Farmer girl swaps husbands: buys a sickly villain and pampers him

Chapter 286 Moving the Capital
Three days later, the site for the new capital was chosen. Next, the Ministry of Works would provide blueprints for the emperor to select. Once the emperor had made his selection, Zhou Wangshu would lead the ministers of the Ministry of Works to the new capital to build the new palace.

Su Yaoguang led the people of Taoyaofang to relocate with Zhou Wangshu's group. However, Taoyaofang in this location remained open as usual, only needing to be handed over to a trusted manager. They would come to reconcile accounts every six months or a year, which would amount to a considerable sum of money.

Su Yaoguang and Zhou Wangshu rode together on one horse.

Zhang Zhaodi and the others sat in the carriage, lifting the curtain to look outside, their eyes filled with reluctance.

"Won't it affect your boss Song's business if he moves with you?" Zhang Yingdi asked.

"If we can open a new Peach Blossom Pavilion in the new capital, he can open a new shop in the new capital. What's the big deal?"

Seeing that Zhang Pandi no longer had the same gloomy face as before, and looked so bright and cheerful, Zhang Yingdi knew that Zhang Pandi had finally married the right person this time.

Jia Chunni's clothes also looked better than before. It wasn't that she had a bad life in Taoyaofang before, but rather that Jia Chunni was always busy following Jiang Jing around and had no time to take care of herself. She was clearly a young girl, but she acted like a tomboy. Now, looking at her jingling jewelry, she finally looked like a proper young lady.

“Look…” Jia Chunni pointed outside.

Everyone looked in the direction she pointed. They saw a madwoman on the side of the street, clutching a swaddled baby and refusing to let go. Several constables were fighting with her for the baby, and they finally managed to snatch it from her.

"My child...my child..."

"She's insane. Her child is already rotten."

"How pathetic."

"She's not pitiful at all. That woman is extremely vicious!"

Zhang Zhaodi and the others exchanged glances.

Although Jiang Yihuan was now disheveled and so thin that she looked like a completely different person, they still recognized her at a glance.

Su Yaoguang saw it too. She was on horseback, watching Jiang Yihuan's figure.

Jiang Yihuan sensed something and looked up at Su Yaoguang on horseback. In that instant, her previously clouded eyes suddenly cleared. She grabbed a cleaver from a nearby stall and lunged towards Su Yaoguang.

"I am going to kill you!"

Zhou Wangshu held Su Yaoguang in his arms and covered her eyes.

*Thud!* The sound of a knife piercing flesh rang out.

Su Yaoguang pulled down Zhou Wangshu's hand and looked across, only to see that Jiang Yihuan had been stabbed through by soldiers.

She coughed up blood, looking in Su Yaoguang's direction, her eyes filled with resentment.

Zhou Wangshu spurred the horse and led Su Yaoguang away from there.

"Xiao Yanci is in the border prison. Before I left, I told him not to die too quickly, but I don't know how long he can last."

"A person like him must not die too quickly; otherwise, it would be meaningless."

The emperor chose a new capital city that was close to the border, but still within their own territory. After all, the enemy country had just been conquered, and there were still many unruly rebels who would require them to spend a great deal of time taming them.

Two months later, they arrived in the new capital.

The new capital city could hardly be described as a wealthy city.

Of course, this was two months ago.

Now that this place has been designated as the new capital, a large number of merchants have appeared in the city, and the property prices here have increased tenfold.

The first thing Zhou Wangshu did upon arriving in the new capital was to take over the local government.

The entire city needed to be re-divided. Firstly, the location of the royal palace was extremely important and had to be chosen for its auspicious feng shui. Therefore, it took three days just to select a site for the palace, examining every feng shui treasure trove before finally choosing a location with exceptional dragon vein energy. Secondly, with the palace built here, the areas closest to it had to be cleared out for official residences.

All civil and military officials, as well as the various noble families with hereditary titles, needed new residences here.

There are also the government offices and official residences of various departments.

Zhou Wangshu summoned all the artisans from several surrounding cities.

Officials from the Ministry of Works were in charge of supervision, and craftsmen from all over the country obeyed the orders of the government. The construction project, which lasted for three years, began.

Su Yaoguang was not idle; she was busy building a new shop.

One was busy building the city, and the other was busy opening a shop; the couple rarely saw each other.

"Boss, look outside..." the new employee said, pointing to the door, "That person is really good-looking!"

Su Yaoguang turned around and, upon seeing Zhou Wangshu, put down the new product she was holding and walked over.

"Little handsome man, would you like to come in for a cup of tea?" Su Yaoguang pinched Zhou Wangshu's chin.

Zhou Wangshu was dressed casually today, not in his official robes. When he wasn't wearing his official robes, he looked like a young man who had just come of age.

He held Su Yaoguang in his arms, pulling her close, and said in a coquettish tone, "Just tea? I'm starving, can you give me something to eat?"

New employee: "..."

The boss is so powerful.

"Wait a minute, doesn't the boss have a husband?" the new employee muttered to himself. "Isn't it a bit inappropriate to blatantly flirt with a young man like this?"

Jiang Jing came out from behind and said, "Is it possible that this is the master's husband?"

"Huh?" The new employee's eyes widened. "The boss's husband is so handsome! How come I've never seen him before?"

He's so handsome, why doesn't he let them see him? Is he hiding him at home?

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister..." An official from the Ministry of Works chased after him to the entrance of Taoyao Workshop and shouted, "Your Excellency, I heard that you ordered the craftsmen in the Prime Minister's residence to stop work. Is there something wrong with their work?"

The new guy's mouth was wide open.

"The...Prime Minister..." the new employee pointed in Zhou Wangshu's direction, "He's the Prime Minister, so our boss is the Madam?"

"Otherwise what?" Jiang Jing patted the new employee on the shoulder. "Now, aren't you very confident in our shop?"

The other men gathered around, their eyes fixed intently on Zhou Wangshu.

Zhou Wangshu left with the officials from the Ministry of Works.

When Su Yaoguang returned, the workers gathered around her.

"Boss, you're actually the Prime Minister's wife? You're so low-key! We only found out about this now."

"The main problem is that the Prime Minister is too busy. Ever since he came here, it seems like he has been busy with the construction of the palace."

"Yes, yes. Boss, you're already the Prime Minister's wife, why are you still doing business?"

Su Yaoguang said, "Even if I were the King of Heaven, I still had to do business. My mother was still a general's wife, and she was still working as a waitress before she gave birth. Alright, stop being so curious and go back to your business."

Zhou Wangshu suddenly appeared outside Taoyaofang. Quite a few people saw this scene and realized that Taoyaofang had such a powerful backer. Moreover, the owner of Taoyaofang was the Prime Minister's wife. As a result, many people came to curry favor with him.

Su Yaoguang wouldn't refuse their flattery; they could please her, but they would never ask her to do anything illegal or disorderly.