The lucky girl in the village has a good way of making money.

Chapter 566 People
At the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, Fan Jin, together with Fan Xun, Zhou Bingwen and Zhou Xudou, boarded a boat to Tongzhou and rushed to Beijing.

It is worth mentioning that Zhou Xudou also participated in this year's provincial examination and ranked 110th.

Therefore, he also planned to take part in the next spring examination. Because Shi Liu opened a workshop in their village, the villagers lived a prosperous life. He had run a school for two years, and with his family members working in the workshop, he had saved up a lot of money. It would be no problem for him to take part in the spring examination and give it a try.

It just so happened that Fan Jin and the other two were going to take part in the imperial examination next year, so Shi Liu asked them to take Zhou Xudou with them so that they would have someone to look after them on the way.

Zhou Xudou was the same age as them, so it was not difficult for him to get to know them. What's more, Zhou Bingwen and Zhou Xudou both had the last name Zhou, which made them a perfect match.

So, let’s go together.

The first session of the imperial examination will be on the ninth day of the second lunar month. If you leave for the capital after the New Year, you will still have enough time, but you will have to prepare for the exam non-stop as soon as you arrive in Beijing. In case you suffer from acclimatization, you won't even have time to relax.

Therefore, candidates who live far away from the capital usually choose to rush to the capital before the New Year. With the conditions and a place to live and eat, it is not a problem.

Go earlier so you can have a good rest.

The house that Shi Liu helped Fan Jin to buy in the capital has been arranged and renovated a long time ago, so it is very convenient to move in right away.

The four of them traveled together and had someone to look after them. When they arrived in the capital, Shi Liu had already sent a letter to Jiang Bing in advance, asking him to calculate the time to pick someone up at the city gate so that he could take Fan Jin and the others to the house.

On the day of the trip, the pomegranates were delivered to Dafengji.

As for their marriage, they took advantage of the two months that Fan Jin was at home to pick an auspicious date and set it for May 15th of the next year.

Regardless of whether Fan Jinchun passed the imperial examination or not.

If he failed in the imperial examination, Fan Jin could rush back around mid-March. If he passed, he would stay to prepare for the palace examination. After the palace examination, if he passed, he would be admitted as a Jinshi, no matter what his ranking was. He would have a one-month vacation and could rush back in time to get married on May 15th.

As for Shi Liu's dowry, everything else was easy to deal with except the dowry furniture. Li Jihe had done nothing else in the past two years but making the furniture himself. The drawings drawn by Shi Liu himself were very different from the furniture he had made in the past, and he was very excited while making it.

It's now finished and the painting is almost done.

Shi Liu secretly took a look and found that it was really well played. She liked it very much.

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The end of the year was approaching, and all shops needed to take stock of their accounts. Shi Liu sent Jiang Tong to do it as usual, and she went to the provincial capital in person.

One was to check the accounts and look around, and the other was because the Liu family had returned, so she went to get together with them, and to check the accounts of the express station with Liu Dongjia, and discuss the expansion of the express station to the surrounding areas after the New Year.

Weifeng Express Station has been open in Bingzhou for more than a year and has long been on track in Bingzhou. It has taken orders from nearby areas of Bingzhou several times before, and everything went smoothly. However, there is no branch station elsewhere to connect with, which makes it a bit troublesome.

After the new year, it will be time to gradually expand the express stations.

After arriving at the city, Shi Liu went to Liu's house first and stayed in the study with Liu Dongjia for more than an hour to discuss various details. Liu Dongjia was still responsible for the territory, and Shi Liu was responsible for the manpower.

The Kuaiyi Station has been open for more than a year. Although its total revenue this year is still not profitable, it has not suffered too much loss either. Starting next year, Bingzhou should be able to make profits one after another.

After discussing the specific matters, Shi Liu left the study and went to the inner house.

Butterfly Liu Yue rushed over to her, "Sister Pomegranate! Ahhh, I missed you so much!"

The pomegranate was thrown into her arms, but fortunately the chassis was stable, otherwise it would have fallen down.

"It's strangled to death. It's strangled me to death."

"Hehehe!" Liu Yue laughed, let go of Shi Liu, and took her arm to go inside. "Come on, Sister Shi Liu, let's talk in my room. I brought you a lot of things!"

"Hey, let me go and ask my aunt how she is first!" Shi Liu was pulled away by her without being able to finish what he was saying.

Liu Yue said bluntly: "I'll say hello when we have dinner later! My mother is also busy, and my seventh sister will be married after the New Year!"

