[Red Mansions] Guide to "The Empress of the Wise"

After a long silence, the two looked at each other, and suddenly burst out laughing.

"Why do you want to get rid of the Secretary of the General Administration?" Wang Shuo led Xue Hong to walk around the garden of the villa. After talking about business matters, it is better to go to a place with a good view to improve your mood.

"Is Princess Fuhui okay?" Xue Hong asked with a faint smile.

"Is this a tactful way to tell me that I don't want to talk about that matter?" Wang Shuo was quite inquisitive.

"Hey, who would want to do that job? He's so busy every day. It's not known to anyone. Normal people wouldn't want to do it!" Xue Hong said.

"You are not a normal person. You told me before that you want to start a business and turn yourself into the largest businessman in the country, which is bigger than the Xue family's current business."

"Well, do you also think it's abnormal to want to be a businessman?" Xue Hong suddenly turned his head and asked.

"Do you want to hear the truth or lies?" Wang Shuo tilted his head, avoiding the direct sunlight and Xue Hong's sharp eyes.

"Let's tell a lie, I'm suddenly afraid that I won't be able to bear the truth." Xue Hong raised his eyebrows.

"Well, everyone in the Xue family says that 360-year-old is the number one scholar. No matter what you do, as long as you think it's worth it and be happy, you don't have to take other people's opinions to heart. People live for themselves, not for themselves. In other people's eyes and comments." Wang Shuo spit out a large amount of chicken soup for the soul with a sweet and artificial voice.

"Is this the truth?" Xue Hong asked uncertainly.

"Of course it's a lie!" Wang Shuo rolled his eyes and said, "How can I say such sour words that don't hurt my back while standing up?"

"Then I'm more interested in the truth." Xue Hong made a gesture of invitation, indicating that he would listen carefully.

"Scholars, farmers, businessmen, the four peoples of the country, and the cornerstone. The country is unstable without agriculture, and without business, it is not rich. Merchants connect the north and the south, and the economy prospers, which is beneficial to the country and the people." Wang Shuo laughed.

"Is this the truth? Why does it sound like a lie to compliment me?"

"Ah, things are like this in the world. The truth sounds like a lie, and the lie sounds like the truth. It's hard to tell the truth from the false, huh?" Wang Shuo shook his head, as if he was very satisfied with his judgment.

"go on."

"It's not easy to be a good businessman. Foresight, strategy, and decision-making are indispensable. It's not as simple as being a general. It is said that shopping malls are like battlefields. Are there fewer wealthy businessmen who fail every year? The same family is ruined, and Like being a general, every step is to risk your life!" Wang Shuo decided to say something nice.

"I'm sure you are complimenting me. It seems that it is good to be useful. We have known each other for so long. When did you compliment me so much?" Xue Hong smiled and moved to the left to block the overheated sunlight.

Wang Shuo walked into the pavilion first, and put down the bamboo curtains and light gauze on all sides to block the sun.The two sat down in the pavilion, Xue Hong said: "Go on, after these days, it's not easy to hear such sweet talk."

"Sweet talk, your enlightenment teacher should cry to death." Wang Shuo mocked.

"Then why do you say that merchants are so important and their status is still so low? A few days ago, the censor made a fuss about the fact that a merchant's family should not be allowed to take the imperial examination, at least three generations away from the merchant's registration. I heard that His Majesty is a little moved?" Xue Hong Ignoring Wang Shuo's sarcasm, he directly expressed his distress. Their Xue family is almost the representative of businessmen across the country, and their words and deeds have a huge influence.He doesn't care about imperial examinations, but he thinks about the interests of which class he is in. If businessmen are directly suppressed so that they cannot participate in state affairs, how can they live well?

"It is because businessmen are so important that they cannot be allowed to participate in state affairs. The most touching things in this world are money and power. The rich merchants are already so rich. If they are allowed to participate in state affairs, isn't it money and power? Once caught, whoever the country listens to in the future will depend on who has more money in their hands, of course it will not work." Wang Shuo took it for granted.

"Hahaha, this is the first time I've heard such a statement."

"Being an official for thousands of miles is only for money, and only when you have money can you enjoy it. In fact, officials also use their power to grab wealth and live a better life, so money is the most beneficial long sword." Wang Shuo joked.

"Then can I hold this long sword?" Xue Hong leaned over and asked.

Wang Shuo lowered his voice and said calmly, "Scholars are the ones who make the rules, so naturally they can't."

"Ah, today's sun is really big!" Xue Hong said, blocking the sun shining through the gap of the veil.

Wang Shuo ended the topic knowingly, and asked, "When will you give me the exact news about the Prince Yong's Mansion?"

"Three days."

"So long!" Wang Shuo frowned.

"My good sister, if you hadn't been checking it out a long time ago, you may not be able to find it out even in 30 days. You really think highly of me." Xue Hong exaggeratedly exclaimed.

Wang Shuo looked him up and down carefully, and said with disgust, "At least he's the man in charge of the General Secretary. That's all he has."

"How do you say it? The bridge will be demolished before the river crosses."

"Okay, okay, I've said something wrong." Wang Shuo poured tea for Xue Hong and apologized perfunctorily.

"What do you mean by forgetting?" Xue Hong gave him a white look, "Speak seriously, no matter what you do with this matter, don't involve the Xue family, I will clean up the tail, and I will never admit that I have helped you in the future."

"I don't want to get rid of the Secretary of General Administration?" Wang Shuo raised his eyebrows.

"Life is the most important thing. In my line of work, you have to keep your mouth tight so you don't lose your life." If you don't keep secrets, you will lose your ministers, and if your ministers don't keep secrets, you will lose your body. Change.

