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Coincidentally, what Concubine Qi bought was the little eunuch who delivered meals, which happened to be under Chang Qing's jurisdiction.

In fact, Chang Qing found out very early on that the former eunuch who delivered food would take money from Concubine Qi to send a message to Concubine Nian.

It's just that after taking down the two young eunuchs and questioning them carefully, Ju Changqing found that what Concubine Qi asked to pass was not important.Basically it’s just news that everyone in the palace knows, such as Concubine Xin is pregnant, Concubine Xin is favored, the emperor rewarded the third elder brother, and ordered the third elder brother to write a political statement (this belongs to Concubine Qi carrying private goods, with Concubine Nian showing off her son) Waiting for news from the big road.

Even if Concubine Qi didn't buy these two young eunuchs, Concubine Nian would be able to ask the most common news in the court with the money herself, so it is really impossible to determine what Concubine Qi is going to do based on this.

In particular, Concubine Qi occasionally spread the news of her own erotic palace to show off, which confused Chang Qing even more: Could it be that she was wrong in her guess, Concubine Qi didn't want to get a new concubine to come out and get in the way of Concubine Xin, but just wanted to An angry concubine?

These people in the palace are full of twists and turns, but they can't understand Concubine Qi.

Chang Qing only mentioned this matter to Su Peisheng, and did not report it to the emperor. The emperor probably would have been lazy to pay attention to such innocuous news.

Afterwards, he replaced the eunuch who delivered food to Yikun Palace with his confidant and clever man.

Originally, Chang Qing was still worried that Concubine Qi would cautiously hold back when she found out that the food eunuch had suddenly changed.Unexpectedly, the Changchun Palace didn't care who delivered the food at all, maybe they didn't realize that they had changed, and continued to give money to the new eunuch serving food carelessly, letting them help spread the word.

Chang Qing kept paying attention until this time, Concubine Qi finally sent specific things and specific words.

The thing is a rather narrow piece of men's clothing, but Chang Qing is not an old man in Prince Yong's mansion, so he doesn't understand what it is.But Concubine Qi's words this time were very clear: "Thinking about the current situation in your family, aren't you in a hurry to come out?"

Knowing the specific words that Concubine Qi passed on to Nianshi, and the clothes she gave to Nianshi as physical evidence, Chang Qing quickly went to Su Peisheng and handed over the physical evidence.

Su Peisheng quickly handed over the matter to the emperor.

The emperor doesn't need anyone to ask Concubine Qi, he can figure out the reason by himself: There is no reason, no, if there is a grudge, what does Concubine Qi want to get Nianshi for?It must be for your own benefit.

Child, third elder brother, Yonghe Palace, pregnant, concubine of the Nian family.

The emperor drew a clear logical line and made a decision.

Since Concubine Qi has already developed evil thoughts, in the eyes of the emperor, it is almost the same as actually doing it.

The reason why there is an old saying is that there is only a thief for a thousand days, but there is no one who can guard against a thief for a thousand days. It is precisely because a thief can watch for opportunities every day, and can make countless moves, just for the one time of success .And those who are on guard, no matter how careful they are, as long as they are careless once, they will be successfully stolen.

Some facts don't need to be dragged on.Concubine Xin is in the late pregnancy, I am afraid that her spirit will be more tired than before, and a woman's childbirth is a difficult task to take care of herself, if she is inadvertent in her busy schedule at that time, it will be too late to regret it if someone takes advantage of her loopholes.

"Back to the emperor, if the concubine Nian knelt down in single clothes like this, she would be seriously ill and her life would be endangered. I am really incompetent." On the day when Su Peisheng reported what Concubine Qi had done, the medical officer of the imperial hospital had the courage to come Please see the emperor.

Although Concubine Qi's clothes were not brought into Yikun Palace, the Concubine Nian also had her own way.

Ever since the emperor returned to the palace, the concubine Nian began to kneel in the Yikun Palace in plain clothes every day.

Please ask the imperial physician after kneeling.

Now that the imperial hospital has received a call from Yikun Palace to ask for an imperial physician, it is very helpless to have a headache.

Nian's concubine is really capable of doing things to herself.What she did was very simple and clear: I will kneel down to death. If I kneel down again, I will be seriously ill or even die. Do you dare to report it to the emperor in your hospital?

