Although Zhou Yi gave Wei Zhongxian and others advice, he did not leave. Instead, he quietly waited for Li Xuanji's funeral to be completed and for the third prince Li Rui to successfully ascend the throne.
It is not easy for Zhou Yi to move around the capital. If he is bumped into by an old acquaintance, it will not end well.
Fortunately, the house Bai Sheng bought was relatively large, with three entrances and three exits, enough for Zhou Yi to move around.
Seeing that Zhou Yi had been staying at home and unable to go out, Bai Sheng proposed to spend a lot of money to invite the oiran from Baihua Pavilion to come and serve him personally. However, this charming request was also rejected by Zhou Yi.
After all, Zhou Yi was the Tanhua Lang back then. He was handsome and talented in literature. Although he had been away from the capital for so many years, maybe someone still remembered him.
What's more, he is now the commander-in-chief of the border area. If he is not summoned to the capital, his crime is tantamount to treason. Carefully sailing the thousand-year boat, Zhou Yi had to resist his desire to see the beauty of the capital.
However, Bai Sheng's suggestion reminded Zhou Yi, who immediately asked to see the sales volume of Dali Pills during this period.
Not to mention, you don’t know this by looking at it, it’s really shocking when you look at it.
Bai Sheng can earn hundreds of thousands of taels of silver a month in the capital just by selling Dali Pills.
The previous price of Dali Pills in the Book of Changes was one hundred taels of silver each, but since those people discovered the strange effects of Dali Pills, the price of Dali Pills has now been raised to 300 taels of silver.
Zhou Yi couldn't help but exclaimed: "These prostitutes are really stupid people with a lot of money and poor health."
"I wonder how they would feel if they knew how much it cost to make my Dali Pills!"
Bai Sheng flattered them and said, "What else can I say? Of course, I would like to thank you, sir, for your great kindness in curing their unspeakable disease!"
Zhou Yi glanced at Bai Sheng and warned: "When you are with Wei Zhongxian, don't just imitate his trick of slapping his beard and slipping his horse."
"I asked you to come here to collect all kinds of intelligence and information. Don't forget your mission because of the colorful and charming world in the capital!"
Bai Sheng hurriedly said with sincerity and fear: "You must remember the master's instructions, and you will definitely live up to the master's high expectations!"
"The intelligence you collected before was quite good and the accuracy is quite high. Keep working hard in the future."
With the praise from the great master Zhou Yi, Bai Sheng felt like a mouse eating honey, feeling a sense of joy in his heart.
"I will send a batch of colored glaze to you in a while, and you can sell it at a good price under the name of the royal family!"
Bai Sheng's eyes shone after hearing this. Since Yan gave Wang Dachui some crystal clear glass items last time, and Yan Song played with them in public several times, those crystal clear glass items have become even more sought after by a large number of high-ranking officials and nobles.
Bai Sheng knew that if his eldest master sent this batch of colored glaze this time, he would definitely be able to sell it for a high price.
During this period, in addition to understanding Bai Sheng's business situation, Zhou Yi was also paying attention to the succession of the palace.
The second prince Li Xian and several other princes who were dissatisfied with Li Rui's succession went to their fiefdoms without waiting for their father to finish the funeral.
Each of these princes is preparing to give Li Rui a command when they arrive in their own fiefdoms.
The eldest prince did not choose to leave because he was worried about his mother, the Queen.
Now Li Rui was elected as the emperor by the ministers in accordance with the late emperor's last wish. He personally held Li Xuanji's coffin and mourned it, and announced it to the world.
In the past, when Li Xuanji was on the throne, the eldest prince Li Yong could still go to pay respects to the emperor and queen as a son-in-law, but now it is even more difficult for him to enter the palace to meet his mother.
However, after Li Rui paid tribute to the late emperor Li Xuanji, things took a turn for the better. A young eunuch invited the eldest prince into the palace to meet the empress dowager.
The eldest prince Li Yong, who had not heard from his mother for a while, was very happy and followed the eunuch into the palace without much thought.
After the successful frame-up that day, Wei Zhongxian ordered someone to freshen up the Queen and send her back to Kunde Palace, under strict supervision.
But today, when the eldest prince came into the palace to meet the Queen Mother, Wei Zhongxian was extremely considerate. He removed all the servants and lit a piece of sandalwood for them to calm their mind.
The eldest prince Li Yong saw that his mother had few servants to serve her, so he didn't notice anything unusual. He just subconsciously thought that his third brother was a little unkind after he gained power.
Li Yong saw that his mother's eyes were dull, and he thought that his father's death had dealt a huge blow to his mother.
"Queen Mother, Queen Mother! I'm Yong'er. What's wrong with you? Don't scare me!"
The Queen's originally dull eyes suddenly glanced around. After finding that there was no one around, the Queen's eyes immediately became clear and alert.
She looked around again, grabbed her son, the eldest prince Li Yong, and said sternly: "Yong'er, Yong'er-in-law, why did you enter the palace alone! Do you know how dangerous the palace is now?"
Hearing his dull mother's reply, Li Yong excitedly wiped away the snot and tears on his face, and replied happily: "Mother, are you okay?"
"Why, I heard people say that you were driven crazy by your father. In the end, even my father was scared to death by you!"
The queen pulled her son into the house, looked around the outside and found that no one was around, so she closed the door tightly and slowly told the story.
"Your father, that old guy, is really not a human being. He actually threw me into the cold palace for the sake of that demon concubine, and even killed several loyal maids around me with a cane."
"The demon concubine Li Wanji also bribed the eunuchs and maids in the palace to drive me crazy, so I simply followed the trick and pretended to be crazy."
The eldest prince felt heartbroken after hearing this. He did not expect that his mother would receive such inhuman treatment in the palace.
"Mother, the officials in the court said that it was your green face and fangs dressed up with disheveled hair that scared my father to death. Is that really true?"
The Empress quickly shook her head and denied, "Although I really wanted to scare the Hunjun before, when I arrived at the palace, I found that the Hunjun's limbs were extremely stiff and he had no breath."
"What? Could it be that my father had been murdered by an adulterer before this? So who exactly murdered His Majesty? Could it be the demon concubine, or the dead eunuch Wei Zhongxian?"
"My son is confused. No matter which one of them assassinated your father, the palace is extremely dangerous now. You really missed a move when you entered the palace this time."
"As long as you are fine, Queen Mother, I can use Lost Heart Madness to live in peace for a while. What you need to do now is to escape from the capital as soon as possible and issue a proclamation to attack your third brother and the demon concubine who has brought disaster to the country and the people!"
