"Then get dressed quickly, put on some nice makeup, and let's go to dinner!"
"Okay!" Du Xinyu picked out a pink dress, then sat in front of the dressing table and put on makeup. After everything was packed, she and Zhao Xuanyi walked out of the house. The two got on the unicorn chariot and walked towards the palace!
Tang Rou in the mansion has been very depressed these days. She can see Zhao Xuanyi at home every day, but she doesn't come to see her. She turns to look at Hackney, "Go, call your brother-in-law. How many days has it been? He has been here for a long time." Did Du Xinyu get hit in the room?"
"This... brother-in-law just went out in the car with the third lady!" Hackney whispered.
"Going to play again?"
"No way! My sister-in-law is at home! Usually when the third lady goes out to do errands, my sister-in-law follows her!"
"What are you going to do?" When Tang Rou was hesitating, Hakeem ran in from outside. "Sister, have you heard about it?"
"What did you hear?"
"Brother-in-law took the third lady to the palace for a banquet!"
"What did you say?" Tang Rou screamed loudly!
The unicorn chariot arrived outside the Meridian Gate. Zhao Xuanyi helped Du Xinyu get out of the carriage, and then the two of them walked towards the palace. Du Xinyu's face was full of surprise. Seeing this huge palace, he felt very happy, "Is this the palace?"
"Yes! Pretty, isn't it?"
"Yeah! It's much bigger than our house!"
"..." Zhao Xuanyi thought to himself, how can I refute this?
Feng Jihua stood outside the Meridian Gate and saw Zhao Xuanyi and Du Xinyu. He hurried over and said, "See the Duke and the Third Madam!".Ь.
"Xiao Huazi, why are you here?" Zhao Xuanyi asked.
"The prince asked me to wait for the Duke and the third lady. Please, Duke! I will lead the way for you!"
"Let's go!" After Zhao Xuanyi said this, he pulled Du Xinyu into the palace!
Du Xinyu came to the palace for the first time. Every corner inside was a new world for her. She looked around all the way. Although it was very new, Du Xinyu knew the rules very well. She didn't say a word or ask random questions. , if you understand, just read, if you don’t understand, just guess. If you talk too much, in a majestic place like the palace, you will definitely be punished!
After arriving at the East Palace and entering the hall, Du Xinyu took a closer look. He saw Zhu Wenyu standing in the middle of the hall, with two young eunuchs standing behind him and a dozen palace maids standing on the left and right. Du Xinyu was shocked by this scene.
"Meet the Crown Prince!" Zhao Xuanyi knelt down and saluted!
Du Xinyu also knelt down and saluted!
"Life! Today I invite your third wife to the banquet. There are not so many rules. Come on, take a seat!" After Zhu Wenyu finished speaking, he sat in his seat!
Zhao Xuanyi took Du Xinyu to the table beside him and sat down!
Zhu Wenyu looked at Feng Jihua and said, "Pass the meal around! Let all these people go down. The Duke and Madam will not feel comfortable if there are too many people!"
"Yes!" Feng Jihua turned around, "Bring the food and wine over, and then go down!"
"Yes!" All the maids walked out of the hall, brought out more than a dozen delicacies, then turned around and left!
Zhu Wenyu looked at Du Xinyu, "Brothers and sisters, you're welcome, just treat me like a family member. That's how I was when I was in your family!"
"Then you're welcome! I've never eaten many of the dishes!" Du Xinyu picked up the chopsticks and tasted the dishes slowly. "It's delicious. Husband, can you cook this dish?"
"I'm not the royal chef!" Zhao Xuanyi smiled and touched Du Xinyu's hair. Du Xinyu gave Zhao Xuanyi a cute smile, and then continued to eat!
Zhao Xuanyi raised his wine glass and drank wine with Zhu Wenyu.
Zhu Wenyu looked at Du Xinyu, "To be honest, I have never understood how you and your wife allowed the price of food to drop to such an extent within half a month? Tell me!"
Zhao Xuanyi smiled, "This is all my wife's own plan. Xinyu will talk to the prince!"
"Okay!" Du Xinyu put down her chopsticks, "It's actually very simple. Everything has yin and yang, and the country is divided into north and south! And our country's food production has always been divided into five parts, with the north accounting for 10% and the south accounting for 40%!"
