After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 1122 Eat Meat and Drink Soup
Haitang was very surprised to hear that the Luo family had joined Prince Kang's palace.

She waited until her brother Haijiao came home from his job, then she took him to her courtyard and asked him in detail, "Did Prince Kang's Mansion really accept the Luo family? Did things go smoothly?"

Haijiao smiled and nodded, "It went very smoothly. The Luo family is desperate. If they don't want to return to the Zhang family and endure the humiliation of the Zhang family, they will never be able to make a breakthrough. They can only choose a new master. Among the royal relatives and high-ranking officials in the capital who can suppress the Zhang family, who is more important than Prince Kang? Jiyuan acted as a matchmaker, and before the head of the Luo family made up his mind, his eldest son and the shopkeepers under him had already nodded. No matter how many concerns the head of the Luo family had, he had no other choice."

Besides, Prince Kang has always been weak and doesn't like to take charge of things. He accepted the Luo family because of the persuasion of Haijiao, Jin Jiashu and Wu Ke, and the eunuch he sent to Jiyuan also felt that accepting the Luo family would do more good than harm, and would greatly improve the financial situation of Prince Kang's mansion and ensure that Prince Kang's mansion would have a stable source of funds in the future. Otherwise, Prince Kang himself would not be willing to get involved in any conflicts of interest.

However, when the Zhang family was in power, they did not have much respect for him and the Wu family. When Empress Wu was alive, she suffered in the palace. Not only did Concubine Sun look at her badly, but even Concubine Zhang Gong, who was not very favored, dared to mock her. Although Prince Kang had never witnessed it with his own eyes, when he was a child and lived in seclusion in the Cining Palace, Liuhua, an old servant of the Kunning Palace, who served by his side, told him a lot about the grievances of his late mother Empress Wu and his brother, the third prince. In addition, after his identity was made public, he still lived in the palace. Concubine Zhang Gong and her two princesses were also very cold to him. They seemed to believe that he would not win the emperor's favor and would never have a good future, so they were too lazy to even maintain a positive attitude. Although Prince Kang was gentle and generous, he would never have a good impression of Concubine Zhang Gong and the Zhang family behind her who acted like this.

He just didn't bother to argue with others before. Anyway, the Zhang family would not interfere in his affairs, so why should he meddle in other people's business?

But now, the Luo family has taken the initiative to come to him, and according to what the Luo family said, they have indeed been wronged. As it concerns the heir of Prince Ping's mansion, he also thinks that the Zhang family's desire to kill Prince Ping's grandson is too much, so he kindly took in the Luo family, which was also meant to be a warning to the Zhang family.

Prince Kang also sent someone to send a letter to Prince An and the eldest princess to explain the matter. In his mind, the Zhang family had no weight now, and the reason why he was still willing to be polite was entirely for the sake of Prince An and the eldest princess. Prince An and the eldest princess also accepted Prince Kang's explanation and took the initiative to suppress the dissatisfaction of the Zhang family. The matter passed quietly, and as for how the head of the Zhang family vomited blood and how the direct line of the Zhang family was embarrassed, it had nothing to do with Prince Kang.

Of course, Prince Kang was concentrating on recuperating. Although the Luo family had joined him, he would not worry about the specific affairs. At present, the Luo family reorganized their family business on their own and paid tribute to Prince Kang's mansion every season every year, just like they did when they were under the Zhang family. However, Prince Kang's mansion's requirements were relatively loose, so it would not hurt the Luo family. What the Zhang family could do, Prince Kang's mansion could also do, and even more respectably, and could bring orders from the inner court to the Luo family, which was a pleasant surprise.

Prince Kang will not interfere with the marriage of the children of the Luo family, nor does he intend to take a Luo family girl as a concubine. But Princess Kang is about to enter the palace. When the Kang Palace has a mistress, whether she will be equally lenient and kind to the Luo family depends on the luck and ability of the Luo family. As for the fact that Princess Kang's sister-in-law Wu is the daughter of the second branch of the Zhang family, the Luo family cannot change it. They can only do their best to please Princess Kang and her sister-in-law, and strive to no longer be bullied by the Zhang family.

