Gu An hurriedly returned to Dingyuan Hou Mansion, and ran to Jingxin Pavilion as soon as he arrived at Baifang Garden.

Gu Yan was reading a book in the pavilion. When he saw Gu An coming, he quickly put it aside and asked someone to fetch water for him to wash.

After finishing the wipe, Gu An put it on the stone table next to him, picked up the tea handed over by Gu Yan and took a sip. Then he took a deep breath and said, "Don't worry about money. Yan'er asked her to do everything for her father, but it was a bit thrilling. Fortunately, the emperor was not angry. Yan'er should not let her father do this next time. Find someone else in the matter of pulling teeth from the tiger's mouth. Dad is old, but he can't stand such trouble."

Gu Yan curled her lips, "What's the old age in her forties? Is it good? If I have something to do, who will I go to my father? Please point me to someone!"

Gu An glared at Gu Yan and said helplessly: "Forget it, Dad can't tell you, you can do whatever you like. Just know what you want. Don't put yourself in it. Dad will still have to pick you up at that time."

Gu Yan snorted coldly, "It's okay if you have a father, who dares to offend me? Dad, have you told the emperor how much money did you want?"

Gu An rolled his eyes, "You really think your father is omnipotent? Do I dare to say it? I dare not. I only talk about the tax and silver. All the corruption gained by Chang Yuanshan must be paid. Speaking of which, Yan'er, the eldest princess won't deal with us later, right?"

Gu Yan narrowed her eyes and thought, "It shouldn't be. The eldest princess is humble and polite, and she hates evil like a grudge. Every time there is a disaster in the Great Wei Dynasty, she will take the lead in donating silver and clothes. She is not in love with the world, but her heart is still soft. Moreover, she has a good overall view. Knowing her father's position in the emperor's heart, she doesn't think she will make things difficult for us.

Besides, my mother and I will not leave the house for the time being, so we can't see her. She might let it go after a long time. She didn't care about this incident in Chang Yuanshan this time. She didn't get any trace of the kidnapped silver. It was all the solutions her son-in-law thought. I heard that she had lost all the money."

Gu An smiled and put the teacup on the stone table. "You are also damaged enough. You don't send a letter to Chang Yuanshan's wife, but you just send it to the princess's mansion far away in the capital. While emptying his family, it also numbs their nerves. He thought that Chang Yuanshan was a clean official in Yongzhou, and had no traces of his body, otherwise he would not have sent the letter of kidnapping to the capital."

"The silver in Changyuan Mountain cannot be moved. Apart from taxes, it is greedy. It is one of the things that are used by the people. I have to hand it over to the emperor to gain favor!"

"You are smart, Yan'er, I guess your grandfather will have to ask us to Rong'antang for a while. Be careful then."

Gu Yan glanced at Gu An, "It's okay, I can still bear it when I say a few words. If I can't bear it, I will start beating it. I don't have that patience."

Gu An didn't say anything or objected to Gu Yan's beating. He drank a cup of tea and left to look for Tang.

After noon, Gu Yan woke up from her nap and Rong'antang sent someone to come.

Seeing Gu Yan, the little maid who was arrogant and arrogant when she just returned home, but now she was polite to salute her, she couldn't help but sneer.

Humph! This person is just a mean person. It’s not okay to not teach a lesson. No, after all, Mama Qiu, who was picking up the slap, became honest and honest. When she saw her, she knew that she would be treated. It seems that it would be impossible not to beat her. If she doesn’t have a memory, she has to beat her.

"knew."

The little maid smiled and said a few good things, Juxiang stuffed her a small purse and ran away happily with her little eyes staring at her surprise.

"Miss, I have bribed many little maids from Rong'antang these days. Two of them are worth it. Miss just give orders if you have any questions."

Gu Yan nodded, "No need for now, keep it first, let's talk about it later."

Gu Yan is not short of this amount of money. She can get one or two taels of silver. She will eat two pieces of cakes and it will be all out. If it is useful in the future, it will not be possible to use this tael of silver to exchange for it.

Juxiang helped Gu Yan put on her clothes and asked Mei Xiang and Shuxiang to accompany Gu Yan to Tang's place.

Tang had been in the yard for several months, and now he has a rosy complexion and a plump body. However, he was much better than when he first returned to Beijing. When he saw Gu Yan coming, he immediately pulled her to sit beside her.

"Yan'er finally comes. Mom is going to be bored. Let's talk to her."

Gu Yan rolled her eyes secretly, "Didn't I come in the morning?"

Tang said angrily: "That's not enough? Just for a while in the morning, what can I talk about?"

