Top white, rich and beautiful, the princess is reborn and the revenge story

When Zhao Yuanqing arrived at the Golden Throne Hall, the court officials were arguing loudly. When they saw her, many of them looked at her coldly. Zhao Yuanqing ignored them and saluted the emperor at the head of the hall, "Father."

"Shanzhen, I heard you opened a spice shop?"

"Yes."

"The imperial envoys said that you have taken away the Hu people's spice trade, making it impossible for them to survive. What's going on?"

"Father, the spice business is spread all over the country. I only opened a small shop. How could I have taken away their business? I feel wronged!"

Wang Yushi jumped out and said, "Princess Shanzhen, stop complaining! Those Hu merchants whose businesses you've taken away are even more wronged than you!"

"Oh? Then tell me, which Hu merchants have lost their business to me? Call them here and I'll confront them!"

"Let's not talk about who it is for now. Princess Shanzhen, have you bought up all the spices from the Hu merchants in Chang'an?"

"No! Just a part!"

Wang Yushi gritted his teeth. Princess Shanzhen was even more pedantic than him. "Well, part is part, Princess Shanzhen, you're just stealing the business of the Hu merchants!"

"How did I rob them? No one was buying their spices, so I bought them at a high price and made them money. Isn't that helping them?!"

Wang Yushi felt she couldn't win the argument with Zhao Yuanqing, and she became angry and embarrassed. "How can you, a princess of the current dynasty, open a shop? You're just competing with the people for profit!"

"What's wrong with the princess? What law in Daqing says a princess can't open a shop? Tell me!"

"you......"

Wang Yushi was speechless, because there was no law that prohibited royal relatives from opening shops!

Wang Yushi was no longer able to cope, so Li Yushi stepped up and said, "Princess Shanzhen, there's nothing wrong with you opening a shop, but you're concentrating all the spices in Chang'an City into your shop, hoarding them at a premium, and then selling them several times more expensive than the Hu merchants. Isn't this deliberately raising prices and disrupting the spice market?"

Zhao Yuanqing sneered, "Li Yushi, this spice is a scarce commodity and should be priced high. The foreign merchants sold it cheaply before because they were all traveling merchants, doing business with a backpack on their backs, without rent or labor costs. Now that I have opened a shop, the costs have increased, so of course I have to sell it more expensively. Besides, no one who bought it said it was expensive, so what do you say about it being expensive? It's none of your business!"

Li Yushi was unable to convince her, so Cao Yushi replaced him. "Princess Shanzhen, you have some truth in what you say, but recently the Hu merchants have been complaining that they can't sell their spices. Aren't you cutting off their livelihood? If the Hu merchants can't do business, the Silk Road will be affected, and our relations with neighboring countries will be very bad! War is even possible!"

What a big hat!

"So what do you think we should do?"

Cao Yushi said with a sly delight, "Princess, you can close the spice shop, but it would be a shame to do so hastily. You can hand it over to the Merchants Bureau and let them manage it. Then, when foreign merchants come, they can deal directly with the Merchants Bureau."

"Haha, Imperial Envoy Cao makes it sound so easy. Why should I hand over the shop I worked so hard to open to the Merchants Bureau? No way!"

The Merchants Bureau was the department responsible for managing commerce in the Daqing Kingdom, and there were many imperial merchants under it.

Zhao Yuanqing's attitude irritated many people, and the most dissatisfied was Tang Xinjian, the head of the Merchants Department. "Princess Shanzhen, you're not following the rules when doing business. Many non-Hu merchants are dissatisfied with you and have come to us to complain. I'm now dealing with these cases every day and can't even work normally!"

"I'll hand over my shop to your Merchants Bureau and let you handle all the spice business. Are the Hu merchants satisfied? I think it's not the Hu merchants who are dissatisfied, it's you who are dissatisfied!"

The emperor sat at the top, not saying a word, quietly watching Zhao Yuanqing arguing with the ministers, with a mysterious look in his eyes.

