The Rebirth of an Ill-Fated Consort

"Li Dong's family is too powerful. No matter what, I will not send you to the Li family. I have already written a letter to your grandfather. If your grandfather knows what you and your second brother look like now, Jiang Ruan will have a good day." It's over."

Jiang Susu's eyes lit up: "My grandfather will avenge me."

"So you should take good care of your injuries now." Xia Yan looked at her and said gently, "I will arrange for you to go back to Xia Mansion when you recover from your injuries."

Xia Yan was born to the second wife of Xia Cheng, Marquis of Yongding. At the beginning, Xia Cheng was just an unknown county magistrate Bo, so Xia Yan's identity could not marry Jiang Quan as his wife. Unexpectedly, Xia Cheng's direct brother died suddenly due to illness a few years ago, so the title fell on him, a concubine. Xia Yan followed the rising tide, and Zhao Mei and General Zhao cut off contact, Xia Yan's status seemed to be more worthy of the status of Jiang Quan's wife.

Like Xia Yan, Xia Cheng is also a person who protects his weaknesses. If he knows that the two granddaughters have undergone such accidents, he doesn't know how to deal with Jiang Ruan.

After talking with Jiang Susu for a while, Xia Yan got up and left. After walking to the door, Xia Yan rubbed his forehead and asked, "Is Chao'er awake?"

Lin Lang lowered her head and said, "Second Young Master woke up at noon, but lost his temper after waking up, and kicked out all the maids in the house, and he refused to see anyone."

Xia Yan took a deep breath: "Let's go, I'll go see him."

...

In the rainy weather, Ruan Ju was as leisurely as ever, not affected by the gloomy weather at all. Jiang Ruan was standing in front of the table practicing calligraphy, while Zisu rubbed the ink for her and said, "Young lady's calligraphy is getting better and better."

"You can't read, so what can I say?" Lian Qiao said from the side.

Zisu blushed, her mouth was not as sharp as Forsythia, she could only lower her head in a low voice: "It just looks good."

Jiang Ruan put down his pen: "Do you want to learn calligraphy?"

When Lianqiao heard this, they both looked at her in surprise and joy: "Of course I thought about it."

"Then I'll pick a few simple books in a few days, and you guys can learn to read too." Following her, it's always better to be able to read. On weekdays, Luzhu deals with things outside, and Lianqiao and Zisu should also help her with some things in the mansion.

"Slave maid, thank you girl." The two maids were naturally overjoyed. For maids, being able to read and write is something only the upper class can do. Jiang Ruan made them literate, and I am really grateful.

"Miss asked Luzhu to go out today to pick up the bank notes deposited in the Four Seas Bank, why?" Lian Qiao asked.

Jiang Ruan glanced at her, although these two servant girls were loyal, but their minds were too upright. Luzhu traveled all over the world in the early years and saw bad things in the market, so she didn't have to worry about using them. But these two servant girls still didn't dare to use them much.

"Look at the rain." Jiang Ruan looked out the window: "It's raining for a while, but I don't know when it will stop."

"Young lady is joking," Zisu said in amazement, "It's just a rain in spring, and it might stop tomorrow morning."

"But I think it won't stop." Jiang Ruan shook his head.

It was also this year in the last life, and this time it rained heavily for three consecutive months. The grain for the spring could not be sown, and floods raged. Many people's houses and fields were completely submerged by the flood, and there were many refugees in the capital.

She remembers this clearly because at that time Zhuangzi was also ravaged by floods, and because of the shortage of food, Zhang Lan's family used her so harshly that it was almost cruel. Although her house will not be washed down, it will always be damp. And dragging his hungry body to do rough work every day, one day he was almost washed away by the flood. Fortunately, a rough servant who was working saw her and rescued her. She will never forget the disappointment that Zhang Lan's family looked at her at that time, wishing she would die in the water. At that time, Jiang Ruan thought that Zhang Lan's family suspected that she had taken over the family's food, so they wished for her to die. Thinking about it now, if she had died in that flood at that time, Zhang Lan's family should have received a large sum of money from Xia Yan.

At that time, there were many refugees in Beijing, and each family didn't care about their own food. The refugees ran around and robbed everywhere if they couldn't get food. Naturally, the poor have no surplus food, so they set their sights on the rich and noble families in Beijing. At that time, his cousin Zhao Yi, who was guarding the city, led troops to suppress it, but was hacked to death by the refugees. But the Emperor of the Ninth Five-Year Plan ordered the Zhao family to contribute to disaster relief. The Zhao family gave out ten thousand taels of silver, and the family savings were almost emptied. The Zhao family seemed to have collapsed since then.

Jiang Ruan knew about this matter after entering the palace, and Zhaoyi mentioned it unintentionally when chatting at that time, it was Ye Li who suggested to the emperor that General Zhao's family was rich, and maybe he could have money to help the disaster. Jiang Ruan also asked Ye Li about this, but Ye Li's answer was that it was above the common people, and that it was nothing but money, and it was a good thing to be able to protect the lives of those refugees.

Now that I think about it, after that incident, Ye Li's prestige in the court has increased, but the Zhao family has weakened. Maybe it was also in his plan, and Zhao Yi's death was not that simple. How could a dignified defender of the capital be hacked to death by unarmed mobs?

Her gaze suddenly deepened. In this life, she does not intend to be strangers to the Zhao family. The Zhao family is her solid backing, so how could she be bullied like this.

"Even if the rain won't stop, why did the girl take the money out?" Zisu wondered, "No matter what the girl says, she should keep some money by her side. What are you going to do now?"

"I asked Luzhu to buy all the food in Beijing." Jiang Ruan said lightly.

"Miss," Lian Qiao's eyes widened: "Miss, what are you doing with so much food?"

Now it's the beginning of spring, and the new grain has not yet arrived. It is all old grain from last year, so the price is not expensive, and two or three thousand silver is enough to buy most of it. Those grain farmers are worried that their grain cannot be sold, and they will sell all their grain when they see this.

"I thought, if the rain keeps falling and it becomes a flood, the food will be precious." Jiang Ruan smiled.

"Girl." Zisu moved her lips, but she didn't say anything after all. Jiang Ruan's words never had room to refute. She was determined and would not waver in the things she had decided. So even if Zisu thinks that Jiang Ruan's move is incredible, she can only follow her.

At this moment, Luzhu opened the door and walked in. Seeing Jiang Ruan, she smiled and said, "Girl, the person I found has already bought all the food and piled it in a warehouse in the west of the city. The key is in the hands of the slave."

She handed the key to Jiang Ruan, and said with a smile: "Because no one has come to buy old grain these days, most of the rice noodles have been bought by slaves."

"You did a good job." Jiang Ruan played with the delicate and small key in his hand.

"But girl," Luzhu thought for a while, "I saw Fifth Yiniang at the gate of the yard, she looked like she was going to come in, but I asked a question, but she left again."

"Understood." Jiang Ruan murmured for a moment: "In this case, let's go and sit in the fifth aunt's courtyard."