Male supporting role is not a stepping stone

Someone soon reported what happened outside the mansion. When Yang Yan heard that Jiang Ruxue was being chased and beaten, he curled his lips slightly, told her not to bother with her, and waved his hand to let her go.

Although he could not directly kill the hero and heroine due to some reasons that he had not yet figured out, people who originally lived in the small world did not have this restriction.

If the heroine was really beaten to death by those people, the grudge between the original owner and her would be over. If she survived by chance, she would be troubled by her in the future and let her suffer a little more. Anyway, it would not take much effort.

Jiang Ruxue, who finally got rid of the crazy people and escaped by hiding under a pile of smelly garbage, suddenly felt a chill on her back, as if someone was staring at her.

She was originally planning to go out when she saw that those people had gone far away, but she was suddenly a little scared. She could only endure the pungent stench and continue to hide until the smell almost made her faint, and then she carefully got out.

Fortunately, the crowd had no deep hatred for her. They had only chased her and beaten her out of indignation before. After chasing her for a while and not seeing her, they all dispersed.

Jiang Ruxue became much more careful after the experience. She dared not to attract attention anymore. She lowered her head and avoided other people's sight and hurried to the Fourth Prince's Mansion.

Now she couldn't get her dowry, and the Jiang family broke up with her. Although she was still a little unwilling in her heart, there was only one place she could go.

Along the way, Jiang Ruxue imagined a lot. The women in the mansion would make things difficult for her, and A Rong would be provoked to misunderstand her and quarrel with her. She had thought about how to deal with all these, but she never expected that what was waiting for her was an empty Fourth Prince's Mansion.

There was no plaque on the lintel, the door was open, and there was no one inside. In just a few days, the originally luxurious mansion actually felt a bit decadent.

Jiang Ruxue walked in and found that the place seemed to have been swept away. All the valuable things had been moved away, even heavy things like tables and chairs were not spared. Only some worthless stone tables and stone benches were left in their original places.

The person she was looking for was sitting on a stone bench at the moment, staring at the empty house with dull eyes.

"Arong?" Jiang Ruxue suppressed the panic in her heart and walked over, "What happened? How did your prince's mansion become like this?"

"Prince's mansion?" Fang Jiarong finally came to his senses and laughed bitterly, "Where can there be a prince's mansion now?"

Jiang Ruxue learned from his story that such a big change had happened in the past few days. The emperor had become the emperor, and the new emperor was the eldest prince.

Because she often expressed some unique opinions, Fang Jiarong occasionally talked to her about government affairs in the past, so she knew very well that his relationship with this eldest brother was not harmonious. This news was undoubtedly very unfavorable for them.

It seems that it is impossible to turn things around by taking the road of the court again. Jiang Ruxue is not too depressed. If they can't be powerful, they can also be ordinary rich people!

She has so many things in her mind about the future. She can earn a lot of money by taking out any of them, so that they can live a rich life for the rest of their lives.

But the problem now is that she has no capital. Thinking of this, Jiang Ruxue couldn't sit still. She stood up and started to search around in the mansion.

"What are you doing?" Fang Jiarong didn't expect her to react like this, and asked with a strange look on her face.

"Of course, I'm looking for something valuable!" Jiang Ruxue said without looking back, "Now the two of us are penniless. What will we eat next if we don't make some money?"

"You--" Fang Jiarong saw her mercenary face for the first time, and he was very uncomfortable, but he also knew that what she said was reality, so he could only suppress the discomfort in his heart and search with her.

God will not let down those who work hard. In addition to those large items that could not be moved, they actually found a jade earring of not very good quality, a few pieces of scattered silver, and even a gold bead from some inconspicuous corners and cracks!

The two people who had been too lazy to even look at these inconspicuous things before were not ecstatic about their gains, but at least they were very happy. However, they were interrupted by a team of soldiers after a short while.

"This place will be sealed soon. What do you want to do by running in?" The leader looked at the two people suspiciously.

Jiang Ruxue was very glad that she had just reacted quickly to hide the things. At this time, she wanted to leave with Fang Jiarong, but he ignored her and stood proudly, saying coldly: "This is my home. What's wrong with me being here?"

The soldiers looked at each other for a moment, and they laughed out loud.

Fang Jiarong looked displeased and asked coldly, "What are you laughing at?"

The officers and soldiers laughed so hard that they fell forward and backward, and tears came out. Finally, they gradually stopped laughing under his gloomy face: "It turns out to be the commoner Fang Jiarong! The emperor has ordered you to leave the capital from now on. What, do you think you want to disobey the order?"

