Traveling to an ancient peasant family: I got rich by doing business

The letter was indeed written by Xie Youlan.

She first stated that she was still alive, and then said that she had set the fire in the yard because she did not want to enter the Third Prince's mansion.

"My brother cheated in the imperial examination, and he will inherit the title in the future. The Changqing Marquis' Mansion will not be much better. My father did not want the Changqing Marquis' Mansion to decline, so he decided to give his daughters to the crown prince and several princes. In this way, no matter which prince becomes the emperor in the future, our Changqing Marquis' Mansion will have the merit of following the dragon.

This idea was ridiculous, but my father was obsessed and insisted on doing so.

And because the Third Prince said that I was talented and famous in the capital, my father chose the Third Prince for me. According to his plan, in a few days, I will enter the Third Prince's Mansion and become one of the women in his backyard.

I didn't want to do that, so I simply burned the house and pretended to be dead and left. As for the two people who were burned to death in the house, they were the corpses I saw elsewhere a few days ago. I don't know why they were exposed in the wilderness. I brought them back and placed them in the dry well in the backyard of the Bo's house. I used them yesterday.

I know I have let them down, and I can only apologize to them a hundred years later."

After reading the first page, Li Yu admired Xie Youlan very much.

Unlike modern women, it was extremely difficult for women in ancient times to escape. They not only had to overcome various objective conditions, but also had to overcome their inner fears.

Because once they escape, they will face a completely new society, which is completely different from the one they faced when they were in seclusion.

Someone like Xie Youlan must have learned a lot about women's virtues and precepts, but it was not easy for her to dare to run away.

*

Sighing in his heart, Li Yu looked at the second page.

The second page mainly apologizes to Princess Jianing for what she did in the past few years, and asks Princess Jianing not to be sad. She will come back in the future.

"I hope that when I come back again, we can sit together and talk peacefully."

After silently reciting the last word, Li Yu returned the paper and said, "Miss Xie must be worried that the princess would be sad, so she sent someone to deliver this letter. She cares about the princess very much."

Knowing that Xie Youlan was not dead, Princess Jianing became angry again, "If she cared, she wouldn't have treated me like that before, and she wouldn't lie to me now. She is a heartless person. I won't shed a single tear for her again."

Li Yu felt that Princess Jianing was saying one thing and thinking another, but Xie Youlan was playing too big a game, so it was normal for her to be angry. If she were Princess Jianing, she would also be annoyed.

*

After chatting with Princess Jianing for more than half an hour, Li Yu finally left.

The truth is already clear, and they don't need to think or worry about it anymore.

Unexpectedly, when she returned home, she found that Xie Youlan had also written her a letter.

The content of this letter is somewhat different from the one from Princess Jianing. Except for the initial part informing Li Yu that she is still alive, the rest is asking Li Yu to be friends with Princess Jianing for a long time.

"Jia Ning is loyal and righteous. I can see that she regards you as her best friend. Please don't let her down."

Li Yu held the paper and looked at it for a while, becoming even more curious about why Xie Youlan had plotted against Princess Jianing a few years ago.

Unfortunately, Xie Youlan was not with her, so she had to put aside her curiosity, change her clothes and go to the store.

*

In the afternoon, the news from the Changqing Marquis' Mansion was finally released, and everyone in the capital knew that Xie Youlan was "burned to death."

For a time, countless people expressed their regret.

In Li Yu's store, many customers recalled that before the imperial examination cheating case occurred, Xie Youlan was one of the most talented women in the capital.

They finally separated Xie Youlan from the other people in the Changqing Marquis' Mansion and no longer blamed her for the mistakes of her brother and cousin.

"It wasn't Miss Xie who took the exam in February, so how could she know that her brother and cousin cheated?"

"Miss Xie has been implicated by her family for the past few months. She is actually a very good person. Last winter, I fell while walking and ran into her. She didn't mind that I was dirty and helped me up personally. She also bought all the vegetables I sold."

"The year before last, it snowed heavily, and many poor people in the capital couldn't buy rice. Miss Xie organized a group of noble ladies to distribute porridge in the city."

"And last year, Miss Xie was doing a great job in running the shop."

"It's all because of her brother's incompetence that she has to suffer as a result. How pitiful!"

As they talked, many people felt sad for Xie Youlan, and some women who were more emotional even wiped away their tears secretly.

After hearing these words, Li Yu felt that Xie Youlan's "death" had many benefits.

Now, the stigma on her is gone, and as long as she doesn't cause any accidents in the future, people in Beijing will only remember her good points.

*

Because Xie Youlan was an unmarried girl, the Changqing Marquis' Mansion did not set up a mourning hall, nor did it bury the two charred bodies in the Changqing Marquis' ancestral tomb. Instead, they chose a place with better feng shui and buried them three days after the fire.

Li Yu thought this was not a bad idea. Xie Youlan said she was sorry for the two people, but she also helped them. If she hadn't brought them back to the Changqing Marquis' Mansion, the two people who were burned would most likely have been eaten by wild dogs or other wild beasts, and in the end, not even a few bones would be left.

Xie Youlan at least let them rest in peace.

*

This matter was discussed in Beijing for some time, and it gradually faded away in September.

As the weather gets colder, more people come to the restaurant to eat hotpot.

Li Yu looked at it and added a few new dishes, including lotus pods, fried shrimps, duck intestines, brains, etc. Some customers couldn't accept brains and duck intestines, but some customers liked them very much and came to eat them for several days in a row.

There are many self-service barbecues in the barbecue restaurant. Li Yu thought about it and decided to add duck intestines and brains. Fearing that the dishes might not taste good to the customers, she trained all the employees in the store. In the future, if the customers don’t know how to cook, they will help them grill.

The business in the store is as good as ever, with old customers coming frequently and new customers coming in an endless stream.

And because she was generous and not harsh to others, no matter whether they were helpers she recruited or helpers from the palace, they all worked diligently, did not slack off, did not talk nonsense, and were very well-behaved.

*

On the Hanlin Academy side, after two months of training, Han Zheng has gained a firm foothold in the Hanlin Academy. Although Dong Jiantao still wants to make trouble for him from time to time, he is of higher rank than Dong Jiantao anyway, so he can always suppress Dong Jiantao.

Perhaps because he had become discouraged in recent days, Dong Jiantao no longer deliberately caused trouble for him.

It is worth mentioning that Qi Wangnian and Lu Sheng, Han Zheng’s classmates from Baihe Academy who were admitted together, also found their homes.

Qi Wangnian was ranked 43rd in the second class and could have stayed in Beijing, but he chose to be sent out.

When the results of the palace examination came out, Miss Yu, a friend of Jiang Zhao, the youngest daughter of Master Jiang, said that the Yu family had taken a fancy to Qi Wangnian. It turned out to be true, and now the two are about to get engaged. Qi Wangnian's choice of being sent out was made by his father-in-law, who said that the capital was not peaceful and they did not want him to be involved in the fight for the throne.

As for Lu Sheng, he ranked 49th among the three classes and could either be sent out to other places or take the examination for the title of Imperial Scholar.

He didn't want to go out of town, so he took another exam and was admitted to the Hanlin Academy, and later became a Shujishi of the Hanlin Academy. In the Dayu Dynasty, this was considered an official of the eighth rank, not high, but not bad.

*

Time flies, and it is September 9th, the Double Ninth Festival.

There was no business today, and Li Yu had nothing to do, so he sat in the yard, admiring the chrysanthemums and playing with Ah Fu.

Just before noon, Mr. Su came suddenly.