"Xuelin, your eldest brother is fighting on the front lines, and your third brother is dead. The Wei family will have to rely on you from now on." Wei Qiming patted his son on the shoulder.
Wei Xuelin clasped his hands in a respectful gesture and said, "Your son will certainly live up to your expectations, Father."
"What do you plan to do now?" Wei Qiming asked.
“Father, I plan to take over the Beauty Pavilion first. We can’t afford to lose the Beauty Pavilion business.”
Wei Qiming nodded: "Indeed, I can only feel at ease entrusting the Beauty Pavilion to you."
After Wei Xuecheng died, Wei Qiming sent people to investigate and discovered that his third son, whom he considered useless, had actually earned a fortune of over a million taels of silver.
All this money comes from the Beauty Pavilion, much of it from membership fees paid by ladies and young women from prominent families in the capital.
As the reputation of the Beauty Pavilion grew, the Duke of Dingguo originally planned to wait for Wei Xuelin to return from Ruien Academy and have Wei Xuecheng hand over the Beauty Pavilion.
Unexpectedly, Wei Xuecheng died before they could reach that point.
This actually saved Wei Qiming some trouble.
However, the Beauty Pavilion must not fall now.
If the Beauty Pavilion collapses, not only will we have to return all that money, but we'll also offend all the powerful families in the capital.
The key to keeping Meiren Pavilion open is to find Lin Wanqing.
"I wonder if Lin Wanqing's parents have been found?" Wei Xuelin and Wei Qiming thought of the same thing.
"I have already sent people to look for him, but Lin Zhengshan is far away in Lizhou and it will take some time."
Lin Zhengshan had previously been transferred by Wei Xuecheng to Lizhou to serve as the county magistrate.
Lizhou is located in a remote area with harsh conditions, so it is naturally inferior to Yanyang, and even inferior to Yuzhou. But what can he do?
Being a county magistrate is better than being a county registrar. Besides, Qing'er said in her letter that she would let him suffer for the time being and would definitely find an opportunity to promote him again.
In Lizhou, Lin Zhengshan didn't receive news of his promotion; instead, he received shocking news.
Lin Zhengshan was momentarily speechless as he listened to what the prefect of Lizhou had to say.
"My lord, are you saying that the legitimate daughter of General Su's mansion, who has been found, is named Su Ruojin?"
The prefect glanced at him: "Yes, is there something wrong with it?"
"No, no, sir, I just felt that the name sounded familiar," Lin Zhengshan hurriedly said.
The prefect seemed to remember something: "Oh right, I also heard that she used to be a female doctor in Yanyang, and she even ran a clinic called something like Ren something? Oh, look at my brain, I can't remember for a moment."
“Ren’ai Hall…” Lin Zhengshan uttered these three words in disbelief.
"Oh, right, right, it's Ren'ai Hall. By the way, if I remember correctly, Magistrate Lin was in Yanyang before, right? I don't know if you know this Miss Su. Sigh, if you knew this Miss Su and got on General Su's good side, you wouldn't need to stay in Lizhou."
Lin Zhengshan returned to his residence in a daze, sitting blankly in a chair for a long time without saying a word.
Zhao Jiao found his behavior strange and waved her hand in front of Lin Zhengshan's eyes, but he didn't react at all.
Zhao Jiao patted his shoulder hard, which startled Lin Zhengshan: "Madam, what are you doing?"
"What did I do? Do I need to ask you what you did? You've been acting like you're out of your mind ever since you got home. Which little vixen outside has bewitched you?" Zhao Jiao scolded angrily.
Upon hearing this, Lin Zhengshan stared intently at Zhao Jiao, making her feel uneasy.
"Master, what's wrong with you?"
Lin Zhengshan spoke up: "Su Ruojin is the lost child of General Su's family."
"What?" Zhao Jiao didn't react for a moment: "Master, what are you saying? What do you mean Su Ruojin is Su...? What did you say?!"
Zhao Jiao immediately raised her voice, her tone incredulous: "Master, you're saying Su Ruojin is the child who went missing from General Su's family?"
Lin Zhengshan swallowed hard and nodded: "That's right, the prefect told me."
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