Chapter 495
Liu Yiyi knew that she had made the right bet. Zeng Yuanxin not only came from a wealthy family, but was also the son of the Marquis of Yongyi in the capital. With such a backer, who would dare to bully her when she was doing business and earning money?
After traveling to this ancient world, Liu Yiyi thought of many ways to do business and improve the Liu family's circumstances. However, every time she started to make progress, the business would be snatched away by the wealthy families in the town and county under various names, making her dare not put her later business ideas into practice. The more she faced these situations, the more she realized how important family status was in this ancient society. As long as she became the wife of a marquis, she could immediately become a superior person.
In the past, she couldn't even defeat the brothers of the county chief clerk's concubine. If she hadn't arranged the marriage with Zeng Yuanxin in advance, she would have been taken away by that disgusting man to be his concubine. But even though she was about to marry Zeng Yuanxin, that disgusting man didn't want to let her go. Fortunately, Yuanxin recovered his memory and remembered his identity at this time.
The Marquis's son, not to mention the brother of the county chief clerk's concubine, even the county magistrate himself had to be respectful to the Marquis's son. After Yuan Xin revealed his identity, the county magistrate arrested the disgusting man and threw him into jail.
Power and status are so important that Liu Yiyi followed Yuan Xin to the capital without hesitation. After seeing with her own eyes the status of the marquis's mansion and the hordes of servants in the mansion, Liu Yiyi felt that this was more shocking than the scenes she had seen on TV and in movies in her previous life.
She knew very well that her background was her biggest weakness, but she could make up for it in other ways and make herself the most useful person to Yuan Xin, instead of just staying in the backyard to take care of her husband and children. She had a head full of knowledge about future generations, and she could help Yuan Xin earn more money. Which wealthy family would think that money was too hot to handle?
Liu Yiyi found a charcoal pencil and paper, and started writing and drawing on the paper, writing down her future business plan. The first step was to make soap and scented soap, and the second step was to make other skin care products. Women in all eras love beauty, and perfume is also included in the plan. Oh, and there are also glass and mirrors. These are the money-making tools for every time traveler. With glass in hand, how much money can't she make?
Liu Yiyi is very ambitious and can't wait to build her business empire so that the masters and servants in this mansion will no longer look down on her as a country girl and all the dignitaries in the capital will envy her.
When Liu Yiyi was in the guest house making the first piece of soap using the materials she asked the servants to find, a maid named Shaoyao came running over.
"Miss Liu, this is bad, Miss Liu, someone from the Yu Mansion came to our uncle's house to cancel the engagement."
"Wait, the Earl's Mansion?" Liu Yiyi was just trying to find someone to test the efficacy of the soap, and belatedly grasped a word, "Not the Marquis' Mansion? Is it the Earl's Mansion? Yuan Xin told me this is the Marquis' Mansion."
Shaoyao stamped her feet anxiously: "Miss Liu, why are you still fussing about this at this time? Before the prince came back, the emperor downgraded our mansion to a third-class earl's mansion. Miss Yu from the Yu mansion was originally engaged to the prince, but now someone from the Yu mansion has come to cancel the engagement."
Liu Yiyi's focus was still different from the maid's. She asked anxiously, "What happened to make His Majesty demote my mansion? Is he a third-class earl now?"
Shaoyao curled her lips: "This is the master's business, how can a servant like me know it? I only know that our mansion is now a third-class earl. Isn't Miss Liu worried about the prince?"
Liu Yiyi blinked, "Isn't it just right that the family came to cancel the engagement? Your prince wants to marry me, and I can't be his concubine. It's better to be the wife of a poor man than the concubine of a rich man. Haven't you heard this saying? Although Yuan Xin feels a little sorry for that girl, he has no choice. He doesn't want to lose his memory and not know who he is. Now that the other party has taken the initiative to cancel the engagement, isn't it just right?"
Shaoyao looked at Liu Yiyi with an incredulous look. She originally thought that the development of the mansion would not be like that in the Story of Repaying Gratitude. She did not expect that this Miss Liu actually wanted to become the prince's wife and refused to be his concubine. According to her status, being a concubine of the prince would be considered marrying up. Where did she get such a big tone?
Liu Yiyi didn't want to waste words with these ancients, so she just asked Shaoyao to pass a message to the prince on her behalf, asking him to come over when he was free, as she had something to discuss with Yuan Xin. Shaoyao had no choice but to leave.
Neither Mrs. Song nor the old lady, including Zeng Kang, were willing to cancel the marriage proposal from the Yu Mansion, because the situation of the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion is not as good as before, and it is impossible for Zeng Yuanxin to find such a marriage again. But this time, Mrs. Yu came in person with a very tough attitude, and at the critical moment, Zeng Yuanxin rushed out himself. He agreed to cancel the engagement and said that he was sorry to Miss Yu, but during the year of amnesia, not only did Liu Yiyi save him, but she also took care of him for a year and did him a great favor. He could not possibly let Liu Yiyi down.
