First Prince of Qing Dynasty

It was already October when Yu Jia and his party came to Jiangnan.According to the previous plan, this time they did not stop in Jiangning, but lived in the Humble Administrator's Garden.Yinfeng sent Xiao Chizi, Xia Cao and others to rectify half a year ago, and everything was arranged according to his instructions, which seemed to be better than the renovations made by others to please them.

Of course, because it is in the Humble Administrator's Garden, there is no need for local expenses to pick up the driver, and all expenses will be borne by Yinfeng.Without the encumbrance of the rubber plantation, Yinreng's purse has become more and more bulging in the past two years, and his wealth has become richer and richer.

In the garden.Yinfeng accompanied Kangxi to watch, while sighing: "October is so soon, I thought I could send you and Wuku mother to Tangquan Garden this year, but I can't."

It's already the end of October, and I'm afraid it's approaching the end of the year when I return to Beijing, so I can't go there.

Kangxi chuckled: "Didn't you accompany me to the Humble Administrator's Garden? The Humble Administrator's Garden is also yours. It's all the same."

"It's a pity that Wuku's mother didn't come."

Kangxi also had some regrets: "The south of the Yangtze River is too far away, and it's inconvenient to travel by car. Mama is too old, so it's not suitable for long-distance fatigue. Xiaotangshan is close. If it doesn't work this year, next year, there will always be a chance."

Speaking of next year, Yinfeng smiled: "Yes, then next year. It will definitely be next year."

Kangxi's expression was full of playfulness: "This is definitely possible, you have said it several times, do you know it yourself?"

Yinfeng: ...

Therefore, FLAG cannot stand up casually, and will always be slapped in the face.

The corner of his mouth twitched, and he held his respect and said: "Even if I don't have time, the Crown Princess will enter the palace next year. You can let the Crown Princess go with Wuku's mother. So this time it will definitely be possible."

Kangxi couldn't help laughing.

Yinfeng quickly changed the subject: "Ama Khan, shall we go to Weifu for a private visit tomorrow?"

Kangxi looked sideways: "You like private visits in microservices so much?"

"Don't Khan Ama like it? If we don't submit, everyone will know who we are, and we will naturally show our best side. How can we see the truth?"

Kangxi nodded: "Then take it lightly."

Since it is a micro-service, it is not easy to bring too many people, and the guards are easy to handle. In addition to the obvious, they can also hide in the dark.How did the son hide it?So Yinfeng made the decision and divided them into three groups. He and Kangxi took one group, and Yinzhi and Yinzhen each took a group. They played their own games and met at the designated place at noon.

The next day, the three groups of people acted separately.Without Kangxi watching, the other elder brothers were happy and at ease, but Yinzhen was not very happy.Why should the starling and tenth brother follow the third brother, but he should follow the stinky fourth brother?All the way awkward, yelling that it's unfair, I want to change to the third brother's group.Yinzhen will not spoil him, no matter how much he howls, there is only one sentence: "If you don't want to go, go back to the garden."

Yinzhen fell on his back in anger, what can he do?It is impossible to go back to the Humble Administrator's Garden, so I can only keep up with aggrieved.Then Yinzhen snorted contemptuously.

Here Yinfeng accompanied Kangxi around, and heard that Xiao Zhuzi came to report, and the three elder brothers and the fourth elder brothers all went to Jinhe Teahouse.Yinfeng was very puzzled: "What's so special about this Jinhe Tea House?"

"I heard that Jinhe Tea House has a play to watch today."

Yinfeng became even more curious: "A play? Did the teahouse invite an opera troupe? If you want to watch an opera, wouldn't it be better to go to an opera garden?"

Xiao Zhuzi shook his head: "It has nothing to do with the theater troupe. It was Miss Zhao, the current owner of Jinhe Tea House, who set up the scene and invited someone to argue."

"Miss Zhao? Debate?"

