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Everyone in the capital knew that the Eighth Master's mansion was on fire and that the Eighth Lady had died in the flames.
The families of the abducted girls were secretly cursing that they deserved it, saying that this was God's will, and they almost applauded.
The Eighth Master was extremely busy at the moment. His injuries had not yet fully healed, and something like this had happened in the mansion. His Fourth Brother even came to him and made sarcastic remarks. Although his words were full of concern, he knew that he was being laughed at.
After finally sending these away, he looked at the mess in the backyard. Now the Eighth Master's Mansion had to be renovated.
He handed over the housekeeping duties to Zhang.
When Zhang heard what the Eighth Master said, she felt secretly delighted. To be honest, she was very happy now that the Eighth Concubine was dead. Over the years, she had been fighting with her openly and secretly. Even though she was not someone to be trifled with, she had suffered many losses at her hands because she was the Eighth Concubine.
Now that she is dead, apart from the Eighth Master, she is the highest-ranking person in the mansion. Now she holds the power of the housekeeper. Will she be promoted to the position of Concubine in the future?
After all, she gave birth to a son for the Eighth Master, who was the only son in his family. The Eighth Master certainly didn't want his only son to become a bastard.
Otherwise, before her child was born, the Eighth Master would not have thought of taking her son to be raised by the Concubine.
You have to know that she felt like she was living in hell during that period. Her relationship with the Eighth Lady was already bad, and now her son was brought to her, making it extremely difficult for her to even see him.
If it weren't for what happened later, her son would probably never have returned to her hands, but she also felt distressed. The Eighth Lady was a vicious woman who didn't even treat a baby well. She didn't even want to ask the court doctor to come and see him when he was sick, and she also ordered others not to tell this matter to anyone.
If the wet nurse had not been unable to bear it and secretly sent a message to her, she would not have known that her son had been treated like this. If she had not taken people to rescue her son at all costs and sent for the court doctor, perhaps her son would have been gone by now.
When she learned about this, she even wanted to kill her.
Now that she was finally dead, she couldn't wait to buy some firecrackers to celebrate.
She looked at the nanny she had brought from home and said, "Mammy, have the people in the backyard pack up their things. The master said that the mansion needs to be renovated during this period. We will go to the manor outside the capital to stay for a while tomorrow."
"Yes, Concubine, I will go and inform you in a moment."
"Also, please ask the kitchen to cook a few more dishes. I'm very happy today and I want to have a good meal."
From now on, she will be in charge of this mansion, and she will no longer have to suffer the frustration of the Eighth Lady.
The Eighth Master's mansion needs to be repaired, which will inevitably require money. He doesn't have much money, so he can only ask the Emperor for help.
He was now under house arrest and could not enter the palace, so he wrote a memorial and had it brought into the palace.
When Emperor Kangxi saw what he wrote, he was so angry that his beard trembled several times.
Although the treasury is not as empty as before, most of the silver was recovered by the fourth prince. The expenses were so huge and a lot of it was spent in recent years. Now so much money has to be taken out again. The eighth prince's wife is really not at peace even after her death.
But this is his own son. He can't let others know that his son's mansion was burned down and he is so poor that he doesn't even have the money to repair it.
Restraining his anger, Emperor Kangxi asked Liang Jiugong to go to the national treasury and get 100,000 taels of silver to send to him.
He didn't care whether it was enough or not. The money had already been given, and he would figure out the rest himself. I couldn't pay for it all myself.
This 100,000 taels of silver was indeed not enough to renovate the backyard of the Eighth Master's Mansion, but there was no other way. He couldn't ask the Emperor for more, so he had to find a way to pay for the rest himself.
After this incident, the capital returned to its former peace, but it became difficult for those girls who had been abducted before to find a husband.
Because they had been abducted, most people thought they were already unclean and marrying them would bring misfortune to the family.
Because of this, the parents of the girls behind started scolding the Eighth Lady again, and they looked like they wanted to drag her out of the underground and beat her up.
In the end, most of these people can only marry into remote areas or live out the rest of their lives in families with poor financial conditions.
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That day, Fu Jin took advantage of the Fourth Master's rest and went to the main courtyard.
Now Honghui has gone to marry his wife, and his wife is about to give birth, and the second prince's wife is also pregnant, so she has to talk to her master about Honghui's request to be named the crown prince.
This matter has been on her mind and she is always uneasy, fearing that one day the master will ask to appoint Wen's son as the crown prince.
No matter what, this matter had to be settled as soon as possible, especially when she heard that the Third Master's Mansion had submitted a memorial requesting that his second prince be named the Crown Prince, she became even more anxious.
If such a big thing hadn't happened in the Eighth Master's Mansion some time ago, she would have told her master about this matter.
She couldn't wait any longer and had to find a way out for her son as soon as possible.
The master was reviewing official documents in the study. A lot of things had happened during this period, so he had a lot of official business piled up that needed his review.
It was at this time that the servant outside came in to report that the concubine was coming.
The Fourth Master stopped what he was doing and looked up. "Why is Fu Jin here at this time?"
"Let Fu Jin come in."
The young eunuch retreated, and soon the Fourth Lady came in.
"Greetings to the master."
The Fourth Master was still reviewing documents with his head down. He didn't even look up when he saw her coming. "Get up, Fu Jin, why are you here? Is there anything wrong?"
Seeing that her master kept his head down reviewing official documents, the Fourth Lady couldn't help but wonder, if it was Wen who came over, would her master also keep his head down and continue handling official business like this?
She calmed herself down and thought about the purpose of her coming here. She quickly sorted out her emotions and said with a smile, "I do have something I want to mention to my master."
"Oh, what's the matter." The Fourth Master took a pen and marked on the official document.
"It's about Honghui."
Hearing that it was related to Honghui, the Fourth Master stopped what he was doing, looked up and asked in confusion: "What happened to Honghui?"
"It's like this. Honghui is already married, and his wife is about to give birth. I heard that the Third Master's Mansion has already asked the Emperor to confer the title of Crown Prince, so I wondered if it's time for the Master to ask for the title for Honghui as well."
After saying this, she was still a little nervous. She didn't know what her master was thinking, but the position of the crown prince must belong to her son Honghui.
The Fourth Master put down the brush in his hand and looked at her with a dark look in his eyes. The Lady couldn't help but clench her hand holding the handkerchief, and she felt a little nervous.
Doesn’t the master want to ask for a title for Honghui?
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