The lucky girl in the village has a good way of making money.

Chapter 584 Li Yan's Back-up Plan (Fat Chapter)

The weather was getting colder, and charcoal was needed for daily heating, especially at her mother's side. There were so many people in the family, young and old. This was the first time they spent the winter in the capital. Shi Liu was worried that they would not be able to adapt to the cold and would get frozen.

Therefore, a lot of charcoal was purchased and sent to Yutaifang. In any case, there should be no shortage.

The price of charcoal in the capital is not cheap. They can forget about good stuff like gold-thread charcoal and silver-thread charcoal, as they are only for the royal family. The best they can buy is red charcoal, but this red charcoal is not cheap.

But Shi Liu has always been willing to give up things for the sake of her family.

But she didn't expect that she would become famous in the capital for buying large quantities of red charcoal.

A rumor spread from somewhere that she was extremely wealthy, comparable to the Wen and Liu families, the richest families in Dajin, or even richer.

So, some people were dissatisfied, saying that the Wen family had accumulated wealth for several generations, so they deserved to be called the richest family, and the Liu family was not much behind.

But the Li family, the number one village in the world, has only been prosperous for a few years. How can they compare with Wen Liu?

Some people even started to do the math, estimating how profitable her family's businesses could be, and whether they could make someone richer than the richest man in just a few years.

Hearing these rumors outside, Shi Liu's heart skipped a beat.

No, there are so many wealthy families in the capital, who wouldn't spend a lot of money on red charcoal in winter? Even some families with power and money use silver charcoal.

How could she get a number in line to buy this little bit of red charcoal? Who does she think she is?
Who deliberately messed with her?
But the rumor spread more and more, and no one could find out where it came from.

Just as the rumor was getting more and more intense, suddenly, another rumor arose out of nowhere. Within half a day, it was known throughout the capital, and even the princes, ministers, and even the palace knew about it.

Rumor has it that the reason why Lijia Pomegranate, the number one village in the world, became rich so quickly was because she had secretly obtained a treasure a few years ago, and this treasure belonged to the wife of the King of Yan in the previous dynasty. The King of Yan was the only daughter of Shen Sanwan, who was the richest man in the world at that time. Shen Wansan possessed countless wealth and was rich enough to rival a country. That treasure was a mountain of gold and silver!

When Shi Liu found out, she felt like the sky was falling. She wanted to discuss it with the prince, but it was too late to stop the rumor!

Everyone in the city knows about it, how to stop it!

Now she finally understood Li Yan's strange smile.

It turns out that this was Li Yan’s back-up plan, a way to take revenge on her!
Putting her in the vortex of controversy, even if she is not coveted by the people of the world, the emperor will not let her go easily first.

That is a treasure that is worth enough to rival a country. How can she, an ordinary person, own it?
At that time, the emperor personally commended Xiahe Village as the best village in the world. How dare you, a villager who was commended by the emperor, take the treasure for yourself and not offer it to others? Where do you get the courage?
But she couldn't defend herself, let alone give the prince away.

Shi Liu once again regretted her unwise decision. She chose the prince as her lover and shared the treasure with him. However, she forgot what would happen if the matter was exposed one day and the emperor got to know about it.

How to break the current situation?
If you are not careful, your whole family may be destroyed.

Li Yan's backup plan was brilliant.

Shi Liu was thinking about how to break the impasse. What would the emperor think of the treasure that was rich enough to rival a country...

Fu Dong came in and gave her another cup of hot drink, with a worried look on his face, "Girl..."

"It's okay." Shi Liu picked up the cup and took a big sip. The warmth in her mouth slid down to her stomach, and her thoughts became much clearer.

In the current situation, the only way to survive is to take the initiative and cut off the tail.

At this time, Sui Lu came in from outside, "Miss, Rong Mama from the Liu family in Yutaifang came and said that the winter solstice is coming soon. Although Madam Liu is not in Beijing, Mr. Liu has asked them to prepare several kinds of glutinous rice balls. So, Mr. Liu is thinking about you, so he asked Rong Mama to bring some glutinous rice balls to you."

Shi Liu paused when she heard this. It was still several days away from the winter solstice. Uncle Liu had someone make the dumplings, but he would never have someone deliver them to her today. It was too early.

She was moved, "Please ask Rong Mama to come in."

Sui Lu responded and left.