This is a clear conspiracy.

The hospital really dare not report.

Not to mention that concubine Nian was the former noble concubine, the emperor's most valued favorite concubine, she was the eminent concubine who had been invisible for a long time, and her condition worsened in autumn and winter, and the imperial hospital had to sort out the pulse case quickly Come, go and report to the emperor that the patient's condition has worsened again, for fear of something bad.

It has been reported in advance, and if something goes wrong, the hospital will not be held responsible.

If there is no movement in the Tai Hospital, and any lady suddenly dies of a serious illness, it must be the responsibility of the Tai Hospital.

Concubine Nian has always been familiar with the routines of the Tai Hospital. This is at her own expense, forcing the Tai Hospital to inform the emperor for her: If you don't come, the emperor, I would rather torture myself to death.

"It's a bitter trick, after all Nianshi is a man who is willing to let go." The queen sighed while drinking tea.

Xue Ya said from the side: "Your Majesty, the Nian Concubine is forcing the Emperor to meet her? Can this be useful?"

The queen looked at Gong Mei: "Tell me about it."

Gong Mei said: "My servant feels that the reason why the 36 tricks are famous all over the world is not because of how unexpected and dangerous it is, but because of its effectiveness."

The queen nodded: "Yes, especially this cruel trick, which is not something ordinary people can do." Not everyone can be cruel to themselves.

She put down the teacup: "Listen more to the news about the Hall of Mental Cultivation."

The same thing, Jiang Heng is also telling Qiu Xue.

Qiu Xue nodded, but there was no panic on her face: "No matter how bad the plan is, the empress has already done it, and the slaves will always be with you." They are all prepared and will always protect the safety of the empress.

Ever since Jiang Heng became pregnant, Qiu Xue has grown up rapidly.Firstly, she has a heart, and secondly, there is Yu Momo, an experienced master, who is always quick to learn.

Soon, the news that the emperor was going to Yikun Palace spread throughout the harem.

Everywhere in the palaces, the emotion is the same: the emperor is nostalgic for the old concubine Nian, I am afraid that the concubine Nian is about to come out.

But soon, the concubines discovered that the emperor's nostalgia for nostalgia seemed to be different from what they had imagined...

Others thought the emperor's nostalgia: Since the emperor went to visit Nian Shi soft-heartedly, he would release her, even if he was not favored, he would be the same as Concubine Xi and others, and the rewards under the New Year's Day were as prescribed, and visits were made on a monthly basis. Let her live in peace in the palace.

But the emperor's nostalgia is not like this.

"I'm going to visit the New Year." After the emperor came out of the Yikun Palace, he went directly to the Queen's Chengqian Palace: "The Nian said that she knelt in the cold wind every day in single clothes to forgive the sins of her mother's family. Brother Chen Qi owed the grace to her, so much so that she felt shameless, so she had to kneel down every day to forgive her sins."

Contrary to her own heart, the queen said logically: "The crime is not as good as a married woman, and there is really no need for a concubine to do so."

The emperor nodded: "I don't think it's an option for her to kneel and forgive her sins like this, and it's really unnecessary."

The queen's heart sank when she heard this: Your majesty is really soft-hearted, wanting to release the concubine Nian?

Unexpectedly, the emperor's voice changed: "Since the concubine Nian feels that she has no words to face the saint, she probably lives in this palace, too close to me, and she is afraid that she will face the saint in the future, so she is ashamed. If so, let her move Go to the Old Summer Palace. You don’t have to worry about seeing me faceless there, and she won’t be ashamed to kneel down.”

Queen:  …

After being shocked for three seconds, the queen finally realized, and quickly responded.

Then she felt a little funny from the bottom of her heart: yes, it was about Nian Shi, she was a little confused.With such a temperament as the emperor, how could he take such persecution-style tricks.

The Nian family used bitter tricks, and the emperor changed his hands to reap the benefits: If you like bitterness, go to a place where I can't see it.

"Let her leave as soon as possible, otherwise she will be shameless if she stays in the palace for one more day."

The queen agreed with a sullen face: mainly because she was afraid that she would laugh as soon as she relaxed.

"The concubine will arrange people today, and the carriage will leave the palace early in the morning. But there is one more thing that the concubine asked you to do. When we arrive at the Old Summer Palace, will the concubine's confinement order be resolved?"