I didn't expect that a few officers and soldiers who had never seen him before would dare to laugh at him so wantonly. It was really a tiger in the plain being bullied by a dog. Fang Jiarong suddenly clenched his fists.

"What are you doing?" The officer suddenly drew out the knife from his waist and said angrily, "A commoner dares to attack officers and soldiers? If you dare to move today, do you believe that we brothers will kill you here?"

That being said, they really didn't dare to do it. After all, the person in front of them was the grandson of the prince. What if the emperor remembered their old friendship one day and knew that they had killed him to punish them? Wouldn't it be very unfair?

Fang Jiarong naturally saw the bluffing of several people and couldn't help but snorted coldly.

The leading officer was a little embarrassed and said angrily: "Commoner Fang Jiarong, do you believe that I will arrest you and put you in jail now and punish you for trespassing in the forbidden area?"

Fang Jiarong's face became very ugly for a while. He expected that these people would not dare to really take his life, but he still had the courage to let him suffer a little. However, if he retreated now, he felt very embarrassed.

Just when he was a little embarrassed, Jiang Ruxue stepped forward and held his hand, whispering: "Arong, let's leave here first! A good man will not suffer a loss in front of him."

Fang Jiarong breathed a sigh of relief, took the opportunity to hold her hand back, and said coldly: "You wait for me!" After that, he left hand in hand with her.

The moment they stepped out of the door, a huge laugh suddenly broke out behind them, and Fang Jiarong's face turned livid instantly.

Jiang Ruxue quickly grabbed his arm and said: "Arong, don't bother with these villains. Let's leave here first, and punish them when we make a comeback in the future."

She said this with full confidence, which comforted Fang Jiarong, who had lost his status and even his wives and concubines in the mansion abandoned him. He couldn't help but hold her hand tightly and said affectionately: "You don't leave me today, and I will never let you down in the future."

The two left the capital hand in hand, almost with nothing, but the two hearts accepted it as never before, and it was actually sweet for a while.

However, this sweet life ended not long after. Jiang Ruxue used to do business with Fang Jiarong and made a lot of money with novel ideas.

She thought it was easy to do business in ancient times, but when she really started, she realized how difficult it was to make money without the protection of power and status.

Because she had limited capital, she first thought of making soap and perfumed soap. This thing was low-cost and not difficult to make. After several experiments, the finished product was soon produced.

She first sold the product on the street. Because of the low price and good effect, it sold very well in less than half a month. Just when she was about to rent a shop to make a lot of money, someone wanted to buy her recipe.

It was said to be buying, but in fact it was almost like robbing. Those people wanted to sell such a profitable thing for only five taels of silver.

Jiang Ruxue certainly refused to do it, but the other party was a relative of the county magistrate's family, and they found a random excuse to arrest them and put them in jail. Fang Jiarong was beaten all over, and those people wanted to do unspeakable things to her. She had no choice but to hand over the prescription.

After being released from the prison with great difficulty, Fang Jiarong was seriously injured. It took most of their savings to save him. Even so, he was left with a root of illness, and his bones would ache every rainy day in the future.

What's more excessive is that those people not only robbed her prescription, but also forbade her to sell soap again, completely cutting off her source of income.

Jiang Ruxue was very angry, but the situation was stronger than people. She was powerless and helpless now, and she could only swallow her grievances.

There were local snakes here that they couldn't afford to offend, so after Fang Jiarong recovered, they moved to another place to stay.

Because soap had spread quickly in a short time, the price was not expensive, and even perfumed soap was available, they would not make much profit if they continued to make it, and they would need to compete with others.

Jiang Ruxue gave up this business and developed matches again. As a result, not long after she sold them, someone once again coveted her recipe.

After another round of disobedience, they were beaten and threatened, and finally they had no choice but to compromise, and moved to another place after they recovered.

But it was like being possessed by bad luck. No matter where they went, whether they did business alone or sought cooperation with local dignitaries, someone would covet what they had in their hands, and they ended up with nothing.

After failure after failure, Fang Jiarong's body collapsed, his legs were disabled, and he became extremely depressed.

At first, he still fantasized about making a comeback, and one day he would return to the capital to drive his eldest brother off the stage. Later, he just wanted to live a stable life and not suffer any more.

And Jiang Ruxue gradually realized that it was not so easy to get along in ancient times, and ancient people were not as stupid as she imagined.