CH 35
The reason the Cheng County King would go against the Commander was to please Liu Ningxue.
Liu Zhaoqu was the owner of the Alum House. He was wealthy. And with his daughter having a hobby in herbal blending, he would naturally support her. But unfortunately, the quality of herbs bought with silver was not outstanding. The Liu family was not a relative of Royalty. Even if they were rich, they could not recast the herbal furnace. In order to fully stimulate the smell of the herbs, they could only stumble on the idea of obtaining the Xuande Furnace.
Previously, Zhou Qing had said that the Xuande Furnace had been sent to the Xie Manor. Xie Chong was the Commander, and Liu Zhaoqu was just a merchant. How could he dare go up against him? But the Cheng County King was different. He was a relative of the Emperor. In terms of status, he was much stronger than the Jin Yi Guards, who were third in rank. If he made a move, the Xuande Furnace would be at his fingertips.
Brooding such thoughts in her heart, Liu Ningxue seemingly unintentionally – in front of the Cheng County King – mentioned the Xuande Furnace. Jing Zhaoqi loved this bright, moon-like woman. In order to please her, he was willing to do anything. The usually clean person, in order to find out Xie Chong’s shortcomings, deliberately hurried to the Natural Harmony Pavilion and threatened him about the matter of Yun Ru’s hanging to gain the Xuande Furnace.
However, the next day in the morning court, not waiting for Jing Zhaoqi to speak, Imperial Censor Liu of the Imperial Inspection Court directly read from one of his books. His words were as sharp as a knife, and the person who was cut with those words was covered in wounds, blood dripping.
It turned out that there was an old housekeeper in the Cheng County King’s house who was very loyal to the master. But after he left the County King’s estate, the person had become particularly domineering. He oppressed a whole family in the countryside, and the other day, he even ruined a girl’s innocence, causing the person to jump to her death.
The girl’s family went to the government. Seeing the situation was not good, the old housekeeper knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Jing Zhaoqi, crying, which made the soft-hearted County King to grow tolerant. He directly instructed a few words to the officials of the Ministry of Punishment, and the complaint was suppressed. One did not know what year or month it would take before it could be checked again.
To put it mildly, a slave was bullying others. But to put it more seriously, Jing Zhaoqi ignored human life. The Imperial Censor was born with iron teeth and was fluent with his words. Imperial Censor Liu was well-known in the Imperial Inspection Court. It didn’t matter if the paper was handed over. In front of the civil and military officials, the Cheng County King was turned worthless, like a beast with a black heart.
The Emperor originally admired Jing Zhaoqi as a nephew very much, and he could also see that the Imperial Censor was deliberately making trouble for him. But even so, his short-sighted behavior of helping his people still made the Emperor incomparably disappointed. The Emperor ordered the County King to face the wall for three months until the meditation had passed.
Of all the high-ranking families in the capital, which one did not have any secrets? Everything was exposed in front of the Jin Yi Guards. Therefore, if it was not an enmity for blood, no one would be willing to offend the Zhenfu Division. And Jing Zhaoqi rushed to make trouble for Xie Chong for a woman. The matter revealed a bit of wind, which made people greatly despise them and could only think that the Cheng County King was really confused and useless.
Being punished by the Emperor, Jing Zhaoqi gnashed his teeth with hatred and wanted to rush to the Xie Manor to find Xie Chong and have a talk. Fortunately, he still retained a trace of reason, suppressed the anger in his heart, directly returned to his house, and did not continue to cause trouble.
When the Liu family’s father and daughter learned that the County King was grounded, they were scared to death. They feared that the Jin Yi Guards would follow the vine to their heads. Being terrified of the event, both father and daughter ate and slept badly. Within a few days, their whole person seemed to have taken off and become as thin as a bone.
Fortunately, Xie Chong did not put such merchants as the Liu family in his eyes. After half a month, Liu Ningxue finally let go of her hanging heart and returned to the herbal pavilion to continue blending herbs. Although she was not implicated, her insides did not feel good, as if they were filled with concentrated wine, her heart and lungs were burning.
While grinding herbs, Liu Ningxue raised her eyes and stared dead at the Zhou family’s herbal store across the street.
If it wasn’t for that woman, Zhou Qing, who hitched a ride with the Commander, the Xuande Furnace wouldn’t have fallen into the hands of others and caused Cheng County King to be censured by His Majesty. Even if he didn’t blame her and sent a letter to the Liu family to console her and her father, this feeling of powerlessness made Liu Ningxue feel stifled to the core, and her thirst for power grew stronger and stronger.
Zhou Qing was not aware of Liu Ningxue’s thoughts. After she left the Xie Manor that day, she went back to the herbal store to pack up her things, then took a carriage to rush back to the Luo family.
