Miss Lin's husband still had a few houses and some money. It was impossible for him to pay for Miss Lin's affairs. However, with so many people in Widow Zhang's family, the widower still paid over a hundred coins, and the matter was finally settled.
After the Zhang family left, Miss Lin was beaten. It was only a little over a hundred coins. Did Miss Lin think it was easy for others to make money?
"Stop hitting me, stop hitting me." No matter how Miss Lin shouted, her husband pretended not to hear.
The widower had originally wanted to marry a virgin, not someone like Miss Lin, who already had a child. Unfortunately, the Lin family couldn't pay back the money, so the widower brought Miss Lin back.
"What the hell."
"Are you crazy? Your third sister has been sold out."
"You don't want your own child, so why don't you allow others to have her own child?"
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The widower was furious. This time, he didn't imprison Miss Lin again; he simply sent her back. He wasn't afraid of the Lin family marrying her off again. If they dared to do so, they would have to pay him compensation. Even if he took the case to the authorities, they wouldn't be in the right.
The Lin family never thought that Miss Lin would be sent back home, and the widower did not even give Miss Lin any food.
The Lin family was not willing to give Miss Lin more food. Miss Lin's brothers and sisters were selfish people. They were unwilling to give Miss Lin food, and even made her work and forage for wild vegetables and other food.
Miss Lin had long been accustomed to this treatment from her family. She also felt that as a married woman, she shouldn't always stay at her parents' home. So she worked harder, picking wild vegetables more often, even when she wasn't feeling well.
It was just that Miss Lin had just been beaten, and she was not well fed or clothed at her parents' home, and she had to work so hard to do all these things. This made Miss Lin's health worse, and she finally fainted.
Miss Lin used to be able to eat a little more at the widower's house, but when she came to her mother's house, she was beaten and forced to work, and she was not able to eat enough or wear warm clothes.
Miss Lin's parents didn't even think about finding a doctor for their daughter, they just thought that she would be fine after just a few days of lying down. As a result, Miss Lin almost died while lying down.
If the married second Miss Lin had not returned to her parents' home, the eldest Miss Lin would have died.
Miss Lin Er hadn't been home for a long time. Her in-laws didn't want her to come back. And since she was a concubine, it wasn't easy.
Some time ago, she gave birth to a son for her husband, and only then did her in-laws allow her to come out.
When Miss Lin Er came back, she went to see Miss Lin Da, and she felt something was wrong. Miss Lin Da was alive, but her body was weak, and the doctor told her to take supplements slowly, otherwise, Miss Lin Da would hardly get better.
The doctor also said that if Miss Lin continued to do so, she might lose her life.
As a result, Miss Lin could no longer do those rough jobs and could no longer work.
How could the Lin family be willing to accept this? Miss Lin's brother-in-law's faces suddenly fell.
When Mother Lin saw her daughter-in-law's unhappy expression, she knew she couldn't let Miss Lin stay.
"Why don't you take your eldest sister away?" Lin's mother was so shameless as to ask the second daughter Lin to take the eldest daughter Lin away.
Miss Lin Er didn't expect that Lin's mother would say this. It was impossible for her to take Miss Lin Da back with her.
"Are you going to kick me out of my husband's family?" Miss Lin was shocked.
"Don't you have to have a maid to serve you? Just treat her as a maid. She can have an easier time in your home." Mother Lin couldn't help but wonder if Miss Lin would get a monthly stipend?
"Don't even think about it. They don't like me to have too much contact with my family." Miss Lin Er said, "There's no way they'll let my eldest sister go with me. It's better to send my eldest sister to live with my brother-in-law."
Miss Lin Er thought that she couldn't get involved in this mess, and she couldn't take Miss Lin Da with her.
Because of this incident, Miss Lin Er didn't stay at her parents' home for long before she left. She was afraid that if she left a little later, they would force Miss Lin Da into her place. If that happened, her in-laws would definitely not forgive her.
Even though she gave birth to a son, her husband had more than one son. He also had other children. She was just a concubine and did not have that much power.
