"The girl from Qingyun Tower?"

"Okay, Xu Guangyuan, you're capable, huh? A girl from Qingyun Tower? You're actually hanging out in a brothel?"

A thunder-like sound rang out behind the dandy young master. He was so frightened that his hair stood on end and he turned his head stiffly.

Behind the dandy young master is a middle-aged man with a burly build, who fits Wushuang's stereotype of an ancient military general.

The other party looked at the dandy young master with eyes full of disappointment, as if he wanted to beat him to death and retrain him.

Wushuang and Zhu Weiyi watched helplessly as the dandy young master, who had just been so arrogant and domineering, acting like he was the greatest in the world, was chased and beaten by his father.

The Duke of England was extremely merciless in his attack, and he wished he could beat his useless son until he had to stay in bed for ten days or half a month.

"The imperial edict has arrived—the daughter of the Zhu family in Hangzhou received it—"

Wushuang was watching the show of beating an unfilial son when he heard the voice of the eunuch.

Receive the imperial edict...

The British prince who was beating his unfilial son stopped.

"I, the humble daughter Zhu Wushuang, accept the imperial decree..." Wushuang had no intention of challenging the imperial power. She used a little trick to make people think that she really knelt down to accept the decree. In fact, she was still sitting steadily on the chair.

"Today, there is a daughter of the Zhu family in Hangzhou, who is virtuous and kind-hearted, and cares about the country and the people..." The eunuch read out the imperial edict, which used many words to praise Wushuang, and finally announced that she was conferred the title of princess.

After the eunuch finished reading the imperial edict, he looked at Wushuang with a smile and said, "Princess Yunlu, congratulations."

"Thank you very much, eunuch." Zhu Weiyi took out a purse and handed it to the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict, saying with a smile.

The eunuch weighed the purse and thought it should contain silver bills, so the amount should not be too little.

The eunuch also smiled brightly and greeted Zhu Weiyi.

"The Zhu family is righteous. Your Majesty and the Regent both think that the Zhu family is a good family that serves the country and the people, a kind family."

The eunuch knew that His Majesty and the Regent did not intend to simply confer the title of "Princess" on Wushuang, but also planned to give the Zhu family a plaque that read "The Most Benevolent Family". A plaque bestowed by the emperor was a great honor.

Zhu Weiyi didn't know if he understood the hidden meaning of the eunuch's words, but he kept saying all kinds of nice things to make the eunuch smile.

Zhu Weiyi is a businessman, and he has perfectly inherited his parents' business talent, so he is very good at speaking different words to different people.

He did not look down on the eunuch just because he was disabled. Instead, he was very clear that the eunuchs who served the nobles in the palace had considerable power. How could he, a small businessman, compare to the eunuchs who were close to the nobles?

Because of Zhu Weiyi's attitude, the eunuchs also had a good impression of him.

…

The fact that Wushuang was named a princess did cause a stir in the capital. Even though the court officials had known about it for a long time, when they really knew that Chu Feng had issued the imperial edict, their feelings were indescribable.

Those people in the capital who were unaware and not qualified to attend court were trying to find out how Princess Yunlu was given the title and what her background was.

Then they knew the reason why Wushuang was named Princess.

"Three hundred thousand taels of silver were donated to the national treasury?" The old lady of Yuanjiang Marquis's Mansion almost fainted from shock after hearing the news.

That’s three hundred thousand taels of silver!

During the heyday of their Yuanjiang Marquisate, the family's savings might not even reach 300,000 taels of silver.

As a result, the Zhu family actually donated it directly to the national treasury, and then only gave one of their daughters the empty title of princess.

"Why is their family so wasteful? That's three hundred thousand taels! Not thirty thousand taels! Not three thousand taels or three hundred taels! That's three hundred thousand taels!" The old lady of Marquis Yuanjiang was very excited.

In her opinion, her grandson Su Mo would be able to capture the daughter of the Zhu family. By then, the daughter of the Zhu family would become a member of her Yuanjiang Marquis Mansion, and her money would become the Su family's money.

She had already taken Wushuang into her pocket, and of course the same went for the Zhu family's money.

In her opinion, these three hundred thousand taels were like digging out her heart and soul, because this money belonged to their Su family!

The Zhu family was willing to spend 300,000 taels to give Zhu Wushuang the nominal title of a princess, so her dowry must have been quite a lot.

The old lady of Yuanjiang Marquis took Su Mo's hand and said, "Mo'er, you'd better hurry up."

"Once the news of the Zhu family's daughter being crowned as a princess gets out, there will definitely be many people who know why she was crowned. Then, even more people will target the Zhu family's daughter."

"Although there aren't many people in the capital who are better looking than you, if those people are willing to lose face, we won't be able to defend ourselves."

"Mo'er, you have to do your best." The old lady of Yuanjiang Hou said earnestly.

Su Mo held the old lady's hand and promised, "Don't worry, grandma, I will definitely marry the daughter of the Zhu family."

Of course, the Zhu family’s immense wealth also belongs to them.

"The Zhu family is so generous that they'd spend three hundred thousand taels of silver just to earn the heroine the empty title of a princess?"

For the powerful people in the capital, 300,000 taels is a considerable sum of money, but they can still afford it.

But this money must be used wisely, it is impossible to spend it just for a daughter.

Even those families who love their daughters the most may not be willing to spend 300,000 taels to buy their daughters a dowry.

Even if it was a dowry, it was spent on the daughter, not donated to the national treasury in exchange for an empty title.

What can a title of a princess do?

Even this princess's nominal title had no fiefdom, no fiefdom, and even her annual salary was pitifully small.

What is the purpose of such a title?

The honorary title of a princess cannot be inherited by her son like a man's title.

Therefore, the powerful people all thought that the Zhu family was really stupid. They really despised them for spoiling their daughter to such an extent.

But after showing contempt, they still have to find a way to send their useless descendants out to see who can marry this golden baby home.

For the powerful and wealthy, marrying a daughter of the Zhu family is equivalent to marrying the Zhu family's wealth.

What? The Zhu family doesn't just have a daughter, they also have a son? And the son also has a son?

What does that matter?

Seeing how the Zhu family dotes on their daughter, they believe that the entire Zhu family will be emptied out when their daughter gets married.

As a result, before the powerful people in the capital could take action, and before Su Mo and Wushuang from the Yuanjiang Marquisate could meet a few more times, the Regent Chu Yunyi sent an official matchmaker to the Zhu family to propose marriage.

"Prince Regent Chu Yunyi...is he seeking to marry a daughter of the Zhu family?"

"Yes, that's right, the Regent."

"What merits and abilities did the daughter of the Zhu family possess that she could actually earn the favor of the Prince Regent?"

"How could the Prince Regent have any connection with the daughter of the Zhu family?"

"The daughter of the Zhu family is stunningly beautiful. Isn't it normal for the Regent to fall in love with such a stunning beauty?"

Some people find it hard to accept that Chu Yunyi actually wants to marry Wushuang, but some people understand.

After all, Zhu Wushuang is so beautiful and so rich. What's wrong with the Regent sacrificing his marriage a little to marry her?

Marrying Zhu Wushuang would be a great opportunity to gain both wealth and love, and there is nothing wrong with the Regent doing so.