Chapter 96 Yuan Family Incense Reveals the Incident
Prefect Zheng was startled and quickly closed the door. "Good niece, tell me, what happened?"
Han Yan'er slowly said, "When I came to Qingzhou Prefecture this time, my father specifically instructed me to tell you this matter in person."
Prefect Zheng nodded. "Yes, go ahead. Don't worry, I will absolutely not let a second person know."
Han Yan'er lowered her voice, "The third young master of the Lu family is still alive. He was rescued by my father's confidant and is currently in the border region."
Zhou Da Niang's maternal family, the Lu Grand Tutor's Mansion, had two sons and one daughter. Zhou Da Niang was the second son. Her eldest brother served as a civil official in the palace, and her third brother fought in the army outside the Great Wall and also made many military achievements. In those days, the Lu family was extremely prestigious.
At the same time, Grand Tutor Lu had many students, among whom Prefect Zheng was one.
Back then, the entire Lu family was executed. Many officials knelt down and begged for mercy. Some of these people died, and others were demoted.
Prefect Zheng was demoted from a third-rank official to the prefect of Qingzhou Prefecture. By the time General Han arrived from beyond the Great Wall, it was too late. Apart from the rescued third young master of the Lu family, the Lu family patriarch, madam, and eldest son were all dead. He then had a huge argument with the emperor.
Because of the strength of his troops, the emperor later sent people to search for the exiled mother and her three children.
Unfortunately, they couldn't find the people; they only learned of their deaths.
General Han was imprisoned for a month because of this.
Everyone now thinks General Han has become obedient, but in fact he has been secretly waiting for the day when he will overturn the verdict on the Lu family.
This time, Han Yan'er secretly came to Qingzhou Prefecture, and General Han specifically asked him to tell Prefect Zheng about it.
Firstly, it was to pave the way for Young Master Lu, and secondly, it was to get Prefect Zheng back to the capital and reinstate him.
Upon hearing this news, Prefect Zheng was overjoyed and, unable to contain his emotions, knelt down and kowtowed towards the direction of the capital, saying, "Teacher! The Lu family is not dead! The Lu family has descendants!"
Han Yan'er looked at him like this and was filled with emotion. She also looked towards the capital.
In the capital city, the North Street was bustling with people. At the end of the street stood a large two-story incense shop, which was the Yuan Family Incense Shop.
Yuanjia Incense Shop made a lot of money thanks to the Lu family's incense recipes, and with the help of Consort Wu's connections, it became a well-known wealthy merchant in the capital. It was also a royal merchant who supplied incense to the imperial palace.
The patriarch of the Yuan family was not old, only in his thirties or forties. He had a son and a daughter, both of whom had learned the craft of incense making.
To prevent the recipe for blended incense from being stolen, the son and daughter would personally lead people in making blended incense on a regular basis.
Today, a new batch of incense happened to be put on the shelf, and the shopkeeper hurriedly called out to sell it.
Sure enough, Miss Xu, who usually loves fragrances the most, came to the shop immediately. She is considered the messenger of the ladies of the capital. Whenever there is something good, as long as she is there, the news will quickly spread throughout the streets and alleys.
Miss Xu picked up the new perfume, sprayed it on her hand, and smelled it. Her smiling face suddenly froze. "What kind of perfume is this?"
The shopkeeper of the Yuan family quickly smiled and said, "This is our shop's new jasmine-scented dew."
Miss Xu took another sniff, then immediately covered her nose and gagged. "What kind of jasmine dew is this? It's practically cow dung water!"
Manager Yuan was startled upon hearing this, and quickly took the fragrant dew from her hand, poured it on his hand, and smelled it.
After smelling it, Manager Yuan also started gagging. This was more than just cow dung water; it smelled even worse than a latrine.
Miss Xu said angrily, "What's wrong with your Yuan family? How could you make such a awful-smelling perfume!"
Manager Yuan quickly stepped back with the perfume in his hand, saying, "Miss Xu, please don't worry. There might be a problem with this bottle of perfume. Let me check the others."
As she spoke, she held a new bottle of perfume in her hand and smelled it.
The smell was so strong that he started gagging again.
That stench was unbearable for most people.
Miss Xu looked on and said sarcastically, "It seems there's more than just this one bottle with a problem. What kind of business is the Yuan family doing?! Are you deliberately making this stinky perfume to disgust us?!"
Manager Yuan quickly apologized, saying, "Miss Xu, please don't worry. There might be a problem with this batch of incense. I'll go back and ask my master."
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