Minister Li hurried home and found that it was a false alarm.
After feeling relieved, anger burned in my heart.
Liu Zhao, this shameless man, actually teased him with lies.
Minister Li's face was distorted.
wrong!
Why did Liu Zhao do such unnecessary things?
Minister Li felt uneasy and hurriedly called his confidant to give him detailed instructions.
Feeling guilty, he received the order and left the house with his men.
But he didn't know that there was a tail behind him.
Chen Dachang left the capital in a donkey cart.
When he came, he went through the East Gate.
When leaving the capital, he chose to go through the South Gate.
As soon as you exit the south city gate, you will reach Xinmin County.
This place is no longer what it used to be.
Just the neat rows of houses and such a large area of houses are shocking.
With so many houses, how many people can live there?
Not to mention the streets, which are full of people coming and going.
As soon as I left the city gate, the official road was crowded with people and cars, and I thought I had arrived at a market.
Fortunately, the road was wide enough and there were people maintaining order. Vehicles walked in the middle and pedestrians walked on both sides, so the traffic was finally smooth.
The driver was a mute old servant.
Chen Dachang said to him, "Go to the Sihai Trading Company headquarters."
Since I have promised Liu Zhao to go to Jiangnan, I should first meet Deng Cunli, the most useful person under Gu Jiu.
Chen Dachang and Deng Cunli are really enemies.
The two men were not much different in age and entered the palace at about the same time, both studying in the inner study.
After coming out of the inner study, both of them had smooth sailing and were promoted all the way.
But later, Deng Cunli offended a noble in the palace. As the noble gained power, Deng Cunli naturally lost it.
In contrast, Chen Dachang walked on thin ice all the way. Although he encountered danger many times, he was able to escape danger every time.
Eventually, he gained the attention of the late emperor and rose from a regular attendant to the chief eunuch.
Compared with Deng Cunli's disappointment, he was quite proud.
The two old enemies are about to meet today.
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Gu Jiu was waiting for Liu Zhao to come back at the palace.
When they met, she said, "Your Majesty wants to open a school in the palace and let Yu Ge'er go to the palace to study. Did you know about this?"
Liu Zhao nodded and said, "I heard about it when I came back."
There was no intention to reveal that he was the one who planned and promoted this matter from the very beginning.
Gu Jiu's face was heavy. "What exactly is your Majesty thinking? Why is he opening a school in the palace? Is it for the little princes who will be born in the future?"
Liu Zhao consoled him, "Don't worry about your father's intention in opening a school. It's not a bad thing for Yu Ge'er to go to the palace for enlightenment."
Gu Jiu looked annoyed. "Brother Yu is so young and can't even speak clearly. I'm worried that he'll be bullied in the palace. Children bullying children never know how to show mercy."
Liu Zhao laughed. "You're worried about Yu Ge'er being bullied. This is a simple matter. Leave it to me."
Gu Jiu stared at him suspiciously, "What do you want to do?"
Liu Zhao kissed her and said, "Of course I will teach Brother Yu how to fight and kick."
"He's so young." Gu Jiu disagreed.
"He's the emperor's grandson," Liu Zhao said solemnly. "An ordinary person's request will only harm him. Three years old is not young anymore."
"He is only two and a half years old." Gu Jiu complained.
The age in Chinese lunar calendar is really a deception.
"If I say he's three, he's three."
Gu Jiu rolled his eyes at Liu Zhao and asked, "What do you think about a study partner?"
Liu Zhao thought for a moment and said, "We can choose someone from the Pei family, or we can choose someone from the Gu family."
Gu Jiu shook his head, "My family doesn't have any suitable children to study with me."
Liu Zhao said, "The Gu Mansion doesn't have it, but the Hou Mansion does. Ask the Hou Mansion if they are willing to send their child to the palace as a study companion."
Gu Jiu frowned slightly. "Only my third cousin's child is of the right age at the Marquis' Mansion. But my third cousin is from the second wife's family. I'm worried that this will cause a conflict between the first and second wives of the Marquis' Mansion."
"Then think about it again." Liu Zhao did not force him.
Gu Jiu was also hesitant.
Liu Zhao dragged Yu Ge'er, who had secretly eaten snacks, to the training ground to keep fit.
Nanny Fang was extremely worried and anxious.
"He's so young, how can you force him to learn martial arts? What if he gets hurt?"
At this moment, Gu Jiu comforted Nanny Fang, "Don't worry, Nanny, His Highness knows his limits and will not hurt Brother Yu."
After thinking for a while, she picked up her pen and wrote down two prescriptions to give Yu Ge'er a medicinal bath to strengthen his muscles and bones.
After writing the prescription, he gave it to Qingmei and asked her to prepare the medicine.
Nanny Fang sighed, "Qingmei will be getting married in the blink of an eye."
Qingmei agreed to the proposal of guard Zhao San.
The wedding date is set for March.
Gu Jiu planned to keep Qingmei until February and then let her go home to prepare for her marriage.
Qingmei first went to the private warehouse to get the medicine, but found that there were two herbs that were not in the warehouse, so she went to the public warehouse to get the medicine.
Unexpectedly, when I arrived at the public warehouse, I saw that Hong Xing, who was beside the second wife, was also there.
Hong Xing had her hair combed like a woman's, wore a pink jacket, and looked very arrogant. She was yelling and ordering the storekeeper to pick up the medicine according to the prescription.
"Isn't this Concubine Hong Xing? She's already a concubine, why is she still doing the work of a maid?" Qingmei sneered.
