allonlinenovel Chapter 744: Dancing in front of the original wife
Chapter 744: Dancing in front of the original wife
Soon, the people who were inquiring about Lu Zhaozhao sent the news to Caiming.
Cai Ming knelt in front of Princess Mingyue and reported Lu Zhaozhao's situation to her in detail.
"The daughter of the Ningcheng imperial merchant Lu family, you also know her brother, Lu Zhaoyang, the number one scholar three years ago." Cai Ming said, "The daughter of the Lu family is full of the smell of money. It is said that when she arrived in Shengjing, she opened the largest rouge shop on Xishi Street. At the beginning, she even stood in the shop to sell rouge and powder to customers."
"How can a merchant's daughter who is obsessed with money be worthy of a student of the Imperial Academy?"
Caiming was quite disdainful of Lu Zhaozhao's behavior.
"The daughter of the Lu family."
The Lu family, the royal merchant family of Ningcheng.
Princess Mingyue doesn't take the Lu family seriously at all.
She also believed that Gu Jingzhe married Lu Zhaozhao because he was greedy for the Lu family's money.
Otherwise, it would be hard for her to understand why Gu Jingzhe, with his looks and status as a top scholar, would want a merchant girl.
Since he can covet the Lu family's money, he can also covet the power of Prince Yu's Mansion.
So what if he is a royal merchant? He just has more money at home.
For the royal family, crushing a merchant is like crushing an ant. The old man of the Lu family once flattered her father in order to get business in the palace.
Even though the Lu family now has a Lu Zhaoyang, he does not seem to have made much of a difference at the moment. Compared with the Shengjing aristocratic families, his foundation is too shallow. It will take some effort for him to climb up on his own. He cannot be a powerful help to Gu Jingzhe in the officialdom in the future.
After analyzing the situation in her mind, Princess Mingyue felt that she had a great chance of winning.
"Gu Jingzhe's righteousness is just that he doesn't want to bear the reputation of betraying his original wife, but he also wants a respectable status as a county magistrate. He wants both." Cai Ming tried to figure out Princess Mingyue's thoughts and said, "Princess, he has never met you, so he doesn't know how good you are. In addition, his mother and sister had a fight with you in the Golden Palace last time, so he naturally can't promise you anything. I think you shouldn't push him so hard."
Princess Mingyue asked, "Then what should I do?"
Princess Mingyue felt annoyed.
Although she thought Gu Jingzhe would compromise sooner or later, she was also annoyed when he didn't treat her well.
In addition, she was about to set off for Longhua Temple, where she would stay for three months. During this period, her original wife would continue to sweet-talk Gu Jingzhe, and she would have to spend some effort to persuade Gu Jingzhe.
No, she couldn't go to Longhua Temple. Thinking of this, Princess Mingyue stood up and wanted to ask Prince Yu not to go to Longhua Temple.
Cai Ming saw that Princess Mingyue had a new idea, so she hurriedly said, "Princess, you just asked me what to do. I wonder if this will work? What Gu Jingzhe cares about now is nothing more than the reputation of abandoning his wife. What if Miss Lu takes the initiative to leave him?"
Princess Mingyue's frown relaxed.
She was just planning to meet Gu Jingzhe's original wife. She wanted to see what kind of person that money-smelling woman was who could allow the young and promising Gu Jingzhe to get married so early.
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Two days later, the old emperor held a grand welcome banquet for the crown prince in the palace.
Tong Huaqiong and everyone from the Gu family were invited.
Gu Jingzhe was going to study at the Imperial College, and Lu Zhaozhao, who was pregnant, naturally didn't want to go to the palace to suffer, so Gu Taohua stayed at home to accompany Lu Zhaozhao.
Tong Huaqiong brought Chen Sufen, Liu Yue'e, Zhao and others into the palace to attend the banquet.
Gu Jingzhe went to the Imperial College, leaving only Lu Zhaozhao and Gu Taohua at home.
Since Lu Zhaozhao took over part of the Lu family's business, he would visit each shop every three to five days.
