With his hands behind his back, he ate a melon, and the country's fortune soared.

Chapter 51 Xu Dingcheng's Calculation

The queen looked at Lin Can with a speechless look. She became more and more confused about her sister. It was clear that this child looked okay when she was young.

Dahua looked at Lin Can in confusion. She let go of the Queen's hand and walked towards her boldly, saying crisply, "My name is Dahua, Madam, are you my mother?"

The girl's words made Lin Can look at her.

The girl named Dahua was very thin, with not a pound of flesh on her oval face. She looked timid, but her eyes were big and bright.

Lin Can hesitated a little, and she turned to look at Xu Dingcheng unconsciously. Xu Dingcheng also frowned and looked at Dahua, but in his mind he was thinking about what benefits recognizing this child would bring him.

[Tongzi, I don't like this uncle either. Don't be fooled by his decent appearance. The calculation in his eyes is almost overflowing.]

The system doesn't like him either. [This Xu Dingcheng is very good at manipulating people's hearts, especially your aunt.]

Xiao Qianqian sat obediently beside the Queen, [Well, can't we just send Sister Dahua back? ]

Queen...

She also wanted to keep Dahua, but she had her own parents. How could she hold Dahua back and not let her go home without a legitimate reason?

What's more, the queen looked at Dahua with pity. Dahua was actually a child who longed for her biological parents very much.

The hall fell silent, and Dahua looked at Lin Can and Xu Dingcheng anxiously.

After a moment, the queen sighed, "Li Sanniang dared to replace your child. I will not let her go. It's almost time to change the richest man in Jiangnan."

Li Sanniang's husband's family is the richest businessman in Jiangnan, but they are very hostile to Rong Wuniang's various workshops.

The Queen originally wanted to cooperate with them, but she felt disgusted by the incident of Li Sanniang, and she has been selecting suitable businessmen these days.

Xiao Qianqian was just asking about this in his heart, [Tongzi, how can we let Li Sanniang live a good life when she is so bad? ]

The system knows a lot about money. [Well, little princess, I just saw that there is a man imprisoned in Xu Dingcheng's mansion. That man is called Guo Mingyi and is a business genius.]

【Guo Mingyi? 】

[Yes,] the system paused, [Guo Mingyi is actually a romantic man. He was originally Xu Dingcheng's aide. His childhood sweetheart's family had an accident, so Guo Mingyi asked Xu Dingcheng to save her.]

[Who would have thought that after Xu Dingcheng saved the man, he was attracted by the beauty of Guo Mingyi's childhood sweetheart, so he persuaded your aunt to take her back home as a concubine.]

[Haha, this is too shameless. ]

Xiao Qianqian rolled her eyes at Xu Dingcheng.

The system was also helpless. [So, Guo Mingyi was angry and wanted to leave, but Xu Dingcheng would not let him go. He knew that Guo Mingyi was a business genius and wanted to keep him and let Guo Mingyi continue to work for him.]

[Guo Mingyi refused, so Xu Dingcheng deliberately abused his childhood sweetheart. What could Guo Mingyi do but pretend to be nice to Xu Dingcheng?]

[Hmph,] Xiao Qianqian was a little annoyed, [Is this kind of person qualified to be an official? If only I could speak, I could ask my father to dismiss him from office.]

[Alas,] the system sighed, [Xu Dingcheng kept Guo Mingyi, but was also wary of him, fearing that he would be too smart and cause trouble for him, so he imprisoned him in Xu's mansion, taking him with him wherever he went and asking him to continue to work for him, not daring to let him contact the outside world.]

The queen’s eyes lit up immediately. Isn’t this just giving you a pillow when you feel sleepy?

She was in need of a business genius. At this time, the system voice sounded again, [Speaking of which, that little Qingmei is also very smart in business. What a pity. ]

Xiao Qianqian frowned, and the queen rubbed her chubby face. She thought for a moment and asked, "Does Lord Xu have an aide named Guo Mingyi?"

Xu Dingcheng's eyes narrowed as he stared at Dahua. He looked at the queen warily, "This,"

"I am in need of someone who is good at business. Lord Xu, please give me this." The Queen did not give Xu Dingcheng a chance to refute. She immediately whispered to the secret guards, "Go and bring out Guo Mingyi and his confidante from the Xu Mansion."

"Yes."

Looking at the secret guard's departing back, Xu Dingcheng clenched his fists. Having been an official for so many years, he had already cultivated a calm expression, as if facing a catastrophe.

However, the hostility in his eyes could not be concealed.

Oh, the woman who wants to be the hen crowing at dawn cannot be kept.

Dahua witnessed the changes in Xu Dingcheng's eyes with her own eyes. She had been mistreated for many years and was very familiar with the cruelty in the eyes of an adult man.

Whenever the man surnamed Li was unhappy and wanted to beat someone up to vent his anger, this expression would appear in his eyes.

Dahua shrank back, turned around and ran to the queen. Xu Dingcheng's thoughts were interrupted by Dahua's actions.

He watched the queen hug Dahua in her arms and comfort her gently, and immediately came up with an idea, "It is my honor to recommend talents to Her Majesty the Queen."

After a few breaths, Xu Dingcheng had calmed down. His brows were gentle and his tone was soft. "It was all because of my incompetence that the villain took advantage of me and made Da, Dahua suffer."

The queen sneered in her heart but didn't show it on her face. She only asked Dahua, "Dahua, do you want to go back to Xu Mansion with your father and mother?"

Dahua looked at Lin Can, who had not yet recovered from his shock, and timidly glanced at Xu Dingcheng. After a moment, she nodded, "Aunt, Dahua wants to go with you," she swallowed, "Dahua wants to go to the Xu residence."

The queen sighed.

Xiao Qianqian pounced on Dahua distressedly, [Wow, I don't want Sister Dahua to leave. Will she be wronged if she goes to Xu's house? Will she be plotted against by Xu Dingcheng? Will she be abused again? ]

Queen...

That definitely won't happen.

She looked at Madam Kang and smiled at Xu Dingcheng, "Madam Kang has been taking care of Dahua since she came to Beijing. I am afraid that she will not be able to adapt to the life in the Xu Mansion, so I asked Madam Kang to go back with Dahua."

Without waiting for Xu Dingcheng to refuse, she continued, "There are also two maids, Shunxin and Shunyi, who will take care of them together. These two children are also familiar with Dahua."

With these two secret guards, Dahua's safety can be guaranteed.

Then, she ordered the palace servants to prepare a lot of rewards for Dahua, covering all aspects of food, clothing, housing and transportation.

After listening to the queen's generous rewards, Xu Dingcheng finally looked at Dahua seriously. He couldn't understand how such a wild girl who grew up in the countryside could catch the queen's eye.

However, it is better this way. It is not easy to get rid of the queen by controlling this girl.

[Little princess,] the system said coldly, [beware of Xu Dingcheng, he might use Dahua to deal with your mother.]

[Heh,] Xiao Qianqian nestled in Dahua's arms and sneered at Xu Dingcheng, [Just him? My mother is now a person who keeps an eye on everything.]

The queen smiled bitterly and kissed the little girl's face.

At this time, Emperor Mingde, dressed in a bright red robe, walked into Fengqi Palace, and everyone in the palace hurriedly saluted.

Emperor Mingde waved his hand to let everyone stand up, but he looked at Xu Dingcheng with a very unfriendly look. He lifted his robe and sat beside the queen. "Lord Xu, do you know that there were fifteen unjust cases in Fengzhou? The victims of those unjust cases were all widows and orphans?"

Xu Dingcheng, who had just stood up, felt a panic in his heart and immediately knelt down again tremblingly.