In the original book, Ji Haoyang's wife died of depression and Ji Haoyang was conspired to bankrupt himself. Only then did Ji Yinghui overhear the truth about her brothers and sisters' miscarriages and premature deaths at her father's funeral.
It wasn't that her father had a congenital problem and couldn't give birth to a healthy child, but that her family's unscrupulous relatives had extended their evil hands to her poor family.
Her father had no talent for perfumery, nor the shrewdness of her grandfather and great-grandfather. However, this man, who was considered inferior to her in everything by her relatives, was born into a wealthy family because of his good birth.
From envy to jealousy, and from jealousy to hatred, her two cousins from her great-uncle's family gradually developed other ideas in their hearts because of his father's mediocrity and wealth.
These ideas were spread after they drank, and then attracted those who also had their eyes on the Ji family's spice business.
They wanted the Ji family's spice recipe, which was the goose that laid golden eggs, but they couldn't find a suitable opportunity to attack the Ji family, so they set their sights on Ji's relatives.
They only need to casually instruct some people and seemingly unintentionally guide the relatives of the Ji family, and they can just wait for the Ji family to fall into chaos. What a good thing.
The Ji family members had no idea that they were just mantises and that everything they did was due to the oriole behind the scenes, so they obediently extended their evil hands to Ji Haoyang's family.
If their family had always stayed away from those tribesmen, perhaps they would not have had the opportunity to do anything to Ji Haoyang, but after all, Ji Haoyang and his grandfather and father were very caring towards the tribesmen.
In addition to purchasing clan land, repairing ancestral tombs, and supporting clan members every year, the men of the Ji family would also place relatives of the Ji family who were having a hard time in their own shops or farms.
However, the kindness they bestowed upon their people did not earn them genuine gratitude or support. Their constant giving year after year only served to expand their people's appetites.
Those close relatives who had frequent contact with the Ji family targeted Ji Haoyang's descendants, while those distant relatives who came to the Ji family every year to beg for money complained about the small amount of money and property the Ji family gave them. Some even secretly said that Ji Haoyang had no descendants because he was too stingy with his own people.
Ji Yinghui, who had already lost all her elders, was stunned when she heard these remarks from her tribesmen. It was not until she heard the quarrels among her tribesmen over the selection of her husband (marriage), son-in-law (makeup), and person (de) that she suddenly came to her senses.
Ji Yinghui did not rush in to argue with the tribesmen because of the strong hatred in her heart. She took advantage of the fact that no one noticed that she had come to the mourning hall again, and slipped out with the incense recipe and a trusted servant.
She "sold" the incense recipe to a wife of an official who had a good reputation in the capital, with only one request - to avenge her parents and her dead brothers and sisters.
However, what Ji Yinghui didn't know was that not all people with good reputations have good character in private.
The official's wife readily accepted the incense recipe offered by Ji Yinghui, but she had no intention of interfering in the Ji family's "family affairs."
After coaxing Ji Yinghui into lowering her guard, she sold her and her servants.
Ji Yinghui was extremely beautiful. The human trafficker who had been helping the wife of the official do this kind of dirty work for many years suddenly became greedy and did not sell her to a low-class brothel in the northwest or southwest as the wife had asked. Instead, he sold her to a group of people who specialized in breeding skinny horses.
She did remind the buyer not to sell the person to the capital again, but her light-hearted reminder could not stop Ji Yinghui from doing well.
Ji Yinghui, who had suffered a lot, became one of Xiao Shaoke's concubines with her own ability several years later.
At that time, Xiao Shaoke was no longer the bullied youngest son of the previous emperor in the deep palace. After experiencing many ups and downs, he founded the Later Qi Dynasty and became one of the princes who divided the world into four parts with the King of Zhenbei, the Duke of Jingguo and the Lu family.
Perhaps because she was eager for revenge, or perhaps because she did not think that Xiao Shaoke could eventually defeat the Prince of Zhenbei or the Duke of Jingguo and enter the capital, after being named a concubine by Xiao Shaoke, Ji Yinghui immediately took out all her savings and sent out her trusted subordinates to do something that seemed crazy to the world.
She had someone find out all the people who had been involved in the conspiracy to harm their family, and then hired someone to kill them and the entire family of the official's wife who had coveted her perfume recipe and had her sold...
As soon as the news was passed back to Hou Qi, the women who were Xiao Shaoke's concubines like Ji Yinghui immediately united to find Xiao Shaoke and asked him to severely punish Ji Yinghui. They listed various reasons and asked Xiao Shaoke to punish Ji Yinghui.
On the one hand, Xiao Shaoke was under pressure from the concubines and their respective families, and on the other hand, he did believe what they said about Ji Yinghui being too cruel and ruthless.
Just like the concubines couldn't guarantee that they wouldn't offend Ji Yinghui, Xiao Shaoke couldn't guarantee that he would always dote on her as much as he did now. What if one day he neglected her...
Thinking about the consequences, Xiao Shaoke felt very insecure.
As a result, Ji Yinghui's newly-appointed position as a concubine was stripped away, and she was given a white silk and a cup of poisoned wine by Xiao Shaoke, who was "forced under pressure."
The timid Xiao Shaoke was afraid of Ji Yinghui's ruthlessness to kill an entire family, but Yu Zizhen admired Ji Yinghui's wisdom and tenacity that blossomed in the face of adversity.
As for annihilating the entire family, the other party had already planned to destroy the Ji family. Shouldn't she retaliate?
What's wrong with taking revenge?
Yu Zizhen, who did not think there was anything wrong with Ji Yinghui's behavior, said that she really wanted to recruit this girl for her own use!
"Sir, we're here." The attendant in charge of driving the carriage was assigned to her by the King of Zhenbei. He did not ask her why she came to a street full of ordinary shops that only ordinary people were interested in. He just carefully changed to an ordinary carriage that could pass through such a place.
Yu Zizhen was very satisfied with the tact of the subordinates of King Zhenbei. She took two guards who had also changed into casual clothes and strolled into the long street where the Ji family's spice shop was located.
The width, length and flatness of the long street are not as good as the area where dignitaries are concentrated, where the Zhenbei Palace is located. However, the shops on both sides of the street are bustling with business, and the people of all kinds walking on the street, add a touch of worldly fireworks to this long street, which makes people feel particularly at ease when looking at it.
Yu Zizhen really liked this atmosphere. She looked around and when she saw something that interested her, she would go over to take a closer look and ask the price. If it suited her taste, she would take out her small purse and pay for it.
After walking and stopping like this, Yu Zizhen soon bought a bunch of food, daily necessities and toys, all of which were small and not very valuable.
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