Chapter 178 The Late Emperor's Orphan
Yes, except for the wives who had no children, all the concubines had children.
You mean to say, the city lord only has this one child?
"Yeah, just you wait and see. Once he's brought down, that woman will probably run away. She only wanted wealth and status; she doesn't want to get involved in anything else."
Okay, that's good too. Not blindly trusting others is one thing, but being a mistress isn't a good thing.
Being a concubine isn't good either; it's always about being the third party.
[That's true, I wonder how things are in Jiangnan City now?]
[I don't know about you, but there's still some melon to eat, are you still going to eat it?]
Before Ji Yingying could answer, the people behind her were all thinking: Eat!
【eat】
Look over there, at that little child.
[Are they girls, or those two boys?] There are three children in the two directions Xiangxiang is pointing to: one girl and two boys.
The two boys are quite good-looking.
One of the children was born to a member of the royal family.
【who? 】
[The child of the Emperor's sister, the child of a prince who had been separated from his family since childhood, but she was unaware that she was a princess, a consequence of the late Emperor's philandering.]
[Didn't you say the late emperor was obsessed with elixirs? How come he was also a womanizer?]
When I was young, I came to Jiangnan City to investigate a case. I fell in love with a courtesan who was the most popular woman in the brothel. We had a one-night stand, and then I ran away.
That courtesan waited for him to return, even paying to redeem herself and finding her own place to live. She waited until she died without any news. By then, she was pregnant and gave birth to a son, who is now married with children and quite old. This current child is probably the Crown Prince's cousin.
"Okay, should we report this?" Ji Yingying hesitated, unsure of what to do.
The emperor's father committed a terrible sin. Besides, both of them are gone now, and they seem to be doing very well.
Report this! This man has two lives on his hands.
【Huh? How could someone kill someone?】
[That boy was a good-for-nothing before he got married. His mother didn't know how to raise him properly. Then his mother got him married, and he became a bit more restrained, but he just couldn't quit gambling. In the end, he gambled away all the family's wealth, angered his mother to death, and even sold his wife.]
[As for what happened later, he was terrified after almost having his hand chopped off, so he tried to steal some silver. He ended up stealing from a scholar, who was no match for him and was beaten to death. He then took the scholar's money and buried him.]
The scholar's family is left with only his blind old mother.
[And then he killed that old woman?]
Yes, they seized someone else's land and everything they owned, then married a wife, and now they're living a very prosperous life.
[This isn't just two lives, it's four! His mother, his wife, and the scholar's family. We have to report this. I'll go tell my second brother to arrest them. Princes are subject to the same laws as commoners.]
You're right, let's do it your way.
Ji Yingying finished eating and stood up to leave, when she suddenly realized there were many people behind her.
What are these people doing?
I don't know, but it seems this wonton shop makes really good ones.
It should be.
When Ji Yingying paid, she said to the shop owner, "Boss, your skills are pretty good. So many people are eating wontons."
"Thank you, young master. If you like it, please come again tomorrow. I won't charge you tomorrow."
"Huh, you're not taking any money? How are you going to make a profit?" Ji Yingying didn't understand. She didn't know anything about doing business and didn't know how to do it.
"No, it's free for just the young master."
"Okay, I'm free tomorrow, so I'll come over and freeload."
"Alright, alright, whatever flavor you want, young master, we'll definitely make it if we can."
Today they earned enough money to last them half a year, and they would be happy even if the other family ate for free every day.
"Well...we'll talk about it later!"
Ji Yingying got into the carriage and left. When she returned to the government office, Ji Jiayu had already dealt with the group of wealthy merchants.
They even recorded the money donated by the wealthy businessman.
Ji Yingying took a look; there were quite a lot.
"Come here." Ji Yingying casually beckoned to someone, who immediately stepped forward: "Your Highness."
"Okay, go and copy this down, in big print, and then post it out."
"yes"
[Host, she's a woman, and she needs to fake it.]
[What? The money isn't even in her hands, and she's still going to fake it? What's she trying to do? Is this some kind of divisive tactic, trying to drive a wedge between us and the wealthy businessman?]
Yes, you should stop them.
In the past, Ji Yingying would definitely have played around with the other party before letting her go, but now that she knows, she can't let her off the hook.
Tell Ji Jiayu to arrest the person, find someone else to copy it again, and post it out.
It also included some messages of solidarity and gratitude, basically everything.
"Does that person know who sent them?" Ji Yingying asked immediately after Ji Jiayu returned.
This left Ji Jiayu speechless. You have a treasure that knows everything about heaven and earth, yet you don't know who sent that person.
"you do not know?"
"Should I know?" Ji Yingying asked curiously.
"They were sent by the Song family. Their family has some connections with the Lord of Jiangnan City, so they wanted to stir up trouble. After all, Anmin County has improved, and they can't even try to profit from it. They've already sent Magistrate Li to handle it."
"Alright, brother, I'll give you a case. Go take it." Ji Yingying told him about the late emperor and the burial of the dead.
The rest was left to Ji Jiayu to handle.
She doesn't need to perform any meritorious service.
After staying in Anmin County for two days, King Qi returned on the third day, bringing with him good news.
All the rebels surrendered to the imperial court. At the same time, they discovered oil deep in the mountains. At first, they thought the oil was dirty, but because their clothes were dirty, they quickly caught fire with the fire.
They brought back a bucket, intending to show it to Ji Yingying, who immediately recognized it as petroleum.
"This is a good thing, it's petroleum, but it can't be used yet. It needs to go through a lot of processes before it can be used. It's much better than the tung oil we use now."
After her initial surprise, Ji Yingying said shyly, "I don't know how to extract it. I've never studied this topic before."
She simply doesn't know how; if you really ask her to do it, she can't.
"In that case, let's inform His Majesty first and see what his decision is."
"Okay, okay, okay."
"I don't care if you don't let me do it, anything is fine. But even if you do let me, I don't know how. It involves chemistry and physics, and I know absolutely nothing about those."
You really can't?
No, I'm terrible at math, physics, and chemistry. If the detective were here, I definitely could; he'd be good at chemistry and physics.
【That's true, if they can't, they can't. Anyway, it's the Ministry of Works' business. Let them handle it properly later.】
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