The Love of Passerby A

Chapter 785 The best friend of the reborn daughter of the Duke's Mansion (56)

The capital city has been very busy lately.

There are many cases of brothers killing each other, stealing tiger talismans, favoring concubines and killing wives, and watching the fire from the other side of the river!

But Zhou Tianyu didn't care about all that. After all, there was nothing happier than watching Madam Su put the gold hairpin he gave her on Su Xiangran.

Mrs. Su really did not lie to him. The main hairpin that Su Xiangran used on her coming-of-age ceremony was the one he gave her.

Zhou Tianyu knew that this was the Su family's recognition of him.

Not only Madam Su's, but also Minister Su's and Su Ruoxu's.

As one of the few male guests, basically everyone present understood what Zhou Tianyu's appearance here meant.

It seems a little incredible, but it also seems reasonable.

After all, the books of the Su brothers and sisters were delivered to Tianting by Zhou Tianyu. Without his help, the Su family would not have achieved such a great achievement.

It seems that the final beneficiary of the phrase "The Su family has a good daughter" is Zhou Tianyu.

On the third day after the coming-of-age ceremony, the emperor's imperial edict granting marriage was delivered to the Su family. Just as Zhou Tianyu had promised, the imperial edict really stated "never take a concubine."

"Lord Zhou, have you really thought it through?" Emperor Mingchen was obviously surprised to hear the news, "You not taking a concubine is different from you wanting to write this sentence into the imperial edict.

If you regret it in the future, the Su family can use this imperial edict to sue you."

"I hope my wife can live in peace for the rest of her life." Zhou Tianyu thought for a moment and added, "It's not that she herself has this idea, but I hope that the elders can marry their daughter to me with peace of mind."

Emperor Mingchen glanced at Zhou Tianyu and said, "Alright! As long as you don't regret it, I can't interfere too much in the affairs of young people."

Originally, when the imperial edict was delivered, many people came to see the Su family's reaction with a mood of watching a joke.

But when the words "never take a concubine" spread to every corner of the capital, Zhou Tianyu's reputation seemed to change all of a sudden.

His marriage to Su Xiangran suddenly became a match made in heaven.

Su Xiangran took advantage of this trend and made the flowers produced in her flower fields into perfume, spices and other deep-processed products, and sent some of them away first.

After getting a good response, she attracted customers to her own shop. For a time, everyone in the capital wanted to share in the blessing of Miss Su.

Come to think of it, Miss Su is loved by her family, and even though she had broken off her engagement before, she was still able to find such a loyal fiancé.

Look at the current Prince Li! Forget it, let's not talk about it!

Zhou Tianyu went to the Su family to propose marriage one month after the imperial edict was issued. It is said that marrying a daughter requires a ten-mile red wedding dress, but it is rare to see such a large betrothal gift.

Gold, silver, jewelry, head ornaments, and some regular betrothal gifts would be fine.

The Zhou family directly gave a farm outside the city, two shops in the capital, and a two-story house.

Such a big move left many people stunned!

Is farming so profitable? No wonder Zhou Tianyu always goes to the fields instead of attending court. It turns out that the land can really produce "gold"!

There were even more troublemakers who, under the instigation of “someone”, directly reported Zhou Tianyu for corruption.

Emperor Mingchen certainly knew Zhou Tianyu's worth, but in order to make an example of him, he simply kept the memorial to himself and did not send it out.

Several other imperial censors also saw this situation and were like cats smelling blood. They also wrote memorials to accuse Zhou Tianyu of corruption.

After receiving several memorials in a row, Emperor Mingchen called Zhou Tianyu to the front of the palace.

"Some time ago, several censors reported the Grand Minister of Agriculture for corruption." Emperor Mingchen took out several memorials in front of all the ministers and said, "Come and take a look! What's written on them?"

Originally, the people who wrote the memorials were somewhat proud of themselves, but the following words made their faces look extremely ugly.

"Lord Zhou, please show your hand to the person writing the memorial." Emperor Mingchen looked serious. "After you have read it, please show your hand to Lord Zhou."

Zhou Tianyu was a little embarrassed. Some time ago, he almost rotted his hands from experimenting with a fertilizer mentioned in Su Xiangran's book.

But no one dared to disobey the emperor's order, so he still stretched out his hand.

Zhou Tianyu's hands are broad and thick, with slightly raised joints, like stones polished by time. His fingers are thick and his fingertips are covered with calluses, which are the marks left by long-term labor.

The palm was covered with crisscrossing lines, and the veins on the back of the hand were bulging. This hand didn't look like the hand of a third-rank official at all.

Minister Su looked at the hand of his "future son-in-law" and couldn't help but feel distressed: "Xiao Zhou, your hand..."

But before he could finish his words of regret, Emperor Mingchen continued, "Where are the censors who wrote the memorials? Stretch out your hands."

Those people looked at each other and had no choice but to bite the bullet and stretch out their hands.

There were no scars or broken skin, and his hands were white and plump. Except for the fine calluses on the fingers where he held the pen, his hands were even more delicate and smooth than a woman's.

"Come, put your hands together with Lord Zhou's hands and compare them." Emperor Mingchen smiled, but the smile did not reach his eyes. "Whose hands do you think look more like the hands of a corrupt official?"

As soon as these words came out, several people knelt down in a hurry and said in unison: "Your Highness and I are terrified!"