Chapter 288 Mrs. Zhu finally meets Zhu Kangcheng
Mrs. Zhu happened to be out on the street. When she saw Su Chuan, she thought they were the ones who were still pestering her. She immediately frowned and had someone call Su Chuan over to give him a lecture. "I thought you were smart people, but I didn't expect that I overestimated you! Remind the Ke family to stop while they are ahead, otherwise it will be embarrassing for everyone to tear each other apart!"
When Su Chuan heard Mrs. Zhu's threat, his face darkened, and his expression became a little colder. "Thank you for your reminder, Mrs. Zhu. We will never have anything to do with the Zhu family again."
Madam Zhu frowned, "If that's the case, what are you doing here now?"
Su Chuan curled his lips in a mocking tone, pointing to the ox cart not far from the shop, "The greedy Ke you mentioned is leaving Zhaohua County with her children today. She asked me to come and tell you so that Madam can be at ease."
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Zhu's expression instantly relaxed a lot. She knew she had misunderstood Su Chuan and felt somewhat embarrassed, but she was too embarrassed to apologize, so she turned her gaze to the carriage where Ke Yunyun was.
Just then, Zhu Kangcheng curiously lifted the car curtain and stuck his head out, waving and shouting excitedly at Su Zhan, letting out a series of pleasant laughter.
Mrs. Zhu stared at the little face in a daze, stood up and took two steps excitedly, then forced herself to hold it in. Her fists under her sleeves gradually clenched, and it took a while before she let go.
She took a deep breath, turned around and said to Su Chuan calmly: "I already know, let them go."
Su Chuan left the shop without saying a word.
Mrs. Zhu watched them disappear at the end of the street and finally couldn't hold back her tears.
The nanny comforted her, "Madam, after the eldest young master and his wife get married, you will have a healthy grandson, so don't be reluctant."
Mrs. Zhu nodded and said nothing more.
After Su Chuan and his party arrived in the provincial capital, they immediately contacted the largest local trading company and asked about the caravan heading to the imperial capital. He then hired a few horse-drawn carriages from the trading company and transferred the goods onto the carriages.
This will also allow you to walk faster.
When the caravan set off, a horse-drawn carriage just passed them and headed towards Zhaohua County.
Cen Li is Cen Mingzhu's uncle. Cen Yingfan is the best-performing member of the Cen family. Almost all other members of the family rely on Cen Yingfan to live a good life. So when Cen Yingfan asked him to come to Zhaohua County to inquire about Zhu Yixuan and Shen Yi's background, he immediately agreed.
I almost broke my old bones from walking and stopping all the way.
Cen Li, who was holding his breath, immediately found the best inn to stay in when he arrived in Zhaohua County. Only after washing up thoroughly did he get down to business.
Just then the child brought in some food.
He quickly pulled the child aside to ask, "Do you know the Zhu family in Zhaohua County? Or have you heard of Zhu Yixuan?"
The boy looked surprised and replied respectfully, "Sir, are you looking for our young master? He is away from home because he is serving in the military. If you have anything important to do, you can go to the mansion to find the master."
"Puff!" Cen Li sprayed all the wine in his mouth and stood up in shock. "You said this inn belongs to the Zhu family?"
"Yes! Not only the inn, but most of the shops on this street belong to the Zhu family. Don't you know?" The child looked confused.
Cen Li's expression was so wonderful that he pulled the child to continue asking, "Is the Zhu family very powerful in Zhaohua County?"
"Of course! In the past, the three major families in Zhaohua County were Cui, Zhu and Bai. Now the Cui family is gone, and Bai family's only legitimate son Bai Feng is also dead. I guess they will soon be wiped out. Only our Zhu family is still standing. Do you think the Zhu family is powerful?"
Cen Li was very excited, "Amazing, definitely amazing! Can you tell me about Zhu Yixuan's situation?"
Cen Li took out one or two taels of silver.
The waiter's eyes lit up when he saw the silver, and he lowered his voice and said, "Sir, since you are from another place, I can talk to you.
Our young master is the most handsome man in Zhaohua County. Not only does he have a good family background and good looks, but he is also first-class in skills and talent! The Zhu family is thriving in his hands, getting better day by day. If there were no war, the Zhu family would have been even better in the past two years. Tsk tsk tsk, what a pity!"
Cen Li was more and more pleased as he listened, and continued to inquire, "He is so powerful, does he have many wives and concubines in his mansion?"
"That's not the case." The boy shook his head without thinking, "Everyone in the city knows that our young master is a clean man. In addition to the eldest young master's wife, there are only two concubines in the mansion. The concubines only have daughters, and no illegitimate sons."
"Is he married?" Cen Li frowned unhappily.
The waiter was happy and said, "Sir, look at what you said. Our young master is not a young man who has just come of age. How could he not be married? But the eldest young lady is not a good person. She was originally the eldest daughter of the Cui family. She was arrogant, jealous and disrespectful to her parents-in-law. The concubines in the mansion were bullied by her and dared not say a word.
Unfortunately, she only gave birth to a sickly son, and that child later died of illness, leaving our young master without an heir, tut tut tut."
Xiao Er kept shaking his head, but Cen Li was very happy, "Great! It's good not to have a son!"
The waiter had a question mark on his forehead, "Sir, do you have a grudge against our young master?"
"No, that's not happening! That's not what I meant. What about now? What is the Zhu family's attitude towards your eldest young lady?" Cen Li looked at the waiter anxiously.
The waiter sighed, "Cui has been divorced by the Zhu family. It seems that it was because of the issue of offspring. Cui was unable to give birth, and refused to adopt the Zhu family's child. Instead, she insisted on raising Cui's child. Our master and his wife naturally could not agree to this. Cui made a lot of trouble about this matter, and the wife was forced to divorce her."
"What a coincidence?" Cen Li was not stupid and he became suspicious immediately.
The waiter said loudly, "What a coincidence! Cui and our master and his wife have been at odds for a long time. When the Cui family got into trouble before, she was imprisoned by our wife. As a result, she secretly used her dowry to subsidize her family. Which in-laws can tolerate this? It seems that the quarrel this time is also because of Cui.
I don’t know the specific situation, but our lady was kind and righteous, and she did not deduct Cui’s dowry. Because the Cui family had fallen into decline, she was afraid that Cui would not even be able to keep her dowry after returning to her parents’ home, so she also gave her some additional compensation.
Cui Shi has a place to stay, and the Cui family can no longer control her. Do you think our Madam is safe?"
Cen Li nodded slightly, then asked, "What about Shen Yi? Do you know Shen Yi?"
The waiter racked his brains for a long time and shook his head in frustration, "Sir, there doesn't seem to be such a person in the county. I don't know. How about you go out and ask around?"
Cen Li had a clear idea in his mind.
After dinner, he actually went out for a walk for me. Almost all the common people who were asked said the same thing as the waiter at the inn. Even the runners from the county government spoke highly of Zhu Yixuan.
Cen Li stayed for two days, thought about it, and then went to Moshi Town to inquire about Shen Yi's situation.
As luck would have it, the person he met was Su Chunlin who came to the market.
Su Chunlin saw that Cen Li looked unfamiliar and had a strange accent, so he instinctively became more alert, "Why are you asking about Shen Yi?"
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