Chapter 1728 Reality

After Zhulan finished speaking, Li handed the letter to Zhao and others. Zhao's eyes lit up after reading it, but Su Xuan didn't seem to be very interested.

Therefore, the ones who were most interested in the family were the Li and Zhao families. Su Xuan simply had too much property and was not short of good shops.

It was different for Mrs. Li and Mrs. Zhao. They had bought some good shops, but when their sons got married and their daughters got married, they basically distributed all the shops they had bought and wanted to find some more good shops.

Think about how many rich and powerful people there are in the capital city. No matter how many shops there are, they are not enough to buy good things!

Li counted the money in her hand and said, "Mom, I want to buy four shops. Minghui is getting married soon, and I need to leave a few for Mingjing."

Zhao continued, "I also want to buy a few rooms for Ming Feng. If sister-in-law only wants four, will she take the remaining two rooms?"

Yudie doesn't need to add to her dowry. She wants to save some property and divide it among her sons when she is old. Su Xuan is not interested because this opportunity is too rare.

Li smiled and said, "Four rooms will be enough for me."

Zhao thanked her eldest sister-in-law and turned around, "Mom, our second wife will take all the rest."

Zhulan: "Okay, if you offer a fair price, I will reply right away."

After she finished writing the reply, Su Xuan finally spoke, "Why did the old lady of the Luo family suddenly sell the shop?"

Li: "I guess he has completely given up."

Zhao guessed, "Could it be that the Luo family split up?"

She couldn't think of anything else except that it was a wedding held by the Luo family!

Li frowned, "Master Luo is still here."

Su Xuan sneered, "The one who has money in the Luo family is the old lady, and the money that can be divided is also the old lady's money."

Li didn't know what to say anymore, "What a sin."

Zhulan's thoughts were a little off. She was thinking about the business she and Shuren had accumulated and her youngest son's engagement. She went through the business carefully. It was a huge business, and it was time for her to draw up a list for each department.

The old lady of the Luo family took the reply and breathed a sigh of relief. It didn't matter who she sold her shop to, but she hoped to make friends with the Zhou Marquis Mansion to save some face.

Ji Rong's eyes turned red. "Madam, are you okay?"

The old lady smiled and said, "I thought about it when I came back. There is nothing to be sad about."

Because she was already sad enough, she felt like a failure.

Ji Rong learned a lot in the manor, and she became close to the old lady. This time when she came back, the old lady was busy running around and she had been worrying about her without any rest, and now she had to share the old lady's money.

She knew clearly that the Luo family was afraid that the old lady would give all the money to her!

The old lady added: "The sooner we divide it, the better. We will return to the manor after we have divided it."

She felt more comfortable in the village than ever before and would not easily return to Beijing in the future.

"Um."

In just a few days, she has come to regard the manor as her home and has a sense of belonging.

The shop transaction went smoothly. With one hand for the silver and the other for the deed, the servants ran errands for the rest. Before evening, Zhulan saw the deed of the shop.

Li was still a little dazed, "This is too smooth."

It was too smooth to be true!

Zhao has already prepared the deed and she has decided who she will rent the property to.

Zhulan thought that she would not see the old lady of the Luo family after she left Beijing, but unexpectedly, she saw her two days later. The old lady of the Luo family brought Ji Rong to the jewelry shop.

There were many people working in the jewelry shop. The retired emperor had been buried in the imperial mausoleum, and the court stipulated that people could not marry within a month of mourning. Now that Lord Lu's case had been concluded, the people of the capital were excited.

The jewelry shop is no longer deserted, with many new products.

As for busy places like racecourses, we will have to wait for some time.

Actually, some of the court's regulations are quite lenient.

Zhulan brought Xinyi and Yudie to the shop. The old lady of the Luo family came forward and asked, "Madam, are you here to choose jewelry?"

Zhulan shook her head. "I am taking Yudie to change her jewelry. Are you here to buy jewelry too?"

