bookrandom Chapter 1041: Just a Mad Woman
Chapter 1041: Just a Mad Woman
The Huang family submitted a petition and invited the great scholars and celebrities of the time to form an envoy group to travel to the State of Liang to perform the ceremony for the princess.
After this proposal was put forward, it not only received the approval of the imperial court, but also attracted scholars from all over the country to support it, and it became a trend for a while.
The Huang family has done a lot to build momentum for the princess.
For a time, even the common people in the market truly realized the prestige of Princess Haiyan among the literati. Being called "Mr." was a great honor, not to mention a young woman.
The people of the North Wing were not the most shocked. They had already heard of the princess's talent.
The ones who were truly dumbfounded were the envoys from Liang State.
What a surprise!
Previously, they only thought that the princess was beautiful and won the emperor's favor. They never thought that their queen would have such an influence.
At the same time as the news that the princess was about to marry far away in Liang State broke out, it was reported that the prince consort had come back to life and actually went to Liang State to proclaim himself emperor.
The storyteller was so annoyed: "Even if you give me a hundred tricks, I wouldn't dare to make up such a story!"
It is true that reality is always more exciting than storybooks. It’s because we haven’t opened our minds yet.
The whole capital was excited about the prince consort and the princess.
Shi Anxia was grateful for the Huang family's kindness, so a few days later he held a lotus viewing banquet at the Young Master's Mansion and invited the entire Huang family to join in the fun.
On that day, not only Emperor Wenxuan and the young queen Wei Pingting were present, but the emperor and the queen also came to the young master's residence in disguise.
It was on this day that Shi Anxia heard the news that Huang Si Ning had gone crazy.
People always like to say "fainted from anger", "vomited blood from anger", "went crazy from anger", but these are all exaggerations and no one seriously thinks that anyone would faint, vomit blood, or go crazy because of this.
But Huang Sining is a talented person, and she interprets these three states thoroughly without any omission.
Many female relatives came that day, but Mrs. Wen was absent because her daughter had lost face. She only sent Mrs. Meng and her son to represent the eldest house to share in the good fortune.
The Huang family, which was originally a family of scholars and had a good reputation for a hundred years, gave birth to a shameless person like Huang Si Ning. Everyone must be very secretive about mentioning the name Huang Si Ning.
As luck would have it, on this day, Madam Gu led Zhou Xianlin along, stepping on the fallen petals all over the ground, completely unaware that they had run into the princess's lotus-viewing banquet.
Because the princess had said that she wanted to replant the colorful flowers in Yu Sheng Pavilion, and now that she had some in stock, she sent them to the princess's mansion.
Zhou Xianlin, who followed behind her, directed the servants to carry in seven or eight camphorwood boxes wrapped with red silk. They were all the colorful flower seedlings transported by water.
The source of Madam Gu's colorful flower business actually came from the Zhou family.
The reason Zhou Xianlin went to Beijing this time was to hire a large ship to deliver the colorful flowers to Madam Gu.
Starting from Zhou's flower farm, passing through three states and twelve post stations, it was finally sold at a sky-high price in the capital. Zhou Xianlin escorted the ship to Beijing this time, and what was pressed under the ship's plank was not only the flower seedlings, but also several years of running account books.
The Zhou family made so much profit that they could be said to be "making a fortune every day" and earned a huge sum of money.
Especially on the occasion of Tang Chujun's wedding, in order to build momentum for Madam Gu, the colorful flower seedlings were included in the dowry and planted in the imperial garden of Qingshou Palace.
This made the powerful people in the capital even more obsessed with the colorful flowers, and even gave rise to many mysterious theories.
If Huang Si Ning stopped talking nonsense, stopped making trouble, and was more honest and decent, she would have a prosperous life as the young lady of the Zhou family.
Moreover, merchant families have always respected the centuries-old elite, especially the Huang family, a truly top-notch literary family, which the Zhou family can look up to.
who knew...
As soon as the Huang and Zhou families met, they were both stunned and the scene suddenly froze.
