Chapter 20 — On the wedding night, I let Bach Lotus Flower Thanh Mai and Ma Phu drink Hop Can wine

That very day, the old Ta family announced: Ta Lam Chu was banned from self-criticism. The old lady handed over the housekeeper's rights. As for Liu Minh Chau, he will never be able to enter the Ta family's door again. No one saw her off. She took the two hundred taels of silver that Ta Lam Chu gave her and was taken out of the city by the driver. But right outside the city gate, Hong Tu was waiting. Hong Tu knelt down.

“Miss, this slave has served you for many years, please return my slave contract.”

Lieu Minh Chau angrily shouted:

“You still dare to come and beg me?”

Hong Tu raised his head.

“If you don't give it to me, I will stand right in front of the city gate and tell everyone how you deducted my servants' pocket money that year.”

Liu Minh Chau was so angry that he burst out laughing.

“Even you bully me?”

Hong Tu looked at her.

"It's the young lady who teaches the slaves. If you can't be soft, then make a fuss."

Liu Minh Chau looked at her, suddenly speechless. She finally tasted the consequences of what she had sown. Hong Tu took the contract and left. The coachman urged her to go. She turned her head to look towards the city gate. No one called her. There was no one to hold her back. She used to think that if she cried a little, there would always be someone to protect her. But today, even if she cried hoarsely... no one would turn around to look. I'm not going to see. I sat on the second floor of Quy Duong, quietly looking at the books of the new store. Uncle Chu smiled and said:

"Miss, the five new stores are now bringing in more than eight thousand taels of silver each month. If we continue at this pace, by the end of the year we can open up to twelve new stores."

Ngan Binh happily replied:

“Miss is really amazing.”

Even Lady Tiet came.

“The Co family has sent a matchmaker.”

Ngan Binh's eyes immediately lit up. My movement of flipping through books also stopped. Lady Tiet smiled and asked:

“Chieu Duong, what do you think?”

I replied leisurely:

“Let him come and ask himself.”

In the evening, Co Nghien Chi really arrived. Today he was not wearing official uniform, holding a wooden box in his hand.

“Miss Shen.”

I look at him.

“Isn't Master Gu coming today to deliver documents to testify?”

He shook his head.

"Not."

I laughed looking at him.

“So what are you doing?”

He opened the wooden box. There are no precious treasures inside. There was only a single bride price and a blank piece of paper.

“What is this blank sheet of paper?”

He looked at me.

"The rules after the wedding, she wrote. I follow them."

Ngan Binh standing next to him couldn't help but laugh. Even I laugh along.

“What if I write that the shop is under my control, the money is under my control, and when you argue, you have to bow first?”

Co Nghien Chi nodded. I asked again:

“What if I don't want to be locked in the backyard?”

He slowly replied:

"Quy Duong is hers. This heaven and earth are also hers."

I looked at him for a long time.

“Co Nghien Chi, we have been separated before.”

“My temper is not good.”

He smiled softly.

“I've seen it before.”

Again I said:

“I will never take anyone as my life again.”

He looked straight into my eyes.

"Just fine, I don't want you to lose yourself because of me."

I slowly put away the bride price form.

“Then… try it first.”

A smile immediately appeared in his eyes. In just half a year, Quy Duong opened seventeen stores. The Tham family brought ten merchant ships from Jiangnan. In the capital, all the ladies took it as an honor to wear Quy Duong's clothes. The Queen Mother personally issued the sign. Every quarter, the Princess Palace ordered new cloth. When my father entered the capital, Quy Duong collected more than thirty thousand taels of silver every month. He stood in front of the store and looked for a long time.

“Chieu Duong, you are more powerful than I imagined.”

I burst out laughing.

“Dad's silver is also very good.”

The father immediately burst into laughter. Lady Tiet stood next to her and said:

“This child, even though I praise you, you don't know how to be humble.”

I replied leisurely:

“You deserve praise.”

Co Nghien Chi came to pick me up to see the new house. The new palace is not located in the noble alley of the Marquis Palace. Which is located right behind Quy Duong's general store.