The emperor shook his head, and said casually: "Is the empress also confused? Nian concubine has been kneeling in shame for her mother's family these days, and she refuses to even face the saint. How can she be willing to meet outsiders? The Old Summer Palace is a big place, so find the cleanest place , let her live in peace."

When the queen heard the emperor say that she was confused, it was the first time that the queen was delighted to hear it.

She blessed herself: "The concubine knows."

However, the matter was not over yet, and the emperor continued: "Concubine Qi took good care of her during the confinement period, and also pleaded for Concubine Nian in front of me, which shows that there is a lot of affection. Concubine Nian just knelt for a few days, very If you are sick, let Concubine Qi go to Yuanmingyuan together and take care of Kai Jie Nian."

The queen looked up in astonishment.

He looked indifferently at the emperor: "It's cheaper to live together, save the concubine Qi and have to find ways to buy people, and send a message to the concubine Nian."

The queen immediately knew what taboo Concubine Qi had committed.

He also quickly knelt down and said: "It's my concubine's omission, I didn't find out that Concubine Qi was dealing with Nian Shi in private." Speaking of this, the queen suddenly felt a little chill down the back.Concubine Qi is in contact with Nian, what is the relationship?What is the message?

It must be a more important benefit to make Concubine Qi forget about being bullied by Nianshi in the past.

The queen also quickly thought of the pregnancy of Concubine Xin of Yonghe Palace.

"The concubine will pay more attention to looking after the Yonghe Palace."

The empress still acted resolutely, and soon appointed two teams of elite and capable palace servants from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Department of Punishment, together with the elite soldiers dispatched by the emperor. The eldest concubine was sent to the team going to the Old Summer Palace.

As a newcomer to the Punishment Department, Yinqiao was also fortunate to be assigned to this task.

"It's a servant's honor to send the former imperial concubine out of this palace." Before leaving, Yinqiao quietly came to Yonghe Palace again.

Jiang Heng instructed: "You still have a long way to go, just treat it as an urgent matter and get it done, there is no need to make extra trouble."

Yinqiao is a fox with a grudge and a grudge. Jiang Heng knows that she has never forgotten about Chen Debao, nor has she forgotten that the imperial concubine wanted to take her to serve Shengjia.Instead, she was worried that she would do something to retaliate on the road, which would affect her future.

Yinqiao smiled and rolled his eyes, showing a bit of cunning: "The servant will not do anything, but be nice to the concubine Nian. She will often persuade the concubine Nian to kneel less, so as not to hurt her body."

After talking about Nian Shi, and looking at Jiang Heng again, her eyes were full of tenderness and anticipation: "The maidservant has to finish her errands and go back to the palace, waiting to see the empress and the child."

Besides, the matter of Concubine Nian's long kneeling reminded the emperor of the matter of Lao Ba kneeling at the entrance of the Hall of Mental Cultivation before.

And people are amazing, but they can't stand talking about them.

It just occurred to me that not long after Lao Ba, the emperor received a lot of memorials about Annan and Lao Ba's actions.

Gao Qizhuo, governor of Yunnan Province, felt that he was sending brochures to Beijing more and more frequently, and he even applied for a special subsidy from the Ministry of Household Affairs for this purpose.

Yes, not every discount that officials send to Beijing is at the public expense, and there is a limit for reimbursement of the notebooks that can be delivered every month.Especially for this kind of border crossing to the capital city, the sending is still express, and the manpower and material resources consumed are not a small amount.

Fortunately, Prince Yi approved the fee for him.

Gao Qizhuo can't do anything, Prince Lian's actions are often unexpected.And Gao Qizhuo was able to take turns serving as the governor of the provinces under the emperor, of course he is familiar with the emperor's character, and he likes to grasp the development of the situation in every detail.

So Gao Qizhuo had to use a much higher frequency than before to send notes to the emperor.

On this day, the emperor received An Nan's paper again, felt the thickness, and decided to move it to read after lunch when he was sleepy.

After lunch, the emperor opened the notebook again.

After Gao Qizhuo had greeted the emperor at the beginning, he cut to the chase and said, "Prince Lian, the Li family of King Annan, and the six princes under his knees are all familiar, and they are all brothers."