As soon as she stepped over the threshold, Zhou Qing heard the woman’s sharp cry, “I want to be with Yongye. Even if he takes a wife and can only be a concubine, I still want to enter the mansion of the Marquis of Changxia!”
Zhou Qing’s eyelashes lowered, leaving a dark shadow on her fair skin. The corner of her mouth hooked up into a cold smile, secretly being sarcastic in her heart: Her Little Aunt has long been squinted by the rich and powerful families, squeezing her head to live a good life in gold and silver, but she doesn’t know how serious the strife in the back house was. If a ruthless woman like Hua Shi got the news, she would definitely leave her half dead.
Raising her hands and knocking on the door lightly, the mother and daughter of the Luo family were stunned for a moment. When they saw the woman’s face clearly, Mother Luo’s eyes were filled with joy. Her gaze fell on her belly and never moved away. Luo Xinyue’s face was twisted on the other hand, staring at Zhou Qing with resentment as if the two were not relatives but sworn enemies.
Pretending not to see her hideous look, Zhou Qing walked to the side of Mother Luo. It was rare for both mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to coexist peacefully. Mother Luo asked her with concern, and Zhou Qing softly replied; her real thoughts were well-hidden, not a hint was leaked.
Turning her head to look at her daughter, who was in a mess, Mother Luo sighed and said, “Qing’er, please persuade Xinyue. She has ideas of becoming a concubine of the Young Master of the Marquis of Changxia.”
Zhou Qing didn’t know how many words of persuasion she had said in her last life, but when she met Luo Xinyue’s red eyes, she pretended to be worried and said in a dumb voice, “Xinyue, I also know that the Young Master of the Wu family is not a good match. His wife is known to be a tough woman in the capital who will beat or scold her subordinates at the slightest disobedience. If you become a concubine, you can’t stand such suffering.”
During this period, Luo Xinyue had been living in the mansion on West Street. If Luo Yu had not forcefully gotten her back, she would still be living a life of luxury. How could she be as tortured as now? A concubine suffering? How could a concubine suffer?
Luckily, she reacted quickly, and before her Elder Brother poured saffron into her, she shouted at the top of her voice, saying that she was too weak to abort it and that if the child in her belly was lost, she would never be able to be a mother again in her life.
Although Luo Yu was born with a cold and hard heart, he was very pragmatic and knew the consequences of losing a baby. He hesitated for a moment before pouring the opaque medicinal soup, apparently ready to let Luo Xinyue keep the baby so as not to damage the root and affect the future.
Liu Zhaoqu was the owner of the Alum House. He was wealthy. And with his daughter having a hobby in herbal blending, he would naturally support her. But unfortunately, the quality of herbs bought with silver was not outstanding. The Liu family was not a relative of Royalty. Even if they were rich, they could not recast the herbal furnace. In order to fully stimulate the smell of the herbs, they could only stumble on the idea of obtaining the Xuande Furnace.
Previously, Zhou Qing had said that the Xuande Furnace had been sent to the Xie Manor. Xie Chong was the Commander, and Liu Zhaoqu was just a merchant. How could he dare go up against him? But the Cheng County King was different. He was a relative of the Emperor. In terms of status, he was much stronger than the Jin Yi Guards, who were third in rank. If he made a move, the Xuande Furnace would be at his fingertips.
Brooding such thoughts in her heart, Liu Ningxue seemingly unintentionally – in front of the Cheng County King – mentioned the Xuande Furnace. Jing Zhaoqi loved this bright, moon-like woman. In order to please her, he was willing to do anything. The usually clean person, in order to find out Xie Chong’s shortcomings, deliberately hurried to the Natural Harmony Pavilion and threatened him about the matter of Yun Ru’s hanging to gain the Xuande Furnace.
However, the next day in the morning court, not waiting for Jing Zhaoqi to speak, Imperial Censor Liu of the Imperial Inspection Court directly read from one of his books. His words were as sharp as a knife, and the person who was cut with those words was covered in wounds, blood dripping.
It turned out that there was an old housekeeper in the Cheng County King’s house who was very loyal to the master. But after he left the County King’s estate, the person had become particularly domineering. He oppressed a whole family in the countryside, and the other day, he even ruined a girl’s innocence, causing the person to jump to her death.
The girl’s family went to the government. Seeing the situation was not good, the old housekeeper knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Jing Zhaoqi, crying, which made the soft-hearted County King to grow tolerant. He directly instructed a few words to the officials of the Ministry of Punishment, and the complaint was suppressed. One did not know what year or month it would take before it could be checked again.
To put it mildly, a slave was bullying others. But to put it more seriously, Jing Zhaoqi ignored human life. The Imperial Censor was born with iron teeth and was fluent with his words. Imperial Censor Liu was well-known in the Imperial Inspection Court. It didn’t matter if the paper was handed over. In front of the civil and military officials, the Cheng County King was turned worthless, like a beast with a black heart.
