After separating from my mother-in-law, I raised my children, built a house, and filled the granary

She only had a few dozen taels of silver as her monthly salary, but no money.

However, the Liu family had a lot of money, and everyone knew that the current Concubine Liu loved Miss Liu Er very much and gave her rewards one after another.

Moreover, the Liu family is the largest business family in Dayue. Although they are not Liu Yingyu's biological family, they are of the same clan, and they must have paid a lot of tributes to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Of course Liu Yingyu was not worried about the money, but she just couldn't swallow this humiliation.

"I won't let her go!" Liu Yingyu said coldly, and then asked her personal maid to take the silver to the clothing shop.

She used her own private money to fill the hole today. If the shopkeeper sent the bill to the mansion, who knows what kind of joke would happen.

From then on, she and Shen Yunwan had a grudge against each other.

Xu Qingxia looked at the cruel expression on Liu Yingyu's face and her heart trembled. Fortunately, she was sensible, otherwise she would have been plotted to death long ago.

evening,

Su Tian was waiting outside the palace in his carriage.

Lin Chengfeng walked towards him quickly.

"grown ups."

"go home."

Lin Chengfeng and Su Tian are both taciturn.

Along the way, Su Tian didn't say a word to Lin Chengfeng.

Lin Chengfeng was very satisfied with Su Tian's performance. He liked people who didn't talk much.

Before the carriage stopped, Lin Chengfeng jumped out.

"father."

Lin Chengfeng touched the heads of Chunhua and the others and walked quickly towards the inner courtyard.

Orange light leaped through the window and fell on the bed.

Shen Yunwan is folding clothes.

"Yun Wan, I'm back."

He stepped over the threshold and came to her side.

"What are you thinking about?" Seeing Lin Chengfeng standing quietly, Shen Yunwan picked up a new dress and said, "Try this one on."

Lin Chengfeng looked at the clothes in her hand, a white robe, and then looked at the clothes on the bed, which seemed to be all new clothes.

"Help me put it on."

Shen Yunwan sighed lightly. This guy is really not going to stop.

Lin Chengfeng's lean body was faintly visible under his underwear.

He lowered his head and looked quietly at the person in front of him, his expression darkening.

"It looks pretty good." Shen Yunwan praised.

"Today I took Nanny Li and Xiao Tian to the clothing store and brought all the clothes home."

"Buy so much?"

Then I realized that there were indeed too many new clothes on the bed and in the closet.

"I didn't buy it, it was given to me by someone else."

Lin Chengfeng looked at her malicious eyes and felt a little uneasy. "Who sent it?"

"Liu Yingyu."

Lin Chengfeng took off his clothes and then took out his casual clothes from home and put them on.

Lin Chengfeng frowned slightly. Who is Liu Yingyu?

Is this someone his wife just met?

Who would give so many things for no reason?

"Don't know him? Or don't remember him?" Seeing Lin Chengfeng didn't speak, Shen Yunwan's thoughts were pulled back.

"Should I know him?" Lin Chengfeng really didn't remember who this person was.

"Haven't you heard the story of the second young lady of the Liu family and the newly crowned number one scholar?

Didn't you save Miss Liu before, and she even personally sent you some snacks?"

Lin Chengfeng buttoned the last button and felt a little panicked. He finally remembered this person, but he didn't know her name.

"Yun Wan, listen to me. That day I just subdued the horse that had suddenly gone mad. If I had known it was her sitting in the carriage, I would never have saved her.

And I didn't even take the snacks she gave me. I don't even know what was in the box.

Really, if you hadn’t mentioned her, I wouldn’t have even remembered her.”

Seeing Lin Chengfeng's anxious look, Shen Yunwan stopped teasing him.

"Okay, okay, I believe you."

Her husband coveted her and wanted to embarrass her in public. This was Liu Yingyu's apology to her.

···

A few days later, Mrs. Lin's heroic deeds spread widely among the officials in the court.

When the court was about to leave, an unknown official stood up.

He sued the wife of the number one scholar, Shen Yunwan, for bullying the market and Lin Chengfeng for mismanaging his inner house.

Lin Chengfeng listened calmly to the man's accusations against him.

The emperor on the high throne narrowed his eyes, then glanced around and fixed his gaze on Lin Chengfeng.

Knowing that Lin Chengfeng was his favorite, this man still dared to discuss such a small matter in the court.

"Master Lin, what do you think?"

Lin Chengfeng slowly stepped out of the line, walked to the middle of the hall and knelt down.

"Your Majesty, I have just arrived in the capital for a few days. If I can bully others and dominate the market in just a few days,

I have to wonder whether the Merchants Bureau is now a mere formality.

As far as I know, I just accepted the generous gift from the second young lady of the Liu family."

"That's how they emptied the entire garment shop!" The official kneeling beside Lin Chengfeng added angrily.

"How can you say it's a move? Didn't Miss Liu already pay the store? Prime Minister Liu must have seen that Mr. Lin's family was poor and couldn't bear to see him and his family go without clothes for the winter, so he asked Miss Liu to come forward and make the gift."

As he spoke, Lin Chengfeng bowed to Prime Minister Liu smoothly.

"Your Majesty, I come from the countryside. Although I have been in the capital for half a year, I still don't understand much. Lord Xu has accused me of improper management of the inner chambers, but I only have one wife in the back house, and even the winter clothing I buy is a bit restrained.

What more management is needed!?

But as far as I know, Lord Xu has three beautiful concubines in his inner house besides his wife. Lord Xu is only a sixth-rank official now, and his salary is almost the same as mine.

"How can he support so many beautiful concubines? I wonder how Lord Xu manages it? Could you teach me?"

"You!" Lord Xu, who was kneeling beside him, was so angry that he couldn't speak.

"Your Majesty, having too many concubines in the inner chamber will inevitably affect the energy of the ministers, so I second the proposal that officials must strictly control the number of concubines in the inner chamber.

If a man has more than three concubines, the source of his expenses must be strictly investigated.

Now the border is unstable, the soldiers are still holding on tightly, and the people are in dire straits.

If the officials indulge in the pleasures of pleasure, they will use the money they extort from the people to support their concubines.

Wouldn't that chill the hearts of the people?"

Everyone looked at Lin Chengfeng quietly.

He was just suing his wife for being domineering, how did it escalate to involve the border and the common people?

"Lord Lin, please stand up and speak." The emperor was touched by what Lin Chengfeng said.

Liu Xiang's face darkened.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Lin Chengfeng stood up.

"Your Majesty, I believe that officials with a large number of concubines need to be thoroughly investigated."

The emperor seemed to have thought of something and nodded in agreement, "Alright, you will be responsible for this matter. I will promote Lin Chengfeng to Deputy Inspector."

Prime Minister Liu was about to stop him, but the emperor glanced at him and he retracted his foot.

When the ministers saw that the two leading ministers were standing steadily, they suppressed the turbulent waves in their hearts.

This promotion is too fast.

But no one dared to stand up and oppose.

Everyone was planning to go back and properly dismiss the concubines in the room, otherwise if they were caught by Lin Chengfeng, it would not be as simple as sending them away.

Lin Chengfeng sighed in his heart, why is it so difficult to go home?

I feel so tired.

Lin Chengfeng bowed politely.

"Come here." The voice was low and majestic. "Finish this game of chess."

Lin Chengfeng sat down slowly, holding the white piece in his hand.

The two men were fighting on the chessboard, neither of them giving in.