Chapter 42: The Princess of Northern Qi fled? What does it have to do with me!

"Your Highness, this is the account book for this month."

Li Chengde took an account book from Si Lili, took a glance at it, and immediately smiled.

"The Crown Prince, the Second Prince, and the Eldest Princess are impatient and want to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune."

He sighed and shook his head, "Isn't this just causing more trouble? Your Majesty is letting them do whatever they want."

Of course, he was also very clear that this kind of thing could not be controlled by Emperor Qing's strict discipline.

Money is a great temptation for people, it would be strange if they were not greedy.

"In that case, let's remove all their spies in Northern Qi."

If there is no one on the Northern Qi side to support them, then they naturally have no way to reach out.

After all, it is the capital of a foreign country, so it is normal for those informants to encounter some accidents.

The Jinyiwei are no pushovers, and this pot is just the right size, so let's count it as their battle record.

Although before this, the Jinyiwei of Northern Qi and the eldest princess had some dealings.

But how much profit can that level of smuggling bring to the Jinyiwei?

All in all, it’s not even as much as I make in a month from the real estate business.

It is normal that the eldest princess' line was abandoned.

As for the spies of the Supervisory Council, there is no need to eliminate them. The purpose of leaving Si Lili in Shangjing City is to let her take over all the intelligence networks of Qing Kingdom in Northern Qi!

Once he leaves Northern Qi, the existing false prosperity in the real estate business will soon be shattered.

At the same time, he would take away a large amount of gold, silver and other valuables, leaving behind a large amount of counterfeit currency.

The angry little empress will break all the claws of Qing Kingdom that extend to Northern Qi.

And Si Lili is the key to preserving the intelligence network.

Emperor Qing would naturally join forces with him and take advantage of the financial collapse of Northern Qi to launch a large-scale attack.

Of course, compared to the civil strife in Northern Qi, he and Emperor Qing actually looked forward to the intervention of another force.
——Temple!
As relics of the previous civilization, each of the robots in the temple has the strength of a grandmaster.

If the few remaining robots are not eliminated, it will be difficult for this world to advance.

This world once fell into a nuclear winter, so it will never develop technology again and will stagnate forever?

Li Chengde commented on this arrangement, saying it was a case of throwing the baby out with the bathwater and was totally unnecessary!
Besides, I may not take this path again this time.

His mission to Northern Qi this time, in addition to disrupting Northern Qi's economic market, another purpose was to fish!
According to the news brought by Emperor Genqing, under the strict supervision of Fan Sizhe, the craftsmen in the imperial farm have already manufactured the steam engine.

In fact, it has already started to be applied!

However, even so, the temple messenger did not appear, which was very strange.

But considering that there are not many robots left in the temple and they have not been deployed yet, it is normal.

However, Li Chengde and Emperor Qing actually set a difficult problem for the temple messenger.

The steam engine and blueprints were in the capital of Qing, while Li Chengde was in Shangjing of Northern Qi.

Who will the temple messenger choose as the assassination target first? Or will he send out two robots directly?
Li Chengde was looking forward to the answer.

And at this moment, Si Lili reported another very important news.

"Your Highness, Shen Zhong's misappropriation of Jinyiwei public funds has been exposed, and the one who exposed him was the deputy commander."

"Oh?" Li Chengde raised his eyebrows slightly, "It seems that this deputy commander is eager to make progress."

Si Lili also smiled and asked, "Should we save him?"

Li Chengde did not give a direct order, but asked, "Do you think it is necessary to rescue him?"

Si Lili fell into deep thought and analyzed: "Uesugi Tora's power in the army is too great. The emperor and the empress dowager are not at ease, so they urgently need a reason to deal with him."

"Shen Zhong has been in charge of the Imperial Guard for many years, and the people are resentful. The Queen Mother has long planned to replace him."

"If there's one thing that can connect the two, it would kill two birds with one stone!"

Li Chengde smiled and agreed with her point of view, "Then what do you think is the conflict between the two of them?"

The manager didn't even think about it and said directly, "It's not scary for Shen Zhong to be found out for embezzling public funds now. His biggest fear is losing his value."

"So he will do whatever it takes to uncover the Supervisory Council's intelligence network in Northern Qi to prove his worth."

"The Queen Mother can use this opportunity to ask the Supervisory Council to release Sean back to Northern Qi."

"And if Sean, the former Northern Wei spy chief, returns to Northern Qi, Shen Zhong will definitely not tolerate him."

"And Uesugi Tora's godfather is Sean, so there is an excuse for the two to have a grudge against each other."

"In this way, the two major hidden dangers can be completely eliminated!"

Li Chengde nodded slightly, his eyes full of admiration, "That's what the Queen Mother of Northern Qi was planning."

"So she won't touch Shen Zhong now. Instead, she will give Shen Zhong time to prove his worth."

"As for the deficit...the mother and daughter can just come to me directly to ask for it. Both sides are used to it anyway."

The Northern Qi Imperial Palace occupies a very large area, so it is naturally impossible to mortgage it all to him at once.

However, after several operations, basically the entire Northern Qi Imperial Palace was almost becoming his private palace.

If the mortgage continues, the young empress will have to use the imperial farm, palaces and other things to make up the number.

In fact, the young empress was not so crazy at the beginning, but when she found that Li Chengde had more money than the Northern Qi treasury, she borrowed money more and more often.

In fact, a lot of it was not used for the expansion of Shangjing City, but was used to fill other holes.

"By the way, Your Highness, there was a commotion in the Beiqi Palace." Si Lili suddenly seemed to remember something.

"Huh?" Li Chengde was a little surprised. "Did the mother and daughter fight?"

"Not really." Si Lili shook her head, "The Grand Princess of Northern Qi is missing!"

This was beyond Li Chengde's expectations.

He was very sure that the escape of the eldest princess of Northern Qi from the palace had nothing to do with him.

In fact, he had been to the palace so many times, but he had never met the Grand Princess of Northern Qi.

And none of his plans and decisions had anything to do with the eldest princess.

"After all, we have a pretty good relationship with the little empress and the queen mother. If they need any help, send someone to find them."

Even if a pampered princess left the palace, she would not go too far.

He was basically still in Shangjing City, and it was even possible that he had not left the palace at all.

So maybe he doesn't need to help in this matter at all, the little empress and the queen mother can find the person themselves.

"In fact, our people have already discovered the trace of the eldest princess..." Si Lili's expression looked a little strange.

"Oh?" Li Chengde raised his eyebrows slightly, "You should know the eldest princess, Lili, you didn't hide her, did you?"

A strange smile appeared on Si Lili's face, "Your Highness, she is here to see you."

"Ah?" Li Chengde's eyes were full of confusion. He and the eldest princess had no connection, so why was she looking for him?
Si Lili saw his problem and explained:

"The eldest princess admires your literary talent and ability to make money, so she wants to meet you."

Li Chengde sighed, "Forget it, for your sake, I will reluctantly meet her once."

But Si Lili did not go out and ask people to come in. Instead, she hesitated and spoke again, "Besides the eldest princess, there is another person who wants to see you, Your Highness."

Li Chengde looked strange, "Don't tell me that the Saint of Northern Qi is here too?"

Si Lili shook her head, "It's not Duoduo, it's Shen Zhong's daughter!"

"..."

Li Chengde was silent.

After a moment, he uttered two words.

"not see!"

(End of this chapter)