The Abandoned Wife of a Military Family: Your disguise has been exposed again.

Chapter 259 Intending to give himself to her

Wang Daqi was overjoyed and quickly said modestly, "Your Highness is too kind. It is my honor to serve Your Highness."

Rong Zhen nodded and said nothing more.

Wang Daqi gave a few instructions to the driver and then stepped aside.

Soon, the carriage drove away from the Yihong Courtyard.

Wang Daqi was very happy as he watched the carriage drive away.

No one knew that his powerful backer was the Regent.

It was precisely because he had the regent as his backer that he was able to become the richest man in the capital.

Of course, he also did a lot of things for the regent in secret.

For example, this time, those wealthy merchants were secretly brought to the capital and arranged to meet with the regent.

However, the Regent does not need to use his true identity when he meets them; the identity of Prince Jin is sufficient.

To avoid suspicion, he sent someone to the Regent's Palace to fetch the Regent.

Therefore, when the regent returned, he was naturally escorted back by his own people.

As for the little maid, she was an unexpected case.

However, considering the maid's stunning beauty, Wang Daqi was still quite surprised.

Growing up like that and meeting the Regent, it was truly a blessing for a little maid.

Yunwei was unaware that Wang Daqi viewed her this way. After the carriage left Yihong Courtyard, Rongzhen put her down.

She wrapped herself in a cloak and sat down to one side.

There were many questions I wanted to ask, but I refrained from asking because I knew the driver outside was one of Wang Daqi's men.

Once back at the Regent's Palace, Yunwei finally voiced the questions she had been holding back all the way, "You still haven't told me why you used Rong Xue's identity to meet those wealthy merchants? Actually, if you need money, I can give it to you."

Yes, in Yunwei's opinion, Rong Zhen's meeting with those wealthy merchants must be for military funds. Even the emperor had to train secret troops, so naturally Rong Zhen would too.

Besides that, she couldn't understand Rong Zhen's purpose in meeting those wealthy businessmen.

After hearing what she said, Rong Zhen raised an eyebrow and said teasingly, "So eager to give me money to spend?"

“I’m serious. If you don’t have enough military funds, I can provide them. You don’t need to ask anyone else.” Yun Wei said earnestly, and then added, “Of course, whatever decision you make, I will support you.”

A smile appeared on Rong Zhenjun's face. "Why are you in such a hurry to express your opinion? What do you think I'm going to do?"

“Of course, it should replace it,” Yunwei said matter-of-factly.

Rong Zhen paused, then reached out and touched the twin buns on her head. "You have that much confidence in me?"

"I'm telling you the truth, you know best how the emperor treats you. If you don't have any plans at all, then just wait to be wiped out," Yun Wei said irritably.

Rong Zhen's lips curled up slightly as he pulled her down to sit, removing her hair bun as he said, "Don't worry, I won't let you all be taken down." After a pause, he added, "You're right. The reason we met those people tonight was partly for military funds, but also because the Emperor has his eye on them."

Upon hearing this, Yunwei understood immediately.

The emperor has his eye on those individuals, undoubtedly for military funding.

After all, the emperor had his eye on the disaster relief funds for Yangzhou.

"Who are those people?" Yunwei asked. According to Liu Mama, they were wealthy merchants from out of town. But since even the emperor had designs on them, they must not be ordinary merchants.

Sure enough, Rong Zhen said, "Wang Daqi goes without saying, he is the richest man in the capital, while the other four are the richest men in Qizhou, Jizhou, Qingzhou and Yangzhou respectively."

Yun Wei nodded. They were indeed very powerful, being the richest people in their respective regions. One could imagine how wealthy they were. No wonder even the emperor wanted to get his hands on them.

"Fortunately, you beat me to it. Otherwise, if those people had fallen into the Emperor's hands, he would have been even more powerful."

Rong Zhen didn't speak. After taking down her hair bun, he slowly combed her hair with his fingers.

Her face was already small, and when her long hair was let down, it made her face look even smaller.

