The Lady's Code for Raising Her Husband

"Why, has General Manlianda's wife been reduced to a traveling doctor, traveling thousands of miles to treat a merchant?" Zhou Hongjie said with great disdain.

"Dou Zhichu is not an ordinary businessman. He is the richest man in Jiangnan. His family is extremely wealthy. His eldest daughter is married to the Xie family in Jiangnan, and is the mother of Xie Ziyan, the second daughter of the Xie family." Jiang Jie said.

"So what?" Zhou Hongjie was still very disdainful, "The Xie family has long been in decline, otherwise it would be impossible to marry the daughter of a merchant as his official wife."

In the Xi Dynasty, merchants were the most humble, and even the richest man was still looked down upon.

The prince clasped his hands behind his back, paced back and forth in front of the desk, and asked, "Is Chunxiao going to Jiangnan just to treat Dou Zhichu?"

Hua Zixu pondered: "I don't think it's that simple."

Liang Guodong sarcastically said: "Everyone thinks it's not that simple, but in fact, Dou Zhichu is just an ordinary merchant. I don't see anything special about him."

Zhou Hongjie knew that Liang Guodong was jealous that he found Hua Zixu and quickly became a celebrity in front of the emperor. However, his words were indeed irrefutable because he also sent someone to investigate Dou Zhichu and found nothing special about him.

The prince pondered for a while and asked Hua Zixu: "Did you just say that Dou Zhichu is the grandfather of the second young lady of the Xie family?"

"Exactly." Hua Zixu said.

"Then you immediately ask the second lady of the Xie family to rush to her grandfather's house. You must be ahead of King Yingchuan and his party, and find another opportunity to cause trouble and see their reaction." The prince said.

Hua Zixu nodded in agreement and immediately went back to find Xie Ziyan.

What he didn't expect was that Xie Ziyan, who had always tried to please him, was actually unwilling to go this time.

Hua Zixu frowned slightly: "Why, don't you want to live with me?"

Xie Ziyan said: "Ever since I committed those things, my parents have ignored me. Over the years, if my grandfather hadn't often given me money to support me, I would have died a long time ago."

"Are you because of his previous kindness to you, or are you thinking about the little money after his death?" Hua Zixu saw through Xie Ziyan's thoughts at a glance and said with a mocking smile.

Xie Ziyan was a little embarrassed when she was poked at her thoughts: "Aren't you short of money? When I get the money, you won't be able to take advantage of it."

Hua Zixu felt that she was looking down on him, and his face became a little ugly: "With the emperor's favor for me now, do you think I am short of money?"

"Come on, if others don't know, how can I know? When it comes to practicing medicine, you and Ye Yuxiao are on the same side, and you will always spend more than you earn." Xie Ziyan said, "Besides, even if I have you to help the emperor, He won't live for a few more years, no matter how much he favors you, he can't empty out the treasury for you, right?"

Hua Zixu remained silent.

Xie Ziyan knew that she was right, and quickly continued: "Don't struggle with money. Once you see Ye Yuxiao's things, you will know how poor you are. When the time comes when you are short of money, you will probably have to rely on my grandfather to lend a helping hand." Woolen cloth."

Hua Zixu immediately looked at her: "What are Ye Yuxiao's things?"

Xie Ziyan said with a bit of pride: "You came to Xichao for too short a time, and you defeated Mingche and Huairen as soon as you came. You didn't have the chance to see Ye Yuxiao's weird medical equipment, and you didn't have the chance to see her weird things. Weird medicine. Did you know that her syringe was made of a single piece of crystal? And the scalpel she used was made of steel that Xi Chao could not refine much throughout the year. Do you know how much steel can be produced? Baby, even the emperor’s imperial guards can’t make weapons out of steel, but she can find ways to make scalpels, which shows how much money her medical clinic is burning.”

Hua Zixu sat down slowly: "I shouldn't have let Huairen and Mingche close their doors so early."

"That's the prince's intention. You can't help it if you don't want to." Xie Ziyan said, "But it doesn't matter. You can just take this opportunity to snatch Huairen and Mingche over, and close the door by yourself to study slowly. Wouldn't it be beautiful?"

Hua Zixu smiled: "You have been following me for so long, and this is the first time you have said something pleasant."

Seeing that he was happy, Xie Ziyan was also happy: "Then you sit and think of a solution, and I'll have someone go to the kitchen to make you something to eat."

Hua Zixu glanced at her: "Don't think that if you change the subject, I won't let you go to Jiangnan. If the prince fails to succeed, we will all be unlucky. You can weigh it yourself. Which is more important, your grandfather or your own life?" important."

After Hua Zixu finished speaking, he stood up and went out.

Xie Ziyan stood there and hesitated for a long time, but she still asked the maid to pack her luggage and went to Jiangnan alone.

-------------------Ye Yuxiao and his party successfully arrived in Jiangnan and entered Suzhou. Although the Dou family is the richest man in Jiangnan, Dou Zhichu lives in an old house in the countryside.

So Ye Yuxiao and the others continued on their way, and finally arrived at the Dou family's old house one afternoon.

The old residence of the Dou family is composed of several independent courtyards, which are magnificent and luxuriously decorated. Such a house, let alone in the countryside, would be one of the best even if it were moved to the capital.

Ouyang Sheng got off the carriage, looked at the high courtyard wall of the Dou family's old house, and said, "I seem to understand a little bit about what is special about the Dou family. Look at their house, there are so many places that are beyond the pale, but the government actually I haven’t caused any trouble to them so far.”

In the Xi Dynasty, according to the rules, merchants were not allowed to build such large houses. There were also strict restrictions on the decoration of the houses. Once exceeded, they would be fined in mild cases and jailed in severe cases.

Ye Yuxiao was a little disapproving: "I have a lot of money, so I might have managed the government well by now."

"Maybe." Ouyang Sheng did not argue with her.

Ye Yuxiao stood on tiptoe and looked forward, a little strange: "Didn't we have someone come and hand over the post in advance? How come it's been so long since I got off the bus and no one came out to pick me up?"

Even if the Dou family doesn't go out to welcome him in person, they should send a few servants to lead the way, right?

Ouyang Sheng also felt strange, and was about to send someone to ask, when Chunxiao pointed towards the door of Dou's house: "Prince, Princess, look, is that person Xie Ziyan?"

Ye Yuxiao looked up and saw that it was really her.

Ouyang Sheng smiled softly: "What a coincidence. When we came to Dou's house, she came to visit my grandfather."

"That's good. We came to treat her grandfather, and she should thank us." Ye Yuxiao said, taking the lead to walk towards the door of Dou's house.

Xie Ziyan stood in front of the door, holding a handkerchief and slowly wiping her red nails.

As soon as Ye Yuxiao walked up to her, she raised her eyebrows: "Hey, isn't this Princess Yingchuan? Do you have amnesia? You even went to the wrong door?"

Ye Yuxiao smiled contemptuously: "I don't want to quarrel with you, do you know why?"

"Because you are no match for me." Xie Ziyan snorted.