In addition, the Kangwang Mansion itself also has its own disciples and businesses. Jiyuan joined the Kangwang Mansion earlier and has more experience under the Kangwang, so the Luo family must also respect Jiyuan's people. The two sides have overlapping businesses and room for cooperation. Not only can the Luo family not exclude Jiyuan's people, but they must also cooperate with them happily. If they meet Jiyuan's people who don't understand something and take the initiative to ask for advice, the Luo family must teach them everything they know, and cannot keep silent, evade or conceal, or even hold back.

The Luo family had worried that Jiyuan would take over their business, or even learn the Luo family's business tricks, and squeeze the Luo family out of business. However, even so, they had to teach. Who taught them later? It was not as good as Jiyuan to please King Kang? After all, the Luo family was large and powerful, with a large number of people and a long history in the business world. They were experienced, knowledgeable, and shrewd. As long as it was a normal business competition, they would not lose to an old eunuch who changed his career and the young people he adopted, right? Not to mention how the Luo family and Jiyuan competed for the first place under the Kangwang Mansion, after the Kangwang Mansion had the Luo family's industry, the Chengenbo Mansion and the Jin family also benefited a lot. King Kang and Wu Ke and Jin Jiashu were relatives and had a deep friendship. The former ate meat, and the latter could naturally drink soup. The Wu family got a share of the Luo family's business, and the Jin family also got dividends from the Luo family's caravan. Jin Jiashu’s two large shops that had been vacant for a long time finally welcomed new tenants.

The Luo family's cloth shop and restaurant moved out of the Zhang family's shop and moved into the Jin family's shop, which was also located on Zhengyangmen Street and had an equally advantageous location. The opening of the new shop was just around the corner, and it was too much trouble to move all the goods in the old cloth shop to the new shop. It was the season of change, so the Luo family simply held a clearance sale, offering very favorable discounts and promoting the goods in the old shop for three days, which attracted many customers.

The Hai family lived not far from Zhengyangmen Street, and had heard the news early. Hai Jiao had done a good job in matchmaking, and received gifts from the Kangwang Mansion, the Wu family, and the Jin family, so he was well off. In addition to keeping half for himself as a private property, he gave the other half of the gift to his grandparents. Ma heard that only 20% of the fabrics on sale during the three days were old goods, and the rest were all new and fashionable fabrics, all of which were of the best quality in terms of pattern, color, and texture, and she was immediately tempted.

Although the fabrics for the granddaughter's dowry were almost ready, the Hai family had just arrived in the capital, and even if they had connections, they had too little time to collect good fabrics. Ma was not very satisfied with the prepared fabrics, and hoped to buy better fabrics for her granddaughter. Now that she saw that the discounts offered by the Luo family shop were very attractive, how could she miss it?

Furthermore, her new granddaughter-in-law, Zhuang Minyi, is both filial and well-behaved, which makes her very satisfied. As the season is about to change, she also wants to make a few more beautiful new clothes for her granddaughter-in-law!

So Ma took her trusted confidants Aunt Cui and Mother Li, and brought along her daughter-in-law Hu, granddaughter-in-law Zhuang Minyi and granddaughter Haitang, and they all headed to Luo's cloth shop to grab the goods. They also said hello to their niece Fang, and asked her to call Hai Baozhu over as well. It was rare to get a bargain, so why not take advantage of it?

Haitang followed her grandmother, aunt, cousin, sister-in-law, and cousin and bought two carts of fabrics to take home. She felt the joy of shopping for the first time in a long time. The fabrics they bought were indeed top-quality goods, with the best patterns and textures, and everyone was very satisfied.

Ma took her daughter-in-law and granddaughter-in-law together and quickly updated and replaced the clothing fabrics in her granddaughter's dowry. She also arranged to make new clothes for the entire family, even Xie Wenzai, Cao Gengyun, and Lu Bainian.

However, such things will probably happen less and less in the future. The school of Xie, Cao, and Lu has been basically completed and cleaned up. They are adding furniture and furnishings. As long as the three of them move their collection of books and stationery into it, they will move out of the Hai family and officially move into their new home.

Xie Wenzai specially visited his good friend Tao Ge Lao and asked him to take time out of his busy schedule to write a plaque for the new school. He also asked another old friend who was transferred to the Imperial Observatory to help choose an auspicious day, and then waited for the enrollment to begin.