ebookland Chapter 206 Establishing an Intelligence Network
Chapter 206 Establishing an Intelligence Network
No one knew that Shi Lidie had already met with the Chen brothers and sisters from the Dayin Dynasty, and discussed all the follow-up plans in the inner hall of the tavern.
In order to make it more realistic, Shi Lidie and Chen Zhao signed a purchase contract in a fake manner.
Chen Zhao wanted to purchase a total of 300 jars of wine from Shi Lidie, intending to ship them to the south for sale, but such a large quantity would require some time to prepare.
In other words, Shi Lidie now brews wine not only to supply the tavern's daily sales, but also needs to prepare another 300 jars to sell to Chen Zhao.
After the contract was signed, Shi Lidie sent the Chen brothers and sisters out. At this time, Chen Zhao said:
"In order to wait for this batch of wine, I will stay in Kyoto for a while. If you have any questions about business, just come to me."
"Okay." Shi Lidie nodded.
After the Chen brothers and sisters left, Shi Lidie became busy——
Apart from going to the palace to treat the emperor every three days, she usually went to the tavern to brew wine during the day. After coming back at night, she would wash up and complete her elegant task before going to bed.
She exchanged medical skills from the system, and she needed to study medical books carefully to truly master them.
She has always been very persistent in this matter. Even though she now has the task of brewing wine, it cannot interrupt her plan of reading medical books and pharmacopoeia every day.
Seeing Shi Lidie working so hard every day, Fennel felt sorry for her and advised her:
"Princess, you are already very capable. Why do you have to work so hard on yourself? With your current status and wealth, you will have no worries about food and drink even if you do nothing for the rest of your life."
"Thank you for your concern, but in life, we should always have some ideals and pursuits." Shi Lidie smiled.
In addition to defeating the male and female protagonists, she also wants to make a career in this era.
After all, she might not have the chance to return to modern society.
In fact, this little bit of hardship and fatigue is nothing to Shi Lidie. As long as a student has gone through three years of high school, crossed the single-plank bridge among thousands of competitors, and been admitted to a double first-class university, there is no student who is unable to endure hardships.
After all, high school students work late into the night and get up early in the morning, which is much more stressful than she is now.
At the same time, the Chen brothers and sisters also established themselves in the capital of Ye State.
Considering that they might have to live in the capital of Ye State for a long time in the future, they investigated the geographical environment and directly bought a house. Because they were willing to spend money, the house was not too far from Shi Lidie's princess mansion.
In addition, Chen Shuting also bought a shop, imported a batch of high-quality fabrics, made a signboard, and opened a private custom-made shop.
She completely imitated the way that the shop in Luoyun Town used to be famous—
At that time, Shi Lidie chose Chen Shuting as the brand spokesperson for advertising purposes and asked her to wear custom-made clothes at parties to expand publicity.
But now, the situation is reversed, Shi Lidie has become the spokesperson for Chen Shuting's shop.
For several days in a row, Shi Lidie went out wearing a dress of a new style but very beautiful. She went to the tavern to brew wine. Because the tavern was next to the Babao Tower, many people coming in and out saw her.
As time went by, the news inevitably spread, and the female relatives all wanted to know where Shi Lidie's clothes were made.
It’s a pity that Shi Lidie was a foreign princess and was not familiar with the women in the capital, so no one was too embarrassed to ask this until Concubine Xian took action.
Concubine Xian also took a fancy to Shi Lidie's dress, so she asked about it when they met in the palace.
Shi Lidie originally wanted to promote Chen Shuting's store, so she told Concubine Xian as soon as she asked. By the time she left the palace, the news had already spread from Concubine Xian.
Since then, Chen Shuting's private shop has become popular.
With this shop, Chen Shuting has gained a firm foothold in the capital, and has established her own intelligence network among this group of wealthy ladies and celebrities.
Sometimes, she could even get news that Shi Lidie could not know.
Time passes day by day.
Many things happened just as Shi Lidie had guessed.
Ye Feng from Xuanyi Tower stepped forward and searched through all the connections that had supported Crown Prince Ye Zhaonan in the past. He tried every possible means to buy a way out for the An family.
It is said that seven or eight court officials collectively made a death appeal before the emperor, asking him to change the punishment of killing three clans of the An family to exiling all three clans.
In fact, so many days had passed since the incident, and the emperor had long passed the period of being angry.
He also realized that he might have made the wrong decision on impulse and killed the queen and his son, but he would not admit that he was wrong.
How could the emperor be wrong?
He didn't want to be blamed, so he had to make it clear and stubbornly concluded that the An family and the fifth prince were plotting a rebellion.
But in order to demonstrate his tolerance and kindness, he was willing to listen to the advice of court officials and give the An family a break. After all, he was a benevolent emperor and could not be accused of cruelty in history books.
So he changed the imperial edict.
Within the three branches of the An family, the male members of the main line were beheaded, and the male members of the side branches were exiled; the female members of the main line were confiscated and sent to the Jiaofangsi as slaves, and the female members of the side branches were exiled; the old ladies and girls under the age of seven who had been pardoned previously would remain as they were and would not be punished.
This way, far fewer people will die.
As long as people are alive, there is room for maneuver, so those who need to find connections use them, and those who need to pay money do so. After using all means, they managed to save more than half of the population of the three clans of the An family.
After rescuing these people, Ye Feng immediately sent someone to contact Shi Lidie, and Shi Lidie handed the matter over to Chen Zhao.
Chen Zhao transported the An family to a safe place on the pretext of transporting goods and hid them.
When the situation of the capital of Ye State was undergoing earth-shaking changes, the imperial tombs five or six hundred miles away were also not peaceful.
Because the Crown Prince and the Second Prince started fighting again.
"Ye Jiayan, I had someone prepare this water for you. If you want clean water, you can find a way yourself!"
"Humph, you've come here to do hard labor, but you're still acting like a prince? I used the water, so what? It's just there, I saw it first, so it's mine. Who told you to be slow?"
"You are just a bandit. You have loved to rob me since you were a child!"
"So what? Hit me if you dare!"
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Conversations like this happen almost every day.
Sometimes it was for water, sometimes it was for food and daily necessities. In short, these two princes who were punished to do hard labor in the imperial mausoleum would always quarrel over trivial matters.
It seems that a prince is so petty, but it’s not their fault.
Because the emperor's order to them was to make them do hard labor, just like the workers who built the imperial mausoleum. They had to do whatever the workers did and were not allowed to have any privileges.
So, when they live here, there is a limit to the amount of water and food they have, and sometimes when they are in short supply, there will be fights over them.
But the two people who were arguing did not notice that there were a few unfamiliar faces in the crowd.