What was the time in the morning? She ran here three times a day, but didn’t come on that day?

Gu Yan didn't say anything, Tang didn't care, and said, "I can't go out of the house either. I'm really panicked, otherwise, I'll go out early?"

Gu Yan thought for a while, "Then let's celebrate the New Year."

Tang said in disappointment: "Ah": "After the New Year, it will take more than three months to celebrate the New Year. If you stay cold in winter, then it will be better to have spring? That's too long, right?"

Gu Yan patted Tang's back of his hand comfortably, "Mom, let the emperor know that our family will suffer."

Tang leaned weakly on the back of the chair, "Mom knows, I'm just nagging you, I'm not ignorant yet. Okay, your father is coming back soon. Let's go to Rong'antang. Let's stay with your grandparents for a long time, it's a matter of another."

Gu Yan nodded, helped Tang to sit in a wheelchair, and added a layer of powder to her, making her look pale. After thinking about it, she took out a bottle from the secret compartment at the head of the bed and handed a pill for Tang to take it, and then pushed her towards Rong Antang.

I happened to meet Gu An on the way. The family of three walked slowly towards Rong'an Hall. When they arrived, they were the last one. The other masters of Dingyuan Hou Mansion arrived.

Gu Yan glanced at him and knew that they were dressed and were going to attend the palace banquet. She just didn't understand what her grandfather thought and when she couldn't speak, but she was so anxious.

Gu An and the other three asked An for An to Gu Shuyu and the old Qu, then stepped aside and sat down, waiting for Gu Shuyu to talk about it.

Seeing that everyone was coming, Gu Shuyu didn't talk nonsense and said directly: "Today's birthday, the emperor must be careful when he arrives in the palace and do not cause trouble for the mansion. Nine girls are still confined, so don't go today."

Gu Yan nodded indifferently, glanced at Gu Rui, showed a sneer, lowered her eyebrows and lowered her head with a pleasing look.

Gu Shuyu glanced at Gu Yan with satisfaction, looked at Gu An and said, "Second, what you did today is wrong. When you go to the palace, you will see the opportunity and say to the emperor, "You don't want the taxes in Yongzhou, and you will give them to the national treasury."

After Gu Shuyu said self-righteously, he picked up the teacup and took a sip of the tea, sorted out his clothes, and waited for Gu An to reply.

Gu An sneered secretly, but did not object, and asked directly: "Okay, after I entered the palace, I told the emperor, "Is it just my father, is it from the silver mansion that governs Yongzhou?" How many? Yongzhou is not small, and it is not enough to have 200,000 or 300,000 taels of silver."

Everyone present, except Tang and Gu Yan, were confused by Gu An's words, and looked at Gu An in disbelief, thinking that he was crazy.

"Silver? What kind of silver? Why did the money to govern Yongzhou get paid for? Isn't this a nonsense?"

Gu An blinked, looking confused, "If you don't have to come out of the mansion, my father asked me to give the money to the emperor again. So who will pay this money? I can't rob it, right?"

Gu Shuyu said for granted: "Of course, the tax will come up next year. Do we have to pay the silver in ourselves? Besides, Yongzhou is the fief of Jiu Yatou, how can the mansion pay this silver?"

"Haha, Dad, you are so funny! My son has told the emperor that it is urgent to put the people first and govern Yongzhou. We can wait, but the people can't wait. Changyuanshan's corruption taxes are used for the people, and it is reasonable that the emperor cannot take them back. Who told his relatives to cause trouble in Yongzhou?

Besides, it is true that Yongzhou is Yan'er's fiefdom. No matter what happens there, Yan'er should make the decision by himself. What's the matter with his father? If the emperor knows, the consequences... I'm afraid the emperor would think that the fiefdom he rewarded Yan'er was controlled by the Hou Mansion. At that time, our Hou Mansion might be punished."

Gu Shuyu was shocked, thought about it carefully, and then said, "Yan'er is still young. It's normal for me to help her manage Yongzhou as her elder, so as not to be deceived, the emperor will understand."

Gu An looked at Gu Shuyu and smiled and said, "The emperor would not understand, because he knew the relationship between me and Hou Mansion. Not to mention that the power was similar to water and fire, it was just to maintain superficial peace and there was no need to be so close to each other. Father, we know some things ourselves, the emperor also knows them, and the ministers in the court knew them, even the people in the capital also had a sound in their hearts. You don't need to be too ungrateful, as they would be criticized."

Gu Shuyu was choked by Gu An and couldn't speak immediately. He looked at him in disbelief and didn't say anything for a long time.