Shi Liu knew that Liu Xi was going to get married on the first day of March after the Chinese New Year, so she didn't say anything. She followed Liu Yue to her room, and sure enough, she saw that Liu Yue had bought a lot of things!
"Sister Pomegranate, you left as soon as you said you would, and we didn't get to explore the entire capital properly. I went there alone later, and occasionally went with my cousins ​​from the Marquis of Jing'an's mansion. These are the ones I picked out, and if I thought they were suitable for you, Sister Pomegranate, I bought them all for you!
Look at this piece of cloth. There are only a few of them. If my cousin hadn't been there, I would have almost missed it. I think this cloth suits you very well, Sister Pomegranate! You will look great when you wear the clothes made from it!
And this pair of bracelets! I heard that Sister Pomegranate’s wedding date has been set, and this pair of bracelets is my gift to you! Take a look, do you like them?"

Liu Yue pulled Shi Liu and looked at the boxes, chattering non-stop.

Shi Liu looked at the cloth and found it was indeed stunningly beautiful. The pattern was the same lilac color that she loved to wear, and the pair of bracelets were also extremely exquisite.

"I like it, I like it! Sister Yue's taste in choosing things is impeccable!"

Liu Yue became proud, "Really? My vision is pretty good!"

As she spoke, she didn't know what she was thinking about, and her face fell. "It's a pity that my parents didn't give me the opportunity to choose my future husband. Otherwise, with my eyesight, I would never have chosen Yang Xu'an!"

Hearing her gnashing tone, Shi Liu also found it funny, "You don't like Yang Xu'an that much? Last time I saw him, he was also very handsome. Don't you like good-looking people?"

Liu Yue curled her lips, "That's what you call good-looking? He's whiter and prettier than a woman, but he doesn't have any masculinity at all! I don't like that!"

She felt disgusted, but the way her eyebrows and eyes flickered when she talked about Yang Xu'an made it impossible for her to have no feelings at all.

Shi Liu guessed that she and Yang Xuan might have had some encounters afterwards, and a lot of things happened.

He smiled and said nothing more, "The marriage has been decided. If you don't want to get married, it will be difficult to cancel the engagement."

Liu Yue sighed, "It's more than difficult. My parents are determined not to break off the engagement! My mother keeps telling me how good Yang Xu'an is! You don't know, he took part in the provincial examination this year and has passed, and he will take part in the spring examination next year!"

That's pretty impressive.

Liu Yue shook his head and said, "Forget it, I won't talk about him anymore!"

He winked at Shi Liu again, as if telling gossip, "Do you know that Princess Zhao Zhao has returned to the capital?"

The battle in Cangzhou was over. The bodies of the rebel Li Yan and his men were all crushed to dust. The captured rebels were also dealt with. This matter was settled. However, there was no news about Princess Zhaozhao who was abducted by the rebels. Shi Liu was far away in Bingzhou and did not get any information.

Seeing Liu Yue talking about it, he was also shocked, "She returned to Beijing?"

The rebels didn't kill her.

"She came back shortly before we were leaving Beijing, but she didn't come back with a big fanfare. She was sent back secretly. I heard about it from my cousin in the Marquis of Jing'an's Mansion. I heard that soon after Princess Zhaozhao was secretly sent back to Prince Yu's Mansion, Prince Yu's Mansion announced that Princess Zhaozhao was going to Dafu Temple to pray for her deceased parents."

Liu Yue said, "There are rumors that Princess Zhao Zhao was pregnant when she came back, as if she was pregnant with the rebel's child. Prince Yu's mansion said that they sent Princess Zhao Zhao to the Dafu Temple to pray for blessings, but in fact they sent her to have a baby because the pregnancy was too advanced and an abortion might harm the adults' lives. Prince Yu loves this granddaughter so much, how could he bear to let her die? We can only wait until she is born!"

Shi Liu also sighed when he heard this. Before, General Chen refused to admit at Wumaguan that it was Princess Zhaozhao under the city, insisting that Princess Zhaozhao was well in the capital. So, openly, it was naturally impossible for Princess Zhaozhao to return to the capital with great fanfare.

Fortunately, Princess Zhaozhao did not die, but returning to Beijing with a big belly was not a good thing.

I thought that Li Yan, who had not married until his youth, was a self-disciplined and career-oriented man. Unexpectedly, he was also a scumbag who abducted Princess Zhaozhao and raped her.

In other words, the baby in Princess Zhaozhao's belly is Li Yan's?

Under such circumstances, Prince Yu could still ask Princess Zhaozhao to give birth to the child. I'm afraid he had also promised this to the Emperor.

I just don't know what will happen to this child when he is born.

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She couldn't help but wonder, since Li Yan was not the kind of person who kept himself clean, could it be that he already had his own child, hidden somewhere?

When he grows up, he won't rebel again, right?

But that was impossible. I heard that the captured Bian Hong and his gang had been tortured. Li Yan had never married and had no children.

One person can lie, but it's impossible that so many people are so stubborn and can still lie even after being tortured, right?

So, the child in Princess Zhaozhao's belly is Li Yan's only bloodline in this world?

