the case. Aren't you a know-it-all here? Nothing can be hidden from your eyes."

"That's something I have to think of first, so I can use the golden finger to check. But people are always prone to omissions, no matter how cautious they are..."

As soon as she finished speaking, Chu Xinyue's mind suddenly lit up, and she thought of something very important. "I remember now! Concubine Rong's daughter is not actually a daughter. Concubine Rong deliberately changed the child's life in order to protect her own child."

Xue Youli listened to her confusing words and quickly realized, "You mean, Murong Xi is not a girl, but a boy?"

Chu Xinyue nodded vigorously, "Yes! That's how I set it up when I wrote the novel!"

Xue Youli was really impressed by her. "Why didn't you tell me such important information earlier?"

Chu Xinyue scratched her forehead. "As you know, when I wrote this book, the story revolved around the two protagonists, Murong Ye and Xue Qingyao. Rong Qingyue was a concubine in the harem, and I only briefly mentioned her scenes. At the time, I wrote her and Murong Xi to death, and later I didn't dwell on Murong Xi's gender. If you hadn't mentioned it just now, I wouldn't have remembered it at all."

Upon hearing this, Xue Youli immediately communicated with the Book of Heavenly Secrets through his mind: [When Murong Xi appeared, why didn't you remind me that Murong Xi was a boy? ]

Book of Heavenly Secrets: [When I first introduced Murong Xi, I introduced her like this—

Name: Murong Xi, 4 and a half years old, Concubine Rong's 'daughter', was named Princess Changle.

It's your fault for not looking carefully. This is not my fault! 】

Xue Youli: [……] Well, after all this time, it was her own fault for not taking a closer look at the person’s ID card and actually missing such an important single quotation mark!

So, she turned her head and looked at Chu Xinyue, "Fortunately, it's not too late for us to find out now. Recently, I will pay more attention to Xue Qingyao's movements and will not give her the opportunity to harm Concubine Rong and her son."

Chu Xinyue nodded and said, "Murong Ye should not be dead yet. If he heard that Xue Qingyao was favored in the harem again, he would definitely try to contact Xue Qingyao, right?"

"Of course, this is also the reason why the emperor favors her so publicly. Xue Qingyao is the destined heroine after all. As long as she is still in the palace, Murong Ye will bet on her."

Chu Xinyue heard this and asked curiously, "Can't your golden finger find Murong Ye's exact location?"

Xue Youli once mentioned to Chu Xinyue that her golden finger could find out the identities and backgrounds of many characters, as well as some hidden plots, and even had a positioning function.

Xue Youli shook his head. "I did try to locate Murong Ye, but strangely enough, I couldn't pinpoint his exact location."

"Looking at it this way, his protagonist halo is likely to have a shielding function that can protect his life." After coming to this conclusion, Chu Xinyue sighed with a depressed look on her face. "Then, isn't it impossible for us to deal with him?"

Xue Youli raised his hand and patted her shoulder, comforting her, "If you can't kill him once, kill him twice. If you can't kill him twice, kill him three times, four times, five times, six times! I don't believe that the protagonist's halo can protect him forever!"

"You mentioned that, and it reminded me that when I met Xue Qingyao before, I found that the protagonist halo above her head was much dimmer than before. So, the protagonist halo should also have a time limit. If the protagonist continues to live up to his expectations, maybe this novel world will change the protagonist!"

"Then we don't have to be afraid. With our best friends working together, we can definitely take the lives of the hero and heroine!"

Chu Xinyue looked at the determined expression on Xue Youli's face and immediately became full of confidence. "Ali, if you charge, I'll help you blow the horn. If you kill, I'll help you sharpen your sword! We can definitely defeat the male and female protagonists!"

"With your words, I am full of energy!"

……

At this moment, Minghua Palace.

Biyu has returned to the palace and is reporting to Xue Qingyao about her meeting with Cuiru after leaving the palace.

"I have personally delivered the letter you gave me to Aunt Cuiru."

Xue Qingyao nodded with satisfaction, "You did a great job, this money is your reward."

As she spoke, she took out two silver ingots and handed them to Biyu.

Biyu took the silver ingot in both hands and said, "Thank you for the reward, Master!"

Xue Qingyao waved her hand and said to her, "You've worked hard today, go down and rest."

"Yes."

After Biyu left the bedroom, Xue Qingyao could no longer suppress the smile on her face.

Very good!

During this period, she sold many of the rewards given by Murong Che for cash and handed them all to Cuiru, intending to use the money to stockpile grain.

She has lived two lives, and no one knows better than her what kind of famine will hit Jiuzhou next month.

Once famine comes, the people will starve to death, and those who survive will steal and rob. As long as they can survive, these people will do anything.

When the people thought they had no food to eat and could only wait to die, she would make donations in her name, cook the stored rice into porridge and give it to the people in the whole city.

These people who are struggling to survive like ants will worship her as a god.

And Murong Che will certainly look at her with admiration.

By that time, if she lets people spread some rumors that she is a goddess who came to earth to save the people from danger, then the position of queen will be in her pocket, right?

Isn’t Xue Youli very capable?

She wanted to see what this woman could use to compete with her!