The person who was most happy about Xiao Chonghua being made the crown prince was Concubine Xian.

In the past year, because Xiao Chonghua always displeased Emperor Jingxuan, Qixiang Palace was also treated coldly.

She was marginalized in the harem, and she didn't do her job well in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Even the silver charcoal used in Qixiang Palace was sent in from outside the palace by Xiao Chonghua.

Now that the news of the crown prince's appointment had come out, the concubines who came to Qixiang Palace to offer congratulations almost broke down the threshold.

Concubine Xian was very proud: "Now you know how to curry favor with me? What were you doing before?"

Eunuch Liu asked, "Madam, do you want to see me?"

Empress Xian snorted coldly: "I am tired and will not see any guests!"

Eunuch Liu walked out with a smile and sent the concubines away.

Soon, the steward from the Ministry of Internal Affairs came over.

Eunuch Liu said with a fake smile: "Oh, what brings Eunuch Zhang here?"

Eunuch Zhang said with a smile, "Aren't there a few new lychees from Lingnan? I brought some to Empress Xian to have a taste."

"snort."

Eunuch Liu glanced at him with disdain and went in to report to Concubine Xian.

Several batches of lychees arrived at the palace, but Qixiang Palace didn't get a single one.

Empress Xian has been craving for it for a long time.

She dusted her handkerchief indifferently.

Eunuch Liu understood and went to bring Eunuch Zhang in.

Eunuch Zhang smiled flatteringly: "Madam, the biggest and best lychees are all here."

Concubine Xian was lying on the chaise longue, and the palace maid was fanning her gently.

She said nonchalantly, "I heard that Concubine Zhao and Concubine Yu already had some in their palaces. Could it be that they had leftovers and it's my turn now?"

Eunuch Zhang laughed and said, "How can that be possible? The lychees from the past few days were not of good quality and not pleasing to your taste, Your Majesty. Now, as soon as the good ones arrived, I immediately brought them to you!"

Empress Xian smiled coldly: "Aren't you afraid that I will spread this and offend them?"

Eunuch Zhang said, "I will follow the orders of Empress Xian!"

"Go and call the princess." Concubine Xian ordered.

"yes."

A little palace maid went to invite Princess Hui'an over.

Princess Hui'an also loves to eat lychees.

The palace maid washed her hands, peeled the fresh lychees and placed them on the ice.

Empress Xian fed the first one to her daughter: "Is it delicious?"

"It's delicious." Princess Hui'an nodded.

Eunuch Zhang couldn't stop smiling.

"Is there any in Jingning too?" Princess Hui'an ate another one.

The two princesses had been fighting each other, and they had some good times and some bad times. Eunuch Liu glanced at Concubine Xian, who looked very arrogant, and said with a smile:

"The servants from Kunning Palace haven't delivered it yet. Princess, please rest assured that as long as you like it, there will be as much as you like!"

Princess Hui'an's face darkened immediately after hearing this: "How do you do things in the Ministry of Internal Affairs? You even dare to neglect the princess!"

Eunuch Zhang finally stood up, but fell to his knees again in fear.

At this time, Xiao Chonghua came over from court.

He frowned and looked at the untouched lychees in the basket, then said to Eunuch Liu, "Send it to Kunning Palace."

Eunuch Zhang glanced at Concubine Xian cautiously. Seeing that Concubine Xian did not object, he quickly picked up the basket and said, "Yes, Your Highness!"

The maid only had time to peel a small plate.

Empress Xian couldn't bear to eat it, so she let her son and daughter eat it.

Xiao Chonghua refused to eat: "The Ministry of Internal Affairs will not leave me any less, please eat it, mother. I will have someone send more to you later."

Empress Xian said with a pained look on her face: "It's such a big basket. Forget it, my son is the crown prince now, and I am happy!"

Xiao Chonghua sat down beside her and said, "Mother, my son has just become the crown prince. My elder and second brothers will definitely not be reconciled. There are also many people in the court waiting for my son to make a mistake. I'm sorry for the trouble."

Concubine Xian sighed, "I know. I won't compete with Kunning Palace for the limelight. As long as you are well, it doesn't matter if I kowtow to the Queen every day."

To be honest, Concubine Xian never thought of targeting the Queen.

The queen was considered virtuous. She never competed for favor with the concubines in the harem, and even though she had no sons herself, she was not jealous of them.