If it was a daughter, perhaps she could still be alive because both of Princess Zhaozhao's parents died fighting for the country. If it was a son, I'm afraid it would be hard to say.

Shi Liu felt sad, but it was not something she could control.

After Liu Yue finished talking about this, he turned to chatter about some current events in the capital after Shi Liu left.

Speaking of which, the Crown Princess gave birth to a son not long ago. The Emperor liked him very much and gave him a name himself. The Eastern Palace held a full-moon banquet, and her father also received an invitation and brought her and her mother into the palace!
"Sister Pomegranate, you don't know, the palace is so big! I didn't dare to walk around randomly, for fear of getting lost!

The palace has a lot of rules. It is said that there are eight wet nurses for the Crown Prince alone, not to mention the servants! Otherwise, how can he be called the Crown Prince? He is the eldest son of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and there is no comparison.

I heard that Concubine Liu in the palace also gave birth to the seventeenth prince, who was born right after the Crown Princess. The full moon banquet was a little sad because Concubine Liu was of a low rank. There had been no princes born in the palace for so many years, so the birth of the seventeenth prince was also a happy event, but who asked him to be born on the same day as the Crown Prince! "

"The seventeenth prince?" Shi Liu was curious.

Liu Yue nodded, as if afraid that others would hear him, and lowered his voice to gossip, "Yes! Seventeenth Prince, I heard that the Emperor is fifty-three years old this year, and there is still hope that a prince will be born!"

Shi Liu found it funny. "What's wrong with being fifty-three? She's not a woman. Don't you know the old man from the Qin family? He had a son at the age of sixty-five!"

"That's right!" Liu Yue waved his hands. "I'm just curious. The Sixteenth Prince is already seven years old this year, and no princes or princesses have been born in the palace in so many years."

"Hasn't the emperor added new people to the palace in a while?" It's not surprising that there have been few princes and princesses born in recent years. Too many seeds have been sown, and not every seed will work well.

Concubine Liu was also very lucky. She was able to get pregnant and gave birth to a prince. She would have someone to rely on when she gets old.

According to the rules of the Jin Dynasty royal family, concubines who have never given birth to children will die of old age in the palace after the emperor's death in the future. Unlike concubines who have given birth to children, those who give birth to sons can leave the palace to live in their sons' fiefdoms in their old age, and those who give birth to princesses will also live in the palace specially for concubines, and their food, clothing and other expenses will always be good.

The concubine who never gave birth to a child had a miserable old age, and no one cared about her.

Of course, this does not include the Queen.

Although the queen had never given birth to any children, she became the legitimate empress dowager once the prince ascended the throne.

So, there is no comparison between being someone's wife and being a concubine.

Liu Yue deeply agreed. "When the concubine in my eldest brother-in-law's courtyard gave birth to a child, my eldest sister brought him to her side to raise. She was the legal mother, so no one could say no. I heard that the concubine cried, made a scene, and even threatened to hang herself. She made a lot of noise. Did she think that she could suppress my eldest sister by giving birth to a son? She didn't even look at who was standing behind my eldest sister! How dare the Tong family turn against our family? Besides, my eldest sister was in the right in this matter.

The concubine was punished to kneel in the ancestral hall. She deserved it. No matter whether she gave birth to a son or not, the son could only call her aunt. She couldn't even be a mother. So, what do you think was going on in her head for someone to be a concubine?"

"But in this world, there are still so many people who rush to dote on their wives. It's not uncommon for them to favor their wives and kill their concubines, and eventually be promoted to the first wife."

This is the way the world is now. In later generations, monogamy is practiced, but there are still so many people rushing to become concubines. In these days, having a concubine is not a good thing and you are not allowed to enter the house. But in later generations, children born to concubines can have the right to inherit property.

Liu Yue curled her lips and said, "Anyway, if Yang Xu'an dares to have a concubine here and there in the future, that's perfect. We can just live our own lives! I won't have to worry about that anymore!"

After that, she looked at Shi Liu again, "Sister Shi Liu, what kind of person is your fiancé? I've only seen him twice, and he looks gentle and elegant, but I don't know if he will take a concubine in the future? My mother said that if this man takes a concubine, you can't spoil him. If he does it once, he will do it again. In the future, the backyard will be a mess, and you will be the only one who is worried."

Will Fan Jin take a concubine?
Pomegranate paused.

If she really couldn't keep her heart in the end, and if Fan Jin betrayed her in the future, she would just turn around and leave.

I have money, so why should I worry about a hard life? However, if she has a child, she will definitely take her child away, even if it means giving up everything.

Alas, these love affairs are always troublesome and sad, so in her previous life, she lived to be almost forty years old and did not choose to get married and have children.

Once you are married, divorce will hurt your children, and not divorce will hurt yourself.

With so many couples, how many can truly stay together forever?

It's so lovely, but I can't help but be moved.