Stealing someone's business is like seeking money and killing one's life.
He was going to kill her, so she couldn't be polite.
"Qiu Gui..."
Tao Yaoyao called Qiu Gui, and after whispering a few words in her ear, Qiu Gui left Tao Ranju.
study
"Why does the prince have time to visit my humble residence today?"
Tao Shi'an had never interacted with Xie Lan before, and he didn't understand why he suddenly came to Tao's house today. He also learned that Xie Lan had received the emperor's order to investigate the robbery of grain and grass. He wondered whether Xie Lan was here today because of this matter.
"Before I returned to the capital, I was told by General Chu that I must come to your mansion to visit the eldest lady after returning to the capital. However, I have been busy with official duties since I returned to the capital, so I postponed it until today."
Tao Shi'an breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Xie Lan came to Tao's house today because of Tao Yaoyao, but then he thought of what had just happened at Shuixianju, and his heart became anxious again.
"I just made the prince laugh. A daughter of this age will always have her own little thoughts..."
It was already known to everyone that the second young lady of the Tao family wanted to steal the fiancée of her eldest sister, but Tao Shi'an actually wanted to cover up the matter with the petty thoughts of his daughter's family.
It seems the rumors are true.
However, that woman has changed a lot recently, at least now she won't suffer any more.
At this time, Chang Geng walked in. He glanced at Xie Lan while Tao Shi'an was not paying attention. After Xie Lan thought about it for a while, he stood up and left.
When Tao Shi'an heard this, his expression was uncontrollably happy. When Xie Lan saw this, a meaningful flash flashed in his eyes.
"What did you find out?"
In the carriage, Xie Lan asked in a deep voice while playing with the jade ring in his hand.
"Reporting to your lord, my subordinate found this in Tao Shi'an's study." Chang Geng handed over a letter. Xie Lan opened it and glanced at it quickly before snorting coldly, "I already know that this person is not a kind person. "
The reason why they lost so miserably in that battle half a year ago was because, firstly, there was something wrong with the weapons shipped from Kyoto City, and secondly, the food and grass were robbed, and the soldiers were starved of food, so how could they win the battle.
However, His Majesty listened to the slander and thought that these were all excuses given to him for the Chu family's army's defeat.
The real power of the old General Chu was taken away, and the morale of the army was in turmoil. At this time, His Majesty urgently recruited him to return to the palace. So how could he keep the people behind the scenes clean?
So the first thing he did when he returned to Beijing was to report to His Majesty, requesting a thorough investigation into the robbery of grain and grass. Although he was blocked by several forces and forces, he finally obtained the imperial decree and began to investigate the matter.
Tao Shi'an was the Minister of Household Affairs, and this batch of grain and grass was transported from his hands. In fact, he did not doubt him at first, until Master Liu was killed last night, and the Tao family's jade pendant appeared in Master Liu's residence.
Now it seems that he made the right move this time.
Just an insinuating letter is not enough to be the most favorable evidence.
"Since this matter has something to do with the Tao family, then you should find someone to keep an eye on Tao Shi'an."
Chang Geng nodded.
Seeing the coachman preparing to drive the horse, Chang Geng added, "Our carriage has been tampered with, so it's best not to move it for the time being."
Xie Lan narrowed his eyes.
It's probably not easy for someone to do something under Chang Geng's nose.
"It's the maid next to the eldest lady of the Tao family."
Xie Lan had said before that Tao Yaoyao should not be touched yet, so he did not stop her when her people tampered with the carriage.
Xie Lan didn't expect that even though she was so busy, she would still have the mind to deal with him.
"Go down and have a look. If it can't be repaired, call for a carriage."
When Chang Geng got out of the car, he was wondering, when did his master become so easy to talk to?
The last time he tried to deal with his master, the grass on the grave has grown taller now.
"Miss, they discovered that we had tampered with the carriage."
In an alley not far away, Tao Yaoyao and Guizhi were hiding at the entrance of the alley, looking over here.
Tao Yaoyao never thought that she could hide this little trick from Xie Lan. It was enough to disgust him and vent her anger.
After watching the excitement, when she turned around to go back home, a white shadow flashed in front of her eyes, and then she saw Xie Lan appearing in front of her.
"Miss……"
Guizhi was terrified.
Tao Yaoyao suppressed her fear and comforted her, "Your Majesty will not do anything to me in broad daylight. You go back to the house first."
"Miss..." Guizhi was worried.
"Be obedient, I want to eat roasted chestnuts with sugar. Go and buy some for me." After Tao Yaoyao pushed Guizhi out, she looked at Xie Lan with a smile, "Your Majesty, what a coincidence."
"If you don't want to laugh, don't laugh. It's so ugly."
Who are you calling ugly?
You are the ugliest, and your whole family is the ugliest.
Forget it, a good man will not suffer the immediate loss, "What the prince said is that if the prince is fine, I will go back first..."
"Did you tamper with this king's carriage?" Xie Lan blocked her way, and Tao Yaoyao was forced to retreat. She could only lean against the corner and try to stay calm.
"My lord, do you have any evidence?"
Xie Lan remained silent.
Seeing this, Tao Yaoyao stood up straight and said, "Your Majesty, you are talking nonsense. If you want to cause trouble for me, you'd better come back after you get the evidence... Your Majesty..."