Soon, a round-faced woman came in with a food box. When she saw Shi Liu, she greeted her politely and then handed over the food box. "The master specially asked me to bring you some glutinous rice balls. They are all hot. Please eat them while they are hot."

Shi Liu glanced at the food box, then looked at Madam Rong, nodded in agreement, and then asked Sui Lu to ask Madam Rong to have a cup of hot tea to warm herself up.

After Aunt Rong left, Shi Liu opened the food box, took out a bowl of colorful dumplings, and started to check the food box herself.

Sure enough, it was soon discovered that there was a secret hidden in this food box.

There was actually a small compartment on the bottom floor, and inside it was a letter.

Shi Liu quickly opened the letter and read ten lines at a glance.

After reading it, Shi Liu asked Fu Dong to burn it.

Then he called Shi Hong and Nian Xia to come in and help him change clothes.

……

The next morning, the carriage that Shi Liu was riding in arrived outside the palace gate.

With her status, she is naturally not qualified to enter the palace.

However, relying on her relationship with Mr. Liu, she asked the Marquis of Jing'an to help her convey her wish to meet the emperor.

The emperor had indeed heard of the treasure and had some ideas in mind.

Now, after receiving a message from the Marquis of Jing'an's Mansion, she was summoned to the palace to meet the emperor today.

It was my first time entering the palace, and it was impossible not to be nervous.

After all, this majestic palace is different from the Forbidden City she visited in her previous life.

In her previous life, she was a tourist, enjoying the sightseeing and having fun, and was relaxed and happy.

At this time, she was just an ordinary citizen. The palace was strict, solemn and full of rules.

The situations and identities are different, so the mentality is naturally different.

She didn't dare to look any further and followed the eunuch who was leading the way inside with her head down.

She didn't know how long she had been walking or where she was being taken. When she stopped, she had already entered a house.

The eunuch who led the way told her to wait here for the emperor to summon her and not to move around at will.

At this time, it was estimated that the emperor had just left the court, so it would take some time for him to see her.

Shi Liu was prepared to wait for a long time, but unexpectedly, before she had waited more than two quarters of an hour, the eunuch came back with the message that the emperor had summoned her to an audience.

Taking a deep breath, Shi Liu followed the eunuch forward, keeping her head down all the way, until she saw the ground under her feet turned into golden bricks, and she also felt a sense of oppression.

She knelt down hurriedly, bowed deeply and said, "This common woman pays homage to His Majesty. Long live the Emperor!"

After a moment, a majestic voice sounded faintly, "Stand up."

Shi Liu slowly stood up, but still kept his head down, not daring to look directly at the emperor.

"Are you the Li Family Pomegranate from the No. 1 Village in the World? I still remember you. A few years ago, your whole village bravely resisted the bandits and killed hundreds of them. You were truly heroic. I heard that it was because you deployed defenses in advance that you were able to do this. You even had someone chop off the head of the bandit leader, who said, 'If you don't uproot the grass, it will grow again in the spring breeze.'"

Shi Liu knelt down again and said sincerely, "Your Majesty, those evil bandits have killed countless people and committed many evil deeds. I was very afraid that if they escaped, they would come back and bring disaster to the village. That's why I and the villagers spared no effort to kill those evil bandits.

Because of this, countless people in the village were killed and injured. However, no matter whether it was the women or the villagers, no one regretted it. As the people of Dajin, let alone the evil bandits who came to invade, even if there were foreign enemies who invaded Dajin in the future, we would definitely be brave and fearless and swear to protect our homeland of Dajin until our death!"

"How brave and fearless! She is determined to protect our homeland of Great Jin until her death!" Sitting on the dragon throne, the emperor looked at the woman kneeling below with a look of admiration.

only……

Soon, his expression faded. "The rumors in the capital have been spreading like wildfire recently. Even I, who am in the palace, have heard some of them. Since you went through the Jing'an Marquis's Mansion through Liu Jiandong and said you wanted to meet me in person to report the matter in detail, and now you have met me, what do you want to say? I would also like to ask you, is the rumor true or false?"

He naturally knew about Shen Wansan, who was rich enough to rival a country in the previous dynasty. Unfortunately, since his grandfather ascended the throne, he had secretly asked people to inquire about it, but no one knew whether the treasure that was rich enough to rival a country still existed. As for him, he had no intention of finding something that neither his grandfather nor his father had found. The Princess of Yan bravely died and refused to hand over the treasure. Could it be that the treasure no longer existed and was just a figment of his imagination?
Instead of holding on to something that you don’t even know whether it exists or not, the right thing to do is to govern the country well.

