famous eldest daughter

Chapter 586 Shadow
Han Yuqi sighed and said: "The milk delivered to the palace was found to have insects. Immediately, the servants carried the wooden barrel with the insects to my house. If something like this happens, according to precedent, the whole family will be punished. , I was so scared that I almost fainted."

Mentioning the scene at that time, Han Yuqi still struggled in his heart, "The servant scolded me sharply, saying that the empress empress is kind and spared my family from the death penalty, and only disqualified as an imperial merchant. In addition, the cattle farm in my family was confiscated and a fine of 1 taels of silver was imposed."

Gu Yuqing couldn't help but stare as he listened.

A fine of 1 taels of silver... No matter how wealthy the imperial merchant is, 1 taels is not a small amount, not to mention that he is just a milkman!

These 1 taels would probably wipe out his family fortune!

Just as he was sighing, Han Yuqi heard a bitter smile and continued: "1 taels, how can my family get so much money? The queen has a time limit of three days. If she can't do it within three days, then everything will be settled and no more care will be taken. Many years of friendship.”

"Helpless, I had no choice but to sell all the estates and houses of my ancestors in a hurry. The money I got was enough to make up enough. Apart from handing in 1 taels, the rest of my family was only a few hundred."

"I originally thought of using these few hundred silver taels to buy a small piece of land on the outskirts of Beijing and live with my family, but it didn't work out. Before I could leave the capital, someone came to intercept and kill me."

The more Han Yuqi talked about it, the more he became more and more mournful. His great ancestral business had been defeated by him like this!

If he can no longer take back the position of emperor merchant, how can he face the ancestors of the Han family in the future?

Although the fine of 1 taels of silver made Gu Yuqing stunned, what made her heart turn over and over again was the cattle farm confiscated by the queen.

As a queen, of course this cattle farm cannot be recorded in her name, so who will she hand it over to?

Her natal family’s British government?Partner Xiao Yi?

If this matter has nothing to do with Miao Jiang, the two of them may be responsible for the cattle farm, but if not, I'm afraid the new owner of the cattle farm will not be from our court.

Thoughts were rolling in her heart. Seeing that Han Yuqi had no other words to say, and after a moment of silence, Gu Yuqing said: "You are now staying in my house. Without my permission, you are not allowed to enter or leave the house without my permission, attracting people's attention. If you do this, you will be killed." , I don’t care.”

Han Yuqi was startled, then nodded.

Gu Yuqing added: "As for your family, you can rest assured. As long as nothing happens to you, I will keep your family safe. But if you get into trouble, I won't stop worrying about their safety." No matter what."

Hearing the threatening meaning in these words, Han Yuqi knew that he had no other choice at this time, so he agreed immediately.

After Jixiang lured Han Yuqi away, Gu Yuqing told Ruyi and Zhou Bingde: "If you two work hard for a few more days, you must stay near his cattle farm day and night to find out who the new owner of this cattle farm is. "

Zhou Bingde and Ruyi both took their orders and left.

This time it was an unexpected surprise, and he could only walk for half a day. When dusk was approaching, Ruyi hurried back.

Gu Yuqing was eating. When he saw her coming back, he quickly put down his bowls and chopsticks to listen to her reply.

"Miss, my servant and Brother Zhou have made inquiries clearly. The new owners of this cattle farm are two southerners. The two people usually live in the cattle farm."

Southerners... Gu Yuqing could tell without Han Yuqi going to check in person that these two people must be the two southerners who found Han Yuqi's house earlier.

In other words, the Queen initially wanted to use peaceful means to buy out Han Yuqi's cattle farm and his position as an imperial merchant. However, Han Yuqi refused, so the Queen chose the subsequent method.

There are great differences between the north and the south. Without a period of training and teaching, many southerners would not be able to understand what the northerners speak. Therefore, not only the British Duke and Xiao Yi, but also the servants employed by the officials in Kyoto are basically from the north. people.

Why did the queen choose two southerners to work for her?

Did she choose the person or did someone choose it for her?
Who is the real owner of this cattle farm now?

Doubts arose in her mind. To be on the safe side, Gu Yuqing let Ruyi lead Han Yuqi to conduct a personal inspection. However, the result she obtained was naturally what she had already determined. Those two people were indeed the ones who found him in his house that day.

Now that the matter has developed to this point, the next thing to do is to find out the details of these two people, and see whether it is a simple embezzlement of money by the queen or an act of mischief by the descendants of Miao Jiang.

In the dead of night, the north wind is howling, and outside the window reflected by the candlelight, the branches are swinging violently, indicating the fierce wind outside.

This year's cold weather has come extremely early. It has only been a few months since the Mid-Autumn Festival, but it has already become so cold. With this sudden drop in temperature, it won't take more than a few days before Kyoto will usher in the first cold weather of the year. Snow.

This is the case in Kyoto, but over there in Liaodong, it’s still a world of ice and snow!

I don’t know if Li Deshun, who was escorting the military supplies, has arrived at the battlefield safely. Counting the days, it has been more than a month since he set off on August [-]th. As long as there are no accidents along the way, he should be there!
Fortunately, Zhou Bingde found clues from Xiao Yi's groom, and his father arranged for Li Deshun to stay in Fengning. With the help of Xiao Yu's powerful secret ability, he was able to drive out the entire army in a short time. Otherwise, this winter, it would be freezing. Let those poor soldiers freeze to death!

The ground dragon in the house was exuding hot air, and she had always been afraid of the cold. Gu Yuqing huddled herself in the thick quilt, leaning on a pine flower pillow behind her, and stared at the reflection of the dark swaying branches on the window. She was in a daze, and there was a sudden sound in her ears. There was a sharp cry.

"Oh my god, it's so cold! You're an ice cellar! It's freezing cold, are you trying to freeze me to death!"

Gu Yuqing rolled his eyelids and rolled his eyes at "Tianji", "Can you not make such a desperate look every time you appear? After all, an ancient divine object can freeze you to death with this little coldness. You It’s enough to embarrass you, the fetish kind. Besides, isn’t there a fire burning in my house? How could you freeze to death!”

After saying this, Gu Yuqing added slanderously: Even a stone can cry out to be frozen to death. That's enough for you!
As a divine jade who can read Gu Yuqing's mind, "Tianji" naturally heard her silent slander clearly. Before Gu Yuqing could finish the thought in her mind, "Tianji" shouted: "Stupid, you and I How many times have I told you, I am an ancient divine object, not an ordinary stone, why don’t you have a long memory!”

Gu Yuqing pouted, "So, because you are an ancient divine creature, you don't have ordinary stones to resist freezing?"

"Tianji"... "When did you become so sharp-tongued?"

Gu Yuqing sneered and refused to answer the question, but asked directly: "I haven't seen you out for so long. What new mission do you have this time?"

"Tianji" wailed for a while, "People who are accused of being married just speak differently. Can't we greet each other first and then talk about the task? When you talk to a piece of single jade like this, you just go straight to the point without caring at all. Have you considered the shadow in my heart?"

Gu Yuqing's mouth suddenly trembled...

Single jade... the shadow in my heart... what the hell!

(End of this chapter)