The accompanying Suzhou magistrate instantly understood, and stood up and said, "I know a little about the Zhao family's affairs. Then Miss Zhao said it with a bit of a temper."

Yinfeng looked sideways: "Oh? How do you say this?"

"It's a long story. Jinhe Tea House has been in Suzhou for some years. The former head of the restaurant was Zhao Liren, who had a deep relationship with Mrs. Zhao and his wife. They only had one daughter. At the age of 15, they married Zhang Yubo from the same city.

"The Zhao family opened a teahouse, and the Zhang family opened a restaurant. The business of the restaurant is much better than that of the teahouse. However, the Zhao family also has a textile workshop in addition to the teahouse. In this way, the overall industry is a head higher than that of the Zhang family, but the difference is not very big, barely. The family is right. The two families agree that if they have two sons, one surnamed Zhang and one surnamed Zhao, they will inherit the lintel of the two families."

Yinfeng nodded slightly. In his opinion, this approach is better than recruiting.After all, who would be willing to be recruited?It's better to marry normally, choose a good family, and pick a grandchild to change their surname when the time comes.If all goes well, it will be peace for the two families.But judging from the tone of the prefect of Suzhou, this matter may have changed.

"Ms. Zhao has been married for three years and has nothing to do. The Zhao family's heirs are difficult, and the Zhang family is not prosperous. The Zhang family is anxious, but they dare not directly mention concubines. Because in the past few years, the Zhao family has been prosperous, but the Zhang family is just the opposite. .

"In the second year after we got married, there was a problem with a batch of ingredients in Zhang's restaurant, which killed one person and made eight others seriously ill. The Yamen intervened in the investigation. Although the Zhang family made mistakes, it was not intentional. Several families were also willing to reconcile. So the Yamen did not arrest anyone, but the Zhang family paid a large sum of money for it.

"The Zhang family emptied the family property, and with the help of the Zhao family, the restaurant was saved. But after this incident, the people of Suzhou no longer trusted the Zhang family restaurant, and the business plummeted, so they could barely make ends meet. The gap between the two families instantly widened .The Zhang family still needs the support of the Zhao family. How dare they take a concubine to make the Zhao family unhappy?

"But the heirs are the most important thing. The Zhang family came forward and invited the Zhao family to discuss. The Zhao family finally let go and said that if Miss Zhao's stomach still hasn't moved after three years, Zhang Yubo will let Zhang Yubo carry his aunt. At that time, Zhang Yubo and Zhao The eldest girl is under [-] and still young, but only three years old, this request is not too much. The two elders of the Zhang family agreed.

"But no one knows that Zhang Yubo has already quietly raised the outer room at this time. When the outer room gave birth to a son, the incident finally came to light. The Zhao family was furious and came to ask for an explanation. When the Zhang family was in the most difficult time, the Zhao family did not dislike it. Helping hands now is not preventing Zhang Yubo from taking concubines for life, but just fighting for three years. What Zhang Yubo has done is really dishonest.

"The Zhang family was at a loss. They persisted for half a month against the anger of the Zhao family. Later, they had to send the outer room and the child away. The outer room did indeed leave, but the child was kept by the Zhang family and secretly raised by relatives. Of course, this matter was hidden from the Zhao family. Although the Zhao family didn't know about it, they felt sorry for the Zhang family and stopped helping them. Without the support of the Zhao family, the situation of the Zhang family was even more difficult.

"Last year, Zhao Liren and Mrs. Zhao wanted to go to Beijing to look for relatives. Maybe they were worried that they would bully Miss Zhao when they were not in Suzhou, so they simply took Miss Zhao with them. In the spring of this year, the family came back and brought back several Bai's spinning machines. Yarn machines and shuttle looms, a big move to rectify the textile workshops, and also helped other textile merchants in the south of the Yangtze River, so that everyone can use the new machines.

"Not only that, but Zhao Liren and Mrs. Zhao also established a chamber of commerce following the example of the capital. The Zhao family has become the leader in Suzhou's textile industry in one fell swoop, and its scenery is boundless. Compared with the Zhang family, it is a world of difference."

