When the prince of no descendants found out that he had a baby, he went crazy

Chapter 88 88 Being tricked into coming to the capital to be a fat sheep 1
When Ye, who had deliberately ignored Gu Hua, the orphan girl of a merchant family, finally remembered to see Gu Hua after lunch, she learned that she had already left.

She was so angry that her face turned black. "What a merchant girl who has been dressing as a man since she was a child. She just doesn't know the rules. She just asked her to wait a little longer, but she walked away in a huff. Who cares about her relative who is full of money?"

If her husband had not always spoken of his niece in a loving tone, she would never have let Gu Hua, a merchant girl, enter the Chen Mansion.

Ye had long forgotten that Chen Yunting was able to have the money to study for the imperial examinations, use money to smooth relations and be promoted to the capital, all of which was inseparable from the financial support given by the Gu family couple when they were alive.

Now she even had the nerve to dislike the Gu family for being a money-minded merchant family.

When the Minister of Personnel came back, the housekeeper took out the gift that Gu Hua had asked him to pass on to his uncle when he left. Chen Yunting lowered his eyes and touched a fine inkstone and two boxes of Huizhou ink blocks.

Each person in the family received a piece of smooth, delicate and glittering high-quality brocade, and two gift boxes of Beijing's famous, expensive, high-end pastry that people had to queue up to buy. Each item showed the care and effort of the gift giver.

However, when she came to her uncle's house, she was treated coldly by her own family. How could Chen Yunting not feel sad and want to cry?

"Madam, have you really left Hua'er alone for an hour without seeing her?"

"This..." The Chen family's housekeeper hesitated whether to tell the truth.

Although he is the master's man, if the lady knew that he had reported today's events truthfully, as the mistress of the Chen residence, she would still be able to make things difficult for him.

Seeing the butler's frowning features in embarrassment, Chen Yunting knew that what he had heard from the servants after returning home was true. His wife treated his niece so coldly because she looked down on her for being a merchant.

Chen Ling saw his father's ugly face and wanted to make an excuse for his mother, but he didn't know how to start.

What's more, Chen Ling, who has always been a gentleman and kind to others, also felt that his mother had gone too far this time. After all, even he knew that his family's current situation was inseparable from the help of the Gu family when his uncle and aunt were alive.

How could he look down on his cousin who is a merchant just because his father is now a third-rank minister and he passed the imperial examination and entered the Hanlin Academy last year?

Because Gu Hua did not leave an address, Chen's father and son could only send someone out to find out where she lived.

Also, because wealthy businessmen from all over the country flocked to the capital during this period to participate in the competition for overseas trade licenses, the servants sent by the Chen family father and son were unable to find where Gu Hua and his family lived for a while.

At night, Gu Hua met Mu Yu in the study who was collecting intelligence in the capital.

Gu Hua sat on a chair behind the desk, looking at Mu Yu, who had become more alert and sharp after his experience abroad, and asked, "You have been in the capital for so long, come and tell us what you think about the issuance of overseas trade licenses by the court this time?"

Mu Yu, who was a thoughtful person, was not panicked at all when Gu Hua asked him to express his opinion on the matter, because they, as subordinates, had long been accustomed to the fact that their master had never been a dictator.

He has his own ideas when doing things and will neither be influenced by others nor be willful and arbitrary.

Instead, every time there is something, I will ask for their ideas or suggestions, and then combine their opinions to make correct judgments and decisions.

"In the past few days, news came out that the old emperor was furious at the morning court because the treasury was empty and another minister proposed disaster relief. One minister mentioned the issue of issuing licenses for overseas trade this time."

"You mean, the court might make money from merchants like us who are competing for licenses this time." Gu Hua raised the corners of her mouth. This was consistent with her previous guess.

I'm afraid that regardless of whether this natural disaster occurred or not, the imperial court had already prepared to take advantage of the fat of overseas trade to lure in and slaughter these wealthy merchants from all over the country to fill the hole left by the emperor's enjoyment.

"Then, Master, are we still going to compete for the overseas trade license?" Gu Hua smiled mysteriously, "Do you think that now that we are here, the court will make some wealthy businessmen who have come to the capital and understand the situation retreat?"

"It seems not possible." Mu Yu said with a dark look in his eyes.

"I will definitely participate." Gu Hua: "As for how much money I can put out to compete... that's a matter of opinion."

In order to find out more useful information, Mu Yu did not stay in the house for too long and left.

Gu Hua returned to his room and found that his soft and comfortable big bed had four small bumps. He couldn't help but smile and walked over to pat them, "Come out and go back to your rooms to sleep. Don't let Xia He and the others catch you every night."

"Mom is a bad boy. Are we still your dear little babies?!" The second child Kang Kang's babyish voice came from under the quilt.

"Haha!" Gu Hua smiled helplessly.

These little guys shouldn’t be spoiled, otherwise they will climb into her bed every night.

Although her bed was not small, it was still a little crowded for the five of them. Gu Hua raised her hand to lift the quilt, and the four little ones were suddenly exposed.

"Mom is bad, bad..." Seeing Gu Hua looking at them firmly, the third child, who was usually spoiled by her two older brothers and gave in to the only girl, pouted and said.

Gu Hua faced her four cute and lively babies and held her forehead helplessly. "Go back and have a good sleep. I'll take you out to play when your mother is done with this."

When the four little guys heard that Gu Hua was going to take them out to play, their eyes suddenly lit up, "Really?"

Gu Hua narrowed her eyes, "You dare to doubt what I said, I think you deserve a beating."

Gu Hua successfully used temptation and threats, but was despised by several personal maids who came in.

"I think you girls are no longer worth keeping. You've been siding with the younger ones all day long, and now you're always joining them in bullying me, your master~"

"How dare we?" Xia He was determined to rely on the little ones to grow up and support her, so she didn't care about Gu Hua, her former master. She walked forward to her, respectfully saluted, and said with a smile.

Xia He picked up the third child Huanhuan and took the eldest child Anan, and glanced at Chunlan and Dongmei, indicating that they would take the remaining two away.

Gu Hua stared blankly at their backs as they left after paying their respects, furious: "This is outrageous. How dare you ignore your master like this..."

Chunlan, who was walking at the end, turned around and said softly, "Master, how about we leave the young masters here to sleep with you?"

Gu Hua choked, and successfully changed his expression in a second, smiling awkwardly and waving his hand: "That's not necessary."

Compared to having to take care of the four little ones to drink water and pee, and maybe even poop in the middle of the night, Gu Hua felt that it would be better for him not to be stubborn, and waved his hand to see them off and take the four little troubles away.

The result was that the master Gu Hua was once again looked down upon by several maids with smiles on their faces.

(End of this chapter)