"Wonderful, they will definitely go to enjoy the flowers. I have to find a way to meet with His Highness."
There are many apricot trees and peach blossoms planted in Zixiaoguan, and this is the time when they are in bloom.
Xie Ziqing's guess was right, Chu Xingchen and the others were indeed fooling around.
The flowers are in perfect bloom, and many petals will fall when a gust of wind blows. It is no exaggeration to say that it is a paradise on earth.
Chu Xingchen took the time to ask about Xie Ziqing's situation, "How are Chen Ruoshui and Xie Ziqing doing now?"
"It seems to be normal." Chen Ruoshui's body is broken, and after having many love-hate dramas with Xie Ziqing, he is now having a fierce fight with one of her harems, a disciple of the Divine Doctor Valley.
"Can the Valley of Miracle Doctors cure her disease?" Without the halo of the heroine, can it still be cured?
"I haven't heard any news about a cure yet."
"What about Chen Ruoshui's mother, Mrs. Qi? Did the miracle doctor cure her?"
"No." Wan Dong shook his head. Mrs. Qi had harmed Chen Ruoshui and was not good to her afterwards, so the miracle doctor didn't help to treat her.
Chu Xingchen was about to ask Xie Ziqing how many times he had fought with those men when Shen Cangzhu came over, holding a garland in his hand, "I saw other little girls wearing it."
"So this is for me?" Chu Xingchen was surprised. No girl can refuse the wreath. "Thank you, it's so beautiful."
Lingzhou and Xiao Wang also came down from the mountain one after the other. Lingzhou held a bamboo tube in his hand and said, "Your Highness, drink water quickly. This mountain spring water is quite delicious and sweet."
"Yeah?"
Chu Xingchen drank water, Lingzhou looked satisfied, "Your Highness, this garland is beautiful."
"I think it looks good too. If you like it, make one yourself." Chu Xingchen took another sip, "This water is really sweet."
There is no such delicious water in modern times.
"Your Highness likes it. I can send someone to fetch some back later." Xiao Wang stretched out his hand, "I saw a good thing on the road just now. Let me show it to Your Highness."
"What?"
Chu Xingchen went to pick it up curiously, but Xiao Wang took out a small garland from behind and put it on her hand.
"I originally planned to make a big garland, but I didn't expect that His Highness made it himself. It's very beautiful."
The flower fairy in the sky probably looks like this.
Shen Cangzhu said from the side, "Thank you so much, Xiao Shaoqing, for your compliment. I also think my skills are pretty good."
The smile in Xiao Wang's eyes paused, "Huh?"
"I made the garland." Shen Cangzhu smiled.
Lingzhou immediately changed his words, "I just said it looks a bit ugly."
Chu Xingchen looked sideways, "What's so ugly about it?"
Xie Ziqing mingled among the people who came to deliver tea at Zixiao Temple. Looking at this scene, his face was full of disbelief. When did Chu Xingchen become their center?
He remembered that Shen Cangzhu and the others didn't pay attention to Chu Xingchen at all before, and they didn't even like her. They only entered the East Palace because of the political needs of the previous dynasty. Why haven't they seen each other these days, but they have completely changed, and all they care about is Chu Xingchen. ?
When did they fall in love with Chu Xingchen?
Xie Ziqing was shocked and angry, feeling inexplicably angry that his things had been taken away.
No wonder they didn't bother to look at him, it turned out there was someone new.
I obviously said before that I would only love him for the rest of my life!
He felt very uncomfortable and angry, and even had an inexplicable sense of crisis. He had a strong idea to return to the palace to prevent Chu Xingchen from falling in love with them and preventing them from getting her.
She is already his, and she can only be his for the rest of her life.
Xie Ziqing put a lot of thought into it and finally found a chance to see Chu Xingchen alone on his way home.
"Your Highness, I have deeply reflected on this in Zixiaoguan. Please let me return to the palace."
As long as he returns to the palace, he can find a chance to cure his illness, help the Xie family, and make Chen Ruoshui regret it.
Chu Xingchen's face was full of doubts, "Why?"
"I have come to understand my feelings during this period, but I still can't let go of His Highness..."
"Stop, I don't believe a word of these words."
"What I said is true."
Chu Xingchen chuckled, "Go back and be tortured and humiliated by me? Are you a masochist? Stop dreaming, just stay here."
After finally driving the man out, she would not let him go back.
After Chu Xingchen turned around and left, Xie Ziqing's face darkened, full of unwillingness, "Your Highness, you should let me go back with you, or at least agree to the Xie family's request to run a newspaper, otherwise you will regret it."
His words might have something to say, but Chu Xingchen didn't take it to heart, "What else can you do? What can even your Xie family do? Am I still afraid of you?"
A newspaper has completely defeated the Xie family, tearing away a hundred years of honor, don’t you know?
Chu Xingchen didn't expect that he really had something.
Chu Xingchen quickly received news that the price of salt in the market had risen and that many places were lacking salt. It was normal the day before, but there was a lack of salt the next day, quickly causing a salt shortage.
After careful investigation, it was found that the salt merchants had colluded and deliberately manipulated it.
And behind this, there is the shadow of the aristocratic family, and the shadow of the Xie family. The influence of the Xie family is not only among scholars, but also among salt merchants.
Because the business behind the Xie family is salt, and the Xie family started by selling salt, which is why the Xie family has been able to remain standing.
The businessmen were lowly. They had changed their appearance a long time ago and became a Confucian family, but secretly they had not given up on the salt side.
This time, they took it seriously and showed the court that they were not to be trifled with either.
The Xie family didn't want to hide it this time, and Chu Xingchen quickly received Xie Ziqing's letter.
"...In recent years, there have been salt merchants who want to increase prices, but the Xie family has been struggling to suppress it. In the past, the Xie family had a reputation and could still suppress it. But now the Xie family's reputation has been affected, and I have been kicked out of the palace.
, only then would something like this happen.”
"If His Highness allows me to return to the East Palace and provide some convenience to my grandfather, I will definitely be able to share these difficulties for Your Highness."
"Your Highness, I really miss you." He must return to the palace, must regain Chu Xingchen's heart, get her as a person, and cure his illness.
To put it mildly, in summary, it’s just human beings. Let me return to the palace, let the Xie family run the newspaper, share the new printing, and give them the right to run the newspaper. Otherwise, they will not be able to control it if it causes unrest.
The matter of salt has never been a trivial matter, it is a major matter that can affect the destiny of a country.
"Tell me about the salt."
"The previous dynasty mainly increased the government's tax revenue through the control of salt. After the founding of the Chu Dynasty, in order to recover from the wounds of the war, in addition to official salt, private operations in the salt industry were allowed. Salt officials were only set up in major salt-producing areas to collect salt.
Tax."
Chu Xingchen nodded, "How is the management of Guanyan?"
"Generally, official salt production capacity is limited."
Eighty percent of the salt supply in Dachu is in the hands of salt merchants. Now that they have united together, if we really take action to deal with them, there will be a lot of turmoil, and it will be the people who will suffer.
In order to solve this problem, Chu Xingchen secretly left the palace and headed to the nearest salt pond.
Since it was a secret, they left in a very low-key manner, but because Shen Cangzhu, Xiao Wang, Lingzhou and Zhou Buyan were all going with them, it was fine at first, but gradually, for some reason, I felt like I was going on a honeymoon.
This feeling reached its strongest point when Chu Xingchen saw the luggage packed for her in late winter.
"Late Dong, tell me what are you packing for me?"
Chu Xingchen checked his luggage before departure. When he saw the luggage, he almost blurted out the words "fuck".