Quick Wear: Reversing Life

Chapter 525: The eldest daughter-in-law of a wealthy family (47)

"I saw her cousin get very emotional and started a fight with the jailer at the prison gate, attracting many onlookers."

The eldest princess is well aware of what is happening in the capital and will soon find out the reason why Shen Qingxia died in prison.

But it is unknown how the eldest princess will react to this matter.

"Once Shen Qingxia died, everyone in the capital knew who was behind it." Fu Huaiying sneered, "I'm afraid no one will dare to mess with the Dingbei Marquis Mansion from now on."

As soon as Lu Tianjiao left, Hongxiu started to speak: "This Fourth Miss Zhao is no better than Second Miss Shen. Didn't Fourth Miss Zhao choose her to be a concubine that day?"

"If it weren't for Shen Qingxia, she could have married Wei Changheng peacefully and safely."

Fu Huaiying said: "She didn't dare to blame Old Madam Zhao Su for not helping her, and she didn't dare to blame the Princess for making things difficult for her, so she could only use Shen Qingxia as an outlet for her anger."

"It's a pity that Second Miss Shen died at such a young age."

"But all of this is mutually causal, and Miss Shen Er can't blame anyone."

"The Ullambana Festival is coming soon. Let's go to the temple and burn some incense for Miss Shen Er."

...

With the carriage awarded by the princess, it became much more convenient for Fu Huaiying to go out.

Hongxiu named the brown horse Tengyun.

Tengyun's character was indeed gentle, and Fu Huaiying often rode it to the farm outside Beijing. With a fast horse, he could go back and forth on the same day.

However, the weather was extremely hot in the summer, so Fu Huaiying hired a supervisor to oversee the construction for her. She would only go on horseback to check and accept the work every five days.

The renovation of the farm required the hiring of a large number of workers, and most of the original arable land was used as the foundation.

Many tenant farmers rely on these farmlands for their livelihood. Losing their land means losing their income, which is very pitiful.

Fu Huaiying hired these tenant farmers, letting some of them work in the orchard, and letting some of them who were skilled in masonry and carpentry participate in construction work.

If there are people of working age in the family, they can also be hired. In short, everyone has their own responsibilities.

Most of the tenant farmers had worked on the Fu family's farm for many years. Fu Huaiying specifically went to the farm manager to inquire about the character of these farmers and took this opportunity to deal with those who were usually dishonest.

For the entire month of July, Fu Huaiying devoted most of his energy to the farm, and occasionally went to the Princess's mansion for banquets.

The weather became even hotter at the end of July, and there was not a drop of rain for a month.

At the banquet, Zhao Hui heard that several local officials had submitted memorials to report the drought problem, hoping that the court would allocate funds for disaster relief.

However, the national treasury had just paid out pensions to the soldiers who died in battle, and it was unable to provide disaster relief funds at the moment.

Zhao Hui privately proposed that all officials make donations and let the saint take the lead in opening the private treasury, and all the officials under him would surely show their loyalty.

However, the Hun Tian Supervisory Office reported that according to their observation of the stars at night, it would rain soon, so the saint did not need to worry.

It is not known whether the saint is worried or not, but the eldest princess is quite worried.

But no matter what Zhao Hui's attitude towards this matter is, Fu Huaiying cannot express any attitude openly.

She simply said, "The weather is unpredictable, but after a drought there will always be heavy rain. However, blessing and disaster are interdependent. This rain can nourish the earth, but it can also accumulate water and cause floods."

Zhao Hui glanced at Fu Huaiying but didn't say anything.

"One more thing."

"The governor of Langzhou has reported that there have been numerous incidents of bandits robbing and killing people in recent years, most of which occur on official roads, intercepting merchant caravans and causing great distress to the local people."

"The governor of Langzhou sent officers and soldiers to suppress the bandits many times, but they were unsuccessful due to the steep mountains."

When Zhao Hui said these words, he was looking at Fu Huaiying.

Zhao Hui paused before continuing, "I have recommended the Marquis of Dingbei to the Saint, asking him to lead his troops to Langzhou to help suppress the bandits."

Fu Huaiying said: "Marquis Dingbei is the general who assists the country. It is his duty to protect the country."

Except for Marquis Dingbei, all other generals in the court are guarding the border, and currently only Marquis Dingbei is available.

Zhao Hui smiled: "It seems that you really have no feelings for Zhao Su and are not worried at all."

Langzhou is mostly mountainous and hilly. Marquis Dingbei has been fighting in the northern plains for many years. He may not be as familiar with how to march in the mountains as the governor of Langzhou. If he is not careful, he will lose his life there.

"Marquis Dingbei is a highly skilled martial artist, and he is also a cautious person who never takes credit for himself. With his assistance, we will surely be able to successfully suppress the bandits as we wish."

Fu Huaiying said, "It seems that there are often bandits in Langzhou?"

"Yes." Zhao Hui took a sip of tea. "Langzhou is mountainous, with little arable land and heavy rainfall. There are often refugees displaced after heavy rains."

Fu Huaiying understood: "Food is the most important thing for the people. If they are hungry and cold, they will abandon their sense of honor. However, Langzhou is close to Dongting Lake and has many rivers running through it, so there won't be many refugees."

The eldest princess was very politically astute and immediately anticipated something.

The imperial court allocated funds to Langzhou many times to build water conservancy projects to irrigate farmland, but floods often broke through the dams in Langzhou.

The eldest princess frowned and instantly thought of someone.

...

In early August, just as the Hun Tian Supervisory Office had predicted, rain began to fall in the area that had been suffering from severe drought for several days.

After a long drought, the people cheered that their crops were saved, and the powerful and wealthy were secretly happy that their wallets were saved.

At the same time, Marquis Dingbei, who received the mission, also set out from the capital.

On the day of departure, Fu Huaiying happened to run into the troops led by Marquis Dingbei.

The carriage that Fu Huaiying was riding in needed to make way. She sat in the carriage and watched for a while, and only let the coachman set off after the team passed.

After returning to the mansion, Fu Huaiying walked into the study, asked Hongxiu to grind ink for her, wrote a letter, and asked Hongxiu to take it to the Princess's Mansion.

At this time, Zhao Ying was also in the Princess's Mansion. She came to pay her respects to her mother-in-law.

The eldest princess is not like the old lady, who needs to visit her every morning and evening, but Zhao Ying is a daughter-in-law and a concubine, so she naturally cannot be neglected.

Every other day she would get up early and take a carriage to the Princess's Mansion to pay her respects to Zhao Hui.

Although she had to pay her respects to her mother at the Dingbei Marquis' Mansion, the old lady felt sorry for her, so even if she sometimes fell asleep and missed the time to pay her respects, the old lady would not say anything.

Now that he had to pay his respects to the eldest princess, Zhao Ying naturally did not dare to be late. He got up early before dawn to wash and dress and rushed to the eldest princess's mansion.

Although Zhao Hui didn't like Zhao Ying, she didn't intend to torture Zhao Ying.

She knew that the young girl was sleepy, so she changed the frequency of greeting from every other day to every three days.

After spending more than a month together, Zhao Ying had more or less understood her mother-in-law's temperament. As long as she didn't make any big mistakes, her mother-in-law wouldn't do anything to her.

Zhao Ying was drinking tea when he heard the maid handing a letter to Zhao Hui's maid Lanxiang.

"Your Highness, this is a letter from Madam Fu."

Zhao Hui took it and opened it to read. Zhao Ying then stole a glance at Zhao Hui's expression.

There were also several banknotes in the envelope.

Zhao Ying was extremely curious. Could it be that Fu Huaiying wanted to ask her mother-in-law for something?