It wasn't that Madam Qi didn't want to replace her, but rather that the other person wasn't as capable as Liu Yulian. Liu Yulian was the director of the research institute, and if her daughter followed Princess Rongning, others would look up to her.
"That's your niece." said Madam Qi.
"She is not the niece of Princess Rongning." said the wife of Duke Chengguo.
At the Marquis of Jingning's Mansion, Liu Yulian didn't know what happened at the Duke of Chengguo's Mansion, but she did know that many girls wanted to learn from her.
However, she simply did not have the ability to teach them. She had never been a teacher and did not know how to teach.
"These workbooks are all pretty good," Liu Yulian said. "If those people don't understand, they can study more. That's all. They've already been published, and I've already read them."
"Do you want to do it again?" He Xiyuan asked.
"No." Liu Yulian shook her head. "I'm not omnipotent. I don't know that much."
"That means you can't do everything right." He Xiyuan understood.
"I can't get everything right." Liu Yulian never claimed she could get everything right. The cheat system isn't an encyclopedia, and you can't just search for a piece of knowledge and find it. "Even other people aren't necessarily right. Scientific research is about controversy, and we constantly move forward amidst that controversy."
"Yeah." He Xiyuan nodded slightly.
At the Su family, Su Qiuya received the dowry that Madam Su and Mr. Su had mentioned. Those people moved the things directly to the house given to Su Qiuya instead of keeping them at the Su family.
"You can buy whatever maids and servants you need for your house." Madam Su found Su Qiuya, "We won't buy them for you."
Madam Su thought that if she bought those maids for Su Qiuya, wouldn't Su Qiuya have the opportunity to frame her? Why should she help Su Qiuya buy maids? She could just let Su Qiuya buy them herself, so that they could spend less money.
"We can just buy it ourselves." Su Qiuya had been to that house and counted the items. Those items were not inferior goods, so she didn't know if there were other problems with them.
"If you have any questions, just tell me. Although you are not my biological child, I have watched you grow up." Madam Su said with a smile, "If you live a better life, your father will be at ease. If you don't live a good life, your father will be sad too."
"Yeah." Su Qiuya felt depressed when she heard these high-sounding words from Mrs. Su.
"Don't feel embarrassed, we are all family." Madam Su said, "Even if you get married, you will still be the aunt of the Su family."
"Yes." Su Qiuya said.
"I won't bother you anymore. They'll bring the bird's nest over in a bit." Madam Su said, "Your mother-in-law has some too. She's eating them all. If it's not enough, there's more in the kitchen."
"..." Su Qiuya sincerely felt that Madam Su was too good at putting on a show, making it impossible for people to criticize her for anything.
This is normal. If Madam Su was so easy to fight, then Su Qiuya would have fought Madam Su off long ago. During the years that Su Qiuya was in the Su family, she never fought Madam Su off, and Madam Su was still the main wife of the Su family.
When Aunt Qing came to look for Su Qiuya, she happened to see Madam Su leaving. When she was in the Marquis of Jingning's mansion, Madam Su never lacked their monthly allowance, and she also made clothes for them every quarter.
Even so, Aunt Qing still felt that the Marquis's wife was not a good person.
Aunt Qing saw how considerate Madam Su was to Su Qiuya, and she didn't think that Madam Su was necessarily good. Maybe Madam Su was just a pretentious person. But Aunt Qing was dissatisfied with Su Qiuya, so she couldn't say much about Madam Su's faults.
"You're a pretty good stepmother." Aunt Qing deliberately said this in front of Su Qiuya, "It's not easy to be someone's stepmother. If you do something light or heavy, you'll be criticized. She's been quite cautious with you. How many stepmothers can do that?"
When Su Qiuya heard what Qing Yi Niang said, she felt upset. Qing Yi Niang was deliberately trying to annoy her and didn't want her to have an easy life.
"The benefits you get are the most important thing." Su Qiuya said.
No matter what Aunt Qing said, Su Qiuya would not move out just like that. She had to wait, at least until after the Chinese New Year.
The Feng family, Feng Guanjing's parents were not so kind to them.