And there was no way the widower would let Miss Lin go back. He didn't think the Lin family would let a well-behaved Miss Lin come back. The widower had long known how capable Miss Lin was in the Lin family. Miss Lin wasn't that capable when she was in her husband's family, but she was capable in her parents' family.
The Lin family was unwilling to let Miss Lin go back, and her in-laws also didn't want her. Miss Lin didn't think her family was wrong. She simply found a rope and went to the door of her in-laws' house, shouting that she wanted to hang herself.
The widower never thought that Miss Lin would be like this, but there was no way he would compromise easily.
"Whatever you want," the widower said. "Even if you die, you won't be buried in my ancestral tomb. To put it nicely, I married you. To put it bluntly, I bought you. You've been married and have children, so how can you be worth so much money?"
The widower was not afraid of being laughed at by others. There was really no need to give face to someone like Miss Lin.
Miss Lin finally passed away. She didn't dare to actually hang herself or die.
This incident also became a joke among everyone after dinner. They didn't think the widower had done anything wrong. The main reason was that Miss Lin didn't know her own identity. A married woman always thought about her parents' home and wanted her husband's family to give her more things. Where in the world could such a good thing happen?
The widower didn't want Miss Lin, so Miss Lin thought of her ex-husband again. She wanted to go to her ex-husband's house, but there was no way her ex-husband would let her stay because he had already remarried.
There was no place for Miss Lin in her ex-husband's family, and her children even called someone else their mother.
Miss Lin couldn't go back to her widower's house, nor could she go back to her ex-husband's house. Her family also despised her for not being able to work. Miss Lin didn't dare eat much at the Lin family, but even so, because she couldn't work, she was still kicked out.
When Miss Lin San found out about this, she didn't think she was wrong. Miss Lin Da always thought that the other sisters were the same as her, so how could that be possible?
In the capital, the Mid-Autumn Festival had passed. Liu Yulian had indeed entered the palace on that day, and no one had bothered her.
Those people were shrewd people. How could those officials talk nonsense? What did Princess Rongning do to them? She wasn't trying to take their jobs. Princess Rongning didn't criticize them. She just quietly did her research and didn't bother them.
Liu Yuqin's baby is about to turn one month old, so she sent an invitation to the Marquis of Jingning's mansion. Liu Yuqin hopes they can come to attend her baby's full-month banquet, but she's afraid that no one from the Marquis's mansion will come, so she wants someone to go there and talk to them.
But Young Master Qin's wife had just been mentioned by Liu's mother. How could Young Master Qin go to the Marquis' Mansion and tell them that they must come?
"Don't always think about Mother and the others coming." Madam Qin said, "Whether they come or not, we still have to celebrate the child's full moon banquet."
"If they don't come, how will others see my child?" Liu Yuqin said.
"What do you mean by how to look after your child?" Madam Qin frowned. "You are a daughter-in-law who married out, not a daughter-in-law who lives in the Marquis's mansion. Even if they don't come, it doesn't matter if they give you gifts. Think about your status. Do you want your father and mother to come, or Princess Zhaoyang to come? Or do you want your younger sister to come?"
If it were a normal situation, it might be better to let Princess Rongning come. But Princess Rongning was not just a princess, she was the director of the research institute.
Liu Yuqin is just a concubine's daughter. What qualifications does a concubine have to force a legitimate daughter to attend her child's full moon banquet?
"How could my little sister come?" Liu Yuqin said, "It's unlikely that she would come."
"You know it yourself, so what else can you say?" said Mrs. Qin.
"I just... I just want to think more about the child." Liu Yuqin said, "It's the same whether the child has a father or not."
"Then you have to give birth to this child again." Madam Qin said, "Don't blame others."
Madam Qin Dashao didn't dare to go to the Marquis of Jingning's Mansion and say those words again. She was afraid that she would never be able to enter the Marquis of Jingning's Mansion in the future.
"There's no problem here." Liu Yuqin said, "You are the legitimate daughter of the Marquis's Mansion, and your husband is also very capable, unlike me, I..."
