Chapter 203 What are King Xiang and his wife doing here (2 more)
Wei Wan seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly her eyes lit up: "It doesn't matter, Chu Chu, I will stay with you here. I will go back after you and Yuanyuan have given birth."
"Why did you come here?" Qiao Chu still felt strange!
Although the weather is better now, the frontier fortress is not so cold, and the grass is growing and the orioles are flying, it is still not as prosperous and convenient as the capital city!
"Well..." Wei Wan pointed at Zhao Xiang with his chin, "He came on business and I missed you, so I took the opportunity to follow him out secretly..."
Qiao Chu looked at Zhao Xiang.
Zhao Xiang looked at Granny Zhao and others in the room.
Granny Zhao pulled Ge Xing'er back quietly with a wink, and even Dongfang Shuyuan also quietly returned to the room.
Zhao Xiang then whispered: "Your Majesty asked me to investigate the smuggling and reselling of grain and grass..."
"Ah?" Qiao Chu was stunned for a moment.
"I still need your help in this matter." Zhao Xiang said and explained the situation.
It turned out that the matter actually involved the eldest prince.
His Majesty the Emperor has eyes and ears all over the world. Someone reported that there are people selling grain and grass here at the frontier, but he didn't take it seriously: no matter how courageous these people are, they are just a small number, and they will not shake the foundation of the country.
However, someone recently reported secretly that the Anyuan prefect, together with the eldest prince, had sold off all the grain reserves in Anyuan City, leaving several grain depots empty!
This surprised His Majesty the Emperor!
Anyuan is the largest city in the northwest frontier, and the food reserves in it are actually prepared for wars and natural disasters.
If the food in Anyuan is really sold out, the Xu Army stationed at the frontier will be unable to succeed!
How can an army without food and grass fight against the enemy?
If the Turks and the Nine-surnamed Tatars launch a large-scale attack and cannot keep up with the food and fodder, Xu's army will be made of iron and turn into a lump of iron, and the Turks, the iron man, will be beaten!
His Majesty the Emperor would never tolerate such a thing that shakes the foundation of the country, but he was also afraid that his eldest son was too stupid and would take the blame for others, so he sent the commander of Jinlin Guards, Prince Xiang, to make an unannounced visit.
Why would His Highness Prince Xiang run around when he had nothing to do? So Princess Xiang became a cover.
Everyone in the capital knows that His Royal Highness Prince Xiang suddenly got married when the iron tree bloomed for ten thousand years. It was like an old house on fire. Princess Xiang always responded to her requests! She asked for stars but not the moon!
So when Princess Xiang proposed to go to the frontier to see Qiao Chu, His Highness Prince Xiang asked His Majesty the Emperor for leave. The reason was that he had not rested for a day since he took over the Jinlin Guard when he was a teenager!
The emperor pretended to comfort him a few words and then approved the fake.
Externally, it was His Royal Highness Prince Xiang who accompanied the princess to travel around the world.
But secretly, His Highness Prince Xiang is still here for business...
Of course, His Royal Highness Prince Xiang has a good attitude: it is better to accompany the princess on business than to be a single person and be stimulated.
His Highness Prince Xiang still feels a little uncomfortable when he thinks of the days when he was stimulated by Chen Qingshan and his wife in Xing'an County...
However, His Highness King Xiang did not tell Qiao Chu these words. He only told Qiao Chu: Boss Sun is not as low-key as he seems on the surface. He will stay in the market for a while to investigate the situation and collect evidence.
Qiao Chu understood and asked Ge Xing'er to pack up a room for His Highness Prince Xiang and his wife. They didn't know how long they would stay there...
"Fifth Master, Fifth Lady, this is your room. Can you tell me what else needs to be added?" Ge Xing'er is a small person, but he does things very appropriately. After tidying up, he didn't forget to ask.
