Chapter 389: The eldest sister-in-law supports the family (15)

If she didn’t have her own means, how could she have the status she has today?

It must be said that she is beautiful and charming at her age. When she calls herself "Hua'er", it not only does not make people feel annoyed, but also makes people feel dependent and protected.

But Gu Changchang did not buy her account this time, but gently pushed her away.

"Husband, what are you doing?" There was a flash of hurt in her expression.

"How did the second lady go to the prince's mansion to be a concubine? I don't need to repeat it to you, right?" Gu Changchang stared at her frightened eyes and stopped talking.

Yang Yonghua was the first to clear herself, "The second lady has a crush on the prince, what can I do? Although I am her biological mother, I am not even qualified to call her by her name. My husband is so cruel that he even calls his own daughter the second lady."

"How she came about, you know it in your heart, and I know it in my heart too. On weekdays, you abide by your duties, and I turn a blind eye and pretend that I know nothing. But do you know that you are tying yourself up in knots!" Gu Changchang threw his sleeves fiercely and walked out the door.

If he had more, he would not tell the foolish woman at home. He was so smart that he thought the prince could succeed to the throne, and even calculated his own daughter. In the future, when the prince fell, she would cry.

Yang Yonghua did not understand the twists and turns in the court. She only understood one principle: whoever has a higher status has the final say. In the current Darong, besides Emperor Chunde who has the highest status, the next one is the prince. Emperor Chunde will definitely abdicate, and then the world will belong to the prince, right? When the prince becomes the emperor, she and Gu Changchang will be the father-in-law and mother-in-law of the emperor. Who wouldn't want such a respected status? Besides, the eldest daughter really likes the prince. She and the eldest daughter worked together to plan for her daughter to marry into the prince's mansion. She is a mother, what's wrong with seeking a future for her daughter!

She doesn't want her daughter to be like the eldest daughter of the Gu family, who has no father and no mother to love her. She became a widow at a young age and embarrassed the Gu family by doing some inferior business outside.

The shocks in the court have not affected the lives of the common people for the time being. They still live at their own pace every day. The changes in the days are not obvious to them. They don't crave changes in the days.

But recently, the streets have been discussing one thing. That is the case of the burning of Rongzhai Pavilion.

Rongzhai Pavilion is the most famous place to sell rouge and powder in Darong. The rouge and powder there are delicate and thin, and are most loved by the women of Darong. There were several types of rouge, so many that the imperial concubines and beauties in the palace even sent people to purchase them. Logically, such a place that makes and sells rouge and powder would not attract any people from the underworld, and no disaster would befall it. But it was in trouble for no reason in broad daylight!

A group of people in black openly set the Rongzhai Pavilion on fire. After watching the entire Rongzhai Pavilion burn, the group of people in black quickly fled.

Rongzhai Pavilion was burned down, and the newly produced series of rouge and powder stored in Rongzhai Pavilion were also burned down. For a time, the price of rouge and powder in Dongdu increased.

Taking this opportunity, Shi Yi and Yue'er launched a rouge called "Yun Xiang". The name of the rouge was taken from the famous line of the poet "The clouds think of clothes, the flowers think of beauty, the spring breeze blows on the threshold and the dew is thick."

Rongzhai Pavilion was burned down, and the people could not see clearly why, but the officials of all sizes in the court understood it very well. The real boss behind Rongzhai Pavilion is the fourth prince. Although the fourth prince is mediocre in his ability to govern the country and is not loved by Emperor Chunde, his mother is the most beloved daughter of the largest salt merchant in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and he indirectly inherited his grandfather's business ability. Relying on his sensitive nose for business, he found someone to open Rongzhai Pavilion and made a lot of money. Because the contradiction between Emperor Chunde and the prince intensified, Emperor Chunde began to seek comfort from other sons. As the oldest prince, he was naturally the first one thought of by Emperor Chunde. He was also the first one to be operated on by the prince. Rongzhai Pavilion was gone.

This also gave Shi Yi an opportunity. The bosses in the rouge and powder industry were all overthrown, and other small rouge shop owners did not dare to meet this limelight. Therefore, Shi Yi and Yue'er embraced most of the market with "Yunxiang".

They saved enough money and began to choose a location to open a store. "Yunxiang Pavilion" was opened like this.

And the poor little widow of the Wei family that day became a female boss in less than two years. There is no more explosive topic than this. Therefore, the hot topic list of Dongdu has long been dominated by a young woman named "Gu Shiyi". Until the prince did something shocking - he was exposed by the eunuchs in the harem that he had an affair with Concubine Chen.

Emperor Chunde was furious on the spot, and directly sentenced the young and childless Concubine Chen to death, and locked up the unworthy prince. People from the prince's family tried to plead for him in front of the imperial study every day, but Emperor Chunde never gave in.

Many people had a premonition that the sky in Dongdu was going to change. When many people predicted that the emperor would deprive the prince of his title and appoint other heirs, Emperor Chunde made a move that surprised everyone - he let the prince go.

He originally wanted to teach his untalented son a lesson, but when he saw the bloody letter brought by the eunuch, his heart softened again. He and the original queen only had this one child, and he was already in pain. Seeing the blood letter written by the former queen when she was seriously ill, the dissatisfaction in her heart was completely eliminated.

The prince was released and continued to serve as the prince. But many officials in the court were dissatisfied with this.

Darong often promoted that "the prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people", but the one who proposed it - the privileged class was also a violator. The prince blatantly sent people to commit crimes, but no one dared to manage or investigate. Many civilian scholars were chilled by this.

The imperial examination held once every five years in the court is here. This is a good opportunity for scholars to become famous and glorify their ancestors. However, many scholars hesitated.

The court is no longer the court they imagined. In the current court, many forces are entangled, and Emperor Chunde has completely lost the fighting spirit of his youth, sitting on the mountain and watching his sons fight. The relationship in the court is complicated, and it is easy to make mistakes if you are not careful. If you encounter such a thing just after passing the exam, you will not only waste your energy, but also waste your innocent heart to serve the country.

For various reasons, the number of candidates for the imperial examination this year is not as high as in previous years. Fortunately, no one in the privileged class cares about this. They are already at the top and have no interest in the imperial examination for selecting talents.

Until a candidate named Dong Helai attracted everyone's attention.

(End of this chapter)