During the year when Hui'an was neglected in Qixiang Palace, Jingning had been protecting him in Kunning Palace, and the Queen did not say anything.

She is not an ungrateful person.

"I went to Jingning to eat lychees!"

Princess Hui'an went to Kunning Palace to eat lychees with peace of mind. -The news of the establishment of a crown prince in the Great Zhou Dynasty quickly spread throughout the capital.

Cheng Sang and Zong Zhenghui had no intention of interfering in the internal affairs of the Great Zhou, especially since this was the result of the instigation of the Qin, Wei and Su families.

Su Xiaoxiao took Cheng Sang and Zong Zhenghui to see her and Ergou's shop.

Doctor Fu and Shopkeeper Sun were so excited to see Su Xiaoxiao that they almost cried.

Su Xiaoxiao told them that her mother was from the Cheng family, and introduced her grandmother and——

"Ah, this must be your grandfather!" Shopkeeper Sun cupped his hands, "Master Cheng, nice to meet you!"

The boss’s mother is from the Cheng family, so her father’s surname must be Cheng.

Zong Zhenghui smiled: "Nice to meet you."

Aunt Fu didn't come. She was taking care of her daughter-in-law at home.

Su Xiaoxiao only then found out that Doctor Fu had been married and even had a child before he went to Qingzhou.

Later, something happened to Doctor Fu. His wife was afraid of being implicated, so she ran away with the children.

It was when Doctor Fu went to see a patient that he met her working as a maid in that family and recognized her.

Aunt Fu was angry that her daughter-in-law took her grandson away.

But seeing that she has not remarried for the sake of her grandson for so many years, and has raised the child alone and suffered a lot, I can't help but feel soft-hearted.

The family put aside their past grudges and reconciled.

Two months ago, Doctor Fu's wife became pregnant again.

As she is not young anymore, the risks of pregnancy are high, so Aunt Fu takes care of her at home personally.

Su Xiaoxiao asked, "What about you, Shopkeeper Sun?"

Shopkeeper Sun cleared his throat and said, "Ahem, it's almost time! I'll invite you to the wedding!"

Ergou’s shop is a bakery.

Shopkeeper Sun is the shopkeeper of both shops and runs both businesses well.

Su Xiaoxiao rarely comes here, and the doctors in the first class all want to ask her for medical advice.

Su Xiaoxiao was worried that she had neglected Cheng Sang.

Zong Zhenghui said gently, "Go ahead. I'll walk around the street with your grandmother."

The two came to the busy street.

Zong Zhenghui smiled and said, "Don't feel burdened, Sangsang. I came to the Great Zhou for myself. After being locked up in the dark underground for many years, I don't want to be trapped anywhere anymore. Isn't the palace also a cage? If I don't come out to relax, I'm afraid I'll go crazy."

Cheng Sang was thinking about how to respond to this.

Zong Zhenghui suddenly pointed to the jewelry shop across the street and said, "Didn't you say last time that you wanted to buy some jewelry for Xiaoxiao and her sisters-in-law? Let's go take a look?"

Cheng Sang nodded slowly: "Okay."

One of them is an emperor, and the other is the head of the first family. Their appearance and temperament are far superior to ordinary people.

As soon as I arrived at the door of the shop, a shop assistant came up to me with a smile and said, "Sir, Madam, please come in!"

Not long after the two of them went in, two more guests came outside.

Cheng Sang never judges people by their appearance.

However, for some reason, she felt inexplicably displeased when she saw the two of them for the first time.

The shopkeeper greeted politely: "Old Madam Chen, Madam Chen!"

"Who are they?" Cheng Sang asked the waiter.

Zong Zhenghui looked at Cheng Sang with some surprise.

The waiter didn't find it strange, thinking that the customer was just curious, and introduced them with a smile: "They are the mother and grandmother of Mr. Chen. Speaking of this Mr. Chen, he is not a simple person. He is from the same place as the new champion, a native of Qingzhou. He is a Jinshi in the two lists of this year's Jinshi. Not long ago, he entered the Hanlin Academy as a Shujishi. I heard that he was chosen by the daughter of a prince and will become a county horse master."

Cheng Sang asked, "But his name is Chen Haoyuan?"

The waiter hurriedly said, "That's right! Madam, have you also heard of Mr. Chen?"

Cheng Sang looked at the complacent Yang and Huang, with a cold light flashing in his eyes: "Yes, I have heard of it."