Although there is a detailed explanation below, the emperor was quite shocked and read this sentence twice, and confirmed the relationship between the characters-that is, King Annan recognized the eighth brother as his younger brother, and his son also called him the eldest brother. All things.

After looking down, I saw Gao Qizhuo listing Annan's royal family line in detail, the specific prince.

The emperor felt that it was a bit lengthy, so he called Zhang Tingyu in to read it: Although the number of manuscripts written by the emperor is astonishing, Zhang Tingyu is better at fast reading.

After all, what he was doing was sorting the notebooks.

Moreover, Zhang Tingyu is a person with a good memory and a strong ability to summarize. Sometimes the emperor is too lazy to read the long speeches of his courtiers, so he asks Zhang Tingyu to summarize and then read.

At this moment, Zhang Tingyu was called to the contemporary reading.

Zhang Tingyu quickly finished reading, and turned back a few pages to determine the key plot points, and then prepared to briefly introduce Prince Lian's actions to the emperor.

Just before Zhang Tingyu opened his mouth, Prince Yi asked to see him to report the final disposition of the Longkodo case.

The emperor stopped Zhang Tingyu for the time being, and discussed the business first. After the three people discussed the matter of Tong Jia's family, the emperor asked Su Peisheng to put the melon and fruit box again, and then said to Zhang Tingyu: "Tell me, what are you doing? gone."

When Thirteenth Master heard that Annan had something new, he sat down immediately, grabbed a handful of dry charcoal-roasted cashew nuts, and listened while eating. He didn't want to eat salt and pepper or powdered sugar, and he always got it. The upper body is not happy.

Zhang Tingyu: I, a dignified scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, suddenly had the illusion of a teahouse storyteller.

But looking at the two heavyweight listeners in front of him, Zhang Tingyu quickly cheered up and spoke.

Moreover, he unconsciously adjusted the word order, putting the most catchy point at the beginning and saying: "The Eighth Prince intervened in Annan's prince dispute."

Sure enough, the attention of the emperor and the thirteenth master was concentrated, and the emperor also commented: "It is Lao Ba's job to intervene in the battle for the reserve position, and I believe he can do it well."

The thirteenth master pursed his lips and smiled beside him.

Zhang Tingyu told what Prince Lian did in Annan.

Annan Wang Li's family is nearly 50 years old this year, and has no concubines under his knees. Because he had many concubines when he was young, there are eight or nine concubines who are not less than ten years old. (The emperor interjected when he heard this, and turned to Shisan, saying: Sounds familiar, doesn't it?)

Among them, the least favored prince is the sixth child, and it can be seen from the name that King Annan dislikes this son.The name of the sixth prince translated into Chinese is Li Chao, or Li Hua, Li Hua and so on.

It is said that his mother made a big mistake during her pregnancy. Annan Wang was so disgusted that even the newborn baby was implicated in such a name.

"The rest of the princes fought fiercely for the throne, but this Prince Li Chao didn't even have a chance to fight." Zhang Tingyu also became addicted to storytelling, and it was true.

Prince Lian happened to find Prince Lichao.

Annan, who was thousands of miles away at this time, felt that he had been redeemed.

Li Chao, the concubine of Prince Annan, felt that Prince Lian of the Qing Dynasty was a ray of light shining into his dark life.He was bullied and scorned in the court of King Annan, but this prince who was the only prince in the upper kingdom, a prince whose father and king were all polite, treated him very kindly.

And not the kind of compassionate kindness, but the kind of real appreciation that will find him shining.

Others said he was gloomy and sneaky, only Prince Lian said that he was not surprised by honor or disgrace; others said that he came from a humble background, only Prince Lian explained him softly, "sages say that heroes don't ask where they come from"; others said that he can only get the poorest. However, Prince Lian persuaded him not to give up. He is not lacking in talent, but he lacks connections. If he can gain the support of courtiers, he may not be able to be the lord of a country.

Li Chao felt that a new fire of hope had ignited in his dry life.

However, when he tried to show himself in front of his father, he was scolded head on by his father: It is compassionate to allow you to live to this day to give you food and drink, how dare the son of a bitch try to think of anything else?

In the past, Li Chao would just go back and swallow these bitter fruits silently, but now there is a voice in his heart out of nowhere: I can be king, my father is old and confused, if you don’t give me the throne, I can also be myself Rob. (Prince Lian said, I have something to say about where this voice came from).

