Chapter 12: Marriage with Prince Duan
Inside the Imperial Palace's Study
The guard sent to investigate came back and reported to the emperor the results of his investigation in the Prime Minister's Mansion and Prince Duan's Mansion, as well as the messages passed by the people of the capital in the past few days, and told the emperor everything.
The emperor was furious when he heard this. He knew that his useless second son could not do anything good. So that's it! What a bastard! He actually ran to the minister's backyard to have sex with the girl... If this gets out, how will his royal family face be saved?
Furthermore, Prime Minister Yun has failed to educate his daughter properly. How could an unmarried girl be so promiscuous?
Forget it, Prime Minister Yun probably has a hard time these days. His wife is uneasy and his daughter is worried. Now that things have come to this, if we let it spread, it will probably be bad for the reputation of the royal family.
So he took out a new imperial edict from the drawer of the desk, wrote a paragraph in a fluent manner, and handed it to the eunuch Li next to him.
"Eunuch Li, take this to the Prime Minister's Mansion and pass on the imperial decree!"
"Yes! Your Majesty, I will go right away!"
Then he ordered the guards to go to the Dali Temple to pass on the message, asking the Dali Temple to suppress the rumors in the capital.
With the emperor's intervention, the rumors were suppressed within two days. No one dared to speak out in public anymore. After all, if they disobeyed the emperor's orders and discussed royal affairs, they might be arrested.
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Wutong Courtyard
Yun Li was applying medicine on her face. She found that the scars on her face were getting lighter and lighter. She thought it was because of the spiritual spring water. She also used the space instrument to analyze the composition of the spiritual spring water.
She discovered that this spiritual spring water contains a large amount of trace elements, which can not only strengthen the body, but also quickly recover from injuries and beautify the skin. In short, it has many benefits.
It seems that she has thought about it. She is short of money and people... Given her situation in the Prime Minister's Mansion, she is not willing to stay here for the rest of her life. It's scary to think about it.
But the most important thing now is to make a lot of money! Lingquan water is a good thing that money can't buy, she won't be stupid enough to sell it
The space supermarket has facial masks and skincare products, so I can open a beauty store later! I can add a drop or two of Lingquan water to some high-end skincare products to make the effects more noticeable, and then sell these products mainly to the noble ladies in Beijing!
Just as she was lost in thought, Cherry came running in.
"Miss, the master wants you to go to the front hall! He said someone is coming from the palace, and the emperor has sent an order to the Prime Minister's Mansion, asking everyone to go!"
"Oh well"
All the way to the front hall, all the staff of the Prime Minister's Mansion are present
Su Meixian looked haggard, with swollen eyes, without the usual jewels and jewels. Yun Ran beside her was in good spirits, only less arrogant and domineering than before.
Seeing her coming, the viciousness in his eyes made him want to eat her up. Yun Li smiled nonchalantly and met her gaze.
Seeing that everyone was present, Eunuch Li beamed with joy and said in a shrill voice, "Now that everyone is here, we will read out the imperial edict!"
As soon as the words fell, everyone knelt down to receive the order.
"By the providence of Heaven, the Emperor proclaims: Yun Ran, the eldest daughter of the Prime Minister's family, is virtuous, kind-hearted, and seventeen years old. I hereby decree that she be married to Prince Duan Helian Qi as his principal wife. The marriage shall be held today, on an auspicious day! This is my decree!"
Miss Yun, please accept the order!"
Yun Ran took the imperial edict with both hands: "Your Majesty, I thank you! Long live the emperor!"
Prime Minister Yun stuffed a gold ingot into Eunuch Li's arms and said, "Thank you, Eunuch Li."
"You are too polite, Prime Minister. I will leave after delivering the order and completing the mission!" Eunuch Li happily accepted the gold ingots.
Yun Li felt inexplicably happy when she saw Yun Ran's unhappy face after receiving the imperial edict. She had high aspirations and wanted to marry the prince, but ended up marrying a scoundrel, Prince Duan. She deserved it!
That's it. Yun Li also felt that Yun Ran was marrying above her station. A woman with such a vicious mind, whoever married her would be unlucky for eight lifetimes...
Ignoring everyone's gazes, Yun Li took Yingtao and walked straight out the gate. Her mind was now full of thoughts about how to get money. This money was too easy to spend. A few days ago, she got 500,000 taels of silver from Yun Ran, and used half to buy some medicinal herbs and a house. Now she was out today to buy a few more maids and guards. She had become poorer overnight...
"Miss, what are you thinking about?"
Cherry saw her daughter was lost in thought and couldn't help asking
"How do you want to make money?"
"Miss, do you need silver?"
"Yeah! It'll cost a lot of money. I'm short of money right now..."
"Miss, I have it here. What do you want to buy? I'll give it to you."
"Oh, forget it. Just keep that little bit of money for yourself. You still have to pay for daily expenses..."
Yingtao looked around and saw no one around, so she pulled Yunli into a small alley and whispered in her ear, "Miss, we have plenty of money!"
Yun Li was confused by her sudden action: "How much is a lot?"
Cherry stood on tiptoe and whispered in her ear: "Miss, there are probably still three million taels of silver notes..."
Yun Li was shocked and looked at her in disbelief. Many thoughts flashed through her mind: "How do you have so much silver?"
"Miss, this is what Zhao Momo asked me to save for you. You used to be close to the eldest lady, and Zhao Momo repeatedly told me not to tell you about the banknotes, fearing that the eldest lady would cheat you! This money was given to you by the Madam. The Prime Minister's Mansion has never given Wutong Court living expenses, so we pay for our living expenses ourselves. I have always been very frugal with this money. Zhao Momo said to try to save it as much as possible, and give it to you as a dowry when you get married..."
In addition, there are three shops in the capital that also have some income every month. Although the business is getting worse and worse now, it is still better than nothing. So, if you need money, I will get it for you.
Yun Li quickly extracted a lot of information from the cherry blossoms. The money was left by the original owner's mother. The Prime Minister's Mansion had never given Wutong Court a penny...
Where did the original owner's mother get the money? As far as she knew, three million taels of silver was a lot of money. An average family couldn't even come up with one million taels in their entire lives... Besides, there were three shops in the capital. And even though the original owner and her mother were disfavored, they were still Prime Minister Yun's children. And yet, Prime Minister Yun didn't care, not even paying a penny? So, if the original owner's mother had money, why did she still stay in the Prime Minister's residence?
And more importantly, the original owner's mother must have trusted Zhao Momo so much that she gave all this money to Zhao Momo before she died...
On second thought, it seemed like there was no one else I could entrust my care to besides Zhao Momo... There were only Yingtao and Zhao Momo in Wutong Courtyard. The original owner was young at the time, and Su Meixian and Yun Ran were no pushovers either. Zhao Momo must have put a lot of thought into protecting the original owner and raising her to this age...
Thinking of this, Yunli felt a deeper respect for Zhao Momo.
But at the same time, her mind seemed to be in a mess. The relationship between her mother, Prime Minister Yun, and the Prime Minister's Mansion felt very strange. It seemed that she had to wait until Zhao Momo woke up to ask her about these things.
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