The Empress Arrives: Rebirth of Concubine Hua

Chapter 244: A Letter of Greeting
Yinzhen looked at the pile of memorials in front of him and thought that the day of his retirement was almost coming, so they were probably all memorials of greeting.

Sure enough, as Yinzhen read along, he found that most of the memorials said that it was the end of the year, and they asked about the emperor's well-being and offered many treasures as tribute.

Yinzhen also replied "I know" and also replied "I am very happy".

When Yinzhen reached out and took a memorial, he found it was a memorial from Nian Gengyao, and then he read it carefully.

Nian Gengyao had always done things without error. Apart from important military matters, the memorials he submitted also included greetings about the emperor's health, and occasionally he would ask about the well-being of his sister, Concubine Hua.

This made Yinzhen feel at ease.

In today's memorial, Nian Gengyao said that the price of rice in Sichuan Province was low this autumn, and the people were short of money and food, but fortunately no natural disasters had occurred, and this was due to the blessing of the Emperor, the true dragon emperor.

Nian Gengyao said a few more heartfelt words for the people, and then asked about Jin's health.

Yinzhen couldn't help but smile when he saw the memorial, and wrote:
"There have always been cases where the emperor and his subjects have gotten along well with each other, but not always as well as we two have. In short, we two should be a role model for the emperor and his subjects to get along well with each other, so that people in the world and future generations will admire and spread our love for us."

As early as when Yinzhen proposed to marry Nian Shilan, Yinzhen had a very pleasant conversation with Nian Gengyao and felt that they had met too late.

In the past few years, Nian Gengyao, a young general in the army, relied on his courage, carefulness and strategy to lead his soldiers to win several battles. He was promoted to the position of Governor-General of Sichuan at a speed that no one expected. He was also known as the General Fuyuan throughout the country.

The position of General Fuyuan originally belonged to Fei Yanggu.

Thinking of Fei Yanggu, Yinzhen narrowed his eyes.

Since Yinzhen ascended the throne, more and more rumors about Fei Yanggu's domineering behavior reached Yinzhen's ears.

However, the Ulanara family had a large network, and Yinzhen never reprimanded Fei Yanggu because Fei Yanggu was Chunyuan's father. He only reminded him twice in private.

Yinzhen found Fei Yanggu's memorial among a pile of memorials, opened it and saw only the content.

"Your Majesty, please be well and healthy.

Greetings to the Empress Dowager De and the Third Prince."

When Yinzhen read the memorial, a fire rose in his chest.

Fei Yanggu is becoming more and more bold and unrestrained now, and in his letter of greeting he even mentioned names of people.

Whenever an official came to pay his respects, most of them would simply say "May the emperor be well and healthy." However, some diligent officials would also greet the emperor's close relatives, such as the empress dowager, the queen, and the princes.

Because there were two empress dowagers during Yinzhen's reign, in order to avoid causing trouble, the ministers only asked about the emperor's well-being.

But Fei Yanggu didn't care and only asked Queen Mother An Yude and the third prince. He treated other royal family members as nothing and even ignored the queen.

A strange idea suddenly popped up in Yinzhen's mind. Fei Yanggu knew that Queen Ulanara had no legitimate son. Could it be that he wanted to support the third prince to ascend to the throne in the future?

When the late emperor was alive, the dynasty was in turmoil over the issue of publicly establishing a crown prince, and the brothers Yinzhen were fighting openly and secretly.

Fei Yanggu also had the merit of following the emperor, so he must have known that with Yinzhen, the possibility of publicly appointing a crown prince had been eliminated.

Or, Fei Yanggu believed that since the Third Prince was now being raised by the Empress, and was recorded in the royal imperial genealogy as the legitimate son of Ulanara, he could be made the crown prince, as he did during the reign of the previous Emperor.

Yinzhen threw Fei Yanggu's memorial and its envelope aside, neither commenting on it nor returning it, and just left it on the desk.

Su Peisheng stood by and secretly glanced at the shelved memorial, and had an idea in his mind.

Xiao Linzi watched Nian Shilan finish her meal in the Yiku Palace, rinse her mouth, and wait for Songzhi to serve Nian Shilan the fragrant tea before he came close to Nian Shilan and said.

"Master, there's been some movement from the Queen. She seems to be suspicious of the tea set and has asked Jianqiu to investigate secretly."

Nian Shilan curled the corners of her mouth and put on a faint smile.

"It's rare that she finally thought of this. Have you dealt with it?"

Xiao Linzi chuckled and said.

"Master, rest assured, I have never made any mistakes. Besides, among all the tea sets, only the one used by the Queen has something added to it.

Shopkeeper Wu said that the master who made this object had taken the money and returned to his hometown to retire.

Even if Shopkeeper Wu goes to look for him again, he may not be able to find him."

Nian Shilan nodded and said.

"You're smart, kid. By the way, how's Shopkeeper Wu doing these days?
I want him to exchange the monthly silver into silver notes. Is there anything wrong with that?"

Xiao Linzi scratched his head and said.

"Master, you can rest assured with Shopkeeper Wu. However, there is one more thing that Shopkeeper Wu asked me to tell you."

Nian Shilan asked in confusion.

"What's the matter?"

Xiao Linzi said.

"Shopkeeper Wu said that these days, it seems like someone is always secretly monitoring Xianzi Tower.

Shopkeeper Wu pretended to be doing business seriously, but he also sent people to find the person who was secretly monitoring him.

But those people were very alert, and Shopkeeper Wu was not sure whether they were gangsters who were planning to rob people.
Still have other plans.

Shopkeeper Wu asked his servant to ask the master whether Xianzi Tower should open a branch?

Opening a semicolon can distract attention over there, but it will cost money.

It’s also a considerable expense.”

Nian Shilan was really stumped by the question. Whether in her previous life or this life, she was only good at spending money.

In this life, the business of Xianzilou has always been managed by Shopkeeper Wu.
Of course, the most important point is that Manager Wu is grateful to his eldest brother Nian Xiyao, and his second brother Nian Gengyao also personally asks about it from time to time. Nian Shilan does not have to spend any effort and can make a lot of money.

Nian Shilan thought for a while and said.

"Trust the people you employ, and don't employ the people you doubt. Since Xianzilou relies on Shopkeeper Wu to run it, just tell Shopkeeper Wu.

He makes the decisions on all business matters.

There is just one thing: Manager Wu knows a lot of people in the underworld, so let him open another teahouse.

On the one hand, it can also disperse some targets so that those who are secretly monitoring cannot focus on Xianzi Tower.

Secondly, I can also get more information, which will be useful to me in the future."

Xiao Linzi agreed and kept Nian Shilan's words in mind. He would find a way to convey the message to Shopkeeper Wu on a chosen day and make Nian Shilan's meaning clear to him.

When Shopkeeper Wu received the letter, he felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.

Having worked for the Nian family for the past few years, he has saved a lot of money and has also settled his family in a distant place.

Since his master still trusted him so much, he just felt that he had to be a better servant to his master.

When he first went to Beijing, he just wanted to find his son who had been lost since childhood. However, he was robbed by bandits outside the city. He held on to the bag tightly and was dragged behind the bandits' horses and almost died.

It was the eldest son of the Nian family, Nian Xiyao, who was passing by on his way back to the city. He led his personal guards to drive away the robbers and rescued him from being dragged to death by a horse.

After recovering from his injuries, Shopkeeper Wu had nowhere to go and was penniless, so Nian Xiyao asked him what he could do and kept him.

It just so happened that the eldest daughter of the Nian family wanted to open a shop, which gave him a chance to make a living.

But he didn't expect that this meal would allow him to settle down in the capital.