Forced to be a concubine, I went to my husband's place to become a wealthy merchant

Chapter 181

These are things that Wei Jue understood after he grew up. The emperor was worried that the Wei family was too powerful, but now that he sees the Wei family's population is dwindling, he has let down his guard.

In recent years, His Majesty has begun to suppress the power of his foreign relatives. At this time, the Wei family is not only valued, but can also cultivate their own power.

Of course, the forces in the open are visible to the emperor and are allowed by him. Secretly, the Wei family has also cultivated its own forces to use as a retreat.

After coming out of the palace, Wei Jue wanted to go to the inn to see Ye Xi, but he held back.

He had just returned, so it would be better for him to stay with his grandfather, lest his grandfather find out in the future and think that he was blinded by lust and would have opinions about Ye Xi.

He returned home first, but asked Xue Jiu to send some things to Ye Xi, all of which were Mid-Autumn Festival delicacies.

Ever since Ye Xi moved into the inn, she was required to wear a veil whenever she went out.

Dong Ju followed Wei Jue's instructions and tried his best to persuade Ye Xi to stay in the room.

Ye Xi was not such a well-behaved person. She knew that Wei Jue must have a lot of social engagements after just returning and would not have time to take care of her in a short period of time, so she took advantage of this time to go out and visit the capital frequently.

The capital city was indeed much more prosperous. Not only were there numerous markets, but one could also see many women doing business on the streets.

Although the Zhou Dynasty had a serious patriarchal society, it was still relatively tolerant of women making a living.

Of course, for prominent families, it is always unacceptable for women to show their faces in public, which is why Wei Jue is so opposed to her doing business.

Among the four classes of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, merchants have the lowest status. Ye Xi despises this very much. These people suck the blood of merchants and yet look down on them.

Ye Xi looked at the types of goods and found that they were basically complete. Others had been in Beijing for many years and had a good reputation and customer base. She was afraid that it would not be easy for her to gain a foothold here.

She comforted herself that she had only been in Beijing for a short time and there was no need to be so anxious. It would be better to hold on to the money than to invest blindly.

Wei Jue was indeed as busy as he said. He was busy with social engagements. Not to mention his relatives and friends, he also had to deal with other officials who came to congratulate him.

This means that I basically don't have time to visit Ye Xi for a whole month, but actually it's not that I don't have time at all.

However, because he had spent all his energy on socializing in the red-light district, he naturally had no energy to look for Ye Xi.

"Sister Yanhong is so lucky. I heard that Lord Wei has been staying in your room recently."

When Miss Liuhua from Zuihonglou met Miss Yanhong, she started to act in a sarcastic way, with a sour taste in her words.

The "Lord Wei" they referred to was only Wei Jue in the entire capital.

Wei Jue was a well-known playboy in the capital. When he was a study companion in his early years, he actually took the little emperor's grandson to visit prostitutes. After being discovered, the little emperor's grandson was confined to his house and Wei Jue was beaten half to death by the Duke.

Later, he stopped being a study companion and started to seek pleasure with a group of children of high-ranking officials. Because of his prominent family background, he soon became famous in the capital, and the prostitutes all vied with each other to serve him.

After Wei Jue joined the military camp, he seldom came to these places. However, as long as he was in the capital, there would always be rumors that he went to places of brothels.

Hearing that Wei Jue was back, the girls naturally cherished the opportunity to show up in front of Wei Jue and tried their best to seduce him, hoping to have a chance to have sex with such a handsome man.

Of course there is another reason. Wei Jue is generous. The money that Hua woman earns from serving him for one night is enough for her to serve others for a month.

The girl called Yanhong forced a smile. Wei Jue had indeed been staying in her room for a while and was really generous with his money, but he did not love her as much as the rumors said.