Facts have proved that his idea was not wrong. Over the years, he has been diligent in his work and loved the people. The country has enjoyed good weather, the people have lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the treasury is also abundant.

He was also a rare emperor who did not complain about the poverty of the national treasury during his reign.

But unexpectedly, there has been a rumor recently that this treasure really exists, and it is said that the treasure was taken away by a little woman.

Even if he doesn't care, he can't help but care.

After all, if the treasure really exists, it is a treasure that is rich enough to rival a country.

With such a treasure in his hands, what can this man do?
Even though she was just a little woman, he couldn't help but care about her.

In particular, this woman had led the entire village to bravely resist bandits a few years ago and killed hundreds of them.

This can't be just an ordinary woman.

But before he could respond, the woman actually went to the Marquis of Jing'an's mansion and presented her message to him, wanting to see the emperor.

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He was curious about what the woman wanted to say.

Do you think that this treasure does not exist and the rumors are just fabricated?
He certainly wouldn't believe it.

Feeling the deep scrutiny from above, Shi Liu slowly calmed down and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the rumors are indeed true."

"Oh?" The emperor raised his eyebrows, his tone meaningful.

Shi Liu spoke in a respectful and sincere tone as she told the story.

"Your Majesty, please allow me to report that on the New Year's Eve of the twenty-first year of Ruikang..."

She started from how Wu Ping and his seven companions had their village wiped out and escaped, and accidentally arrived at Xiahe Village, where she learned that Xiahe Village was named the best village in the world by the emperor himself, and thus came to her to tell her how he wanted to avenge Wujia Village.

"I am just an ordinary woman. Although I sympathize with the plight of Wujia Village, I am unable to help. I can only take them in, give them a hot meal and let them leave quickly.

However, she never expected that after the New Year, when the woman went to Xiangning County to do business, she accidentally ran into Wu Ping and others who were being hunted. Seeing that some were injured and some were captured, she couldn't bear it, so she couldn't help but take action and hired people from the escort agency to rescue them.

Afterwards, in order to thank the woman for her rescue, Wu Ping and others told her that the people chasing them were the remnants of the previous dynasty, and that they were chasing them for treasure.

At that time, I was shocked and scared. I was afraid that the rebels would not let me go and bring trouble to me and harm my family. There was no other way.

At that time, the only thing the woman could think of was to ask Liu Jiandong and Liu Dongjia for help, so she asked someone to send a letter to Liu Dongjia, informing him of the discovery of the rebel.

Not long after, officials came and captured the rebels. "

The emperor couldn't help but interrupt when he heard this, "So, in order to thank Liu Jiandong for his help, did you tell him about the treasure?"

He remembered that the prince had traveled to Bingzhou at that time. The prince reported that he had discovered rebels in Bingzhou and had wiped out countless of them. I guess this was the cause?
So, does the prince know about the treasure?
Shi Liu's heart suddenly shuddered. She was telling half the truth, half a lie. But she couldn't hide anything that was verifiable.

So, it must be said like this.

But the treasure thing.

"Your Majesty, no. At that time, Wu Ping only mentioned that the assassins were the remnants of the previous dynasty and why the remnants of the previous dynasty wanted to kill them. He also mentioned the treasure. I knew the pros and cons of it very well, so I decisively stopped Wu Ping from saying more. I didn't dare to know more, so I never mentioned it to Mr. Liu.

Later, when the rebels were captured, countless remnants of the rebels were implicated, and the entire Bingzhou was in turmoil, and it took several months to stabilize.

Afterwards, Wu Ping and his companions, who had recovered from their injuries, ignored the woman's objection and insisted on telling her the treasure, just to express their gratitude for saving them. The woman was unable to stop him, and suddenly learned the exact location of the treasure, and became terrified. She also learned that the remnants had not been captured and wiped out, and she was afraid that others would know the secret and bring about fatal disasters, so she dared not say anything more.

But before long, the woman discovered that she was being secretly followed. She knew it must be those traitors, and she became even more frightened and uneasy.

Now that the rebels have set their sights on this woman, they will not give up unless they find the treasure.

Although the woman was just an ordinary citizen, she also understood the righteousness of her country and her family. If the treasure was obtained by rebels and used to recruit soldiers and rebel, the consequences would be disastrous.

