Chapter 216 – Recent developments

“Some time ago, before not dare to publicize is afraid that some people know after the seventh prince unfavorable, not to mention that the person who harmed the seventh prince has not been found so far, if the other side thought that the seventh prince has suffered a misfortune to stop, we again fanfare to look for instead will put the seventh prince in a dangerous situation.” Wei Mingting explained.

“Then how is the Seventh Prince now?” Wei Qingwan asked after him.

“I haven’t seen it either, I only know that the person is not in any serious condition.” Wei Mingting said.

Wei Ruo wasn’t too surprised by this matter, as she had already learned about it from Mrs. Yuan before.

Just Wei Ruo heart some emotion, worthy of the original hero, life force is not ordinary tenacious, even so still can still live and breathe.

Normally, they’d have been missing for over a month and would have been dead long ago.

Since the matter of the seventh prince was mentioned, Wei Mingting even talked to his family about some of the recent events in the court.

“But that’s the Seventh Prince, how could someone be so bold as to dare harm His Highness the Seventh Prince?” Wei Qingwan couldn’t help but ask.

Wei Mingting also had no answer to this, and could only tell his children, “The dispute over the Crown Prince in the capital has been going on for a long time, and after Empress Xu passed away, the Emperor delayed in installing a new Empress, and did not set up a Crown Prince, which led to this complicated situation in the courtroom today.”

Although the seventh prince is one of the most promising of the many princes to become the Crown Prince, as long as the Emperor has not established the Crown Prince, the other princes will still have a chance.

“Why did the Emperor delay in establishing the Crown Prince?” Wei Qingwan asked again.

Speaking of this matter, Wei Mingting suddenly frowned, seemingly remembering something from the past, and his expression became somewhat complicated.

Yun, who was on the side, busily said, “Wanwan, the affairs of the court have nothing to do with us, don’t ask too many questions.”

Wei Qingwan nodded her head busily and stopped asking questions.

Wei Mingting also urged his family, “Recently, the situation over in the capital has changed a lot, although we are in the land of Jiangnan, far away from the struggle, but we should also be careful with our words and behavior outside, not to fall into the hands of the handle.”

Although Wei Mingting did not participate in the struggles of the court, he was in an official position and had to restrain himself and his subordinates to avoid being caught in the middle of the strife.

“Don’t worry father, my son will be careful.” Wei Yi Chen was the first to state his position, as he was studying at An Zhou Academy, he would be in contact with many children of the world’s families, and it was most important to be careful.

Wei Qingwan followed suit, “Father, don’t worry, my daughter will never talk nonsense and cause trouble at home.”

Wei Mingting nodded.

And then Wei Mingting returned his focus to Wei Ruo, asking about the specifics of Wei Ruo’s fight against the plague these days.

Wei Ruo didn’t hide and pinch, and answered whatever she could.

Although she hadn’t stayed in the governor’s mansion these days, the things related to the fight against the plague were indeed arranged by her, so in the face of Wei Mingting’s inquiries, she was able to answer them all.

Her answer completely dispelled the doubts of Yun and the others, at first they thought that what Mrs. Yuan said might be a bit exaggerated, but now it sounds like what Mrs. Yuan said should be the truth, and that this matter is indeed their daughter’s coordinating arrangements.

As the conversation went on, even Yun couldn’t help but praise Wei Ruo repeatedly.

Wei Qingwan shrank to the side, becoming nonexistent.

Listening to Wei Ming Ting, Yun and Wei Yi Chen praising Wei Ruo, her heart was indescribably bitter.

After chatting for half an hour, considering that Wei Ruo hadn’t rested properly for some days, Wei Mingting let Wei Ruo go back to his own courtyard to rest.

Wei Ruo, who had returned to Listening Pine Court, was the first to inquire about Wei Jin Yi’s news.

“Has Second Brother returned to Welcome Bamboo Court?”

“Returned, I just saw Xiao Bei and asked him, the second young master and miss returned to the mansion at the same time, but the second young master was able to climb over the wall, it is said that no one in the mansion knows that the second young master has been out for a while.” Xiu Mei replied.

“It’s good to be back.” Wei Ruo didn’t want to do anything, she only wanted to confirm that Wei Jin Yi had returned home safely.

Then Wei Ruo began to check the letters that the milkmaid as well as Steward Yu had sent her these days.

The letter gave an account of some of the things that had been going on in the manor during this period of time, and in general, things were going well on the manor.

Because the house is newly repaired, carried the snowstorm. And the manor reserves of food are also enough, the guys basically did not starve, compared to the outside many people do not know how much more fortunate.

The two Four Treasure Shops, the Xu Ji Marinade Shop and the Xu Ji Grain Shop also had news sent to them, and after the possibility of a plague, all four stores closed their doors and suspended their operations at the behest of the Nurse.

Wei Ruo had been worried that they were risking their business for the sake of revenue, but luckily the Nurse was understanding of her mind and let the store close for a month.

Especially Hsu Kee Grain Shop, during the New Year’s period, the business of other stores might not be good, but the business of the Grain Shop would definitely be good if it was open.

She had been worried that Nurse and Uncle Xu would not be able to part with this portion of the proceeds to insist on keeping it open, but fortunately they had the same idea as her.

Also inside the letter that Steward Yu had recently sent, there was talk about Zhu Zongyu.

Zhu Zongyue left the manor three days ago and left behind five hundred taels of silver checks as payment and thanks to Wei Ruo.

Zhu Zongyu originally wanted to wait for Wei Ruo to return to the manor before leaving, but Wei Ruo was late, Zhu Zongyu’s side seemed to have something urgent to do, so he could only leave first.

Before leaving, Zhu Zongyu also left a letter saying that he would look for Wei Ruo to buy the ointment when Wei Ruo returned.

This was because the scar removal ointment Wei Ruo had configured for him earlier was about to run out, and he would need to apply the ointment for a good period of time before he wanted his wounds to be completely healed.

Wei Ruo didn’t have any problem with this, people gave money and high prices, and they were considered conscientious.

As long as it doesn’t get her in trouble, the money is definitely earned.

She’d get the salve out when she had a few days to spare.

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The backyard of the Drunken Immortal Residence.

Fan Chengxu’s heel stood a man, a gorgeous clothes, but with a hat to cover his face to not let people see half of his face.

Fan Chengxu’s attitude was respectful as he bowed and saluted the man, “Herb Fan Chengxu greets the Seventh Highness.”

“After a famous family, not being an official in the court, but running to this place far away from the court to do business, you, Fan Chengxu, are the only one.” Chu Lan commented.

“I don’t have any specialties, I’m afraid that being an official will only dishonor the reputation of the elders in my family, it would be better to do some small business and earn some silver to live a free and easy life.” Fan Chengxu replied.

“Good thing too, and thanks to you doing business here, you were a great help in my time of crisis.” Chu Lan said.

After Chu Lan finished speaking, his subordinate carried a whole box of gold, silver, and jewelry to Fan Chengxu’s face.

“What is Seventh Highness doing?” Fan Chengxu hurriedly said.

“This is a thank you gift.” Chu Lan said, “I borrowed eight hundred taels of silver from you, and I always have to pay it back.”

Eight hundred taels of silver, is not a small amount of money, Taizhou Province, can come up with so much silver at once is not too many.

meso- (chemistry)