Hong Xing paused slightly, turned around and looked at Qing Mei, and like a fighting cock, she instantly entered a fighting state.
"Ha, it turns out to be Sister Qingmei. Sister Qingmei has a girl's hairstyle, and I wonder how many more years she'll keep it that way. Tsk tsk, the eldest lady is so cruel, she wants Sister Qingmei to be an old maid for the rest of her life."
Qingmei chuckled, "It seems that since you became a concubine, you really haven't been well-informed. I'm getting married on the eighth day of March. Remember to come to the wedding."
"Wedding, wedding wine?" Hong Xing's proud and sarcastic smile froze on her face.
She was promoted to a concubine, and just a table of wine was set up, but it could not be considered a wedding banquet.
What is a wedding banquet?
A proper wedding is a wedding banquet.
The warehouse lady was fed up with Hong Xing's bossing around and was happy to see her suffer.
Without waiting for Qingmei to open her mouth, they all started talking at once.
"Maybe Aunt Hongxing doesn't know yet, but the eldest lady has decided to marry Miss Qingmei to Guard Zhao. Guard Zhao is a fifth-rank official, and Qingmei is very lucky. If she marries him, she will become the wife of a fifth-rank official."
"From now on, when you see Miss Qingmei, you must change your address to Mrs. Zhao."
"Qingmei, are you here to get herbs for the Madam?"
"I'll pick out the herbs for Madam, and I'll make sure to pick the best quality."
"What?" Hong Xing pointed at Qingmei in disbelief. "With her, she can become an official's wife? A slave girl with a child can become an official's wife. What a joke! She's more like a concubine."
"You are the concubine, your whole family are concubines." Qingmei retorted bluntly, "If you want to be a concubine, don't drag me into it. Not only me, but also Qingzhu, Xiaocui, Wang Yi, and even Shiqin and Shiqi will all be proper wives, ordering slaves and maids around."
"Dream on!" Hong Xing's face flushed. "Just you, the mistress, ordering the slaves around like servants. Ugh!"
"Miss Qingmei, don't waste your time talking to her. She's just jealous of you."
"Who said I was jealous? Who said that?" Hong Xing was extremely angry and rolled up her sleeves to take action.
The women in the warehouse were startled and stepped back.
Qingmei scoffed, "On the eighth day of the third lunar month, remember to come to the wedding. Don't bother with the gifts. My wife has prepared a dowry for me, so I don't need your little gift."
"You, you...don't be too proud."
Hong Xing pointed at Qing Mei, too angry to speak. She picked up the medicine bag and turned away.
She ran all the way back to the second room.
When she saw the second wife, Ouyang Fu, her face turned pale.
Ouyang Fu frowned. "I asked you to get some herbs, and you looked so scared. What's going on?"
Hong Xing lowered her head and spoke cautiously, "I met Sister Qingmei, who is with the Madam, in the storeroom. I heard that Sister Qingmei was betrothed to Guard Zhao, to become the wife of an official. The wedding date is set for the eighth day of the third lunar month. Madam, is this true?"
Ouyang Fu said "Oh", "I have also heard about this matter."
"Really?" Hong Xing murmured to herself.
Ouyang Fu stared at her. "Why, are you envious of each other?"
"Of course I don't envy her. That's right, Qingmei is also a servant, and a house-born child. How can she be an official's wife? This is against the rules."
Ouyang Fu laughed and said calmly, "The Madam said it's a rule, so it's a rule."
Hong Xing's face turned pale.
Ouyang Fu continued, "Guard Zhao is a military officer, not a civil servant, so marrying and having children isn't a big deal. And with Qingmei's talent, she's more than qualified to be the wife of a fifth-rank military officer. There are so many girls from official families whose talent can't even compare to Qingmei's."
Hong Xing was so shocked that she was speechless.
Ouyang Fu looked at her and knew there was nothing she didn't understand.
"If you regret it, it's too late. When I asked you if you were willing to serve His Highness, you didn't hesitate at all. Besides, even if you were still innocent, I don't have the power to ask you to marry a fifth-rank military officer and become his wife."
"I don't regret it." Hong Xing was afraid that Ouyang Fu would be suspicious of her, so she hurriedly explained.
Ouyang Fu sighed, "Your Highness is too eager for novelty, I'm sorry to have wronged you."
He promoted Hong Xing to be his concubine, but she only received the Second Prince's favor for two nights. Several months had passed since those two nights, and she still hadn't conceived.
The second prince's backyard has seen many beauties added in the past two years.
Compared to those people, Hong Xing had no advantages except for her backer, Ouyang Fu, so it was inevitable that she would fall out of favor.
Hong Xing was originally very happy to be promoted to concubine.
The ladies in the palace were all jealous. Not to mention the eldest lady, just the fourth lady, Xiao Qin'er, had never praised any maid.
Hong Xing was promoted to concubine, which aroused a lot of envy among the maids.
Even though she didn't have the Second Prince's favor, being envied by others gave Hong Xing a great sense of satisfaction.
However, when Hong Xing learned that Qingmei was going to marry Zhao Huwei and become his wife, she became unbalanced.
What sense of satisfaction? Compared to her childhood sweetheart, she is nothing!
Qingmei went from being a slave to becoming an official's wife. I'm afraid all the maids in the palace would envy her and step on the red apricots at the same time.
Hong Xing hid in the room and cried secretly.
Why doesn't she have the good fortune that her childhood sweetheart has?
Why isn't my wife as capable as the first wife?
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