But it's really not a good feeling to be secretly watched every day, so after thinking it over, I can only choose to take the initiative. "

She then planned a plan both openly and secretly. She lured the rebels to follow her in search of the treasure, but in fact she had already set up a fake treasure location and then killed all the rebels who were following her there.

I secretly arranged for a trusted person to go to the real treasure hiding place and take out the treasure.

The emperor stopped to look carefully and couldn't help but secretly exclaim "good!"

Could an ordinary woman really come up with such a plan? How old was she at that time?
This woman is really clever!
Considering that she had previously led the entire village to kill hundreds of bandits, it doesn't seem surprising.

This traitor has been defeated by her time and time again, so he must hate her to death, right?

"Your Majesty, the amount of the treasure is so huge that even though I have made a lot of money from business in the past two years, I am still shocked!

Although she had killed many rebels and temporarily got rid of their secret surveillance, the woman's anxiety grew day by day and she never relaxed for a moment. She dared not tell her family or anyone else about this, for fear that the news would leak out and attract more villains.

Moreover, after the treasure was taken out, the woman had already properly placed it elsewhere. Apart from giving one thousand taels to each of Wu Ping and the other seven, she had not touched a single cent..."

She also told him about how the rebels massacred hundreds of people in Erli Village in order to force her to hand over the treasure, and even kidnapped Fatty to extort gold and silver.

"I originally wanted to find a suitable time to present the treasure to the court and offer it to the emperor, but I was afraid that the emperor would suspect that I had connections with the rebels. I couldn't explain why I didn't report the treasure to the court immediately. I was afraid for a moment, and after weighing the pros and cons, I didn't expect that the rebels who couldn't be shaken off would come after me again, so I didn't dare to act rashly for the time being.

It was not until last autumn that I heard that the rebel Li Yan had died in Cangzhou and the rebel army had been wiped out by the imperial court. Only then did I breathe a sigh of relief. Since then, I have been looking for a suitable opportunity.

This year, I moved my family to the capital. After settling down, I planned to inform Mr. Liu and ask him to ask the Marquis of Jing'an to help me report the matter to the emperor so that he could summon me and let me explain it to him in person.

But before she could do anything, the traitor Li Yan was still alive and came looking for her again. She was terrified. Although she didn't know why Li Yan was still alive or what he wanted to do, she immediately told Liu Dongjia the news.

Then, Li Yan was captured by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. I made some adjustments and was about to continue what I had done before. As a result, the rumor spread in the capital. I was immediately shocked and panicked. I didn’t dare to delay any longer and quickly asked for help from the Marquis of Jing’an’s Mansion. Finally, I was summoned by the Emperor.”

Shi Liu spoke with great emotion, and boldly looked upwards, just enough for the emperor to see her slightly panicked, yet sincere, and relieved expression.

She raised her voice and said, "Your Majesty! After more than three years, I finally get to see Your Majesty and can personally present the treasure to Your Majesty! I am finally relieved. From now on, I don't have to worry about villains robbing the treasure!"

The emperor listened to her words, and there were doubts about them, but they all seemed reasonable.

The most important thing is that Li has to hand over the treasure, so what happened before is not so important.

"What did you say? You want to present the treasure to me?"

Shi Liu said sincerely, "Your Majesty, you are the ruler of the world. Everything in the world should belong to you. This treasure does not belong to me. I dare not dream of it and am willing to present it to you! However, I hope you will not blame me for secretly giving several thousand taels of silver to Wu Ping and his men."

After saying that, he kowtowed heavily.

The emperor looked at her deeply, and after a moment, he also laughed out loud.

"As expected, you are the person I praised several years ago. You have previously protected the treasure and fought wits and courage with the rebels. Now you are willing to offer the treasure to me. You are truly wise and your heart is commendable!

You are so loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and you have great righteousness in your heart. I will definitely not treat you unfairly!"

The emperor's pleased voice echoed throughout the hall.

"Li, listen to my order! From today on, I will confer upon you the title of Xiangjun and bestow upon you the title Mingjia. In addition, I will reward you with a thousand taels of gold, a house in the capital, a farm in the suburbs of the capital, and a hundred acres of fertile land!"

Hearing this, Shi Liu immediately felt relieved.

Anyway, at least I passed.

She knelt on the ground again: "I will thank the emperor for his grace and reward. Long live the emperor!"