Rebirth of the Merchant Woman's Revenge

"Gu Ziyu?" Li Junze silently repeated the name, which seemed familiar to him. He quickly remembered, "Your great uncle?"

Gu Qiongsi nodded, "But now is not the time to consider these issues. After returning to Beijing, we will consider how to operate this matter. Now the most urgent task is to solve the current porridge problem first."

Wen Jiaxiang immediately asked impatiently, "Solve? How to solve this problem?"

He thought that Gu Qiongsi would ask His Highness about the whereabouts of the relief grain, but this woman didn't ask at all. She must have guessed the general situation. She was really an extraordinary woman.

Or maybe, His Highness has already told her.

"Your Highness, please come forward and personally supervise the distribution of porridge at the city gate with Lord Niu. In this way, without us having to tell others, people will spread the rumor that His Highness Prince An is distributing porridge, and the food will become the disaster relief food brought by His Highness Prince An."

Gu Qiongsi was playing a trick of "confusing the public" by spreading misleading news through the mouths of refugees who were unaware of the truth.

Yes, Lord Niu would certainly not explain to the refugees the source of the food when he went with His Highness to supervise the porridge distribution, so this matter would only be spread in the way they wanted.

"Well, that's feasible." Li Junze nodded.

"However, Your Highness, our disaster relief grain still needs to arrive. Contact your people as soon as possible. Even if we don't receive much, send it to Jinzhou as soon as possible."

"When entering the city, find more horse-drawn carriages. Put the purchased grain in the front and sand in the back."

Gu Qiongsi's words made Li Junze nod his head repeatedly, and also made Wen Jiaxiang and Cao Xingwen suddenly enlightened. They were still in the middle of it and had not thought of many things.

With Gu Qiongsi saying this, it seems possible that this matter could really be covered up.

"The only one left is Governor Niu. As long as he doesn't explain this matter, the truth will not be spread out." Wen Jiaxiang added.

"Governor Niu, humph, even if he doesn't say it, I don't intend to keep him any longer. I will naturally make arrangements when the time comes." Li Junze narrowed his eyes and said viciously.

After saying that, he immediately changed his expression, smiled and took Gu Qiongsi's hand, and placed it in his palm, "Si'er is really amazing. It's so simple to help me turn the situation around. It's getting late today, let's go to bed early."

After Li Junze finished speaking, he looked at Gu Qiongsi, who already had a hint of shyness on her face.

Wen Jiaxiang and Cao Xingwen looked at each other, bowed and said goodbye and left the study.

Li Junze was in a very good mood and went back to the bedroom with Gu Qiongsi, and spent another night together.

The next day, the two did not get up until the sun was high in the sky.

Wen Jiaxiang and the other person had been waiting outside the study for nearly an hour before they slowly walked over.

"Oh, Your Highness, Lord Niu went to the city gate to supervise the distribution of porridge before dawn today. Look at this..." Wen Jiaxiang asked anxiously.

Gu Qiongsi looked at the sun outside and saw that it was indeed getting late, so she smiled and said to Li Junze, "Your Highness, please go over now, to the north gate. I heard that the largest number of refugees gathered there."

However, when Li Junze and Wen Jiaxiang arrived at the north gate, they realized that something serious had happened.

Because on the porridge stall set up by Niu Penghai, there was a flag that was hung on the carriage when Wangyu Tower was transporting food.

On the flag, the three words "Wangyu Tower" were clearly written in large characters.

Seeing this, Li Junze was so angry that his nose was crooked. He didn't even get off the carriage, and said to Wen Jiaxiang, "Go and call Governor Niu over. I have something to ask him."

"Yes." Wen Jiaxiang was worried. Niu Penghai's behavior was clearly against His Highness. Did he not want to live anymore?

When Niu Penghai was called to Li Junze, he was smiling with sweat on his face. After paying his respects to Li Junze, he said, "Your Highness, look, everyone is so happy. They are full of praise for your merits."

"My merit? Lord Niu hung the flag of Wangyu Tower so high, isn't this a slap in my face?" Li Junze didn't listen to his compliment at all and said in a cold tone.

Niu Penghai and his adjutant were frightened and knelt down immediately. "Your Highness has misunderstood. When the porridge was distributed last night, those people kept asking who was distributing the porridge. The people from the Nanhai Escort Agency thought it was too troublesome to ask everyone one by one, so they hung up the flag of Wangyu Tower."

The escorts from the Nanhai Escort Agency are now standing near the porridge shed to help the guards maintain order.

"Nanhai Escort Agency? What does this have to do with them?" Wen Jiaxiang asked with some confusion.

Niu Penghai quickly explained, "Your Highness, the situation is this: all the food in Wangyu Tower was escorted by escorts from the Nanhai Escort Agency. They are still helping us maintain order and will return to the capital in two days."

This should also be the intention of the owner of Wangyu Tower. They must ensure that all the food is used for disaster relief. Otherwise, it would be meaningless for them to transport the food from such a long distance.

Li Junze angrily threw down the raised curtain and said, "Go back home."

"Farewell to His Royal Highness Prince An." Niu Penghai, along with his adjutant and a group of guards, loudly bid them farewell as they left.

Niu Penghai stood up from the ground with the help of his adjutant and asked with concern, "Sir, we have completely offended His Royal Highness Prince An now."

Niu Penghai's face wasn't looking good either, but he wasn't worried. He brushed the dust off his clothes. In terms of cunning, there was no way he could lose to His Royal Highness Prince An. It was a pity that the difference in status was too big.

He had long thought that Li Junze would do such a thing, help with disaster relief with him, and then accept the gratitude of these refugees. Unfortunately, he would not let him get his wish.

"Do you think that if we don't do this, we won't offend His Royal Highness Prince An?"

Niu Penghai finished speaking in a calm tone and did not continue the topic. Instead, he devoted himself to the disaster relief and porridge distribution work again, while thinking about his next plan in his mind.

There was no other reason. It didn't matter if he lost his job, but he couldn't be framed and lose his life, and then implicate his family, so he had to think more.

Li Junze was so angry that he went straight back to the prefect's mansion. He was really panicking now. With so many refugees, how could he hide what he had done in Jinzhou?

If this is true, the result of this disaster relief effort will certainly not satisfy my father.