To get rich quickly, you need to be simple and rough

Chapter 216 It’s Not Easy to Be the Richest Man in Ming Dynasty 28

The entire East Palace was in chaos again. Shen Yujin dragged his tired body. Tong He drove the mule cart, and Tong Xi helped Shen Yujin into the cart.

The mule snorted and started walking home. Tang Lan was six months pregnant. She was surprised to see Shen Yujin wearing the emperor's uniform with her big belly.

Seeing her husband's hand wrapped in gauze, she said, "What's wrong with you, my husband? Come quickly, get some clean gauze and some medicine for the wound.

Shen Yujin stopped Tang Lan's actions: "Lan'er, don't worry. The imperial physician has already bandaged my wound. Now, find me something to eat. I haven't had anything to eat all day. We can talk later if you have anything to say."

Tang Lan hurriedly asked the kitchen to bring the meal over, and the couple sat in the room. Shen Yujin had already changed out of Zhu Yuanzhang's casual clothes, and Tang Lan carefully placed the clothes separately in a camphorwood box.

Shen Yujin changed into comfortable pajamas, let her hair down and casually tied it up with a sandalwood hairpin.

At this time, the meal arrived: bean sprouts with vinegar, noodles in chicken soup, braised lamb, and shredded jellyfish. Shen Yujin devoured the meal without saying a word.

After the servants cleared away the dishes and left, Shen Yujin told his wife what had happened today.

Tang Lan, the daughter of a military commander, was no ordinary person. She slammed the table and said, "Who are you trying to impress with this little trick? It's too petty. My dear husband, just wait and see. Someone in the East Palace will definitely lose their head tomorrow."

These were all dirty tricks that were not allowed to be seen in public, so as not to pollute the husband's ears. From drowning, poisoning, smallpox, and abortion, the methods used in the harem were endless.

It's not a rare trick. As long as Your Highness is alive, that group's dirty thoughts can't be hidden.

Shen Yujin blinked her big eyes: "Lan'er, you and I are living our lives wholeheartedly. I wonder what those people who want to have a happy marriage think.

My house is so small, and it's always in chaos! I can't even have a peaceful day when I get home.

We will hold hands and grow old together. Our marriage is very full and does not need a third person."

Tang Lan felt as sweet as honey. Not only did they not have a concubine at home, they didn't even have a maid with a straight head and a pretty face. Shen Yujin didn't have any bad habits.

Tang Lan didn't even have the literary penchant for elegance and refinement; her life was as sweet as honey.

Shen Yujin gave Tang Lan two hundred thousand taels to start a private business. He also gave her the recipes for making ointments, shampoos and soaps. Tang Lan opened a cosmetics shop, and her business was making a fortune.

Tang Lan sometimes wondered if this was a dream. She wondered if she had done something good in her past life to deserve such a great blessing.

So people's kindness is rewarded with kindness. Tang Lan was also very concerned about the affairs of the Shen family. Tang Lan went back and asked her grandfather to find an old scholar to teach the Shen family school.

Tang Lan also took the little girl in the family out to socialize, and taught her knitting, needlework and how to behave at home. Now the girl in the Shen family has grown into a very decent girl, and everyone who goes out with her will say that she is a real lady from a noble family.

Shen Fule couldn't stop smiling. The inner house of the Shen family was now solid as a rock and there would definitely not be any problems.

The Shen family also established a firm foothold in Jinling and bought two farms more than 100 miles away from the outskirts of Jinling.

Jinling has a dense network of waterways, and the Shen family's industries are also shifting to the farm. Now the Shen family can easily earn more than 200,000 taels of silver a year just from the textile business, and each branch can get a generous share.

The children of the Shen family also bought houses in Jinling City, but everyone gathered around Shen Fu, allowing the old man to enjoy the joy of family.

After Tang Lan's belly got bigger, her movements became a little slow. Every day, no matter how late it was, Shen Yujin would massage his wife's legs. Whenever Tang Lan got up at night to go to the toilet, Shen Yujin would help her go.

When Tang Lan got married, her parents gave her several beautiful maids as a dowry, which were prepared for her son-in-law to serve.

Shen Yujin didn't have that idea, so he paired all the maids with servants. They were all happy and congratulated each other for getting beautiful wives.

The couple's life was sweeter than honey, and they never had any quarrels.

If Shen Yujin's life is as sweet as honey, it would not be an exaggeration to describe the East Palace as a chaotic place.

Princess Chang struggled all night to give birth to a son. Empress Ma found red powder in the midwife's fingernails.

After the imperial physician examined the drug and found that it could cause hemorrhage, Empress Ma handed the patient over to Zhu Yuanzhang with a grim face.

Lu thought her actions were foolproof, with no evidence to prove their wrongdoing. But that was all she thought. Historically, she had been stoic enough to do things more covertly than this.

Now jealousy makes people lose their minds. Lu acted a little hastily. The accident of the emperor's eldest grandson and the crown princess at the same time made Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma quickly pay attention to the concubines in the Eastern Palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma loved Zhu Biao to the core, and any unrest in their son's harem would be a major hidden danger in the future.

This time, Zhu Yuanzhang was ruthless and determined to purge his son's Eastern Palace. The murder of the Crown Princess and the eldest grandson of the emperor was a crime punishable by the extermination of nine generations of the family.

The midwife was beaten so badly that not a single piece of good flesh could be found on her body, but she finally confessed. Zhu Yuanzhang followed the clues and found that all those who were involved in the case had died quietly.

The clue was interrupted here, which made Zhu Yuanzhang laugh out of anger. He thought that he would be fine after cleaning up the mess?

Dream on! Lu thought he was very smart, but he didn't expect to meet Zhu Yuanzhang who didn't play by the rules.

All the palace maids and eunuchs in the Eastern Palace were in bad luck, especially those who served the concubines. None of them escaped and they were all dragged away by the Ministry of Punishment and beaten to a pulp.

Zhu Yuanzhang won't listen to reason with you, so no one will admit it. Then take action against the people who serve around them!

Mao Xiang, Zhu Yuanzhang's personal clerk, had been extremely busy lately. All the palace maids and eunuchs were dragged out and tortured.

It's true that not everyone can stand it. The palace maids around Lu couldn't stand the torture and revealed that Lu's wet nurse, who had retired, had secretly entered and left the East Palace half a month ago.

In an avalanche, no snowflake is innocent. Mrs. Lu's wet nurse was given special attention. Knowing she would die if she told the truth, she naturally denied everything.

But who was Mao Xiang? He was the famous living devil. Nanny's sons and grandsons were all captured by Mao Xiang and tortured in front of her.

Finally, the woman's psychological defenses collapsed, and she confessed that she had sent a secret letter to Lu's mother half a month ago.

The hole is getting bigger and bigger, and Mao Xiang has been arresting people non-stop these days.

Lu is now as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. She hugs Zhu Yunwen every day, as if this is the only way to feel safe.

Mrs. Lu kept cheering herself up: "I am the concubine of the imperial spy! I have a son by my side! I will definitely not lose!