Yinfeng was slightly stunned, but he didn't expect that there was also the textile machine he pushed.

The prefect of Suzhou continued: "Zhang Yubo couldn't bear this gap, especially after learning that Miss Zhao wanted to reconcile and divorce, he became even more annoyed. Although the Zhao family is not helping the Zhang family now, they have not suppressed it. And regardless of whether the two families No matter what happens, as long as the in-law relationship is still there, and the momentum and name of the Zhao family are supported, the Zhang family can always get some convenience.

"If it's reconciliation, the two will be irrelevant from now on. Not only will the Zhang family lose this convenience, but they may also suffer revenge from the Zhao family. Today's Zhao family is different from before. In the past, the Zhao family and the Zhang family were no match. Let alone now?

"The more Zhang Yubo thought about it, the more he became unwilling. He just kept on doing nothing. On the surface, he pretended to be a prodigal son and turned his back on him, trying to flatter the Zhao family. But secretly, he found someone to prepare the medicine to make animals go crazy. Mrs. Zhao believes in Buddhism, although she is not a first-year junior high school student. I will go to the temple to offer incense on the fifteenth day, but I will go every year on the third birthday of Guanyin Bodhisattva. Zhao Liren will also accompany him.

"On the [-]th of last month, Guanyin Bodhisattva's renunciation day. The husband and wife went there. Zhang Yubo took the opportunity to put medicine on their carriage, causing the horse to go crazy, run amok, roll down the hillside, and the carriage was destroyed and killed.

"Zhang Yubo thought that Mrs. Zhao's husband and wife were dead, Miss Zhao lost her support, and would never talk about reconciliation, and the property of the Zhao family would naturally be taken under the banner of the Zhang family. It's a pity that he miscalculated Miss Zhao's character. Mrs. Zhao If you don’t believe it’s a coincidence, you suspect that you have fallen in love with him, and you secretly searched Zhang’s house, found evidence of the crime, and sued him to the government in one fell swoop.”

Yin Reng opened his eyes wide.The magistrate of Suzhou sighed: "Wei Chen was also very surprised at the time, after all, it is rare in this world for a wife to sue her husband. After receiving the case, I naturally have to investigate carefully. Although Zhang Yubo has a vicious heart, he is not a tough guy. After finding evidence, After he was arrested, he was afraid, and within a day, he told the truth and confessed to his crime.

"Such villains will be dealt with according to the law. Ms. Zhao knelt down in the courtroom and begged my servant to sentence her to Zhang Yubo and let her return to the Zhao family. She failed to fulfill her parents' filial piety during her lifetime, so how could she be with her enemies after death?" Coexistence? Seeing that she has made up her mind, and even faintly reveals the idea that she would rather die if she is not righteous, she agrees."

The magistrate of Suzhou looked up, and seeing the approval in Yinfeng's expression, he knew that he was right.

Kangxi asked again: "Then why did Miss Zhao come up with such arguments today?"

The prefect of Suzhou bowed and replied: "After Weichen sentenced Yijue, Miss Zhao returned to the Zhao family. The elders of the Zhang family once came to the door to confess their mistakes and apologize, and wanted Miss Zhao to let Zhang Yubo go. Not only did Miss Zhao not agree, but instead treated her as a victim. The identities of the family members demanded severe punishment, and even suggested murder for death."

"Killing for life?" Yinfeng sneered, "Isn't this common sense? People like Zhang Yubo should be executed according to the law."

"The crown prince is right. It's just that there are human feelings outside the law. Miss Zhao cannot control Zhang Yubo's murder. But she is the only blood of the Zhao family. If she is willing to forgive, this will be considered in the judgment. Pardon It's impossible for Zhang Yubo, but the punishment is slightly lighter, and it is possible to save his life."

Having said that, Yinfeng has already guessed what is going on in today's debate, and the sarcasm on his face is two points more serious, "So they said that Miss Zhao is vicious?"