Rong Zhen continued to use his slender fingers to comb her long hair.

Seeing this, Yunwei quickly grabbed his hand and stopped him, saying, "Stop doing that."

She discovered that he really loved playing with her hair.

She doesn't even know what's so interesting about her own hair.

Rong Zhen gave up in frustration. Seeing that he remained silent, Yun Wei had no choice but to continue pressing, "Did those people agree to provide you with military funds?"

Rong Zhen lowered his head and took her hand into his palm, saying casually, "Originally, we didn't need them to provide military expenses, but since the emperor needs them, we can't let the emperor benefit from them. Anyway, there's no harm in bringing these people in, and we'll definitely need them in the future."

Yunwei understood his meaning: those wealthy merchants could not be used by the emperor. The emperor needed a lot of money to train secret troops, and he could not succeed without someone providing him with funding.

"But are those wealthy businessmen willing to listen to you?"

“I don’t need them to listen to me, but I know they want to become imperial merchants, and that’s enough to control them,” Rong Zhen said confidently.

Yun Wei nodded. No merchant is honest, but as long as there is enough profit, there is no need to worry about not being able to control them.

Yunwei understood. "So, when the time comes, will you really meet their demands?"

Rong Zhen did not answer directly, but said, "Before meeting them tonight, I had already had someone investigate their background. We found that their families, going back three generations, had not done anything immoral or immoral. That is enough. Making them imperial merchants is actually beneficial to the court. There will definitely be many places where we need to use them."

Upon hearing this, Yunwei didn't ask any further questions.

She knew that Rong Zhen would never make a decision rashly.

"By the way, what I just said was all true. If you need money, I can provide it to you," Yunwei added.

Upon hearing this, Rong Zhen reached out and lifted her chin. "Then what does the Regent's Consort want?"

Yun Wei shrugged. "No."

Rong Zhen sighed, "I was originally going to say that even if I didn't need anything else, at least I could catch your eye, but I didn't expect..."

Yun Wei raised an eyebrow and said, "So, the Regent originally intended to give himself to me? But aren't you already mine?"

Rong Zhen was pleased by her words. "Yes, you're right. I'm already yours. So what else do you want?"

"I already said I don't want anything, but I mean it. Rong Zhen, whatever support you want, I can provide it for you—silver, horses, provisions, everything." Yun Wei said domineeringly.

Upon hearing this, Rong Zhen sighed and said, "Everyone says that it is a great blessing for Princess Rong'an to marry me, but they don't know that it is my greatest blessing to marry you. With you, it doesn't matter whether I become the regent or not, because I can be supported by you anyway."

Upon hearing this, Yunwei playfully punched him and scolded, "Stop fooling around, I'm serious."

"Okay, I understand. I'll let you know if I need anything." Rong Zhen's smile faded, and he said seriously.

Because he and the emperor will inevitably clash sooner or later.

Although his plan was to achieve victory without bloodshed, he still needed to be prepared for the worst.

War requires substantial military spending.

Yunwei was delighted to see that he did not refuse.

Actually, she had wanted to bring this up before, but she was worried that Rong Zhen would not accept it.

So she brought it up today when he was meeting with several wealthy businessmen.

She yawned, stood up, and said, "It's late, let's go and rest."

"Mm." Rong Zhen took her hand and walked towards the bedroom.

……

Imperial Palace, Imperial Study Room.

Rong Xin is furious.

"Why did they disappear so suddenly, of all times? Why did they have to disappear just when I ordered you to pick them up? Is it really that coincidental?"

The people below dared not breathe, and all bowed their heads.

"Go and find it for me. If you can't find it, you will all bring your heads to me." Rong Xin was furious.

"Yes." The group of guards slunk away.

Rong Xin sat down on the throne with a grim expression.

He hadn't expected that raising military funds would be so difficult.

First, the disaster relief funds for Yangzhou were exposed, and then several wealthy merchants he had his eye on also disappeared without a trace.

Needless to say, it must be related to his royal uncle.

There will be another chapter this afternoon~