On this day, Chu Yue was teaching Chu Wenzhu how to keep a ledger using a simple method she had figured out by herself, when the concierge came to report.
"Princess, Princess Wushuang is here and is outside the mansion."
Chu Yue stood up.
"Call her in quickly."
"yes."
The boy responded and ran out quickly.
Chu Wenzhu put away the account book in his hand.
"Since my sister still has something to do, I will go back first."
Chu Yue smiled and touched her head, "It's okay, Xiaozhu is my only sister, and there will definitely be a lot of them in the capital in the future. There is nothing wrong with getting familiar with the people here. Sister is too busy and ignores you many times. In the future, sister will try to spend more time with you."
Although Chu Wenzhu is less than ten years old, she has been doing business on her own for the past two years and has some experience. She is not the kind of timid little girl.
She looked at Chu Yue holding her hand, her eyes slightly red.
"Xiaozhu doesn't feel that my sister has given me little company. On the contrary, Xiaozhu has learned a lot from her. Xiaozhu is very satisfied with the life he has today."
Chu Yue smiled.
"Okay, let's accompany my sister to meet the guests."
"good."
When the two came to the front hall hand in hand, Gu Wushuang had just sat down.
"I've kept Princess Wushuang waiting for a long time."
Gu Wushuang stood up with a smile and exchanged blessing salutes with Chu Yue.
"I just sat down, and I haven't waited for a long time." He turned to look at the delicate and beautiful girl behind Chu Yue, "Who is this?"
Chu Yue pulled Chu Wenzhu to her side and introduced to Gu Wushuang, "This is my sister, Chu Wenzhu, Xiaozhu, saluting Princess Wushuang."
After hearing this, Chu Wenzhu quickly saluted.
"Xiao Zhu has met Princess Wushuang."
Gu Wushuang stretched out his hand to help her up, then looked at the two of them and said, "As expected of sisters, Sister Xiaozhu looks like a beauty at first glance."
Chu Yue smiled.
"Little girls are shy easily. Princess Wushuang should not praise her anymore." After saying that, he looked at Xiaozhu and said, "Go and play around. I'll talk to Princess Wushuang and then I'll be with you."
"good."
Chu Wenzhu responded and obediently stepped aside.
Seeing Chu Wenzhu go aside, Gu Wushuang hurriedly took Chu Yue's hand and whispered in her ear, "Have you heard about Sister He Yue? What happened to the Lin family and the Chen family back then was not because the Lin family's son had suppressed his wife. , but it was forged by the Chen family."
Chu Yue didn't look too surprised.
"Is the case over?"
Gu Wushuang was a little surprised.
"Sister He Yue is not surprised. Do you know that?"
Chu Yue smiled and said, "Didn't I hear you talk about it?"
Gu Wushuang understood and sat down again on the chair behind him, while Chu Yue sat on the chair on the other side.
Gu Wushuang picked up the tea cup next to him and took a sip.
"Speaking of it, the Chen family is really disgusting. Mr. Chen's official rank was not high at that time, and being able to climb up to the Lin family was considered to be a high-level climb. As a result, Miss Chen Yiliu of the Chen family actually found out that she was pregnant a few days after the engagement. In addition, she felt that she was pregnant. Some people refused to marry into the Lin family. In order not to lose the Lin family's favor and knowing that the Lin family was kind-hearted, the Chen family made up a story about Mr. Lin's subjugation of his wife, trying to continue to hold on to the Lin family and climb up the ladder."
Chu Yue's lips curved into a contemptuous smile.
"In the end, I crawled, and my fall was not light."
Gu Wushuang snorted and said angrily, "If you ask me, Mr. Lin should not have interceded for Chen Yiliu that day. He should have just let her be beaten to death with a stick."
Seeing that Gu Wushuang was a little too excited, Chu Yue frowned slightly.
Why did she come to the Lu Mansion to talk to him about the affairs of the Shangshu Mansion and the Chen family?
Could it be that Gu Wushuang is interested in Lin Haonan?
Thinking of this, she pursed her lips and smiled.
"What Wushuang said is that keeping such an impure and self-loving woman would be a disaster."
Gu Wushuang suddenly changed his excited expression, and approached Chu Yue with excitement and said, "Fortunately, she can no longer cause harm to the capital. His Majesty asked her to compensate the Lin family's betrothal gift, and she was not allowed to enter the capital or be an official for three generations, so she It’s equivalent to reducing them to a low status.”
Chu Yue understood.
"This punishment is indeed not light."
You are a lowly person. In a place like Nanyuan Kingdom, you have no status and no human rights. Anyone can step on you.
I'm afraid Chen's future life will be exciting.
Gu Wushuang chatted with Chu Yue for a few more words, then said goodbye and left.
Chu Wenzhu came to Chu Yue with confusion on his face.
"Sister, Princess Wushuang came to see you just to tell you these rumors that can be heard everywhere?"
Chu Yue smiled and touched her head.
"Princess Wushuang has no brothers and sisters, and her mother died when she was young. She grew up in her maternal grandparents' house in the south of the Yangtze River. She just entered the capital not long ago, and she is fairly close to her sister in the capital. If she has something in her heart, she will naturally come to see her. Sister, let’s talk about it.”
Chu Wenzhu nodded.
"So that's it."
Chu Yue smiled and said, "Our Xiaozhu is smart and needs to understand these relationships in the capital so that he can make fewer mistakes outside in the future."
Xiaozhu will be ten years old soon, and in a few years, it will be time to get married.
While she is young now, she can show her face in the capital more often so that she can have a good marriage in the future.
Chu Wenzhu smiled sweetly at Chu Yue.
"Sister, I understand."
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On the seventh day after Lu Xinghe took office, serious flooding was reported in Jiangnan. Not only did a large area of farmland be flooded, many people suffered, and some were trapped in the flood, not knowing whether they were alive or dead.
The forces in the DPRK are divided into many factions, and they all want to snatch this kind of meritorious matter into the hands of their own forces. Among them, King Jing has the loudest voice.
In the end, the emperor was heartbroken and handed the matter over to Lu Xinghe, the director of the Imperial Academy.
After hearing this, all the ministers came out to stop him.
Wei Ting, Minister of War, walked out of the queue.
"Your Majesty, think twice. Mr. Lu is serving in the Imperial College, and he is a newcomer who has just taken office. He may not be able to convince the public when he gets to the local level. The floods in the south of the Yangtze River are of great concern. Now that His Highness Prince Jing is in the capital, it is most appropriate to leave this matter to His Highness Prince Jing."
As his words fell, three or five people hurriedly walked out of the queue.
"I second the proposal and ask your Majesty to think again."
At this moment, Yuan Boyang also said, "Your Majesty, I also think what Mr. Wei said is reasonable."
In the crowd, Lu Xinghe frowned slightly when he heard this voice.
In the past, Yuan Boyang resigned from office because he opposed the New Deal and went to Nanping Town to become a concubine. Later, the emperor gave up the implementation of the New Deal and called him back due to pressure from the court.
Prince Jing did not return to Beijing before, and Yuan Boyang did not show it. From his recent performances in court, it is not difficult to see that he is biased towards Prince Jing.
Lu Xinghe couldn't help but wonder in his heart, was he also a member of Prince Jing?
It seemed that Prince Jing's power in the court was greater than he imagined.
But Prince Jing was cruel and ruthless, and he was determined to retaliate. No matter from any aspect, he was really not a good candidate for the emperor.
He is not good at both public and private matters.
