In the years of famine, I led a comfortable life with my husband

At the same time, Xu Chao, the prime minister, also learned that Concubine Wan had lost her child. Xu Chao naturally would not let Su Zhizhi and the others go, and secretly vowed in his heart that he must avenge his daughter.

Obviously, Su Zhizhi also realized this. She was well aware of the recent news in the palace and naturally realized that Xu Chao would not let her go. She urgently hoped that Xu Chao would take action, because then Xu Chao would reveal his flaws and flaws, and they could find something to hold against Xu Chao and bring him down.

But unexpectedly, Xu Chao acted as if nothing had happened for the next few days, and even his behavior became extremely low-key.

Su Zhizhi made many assumptions, but she never expected that Xu Chao, the old fox, would remain silent. Su Zhizhi suddenly felt a little anxious.

After thinking it over again and again, she decided to leave the palace to find Xie Chengjin to discuss how to deal with the matter.

When Su Zhizhi rushed to Xie's house, Xie Chengjin was lying in his bedroom resting. He had not been idle during this period. After some investigation, he found that Xu Chao was also involved in the extermination of his mother's family.

In order to facilitate the investigation, Xie Chengjin also specially sent his trusted men to infiltrate Xu Fu as spies.

"How are you?" Su Zhizhi saw Xie Chengjin lying on the bed as soon as she entered the room.

Xie Chengjin's eyes lit up when he saw Su Zhizhi coming. He quickly sat up and asked with surprise, "Zhizhi, why are you here?"

"I came to see how you were feeling and to discuss something with you." Su Zhizhi answered truthfully.

"What's the matter?" Xie Chengjin asked subconsciously.

"Ever since the last incident, Xu Chao has been unusually honest, which makes me feel a little strange, so I want to ask you what to do?" Su Zhizhi thought for a while and said.

Xie Chengjin calmly waved his hand after hearing this. "It's okay. He must be busy with other things since he's so quiet. We'll know when the time comes. But right now, there's something more important that we need to do right now."

After Xie Chengjin finished speaking, he looked at Su Zhizhi with a serious face.

"What's the matter?" Su Zhizhi asked in confusion.

"The emperor said that he will hold a business competition in a while. On the surface, it is a business competition, but in fact, the national treasury is in deficit, so he wants to recruit people to donate money to the treasury." Xie Chengjin patiently explained to Su Zhizhi.

Su Zhizhi was slightly stunned after hearing this, and then immediately said, "Then let's join in too! But we can't attend in person, otherwise our identities will be exposed. Let's find someone we trust to attend in our place."

Su Zhizhi thought for a while and finally said that it was not a wise choice to reveal that they both had money in their pockets and a shop.

"Then let's let Butler Zhao go for us." Xie Chengjin said.

Facing Xie Chengjin's proposal, Su Zhizhi nodded and agreed without hesitation, "Okay, Housekeeper Zhao has watched you grow up, and he's a trustworthy person. I think it's okay."

Seeing Su Zhizhi nod, Xie Chengjin also nodded with satisfaction, "Okay, let's do it this way."

The two hit it off immediately, and just like that, Butler Zhao replaced Su Zhizhi and Xie Chengjin to participate in the merchant competition.

As the competition among merchants became more and more intense, Su Zhizhi became curious and prepared to go to the scene to join in the fun.

Su Zhizhi finally squeezed into the crowd and found a familiar figure - Guo Jiayi.

I didn't expect that Guo Jiayi also participated in this injury competition. I think it was because he lost face in the previous incidents, so he wanted to take this opportunity to turn the tables and win face for the Guo family. But how could Guo Jiayi, who has never been involved in worldly affairs, compare with so many experienced merchants present?

So the result was not in doubt. Guo Jiayi suffered repeated setbacks throughout the competition, but housekeeper Zhao, who had worked his way up from the bottom and experienced the ups and downs of life, achieved good results. Su Zhizhi also smiled with satisfaction after seeing this. However, there was only one person who was dissatisfied with this competition, and that person was Guo Jiayi.

Originally, Guo Jiayi had hoped that she could make a complete comeback through this competition, but she didn't expect that her performance in the first round was already at the bottom, and she was on the verge of being eliminated. Thinking that the opportunity to win face that she had worked so hard for was gone, Guo Jiayi became very unwilling.

Just as Guo Jiayi was racking his brains to think of how to save the game, the examiner suddenly said, "Let's take a break now. We will continue the game in fifteen minutes."

When Guo Jiayi heard this, her eyes suddenly lit up. She had a bold idea in her mind. She would bribe the examiner to give her a higher score in this competition. Wouldn't that way she could be promoted to the next competition?

Thinking of this, Guo Jiayi's eyes suddenly lit up.

Guo Jiayi did it right away. He took the silver and money and immediately went to the examiner's resting place. After confirming that there was no one around, Guo Jiayi took the silver and money and walked into the house with confidence.

The examiner, who was resting and drinking tea in the room, was immediately displeased when he saw Guo Jiayi come in. He immediately scolded her, "What's wrong with you? Why did you come in without knocking? Do you have any manners?"

Faced with the examiner's reprimand, Guo Jiayi did not refute but silently placed the bag of silver and money in his hand on the examiner's desk.

The examiner's eyes lit up when he saw the thick stack of silver. His attitude towards Guo Jiayi also improved, and his tone softened a bit. "Student, what are you doing?"

The examiner had actually guessed what Guo Jiayi wanted to do, but he still pretended not to understand and asked Guo Jiayi back.

Seeing the obvious change in the examiner's attitude, Guo Jiayi immediately understood that the money was working, so she said with a smile, "Sir, I don't really have any other requests. I just hope that my performance in the next competition can be slightly higher."

The examiner immediately understood what he had said. He nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, I understand. I'll take care of this matter."

Seeing the examiner nod, Guo Jiayi immediately showed a satisfied smile, and then left contentedly.

However, just a few steps after Guo Jiayi walked out of the door, he ran into Su Zhizhi who happened to pass by.

Su Zhizhi looked at Guo Jiayi coming out of the examiner's room and immediately understood what had happened.

Guo Jiayi's face turned pale when she saw Su Zhizhi's meaningful look. She quickly took Su Zhizhi's hand and explained, "I didn't do anything. I just came here to bring some tea to the examiner."