The old lady of the Luo family did not feel embarrassed and said, "I have a lot of old jewelry. I sent them to the shop to be refurbished when I returned to Beijing. I came to pick up the jewelry today."

Zhulan, "Is the renovation finished? Can I take a look?"

"Of course."

Zhulan saw that some of the jewelry had not only been refurbished, but many had been modified to make them more suitable for girls to wear. She smiled and said, "The modifications are very clever."

The old lady of the Luo family did not open the last box. In the box was the headpiece she wore when she got married. Her daughter-in-law wanted it, but she had not given it to anyone and had kept it. Now that it has been refurbished, she wants to give it to Ji Rong to wear when she gets married.

Zhulan was chatting with the old lady, and Ji Rong had already walked to Xinyi's side. Ji Rong thought she was unwilling, but it turned out that she had remembered the old lady's words in her heart, "I haven't congratulated you yet, congratulations on your good marriage."

Wei Xinyi said calmly, "Thank you."

And then that was it. Wei Xinyi didn't dare to bet whether Ji Rong was pretending or not. She just stayed away from Ji Rong if she didn't believe her.

Ji Rong smiled and left, standing obediently behind the old lady, saying nothing.

Zhu Lan looked at him for a few more times and said, "Thank you for your trouble."

The old lady of the Luo family smiled and said, "Ji Rong is fine."

Ji Rong was very smart because she had never been taught before, so she was willing to leave more things for Ji Rong.

Time passed quickly, and the women of the Zheng family went to Beijing. The Earl's Mansion was some distance away from the Zhou Marquis Mansion, so the Zhou Marquis Mansion did not receive the visiting invitation from the Zheng family this time.

Surprisingly, the newly crowned Earl Zheng Hong was reported by someone. Apparently, the Zheng family's move to hand over military power to the capital made some people who were unwilling to hand over military power resentful.

Zhou Shuren watched quietly as someone continued to commit suicide, and Zheng Hong was confined to his house, leaving the new noble family in the capital deserted.

Zhulan, "It's so realistic."

Zhou Shuren laughed and said, "Just wait and see."

Zhulan asked, "When will the ban be lifted?"

Zhou Shuren stroked his beard and said, "When some people think they have succeeded and let down their guard."

By that time, the emperor will have almost finished his investigation and will make a final account. Unfortunately, the emperor will not take any big action this time. It is difficult to deal with the generals with military power, so he can only select a few to make an example of them, rather than catching them all in one fell swoop.

However, there are many advantages. If you clear it up once, you will have peace and stability for the next ten years.

Zhulan asked again: "Zheng Hong's legitimate daughter has no engagement?"

Zhou Shuren, "You know a lot!"

"That's what I want to know. News spreads quickly in the capital, so I know that the Zheng family is keeping their daughter unmarried, but they want to go to the prince's back house?"

Zhou Shuren shook his head, "If Zheng Hong was smart, he wouldn't send his daughter to the prince's back house."

"Obviously Zheng Hong is smart."

Zhou Shuren said: "So the possibility of marriage is very high."

"I just don't know who the Zheng family has their eyes on."

"It's not our home anyway."

Zhu Lan was speechless, "Aren't you talking nonsense?"

Zhou Shuren pulled his wife up and said, "Okay, it's getting late, we should rest. We finally have a day off tomorrow, how about I accompany you to the academy?"

"Well, that's what you said."

"Um."

The next day, the couple got up very late. It was already eight o'clock in the morning when they had breakfast. They took a leisurely ride in a horse-drawn carriage to the college.

Zhou Shuren asked, "How is Miss Jiang?"

Zhulan's smile deepened. "That's good. The children are not afraid of her appearance and they really like her class."

"A very open-minded girl."

The couple chatted all the way to the college, and then saw their own carriage at the college gate and a bustling crowd at the gate.

(End of this chapter)