"What a cunning and greedy Xie family member!"
It was already the end of the lunar year, a time that should have been filled with joy and celebration for the New Year. However, Madam Zheng received such disheartening news.
Her first reaction was: it was all Xie's doing.
However, after she calmed down and thought about it carefully, she felt it was unlikely.
No matter how capable Xie was, she was still just a woman.
In today's environment, women ultimately still have to rely on the men behind them.
For example, Madam Zheng, whether in Yuezhou or other prefectures, always used Cui Boyong's name card when she formally interacted with people.
Cui Boyong was at least a governor of a prefecture from a prominent family, while the King of Yue was known even in the capital to be a good-for-nothing who only knew how to drink and do drugs.
Nowadays, Helian Jue probably doesn't have much status even in the Prince's mansion, let alone outside.
"Perhaps it's some other important person who got the secret formula!"
Zhao Jinxiu seized the opportunity and whispered a reminder.
"Yes! It must be them!"
Madam Zheng nodded slowly. The Cui family was an official force, while those powerful clans had been entrenched in Lingnan for over a hundred years, their roots deep and their relatives and friends spread throughout the entire region.
They are the real local bullies.
"They got off too easy!"
Madam Zheng cursed angrily, but she had no good solution.
Other powerful families also experienced what Lady Zheng went through.
The only difference was that Madam Zheng suspected that the local powerful families were the ones making a fortune in secret;
The local powerful families suspected that it was Lady Zheng's doing.
With someone else taking the blame, Xie Yuan quietly made a fortune.
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