"There is a huge difference between the north and the south. It cannot be solved by just a few words. If you want to
People all over the country can eat food. If you don't want to use force, you can only use tactics to cause conflict between the north and the south! "
"So I used the worst method to lower the price of southern food in the capital and let people say bad things about southern food. In this way, during the autumn harvest, the price of southern food dropped sharply, and people can now afford food. !」
After Zhu Wenyu heard this, he frowned, "But you are driving up the price of food in the north in disguise!"
"There is already little food in the north, and people who can afford it don't care about this food! Prince, if you want to fight a price war, it's just to collect grain and lower the price. But in this case, it won't cost you more than a million taels of silver." It can’t be done!"
"Now that it's better, the rich can choose the food from the north, and the people will naturally eat the food from the south. After all, we all know that there is nothing wrong with the food from the south, and the people will be fine if they eat it!" Du Xinyu explained slowly! .Ь.
"But I heard that illnesses appeared in many villages in the south a while ago. I heard that it was caused by eating food?"
Du Xinyu smiled at first, then stood up and bowed, "Prince, please forgive me, I planned this!"
"Did you plan it?"
"That's right! I was afraid that no one would believe this if the news spread, so I asked my husband to secretly arrange for the Qilin Guards to put laxatives in the drinking water of twenty-three villages!"
"Laxative?" Zhu Wenyu asked in surprise.
"Yes! So the so-called disease is nothing more than a bad stomach. If you don't think about a bad stomach, what the people are more afraid of is starvation. Even if it is a ninja's risk of a bad stomach, they still have to eat enough! But if they eat southern rice for a while, it will You will find that nothing is wrong! But at this moment, the price of food in the south cannot be increased! After all, if they dare to increase the price, the rumors will skyrocket again, and their food will still not be sold!"
【Pa bang bang...! 】Zhu Wenyu clapped his hands, "Okay! Gao! She is indeed the Duke's wife, she is really amazing! She managed a country's affairs so beautifully with just a few jokes. I really underestimated you, Third Madam!"
"Please, Prince, please don't blame me!"
"What are you talking about? You help me take charge of this country, and I don't even have time to thank you! Tell me, what do you want? I reward you!"
Du Xinyu smiled slightly, "How can I, a woman, dare to ask for any reward? If the prince is really willing to reward me, I want to ask you something!"
"But it doesn't matter!"
"Please order the prince! Send my mother's tablet to the Du family ancestral hall, and throw that watch...? Throw out the bad woman's tablet!" Du Xinyu said through gritted teeth.
"Ah? This...?" Zhu Wenyu looked at Zhao Xuanyi and wondered what was going on?
"Ah, Prince, things are a bit complicated. Let's talk about it while drinking! This is what happened!" Zhao Xuanyi told all about Du Xinyu's experience!
After Zhu Wenyu heard this, Long Yan was furious, "This Du Chun is so outrageous, how can he be blinded by his beauty? Don't worry, third lady, I will make the decision for you in this matter!"
Du Xinyu hurriedly knelt down and said, "Thank you, Prince!"
"Please get up, we are having fun today and drinking! No need to be polite!" Zhu Wenyu said with a smile, thinking that it turned out that the third lady Zhao Xuanyi had such a rough life experience. She was lucky to meet Zhao Xuanyi!
Zhu Wenyu filled the wine glass again, "You have helped me a lot this time. In the future, the third wife and my brothers will come to my place more often. Let's have a good time with wine and vegetables!" Xiu Shuzhu
"Yes!" Zhao Xuanyi raised his glass and drank!
"Prince, although the price of food has calmed down now, the trouble that will follow is coming!" Du Xinyu said hurriedly.
"Trouble? Where's the trouble?" Zhu Wenyu didn't quite understand.
"A few days ago, my husband and I secretly went to major grain stores in the capital and found that some people were selling food from the south as food from the north! In order to make money, they will do anything they can!"
"Is there such a thing?" Zhu Wenyu was very angry. Although there was no food problem in the south, this kind of deceiving behavior cannot be tolerated!
"They have many methods. Some fools simply sell the two kinds of grains interchangeably. Of course, there are also some smart ones who mix the grains from the south with the grains from the north.
They sell grains in the square. It’s easy to deal with rice, but it’s difficult to deal with flour! " Zhao Xuanyi explained.
"This group of daring female businessmen dare to commit fraud under the emperor's feet. They are really worthy of being killed! Xiao Huazi!"
"The slave is here!"
"Instruct Dali Temple to start a strict inspection of all grain stores in the capital tomorrow. If any adulteration or counterfeit goods are sold, severe punishment will be given!"
"Slave, you obey!"
