The daughter-in-law of the first assistant is a super prosperous husband, and the whole family is vy

Chapter 88 Confusion arises
Wei Yan and Ye Xiaomei's wedding is scheduled for April next year, which is less than five months away.

After the two said a few words, they stopped talking and stood together with Fei Nanxing, listening to Mr. Zou and Dean Meng talking while playing chess.

"I heard that the emperor is ill and has not been to court for almost half a month?" Mr. Zou asked casually.

Dean Meng dropped the black piece in his hand on the chessboard, sighed and said: "Yes, I don't know what kind of disease the emperor has. If this continues, the government will probably fall into the hands of the Yao family again."

The current emperor of the Dashun Dynasty is Emperor Hongsheng. Emperor Hongsheng is the youngest son of the previous emperor. He was only eight years old when he ascended the throne. He was unable to handle the affairs of the court independently. Therefore, Empress Dowager Yao listened to the affairs behind the curtain and coordinated with the cabinet to handle affairs in the country.

Empress Dowager Yao has been involved in the imperial court for ten years. In July this year, after Emperor Hongsheng's wedding, she returned the throne to Emperor Hongsheng under the pressure of a group of royalists. However, only four months later, Emperor Hongsheng fell ill. As soon as he fell ill, the government fell into the hands of Empress Dowager Yao again. If the emperor could not recover as soon as possible, it would not be easy to seize the government from Empress Dowager Yao in the future.

Mr. Zou frowned and stared at the chessboard for a while, then placed the white stone in his hand between the two black stones in the lower left corner of the chessboard, and then said: "The late emperor favored the Yao family too much in his later years. Wasn't this situation expected a long time ago?"

Dean Meng raised his head sharply: "So when the late emperor invited you to join the Imperial Academy, you repeatedly refused?"

Mr. Zou did not deny it, "If you can't change the current situation, why bother making yourself uncomfortable by entering the DPRK?"

"What about now?" Dean Meng asked.

"Now..." Mr. Zou was silent for a while, shook his head and said, "Let's take a look."

If Emperor Hongsheng can live up to his expectations, Shun Chao may still be saved. If Emperor Hongsheng fails to live up to his expectations, then Shun Chao's energy will soon be exhausted.

Dean Meng stopped talking, and the two continued to play chess.

The conversation between Mr. Zou and Dean Meng had a great impact on Ye Ximing and the three people present. Ye Ximing was a little restless that day.

After dinner in the evening, Ye Ximing asked Zhou Ran tentatively, "Aran, if I am like the teacher in the future and do not join the court as an official, will you be disappointed?"

Zhou Ran said casually: "No, as long as you are happy, I will support you in whatever you do."

Hearing this, Ye Ximing couldn't help but reached out and hugged Zhou Ran, "Aran, thank you."

Zhou Ran reached out and patted Ye Ximing's back, silently comforting him.

Although she didn't know what happened, Ye Ximing had always wanted to take the imperial examination and become an official, but he suddenly said such words today. He must have encountered something that made him doubt the path he had always adhered to.

In the days that followed, although Ye Ximing was still a little confused about the path to take in the future, he still studied hard.

In the blink of an eye, it was the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, and the Liu family's caravan entered Nanxing County in a mighty manner.

After Ye Ximing came back from Mr. Zou, he said something to Zhou Ran and went out. He didn't come back until Xu Shizheng with a big bundle in his hand.

Zhou Ran looked at the big bundle that Ye Ximing handed to him and asked curiously: "What's in it?"

Ye Ximing said: "See if you like the leather that the Liu family's caravan brought back from the north."

Zhou Ran opened the bag and found two pure white snow fox skins inside. Ye Ximing said: "You should keep these two skins first. If the caravan receives such skins again next year, you can save enough." Make a fox fur cloak.”

After saying that, before Zhou Ran could react, he took out another wooden box and handed it to Zhou Ran.

In the wooden box is a hairpin inlaid with gold and ruby. The ruby ​​is very good in terms of size and color.

Zhou Ran blinked and looked at Ye Ximing, "Did you pick up the banknote?" Although he could afford it with his current financial resources, whether it was fox fur or this ruby ​​hairpin, Ye Ximing had never bought it. Asking her for money, where would he get the money to buy these?

Ye Ximing was amused by Zhou Ran's reaction. He simply took out the banknotes on his body and joked to Zhou Ran: "Didn't you just pick up the banknotes? Look, there are a few left."

Zhou Ran took the banknotes and counted them. There were eight denominations of one hundred taels in total.

Zhou Ran was silent for a moment, then asked Ye Ximing with wide eyes: "Where did you pick up the banknote? I'll go see if you still have it."

"Then it must be gone. I picked them all up."

The two joked for a while, and Ye Ximing told Zhou Ran that he and Liu Wenzhuo had formed a caravan together.

Zhou Ran was surprised, "When did it happen? What did you do to get hired?"

Ye Ximing smiled and said: "In June, I was able to use my smart brain to join the team."

He discussed the formation of the caravan with Liu Wenzhuo. He also decided on the route of the caravan, including where to buy what goods and where to sell them. This was all agreed with Liu Wenzhuo in advance. .

At that time, he made an agreement with Liu Wenzhuo that he would get 10% of the money earned by the caravan.

Originally, he was allocated 1,500 taels of silver, but he took two snow fox skins and the hairpin, so he only had 800 taels left.

After Zhou Ran heard this, she could only admire Ye Ximing. What kind of brain did this man have? He was just good at reading, but he was also so smart in business.

"If you don't become an official in the court in the future, you can consider becoming a businessman." Zhou Ran said sincerely, "Maybe you can become the richest man in the Dashun Dynasty."

Ye Ximing smiled and said: "It sounds pretty good."

"If this is really the case, I'm afraid Mr. Zou will be disappointed."

Ye Ximing shook his head, "No."

If he does not join the court as an official, the court will definitely be in chaos. Even if they have ambitions, they will not be able to carry them out. The teacher will definitely agree with his choice.

In fact, Ye Ximing felt that what Mr. Zou and Dean Meng said in front of them that day was to give them a reminder in advance.

Zhou Ran didn't say anything else. She handed the banknote in her hand to Ye Ximing and said, "Here."

Ye Ximing shook his head and said: "Take it, this is for you."

He didn't care much about external things before. He just wanted to study hard, so he never thought about making money.

This time he came up with the idea of ​​making money, firstly because he didn't want his family to worry about money again if something unexpected happened, and secondly because he couldn't keep spending his wife's money.

Zhou Ran looked at the banknote in her hand and said in a daze, "I have money."

"I know you have it, but what you have is yours, and it is different from what I gave you." Ye Ximing paused here, pursed his lips and continued: "In our family, all the money my father earns is given to My mother will take care of it."

Understanding the meaning of Ye Ximing's words, Zhou Ran said "Oh" with red ears, and withdrew the hand holding the banknote.

(End of this chapter)