"Yes. After all, it is the wife suing her husband, and she demands severe punishment and the death penalty. The Zhang family had several quarrels, and each time there were many people watching. Miss Zhao was resolute and unmoved at all. The people who watched the excitement felt that Ms. Zhao is too cruel and cold-hearted. There are also some literati who criticize Ms. Zhao for insisting on killing her husband.

"Husband and wife guideline?" Yinreng rolled his eyes and said to Kangxi, "Khan Ama, let's go to Jinhe Tea House too. My son wants to see what disgusting things they can spit out of their mouths!"

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Jinhe Teahouse.

When Yinrong arrived, his younger brothers were all there, and even occupied the largest box.After everyone saluted and sat down, Kangxi asked, "How is the situation now?"

Yinzhi came forward and replied: "Miss Zhao hasn't come out yet, but there are many people here, and they have been discussing for a while."

Yinreng listened to the voice downstairs and said that the discussion was not accurate and criticism was more appropriate.

"Miss Zhao, why do you still have the face to come out and argue? They say that she married her husband, she is a woman, and she killed her husband. Who would dare to marry such a daughter-in-law? If it is rumored that she is from our Suzhou, Do our daughters in Suzhou want to marry?"

"One night husband and wife, one hundred days of kindness, Miss Zhao is too cruel."

"A woman should be virtuous and magnanimous. She used to be jealous, she has nothing to do, and Zhang Yubo is not allowed to find someone else to live with. This is to kill the Zhang family's queen."

"The second elder of the Zhang family has been her in-laws for five years. Seeing her in-laws knelt down to her and cried and begged her, she was indifferent. How can there be such a cruel woman in the world."

"Looking at Miss Zhao, I don't even dare to marry a wife."

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In the wing room, everyone frowned, and Yinzhen was very surprised: "Are they mentally ill? Although it is right to marry and follow the husband. But Zhang Yubo killed Miss Zhao's parents! Such a vicious person, if he is cruel, he shouldn't be Zhang Yubo?"

I am confused.Yinhu opened his mouth: "I'm afraid there is something wrong with this matter."

Yinfeng nodded, not only was something wrong, it was simply too wrong.

Although there are all kinds of strange things in the world, especially in this era, there are many people who think that the husband is the guide for the wife and that a woman must obey her husband when she gets married. In their eyes, maybe the husband can hurt his wife no matter how much, but the wife is a little sorry for her husband. It won't work.But there are still honest and reasonable people.

Even Yinzhen and Yinrong, who are still young, know that Zhang Yubo is vicious, but the following comments are one-sided, all accusing Miss Zhao, and no one blames Zhang Yubo.Zhang Yubo seemed to disappear in the words of these people.

Yinreng looked at the prefect of Suzhou: "Is the situation outside the same?"

"Almost. This matter is indeed a bit strange. Outsiders may not know the details of this case, but Zhang Yubo's murder is convincing, and everyone knows this. Many people also know about the unhappiness between Zhang and Zhao's family because of their outcry.

"After the trial of the case, there were people who spoke out for Ms. Zhao at first, but later, there were more and more voices condemning Ms. Zhao, and these voices all avoided the seriousness of Zhang Yubo's murder, or simply avoided mentioning it."

In such a situation, there is nothing to understand.

Kangxi frowned: "The Zhao family has a grudge against others?"

The prefect of Suzhou shook his head: "Zhao Liren and his wife are kind to others, if there is any grudge, probably only the Zhang family."

Yinfeng thought for a while: "The Zhang family's business is difficult. It was already stretched, and the situation is not good. Now that Zhang Yubo's murder has been exposed, he is even more overwhelmed. No matter how you look at it, the current momentum is only managed by the Zhang family. No. The magistrate said before that the Zhao family is doing well in the textile business and has become the leader in the textile industry in Suzhou?"

