Published at 7th of November 2020 03:32:06 PM
Chapter 336
Chapter 336: One Year Later (1)
In the blink of an eye, a year flew by . Gong Yimo was now fifteen years old .
She now sat in the arbor next to the river, watching the progress made by the workers . She estimated that these secret riverways will be completed within this month . When it was completely she will be rolling in money, Gong Yimo drank her herbal tea with leisure while watching the pleasant country scene .
After a year of hard work, Gong Yimo became a fairly wealthy lady under the endless support of Imperial Consort Yun . She cooperated with Jin Yun to acquire multiple pawnshops and turned them into banks .
During this year and a half, the emperor spent most of his time at Yun Jin’s place . Her “pillow talk” was very impactful, combined with the country backing her as well as Jin Yun’s generous budget, the bank made a great deal of profit even though it was still at its initial stage of business .
Jin Yun finally was living a stable and peaceful life . All of this, however, were built on top of his mother’s sacrifice . He had no choice but to work hard so that his mother’s sacrifice will not be in vain .
However, Yun Jin was not the same as the Yun Jin from before .
A year ago, the eldest royal prince went with Lu Zha to Lou Ye without fully recovering from his injury . The eldest prince’s mother cried with deep grievance as she knelt outside Imperial Consort Yun’s palace for an entire day and night, pleading for mercy . However, she didn’t even get to see Yun Jin before he fainted from kneeling for too long .
Later on, because the fourth prince’s ear sickness wasn’t properly treated, he became deaf and had to cut off one of his ears . He can be considered as a cripple after that incident .
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Because of this, his mother found trouble for Yun Jin multiple times . One day, she even caused Yun Jin to fall into the water . As a result, her title had been degraded by three ranks by the emperor . Now, even the empress had to avoid her in the imperial palace .
Gong Yimo had already seen enough disputes in the imperial harem . She was happy being an aide; whenever she wanted to do something, she just needed to ask Jin Yun to ask Yun Jin . Yun Jin would always agree, so Gong Yimo hasn’t seen Yun Jin in a long time .
At that moment, someone sent a secret notice: it was news regarding Da Yu .
After she acquired money and human resources, she had been keeping track of the four big countries, especially Da Yu . Even she herself can’t understand why she was so curious about these news, but she couldn’t help but want to hear about their rumors .
When the marquis’s residence was holding a funeral procession, the empress was originally planning to break off the marriage between the crown prince and Su Miaolan . However, when Miss Su fell into the water and was rescued by the crown prince, her reputation had been ruined . In response, the crown prince promised to wait for Su Miaolan for three years in front of everyone .
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His action shocked the entire royal court!
The people from the marquis’s residence expressed their gratitude to Gong Che, but the empress was angered till she was ill .
When the empress’s condition slightly improved, Gong Che went to visit her once . It was unknown what they had said, but the empress didn’t press the matter anymore . After that, Gong Che went to Huaihe River alone .
The blueprint of the Jade Dragon Canal was surveyed and calculated by her, so Gong Che won’t change the path of the tributary route on his own initiative . So after she finish digging the Yuheng riverway, Da Yu would probably be done soon .
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But the trade between the two countries won’t get around Gong Che, so the chances of the two of them meeting will be pretty high .
Gong Che said he liked her then, but now… she doesn’t know what the situation was like .
Of course, she heard the most news about Gong Jue in Yuheng . It was almost as if he was trying to emphasize his existence on purpose . She didn’t even need to deliberately ask about him to hear about what he was up to .
He rescued the emperor from the tiger’s den in the hunting ground . Another example was when the emperor had fallen seriously ill, he had served the emperor until he fell unconscious . Recently, he was bestowed the treasured sword by the emperor and had eliminated all the corrupted officials, confiscating numerous properties under those corrupt officials .
He was present during every bloodbath; even though he was still young, the corrupt officials were terror-stricken by him .