Chapter 116 The Zhang Family Settles Down and Makes a Living
After Zhang died, her body was taken away by her family.

Because this was the prince's private residence where they were staying, they didn't dare to actually send the body inside for fear of causing trouble, so they could only find a charity cemetery outside the city to temporarily store the coffin.

The Zhang family also quarreled over her funeral arrangements.

Old Madam Zhang had only one daughter. Not only did she die tragically, but she didn't even know where she was buried. She was extremely angry. The first person she was dissatisfied with was naturally the heartless Jiang family, and the second was her son and daughter-in-law.

After all, they are siblings who were born from the same mother. Not only did they enjoy so many benefits in the past, but now they are even reluctant to buy a thicker coffin for them after their death. As a result, he became sick with anger.

Zhang Yunmeng came to see her with a bowl of medicine, and Old Madam Zhang was also cursing at her.

"Your father and father only know how to use you to fool me. She is your aunt, his biological sister. Now they just ignore her like that? Before Hong Niang died, she entrusted us to take good care of Jin Er. Now, I feel like it's a joke to tell anyone about it. Isn't he afraid that his sister will come after him in the underworld in the future? This bastard!"

He cursed so hard that he even coughed.

Zhang Yunmeng stepped forward to help him calm down, and then spoke comfortingly.

"Don't be angry, grandma. Father is just a coward in Xuzhou. That's why he is like this. Please be patient. This matter is still at hand. It's not good to make the family restless. How about this? After half a month, when you are better and the date of burial is chosen, your granddaughter will ask father to buy you a good coffin. How do you think?"

Old Madam Zhang looked at her granddaughter with tears in her eyes. She grasped her delicate arm with her old hands and nodded with emotion.

"After all, Meng Niang is kind-hearted."

Zhang Yunmeng half comforted and half coaxed Madam Zhang, and finally got her to drink the medicine. He waited until she fell into a sound sleep before leaving.

Right now, the Zhang family is in a bit of a pickle.

She has already torn her relations with the Jiang family, and has nothing to do with Prince Chun's Mansion. Now the only thing she can hope for is that her cousin Jiang Shijin can wake up within half a month. If the prince can be brought along when her aunt is buried, then she may be able to find a way to survive.

Otherwise, this trip north would be in vain.

The Zhang family came here by selling off all their property, so they have no shortage of money, but it is all tightly held in Zhang Xingchun's hands. He went out to inquire in the past two days and found out that if they want to rent a house with two entrances, even if it is one of the private houses in the east or west of the city, most of their property will be used up.

But then they would have little money to make a living.

There are so many mouths waiting to feed, what should he do? He was so worried that his face was full of sorrow, and Zhang Yunmeng happened to see him. She took two quick steps forward and bowed to Zhang Xingchun and greeted him.

"Dad, why are you not happy?"

Compared with his son Zhang Yunhao, Zhang Xingchun usually loves his daughter more. One reason is that his daughter is considerate, and the other is that his daughter is smart. She is much more capable and shrewd than his son who only knows how to hide in the woman's nest and enjoy a comfortable life. Therefore, Zhang Xingchun did not hide anything from her and told her all the situations at home.

Zhang Yunmeng lowered her head in deep thought. She had learned some business from her father at home. Although the Jiang family's orders accounted for nearly 40% of their profits each year, the other 60% was also earned from their own business, so it was not true that the whole family knew nothing.

"We can put the renting of the house off for now. The most important thing right now is to make a living. Dad, go to the east of the city and look for a suitable place with a storefront and a backyard. It doesn't matter if it's small. If we can't live here anymore, we'll have somewhere to move to."

Zhang Xingchun agreed with his daughter's words and said with a sigh, "There are houses like this, but the rent is not cheap. I don't think we have a good way to do business, so we dare not make a decision easily."

Zhang Yunmeng shook his head and continued.

"Father, you'd better make a decision early. It's almost Mid-Autumn Festival now. I'm afraid the price will be even higher. Now that we've come to Xijing City, don't think about retreating. Once we rent the yard, my daughter will have her own use."

Zhang Xingchun didn't understand, but seeing his daughter so confident, he had to believe her. After all, she was the only one in the family who could give advice, so he sighed and asked.

"How is your grandmother? Is she still blaming me?"

"Of course, it's my aunt's affair after all. Dad, you shouldn't do this."

"Do you think I want to? If I had a lot of money, I would naturally choose expensive things for my sister's funeral, but now there is no other way, right? Besides, I am afraid that if the funeral is too conspicuous, it will attract the attention of Prince Chun's Mansion. Then we will have no chance to survive, right?"

Thinking of this, Zhang Xingchun also frowned.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Yunmeng shook his head and analyzed calmly.

"Father, you are mistaken. After all, cousin Jin'er is also the Crown Prince's consort. Even if she is not favored at the moment, her status is there, and she can always scare people. Since we are going to do business in Xijing City, let those who don't know the truth outside take a look. When they think that our backer is Prince Chun's Mansion, then business will naturally be much easier to do, isn't it?"

Zhang Xingchun thought about it and felt that what his daughter said was not entirely unreasonable, so he thought about it and nodded, turned around and went out again, continuing to look for a suitable shop.

After he left, Zhang Yunmeng was not idle either.

After returning to her room, she calmly thought about what had happened during this period, thinking that it would be best if she could marry the prince, but if not, she had to find a good way out for herself as soon as possible.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is her opportunity.

She was carefully calculating how to plan for her future, and the Jiang family was also busy at this moment, with many more people coming and going inside and outside the yard.

The chanting of scriptures was arranged for a full seven days.

Outsiders didn't know much about Zhang's evil deeds, so the Jiang family made the excuse that the old lady had been ill and they specially asked someone to come and see her. The Jiang family was not a family that everyone in Xijing City paid attention to, so only the neighbors were concerned, and no one else paid attention.

If you were to ask which place is the most lively in Xijing City today, it would probably be Prince Chun’s Palace.

With the Third Young Master’s scandal and the Crown Prince’s wife’s miscarriage, everyone thought that Prince Chun’s Mansion would be quiet for a while, but who knew that they would start arranging a marriage right away.

The eldest daughter of Zhao Fengchang's family entered the palace to become the Crown Prince's concubine. The ceremony was much more grand than when the Crown Prince's wife was married. Therefore, everyone congratulated Prince Chun's marriage on the surface, and naturally there was a lot of discussion in private.

Jiang Shiyuan was invited to be a guest in the princess's mansion today.

While she was resting here, she could even hear the sounds of music and dance coming from Prince Chun's mansion next door. One can imagine how grand the scene was.