Zong Zhenghui stayed at the headman's house for three days and learned all the grievances between the Su family and the Chen family.

Weiwei’s nephew is called Chen Haoyuan. He passed the imperial examination this year and stayed in the capital.

The two people in front of him were Weiwei's adoptive mother Yang and sister-in-law Huang.

Weiwei was picked up by the Chen family from the roadside, and initially they planned to sell her to a human trafficker to pay off their debts.

But Weiwei was too thin and the trafficker was worried that he would not be able to find a buyer and the child would die, so he did not want her.

At that time, Weiwei was swaddling in precious silk, and Yang's family members said that perhaps this child was of some noteworthy origin.

Raise her first, and when her parents come looking for her, they will surely give the Chen family a large sum of money.

So Yang kept Weiwei.

At the beginning, the child was well fed and well fed, but they were afraid that the biological parents would come and find out that the child was not well raised and would refuse to give them money.

But two years have passed, and no one nearby has come to inquire about the child.

The Chen family also thought that perhaps she was abandoned by her parents.

After all, she's a girl, so it's normal to throw her away.

Fortunately, Weiwei is very pretty, and when she grows up she can be sold to a wealthy family and be worth a lot of money.

Weiwei worked like a slave in the Chen family and started cutting grass for pigs in the fields at the age of four.

They were not well fed and well clothed, and in the middle of winter their little hands were frozen into pieces. They had to go to the river to wash clothes for the whole family.

Everyone in the village couldn't stand it, but every time they said something, Yang would beat Weiwei.

Later, the villagers didn't dare to say anything.

As for Huang, she is not much better than Yang.

It was she who found Weiwei's fiancé back then.

That man is a good-for-nothing, a scoundrel and a lustful person.

The first time he came to propose marriage, he blocked Weiwei in the backyard and did something dirty.

If Su Cheng hadn't beaten that man up and forced him to break off the engagement, and then taken Weiwei away from the Chen family, who knows what kind of fire pit Weiwei would have been pushed into by the Chen family.

Zong Zhenghui looked at Cheng Sang with heartache.

Cheng Sang couldn't suppress his anger.

Whenever she thought about the suffering her daughter had endured over the years, her heart felt like it was being cut by a knife.

It hurts her so much!

Her Weiwei…it hurts her so much! Huang smiled and said, “Boss, bring out all the new styles in your shop.”

The shopkeeper brought out a tray of valuable jewelry.

Huang's eyes glowed green, she stretched out her hand, then immediately retracted it: "Mom, you choose!"

Yang hummed in satisfaction and raised her hand to take the jewelry.

But before he could touch the plate, a hand reached out from behind and grabbed his shoulder.

Cheng Sang directly pulled Yang up from the stool and slapped her in the face!

Yang was hit so hard that she staggered several times and only managed to keep steady by holding onto the counter.

She glared at Cheng Sang and was about to fight back.

Cheng Sang picked up the jewelry plate on the table and smashed it hard at her!

The shopkeeper was horrified: "Oh, ma'am, those are all valuable jewels! If you break them, I will report them to the police!"

Zong Zhenghui calmly put down a stack of banknotes.

The shopkeeper choked.

Zong Zhenghui waved to the guys who were carrying jewelry trays.

A few guys came over blankly.

He put down another stack of banknotes and calmly placed several large plates of jewelry on the counter within reach of Cheng Sang's hand.

Cheng Sang was so furious that he just wanted to beat to death the old woman who had abused Weiwei.

She had no idea what she had grabbed, but she grabbed whatever she could get! She smashed at Yang without any reason.

"Ouch! Ouch!"

Yang was beaten so hard that she screamed and wailed. Her face was scratched and her head was swollen.

Everyone was stunned.

Huang should have stopped it, but she was so shocked by the man's behavior that she forgot what she was doing there.

Every time Cheng Sang smashed a plate, Zong Zhenghui would put down a stack of banknotes.

Later, Zong Zhenghui even took out gold notes.

The face value is one hundred taels, which is equivalent to one thousand taels of silver.

The shopkeeper had never seen such a rich and powerful person.

He swallowed and asked the God of Wealth hesitantly, "More, more?"

Zong Zhenghui pointed to a row of gold and jade ruyi on the tall cabinet and said, "I want the heaviest ones. Bring them all."

There is nothing else about southern Xinjiang except money.

Today is also a day of hard work, so I can really clear all the monthly tickets.

(End of this chapter)