The Emperor originally admired Jing Zhaoqi as a nephew very much, and he could also see that the Imperial Censor was deliberately making trouble for him. But even so, his short-sighted behavior of helping his people still made the Emperor incomparably disappointed. The Emperor ordered the County King to face the wall for three months until the meditation had passed.
Of all the high-ranking families in the capital, which one did not have any secrets? Everything was exposed in front of the Jin Yi Guards. Therefore, if it was not an enmity for blood, no one would be willing to offend the Zhenfu Division. And Jing Zhaoqi rushed to make trouble for Xie Chong for a woman. The matter revealed a bit of wind, which made people greatly despise them and could only think that the Cheng County King was really confused and useless.
Being punished by the Emperor, Jing Zhaoqi gnashed his teeth with hatred and wanted to rush to the Xie Manor to find Xie Chong and have a talk. Fortunately, he still retained a trace of reason, suppressed the anger in his heart, directly returned to his house, and did not continue to cause trouble.
When the Liu family’s father and daughter learned that the County King was grounded, they were scared to death. They feared that the Jin Yi Guards would follow the vine to their heads. Being terrified of the event, both father and daughter ate and slept badly. Within a few days, their whole person seemed to have taken off and become as thin as a bone.
Fortunately, Xie Chong did not put such merchants as the Liu family in his eyes. After half a month, Liu Ningxue finally let go of her hanging heart and returned to the herbal pavilion to continue blending herbs. Although she was not implicated, her insides did not feel good, as if they were filled with concentrated wine, her heart and lungs were burning.
While grinding herbs, Liu Ningxue raised her eyes and stared dead at the Zhou family’s herbal store across the street.
If it wasn’t for that woman, Zhou Qing, who hitched a ride with the Commander, the Xuande Furnace wouldn’t have fallen into the hands of others and caused Cheng County King to be censured by His Majesty. Even if he didn’t blame her and sent a letter to the Liu family to console her and her father, this feeling of powerlessness made Liu Ningxue feel stifled to the core, and her thirst for power grew stronger and stronger.
Zhou Qing was not aware of Liu Ningxue’s thoughts. After she left the Xie Manor that day, she went back to the herbal store to pack up her things, then took a carriage to rush back to the Luo family.
As soon as she stepped over the threshold, Zhou Qing heard the woman’s sharp cry, “I want to be with Yongye. Even if he takes a wife and can only be a concubine, I still want to enter the mansion of the Marquis of Changxia!”
Zhou Qing’s eyelashes lowered, leaving a dark shadow on her fair skin. The corner of her mouth hooked up into a cold smile, secretly being sarcastic in her heart: Her Little Aunt has long been squinted by the rich and powerful families, squeezing her head to live a good life in gold and silver, but she doesn’t know how serious the strife in the back house was. If a ruthless woman like Hua Shi got the news, she would definitely leave her half dead.
Raising her hands and knocking on the door lightly, the mother and daughter of the Luo family were stunned for a moment. When they saw the woman’s face clearly, Mother Luo’s eyes were filled with joy. Her gaze fell on her belly and never moved away. Luo Xinyue’s face was twisted on the other hand, staring at Zhou Qing with resentment as if the two were not relatives but sworn enemies.
Pretending not to see her hideous look, Zhou Qing walked to the side of Mother Luo. It was rare for both mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to coexist peacefully. Mother Luo asked her with concern, and Zhou Qing softly replied; her real thoughts were well-hidden, not a hint was leaked.
Turning her head to look at her daughter, who was in a mess, Mother Luo sighed and said, “Qing’er, please persuade Xinyue. She has ideas of becoming a concubine of the Young Master of the Marquis of Changxia.”
Zhou Qing didn’t know how many words of persuasion she had said in her last life, but when she met Luo Xinyue’s red eyes, she pretended to be worried and said in a dumb voice, “Xinyue, I also know that the Young Master of the Wu family is not a good match. His wife is known to be a tough woman in the capital who will beat or scold her subordinates at the slightest disobedience. If you become a concubine, you can’t stand such suffering.”
During this period, Luo Xinyue had been living in the mansion on West Street. If Luo Yu had not forcefully gotten her back, she would still be living a life of luxury. How could she be as tortured as now? A concubine suffering? How could a concubine suffer?
Luckily, she reacted quickly, and before her Elder Brother poured saffron into her, she shouted at the top of her voice, saying that she was too weak to abort it and that if the child in her belly was lost, she would never be able to be a mother again in her life.
Although Luo Yu was born with a cold and hard heart, he was very pragmatic and knew the consequences of losing a baby. He hesitated for a moment before pouring the opaque medicinal soup, apparently ready to let Luo Xinyue keep the baby so as not to damage the root and affect the future.
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