Reborn to be replaced, remarried to the royal palace to raise children and train husband

Madam Liu turned pale with fear: "Master, even a force like the Zheng family can be easily eliminated in his eyes, then we are as insignificant as ants to him. Master, I don't seek glory and wealth, I just want to spend the rest of my life with you in peace and stability. How about you resign from your official position after the refugee problem is solved."

She was genuinely worried that her family would become victims.

However, Lord Liu disagreed and snorted coldly, "You are so short-sighted! Although my official position is not high, he still needs me at present. As long as I seize this opportunity and do a good job, I will naturally be able to have a prosperous career. When he achieves great success, even if I cannot be crowned as a king or a prime minister, I can at least get a position as a third-rank official. After that, if I work hard, it is not impossible for me to enter the cabinet."

After hearing this, Madam Liu's eyes flashed: "Can you really climb to such a high position?"

Doctor Liu stroked his beard proudly: "Just wait to become a royal consort."

Mrs. Liu's heart was filled with excitement at these words, and the aspirations in her mind ran through her mind like electric currents.

Madam Gaoming!

This title that she had never dared to even think about before was now right in front of her and within her reach.

Forget it. They say that wealth and honor are achieved through risk. If you don’t give it a try, how can you know that you can’t do it?

Lord Liu and Madam Liu were immersed in excitement that night, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.

In Prince Duan's Mansion, Gu Qinlan held the account book in her hand, carefully reading every record in it.

Beside him, Fu Yu was reporting one by one: "Today, all the porridge shops in Jindu worked together to cook a total of 480 pots of thick porridge, consuming 2,500 kilograms of grains. A total of 2,765 poor families and 21,035 people came to register to receive porridge."

Gu Qinlan calculated in her mind that this number almost covered all the civilian families in Jindu.

Two thousand five hundred kilograms of food were divided into two meals, and each person could only get one or two kilograms on average, which was barely enough to survive.

Wanying handed the granary account book to Gu Qinlan: "Currently, the total amount of grain stored in Gu's No. 4 warehouse is 50,000 kilograms. According to today's consumption, these stored grains can only support less than a month."

Warehouse No. 4 is where the Gu family stores grain.

Hongye added: "The Gu family sent someone to tell us that the old master has ordered that the young lady must return home tomorrow. This matter must be related to the porridge distribution."

The food used for the porridge was all taken from the Gu family's warehouse. The Gu family's things were misappropriated, but they did not get any benefit from it, so Old Master Gu was unhappy.

Gu Qinlan responded calmly: "We'll discuss this later."

She ordered: "Post a notice in front of the porridge shop to make public the food storage and daily consumption in the warehouse."

The food in the warehouse will be eaten up and there will be no more.

Hongye immediately arranged for his servants to carry out the task.

At dawn the next day, before the sky had completely broken, a long queue had formed in front of the porridge shop. The shop assistants were busy cooking porridge, which was put into large barrels and carried to the outdoor tables by special personnel.

The crowd suddenly became agitated, and many people tried to squeeze forward.

The guy in charge of distributing porridge shouted loudly: "Keep order. If anyone cuts in line, the whole family will not be able to eat porridge for a day!"

As soon as these words were spoken, those who wanted to cut in line immediately stopped their actions.

If you queue at the back of the line, you will only get to eat the porridge a little later, but if you are caught cutting in line, you will go hungry for the whole day.

Someone found the notice and asked hurriedly, "Is what's written on this notice true? Is this really the only amount of food the Crown Prince's Consort has in stock?"

A middle-aged man who looked like a shopkeeper came out and explained, "Yes, this is all the food stored in Gu's warehouse No. 4. According to yesterday's consumption, it can barely last for more than 20 days."

He comforted everyone: "But don't worry too much. The court must be planning a response, and perhaps the refugees will be evacuated soon."

Someone anxiously asked: "What if the food runs out and the refugees still refuse to leave?"

As soon as these words were spoken, many people showed worry on their faces.

The shopkeeper consoled him, "We will have a plan to deal with it when the time comes. 'When a car reaches a mountain, there will always be a way out. When a boat reaches a bridge, it will naturally straighten itself out.' Please rest assured, 'there will always be a way out.' This time my wife has stepped forward, and in the future there will surely be more people with lofty ideals to lend a hand."

After hearing this, the people felt slightly relieved.

The porridge line moved slowly forward.

On the other side, after having breakfast, Gu Qinlan was about to take stock of the current situation in the mansion when she heard a servant coming to report that someone from the Gu family had come and asked Gu Qinlan to return to her parents' home.

Knowing that this trip was unavoidable, Gu Qinlan tidied her appearance, changed her clothes, and returned to the Gu family with Hongye and Fu Yu, as well as Sang Qian and his two brothers.

As soon as she stepped into the front door of the Gu family, Song rushed over like a gust of wind, pointing angrily at Gu Qinlan: "You cruel little bitch, you really have ulterior motives. You dare to use so much food privately to squander!"

Feng Ye decisively intercepted Song's arm and pushed her back: "How dare you! How dare you attack the relatives of important officials of the court? This is a crime of insubordination, and the worst punishment is forty strokes of the cane!"

Song was pushed so hard that she lost her balance and retreated repeatedly.

Gu Qinlan stared at her with a cold gaze: "Since the family business has been handed over to me, it is natural for me to have the final say on how to manage it. If you are dissatisfied, you will have to swallow your anger!"

Song never expected that she would dare to speak so bluntly. She pointed at Gu Qinlan tremblingly: "You...you..."

However, Gu Qinlan didn't even look at her and walked straight to Mr. Gu's residence, with obvious impatience in his eyes.

She knew very well in her heart that Song's actions just now had clearly been tacitly approved by Mr. Gu.

Mr. Gu was unwilling to openly become her enemy, but he was dissatisfied with her spontaneous act of distributing porridge, so he condoned the Song family to take such action.

Therefore, when she stepped into Mr. Gu's courtyard, she immediately said bluntly: "Grandfather, if you think that I am not handling the affairs properly, then take back the business rights. If you still expect me to help you solve problems, then stop doing these annoying little tricks."

"When my grandfather was young, he was well-known in the business world for his iron-fisted tactics. I never expected that he would learn the women's tactics now. It's really touching."

Mr. Gu's face turned green and purple for a while, and he calmed down after a long while: "Although your mother did things without restraint, it was really too much for you to make the decision on your own without informing her in advance about such an important matter as distributing porridge."

Gu Qinlan smiled gently: "So what do you think, Grandfather, should we do? Should we stand aside and watch the people in the city starve to death? Or should we take the opportunity to sell the food at a high price?"

Just as Grandpa Gu was about to speak, he was interrupted by Gu Qinlan: "Grandfather, are you trying to say that merchants should put profits first, so you plan to take this opportunity to sell your stored grain. Because selling it at this time can not only solve the urgent needs of the people, but also bring benefits to the Gu family, right?"