In the hall, Princess Chengyang was surrounded by women from various families, with a smile on her face, but there was not much warmth in her eyes.
The son actually left the guests behind and personally led the way for the women of the Shi family!
Princess Chengyang is very angry. Does Mingyu know what signal he will send to the female family members present?
His own son knows that Mingyu has been abiding by the rules since he was a child, so he must have been instigated by the sixth girl of the Shi family to do this.
At this time, the female family members of the Shi family entered the house.
Once people have prejudices, it is difficult to be fair and objective.
After a few brief words with Mrs. Shi and Mrs. Shi, Princess Chengyang turned her eyes to Shi Fuxin. She had already made a judgment in her heart. No matter how she looked at it, she felt that this girl was hiding an evil spirit inside her.
Not what she wanted.
As the emperor's sister, although she had some unsatisfactory days before the emperor ascended the throne, her life has been smooth sailing since the emperor ascended the throne, and she is sought after by everyone wherever she goes.
Under this situation, Princess Chengyang became even more unwilling to wrong herself.
According to her temper, she was too lazy to deal with girls who didn't please her, but considering that her son was currently obsessed with the sixth girl of the Shi family, it would be hard for her son to explain it to her if she didn't give any face to the Shi family.<
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In this way, Princess Chengyang had to suppress her displeasure and patiently talked to Zhou Xuan, a female member of the Shi family: "Mingyu doesn't have many friends in the capital. Fortunately, your Jiulang likes him very much."
As he said that, he looked at the other female relatives.
"Mingyu is an acquaintance of his own. Once he got acquainted with Shi Jiulang, he immediately called himself brother and sister. No, there were many more brothers and sisters in one fell swoop."
"Every one of the girls in this family is really lovable. Now that Mingyu and Jiulang have become brothers, you are also his sisters. In the future, you must often come to the princess mansion to accompany me to relieve boredom."
These words explain to everyone why Fan Mingyu is closer to the Shi family.
They are brothers and sisters
After hearing this, the other female relatives relaxed a bit, especially the ladies sitting next to Princess Chengyang, who also praised the Shi family girl a few times.
Mrs. Shi heard what Princess Chengyang meant and quickly glanced at her sixth granddaughter. She felt slightly relieved when she saw her sixth granddaughter eating tea without changing her expression.
When she goes out as a guest, Sister Xin still looks like a lady.
In the following time, with Princess Chengyang as the core of the topic, the female family members present actively responded and cooperated, and the entire hall was filled with laughter and laughter.
Shi Fuxin watched all this silently. She could still sit still at first, but after a long time, she became a little tired.
Compared to being cool and talkative around the house, she still prefers to do practical things.
Thinking that the two islands captured from the Sea Snake Gang had begun to produce medicinal materials this year, Shi Fuxin felt happy. With the supply of these medicinal materials, the medicines sold by the 24 Shennongtang branches would be more abundant. p>
However, the three islands we currently own are all in the southernmost part of Dachu, but the branches of Shennongtang are all in the north, one in the south and one in the north. A lot of manpower, material and financial resources are spent on the transportation of medicinal materials every year.
For better management, Shi Fuxin established three branches of Shennong Hall, namely the Western Region Protectorate Branch, the Northern Xinjiang Branch, and the Liaodong Branch.
The three branch owners each control the branches in their respective areas.
Each branch is in charge of a pharmaceutical factory.
The current operation mode of Shennongtang is that the collected medicinal materials are transported from various places to the three branch pharmaceutical factories. The pharmaceutical factories prepare pills according to the prescriptions given by Shi Fuxin, and then supply the medicines to the branches in the area.
Having branch leaders manage branches in each district saves Shi Fuxin a lot of trouble. However, there is also a problem, that is, the power of the branch leaders is a bit too great.
Shi Fuxin has been in the capital for a long time and cannot go to each branch hall to supervise in person. Branch hall leaders who have no restraints are likely to do things that deceive superiors and hide things from subordinates.
She also knows that this kind of problem cannot be completely avoided, and as long as it is not too excessive, she can tolerate it.
