Being a cannon fodder female supporting role is not as good as marrying a lucky villain

However, the man in green had already blended into the crowd. No matter how Chu Yunyi's men searched, there was no trace of him.

With the excited people on one side and the increasingly fierce rumors on the other, Chu Yunyi's plan could not be carried out, so he had to secretly go to the Chen family.

Different from the quaint charm of the original family, the entire Chen family is filled with a strong smell of copper.

Even the eyes of the stone lion placed at the door are made of jade.

A carriage slowly entered the side door without attracting the attention of others.

Only those hiding in the dark will keep this strange thing in mind.

When Gu Ning was having dinner with the eldest princess, the spies came back with news.

She obediently placed the cup in front of the eldest princess and sipped the tea carefully, as if she had not heard the news.

The spy delivered the news and left quickly, leaving only the grandfather and grandson in the hall.

The eldest princess put down the tea cup lightly and said quietly: "Ning'er, according to you, what is the identity of this person who secretly visited the Chen family?"

Gu Ning raised her head and looked at the eldest princess with innocent and harmless eyes: "Grandma must have known the identity of this person."

"You, you!" The eldest princess poked her forehead angrily, "Are you pretending to be addicted? Why don't you tell the truth in front of me?"

"Do you really think that I don't know about the things you did secretly?"

The eldest princess spoke with a smile, making Gu Ning lower her head with guilt.

After a while, she whispered: "I just want to share your worries. You see, these rumors have already made Chu Yunyi very worried. If things go on like this, he will definitely not care about the Chen family. By then, we can

Take advantage of the situation and completely resolve the private salt issue!"

"Even if the Chen family and others can be captured, the illegal salt issue cannot be completely eradicated." When the eldest princess mentioned this matter, a cold look appeared in her old eyes.

Profit from salt, if one Chen family falls, thousands of Chen families will appear."

The eldest princess spoke for a long time, but there was still silence around her.

She looked at Gu Ning doubtfully, only to see Gu Ning's eyes staring blankly ahead.

"Ning'er, what's wrong with you?" The eldest princess frowned and waved in front of her eyes.

Only then did Gu Ning come to his senses, and after a while he squeezed out a sentence: "I'm just a little worried. Once the illegal salt flows into the grassland, I'm afraid the Huns will..."

"More than that!" The eldest princess sneered, "The reason why the Yan Kingdom has been peaceful for so many years is precisely because we have strangled the lifeline of salt! If the Chen family is allowed to continue unbridled, we will no longer have an advantage!"

The words of the eldest princess were exactly what Gu Ning was worried about.

The current method of making salt in Chu State is backward. If you want to cook a pound of salt, you have to use several times the amount of firewood. This is one of the reasons why the price of salt remains high.

She had several ways to improve the salt production method and obtain a large amount of cheap salt. However, in this way, Chu State's advantage over Yan State and the Xiongnu plummeted.

If we want to facilitate the people and continue to maintain our advantages, we can only strengthen the jurisdiction over the border and prevent the salt from flowing out.

But for her now, it is undoubtedly a fantasy to accomplish this.

Thinking about this, Gu Ning frowned.

The more the eldest princess looked at her expression, the more she felt something was wrong.

At this time, he looked at Gu Ning carefully and said suspiciously: "What kind of evil idea do you have?"

Seeing Gu Ning tighten her lips, she said earnestly: "Ning'er, you are the treasure we hold in our hands. If you make a mistake, you and I..."

"When I went out a few days ago, I happened to see an ancient book." Gu Ning recalled distressedly, "That ancient book recorded a method of making salt."

Hearing this, the eldest princess' heart trembled.

Her eyes became sharp at this moment, locking Gu Ning firmly: "What ancient book?"

Gu Ning held her chin up with a frown and said intermittently: "I just looked at it casually and didn't remember the name at all. It was only when you mentioned it that I suddenly remembered it."

Based on the eldest princess's years of experience, she could tell that Gu Ning was lying.

But this was the granddaughter she held in the palm of her hand. She was reluctant to say a harsh word and could only turn a blind eye: "Then tell me, what is the method of making salt?"

Gu Ning said: "Salt."

"Salt?" The eldest princess was puzzled.

Gu Ning nodded solemnly and replied firmly: "Just dry salt. Dig a few ponds on the beach and dry the sea water to get coarse salt. You don't need any firewood."

Hearing this, the eldest princess looked very solemn.

She rubbed her finger and said quietly: "If this is the case, it will really save a lot of costs."

Gu Ning came to her side and whispered: "Grandma, you might as well let someone try it. If it really works, then the people will no longer have to worry about the price of salt. Our Chu country is surrounded by sea on both sides!"

The eldest princess looked at her with a half-smile, and said meaningfully: "Ning'er is really lucky. Just by flipping through it, you can get such a big harvest."

"It's just a coincidence." Gu Ning smiled shyly and quickly lowered his head.

Watching Gu Ning leave, the eldest princess's eyes suddenly turned cold.

