Chapter 151 The Dandy Prince and His Irritable Concubine
"By the providence of Heaven, the Emperor decrees that Young Prince Bai Yu of Feng Palace, who collaborated with the Princess to create important tools such as the windmill and telescope, be rewarded with a pair of jade bracelets, a piece of brocade, and 200 taels of gold..."
The eunuch who announced the decree read out the names of dozens of prizes in a row, and Lin Wanwan's ears were dizzy from listening.
But when she saw the real thing, she realized that although these rewards sounded like a lot, after all, there was a long list!
But there's not much when you pile them together.
In addition to 200 taels of gold, there were also 1,000 taels of silver.
These two rewards are the most valuable, and the rest are some wearable items.
Lin Wanwan picked out two pieces for the old princess and the old prince, and put the rest into her own warehouse.
"Wife, the waterwheel is now ready. The Ministry of Industry has taken over and we don't need to work any more."
"Look, can you give me a day off so I can go hang out with my friends?"
Seeing that Lin Wanwan was in a particularly good mood today, Bai Yu came up to her with a shy face and asked in a low voice.
"If you want to go, go ahead. I'm not stopping you from leaving the house."
Lin Wanwan waved her hand indifferently and continued to study the reward list.
"Really? Can I really go out?"
"My dear wife, you are so kind. I will leave now and bring you a gift when I come back in the evening!"
After getting Lin Wanwan's permission, Bai Yu immediately found Bai Hu happily, and the two of them left the palace together.
After Lin Wanwan and others left, she called the personal maid prepared for her by the old princess.
"Cuizhu, pack up yourself, we have to go out too!"
Since her husband had gone out to play, she didn't want to stay in the palace any longer.
She hasn't had a good tour of this huge capital city yet, so she can take this opportunity to go out for a walk and have a look.
"Princess, I wonder where we are going today. What do I need to prepare?"
Cuizhu and Lin Wanwan were not very familiar with each other, so she spoke in a very rigid and formal manner.
"I'm just going out for a walk. Can you help me find some men's clothes? I need to wear men's clothes to go out today."
The master and servant dressed up, took a guard from the mansion with them, and then went out with light luggage.
"Little Princess, we only brought one guard with us. Isn't that a little unsafe?"
Cuizhu looked at the guards behind her, and then looked at the groups of rich young men and women walking on the street.
They...seem a bit shabby.
"Do you understand traveling incognito?"
“Only when you regard yourself as an ordinary person can you see the real world of ordinary people.”
"Let's go. Today, I want to see how prosperous this capital city is."
The original owner had never been to these streets in his memory. He usually wandered around the streets in the slums.
Whether you want to buy things or do business, you can't go to the market here.
The boundaries of the capital are clearly divided.
The poor have their own way of living, and the rich have their own way of living, and no one on either side interferes with the other.
Lin Wanwan took Cuizhu and the others shopping, bought herself a lot of jewelry, and then went to a restaurant to have a sumptuous lunch.
The life of this rich man was not much different from what she had experienced in other worlds.
It's nothing more than a higher status, more convenient travel, and no restrictions on money.
Other than that, there doesn't seem to be much to do.
"You stinky bitch, how dare you run away? Don't run, today I'm going to let you know why the flowers are so red."
"Second brother, what are you still standing there for? Hurry up and bring this bitch back to me. I'm going to break her legs today!"
On the way back, they were suddenly blocked by a noise ahead.
It turned out that there was a mother-in-law who was out with her son looking for her runaway daughter-in-law.
This young wife looks pale and thin, and it is obvious that she does not eat enough on a daily basis.
The man following behind the woman also looked a little thin, with sallow skin and did not look like he was from a wealthy family.
Only the old woman who was beating the woman with a carrying pole looked particularly strong and obviously ate well.
"Little Princess, let's just go around it. It's someone else's family affair, and it's not convenient for us to interfere."
Cuizhu took a look at what was happening ahead and decided to take Lin Wanwan on a detour.
"Don't worry, let's wait and see!"
Lin Wanwan did not choose to leave immediately, but planned to witness with her own eyes the cruelty of ordinary people in this era.
Especially the suppression from the mother-in-law. Since ancient times, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have been incompatible, and there are even conflicts between normal mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law.
What's more, it is obvious that this is an evil mother-in-law.
"Mom, please spare Xiaohua. She didn't mean to run away!"
When the man called the second brother heard that his mother was going to break his wife's legs, he immediately stood in front of the woman on the ground.
"Mom, it's not easy for me to find a wife. Please let Xiaohua and me go!"
"When you divided the family property, you didn't give us a single cent. You said you wouldn't look for us in the future, and you didn't need us to take care of you in your old age."
"We finally found a shabby house to settle down in, and every now and then you would ask us to go over and do work for my eldest brother's family."
"You want me and my wife to work for my eldest brother's family, but you can't even provide us with a single meal. Mom, don't you want your son and your daughter-in-law to die?"
"How can your heart be so cruel?"
As the man spoke, he became obviously emotional and tears fell to the ground.
The woman behind him also started to sob.
The crowd who were originally watching the excitement suddenly changed their eyes when they looked at the strong woman after hearing what the man said.
"I originally thought that this young woman ran away from home because she was not disciplined. It turns out that she met such a vicious mother-in-law?"
"She kicked her son out, but she still clung to him and sucked his blood."
"If a woman only makes her donkey work but doesn't feed it grass, is she worthy of being a mother?"
The strong woman listened to the growing discussions around her, and she waved the carrying pole in her hand angrily.
"Second brother, get out of here. I'm going to teach this little whore a lesson today."
"I asked you to work for your eldest brother because I think highly of you. But you refused to do your job properly and even thought about running away?"
"I'm telling you, there's no way you can escape. Hurry back and work for me, and maybe I'll spare your lives for the sake of your dead father."
"Otherwise, I will take back the life I gave you. After all, you are my biological child, so it's not against the law for me to do so!"
The strong woman spoke with confidence, and the carrying pole would hit her from time to time.
Even though the second son tried to stop a lot of things for his wife, he still couldn't stop them completely.
"Mom, how can you be so unreasonable?"
"Xiaohua and I can't survive any longer. We'll just drink water every day and work for your eldest son on an empty stomach. It's no different if we die sooner or later. Why don't you just kill us both now?"
The second son obviously started to give up. He hugged his wife on the ground and prepared to wait for death.
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