After more than a month of research, Ruan Hezhu finally created the weapon she wanted.
Looking at the hole in the tree, she couldn't help laughing. She succeeded.
She looked down at the weapon in her hand. If Jiang Qingwan were present, he would definitely recognize that it was a musket.
Although it relies on current technology, it is made very crudely and its accuracy and power cannot be compared with modern firearms.
But in this era of cold weapons, its appearance can still shock the world.
With this thing, Prince Chen will definitely hand over the position of Crown Prince's Consort to you.
Thinking of this, she couldn't wait to return to Ruan's house, change into her new clothes, dress up carefully, and was about to go out with the box in her arms.
"Hezhu, where are you going?"
Mrs. Ruan called her, "What have you been busy with recently? You are always not at home. I have something to talk to you about."
"Mom, let's talk about it another day. I have to go out for something." Impatience flashed in Ruan Hezhu's eyes.
"I've been looking for you several times but you weren't at home. I just happened to run into you today. Wait until I'm done talking before you go out."
Mrs. Ruan forcefully pulled her back into the house.
"Mom, what's going on? Why do you have to tell me today?"
"Why, I can't even talk to you now." Seeing her attitude, Mrs. Ruan was a little angry.
"You used to be such a good child, obedient and filial. Ever since you came to the capital, look at what you have become. I almost don't recognize you."
"Sometimes I really doubt that what the Taoist priest said is true, and you are possessed by a ghost."
Hearing this, Ruan Hezhu's heart skipped a beat. He quickly put down what he was holding, walked to Mrs. Ruan, and reached out to massage her shoulders.
"Mom, why do you still believe what that Taoist priest said? I am your daughter. I still remember everything from our childhood clearly."
"I admit that I have changed. That's because I came from a small place to the prosperous capital. My horizons have broadened and my knowledge has increased."
"If you want to survive in this capital, you can't be timid. Change is necessary."
"But you have changed so much that your mother doesn't even recognize you." Mrs. Ruan really wanted to ask her if it was because she knew her true identity and became arrogant and looked down on the Ruan family, but in the end she still didn't break the window paper.
She reached out and grabbed Ruan Hezhu, "Hezhu, do you feel happy living in the capital?"
"What do you mean?" Ruan Hezhu didn't understand what she was saying.
Madam Ruan sighed, "We've been in the capital for a year, but Mother doesn't feel happy at all. We came from a small place like Jincheng, and we don't fit in here."
"Also, your affair with Prince Chen has caused a lot of uproar. Mother knows you've been wronged, but we are of low status and cannot speak out for you. Your reputation is ruined now, and it's impossible for you to find a good family in the capital."
"Mom, why are you saying this?"
Ruan Hezhu frowned. She suffered all these grievances because of the low status of the Ruan family. If she had a father from a wealthy family, she would not have to live so hard.
"Mother's idea is to ask your father to resign from his post, and for our family to return to Jincheng and live our ordinary lives. Then we can find you a good husband..."
"Mom, are you crazy?"
Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by Ruan Hezhu, "Dad worked so hard to come to the capital from Jincheng, and now he has become a fourth-rank official. If you ask him to resign, then won't we become ordinary people?"
"Besides, where in the capital is there a good man who can compare with Prince Chen?"
"He Zhu, are you so reluctant to give up the splendor and wealth of the capital?"
Mrs. Ruan looked at her with disappointment. Is this still the child she raised since childhood?
Now her heart and eyes are full of thoughts of climbing up the ladder, and her utilitarianism is even stronger than that of Ruan Han, the official.
"Who doesn't want wealth and glory? I can have a better life, so why should I live a hard life?"
Ruan Hezhu looked at her as if she were a fool. "You are incompetent. If you can't give it to me, I will fight for it myself, but you can't block my way."
"Forget it, you're just a woman, you won't understand even if I tell you. Anyway, I'm going to become the consort of Prince Chen soon, so don't make trouble here."
After Ruan Hezhu finished speaking, she walked outside with the box in her arms. Coincidentally, her younger brother Ruan Quan came over.
"Sister, did you have a fight with mother?"
"Get lost, it's none of your business."
Seeing him, Ruan Hezhu felt even more annoyed. In this family, the person she hated most was Ruan Quan.
Relying on Mrs. Ruan's favor, he did whatever he wanted and always bullied me.
"Ruan Hezhu, do you have any manners? This is my home. How dare you tell me to get out? You really don't know your place."
Ruan Quan had never suffered such an injustice before, and immediately started arguing with her.
Ruan Hezhu, who was already furious, also spoke without restraint, "If it weren't for me, your family would still be in that small place in Jincheng. Everything you have now is thanks to me."
"If you dare to be so disrespectful again, I won't forgive you."
After saying that, she turned and left. When she became the Crown Prince's Consort, everyone in the Ruan family would depend on her for their livelihood.
If they treat her like this now, they will suffer in the future.
"Ruan Hezhu...you..."
Ruan Quan was so angry that he jumped up and down, but he couldn't do anything to her, so he ran to Mrs. Ruan to complain.
"Mom, she's really becoming more and more lawless, and you don't do anything about it."
Madam Ruan stared at her back in a daze. After a long while, she said, "How can I control her?"
She has been struggling these days, thinking that Ruan Hezhu was raised by her after all.
Just give her another chance. If she and Ruan Han are willing to go back to Jincheng with you and completely break off relations with that woman, she will pretend nothing happened.
But now it seems that she was naive. If they could do such a heartless thing, how could they be willing to give up the wealth in front of them?
Before looking for Ruan Hezhu, she had already looked for Ruan Han, and was also scolded by him.
Everyone said that she had gone insane and gave up being the wife of a high-ranking official, wanting to return to that remote corner of Jincheng.
Ruan Han said that he had worked hard to climb to this position and would never resign.
Yes, since he has already attached himself to Lady Ning'an, how could he be willing to give up?
With power and beauty, he would wake up laughing in his dreams if he lived such a fairy-tale life.
I wonder if he would think of the baby he had harmed when he was happy.
"Mom, what's wrong with you?" Ruan Quan asked worriedly when he saw that she was not in good condition.
Madam Ruan looked up at her son and asked, "Quan'er, do you want to go back to Jincheng with me?"
"I think this capital city is not good at all. I don't want to be here."
Ruan Quan was full of grievances. He could be said to be able to call the wind and rain in Jincheng, and everyone flattered him.
But in this capital city, everyone looked down on him, and the rich young men were unwilling to take him out to play.
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