Chapter 89: I give him a chance of success!
"I, Sun Ruiyi, pay my respects to Your Highness!"
When Xiao Yan saw that the person coming was not Sun Ruicai, he frowned. This woman was quite pretty.
If Ye Youyue and Jia Lingyao were nine points, then this woman would be eight points.
"Who are you? Where is Sun Ruicai?"
Sun Ruiyi started crying when he heard this.
"Your Highness, Sun Ruicai is my elder brother. Last night... he was murdered. Your Highness, please make the decision!"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan stood up immediately.
"What? Sun Ruicai was murdered?"
"Tell it in detail, without leaving anything out."
"San De, go and tell Duan Tianya about this matter and ask him to investigate it. There must be no mistakes."
The Sun family is a very important chess piece for him and he absolutely cannot afford to lose it. Now that Sun Ruicai has been murdered, his plans will be disrupted.
"Your Highness, yesterday my brother built the salt-making workshop and then simply tested the method you gave me."
"We have produced refined salt, and we were planning to start production today!"
"But when the housekeeper went to wake up my brother at dawn today, he found that his throat had been cut!"
After saying that, she started crying again.
"Your Highness, my brother and I have been dependent on each other for a long time. Now we have no relatives in this world. Please make a decision for our Sun family."
"Find out the real culprit and give justice to my brother! "
Sun Ruicai's business talent is self-evident. Now that he has been killed, the loss on our side will be huge.
But no matter what, I still have to find out the truth since it ruins my good deeds.
"Don't worry, your Sun family is working for me, so I will naturally find out the truth."
"What did your brother say to you before he was killed?"
Sun Ruiyi thought about it carefully.
"Your Highness, a few days ago, a few Hu merchants came to our house and had a big quarrel with my brother. In the end, they left unhappily."
"My brother also told me that the Sun family is now working for the crown prince. This is an opportunity for the Sun family, but it is also a threat to the Sun family."
"If he gets killed one day, don't worry, I'll just come find you!"
Xiao Yan understood that he had made enemies everywhere, and there were more than one or two people who wanted to target him.
If someone wants to target me, I don't have to do it in the court. Doing it outside the court can have unexpected effects.
Now it seems that Sun Ruicai had already imagined that this day would come.
Xiao Yan suddenly remembered something: "Then do you know if the envelope I gave to your brother is still there?"
Sun Ruiyi shook his head and said, "He is gone, but your highness, don't worry, the letter was destroyed by my brother."
"Brother, please keep the contents of the letter firmly in mind."
Although the letter was destroyed, Xiao Yan was still not sure whether the contents of the letter had been leaked.
If the contents of the letter were leaked, his refined salt business would suffer a huge blow.
"Okay, I understand. Who is in charge of the Sun family now? What are your plans for the Sun family next?"
Sun Ruiyi said with unusual firmness at this time: "Your Highness, my brother said that following Your Highness is an opportunity for our Sun family. I will follow your brother's words and continue to follow Your Highness."
"Now that my brother is gone, I am the one who has the final say in the Sun family!"
Xiao Yan was stunned. There was probably no precedent in the Great Zhou for such a weak woman to be the head of the family.
Such a family would have been wiped out long ago without any successors, but unexpectedly, Sun Ruiyi stabilized the situation of the Sun family in just a short time.
"You are very good, but you should think it through. If you continue to follow me with the Sun family, you may end up with the same fate as your brother."
Sun Ruiyi did not hesitate and his face was still full of determination.
"I won't regret it. Nothing in my Sun family is done halfway. What my brother hasn't finished, I will complete!"
"Besides, my brother has already explained the future plans to me. I will not give up like this."
Only then did Xiao Yan understand that Sun Rui had anticipated that he would be in such danger and had already made arrangements for what would happen if he were killed.
Sun Ruiyi only needs to execute it firmly, but this also requires outstanding ability, otherwise it will be of no avail.
However, seeing that Sun Ruiyi managed to stabilize the Sun family in just half a day, his ability must not be too bad, although this was due to Sun Ruicai's arrangement.
These brother and sister made Xiao Yan look at them with new eyes.
"This matter was my negligence. If I had sent some people to protect your Sun family earlier, this wouldn't have happened."
Sun Ruiyi shook his head and said, "Your Highness, this is not your fault. My Sun family has its own servants to guard the house, but they did not find anything wrong."
"Even if you send someone here, they will surely take advantage of you."
Xiao Yan didn't know what to say.
"I'd better assign you some guards. It will be safer this way."
"Also, tell me, besides seeking justice for your brother, what else do you want? As long as I can do it, I will definitely satisfy you."
Sun Ruiyi understood that this was Xiao Yan's way of compensating him, and it would only happen once and then it would be gone.
Sun Ruiyi thought for a while and then said , "Your Highness, my brother said that the Sun family is your Sun family, and I don't want any compensation."
"I just want justice for my brother."
Xiao Yan actually admired Sun Ruiyi a little. If she directly asked for the autonomy of the Sun family, he would consider it.
Now I don't want anything, I just want Xiao Yan to remember this kindness, which will bring unexpected gains to the Sun family at the critical moment.
In this way, they can strengthen their relationship with the royal family, but once the favor is used, it will be gone, and Xiao Yan may not necessarily help them in the future.
"Okay, I'll remember this. Although your brother is gone, it's not over yet. You know what the Sun family's mission is."
"I will give you more support in the future. Sooner or later, your Sun family will be able to surpass the previous ones. I guarantee this to you."
"Also, let me ask you, is it true that your Sun family has no descendants?"
Xiao Yan would not believe that Sun Rui , otherwise he would not be so calm in preparing for death.
Sure enough, under the tremendous pressure from Xiao Yan, Sun Ruiyi told the truth.
"Actually...actually, my brother has a son. After so many years of business competition, my brother was afraid that they would be targeted by others, so he always showed himself as unmarried in front of others."
Xiao Yan knew that with Sun Ruicai's intelligence, he would not do something unprepared.
"Since others don't know that your Sun family has an heir, then keep this matter secret!"
"How old is the child now?"
Sun Ruiyi didn't know what Xiao Yan meant, but he still told the truth.
"He is only eight years old this year. He doesn't know that his brother was killed, and he didn't tell them."
After careful calculation, Xiao Yan realized that she was only about the same age as little A Zi.
"Take good care of this child. Since others don't know that he is a descendant of a merchant, I will give him a chance to succeed when he grows up."
