Forced to marry, I picked up a young powerful official

It was rare to see him look so solemn, Shen Nankui was stunned, "What's wrong, Mr. Cai?"

Cai Ling gave his umbrella to Shen Nankui, and then took the umbrella from Zhong Shan's hand and held it.

"It's raining, let's go back and talk."

The rain in the south of the Yangtze River comes lightly but lasts for a long time, and it keeps falling without stopping. However, this rain is not annoying. Looking at the drizzle on the street and smelling the moist air, one can inexplicably feel relaxed physically and mentally.

After returning to the inn, Shen Nankui and Cai Ling sat down in the tea room on the second floor of the inn.

"Mr. Cai?"

Cai Ling withdrew his gaze from the window and sighed, "Something happened in the capital..."

"Beijing? Is it Gu Yichuan?"

Shen Nankui's face changed and he stood up immediately.

Cai Ling said: "You are pregnant, don't worry. Although Gu Yichuan has some trouble, his life is safe for the time being."

Hearing this, Shen Nankui breathed a sigh of relief and quickly asked, "Mr. Cai, what exactly happened?"

Cai Ling raised his hand and poured her a cup of hot tea, then said, "Before leaving the capital, I was afraid that Princess Le Kang would not give up, so I asked people to keep an eye on the movements of the princess's mansion, and by the way... also asked them to keep an eye on Gu Yichuan's situation. For so many days, everything was peaceful until today, when I received a letter from the capital saying that Gu Yichuan was demoted."

"Just a demotion?"

"It's just a demotion, but... Gu Yichuan's situation is a little different from that of ordinary people. He was demoted from the director of the Imperial College to the Western Army, and became a clerk with no rank."

Shen Nankui was stunned and asked in disbelief, "Gu Yichuan is a legitimate imperial examinee, a top scorer, and a disciple of the emperor. How could he be exiled to the army? What did he do wrong?"

"I heard that he had too close contact with Prince Jing's palace and was impeached in the court. The emperor was furious and dismissed him from his post and sent him to the Western Army."

"This is not right..."

Shen Nankui frowned and murmured, "He was treated coldly at first, and he was able to get the official position through the recommendation of King Jing. Since Your Majesty listened to King Jing's advice, how could you decree to dismiss him just because Gu Yichuan had contact with King Jing?"

Cai Ling shook his head. "It is said that the emperor's heart is hard to predict. Who can tell for sure?"

Shen Nankui sighed, "By the time the news reached Yongzhou, I'm afraid he's no longer in the capital, right?"

"Yes."

Shen Nankui looked out the window, watching the drizzling rain, and said after a while: "No matter what kind of whirlpool he is caught in, I just hope he can be safe."

After saying that, she lowered her eyes and glanced at her belly.

Now that she was getting older and her belly was showing, no matter how the issue between her and Gu Yichuan was resolved, she didn't want to see anything happen to the father of her child.

Cai Ling sighed silently, "Brother Gu is blessed with great fortune, he will be fine."

……

The rain has been falling for several days and has not stopped.

After Tao Ru came back from watching the execution, she fell seriously ill. Before she recovered, she returned to the workshop with the illness.

After a few days, everyone in the workshop returned and went back to work. Seeing that a new batch of Chixia rouge was about to be shipped, Shen Nankui was not in a hurry to contact the escort company to transport the goods to Cang County as usual.

She thought that transporting goods by escort was ultimately controlled by others, and each trip was expensive. Since she was in Yongzhou, she might as well solve this problem once and for all.

Before that, she tidied up the workshop.

Although Manager Wu is a woman, she is honest and loyal. Shen Nankui decided to raise her salary by half. Manager Wang had no choice but to leak the formula, but this kind of trend should not be encouraged. Shen Nankui paid him half a year's salary and fired him. She did her utmost. Manager Wang knew he was in the wrong and had nothing to say. He took the money and left quietly.

As a result, one of the two manager positions became vacant, and Shen Nankui asked Qian Xi to take it.

Although Qian Xi is young, it was because of his risking his life to deliver the message that the workshop was saved this time, so everyone is convinced by him.

After everything was settled, Shen Nankui began to prepare for the establishment of a caravan.

After all, the rouge business is to be continued for a long time. She has also witnessed Tao Ru's craftsmanship in the past two days. With time, Miss Tao may be able to make other fine products, so she might as well take this opportunity to form a caravan of her own.

In this way, not only can Yanzhi's cargo transportation problem be solved, but some other businesses can also be developed.

She thought the unique silk fabrics from Jiangnan were quite good. Soft silk was expensive and few people could afford it. However, flower silk and horizontal silk were inexpensive and of good quality. They were as light and soft as silk fabrics, but their prices were not as prohibitive as soft silk.

Moreover, a dyeing factory in Yongzhou has recently developed a light blue dye. The fabrics dyed with it have elegant colors and look extremely beautiful.

Materials of this color have just become popular in Yongzhou and are certainly not available anywhere else. If she can seize this opportunity, she can start a new business.

The workshop crisis was successfully resolved, and Shen Nankui became busy. Every day he was either selecting people to join the caravan or exploring new business opportunities in the city.

These days, she was preoccupied with many things and suddenly remembered that she hadn't seen Cai Ling for a long time.

"Hehua, what has Mr. Cai been busy with these days?"

He Hua shook his head, "I don't know either. Mr. Cai and Hei Niu have been missing for the past few days. They seem to be very busy."

"What can they do..."

Cai Ling originally intended to go to Suzhou when he went south, but it was because of me that he came to Yongzhou. Logically, after all the issues were resolved, he should continue his journey, but he did not mention this matter these days.

If he didn't say anything, Shen Nankui certainly couldn't ask.

After all, he had helped her so much. If she asked first, it would seem like she was destroying the bridge and trying to drive him away.

Shen Nankui sighed slightly.

In fact, it is a blessing to make a friend like Cai Ling who is so loyal and kind.

But for some reason, she always felt that when she met Cai Ling again in this life, he seemed a little different from the previous life. She didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing...

It's almost the end of June.

After so many days of preparation, the caravan has been formed. There are currently six people in the caravan, led by Cheng Wei. They brought a batch of newly produced Chixia rouge and set out on the journey to Cang County for the first time.

Shen Nankui can finally take a break.

The rain in the south of the Yangtze River seemed to never stop. It had only been sunny for two days, and then it started to rain again. Shen Nankui had nothing to do in the city, so he simply went to Yunxi Ancient Town to find Tao Ru.