Tang Chuyao remembered that in the twelfth month of the previous year, the northern border was hit by the most extreme weather in a hundred years. The temperature dropped drastically, causing many soldiers to be frostbitten and disabled, and many poor people in the cities were actually frozen to death!
Although it is now June with the sun as scorching as fire, and it is still nearly half a year away from the twelfth lunar month, but thinking of my grandparents' family guarding the northern border, they also lost a lot of soldiers and horses due to this severe cold weather!
Tang Chuyao decided to prepare in advance. Yesterday, Shopkeeper Wang told her that she should use her mother's dowry to buy supplies for the soldiers in Northern Xinjiang, so she should stock up on more cotton clothes, charcoal and other cold-weather items!
You should also prepare more typhoid pills, frostbite ointment and other medicines!
Thinking of this, Tang Chuyao wrote a letter and asked Sister Xiaoyu to bring it to Shopkeeper Wang.
When I was chatting with Manager Wang yesterday, I found out that my mother's dowry also included two medicine shops, but the locations of these two medicine shops are relatively remote, and the profits are indeed not good. In some years, they are even in deficit!
Tang Chuyao decided to go and take a look at these two pharmacies today!
When I was about to go out, I ran into Tang Chuying coming with her maid.
Tang Chuying was wearing a pink dress, and her figure was as slender as a willow, as if a breeze could blow her down. Her long, black, shiny hair fell like a waterfall to her slender waist, and her hair was adorned with a few delicate pearl hairpins, which sparkled in the sunlight and swayed gently as she walked, adding a bit of agility and beauty.
The pearl hairpin on Tang Chuying's head looked very familiar, and Tang Chuyao remembered that it was a reward given to her by her aunt, the Imperial Concubine!
Let her be arrogant for a few days and wait for her to take it back slowly!
Tang Chuyao looked coldly at Tang Chuying who was walking towards her. Although Tang Chuying was average looking, she had a natural charm. No wonder Gu Huaifeng was attracted to her!
Coupled with her reputation as the most talented woman in the capital, Gu Huaifeng was indeed fascinated by her.
Speaking of Tang Chuying's talent, Tang Chuyao thought for a moment and realized that Tang Chuying seemed to have shined at a Feihua Ling conference held by the Princess Mansion three years ago and became famous in the capital!
After that, I haven't heard of Tang Chuying writing any poems or the like, so Tang Chuying's talent seems to be fishy!
"Sister, grandma is ill. Let's go to Rongjin Hall to pay our respects to her!"
After yesterday's strong performance by Madam Rong and Madam Li, it would be strange if the old lady got sick from being angry!
Besides, the old lady was in good health recently, and it was only because she asked Hua Wangshu to treat her many times that she was able to live a good life!
Tang Chuyao did not refuse, and took Du Juan, Tang Chuying and others to Rongjintang together.
Before entering the courtyard, she smelled a scent of medicine. Tang Chuyao sniffed it carefully and frowned slightly.
This Rong Jintang is probably at the end of his rope, and the medicine is so cheap!
After stepping into the yard, I felt that the flowers and plants that usually looked pleasing to the eye were now a little wilted. After a closer look, I found that the flower pots had been replaced with ordinary clay pots.
Not only had all the colored porcelain been replaced by clay pots, the large colored glaze water tanks used to grow lotus flowers in the yard were also gone. Even the ground in the yard, which was originally paved with fine pebbles, was also gone, leaving only potholes and potholes on the ground, so if you walked on it you would get your feet covered in mud!
Tang Chuyao couldn't help but admire the two maids, they were so amazing!
After stepping into the room, Tang Chuyao almost thought she had gone to the wrong place!
This room is completely empty. The expensive ornaments and jade screen that usually appear in it are all gone!
The tables, chairs and benches were all brought from who knows where, they were shabby and smelled musty...
Tang Chuyao covered her nose with a handkerchief and walked inside, only to see Aunt Zhao feeding the old lady medicine bit by bit.
The old lady was half-sitting on the head of the bed. The rosewood bed in front of her was suddenly replaced by an old wooden bed. The bedding on the bed seemed to be quite old as well!
Tang Chuyao was speechless for a moment. Would the two maids have taken away the quilt that the old lady had covered with for several years yesterday?
The key is that she also likes those torn quilts!
Okay, I'll take a good inventory when I get back!
If the old lady had used something, she would definitely throw it away, or ask Du Juan and the others to take apart the silk quilt cover, wash it, take out the cotton wool inside, wash it, dry it in the sun, and then donate it to the poor people!
As I was thinking about this, I heard the old lady's sharp voice, "You are so arrogant, girl!"
"How dare I let you come to pay your respects, lest the imperial concubine blame me again!"
Tang Chuyao ignored the old lady's sarcasm. After all, she was now a wealthy woman in the capital, so there was no need to bother with a poor man!
"Grandma, I also know that things will develop like this..."
"Grandmother knows that I have rarely contacted my aunt in the palace. What is the misunderstanding?"
Who would pretend to be soft and pitiful?
The old lady leaned against the head of the bed, staring at Tang Chuyao with her cloudy eyes, as if trying to discern the truth in Tang Chuyao's words.
It seemed just as Tang Chuyao said, she had rarely contacted that person in the palace, and usually it was the imperial concubine who came to send rewards!
Is there anything she neglected in this?
Du Juan suddenly interrupted, "The old lady knows."
"I went to Meixiangyuan yesterday and happened to meet the wife of Marquis Xuanping."
Tang Chuyao pretended to be angry and looked at Du Juan behind her and scolded, "Stop talking!"
The old lady suddenly perked up and said with a frown, "Let her speak! What did the Marquis's wife come to see Aunt Mei for yesterday?"
Du Juan then stepped forward and said, "The Marquis's wife came yesterday to discuss the matter of Madam Mei's dowry!"
"And they're still talking about the Second Miss's marriage and the Young Master's career!"
The old lady thought for a moment. Could it be that Lady Xuanping Hou and Aunt Mei had reached some consensus behind her back?
Is this using Chi Ran's dowry in exchange for Ying'er's marriage and Nan'er's future?
Du Juan slapped her head and suddenly said, "Oh, I almost forgot. Madam Xuanping also mentioned Master Changsheng. I didn't hear clearly what she said."
"But in the end, Aunt Mei returned all of Madam's dowry to our young lady!"
Changsheng? Mei Changsheng?
This is Mei Xiao'e's brother Mei Wanglong's son! That uneducated and brainless idiot!
Mei Xiao'e has been secretly helping Mei Wanglong over the years, and she has always turned a blind eye to it. Unexpectedly, she was infected with a cold. Mei Xiao'e's mind began to become active!
Not only are you planning a future for Tang Chuying and Tang Chu'nan, but you're also helping that idiot from her family?
How could she bear it?
Tang Chuyao was right. That person in the palace always interferes with the affairs of the Yongbo Mansion. After so many years, the Imperial Concubine has never paid attention to Chi Ran's dowry!
Why did you suddenly send a nanny to take away Chi Ran's dowry?
This must be the result of a conspiracy between Aunt Mei and Lady Xuanping Hou!
They used the imperial concubine to take away Chi Ran's dowry, and when the eldest girl married into the Xuanping Marquis Mansion, all this overwhelming wealth would fall into the Xuanping Marquis Mansion!
You are so good, Mei Xiao'e! You actually colluded with outsiders to plot against her family wealth!
It's now Mei Xiao'e's turn to be the mistress of Yongbo's Mansion!
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