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 answered, the people behind her said in their hearts: 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 sin. Besides, both of them are gone, and they seem to be living well now.
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 was full and stood up to leave, but suddenly she found that there were a lot of 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 shopkeeper, "Boss, your cooking skills are really good. So many people are eating wontons."
"Hey, thank you very much, sir. If you like it, come again tomorrow. I won't charge you tomorrow."
"Ah, if you don't charge money, how can you still make money?" Ji Yingying didn't understand. She didn't understand business and didn't know what to do.
"No, I'll give it to you for free."
"Well, I'll come tomorrow if I have nothing to do. I'll eat and drink for free then."
"Alright, alright, whatever flavor you want, young master, we'll definitely make it if we can."
Today, their family has earned enough money for half a year. Even if they eat for free every day, they will be happy.
"Then... let's talk about it later!"
Ji Yingying got on the carriage and left. When she returned to the government office, Ji Jiayu had already dealt with the group of wealthy businessmen.
The money donated by wealthy businessmen was also recorded.
Ji Yingying took a look and found that there were quite a lot.
"Come here." Ji Yingying casually beckoned to someone, who immediately stepped forward: "Your Highness."
"Well, go copy this out, write it in large characters, and post it up."
"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.
If it were in the past, Ji Yingying would definitely have played around with the other person before letting her go, but now, since she knows, she can't let her go.
Let Ji Jiayu arrest the person, find someone else to copy it, and post it.
I also wrote some words of solidarity and gratitude, in short, there is everything.
"Does that person know who sent him?" Ji Yingying asked immediately when Ji Jiayu came back.
This made Ji Jiayu speechless. You have a treasure who knows everything about heaven and earth, but you don’t even 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 want to stir up trouble. After all, Anmin County is doing well, and they can't make any money. They have already asked County Magistrate Li to handle it."
"Okay, brother, I'll give you a case, go and take it." Ji Yingying told him about the late emperor and then talked about the burial.
The rest is left to Ji Jiayu.
She doesn't need to do anything meritorious.
After staying in Anmin County for two days, King Qi returned on the third day and brought good news.
All the rebels surrendered to the imperial court, and at the same time, oil was discovered deep in the mountains. At first, they just thought the oil was dirty, and because their clothes were dirty and they got angry, the oil soon caught fire.
They extracted a barrel and wanted to show it to Ji Yingying. Ji Yingying recognized it as oil at a glance.
"This is good stuff. It's petroleum. However, it can't be used. It needs to go through various processes before it can be used. This is 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 just can't do it. If you really ask her to do it, she can't do it.
"If that's the case, then let's report this to the Emperor and see what he decides."
"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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