Tao Yaoyao subconsciously grabbed the earrings from Xie Lan's hand. Damn it, when did her earrings fall into his hands.
If people knew about this, her marriage would be canceled, but her reputation would also be ruined.
wrong……
Tao Yaoyao suddenly stopped and looked at Xie Lan with a calculating look.
"If the prince likes it, I can give this earring to the prince."
This woman suddenly seemed like a different person, and the look in her eyes was obviously calculating. What did she want to do?
Seeing that her eyes had been falling on the earrings, something immediately came to her mind, and then she violently threw the earrings out of her hand like a hot potato.
"How can a woman in this world be as frivolous as you?"
Xie Lan ran away for the first time. Tao Yaoyao looked at his leaving figure and suddenly felt very good.
I deserve it, I let you rob my shop.
Tao Yaoyao hummed a little tune and lay in the yard to bask in the sun. The early winter sun actually didn't have much warmth anymore, but she liked the feeling of the sun shining on her body.
"Miss, Aunt Zhao asked me to come over to deliver the news. Tao Ranju has been freed up."
"knew."
She finally got the original owner's residence back.
She also had to find a way to get back the dowry left by the original owner's mother as soon as possible.
"Miss, just now I met the maid next to Princess Zhaoling. She gave me an invitation, saying that she must attend her engagement banquet in three days."
Princess Zhaoling, Princess Zhou?
This is really sleepy and found a bed.
Three days later, Tao Yaoyao asked Guizhi to choose a set of the plainest clothes. After changing, she put on the simplest bun and got ready to go out without any makeup or jewelry.
"Miss, today is a good day for Princess Zhaoling. Is it not good for us to be like this in the past? Moreover, I heard that the second lady and the third prince will also go today."
"This is the effect we want."
However, she wanted to plan something at someone else's wedding banquet, so it was really hard not to tell her, so she asked Guizhi to send the news to Princess Zhaoling in advance.
"This Aunt Zhao is really going too far. Not only does she want Tao Yanyan, a concubine, to steal Yaoyao's fiancé, but she even takes the bride's dowry for herself. Mom, we have to help Yaoyao."
When Princess Zhou was still in the boudoir, she had a close relationship with Tao Yaoyao's mother, and their relationship was never estranged after they got married. It was pity that her friend had such a hard life and died early.
Just leaving such a daughter, if she hadn't been difficult to interfere in other people's affairs, Tao Yaoyao wouldn't have had such a hard life these years.
Moreover, this child himself did not live up to his expectations. He was bullied to this point and refused to say a word.
Originally, she was prepared to ignore her, but now that she learned that she had changed her gender and was about to resist, how could she not help.
"Okay, okay, this is a great thing."
Princess Zhou was very happy, "I will give the order right now and ask the servants in the mansion to cooperate with her today."
Princess Zhou was about to call someone, but Princess Zhaoling stopped her, "Mom, why did you say wind is rain? Don't forget, there are many people with mixed eyes. If this matter gets spread, Yaoyao Do you still want to be a human being?"
This matter was originally beneficial to Tao Yaoyao, but if her plan spreads and people know that she is scheming against her family, even if she is reasonable, she will be manipulated into being irrational.
"Mom, don't worry. With us here, no one can wrong her."
Princess Zhaoling and Imperial Master Sun Zhaoqian grew up together and can be described as childhood sweethearts. Their marriage made them envious of many boudoir girls in Kyoto.
Today is their engagement banquet, half of the officials in the court have received invitations, and the gate of Prince Zhou's Mansion is overcrowded early in the morning.
Tao Yaoyao sat in a dilapidated carriage that was leaking everywhere. After waiting for a while and seeing no movement from the carriage in front of her, she got off the carriage with Guizhi.
"Yaoyao, why are you down? This is against the rules. Come up quickly."
When Aunt Zhao opened the curtain for some air, she saw Tao Yaoyao. She was already dissatisfied with the way she was dressed today, but now she stood in front of a large crowd and allowed people to see her. Her anger was coming out.
"Mom, it doesn't matter what she does. She has no shame. She will be the one dad scolds later, so it has nothing to do with us." Tao Yanyan still remembered the events of the past few days and pulled Aunt Zhao to lower the curtain.
"What do you know? She is not only embarrassing your father by dressing like this, but she is also slapping me in the face. Everyone in Kyoto City knows that I am in charge of the Tao family now, and she, a legitimate daughter, is dressed like this. And you..."
Aunt Zhao looked at her daughter's gorgeous dress today. She was originally happy, but all her good mood disappeared after seeing Tao Yaoyao's dull and deliberate dress.
"Who is that girl? Why do you go out dressed like this?"
"Oh my god, what is she wearing? Our maids are all wearing more expensive clothes than her."
"That person seems to be Tao Yaoyao, the eldest lady of the Tao family."
"I heard that her family is headed by a concubine."
"No wonder."
Xie Lan was sitting in the carriage reading a book and drinking tea. After faintly hearing someone talking about Tao Yaoyao, he rubbed his sore temples, opened the curtain and looked outside.
"What song did the eldest daughter of the Tao family sing today?"