Old Qu frowned, "Old, you are so arrogant. Your father is always for your own good. Isn't it hurting his heart if you say this?"

Gu An glanced at the old Qu, "Is that so? Have I been sad for less years? What happened to him after he tasted it? Is he just hurt if he didn't care about Yongzhou? Or did I say that the truth I told made him sad? If that was the case, I should think about it carefully. Are my truths all right? Do you also reflect on it?"

Old Qu frowned and looked at Gu An, not understanding what happened to him today, so why did he break up? Isn’t it good to keep it the same? Are you not afraid of others making fun of him just by breaking up like this?

Gu An didn't want to do this, but he could tolerate anything else. As long as he didn't touch his bottom line, he could not take it seriously. There were only a few things he couldn't tolerate, one of which was to plot against his relatives.

In his eyes, only Tang and Gu Yan, and Gu Zhehan are his relatives. The lives and deaths of others have nothing to do with him. What if they dare to plot against Gu Yan, they will just make a fuss? Anyway, it is not him who suffers.

He knew what Gu Shuyu had. He said that he was paying the embezzled taxes was just a test, in fact, to test the bottom line of their family and whether the Hou Mansion could intervene in the things in Yongzhou. If he didn't follow suit, it would be fine. If he listened to his words and handed over the taxes, they would send their own people to take over the position of Yongzhou Prefecture. At that time, the entire Yongzhou would be in the hands of the Hou Mansion in Dingyuan. What was he saying?

After Yongzhou arrived at the Dingyuan Hou Mansion, will the annual tax revenue be included in Gu Yan? Isn’t that a joke? Can they still spit out the silver they swallowed? Don’t joke!

Gu Shuyu didn't expect that Gu An would understand the key point in a flash. He thought he didn't know what he was planning in his heart, so he frowned and said, "It's for the sake of Jiu Yat-shou to intervene in Yongzhou for the sake of Jiu Yat-shou. Will I still harm her? After all, I am also her grandfather!"

Gu An was lazy and talked nonsense to him, and he made it clear.

"We have understood my father's kindness. Don't worry about Yongzhou affairs. Yan'er has his own arrangements."

Gu An thought that Gu Shuyu would understand that he already knew his purpose and told him not to think about it anymore. Unexpectedly, Gu Shuyu did not understand his intentions at all.

Gu Shuyu said dissatisfiedly: "What does a child know about her? She..."

Gu Shuyu wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by a stern voice.

"Enough, shut up."

Everyone looked at the sound in surprise, and saw Gu Yan looking at Gu Shuyu with ice.

Gu Yan stared at Gu Shuyu for a while, squinted her eyes, and finally took a deep breath to calm herself down.

"I understand what my grandfather meant. We all know what my grandfather wants to do. It's boring to say it. You don't have to think about sending someone to take over Yongzhou. I can't let your people enter Yongzhou, and it's even more impossible to make Yongzhou the back garden of the Houfu, providing free silver for Dingyuan Houfu to squander your descendants."

Gu Shuyu looked at Gu Yan blankly, and when he heard her words, he couldn't help but sigh. It would be great if she was a boy, she would definitely be the most outstanding heir to Dingyuan Hou Mansion.

It was too clear that he only said that she could think of so many things when she returned the embezzled taxes to the emperor. If she was a boy and then she would be recorded as a legitimate branch, then the future of Dingyuan Hou Mansion would be promising.

It's just a pity that she is a girl and will have to get married sooner or later. With her here, she will never be able to care about Hou Mansion.

"Jiu Yatou is smart. My grandfather did this entirely for the Hou Mansion. You also want a good way out for the Hou Mansion in the future? Dingyuan Hou Mansion is your home, and you don't want him to lose, right? With the Hou Mansion, you can have a better development and a way out, otherwise Hou Mansion..."

Gu Shuyu said a lot of things, just to persuade Gu Yan to hand over the control rights of Yongzhou and hand over the annual tax revenue to the Hou Mansion.

Gu An, Tang, and Gu Yan were all shocked by his self-righteousness and talking to himself. They stared at him with their eyes, just like seeing a mental illness.

Isn't it just a mental illness? Gu An said that he was in the same situation as the Hou Mansion, and it was impossible for him to help Hou Mansion. Gu Yan also said that he knew his thoughts and could not hand over Yongzhou to him, but he seemed to have not heard of it, and still took it for granted.

Who gave him the confidence that they would listen to him? Do you think they would be idiots? Don’t give a large sum of money to your enemies? Are they stupid or crazy? Even a fool knows that your beloved things will not be given to others, right?
Chapter completed!