When Mrs. Feng Er saw that Feng Guanjing's family had not found a house yet, she asked her daughter a few more questions.
"Don't be so picky. Housing prices in Beijing are just like that." Madam Feng didn't want her daughter and her family to be picky. "It's okay if it's about right. If it's not enough, I can give you some more."
If my daughter continues to live at home, I'm afraid there will be problems.
Mrs. Feng didn't want to be accused of letting her daughter live in the house after she got married. That would be difficult to deal with. She had to let her daughter move out as soon as possible. There were only a few rooms in the house, so it was impossible for her to stay there all the time.
As soon as Feng Guanjing heard what her mother said, she knew what she meant. Her family was urging them to move out as soon as possible.
"Previously, the houses those people recommended were all in relatively messy areas," Feng Guanjing said. "The houses over there are cheaper, but..."
"It's true we can't live there." Madam Feng nodded. "How about this, how much money do you have?"
"This..." Feng Guanjing hesitated, "Not much."
"Well, if you say it's not much, then it must be." Madam Feng said, "I'll give you some extra money so you can buy a house soon. Since you're a small family, you don't need such a big house. Three or four rooms will be very nice."
Mrs. Feng Er couldn't possibly give her extra money. She didn't have that much private money, and she also had to think about her retirement.
"You must have at least 180 taels of silver," said Madam Feng. "I'll give you another 100 taels, which should be enough to buy a smaller house."
As long as they don't buy houses in alleys where there are many scholars and literati, or houses on streets where there are many dignitaries and nobles, then about two hundred silver coins are enough to buy a very nice house.
Mrs. Feng had spent a lot of money to provide housing for her daughter and her family. The Feng family didn't have that much money, and if Mrs. Feng hadn't loved her daughter, she would never have come up with such money.
My daughter's family has to have something to do so that they can support the family.
Mrs. Feng Er heard her daughter say that they used to be in the food business and that with about two hundred taels of silver, they could buy a house with a shop away from busy streets. Mrs. Feng Er didn't want her daughter to come home again when the time comes. She could let her stay for a few days, but not too many.
Everyone in the family is dissatisfied with my daughter's continued living like this.
"It's not that I don't want you to stay. You all know that we, the second branch of the family, are not the head of this household," said Mrs. Feng. "It's okay for a daughter-in-law to stay at home for a few days, understand?"
"Then find a house and move out." Feng Guanjing was relieved to see her mother was willing to give her some money. That was already very good. She didn't have that much money on hand. Not a hundred taels of silver, but seventy or eighty taels of silver, that was still enough.
Before Feng Guanjing left for the Northwest, she had no idea how hard it was to make money. It wasn't until she left for the Northwest that she realized how difficult it was to make money.
From the time they first separated to the time they returned to Beijing, Feng Guanjing and his wife actually earned very little money. They also spent a lot of money on the way back to Beijing, so the money left in their hands was even less.
"Maybe in the next few days." said Mrs. Feng Er.
"Okay." Feng Guanjing felt a little sad. She was a married woman and she couldn't stay in her parents' home for too many days. If she stayed a few days longer, her mother would say something before anyone else did.
"You all returned to the capital, didn't you go to the Marquis' Mansion?" Madam Feng asked, "They didn't let you go when they held the banquet earlier."
It was precisely because the Jingning Marquisate was holding a banquet that the people of the Jingning Marquisate did not invite Feng Guanjing and his wife. The people of the Feng family had other ideas. They all wanted to sever the relationship between the Jingning Marquisate and Liu Yanbo, so should the Jingning Marquisate also sever the relationship with Liu Yanyuan?
"Just go over during the holidays." Feng Guanjing didn't want to embarrass herself. "Mother, back then... we separated too early."
Feng Guanjing didn't want to explain. No matter how you look at it, it can't be said that the first wife's fault. They are going to separate the family property, so they can't blame the first wife for ignoring them.
"We'll find a house and move out in the next few days," said Feng Guanjing.
"What happened between you and the Marquis of Jingning's Mansion?" Madam Feng grabbed her daughter's wrist and said, "Tell me."
