Chapter 90 My Second Brother Made Money Again!
Zhou Feng paused for a moment, then slowly replied, "I am from Qingzhou Prefecture, and I only recently came to the capital."
Han Yan'er raised her eyebrows and said with a smile, "I know Qingzhou Prefecture. It's a good place."
As she spoke, she blinked her long eyelashes and carefully examined Zhou Feng, "The mole on your face is really in the wrong place. If it weren't for that, your appearance would be considered top-notch in the capital."
Zhou Feng lowered his head slightly. "This mole is congenital, and there's nothing I can do about it."
Han Yan'er smiled and found her increasingly interesting.
At this moment, two more young ladies entered. One was the youngest daughter of Lord Wu, who was also the younger sister of Consort Wu, and the other was the legitimate daughter of Lord Zhang in the court.
The two women glanced at the perfumes in the shop and sneered, "Where did these country bumpkins come from, running around in our capital selling perfumes!"
Zhou Feng had seen Miss Wu from afar in the palace before, so he immediately recognized her, and hatred welled up in his heart.
He said coldly, "If you two ladies do not wish to purchase perfume, please leave."
Miss Wu was stunned for a moment, then yelled at him, "How dare you drive me away? Don't you want to live? Don't you know who I am? The current Imperial Concubine is my own sister!"
Zhou Feng naturally knew this. He looked at her coldly, his hands trembling slightly. If he hadn't been so composed, he probably would have already rushed up and torn her to pieces.
Han Yan'er, who was standing to the side, seemed to have noticed his anger. She strode up behind Miss Wu and raised her eyebrows, saying, "Miss Wu, you are bullying others by abusing your power!"
Miss Wu twisted her body, looking at her arrogantly, "So it's Miss Han. Why aren't you feeding the horses? What are you doing here?"
As he spoke, he looked around and sneered, "You boor, you can't possibly understand incense, can you?"
Han Yan'er frowned, took out the riding whip from her waist, and lashed it hard at Miss Wu's face. "Horses don't need to be fed, they need to be trained!"
The whip struck Miss Wu's face hard, causing her to cry out in pain, "How dare you!"
Han Yan'er kicked her without any politeness, "Are you thinking of going to tell your sister? Don't you know that everyone knows your sister gave birth to a freak? She's a scourge to our Xuan Yue Kingdom!"
Miss Wu was kicked out the door, struggling to get up, her hair in a mess. "You, you just wait!"
Miss Zhang, who was standing nearby, quickly advised, "General Han is in power right now, you shouldn't offend her!"
Miss Wu gritted her teeth and stomped her feet in anger.
Just then, a flowerpot suddenly fell from the attic above and hit Miss Wu on the head.
Before Miss Wu could even speak, she was knocked unconscious by a flowerpot with a loud crash.
Han Yan'er looked on and laughed loudly, "Serves you right! This is what you call divine retribution!"
After she finished speaking, she ordered the servant beside her, "Someone throw her aside, don't let her get in the way!"
"Miss Han, this..." Miss Zhang wanted to say something, but Han Yan'er glared at her.
The servants nearby lifted the unconscious Miss Wu and threw her onto the side of the road.
There are people coming and going on this road, and it would be shameful for a young lady to lie on the ground like this.
Miss Zhang wanted to call for help, but was too frightened by Han Yan'er to move.
As Miss Wu gradually became more docile, the Zhou family's shop began to see customers again.
The ladies and wives of the capital city still appreciate fragrances; they love the scented perfumes and each bought a bottle.
Unlike in Cheng'an County where a bottle costs fifteen taels of silver, here it sells for twenty taels a bottle.
These wealthy young men and women are all about this: the more expensive the item, the more they want to buy it, in order to show off their status.
So in just one day, Zhou Feng earned a full two hundred taels of silver here, which would be a considerable sum for an ordinary family.
He immediately wrote a letter to the Zhou family in Changliu Village informing them of the situation in the capital.
It was half a month later when the Zhou family received Zhou Feng's letter.
Aunt Zhou held the letter and looked at it with a smile. "Ruiyuan, your second brother said that business in the capital is very good. He will come back in about half a month and take some goods with him. Judging from the time in the letter, he should be back in the next few days."
Zhou Ruiyuan took out the prepared medicine for preventing miscarriage from the house and brought it to Du Wanchun. While blowing on the medicine for her, he replied, "Alright, when he comes back, we'll move into the house."
Du Wanchun took the prepared pregnancy-preserving medicine from his hand and asked Zhou Da Niang with a smile, "Mother, did my second brother say anything else?"
Aunt Zhou continued reading, and finally frowned, "He said that Consort Wu in the palace miscarried and gave birth to a monster that was neither male nor female."
As she spoke, her expression became slightly strange. "The Emperor was furious and began to favor a newly arrived Consort Ru."
Zhou Zhao, who had just entered, felt very pleased and stood up, saying, "Serves her right, this is her retribution."
Aunt Zhou put down the letter slowly with a sullen face, revealing a bitter smile, and said, "Yes, it is indeed retribution. As the saying goes, fortunes change every thirty years. It's just that the Emperor hasn't deposed her yet, so her suffering is probably still ahead."
Zhou Zhao poured herself a glass of water and drank it down in one gulp. "Mother, don't worry, just as that person treated you back then, that person will treat her the same way in the future."
Aunt Zhou slowly closed the letter and nodded.
Although Consort Wu is not as favored as before, her family's influence is still there, so she won't be deposed so easily anytime soon.
However, she firmly believes that the truth about the evil deeds committed by that woman back then will come to light sooner or later.
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