Ever since she was diagnosed with pregnancy, she seldom visited the shops. Instead, each shop owner would bring the account books to report on the business situation to her every seven days.
Now that she is more than four months pregnant, Lu Zhaozhao feels that her body has not responded much and she has not been to the shop for two months. So she wants to go to the rouge shop to inspect it in person and get some fresh air.
When Gu Taohua heard that Lu Zhaozhao was going to inspect the shop, she naturally wanted to go with him.
Ever since she learned that Princess Mingyue had ill intentions towards Gu Jingzhe, Gu Taohua has been quite nervous. She always feels that the bad woman outside will turn from love to hate and attack Lu Zhaozhao.
Lu Zhaozhao said that she was worrying too much. Gu Taohua touched Lu Zhaozhao's belly and told her not to be careless.
The two of them, along with their maid, took a carriage to the rouge shop on West Market Street.
As usual, business in the shop is booming.
Lu Zhaozhao and Gu Taohua entered the shop, checked the shop first, and then went to the second floor to check the account book.
Lu Zhaozhao was very satisfied with the shop's operations and revenue.
Princess Mingyue's carriage stopped in front of the largest rouge shop on West Market Street.
Originally, Prince Yu asked the Emperor to ask Princess Mingyue to go to Longhua Temple to pray after attending the Crown Prince's welcome banquet.
Before entering the palace in the morning, Princess Mingyue said that she had lost face at Peach Blossom Dessert some time ago and did not want to enter the palace and be laughed at at the banquet.
She was going to stay at home to prepare for her trip to Longhua Temple.
As soon as Prince Yu and Princess Yu left the palace, Princess Mingyue went to West Market Street.
At this time, Princess Mingyue stared at the rouge shop with her eyes fixed, her face gloomy as if someone had dug up the Zhao family's ancestral grave.
In her imagination, the merchant girl who was full of the smell of money must be vulgar, ugly and not presentable.
But the woman who was called the boss just now, although she only saw the back, the aura she exuded made her feel shocked.
At first she was unwilling to believe that the fascinating figure was Gu Jingzhe's original wife, but she knew Gu Taohua.
Gu Taohua held the woman's arm and called her "Third Sister-in-law" affectionately.
However, Princess Mingyue soon regained her disdain for Lu Zhaozhao.
So what if she has a noble temperament? She is still a businesswoman.
Moreover, this business woman knew that Gu Jingzhe was a scholar, but she did not care about his reputation and showed up in public to do business herself.
How can such a money-obsessed person help Gu Jingzhe to advance in his official career and become a future imperial consort?
Shengjing has no shortage of rich people, let alone powerful people. The Lu family's money may not necessarily buy Gu Jingzhe a bright future, but her family's power can.
If Gu Jingzhe was smart, he would know that the Prince Yu's Mansion, which was close to the center of imperial power, could easily lift him to a position that money could not.
Princess Mingyue got off the carriage and walked into the rouge shop.
In order to overwhelm Lu Zhaozhao in terms of momentum, Princess Mingyue dressed up carefully.
The shop assistant had the sharpest eyes. He knew that the customer was of great importance from Princess Mingyue’s dress.
There are many powerful people in Shengjing, and it is easy to offend them if you are not careful.
The guy came over enthusiastically.
Princess Mingyue disdained dealing with the waiter, so Caiming said to the waiter, "This is Princess Mingyue. Is your boss here? Let your boss come and receive her."
The servant was so frightened that he hurriedly saluted Princess Mingyue.
The shopkeeper recognized Princess Mingyue and hurried over to serve her personally.
But Princess Mingyue had a haughty look on her face, and Caiming insisted that the host receive her.
Everyone knows Princess Mingyue of Shengjing. She is the one who causes trouble wherever she goes. In addition, the news of the incident at Taohua Dessert spread all over the city a few days ago, and the shopkeeper thought that Princess Mingyue took the opportunity to come to the Rouge Shop to cause trouble.
After all, the Dongjia and Taohua Dessert have an inseparable relationship.
The shopkeeper hurried to the second floor.
"Boss, Princess Mingyue is here."