Quick Wear: Who said soft girls have to be obedient! biu!

On the fifteenth day, the eldest princess's husband fell ill. It was reported that he had tuberculosis. The princess was afraid of being infected, so she sent him to a farm outside the capital.

The disease came on so violently that several of the prince consort's relatives fell ill one after another.

The princess's mansion closed its doors to visitors and sought peace and quiet.

It was not until early spring that news of the prince consort's death was announced.

Everyone in the capital sighed. It was really not easy for the princess to have a good son but lose her husband.

The funeral was held with great ceremony, and all the prominent people in the capital came to pay their respects. Since there was no one at the Duan family, the emperor specially called the crown prince and several brothers to help Duan Wenjing.

Gu Zhen received the female relatives.

The last time Bai Wenyi came to the princess's mansion was a few months ago. In the blink of an eye, everything has changed. She doesn't know the inside story, but feels sorry for her daughter who has to observe mourning for her father-in-law for three years.

She pulled Gu Zhen over and said, "I thought you and the prince had consummated your marriage, and I would be able to hold my grandson sooner, but I didn't expect this to happen. The princess didn't show up today, which shows that she is sad. As her daughter-in-law, you must behave well recently and don't always offend the princess."

Gu Zhen nodded perfunctorily, "Mom, don't worry about it. How are you and my dad doing recently?"

Bai Wenyi couldn't help but feel quite proud. Ever since her daughter married into the princess's mansion and was favored by the princess, and the prince was getting better day by day, her back was completely straightened.

Years ago, she found an excuse to force Shen Meiniang to drink a bowl of contraceptive medicine. The restless concubine actually bribed the servants in the mansion and secretly poured out the contraceptive soup she had prepared.

Fortunately, her daughter learned some housekeeping skills from the princess and taught them to her, otherwise it would be difficult for Bai Wenyi to discover Shen Meiniang's methods.

So Bai Wenyi simply did something ruthless and completely put an end to Shen Meiniang's idea.

Gu Zhen was silent for a while, "My father is not angry?"

This paragraph is not in the original book.

Bai Wenyi snorted coldly: "He dares to be angry? We are of one mind. If you make me unhappy, I won't let you say good things in front of the princess, and your father won't think of rising any further!"

The original owner was indeed on the same page with Bai Wenyi, and Gu Zhen didn't say anything. If she couldn't have a baby, then she couldn't have one. What kind of great family business did her father have? Why did she have to give birth to an heir?

The younger brother in the original plot became a cannon fodder, and Gu Zhen thought of the male and female protagonists again.

"How is my second sister? I heard that my second brother-in-law has a fleet and goes overseas to do business every year. I want him to help bring some things."

Bai Wenyi had met Gu Yao before the New Year. She was six or seven months pregnant and came to Shen Meiniang to plead for mercy with her big belly. The New Year gift she gave was very generous, so Bai Wenyi stopped pestering.

She felt somewhat uncomfortable that her daughter wanted to ask a concubine to do something for her.

"Why do you have to ask them to bring something? You are the wife of the prince, just give them the order, there is no need to ask them to help or not."

Gu Zhen didn't tell her the details and agreed that after the 57th day after Duan Qianliang's death, he and Gu Yao's family would have a simple meal at Gu's house.

It's called helping, but in fact it's just a business deal.

The imperial court had a navy and the Qi family had a fleet. Gu Zhen knew that this dynasty did not have things like cannons, so he invested in the technology in the name of Duan Wenjing, and it had already shown initial results. The emperor was very satisfied with this highly lethal weapon.

As for how she knew it, Duan Wenjing didn't care. With him as her backup, Gu Zhen could just hide behind and conceal her achievements and fame.

If there was a navy escort, the Qi family would be much safer and they would only have to pay 30% of their profits to the court.

The navy can both train soldiers and load artillery to go overseas to spread the power of our country, which is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone.

For all three parties, it is a sure win business.

The Qi family will not refuse.

The reason why Gu Zhen chose the Qi family is that the Qi family has the strength, and secondly, it is because of the character of the male protagonist Qi Heng. Moreover, they are relatives after all, which is more stable than other relationships.

Thinking of the long-term interests in the future, Gu Zhen still gave Bai Wenyi a few instructions, "Mother, if you don't like Shen Mei Niang, just let her go. My father won't say anything. In the future, the mansion will be quiet and peaceful, which will save you a lot of trouble."

Bai Wenyi was unwilling to do so. Should she let her leave the house and live a good life in the Qi family?

Think beautiful!

"Hmph, I won't let her reunite with Gu Yao. I will sell out this bitch sooner or later." Bai Wenyi hated and resentful Shen Meiniang to the core.

Gu Zhen's eyelids twitched: "You must not do that. If this gets out, it will be bad for your reputation. Mother, for the sake of your daughter, can you give up this idea?"

Bai Wenyi only had this idea when she was angry. In fact, she had been much more happy recently and had not thought about killing Shen Meiniang for a long time.

She glanced at her daughter and said, "Now that you've become someone else's daughter-in-law, you and your mother have become two-faced. For your sake, I've endured a lot."

Let Gu Yao marry well and stop always picking on Shen Meiniang, isn't it just to earn a good reputation for Gu Zhen?

Gu Zhen chuckled, holding Bai Wenyi's arm and acting coquettishly: "Mom is the best, your daughter will buy you whatever you want, okay?"

Bai Wenyi was happier now, but she couldn't be too obvious at a funeral, so she nodded with a wry face.

Gu Zhen suppressed his laughter and personally escorted her to the carriage.

.......

After Duan Qianliang's funeral, Gu Zhen returned to the Gu Mansion with Duan Wenjing.

Qi Heng had arrived a long time ago. When he saw the two of them, he quickly stood up and saluted.

"I have met the Crown Prince and his wife."

Duan Wenjing stepped forward and helped the man up. "No need to be so polite, brother-in-law. Today is a family dinner, so you don't have to worry about the rules."

"Second sister didn't come?" Gu Zhen didn't see Gu Yao.

When Qi Heng mentioned his wife, his expression softened: "My wife is in poor health and the weather is bad today, so I didn't let her go out."

Gu Zhen just asked casually. She didn't come here to reminisce about the past. She just took out a roll of paper and put it on the table.

Cui Liu and Hong Yan were serving on the side, while the rest of the people all hid far away outside, and even Bai Wenyi and his wife could not get close.

"This is the ship structure diagram designed by the Ministry of Industry. Second brother-in-law, take a look at the ships of your Qi family fleet. What do you think?"

Qi Heng had followed his family's fleet to do business since he was young. Although he had never been to foreign countries, he had traveled the waterway from the capital to the south countless times and knew best what a good ship meant.

Every time the Qi family goes out on a ship, the loss on short voyages is 20% to 30% or 40% to 50% and on longer voyages the loss can reach 70%. Even so, the profits made on the water are beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

These losses were either due to the ships not being strong enough and thus getting hit and sunk, or because of the inability to resist bandits. If there were a few good ships, the profits would be much higher.

Qi Heng stared at the drawings intently.

It was just a rough composition, and all the parts involving fine design were roughly planned. But even so, it was many times better than their Qi family's merchant ships.

Qi Heng pointed to a circled spot and asked, "What is this?"

He had never seen it.