Accidentally dressed as an empress

On the morning of the next day, Zhong Yi returned home with the fifty gold coins he earned from selling the shop.

"Have you heard? Last night, His Highness favored a young man from Qingfeng Tower."

"Really? Real or fake?"

The veins on Zhong Yi's forehead twitched violently.

Zhong Yi led the horse into the stable, hurried back to Zhongxiuyuan, and entered the study.

He took out a purse worth fifty gold and threw it in front of Yunxiu, saying, "Since Young Master Liu is already your Highness's man, he naturally cannot be left wandering around outside. Your Highness, please take him back."

Yunxiu stared at the bright yellow gold peeking out of her purse and was speechless. Did that fool Zhong Yi love her so deeply? Was he really willing to sell his dowry for her?

She explained, "Last night, I beat up Liu and threw him out because he broke into our dormitory. I didn't do anything else."

Zhong Yi sneered, "A beating? Flirting is also a beating."

"You don't believe it, do you?" Yun Xiu reached out to untie her belt and said, "I can prove it."

Zhong Yi stopped her and said, "Don't do anything rash. It's daytime! I believe it, I believe it..."

Yunxiu said, "Since it's not possible during the day, then it should be possible at night, right?"

"Not at night, no..." Zhong Yi refused, "Your Highness, it's too fast..."

Yun Xiu restrained herself and said, "Then I'll wait for the day when you're willing, but don't make me wait too long..."

"Then, Your Highness...can you please let me go..."

"Of course not." Yunxiu's eyes showed a determined look.

Yunxiu loosened her hand and saw Zhong Yi frowning and breathing heavily. Such a beautiful woman became weak and helpless in her hands.

"Your Highness, I'm back." Ren Li pushed open the study door, excited. She tossed the purse in her hand, and five hundred taels turned into ten golds.

Yun Xiu felt something was wrong and quickly used her outer robe to block Zhong Yi. "Why don't you knock before you come in?"

Ren Li quickly lowered his head, walked out and closed the door.

When His Highness was unbuckling his belt, Su Qing had already run away to avoid suspicion, allowing the reckless Ren Li to break into the study.

Is His Highness so good at playing? In broad daylight, she had just seen His Highness's hand in a flash, as if it was inside Mrs. Zhong's clothes.

Yunxiu cleared her throat and said, "Come in."

When Ren Li stepped into the room, he saw Mrs. Zhong lying on the couch with her eyes closed, leaning lazily in Yunxiu's arms, while Yunxiu had a satisfied expression on her face.

The Great God had indeed adapted well to this world, unlike her.

Yunxiu said, "Knock on the door before entering the study."

Ren Li gestured, "Understood. I'll pay more attention next time."

Ren Li presented his purse with both hands as if offering a treasure, "This is the ten gold coins I earned."

"Oh? You suddenly got it?"

Ren Li said, "Thanks to your guidance, Your Highness, that book gave me an epiphany."

Ren Li explained everything in detail: "I bought a warehouse on the outskirts of Lingyun City, intending to stockpile silk. However, I noticed some fluctuations in the price of rice, which was rising. So I spent two hundred taels of silver on the outskirts of the city, buying rice at ten wen a dou, and then stockpiled it. When the price in the city rose to sixty wen a dou, I brought my stored grain into the city and sold it, instantly doubling my profit."

Ren Li was very proud, "After deducting the shipping fee, the net profit is still ten gold."

Ren Li continued, "I invested the remaining money in the handkerchief and ice business, and haven't made back my money yet. Your Highness, you see, speculation is indeed the way to go; money comes faster."

As expected, wealth comes from numerology, not from hard work; profit comes from power, not from farming.

Upon hearing this, Zhong Yi spoke up, "Rice prices in Lingyun City are generally stable and don't fluctuate too much. The rise in rice prices in Lingyun City is likely due to the Grain Market Bureau purchasing corn, which has reduced the amount of corn on the market. At this time, major merchants will also follow suit and stockpile corn, further driving up the price."

Zhong Yi paused, his voice soft, "Perhaps this year's drought is indeed true. Your Highness, let's buy some more land to prepare for emergencies."

Yunxiu was shocked. What kind of god was she holding in her arms? He really was a master of prediction.

Even though Zhong Yi was not in the court, he was able to infer what was happening there, and he was almost right.

Ren Li's actions left some big businessmen confused. Some of them followed the trend and sold grain, and the price of grain dropped again.

So, is it a drought or not? Should we stockpile food or not? That is the question.

Yunxiu sneered, saying that although he had gold in his hand, gold could not be eaten.

Miyazato

Yunse's head started to hurt again. Before the autumn harvest, the price of rice in Lingyun City remained high, which was why they could sell last year's old rice and store this year's new rice during the harvest.

Now, the price of rice in Lingyun City has dropped ahead of schedule. In previous years, the price of new rice was 20 wen per dou. If something went wrong, the grain market would lose money.

Yun Se asked in a deep voice, "Who did it?"

Cui Ti lowered her brows and eyes and said, "A silk merchant named Ren Li." Cui Ti paused, "But, she came from the Grand Princess's residence."

Yun Se's expression suddenly turned serious. She threw the teacup in her hand to the ground and said, "Call Yun Xiu to the palace immediately. She is not doing her job properly!"

Cui Ti said, "Your Majesty, please calm down."

Yun Se stood up from the dragon throne and paced back and forth. "How short-sighted. She doesn't look like me, nor does she look like Xuan'er. Who does she look like?"

Cui Ti said, "Maybe he looks like His Royal Highness Prince Yun."

Yunse frowned in disgust.

Yunxiu was urgently summoned into the palace by the palace maid sent by her mother.

In the study of Yunji Palace, Yunxiu hadn't finished her greetings when she heard her mother, her anger suppressed, say, "Xiu'er, you are the eldest princess of Yun State. Have I ever treated you harshly, or driven you crazy with poverty to compete with the people for profit?"

"I have never done this."

"That Ren Li is reselling grain under the name of the Grand Princess's Mansion. Do you dare to say that Ren Li is not from your mansion?"

"Ren Li is my retainer. I'm not strict with my subordinates, so I have nothing to say." Yun Xiu said, "But this was not my instruction. I just asked her to do the silk business."

She had no choice but to take the blame.

At this moment, a charming middle-aged man walked in. He was the instructor.

The system said: [Your Majesty's right-hand man, the boss behind Qingfeng Tower, intelligence officer Gu Zezhi.]

Gu Zezhi said, "It's been interrogated. Zhong Yi said that it was Ren Li who noticed the unusual grain prices and acted on his own. His Highness asked Ren Li to engage in the silk business and never mentioned reselling grain."

Zhong Yi, wearing a sky-blue dress, was brought into the study of Yunji Palace by the guards.

Yunxiu felt relieved when she saw that his body was intact and there was no blood on it.

"Xuan'er?" Yun Se stood up suddenly, walked down from the throne, and looked at Zhong Yi without blinking.

When I got closer, I found that they were only similar in appearance but different in temperament. Zhong Yi's facial features were delicate, like ice and snow, and his elegance also carried a sense of fragility.

Her Xuan'er is cold but elegant.

Zhong Yi looked calm and held himself upright, allowing His Majesty to look at him.

Yunxiu inexplicably felt uncomfortable. She could block the sight of the Third Princess, but at this moment, she could not block the sight of the Queen Mother.

Gu Zezhi, why on earth did he bring Zhong Yi here?

Yun Se came back to his senses after a long time, and waved his hand, saying, "You go back, and this won't happen again."

His Majesty was so distracted by the sight of Zhong Yi that he forgot to punish Ren Li and simply asked them to leave.