Zhao Yuanqing said to the emperor, "Father, I suspect the Merchants' Office is plotting to seize my shop. They've come up with this plan to frame me. Please, Father, help me!"

Tang Xinjian cried out in injustice, "Your Majesty, what Princess Shanzhen said is false! Recently, there have been Hu merchants causing trouble at the Merchants' Office every day. They even carved a stone tablet to protest their injustice. Your Majesty, please allow these Hu merchants to appear in court and let them personally judge the matter!"

Hearing the word "stone tablet", Zhao Yuanqing sneered in his heart. So they were waiting here. It turned out that the stone tablet carved by Cui Yu was used by the Merchants Bureau. When did they become a team?

The emperor spoke, "Shanzhen, bringing Hu Shang in is too embarrassing. If it gets out, your reputation as a princess will be in tatters."

"What about what Father meant?"

"Shanzhen, you are a princess, and you have the fiefdom I gave you, which is enough for you to spend. Leave the hard work of running a shop to the people below."

Zhao Yuanqing sneered in her heart. He spoke so nicely, but he still wanted to take away her shop!

"Father, I don't mind the hard work. If I sell the shop now, wouldn't it just prove that I'm competing with the people for profit? I'm willing to confront those barbaric merchants and clear my name!"

The emperor's face darkened. "Shanzhen, we've been discussing your case all day, and other important court affairs have been delayed. Hurry and do as your father says. Stop being stubborn!"

"Father, I can give up my shop if you want, but I must confront those foreign merchants and clear my name! Otherwise, I will not give up!"

The people below exchanged glances quickly, their hearts filled with joy. Guanglu Doctor Guo Fenghao stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, Princess Shanzhen's words are understandable. Please give the princess a chance."

After saying that, he smiled at Zhao Yuanqing with understanding, appearing to be a very nice person.

Generally, very bad people appear as good people. It was the first time that Zhao Yuanqing discovered that Guo Fenghao's smile was so pure and kind.

The others seconded the proposal, and the emperor quickly made a decision, "Then bring those Hu merchants here!"

Crown Prince Zhao Xing looked at Zhao Yuanqing with some worry. Zhao Yuanqing smiled at him and shook his head.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the group of Hu merchants carried a stone tablet to the Golden Throne Hall. Judging from their speed, they were most likely waiting outside the palace, otherwise they would not have arrived so quickly.

When the Hu merchants arrived at the main hall, they knelt down and began to howl in poor Daqing dialect, saying that Princess Shanzhen had taken away their business, making it impossible for them to sell their spices and make a living. As outsiders, they could not seek justice for themselves, so they could only pool their money to carve a stone tablet like this to expose Princess Shanzhen's evil deeds.

"quiet!"

The Hu merchants dared not shout anymore.

The emperor said, "Lord Meng, please read the contents of the stone tablet."

Meng Zhen was the chief academic officer of the Imperial College and a university scholar. He was proficient in several languages ​​and was considered one of the most learned people in the Daqing Kingdom.

He first read the front of the stone tablet, which had the words "Daqing Guo" (National Government) on it. It said that Zhao Yuanqing competed with the people for profit, and the writing was very bad.

Then, when they read the inscription on the reverse side of the stele, the inscriptions of the Hu people, they began to feel something was wrong. "Why is it different from the front? That side says Princess Shanzhen is evil, while this side says she is good. What's going on?"

Tang Xinjian was anxious, "Meng Jijiu, did you read it correctly?"

Meng Zhen's face fell. "Commander Tang, if I don't read it correctly, then no one can. I was the one who compiled the language book for the Hu people!"

Those who couldn't understand it would get anxious, while those who could understand it would go up and read it themselves, "Meng Jijiu read it correctly, this is what it means."

"This stone tablet says it's good on one side, and bad on the other. Isn't it two-faced?"

Brothers fight together, fathers and sons fight together. At this time, the one who dared to stand up and support Zhao Yuanqing was her brother, the crown prince Zhao Xing.

"Father, these barbarians say Shanzhen is bad, but the stone tablet uses their own words to describe her as good. There must be something hidden here. Please investigate!"