Marrying into a rich family by mistake, it is difficult to be a mistress

"The remnants of the former queen's subordinates? How is that possible? Didn't the Empress Dowager already massacre them all before? How could there still be some?" Chang Ru's first reaction was to question.

"Yes, it seems to me that this is just an excuse."

"Excuse? Mammy, go check it out in secret and make sure you find out who these people belong to!"

"Yes."

Not long after, the nanny came to report.

"My lady, I have found out everything!"

"Whose man is he?" Chang Ru asked immediately.

"Yes...it's Concubine Luo's people, and the clue was found from the guard who was killed by Su Su."

Chang Ru suddenly fell down on the chair, muttering, "How could this happen? How could this happen..."

Some things just make sense to me all of a sudden.

"So, Susu and that guard were not having an affair at all. The Emperor was protecting them so much because he wanted to cover up the matter so that the Empress Dowager wouldn't find out!"

"My lady, I saw with my own eyes that Su Su, wearing only a single piece of clothing, escorted the guard out of the room. If you say there is nothing innocent between these two people, I will never believe it even if you kill me!"

"Or, Susu took advantage of the opportunity to contact the guard and the two had a private affair. However, the emperor did not believe this and only thought that Susu was contacting the deputy general for him."

"Now, they are all dead, and the emperor firmly believes that they are innocent. What can we do? Moreover, they made such a scene in front of the Empress Dowager. Is there any room for reconciliation between the Empress and the Emperor?"

"Su Su is dead, and in the eyes of the emperor, I forced her to death. There were already so many suspicions and misunderstandings between us, and with Su Su's worthless life, how can we ease it?"

When Chang Ru said this, her heart was bleeding.

"On my wedding night, I saw the emperor for the first time, and I fell in love with him. Later, we gradually got along, and I fell for him. I thought, God won't be so cruel to me. My mother already loves me but can't have me, so can't I have a man's love for me? I planned for him so wholeheartedly, hoping to get my sincerity in return, but what was the result?"

"Haha! What a joke, what a joke!" Chang Ru laughed at herself.

The nanny looked at Chang Ru distressedly, "Your Highness, don't be too sad. At least, we are still pregnant. Pray to God to let your Highness have a boy. As long as your Highness gives birth to a little prince, you will have bargaining chips in your hands. Madam has said before that all men in the world are the same. In the future, we will not put our hopes on men."

"My queen, look at Ji Chuhe, isn't she just as happy as a duck in water? She hasn't consummated her marriage with that Xiao Shizi yet, but so what? She still has a son and a daughter, and Xiao Shizi still respects her very much."

"What's the point of her living like that?" Chang Ru didn't want to be like Ji Chuhe. "She doesn't even have her own children. Look at the three children she has registered under her name. One is the eldest daughter whose origin is unknown, the other is the son born to a concubine, and the other is the illegitimate daughter born to a concubine. Will these children treat her well in the future?"

"When these children grow up, they will all stand against her for their own benefit and fight against her! Only one's own children are the safest."

"Look at how successful Ji Chuhe is now. Let's see if she can still be successful in ten or twenty years."

"Your Majesty is right. Your own children are more reliable." The nanny quickly agreed.

At this moment, she seemed to have forgotten her disappointing son.

He spent all his time on eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, and squandered all her life savings. Now, he was asking her for money.

She is so old now, if she hadn't to avoid her good-for-nothing son, Mrs. Li would have let her go back to enjoy her retirement life for a few days.

It wouldn't be necessary for him to follow Chang Ru to the imperial capital.

Living this kind of precarious life.

Even if you are not careful, you may lose your life at any time.

"Mammy, I'm a little tired. You should go down and have some rest too." Chang Ru felt exhausted. She just wanted to be alone and quiet.

"Yes, Madam, don't think too much. We still have to look forward. There is still a long way to go."

"I see."

Chang Ru returned to the inner room, lay on the bed, and tears fell uncontrollably.

I'm afraid the road ahead will be even more difficult.

The Empress Dowager singled out Concubine Luo's people in one fell swoop and found a reasonable excuse to eliminate them all.

Xiao Yan'an didn't even have the chance to stop it.

He locked himself in Cuiwei Palace and drank alone.

"Susu, even if you die, you can't save those people. They're gone, all gone!"

"The list that Guard Ji gave you was not just one. He even kept a copy at home. The Empress Dowager traced the names and found them. All those people were executed by the Empress Dowager."

"Why did you leave me alone? Do you know how sad I am?"

"I don't even have anyone to talk to now." Xiao Wenxuan could only get himself drunk to make himself feel better.

……

In the blink of an eye, ten days passed.

After the death of the Princess Grand Princess, her shop fell into chaos. Chang Ru went to find the Empress Dowager and took over the Princess Grand Princess's shop.

The Empress Dowager actually agreed readily.

When Ji Chuhe heard the news, he did not react to steal Chang Ru's business. Instead, he devoted himself to managing the Royal Trading Company's shop.

After this period of adjustment and improvement, the Royal Trading Company's shop gradually became prosperous.

Ji Chuhe made a sign in every shop of the Royal Trading Company.

It says: Come to the Royal Company and enjoy a noble life.

Just this simple sentence brought in more traffic and business.

Moreover, Ji Chuhe also designed a unique mark for the Royal Trading Company, which can be found on all goods and the objects that hold the goods.

What is unexpected is that some people actually show off this symbolic thing.

For example, two identical fans.

One has the Royal Firm mark, and one does not.

If two people sit together to drink tea, the person holding the fan with the Royal Brand logo is not much more noble than the person without the Royal Brand logo, but when the two people sit there, there is always a difference in their status.

Everyone would think that someone holding a Royal Trade fan looked more noble.

When Chang Ru heard the news, she became extremely anxious.

She also had someone draw a mark on the shop she was in charge of, but for some reason, her mark had no effect at all and instead made her business worse!

"How could this happen? Why did business improve when Ji Chuhe drew a sign, but when I drew one, business got worse? These people are even less willing to come and buy things!"

No one could answer Chang Ru's question.

"If business continues to be so bleak, how can I explain to the Empress Dowager?"