The two sides had just had an argument over Huang Si Ning's matter the day before yesterday.
Zhou Xianlin then realized that the wife he married was the daughter of the Huang family who was expelled from the family. No wonder he, the son-in-law, was not allowed to visit her in person when she came to the capital.
The Huang family had just heard about Huang Si Ning's marriage, but since she had been expelled from the clan, the marriage had nothing to do with the Huang family.
Zhou Xianlin felt that he had been deceived. He wanted to return the goods and seek an explanation.
The Huang family was speechless and could only put all the blame on Wen.
But Wen is a wife of the Huang family after all. How can she get away with this matter?
Zhou Xianlin was stubborn and angrily threatened to go to the government to sue the Huang family for marriage fraud.
Although the Huang family is not afraid of lawsuits, such scandals are shameful after all. If they are brought to court, they will become a laughing stock in the streets.
Moreover, the reason for the extermination of the clan was actually related to the princess. At this time when the princess is about to marry the Liang Kingdom as the queen, if there is any mistake, it may tarnish the princess's reputation.
As the mistress of the house, Mrs. Huo immediately informed Shi Anxia of the whole story, and hoped to resolve the matter privately with the Zhou family without going to court.
Only then did Shi Anxia realize that without her knowing it, someone was actually going crazy because of her good luck.
Simply ridiculous!
She could imagine how crazy Huang Si Ning would be when she heard that her husband was not dead, not to mention that not only was his husband not dead, he had also become the emperor of a neighboring country.
She was a widow with three children, and she was about to become the Queen of Liang. Who could bear this?
It is truly shameful for the Huang family to have raised such a narrow-minded daughter.
Shi Anxia just listened the whole time and did not express his attitude towards anyone.
Both parties sat down and resolved the misunderstanding in front of the princess.
Zhou Xianlin is a businessman. Naturally, he would not offend the powerful people in the capital because of a crazy woman who does not know the seriousness of the matter.
And now there are three parties involved in this. The first is the Huang family which has been a clean family for a hundred years, the second is Princess Haiyan, and the third is Madam Gu.
If it is not handled properly, the Zhou family will lose not only their face, but countless wealth.
What are women compared to wealth?
Zhou Xianlin was the first to express his position, "I won't sue anymore."
He said this with great grievance and forbearance.
After all, the Huang family is not the kind of family that bullies others by taking advantage of their power. Huo's heart was slightly moved, and hesitant for a moment, "This matter... was originally concealed by Wen family first."
This is a way for both parties to step down.
You Qi Zhou Xianlin sighed and admitted frankly, "It is also because I have the desire to climb up the social ladder."
This marriage was originally a strange one. When discussing the marriage, the Huang family only had a woman named Wen who claimed to be the mistress of the family.
She took charge of all matters related to the marriage on the grounds that "everyone in the Huang family is in the capital, and it is inconvenient for them to travel far to Yuzhou", and no one else was able to get involved.
Madam Gu breathed a sigh of relief. They were all acquaintances of the princess. If they really went to court, it would be embarrassing.
If you take a step back, the world will be broader. She smoothed things over, and the attitudes of both sides seemed to ease.
Huo took the initiative to mention that if the Zhou family wanted to divorce Huang Si Ning, they would have no objection and would not stop them.
She was not trying to take advantage of the eldest branch's misfortune at this time. She was just trying to solve the problem based on the principle of not letting the Zhou family suffer any loss.
Zhou Xianlin is a shrewd man, so naturally he would not push Huang Sining back.
She's just a crazy woman. How much food can she eat? How much money can she cost? Just go home and find a yard to lock her up. How much trouble can she cause?
But as long as this crazy woman stayed in his Zhou family, Wen Shi would owe him Zhou family. Wen Shi was a member of the Huang family, which meant that the Huang family owed him Zhou family.
In the future, this relative may not stay, but the respect he deserves must be given.
Everyone present was a smart person, how could they not understand Zhou Xianlin's plan?