But although Li Chao had ideas, he didn't have any strength.

He also wanted to win over Annan's courtiers, but everyone knew his details and knew that he was the son hated by King Annan, so who would help him?It would be fine if King Annan had no other successor candidates, but there are several other princes to bet on. Who would buy this most hopeless stock?

So Li Chao was tossed and tossed and bumped into walls everywhere, until recently, desperate, he went to ask the light of his life, Prince Lian.

"As long as the prince is willing to order Governor Gao to send troops and wait for me to win the throne, Annan will follow the wishes of the Qing emperor and the prince in all matters!"

When Prince Lian heard this, he was very 'surprised' and 'rejected', and quickly said: "My God, sixth prince, how could you have such a dangerous idea.I am just the prince of the Qing Dynasty, an envoy, to bring peace and love to the two countries, how could I send troops to interfere with the succession of the throne in your country.Although I am very optimistic about you, although I have soldiers, don't mention this again.

As far as Gao Qizhuo knew, in the past two months, Li Chao often saw Prince Lian in secret (Prince Lian also created the opportunity for him), and every time he had to beg for this matter, and Prince Lian gradually moved towards the prince because of his admiration for the prince. A 'tangled and shaken'.

The latest news is that Prince Lian has already vomited to Li Chao: "Although you and I hit it off right away, like brothers and close friends, I can't bear to see you being bullied and buried, but if this is done, once it gets out and the people of Annan know that I will help you seize the throne, Wouldn't it hurt the harmony between the two countries?"

And Prince Li Chao patted his chest and promised that as long as the prince provides me with poison and soldiers, I will bear the charge of killing the king and usurping the throne.At that time, just ask Prince Lian to lead his troops into the city to suppress the formation in the name of helping the friendly country.

Prince Lian said that I am very embarrassed, I love peace very much and never want to go to war, but for you, the poor prince I admire, I will work hard for you, just ask how Li Chao will lead his troops into the city when the time comes?

Li Chao was ecstatic when he heard that he was willing to help, and said that he would open the gate to the guarding army as a prince: "This matter should not be difficult. After all, the relationship between the prince and the father is also very good, and all the courtiers know about it."

In the capital, the emperor was speechless upon hearing this.

Tucao to the thirteenth brother: "Another fool who was coaxed by the old man." Isn't this kneeling on the ground begging someone to rob you!

King Annan, come and kill him, and then invite the princes and governors of other countries to lead troops into the city after you kill him. What kind of brain is this!

So far, the emperor has foreseen Annan's fate and is not very interested.

Prince Lian was also lamenting how things went smoothly: alas, if only my brothers, especially the fourth brother and the thirteenth brother, were as good at fooling around as Li Chao.

While planning with emotion, he did not forget to attend the birthday banquet of King Annan with Gao Qizhuo.

King Annan was very sincere. Although today was his birthday, after dismissing his congratulatory officials, he hosted a banquet for the prince and governor of the Qing Dynasty alone.

Every time King Li had a drink with Prince Qinglian, he would sigh with his left and right that he is really a rare virtuous king. This time, he drank too much wine and said directly to Prince Lian himself: "My virtuous brother, this king is false to you. I am 20 years old, today I would like to ask you to say something, if you are not the brother of the Great Qing Emperor, it would be great if you were the son of this king, the position of prince must belong to you! Compared with your sons, these sons of this king are all mud."

"This king will not be like your emperor of the Qing Dynasty. Just because your mother and concubine came from a low background, you will not look down on such an excellent son as you."

Gao Qizhuo next to him was very embarrassed, so he had to look up at the sky: I shouldn't be here.He knows the taboos of the Eighth Prince, and he doesn't like to hear people say that his mother and concubine are humble.

Prince Lian's face was a little drunk, and he looked drunk too.However, Gao Qizhuo was bored by the sidelines, and just happened to observe Prince Lian, and found that the Eighth Prince looked drunk and patted his shoulders and back with Li's brothers, but the hand holding the wine was always steady, showing that he was sober.

After King Li said that he wanted him to be his son, Prince Lian even "drunk and missed" and poured a glass of wine on him.

Gao Qizhuo was beside him desperately picking up vegetables.