"Stop talking about this." Madam Qin Dashao interrupted Liu Yuqin, "Tomorrow is the baby's full moon banquet, so you should think about the child."
"This child is pitiful. If he follows me, I don't know what will happen to him in the future." Liu Yuqin said, "I'm suffering. My father doesn't care about me, and my second brother and others don't care about me either."
"Why do you have to let them control you?" Madam Qin said, "Can't you just live your own life?"
"Which married woman doesn't rely on her parents' family a little?" Liu Yuqin said impatiently, "You are living well, but I am not. How can you understand my difficulties? If they didn't come, others would laugh at me."
The next day, no one from the Jingning Marquisate attended the full moon banquet. Even if servants went to deliver gifts, people outside could see them delivering gifts.
Liu Yuqin was very unhappy when she saw that no one from the Jingning Marquis's Mansion had come, but she couldn't go to the door and yell. It was impossible for those people to come, so she could only tell the visitors that the people from the Jingning Marquis's Mansion were busy and didn't have time to come.
Young Master Qin's wife did come over and helped with some of the arrangements.
Those people were not surprised to see Madam Qin here. It was normal for sisters to support each other. Regardless of whether they had conflicts in normal times, they would still behave well at this time.
Su Qiuya just felt that Liu Yuqin was lucky. Madam Qin was sometimes annoyed with Liu Yuqin, but when Liu Yuqin went to find Madam Qin, she would easily soften her heart.
"Didn't you go to your second sister's place?" Liu Yanbo looked at Su Qiuya who was standing in the corner.
"She doesn't want to see me." Su Qiuya said, "It's not like I didn't go there just now."
Su Qiuya just came to Liu Yuqin's side, but Liu Yuqin had never thought of asking her to stay by her side.
Liu Yuqin just thinks that Su Qiuya is not a good person. She thinks that her status is higher than Su Qiuya. She thinks that if she keeps Su Qiuya by her side, it is equivalent to giving Su Qiuya an opportunity, making others think that she recognizes this sister-in-law.
In short, Liu Yuqin just doesn't want Su Qiuya to be well.
Su Qiuya also understood, and she thought she didn't need to rely on Liu Yuqin to get to know those people. It was impossible for those people to always go to her shop to eat. Those people were of high status, so how could they eat noodles that cost a few coins a bowl?
So Su Qiuya didn't go over and stayed in the corner so as not to disturb Liu Yuqin's eyes.
"Then I won't go over there." Liu Yanbo said, "She's already given birth to a child, why is she still so irritable?"
Liu Yanbo was helpless with Liu Yuqin. His second sister had no idea how good people were.
"It's okay." Su Qiuya said, "Don't say it."
Su Qiuya shook her head at Liu Yanbo. There were still many things to talk about right now. It would be bad if other people heard about it.
No matter how Liu Yuqin treated her, she couldn't say those words too much. She couldn't let others hear them and laugh at her.
They can just talk about these things behind closed doors.
When Liu Yanbo looked at Su Qiuya, he felt that Su Qiuya had been wronged. His second sister only cared about herself and didn't care about others at all.
At the Marquis of Jingning's mansion, Princess Zhaoyang was looking at the fabric. She thought it was time for someone to make more clothes since the weather was getting colder. Not just for her husband, but for everyone else in the mansion as well.
"This fabric is a bit old-fashioned," Princess Zhaoyang said. "It's not suitable for a young girl."
"Aren't you going to pick one for your husband?" Mother Liu looked at the cloths on the table, all of which were darker in color.
"My younger sister said before that I'd make a few sets of clothes in darker colors," Princess Zhaoyang said, "so that they won't look dirty easily."
"She won't ask someone to do it, so why does she want you to go and see her?" Liu's mother said, "It's not like she's not allowed to find someone."
"My younger sister really didn't ask me to do it." Princess Zhaoyang chuckled, "I just thought since I was going to make the clothes anyway, I might as well show it to my younger sister."
"That's fine." Mother Liu nodded.