Although Madam Yu was about to cancel the engagement, she was still almost furious at what Zeng Yuanxin said. Yes, he couldn't let down Miss Liu, so the girls of the Yu family could be bullied at will, right? Don't you think about how her girl has been living since Zeng Yuanxin disappeared? And is canceling the engagement a good thing for her family?
With Zeng Yuanxin's words, it was impossible for the old lady and Song Zengkang to keep this marriage. They could only grit their teeth and exchange the original token with the Yu family to cancel the engagement. When leaving the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion, Mrs. Yu breathed a sigh of relief. Her daughter could finally escape from the Zeng family's hell.
I used to think that this future son-in-law was handsome, young and promising, but looking at him now, he has bad flaws in every way. Although breaking off the engagement has left a blemish on my daughter's reputation, it is better than falling into the fire pit knowing that it is a fire pit. That would really ruin the rest of her life.
At first, she was very happy to listen to the play "Repaying Gratitude". Even though Zeng Yuanxin disappeared, she did not connect "Repaying Gratitude" to her family. But now when she thought back to the situation in "Repaying Gratitude", Mrs. Yu almost vomited. Ruan Xiangjun in "Repaying Gratitude" did not have a good ending. If her daughter was in Ruan Xiangjun's position, she might come to this house and set fire to it and burn them all.
The maid who came with her said, "That prince... it's hard to describe."
"That's right. Don't tell Yaoyao about it when you go back. Fortunately, he has been missing for a year, and Yaoyao just thought he was dead outside." I don't have too many feelings for Zeng Yuanxin, so now I can start all over again.
"That Miss Liu who came with us is obviously a scheming person. She actually made the young master of the Bo's Mansion so devoted to her."
Madam Yu saw it very clearly: "This has nothing to do with Miss Liu. Zeng Yuanxin was able to survive thanks to the kindness of that girl. In the end, the root of this matter lies with Zeng Yuanxin himself. Before he recovered his memory, didn't he consider what kind of situation he might face? When he agreed to the marriage, did he expect that there would be no marriage contract, wife or children at home?"
Mrs. Yu could understand Miss Liu's idea of clinging to Zeng Yuanxin. After all, she was born in the countryside, and it was really up her career for her to be able to cling to the Earl's house.
"But this matter has nothing to do with our Yu Mansion. But it's not so easy for Miss Liu to fulfill her wish. In that mansion, except Zeng Yuanxin, no one wants to marry a village girl to be the wife of the prince. Zeng Yuanxin is still too young. Miss Liu has chosen her own path, and she has to walk it herself. She can't blame others. Our Yaoyao will not participate."
After saying this, Mrs. Yu also felt relieved. Now that she thought about it, she should be very grateful for the play of Repaying a Gratitude, which made the Yu family more vigilant, otherwise the girl in the Yu family would have been hurt even more seriously.
"Madam, the scholar who wrote the record of gratitude is really amazing. He described what happened in the mansion of the Earl of Yongyi in great detail. How did the scholar expect that such incredible things would happen in this mansion?" the nanny asked curiously.
Madam Yu smiled and said, "No matter what the reason is, I should thank him sincerely."
Just as Madam Yu said, after the Yu family's marriage was called off, Zeng Yuanxin got what he wanted, but everyone in the Zeng family was angry at Liu Yiyi. Zeng Jingshu had long regarded Yu Yaoyao as her sister-in-law. In her opinion, only a talented woman like Yu Yaoyao and a daughter of a wealthy family could be worthy of her own brother. But who is Liu Yiyi, a village girl who follows her brother around in public? Is she worthy of coveting her brother's wife?
Zeng Jingshu brought the maids and servants to the guest house and scolded Liu Yiyi, saying she was shameless and lowly. She said the most vicious things to her, which almost made Liu Yiyi, who came from the future, collapse. She had never known that such vicious words could be uttered by a little girl. Wasn't she a woman?
After receiving the news, Zeng Yuanxin hurried to the guest house and saw Liu Yiyi lying on the bed crying, which made Zeng Yuanxin feel heartbroken. After recovering his memory, he did not lose the memory of this year, so he remembered every detail of his time with Liu Yiyi. Compared with the girl from the Yu family who abided by the rules, he really liked Liu Yiyi more.
"Go away, go away," Liu Yiyi punched his chest with her fist, "Everyone in your family looks down on me, why should I stay? I am willing to be humiliated, I shouldn't come to your house to be scolded, I was born by my mother and raised by my father, why should I be humiliated and scolded by your family like this?"