Sure enough, after the banquet, Prince Lian took the cold handkerchief handed over by the maid on the carriage and put it on his face, then raised his head, without any hint of drunkenness on his face, and said with a cold smile: "You want to recognize me as your son? , Annan's throne will still be passed to me by him? I won't take it myself?"

Gao Qizhuo originally thought that the emperor and Prince Lian were not like brothers at all, but when he saw Prince Lian's sneer for the first time, he realized that the emperor and Prince Lian were indeed blood brothers.

I had no choice but to give Li Shi some wax in my heart.

After listening to Zhang Tingyu's lecture, the emperor and Prince Yi made a bet.

The Thirteenth Master thinks that the Eighth Master will not leave this Li Chao behind: "I think the Eighth Brother should directly let Governor Gao lead the troops to seize Annan's throne and support a collateral puppet-this Li Chao sounds like a very ruthless character. , and in the end it is the son of Prince Annan, although it sounds nice now, I am afraid that it will cross the river and tear down the bridge."

But the emperor didn't think so: "Lao Ba should seek stability and continue to support Li Chao - if all the blood of King Annan's direct line is wiped out, and only a distant relative is supported to come to power, it would be too heavy to force the emperor to make the princes. Annan's government and opponents I am afraid that the Qing Dynasty will have a lot of resistance. If Lao Ba wants to manage Annan for a long time, he probably won't go so fast."

In other words, the use value of Li Li has not yet been exhausted, and Lao Ba will not let go of the grind and kill the donkey for the time being.

In November of this year, it was the first time that the emperor received a memorandum written by Prince Lian himself.

Whether it was to avoid suspicion or to compete secretly, in short, all Annan's affairs were sent to the imperial court through Gao Qizhuo's notes.

Prince Lian himself never wrote anything about it, and the papers he wrote were all papers for greetings during festivals, which were quite satisfactory.It seems that he is just an innocent and harmless prince who was exiled to Annan.

Every time the emperor answers his notes, it is very simple, just two words: Zhen An, or three words: Zhen Ji An.

So much so that Prince Lian's stomach hurts when he saw the word "an".He didn't really want to pay his respects to the emperor, but the emperor was really telling him, I'm fine, you should work there honestly.

It was not until November, nearly a year after Prince Lian went to Annan, that he officially wrote his first book.

Zhang Tingyu quickly sorted out this scripture, and the emperor put down other matters first, and read this scripture first.

Prince Lian also has his own temper, and he has to wait for the matter to be sure before he is willing to report to the emperor himself.The emperor announced Prince Yi into the palace: "Thirteenth brother, you have lost to me this time." The emperor's understanding of Lao Ba is that the person who understands you best is the enemy.

Sure enough, Prince Lian planned to hide behind the scenes in the future and use Li Chao to continue to develop, and did not intend to kill the donkey.

He explained to the emperor in the booklet: "Now everything is ready, just wait for the sixth prince of Annan to force the palace. When Li Chao ascends the throne, he will come and kill the rest of the brothers, which is better than the prince of the Qing Dynasty killing all the Annan Li family." many."

Annan will not have much conflict from the court to the people.

At the beginning of Li Chao's ascension to the throne, he had no manpower or experience, and he was very grateful to Prince Lian and would obey his words. First, he let Annan develop in the way Prince Lian wanted for a period of time.

"Wait until he is not obedient enough and the king's consciousness is awakened, then deal with it."

Thirteen thoughts: It really is a starling, who wants to squeeze people to the bone.

The emperor believed that he would soon be able to delete the important matter of Annan from the military aircraft map.

In the excerpt, Ba Ye also expressed his respect to the emperor: "The technique of expelling the small country in Annan is not as good as the emperor's. He removed Tong Jia's family with the force of thunder."

Even though Tong Jiashi supported him back then, and even because of him, he was not as good as before, but the winner and loser, Eighth Master has no sympathy for Tong Jiashi: I don't care if I feel cold myself?So he applauded the emperor from the side, thinking that the emperor did a good job.

In fact, if he became the emperor, he wouldn't tolerate Tong Banchao's - and he wasn't his uncle, why should he tolerate it?

And Ba Ye showed his merits and applauded to the emperor, mainly for the sake of being important to the emperor.

I'm about to win Annan, can the ninth brother send it to me?Just happened to meet Li Chao who was taken advantage of, why don't you let the ninth brother make some money?