The Gong family married Pingjiang Bofu, and the business prospered and reached a higher level.
Officials and officials were powerful but lacked money, while merchants had money but lacked power. Therefore, there were more and more marriages between officials and businessmen. Taking advantage of each other, they naturally had an advantage over other competitors.
The Gong family, Uncle Pingjiang's family, and the He family and other in-laws were all in trouble in Huai'an.
Chen Xuan, the uncle of Pingjiang, supervises the transportation of the troops, and is stationed in Huai'an and is in charge of the water affairs. He has the trust of Emperor Yongkang. In the past two years, the Japanese pirates have invaded the southeast coast, and it was Pingjiang who led his troops to repel them. He also gained the respect of the people on the southeast coast and Emperor Yongkang.
Naturally, the He family did not want to miss this marriage with the Chen family, so at the beginning of the year, she rushed to arrange the marriage between Gong Ziyi and Chen Jingci, the concubine of the Chen family.
Nowadays, merchants in Huai'an can't compete with Uncle Pingjiang, so they are trying to join the Gong family. He received a soft reception when he accepted the post.
A few days ago, Mr. He was having a banquet with others. He heard the gossip coming from the capital, and even commented and booed a few words with everyone.
"A family like ours doesn't like to be cold-hearted at most, and the mother and son should not be pampered. Otherwise, it's enough to give up and divorce. How can we take someone's life and leave our own flesh and blood outside for many years?"
?Those are the flesh and blood of our closest relatives, and it’s not like we can’t afford them.”
"No. That aristocratic family says it values rules, but in my opinion, it's not as good as our merchants."
"That's right. However, I heard that Mrs. Li died due to dystocia."
"Do you believe it?"
The woman who spoke thought about it and then shut up.
A few days later, these people gathered together again and talked about the gossip of the British government in the capital.
"I don't know which family rejected the person. If I were to pick up such a high-class daughter-in-law, I would wake up laughing in my dreams. The eldest daughter of a British father-in-law, we can't even get in. How can I be like him?
When the family reaches the in-laws' house, the ancestral graves are covered in smoke. I still look down on them."
Mr. He also lamented repeatedly that that family must have been blinded by shit.
"That family was just unlucky and didn't recognize her identity."
"This is too unlucky. Otherwise, if you get married to the British government and get married to your in-laws, why don't you go sideways in the future?" Are you trying to find connections by giving in benefits and looking at people's faces?
It's difficult for them to do business.
Not every family is as lucky as the Gong family to be able to catch up with Pingjiang Uncle's Mansion.
Everyone complimented Mr. He.
Mr. He felt very happy when he was complimented.
But when I think about it, compared with the British Duke's house, Pingjiang's house is more than one or two floors behind his family. Moreover, Chen Jingci is just a concubine, and she is not favored by her mistress.
The one who is living abroad is the eldest daughter of the British wife in AD, and the younger brother has to be named the heir apparent. If he can get this, and marry into his family, he will laugh out of his dreams.
Whose family is this, so ignorant? The heart of gossip suddenly arises.
Afterwards, as I listened, I felt something sounded familiar. A servant was sent from another place to humiliate the other party and sternly reject the other party?
After listening to it for a long time, I was frightened.
When I inquired more carefully, I felt like I was struck by lightning.
It turns out that the person blinded by shit is herself!
Suddenly I couldn't sit still.
In the study room of the main courtyard of the He family, Gong Fang and Gong Ziyi sat opposite each other, speechless.
Both the grandfather and grandson felt quite unhappy.
Gong Ziyi thought about the person with black hair and as smooth as satin who often ran around in her mind... Her heart ached. She saw her in the Yangtze River last year and knew that her fate was over.
He traveled all over the mountains and rivers, south and north of the Yangtze River, thinking that he would forget her when he got busy. However, he still couldn't.
I was away during the Chinese New Year and didn't go back to Huai'an.
Until he was called back by a letter from his grandfather. He married Chen Jingci...
He thought that as time passed, he would gradually forget about it. Unexpectedly, he heard news from her again.
Gong Fang felt that he might be old and lacked energy.
At that time, he saw the woman and was impressed by her. He knew that she was an excellent candidate for his mistress, but he still did not insist on his idea and did not keep her.
I missed such an excellent candidate for my granddaughter-in-law.
He looked at his grandson and sighed deeply.
"Now that the mistake has been made and the rumors have spread, our family cannot pretend to be ignorant, lest we offend the British father."
If the British Duke were to confront Uncle Ping Jiang, Uncle Ping Jiang would not mind sacrificing one or two of his married concubines.
"Grandpa was wrong. We all made a mistake."
The first time he saw her, he felt that she was excellent and a good match for his grandson. However, he felt a little regretful at the time. It would have been better if her status was higher...
Unexpectedly, her status was so high. It was too high for her family to reach her.
Their Gong family missed it. Otherwise, the family would have been able to thrive for at least a few more decades.
"Yi'er, why don't you go to the capital. That's a poor child. I didn't expect her life experience to be so rough. You go to the capital in person and put an end to the rumors about her. It's not been easy for her these years."
Gong Ziyi's mind was in a mess.
She has known her since she was young. She is optimistic, cheerful, and wanton, and often rolls her eyes at him. He feels relaxed and comfortable when he gets along with her. He looks forward to getting along with her for a long time.
He had no idea that she had such a life experience.
Now that she finally returned to the family, she didn't expect that the nobles in the capital would question her rules and etiquette again and accuse her of losing the face of the family.
Gong Ziyi felt extremely sad.
The grandfather and grandson were discussing how to help her, when He and Gong Shuo walked in.
He glanced at her son and felt a little guilty when she saw that his son was not looking at her.
"Mother didn't know she had such an identity..." If I had known earlier, I would have gone to the capital to beg in person and come home to pray for Yi'er.
Gong Shuo glared at her. It was such a powerful woman who caused his family to miss such a high-class daughter-in-law, and also caused his son to miss the one he loved.
Gong Shuo sighed: "Father, Yi'er is now married. I'm afraid it's not appropriate for him to go to the capital. Why don't you let He go? Let her go to the British government to make amends, which will also put an end to those rumors."
"That's right, let me go. Don't let the British father-in-law hate our family. I will go to the warehouse to pick out some expensive things and send them over, so that the British father-in-law can see our sincerity." He said hurriedly.
Gong Fang felt that as the matriarch of the family, it would be best for her to come forward. Just as he was about to nod, Gong Ziyi said: "Grandpa, I'd better go."
"I'm afraid it's inappropriate for you to go."
Gong Ziyi shook his head: "It's not good to be secretive. I went there openly and brought gifts to visit my sworn brother. If the people in the capital knew that when we were young, we sworn sworn brothers of the opposite sex across the Grand Canal, how could they still
It will become a good story. Only my intervention can stop this rumor."
Gong Shuo glanced at his son and sighed.
"Father, that's fine. Yi'er is the person involved, and his explanation will be more convincing than He's. If we can repair the relationship with the British government, and they call themselves half-brothers and sisters, it will be a good talk."
Gong Fang thought about it for a while and then agreed.
Chen Jingci, who had been married into the family for less than two months, was very worried when she heard that her husband was going to the capital.
She still remembered that woman, who was so beautiful and beautiful. If she wanted to compete with her, she would not be able to compete with her.
She originally thought that she had a higher status than her and could dominate her. But she didn't expect that she was actually a legitimate daughter, and she was just an unpopular concubine.
Thinking of her husband's indifference to her, Chen Jingci's heart clenched.
Helping Gong Ziyi pack up and salute, he thought about it again and moved to him: "Husband, can I go with you?"