Princess Zhaoyang didn't go to Liu Yuqin's place, and Liu's mother had no intention of going either. In their eyes, Liu Yuqin was too troublesome, so they decided not to go. Otherwise, if they went there, Liu Yuqin would become even more arrogant, which would be bad.
If Liu Yuqin was more mature and steady, Princess Zhaoyang might have gone over there.
At this time, Liu Yulian was at the research institute.
The research groups at the institute receive funding every month. The imperial court also allocates funds monthly, rather than giving a single research group a large sum all at once. For example, the rice research group in Hainan might receive a bit more funding, but it doesn't come all at once.
Liu Yulian knew how much money those studies cost. After all, this kind of thing itself was not that good, and research also cost money.
Some research groups have already spent a lot of money without producing any results.
Liu Yulian couldn't possibly refuse to give the research team money at this point, nor could she let them fill in any amount they wanted. She would only take a quick look. As the director of the research institute, these documents had to be approved by her, and the people from the Ministry of Revenue had to review them too. It was a layer-by-layer approval process.
Some research groups do not have fixed group funding provided to the institute by the User Department. The User Department allocates funds to the institute for specific projects every month, and also gives the institute additional funds for the institute to make its own arrangements.
Liu Yulian held considerable power, and even when someone approached her asking for funding, she would count the funds one by one. Liu Yulian wasn't so soft-hearted; it was impossible for her to give in all at once and allocate so much money to them.
Liu Yulian did this to prevent some people from becoming distracted.
A few days ago, someone told Liu Yulian that someone in the research institute used project funds to entertain guests and do other things.
Liu Yulian thought that entertaining guests might be necessary, but if the money was always used for entertaining guests, it would not work. Some people just wanted to use the funds to build relationships, thinking of becoming high-ranking officials in the future.
"That's it." Liu Yulian handed the document she had read to the Crown Princess. The Crown Princess was also in charge of the research institute's affairs, so Liu Yulian would let the Crown Princess take a look.
Liu Yulian never intended to be dictatorial. "Some people are thinking about climbing up the ladder instead of focusing on research, and they're even embezzling funds. They need to be fired."
"Alright." The Crown Princess had no objection. "You're the director of the research institute, so it's up to you to decide."
"If they didn't embezzle research funds, then it's fine," Liu Yulian said. "Everyone wants to climb the ladder, and some may just use the research institute as a stepping stone. That's fine too. But they can't embezzle research funds from the project, and don't even think about paying them back once they become rich."
Whether those people can get rich is still a matter of debate. Even if they pass the academy's exam, it's not quite the same as the imperial examination. If those who fail the imperial examination can enter the academy and then become officials in the court, it's not impossible not to be a researcher, but don't go too far.
"Let them go." said the Crown Princess.
"..." Liu Yulian looked at the Crown Princess. She felt that the Crown Princess was more dignified and virtuous. She did not expect that the Crown Princess would say such words.
"Killing a chicken to scare the monkeys is necessary," the Crown Princess said, "don't forget, there are still people who want to replace you."
The Crown Princess thought that Liu Yulian really needed to teach those people a lesson, so as to prevent them from having other ideas.
"Some followed me here from the northwest, and some were admitted to the institute," Liu Yulian said. "Without rules, there will be no order. If we don't deal with them, they will really think that once they enter the institute, they can do whatever they want and won't have to worry about being kicked out."
Liu Yulian didn't mean to attack innocent people, but someone bumped into her.
People's hearts are fickle, and even those who followed Liu Yulian from the northwest have other thoughts. Some people did not even take the entrance exam to the academy, they came from the northwest and directly entered the academy.
In fact, those people seemed insignificant in the capital, which was full of powerful people. They didn't have that much money, nor did they have that much power. Some people might see others so rich and powerful, and they might have other thoughts.
No matter how good the welfare benefits of the institute are, they may still have other ideas.
"Do they need to be sent back to their place of origin?" asked the Crown Princess.
"That's not necessary," Liu Yulian said, "Just let them leave the institute."
On that day, Liu Yulian wrote down a few names and asked officials from other departments of the court to investigate whether those people had misappropriated funds.
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