In the darkness, Aunt Gui walked out quietly.

"Princess, the county master has changed a lot these days, as if there is an expert guiding him behind his back. Why not let the old slave go and investigate..."

"No need."

As soon as the eldest princess raised her hand, Aunt Gui immediately fell silent.

"Ning'er has grown up, and it doesn't matter if she has some secrets of her own." The eldest princess said calmly, "What we have to guard against are those who have ulterior motives."

"Yes." Aunt Gui agreed softly.

At this time, the eldest princess said again: "You heard what Ning'er said just now. Inform An Lin of the matter and ask him to send a few trustworthy people to try it out on the remote coast. If the coarse salt can really be dried out,

, this will be our big trump card!”

Aunt Gui always obeyed the words of the eldest princess.

She kept these words in mind and left quickly.

The eldest princess looked at the clusters of blooming flowers outside the window with dark eyes, and finally smiled with relief.

Gu Ning, who slipped out of the yard, breathed a sigh of relief, and her tense nerves finally relaxed.

Chunyu saw faint beads of sweat on her forehead and quickly reached out to wipe it clean for her.

"But the princess knows that you sent people to spread rumors?" Chunyu said worriedly, "Slave's worries are indeed correct. Although your intentions are good, once you are targeted by King Duan, it will be dangerous! The princess will never want to

I see you are in deep danger!"

Gu Ning snorted lightly and waved his hand in front of Chunyu's eyes: "Then you guessed wrong. Grandma didn't criticize me for this matter today."

Hearing this, Chunyu's eyes widened.

At this time, Gu Ning crossed her arms around her chest and raised her chin proudly: "On the contrary, I also came up with a good way to solve my grandmother's urgent need."

Even so, Gu Ning still felt a little guilty in her heart.

But she would never admit that she did this to throw her worries on others.

After all, she is just a powerless county owner who only knows how to enjoy herself. How can she figure out these political twists and turns?

Chunyu's eyes were full of surprise, but after following Gu Ning for many days, she finally figured out Gu Ning's temperament.

As long as it was something Gu Ning didn't want to say, she would definitely not be able to find out.

So she nodded along with Gu Ning: "Since the princess doesn't care about this matter, then I don't have to worry about these things."

"No, no, no." Gu Ning stretched out a finger and waved it in front of her eyes.

A chill came from Chunyu's back, and she looked at Gu Ning with a sad face: "County Master, are you going to let your slave go again..."

"Don't worry, the task I gave you today will never make grandma and the others worry." Gu Ning patted her shoulder, "Just go ahead and do it."

Although it is summer, the leaves in the capital are already showing signs of turning yellow.

Gu Qingqiu was sitting in the yard, practicing calligraphy calmly.

Her expression was indifferent, just like this clear and gentle face.

It was at this moment that there was a commotion outside the door.

Banxia's furious voice came over: "Second Miss, if you continue to make trouble unreasonably, I will definitely sue the old lady and let her judge!"

"If you want to sue, you have to see if your master dares!"

Gu Yunwan smiled arrogantly, and the maid beside her pushed Banxia away, and she strode into the yard.

Seeing Gu Qingqiu standing under the tree with a pen in hand, a hint of gloom on his gentle face, she smiled, as if she didn't see the forbearance in Gu Qingqiu's eyes, and sat down on her own.

"Sister, I heard a rumor these days. I thought you might be interested in it, so I came here to tell you."

Gu Qingqiu saw that she was like a master and had no scruples. The veins in her hand holding the Langhao pen were exposed.

But after a while, she endured it and sent Banxia away.

"Ban Xia, give the second lady a cup of tea."

"yes."

Banxia looked at Gu Yunwan complainingly and left reluctantly.

There were only two sisters left in the courtyard. Gu Qingqiu asked patiently: "What does the second sister want from me?"

"Sister, don't get me wrong." Gu Yunwan said with a hypocritical smile, "My sister is here to remind eldest sister out of kindness."

Just when Gu Qingqiu was about to speak, Gu Yunwan quickly said: "Do you know, eldest sister? His Highness Duan Wang has married a flower girl in Jiangnan!"

Hearing this, all the blood drained from Gu Qingqiu's face, and all the strength in his hand was lost. The pen fell on the snow-white rice paper, and the dark ink was particularly dazzling.

"What?"

"I said, His Royal Highness Duan Wang took a concubine." Gu Yunwan said slowly word for word, "It was the county owner who took the initiative to take a concubine for him!"

Gu Qingqiu opened his eyes in disbelief: "How is that possible?"

She was most aware of Gu Ning's paranoia in her treatment of Chu Yunyi. If an ordinary noble girl glanced at Chu Yunyi a few more times, she would come to her door. How could she take the initiative to take a concubine for Chu Yunyi?

"This matter is finalized. If eldest sister doesn't believe it, she can only deceive herself." Gu Yunwan said in a sinister tone, "I didn't expect that His Highness Duan Wang loves you as much as his soul, but you are not the first one to come in."