"Good Yiyi, I was wrong. I didn't expect Jingshu to be like this. She turned out to be quite well-behaved and sensible."
"Get out now, or your family will say that I am shamelessly seducing you. Go away." Liu Yiyi drove Zeng Yuanxin out. She needed to think calmly. If she stayed here shamelessly, no one in this mansion would look down on her. She wanted everyone in this mansion to open their eyes and see what kind of person she, Liu Yiyi, really was.
At Zeng's residence, Yuan Jing was eating melon seeds while listening to one opera after another. The other servants in the mansion were also eager to hold melon seeds and listen to the opera like the young master, and their jaws were about to drop in shock.
"The Yu family came to cancel the engagement. Now no one in the capital can say anything bad about the Yu family. When Zeng Yuanxin didn't come back, the Yu family never came to cancel the engagement. Whether he was alive or dead, they were waiting for an explanation from the Zeng family. But the Zeng family is so good. Zeng Yuanxin came back alive and brought back a woman. He insisted on marrying her. Where does this leave the Yu family girl?"
"It's no wonder that the Yu family wants to cancel this marriage. Think about how miserable Ruan Xiangjun was in the story of repaying a favor."
"Yes, yes. Now everyone outside sympathizes with Miss Yu and says that it was a good decision to cancel the marriage."
"Master, Master, Miss Liu from the Bo's Mansion has moved out of the mansion and moved into a small courtyard." New news came back, "The news from the mansion said that Zeng Jingshu went to the guest house and humiliated Miss Liu, so Miss Liu couldn't stand it and moved out of the Bo's Mansion."
"My God, after all, Miss Liu is her brother's savior, how could she treat Miss Liu like this?"
"This Miss Liu is quite tough, but how does she make a living in the capital?"
Jing Lie peeled a melon seed and threw it into Yuan Jing's mouth, saying with a smile: "This is a step forward. It's much more comfortable to move out than to stay in that mansion."
Yuan Jing nodded in agreement: "The Yu family just came to cancel the engagement. The people in that mansion can't blame their own sons and grandsons, so they can only vent their anger on Miss Liu. Isn't that what Zeng Jingshu did? No matter how capable Miss Liu is, she can't compare to my aunt and the old lady. I don't know how much suffering she will have to endure, so it's better for her to move out."
Yuan Jing always believed that even if Miss Liu was wrong, Zeng Yuanxin was responsible for 70% to 80% of the mistakes in the plot. He thought for a while and said, "Please keep an eye on what Miss Liu wants to do in the future. If there is a chance, I will go and see what kind of person she is. If she is a good person, I will lend a hand if I can."
In the plot, this Miss Liu is very good at doing business and has earned a lot of money for Zeng Yuanxin. That is why she has become more and more valued in the mansion. In fact, Zeng Yuanxin is the biggest winner, because all the money that Liu Yiyi earned finally went to Zeng Yuanxin.
What if he robbed her this time? What if Liu Yiyi just wanted to find a backer and didn't necessarily have to marry Zeng Yuanxin? If Liu Yiyi really had the ability to do business and make money, Yuan Jing didn't want her to become a helper in the mansion.
Li Yan and the other three didn't quite understand Yuan Jing's intention, but it was just a small matter, so there was no problem in helping Yuan Jing keep an eye on it.
Yuan Jing touched his chin while eating the melon seeds handed to him by Jing Lie. Now Miss Liu has walked out of the uncle's mansion and will be exposed to things in the capital. When she finds out that there is a transparent glass shop in the capital, what will Miss Liu think and feel?
And when her shop is open, how will Han Miao feel? Will the two fellow villagers from the future have a tearful recognition scene?
As Yuan Jing expected, after Liu Yiyi settled down, she couldn't wait to go out to the capital. She wanted to find a shop to open and do business. She originally wanted to give the soap to Zeng Yuanxin, but the situation in the uncle's mansion and the attitude of the Zeng family made Liu Yiyi give up this idea. Anyway, she opened the shop in the name of Zeng Yuanxin, and the officials in the capital would not bully her, a woman.
The third-class earl's mansion is still a wealthy and noble family for Liu Yiyi.
Although everyone in the capital knew that Zeng Yuanxin had brought back a girl named Liu, few had seen Liu Yiyi in person, so Liu Yiyi was sitting in the teahouse drinking tea and listening to other people's gossip. At this time, the storyteller came again, and the wooden stick was clapped and he started talking about the story of repaying a favor. As she listened, Liu Yiyi's face darkened. How could she not know about the story of repaying a favor? She was the village girl in the story of repaying a favor, right?
I even heard other people gossiping about what was happening in the Yongyi Marquis's mansion.
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