"I thought you had a bad relationship with your family." Wang Shuo asked curiously.

"Is that right? My father has already broken more than a dozen vines by beating me. If it wasn't for my little brother who is only three years old and doesn't know if he can stand up, my father would have killed me long ago!" Xue Hong laughed at himself.

"Xue Shibo is still a typical strict father, so how did you develop such a joking temperament?" Wang Shuo commented on Xue Hong wantonly without the consciousness of a junior or young person at all.

Xue Hong rolled his eyes, didn't bother to talk to her, and just drank his own tea from the teacup.

The atmosphere was silent for a while, Xuanwu suddenly came over to report: "Master, the princess is unconscious, please return to the residence quickly."

Wang Shuo glanced at Xue Hong and said, "I'm sorry, let's take a step first. If you have any news, please let me know at the residence."

Wang Shuo took the lead and led the troops back to the mansion. When he entered the door, he began to ask: "What's going on!"

Madam Liu, who was beside the Princess, said: "The servants said that they had slipped up and told the Princess about the young master's demise. The Princess was worried and sad, so she fainted."

"Which broken mouth, I have already ordered you not to speak!"

"It's Xiaoxin, the princess' personal maid."

"Suzaku, go, arrest people, Xiaoxin's family is under control, and everyone who is close to her will be interrogated one by one." Wang Shuo directly ordered, the princess's body can't stand the stimulation at all, Xiaoxin's behavior is not just a mouth Broken couldn't control himself, but murdered.

"Miss..." Liu Mama still wanted to say a few more words, not to plead for Xiaoxin, but whether she is the big maid next to the elders, it is better to tell the princess.

"Liu Nanny, I am the master." Wang Shuo stood still, looked at Liu Nanny and said, "This is the second time I've said this, Mammy, don't let me say it for the third time, it's only three times, I'm afraid You will never hear it again. As the manager of my mother, it is not good for me to do things, so I will give you money every month and three months to make an example, do you think it is appropriate?"

"The old slave has neglected his duty and overstepped the limit. The young lady has properly punished her, and the old slave is convinced." Nanny Liu bowed her head and saluted, once again realizing that her young lady is really different.

The group of them had already reached the princess's bedroom, Wang Shuo waved his hand and asked the servants to wait outside, and went in to see the princess himself.

The princess turned her head to the inside, weeping silently at the carvings on the Babu bed, Wang Shuo sat down beside the bed, and the princess didn't see her voice for a long time.

"Mother, elder brother is not in danger of his life. If you are worried, I will go back to Beijing and take a look for you." Wang Shuo said lightly.

"What are you doing back here!" The Princess suddenly turned her head, "It's only safe here, if... just in case..."

"If Prince Yong's mansion is convicted, we will still be implicated, so that my second brother and I can take the opportunity to escape?" Wang Shuo sneered, and said, "Mother, is it the king's land in the whole world, and the king's ministers on the shore of the land, only to change His Majesty's mind." , is the only way to survive. I went to the capital not only for the sake of my elder brother, I will find a way to get rid of the crime for the Yongwang Mansion."

"The imperial decree has been issued, so there is no room for redemption." The Princess grabbed Wang Shuo's wrist tightly, fearing that she would act impulsively and harm herself.

"It's just an order to be detained, and there is no clear charge, so it will naturally turn around. Mother said she would trust me. Hasn't dad given up the idea of ​​taking a concubine now?" Wang Shuo persuaded.

"But……"

"No, but, even if I want to leave, I don't feel at ease here. My mother is sick in bed and can't manage things. The servants are not knowledgeable enough. How can they maintain the Wang family in the wind and rain." Wang Shuo used her husband, children, and her mother's family to motivate the princess. , I only hope that she can cheer up as soon as possible and restore her previous heroine demeanor.

"Did you really reverse my case for Prince Yong's Mansion?" The princess Dingding looked at Wang Shuo and asked, holding her wrist tightly.

"Yes, I have a solution, I promise." Wang Shuo said firmly.

"I will try my best to get better, and I will never hold you back." The princess let go of Wang Shuo, and said tightly to the quilt.

"Well, I also believe mother, you are tired today, rest first, it will not take a day or two to get better, take your time." Wang Shuo served the princess to lie down, walked out of the bedroom door, and gently rubbed His wrist was pinched red by the princess, Suzaku came over and reported: "Xiaoxin recruited."

"Well, go have a look."

In the past, Xiao Xin, who was dressed magnificently like a rich lady, collapsed on the ground, her hair was disheveled, her face was pale, and her ten fingers had been tortured, dripping with blood.

Suzaku had already made it clear on the way that she was out of her mind and colluded with Yang Shi, and Yang Shi promised to make her a concubine after she came in.

Wang Shuo walked in, looked at Xiaoxin's distressed look from a distance, and asked blankly, "Is there anything else you want to say?"

"Miss, please forgive me. I am no longer a virgin. I have served the master before." Xiaoxin saw Wang Shuo approaching, and lay on the ground and was about to crawl to Wang Shuo's side.

Wang Shuo gave Suzaku a puzzled look, and Suzaku replied, "It's true that I'm not a virgin."

"Well, Xiaoxin is executed, and his family sells it. Don't look for a bad place, just sell it far away." Wang Shuo thought to himself, the main fault in this matter was Xiaoxin, and Wang Shouzhong also had some responsibility. It would be appropriate for the family members to avoid death.

"Miss, miss..." Xiaoxin was about to say something, but the servants had already gagged her and started directly.

Wang Shuo turned and went out, Suzaku said to Xiao Xin who was still breathing, "I will sell your family overseas, and they will never set foot on my land again in this life, don't worry."

Xiaoxin's eyes widened, he twitched and died, unwilling to die.