The prefect of Suzhou nodded: "Yes! Zhao Liren led the establishment of the Jiangnan Textile Chamber of Commerce and served as the first president. He has a good relationship with the Jingshi Textile Chamber of Commerce. Most of the cooperation between the Jiangnan Textile Merchant and the Jingshi was facilitated by him. The Chamber of Commerce united Later, according to the rules of the capital, he set up a Women's Rescue Society, which was run by his wife and Miss Zhao."

Yinfeng paused: "Ms. Zhao is able to manage the relief society with her mother. I think she has some talents."

"Yes. I heard that after returning from the capital, Zhao Liren participated in many textile initiatives."

Yinfeng narrowed his eyes: "Before the Zhao family came out, who was the biggest in the textile industry here?"

Cao Yin, who is a close friend of the emperor, former Luan Yiwei, and current Suzhou weaving company, knows better about this question. He came forward and answered, "It's the Liu family. The old lady of the Liu family used to be the nurse of the wife. The wife is very important. After the Zhao family got up, Liu The family also dragged their wife's relationship to find Weichen, and wanted to follow the way of Weichen.

"The Zhao family was able to take off in such a short period of time, thanks to the support of the Jingshi Textile Chamber of Commerce. The Liu family said that Zhao Liren is an earbud and listens to his wife's daughter's advice. The Textile Chamber is in his hands. , It is not good for the development of the industry. They wanted Weichen to help contact the Jingshi Chamber of Commerce and take back the top position in the textile industry from the Zhao family, but Weichen refused."

Cao Yin paused: "The prince suspects the Liu family?"

Yinfeng said nothing.

Cao Yin said again: "I will go and investigate now."

Yinfeng shook his head: "I'm afraid the Liu family is not the only one involved in this matter. Let's take a look, don't be in a hurry."

Cao Yin could only respond.

The discussion downstairs became louder, and the attack on Ms. Zhao became more intense. The words used were no longer pure condemnation, but also a little insulting.Some people even speculated that Miss Zhao was just jealous, she couldn't have children by herself, so she wanted the Zhang family to have no descendants.

The Zhang family was unwilling, so she used her natal family's power to suppress her.Seeing that Zhang Yubo didn't follow her, and wanted to reconcile but didn't want to bear a bad reputation, he blamed Zhang Yubo for the accidental death of his parents.

In the backstage of the tea house, Zhao Qingyun's body trembled uncontrollably after listening to these words, she was angry and angry, and even more aggrieved, her tears fell uncontrollably.

Xiaoman gently held her hand: "Don't be afraid."

The temperature from the palm made Zhao Qingyun feel a little warm, and she tried to pull out a smile: "I understand that the more they are like this, the less I can be influenced by them. But I...I can't help it."

"I know. When Sister Bai was wronged and involved in the life lawsuit, there were a lot of gossip. They didn't understand the truth at all, but they seemed to have seen it with their own eyes at the scene of the murder. Some people also said that Sister Bai was How do you think, as if you have the ability to see through Sister Bai's heart.

"Sister Bai has also experienced what you have experienced, so she feels the same. So she let me come after receiving your letter. In fact, if she is not dealing with the matter of wool knitting going to sea with the princess, it is inseparable. body, you have to come in person.”

Zhao Qingyun clenched her lower lip: "I know Miss Bai has helped me a lot, and you have helped me a lot. I am very grateful to you. If it weren't for you this time, I don't know what to do, let alone how to survive. "

Xiaoman smiled: "We just gave you a choice. The one who really makes the decision is yourself, and the one who helps you is also yourself."

Xiaoman turned his head to look at the other side of the screen, where the original storyteller's seat was, but now it was reserved for Zhao Qingyun.

She strengthened her hand by two points: "Miss Zhao, Sister Bai asked me to tell you that you can choose to give up without blaming yourself. It's not your fault. But if you choose to face difficulties, you know that you have to face What? Today's battle is not easy."