"We're just ordinary relatives now," Feng Guanjing said. "It's nothing, we haven't severed our relationship, so just rest assured."
When Mrs. Feng Er heard her daughter say this, she felt that there must be something wrong. However, her daughter refused to speak, so she did not ask any more questions.
The Cen family was exiled to the northwest, and Mrs. Cen San's family was also exiled. The Cen family was a criminal, and they could not go to other prefectures at will. They had to stay in that village, open up wasteland, and hand over a certain amount of grain to the court every year.
The Cen family has been unable to pass the imperial examinations for three generations, which means it will be difficult for the Cen family to rise again in the short term.
The imperial court had no regulations prohibiting these people from joining the army. If they did, they would be ordinary soldiers. Ordinary soldiers are cannon fodder.
In the past, officials who committed crimes had their entire families assigned to military household registration, meaning that all male descendants of the family would have to serve in the army. Military household registration was passed down from generation to generation unless they were promoted and changed their household registration.
Mrs. Cen San and others tried to hide the silver, but some of their hidden silver was found.
These women had long hair, so they could hide things in it. Women were specifically responsible for searching their bodies to prevent them from hiding so much silver. Even if someone else collected it, these people could still hide some silver.
Back then, the Liu family had also hidden some silver. Someone in the Liu family had been imprisoned, so hiding the silver wasn't easy for them. They had hurriedly hidden a few things, but it wasn't much. Since there were so many people, if each person hid a little, it wouldn't have been too tragic.
Mrs. Cen San and others were sent to the village where they were exiled. The houses allocated to them by the court were dilapidated thatched houses. If they had money, they would build houses with blue bricks and tiles. If they did not have the ability, they would continue to live in the dilapidated thatched houses.
However, this kind of thatched house cannot withstand wind and rain. If there is heavy snow, the thatched house may collapse.
"Where is the old lady?" asked Mrs. Cen San.
"In the capital." Madam Cen thought it was better that the old lady did not go into exile with them. If the old lady could get some money in the capital and she had not forgotten them, she could also ask someone to send them some things.
Madam Cen was running out of money. Her husband was slated for execution. She wasn't executed, but exiled. She knew the families would never be able to unite again. Without the elders, they would all go their separate ways.
"Let's clean up first." Madam Cen had lived in a prison before, and she felt that this shabby thatched house was better than a prison cell.
But they couldn't live in thatched huts forever. Madam Cen knew how bad thatched huts were. When they were still in the capital, in the winter, they heard people say that thatched huts had collapsed somewhere and how many people were trapped underneath.
Madam Cen didn't want to be buried under a thatched hut. They still had some people in their family, so they had to build a house. Even if they didn't build a house, they would have to buy an old house that someone else lived in.
Mrs. Cen San's daughter, Miss Cen, had lost her gorgeous clothes. Miss Cen looked at the dilapidated thatched house in front of her and the tables and chairs with missing corners, and she was very unhappy.
"Mother." Miss Cen looked at Mrs. Cen San. She couldn't stand such a difficult environment. Couldn't they go back?
"Clean up first." Mrs. Cen San knew this, "Don't be unhappy, don't let your eyes turn red, this is how it will be from now on."
Mrs. Cen San could see that Mrs. Cen Da didn't want to pay attention to her, but her family was better off because her husband was still alive. As long as there were male heirs in the family, the family could make more money. If there were no male heirs in the family and no one to work, then forget it.
"Ahem." Miss Cen walked to the worn-out table and chairs and started coughing violently. She felt that there was too much dust here. She didn't want to clean it up at all, but Mrs. Cen San directly pressed Miss Cen's hand there.
"Clean up." Mrs. Cen San said.
The family was no longer the same as before, and Mrs. Cen San could no longer favor Miss Cen. If she continued to favor her daughter, her son and daughter-in-law would surely be dissatisfied.
Mrs. Cen San was a mistress after all, and she understood that no one was willing to do these things. She was also a master, so of course she didn't want to do these things either. No matter how much they didn't want to do it, they had to rent it.
At first, they wanted to arrange a marriage for their daughter, but she refused. Otherwise, she might not have to suffer now.