"It's okay, that's good." His Highness Prince Xiang has been handling cases all year round and has slept on the grass. Wherever this is important, he just opened his mouth. But after he finished speaking, he remembered that he had a wife, and looked at Wei Wan again.
"Madam, can you see what else needs to be added?"
Wei Wan rolled her eyes at Zhao Xiang and looked around: "It doesn't matter, that's all for today. Tomorrow, your wife and I will go to the market to buy some. Don't worry about it."
"yes."
Qiao Chu here asked a boy from Master Ma's side to go to the military camp. He didn't say anything, except that he asked Chen Qingshan to come back when he had time.
Since Chen Qingshan went to the military camp, this is the first time Qiao Chu has asked someone to deliver a message. Could something have happened?!
This frightened Chen Qingshan so much that he hurriedly asked for leave and ran home. Only when he got home did he realize that it was Prince Xiang who was here!
"I said, you scared me to death..." Chen Qingshan's legs were so scared that he held on to the door frame and complained.
Qiao Chu looked at him funny: "Then I can't let people say that it's Prince Xiang who's here? That's not my person either."
That's right, letting the young man know is equivalent to Master Ma knowing.
After all, the fact that Zhao Xiang came to the frontier was only known to a very small group of people. When the situation was unclear, naturally the fewer people knew about it, the better.
Zhao Xiang was talking to Chen Qingshan, while Qiao Chu and Wei Wan went to find Dongfang Shuyuan to gossip.
Wei Wan just came from the capital, and when he talks about the gossip in the capital, his eyes light up!
Qiao Xiaofu's Tianxiangfang has been expanded, and the new business scope has also expanded very well.
The merchants who cooperated with Tianxiangfang lined up to bring new clothes, new materials, and new jewelry for Qiao Xiaofu to choose from.
There are even more sensible people who will first give Qiao Xiaofu a batch of the best materials and clothes, euphemistically calling them "samples", so that Qiao Xiaofu can use them first and feel better before buying them.
Going back and forth has become a routine for merchants, so the courtyard of Qiao Xiaofu's home was soon flooded with silks and satins and various jewelry boxes...
"Let me tell you, the eyes of the concubines in the Changping Marquis Mansion are about to pop out right now. They are always thinking that Xiaofu can't use them all. Can I give them some... The last time the Crown Princess came to chat with me, she said
I laughed to death thinking about this..."
Now that Wei Wan was under Zhao Xiang's care, he became much more cheerful. When he talked about these things, he became very happy.
"Did Cui Xiuxiu give birth?" Dongfang Shuyuan was pregnant with her child, so she paid special attention to pregnant women.
"I'm giving birth! Why not? I'm giving birth to a big fat boy! Lou's eyes are all red!" Wei Wan was filled with emotion when talking about Cui Xiuxiu.
After Qiao Chu refused to treat Lou Qiye, Lou Qiye was determined to be infertile. The shrewd minister's daughter had already divorced Lou Qiye, and no other woman was willing to marry him again.
Therefore, the son Cui Xiuxiu gave birth to is the only Miaomiao of the Lou family!
Mrs. Lou regretted that she had been trying to get in touch with Cui Xiuxiu recently, and even thought about taking the child back.
However, Qiao Xiaofu sent Cui Xiuxiu several highly skilled guards, who were actually secret guards given by the prince.
With such an amulet by his side, the Lou family would not dare to steal the head if they didn't want it!
Wei Wan said that the Lou Mansion has been letting out rumors recently, saying that as long as Cui Xiuxiu nods, the Lou Mansion is willing to marry her in a sedan chair and become the young lady of the Lou Mansion!
But Cui Xiuxiu is also stubborn, and she even disagrees with her life and death...
"Tsk, tsk, tsk..." Dongfang Shuyuan shook her head and sighed, "This man! He is so cheap!" I didn't like him at first, but now I can't find him.
"It's not just men who have cheap bones. Then Mrs. Lou is too..."
Wei Wan drank a cup of tea and continued gossiping...
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