Zhao Qingyun took a deep breath: "I know. I understand that it might be easier to give up, but I don't want to. Zhang Yubo killed my parents, why should I be spurned by thousands of people? It is the Zhang family who is sorry for me, not I am sorry for the Zhang family."

Speaking of Zhang Yubo, Zhao Qingyun gritted her teeth.

In fact, she didn't like Zhang Yubo much at first, but her parents told her that girls would marry after all, and the Zhao family also needed an heir.The conditions of the Zhang family were good, and Zhang Yubo was willing to play a small role on her and try to please her.The most important thing is that Zhang Yubo promised not to accept two colors, and he was willing to pick one of their sons named Zhao, and record it in the Zhao family tree.

Their marriage was thus settled, and she and Zhang Yubo also had a harmonious relationship when they first got married, and she could feel that Zhang Yubo really liked her at that time.But this man's love came and went quickly.It didn't take long for his kindness to her to be less sincere, and it was a bit perfunctory.

She complained to her parents.Parents said that no couple will always be passionate and affectionate, and it will always slowly turn into plain, and only the thin water can last long.She accepts this statement.But as she was not pregnant with a child, Zhang Yubo's attitude became more and more cold, until later she raised a concubine.

At that time, Zhao Qingyun thought about reconciling.But parents have many concerns.The life of Heli's woman is difficult, and she will be said by outsiders.They couldn't bear her to suffer like this.But after this incident, she often went back to her natal home, and her parents loved her so much that they didn't drive her away.The Zhang family was at a loss and did not forcefully stop it.

She thought she would spend the rest of her days in such a pool of stagnant water.Until her parents saw that she was depressed, they discussed with the Zhang family in the name of visiting relatives and took her to the capital.

In the capital, she met Bai Shaoqin and saw a different world.Only then did she realize that the destination of a woman is not necessarily to marry.Look, Bai Shaoqin is determined not to marry for life, and she is also living a good life.

She discovered that not only men can inherit the Zhao family business, she can also take over the lintel.

Isn't that the case with Bai Shaoqin?She didn't take the way that the world thinks women should go, she opened up a new way.Not only was she appreciated by the princess, but she also had an inseparable relationship with Prince Hejun Fujin.And none of them looked down on her, let alone despise her.

At that time, she was shocked.During the more than two months in the capital, she fell in love with Bai Shaoqin. She went to see Bai Shaoqin almost every day and listened to Bai Shaoqin's stories.She loves those stories.

So after returning from the capital, she began to change, and tried hard to make her parents change.She knew that her parents loved her, and all the things in the past were just due to worldly concerns.But Bai Shaoqin made her see hope, and also made them waver.Bai Shaoqin walked among the nobles, and the attitude of the nobles towards her showed that the nobles' thinking was not what they thought.

Since the nobleman can accept it, is it possible for other people in the world to accept it too?Although it seems difficult, if possible, they also hope that their daughter can live a better and more comfortable life.

With Zhao Qingyun's efforts, Zhao Liren began to accept her opinion, slowly let her intervene in the Zhao family's business, and even followed her suggestion, agreeing to leave her with the Zhang family.

Zhao Qingyun thought that everything was slowly getting better, but she never expected that at this moment, Zhang Yubo killed her parents.

Zhao Qingyun once felt that it was her fault.If she hadn't changed, if she hadn't tried to make her parents change, wouldn't Zhang Yubo not have done it?Wouldn't her parents die?

When she was most helpless and confused, all she could think of was to ask Bai Shaoqin for help.Soon she received a reply from Bai Shaoqin.Bai Shaoqin said that she was not wrong, and Xiaoman also said that she was not wrong. The person who was wrong was Zhang Yubo, this beast with a human face and a heart of a beast.

Zhao Qingyun turned her head and looked at the person in front of her who strongly condemned her through the screen. She took a deep breath and slowly clenched her fists: "Miss Xiaoman, I know what I'm doing. I won't give up, and I won't regret it."

She raised her hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and resolutely stepped onto the storytelling table.