"You are no longer a pampered young lady." Mrs. Cen San reminded.
“…” Miss Cen’s eyes were red and she didn’t want to talk.
Miss Cen thought about how Liu Yulian had also been exiled, and if the Liu family had been able to restore their titles, what about the Cen family? The Third Prince was still in the capital, as was Consort Cen, and Old Madam Cen. Miss Cen thought that perhaps the Cen family could also return to the capital.
The Cen family has no title to be restored, but they can also be granted titles and official positions.
Mrs. Cen San didn't know what Miss Cen was thinking. If she knew, she would definitely call her daughter stupid. Their family simply didn't have someone as powerful as Princess Rongning. Unless the Third Prince ascended the throne, they would have no chance of returning to the capital.
However, the third prince is not the crown prince, and the crown prince also has a legitimate son, so it is impossible for the third prince to ascend the throne.
They should just give up, they will never be able to return to the capital in this lifetime.
Tap, tap, Miss Cen started to cry.
Especially at night, Miss Cen slept on straw. There were not enough bed boards at home, so she could only lie on the ground.
Miss Cen had never suffered hardship. She had not been exiled from the capital to the northwest, nor had she walked such a long distance. She had been exiled from the northwest. Master Cen San originally lived very close to the place of exile, so it didn't take them long to get here, less than a day and a night.
When the Liu family was exiled, they lived in a better house because their crimes were not as serious as those of the Cen family. The Liu family was considered a commoner, while the Cen family was a criminal.
When Liu's mother first arrived in Shiyuan Village, the first thing she thought of was to buy a house. Coincidentally, there were some houses occupied there, so Liu's mother simply bought two houses.
The several branches of the Cen family are independent of each other, and they each buy their own things, so they take some time.
In Shiyuan Village, after Liu Yanqing learned that the Cen family had been exiled, he felt that they deserved it. Fortunately, those people did not come to Shiyuan Village. If they had come to Shiyuan Village, it would have been bad.
"Why do you care whether they come to this village or not?" Lin Xiaowan said.
"They have many family members. If they were exiled here, they would still be able to say something." Liu Yanqing said, "If they were to come against us, we wouldn't be able to win against so many of them."
"What did they say about you?" Lin Xiaowan didn't think that the Cen family was going to say anything about them.
"I didn't offend them, but they just criticized me." Liu Yanqing said, "They are not good people."
“…” Lin Xiaowan had nothing to refute.
"The Cen family is very cunning. If they come here, there will be a lot of trivial matters." Liu Yanqing said, "If it is possible not to live in the same village with them, then don't live in the same village with them. It will be better if there are fewer problems."
Liu Yanqing said that just because he loves to listen to gossip, it doesn't mean he is willing to become a person in the gossip.
"By the way, the seeds my younger sister left behind are really useful, and the seeds soaked in medicine are also useful." Liu Yanqing said, "The seeds planted by others didn't grow, but the seeds we planted sprouted. I guess the seeds they planted were frozen to death."
Others said they couldn’t plant it because it was too cold outside.
Liu Yanqing planted the seeds anyway, but he used the ones Liu Yulian had left behind. He also soaked them in a special potion as Liu Yulian had instructed, and they sprouted and took root. Others saw them planting and wanted to give it a try, but those people had no chance of success.
Some people are reluctant to buy seeds and use ordinary seeds. How can that be possible?
"Have you told them?" Lin Xiaowan asked, "We need to talk about this kind of thing. Don't let them waste the seeds."
"I did." Liu Yanqing said, "The court also sells some potions, but some people are reluctant to buy them. They think that culture medium is enough. One is different, and they are all different."
Liu Yanqing thought those people were a bit stupid. They knew the benefits of culture medium before, so they should know the benefits of the potion for soaking seeds. Ordinary seeds can only be cold-resistant after being soaked in potions.
"My little sister's brain is really useful." Liu Yanqing said, "If we didn't have the same mother, I would have thought she ate my brain."
"Just you?" Lin Xiaowan looked Liu Yanqing up and down. "Do you still have a brain?"
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