The Marquis' Wife
Adelia left for the capital

"Li Yueyin is married?!".

"Yes" Xiaowen then recounted that Li Jin was looking for suitable husband candidates for his wife, some were Hsien scholars and two Fu scholars, candidates he chose based on his match with his younger brother, starting from a simple family, not having a concubine and having a trustworthy character, all of which he chose to have Li Yueyin appreciated and respected in the family of her husband later, he said, but all of this was not appreciated by his brother.

Li Yueyin who took revenge on her brother because of the problems that occurred in Fucheng only saw the state of the family of her husband's candidates from outside, when she saw many candidates from poor and mediocre families, when she saw many candidates from the poor and mediocre, hatred for Li Jin became more and more, he finally complained to his mother with the intention that her mother did not like Li Jin.

But her partiarchic mother certainly defended Li Jin and said that her older brother was doing his best for her, although Li's mother loved Li Yueyin, the cultural elements of the partriarchy remained in her body.

Li Yueyin grew increasingly angry and disliked with her maternal family without realizing that she was very lucky to be in the family given the many families who did not appreciate their daughters. Li Yueyin finally went to the city and chose her future husband who was the son of a wealthy merchant there but he himself was a Hsien scholar who would take the Fu-shih exam.

A falling-in-love Li Yueyin forces her family to agree to her request by threatening to commit suicide by hanging herself if her request is not met.

Li Jin looked into the Luo family chosen by his sister and heard rumors that Luo Bai was keeping a concubine outside the house, he finally forbade his sister and told her what he found but her brother who was very sure that he would marry her to a poor man was even worse off and increasingly hated her.

Li Jin who was increasingly disappointed in his sister finally gave up and let his sister make her own decision, eventually the marriage happened and Li Yueyin moved into her husband's family.

Before long, Li Yueyin's husband took the Fu-shih exam but failed to make her feel ashamed but thanks to Luo Bai's persuasion and seduction, the, Li Yueyin instead wanted to utilize Li Jin's connections for her brother to put his sum into the Prefect's office.

Adelia who heard all that could only be speechless and astonished by Li Yueyin's way of thinking, did she think her brother's heart was made of water and would not harden as her sense of disappointment deepened?. Life is too spoiled makes Li Yueyin not realize that when married backing a woman is her maternal family if she can not be useful or help the husband's family.

"So Li Yueyin is going to Fucheng?".

"I don't know, Li Jin has already banned and will not serve the girl and her husband if he still insists on going to Fucheng".

Adelia nodded in agreement, she then turned the conversation to other things such as her preparation to move or plan what activities she would do after reaching the capital.

Xiaowen also recounted that news of Lu Xiang receiving the title from the Emperor had already spread in Cheng town and Miao village as well as Lu village. 

Adelia already knew about it from Lu Xiang's teacher, it was with great pride that Zhao Fan spread the news and wrote about the reaction of the Miao family and the Lu family who were so distrustful about what they heard.

Grandma Miao Lan even fainted because the unexpected news caused her family to panic, the Lu family themselves reacted more intensely they even made use of Lu Xiang's name to establish a connection making Zhao Fan become enraged and spread rumors about the Lu family breaking the fraternity rope with the accepting men honorary bachelor degree.

The incident made Lu's village chief angry that Lu's village was affected by what the Lu family had done, it felt like he was driving away the shameless family but considering that Lu Haoran who worked in the mayor's office made village chief Lu undo his intentions without knowing that Lu Haoran's family was also affected.

Lu Haoran was fired by mayor Li who wanted to curry favor and look face to face in front of Lu Xiang through his son and daughter-in-law, although not so successful, but at least the title of being a besan Lu Xiang brought many benefits to him.

Adelia became moved and speechless at the same time after reading a letter from her husband's teacher, she did not expect that the Juren Zhao Fan they respected was also fond of gossiping and being a provocateur, the impression of cute and funny was attached to the mind of the couple.

"I will pray your journey will be smooth and safe and you will become a respectable woman in the capital later!!". Xiawen said sincerely, she felt that it was not difficult to achieve because both Adelia and her husband had many brilliant ideas that could be used.

"Thank you for your prayers Xiaowen, if you've been having a fight with your husband about the store matter, don't forget to let me know".

"Of course, thank you Adel, you've helped me a lot and my family". Xiowen is so grateful to have a friend like Adelia who never underestimated her even though their family status was very different.

"Haha, we're friends so we should be".

Adelia's efforts to spread information about the sale of De Xiang's house and shop along with the park beside her finally came to fruition at the end of the month, due to the strategic area and the famous homeowner his house sold for 20,000 silver coins or the equivalent of 200 gold coins.

The De Xiang store also sold for 25,000 silver coins and a garden, the new owner even bought a tart recipe for 15,000 silver coins in order to capitalize on the fame of the De Xiang store to reopen the store under a different name.

Adelia agreed because Xiaowen refused his offer to find a strategic store, due to the soon-to-be birth period, Xiaowen and Li Jin decided not to open a cake shop because no one would be able to manage it.

Mother Li herself was not so clever in calculations and illiterate that it could not be expected, the only person one could hope for was Li Yueyin but entrusting the store to the woman was the same as giving her away for free. Xiaowen would not be willing to do that.

Not feeling the time running quickly, Adelia who was busy making preparations finally departed with her family along with servants, guards and yamen officers from Prefect Zhong.

He rented 7 carriages to transport goods and servants to the capital as well as hired 10 strong and mature horses for the guards that Lu Kai had trained, although not as strong as prajuit but at least can protect their employers.

"Let's go".