However, it will definitely not work if there is no restraint at all. She knows very well how human nature cannot stand the test.
After acquiring two islands, she was thinking about building another pharmaceutical factory.
The three major branches of the pharmaceutical factory can only produce some basic pills. In the new pharmaceutical factory, she will build more pharmaceutical production lines. These drugs cannot be produced by the three major branches. Then, the supply will be uniformly distributed based on the performance of each district.<
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Considering the geographical factors, Shi Fuxin wanted to build the pharmaceutical factory in Guicheng, where the Southern Chief Yamen, run by her brother, is located.
Although Guicheng is not located in the middle of the north and south of Dachu, her control over Shennongtang can be strengthened by sending medicinal materials from the three major islands to Guicheng, formulating them into pills, and then sending them to the three branch halls from Guicheng.
With her brother watching over her, she can rest assured about the pharmaceutical factory.
When Shi Fuxin was thinking about these things, she became a little distracted. It wasn't until Shi Fulin and Shi Fulin called her that she came back to her senses.
"Sixth sister, what are you thinking about, so obsessed with it?"
Shi Fuxin saw the female relatives walking out: "What's wrong?"
Shi Fuzhen: "The princess invites everyone to come over and play the game of 'Qu Liu Liu Shang', where they drink wine and compose poems."
Shi Fuxin said "Oh", and together with Shi Fulin and Shi Fulin followed the Shi family, they followed the princess to a place with a wide view.
I saw a flat stone about five meters in diameter, surrounded by meandering water.
The meandering water is only two or three meters wide, and the bottom is crystal clear. It is covered with a layer of warm stones. Countless water plants are swaying with the water waves, and among the water plants, there are koi carp.
"The royal family will still enjoy it."
Shi Fuxin looked carefully at the place where she could play the game of "Meandering Water Slices". This place was obviously dug out manually. She had thought about it, and she would also build a place like this in Zhuangzi in the future.
After Princess Chengyang sat down, the other female family members also sat on the floor.
Shi Fuxin glanced at the flat stone surrounded by curved water, and then at Princess Chengyang, with some doubts in her eyes.
Why don't you sit in the middle?
If she were the host, she would sit on the flat stone in the middle so that she could have a panoramic view of all the visitors' actions.
Soon, Shi Fuxin knew why Princess Chengyang didn't go to the middle flat stone.
Not long after the women sat down, Mr. Fan Xiaohou came over with a group of young men.
Seeing a group of young talents coming over, the ladies were fine, and the young girls immediately started whispering to each other.
Shi Fuxin also became energetic. The girls sat on one side and the gentlemen on the other. Well, it was a bit like a blind date.
No, it’s not a bit like it, this is the blind date organized by Princess Chengyang for Fan Mingyu.
Hey, why is Chu Yao here too?
Seeing Chu Yao, Shi Fuxin looked surprised at first, but soon realized that this guy was considered an older single in this era, so it was not strange to come to such a blind date.
She couldn't help but sympathize when she thought that Chu Yao, a legitimate son of a prince, had to rely on other people's blind dates to solve the problem of being single.
"Oh my god, Mr. Yao San is here too."
Although Chu Yao has a poor reputation, because of his good looks, he still became the most noticed object among the girls at the scene. However, the wives of various families did not pay much attention to him.
Because Princess Chengyang doesn't like the Shi family, the female family members of the Shi family are somewhat far away from her.
After Fan Mingyu and others presented gifts to Princess Chengyang and the ladies of each family, he looked at the positions of the female relatives, then walked to sit opposite Shi Fuxin with a smile.
When Princess Chengyang saw it, she took a deep breath and did not show her dissatisfaction on the spot.
Fan Mingyu's actions also made the other female family members look a little strange.
Chu Yao glanced at Fan Mingyu. The host always attracted the most attention. After thinking about it, he walked over and sat down on his right hand.
When Shi Fuxin saw Fang Mingyu sitting opposite her, she gave him a generous smile, but when she saw Chu Yao coming over, the smile on her face became a little stiff.
After everyone was seated, Princess Chengyang began to speak.
The general idea is that the purpose of inviting everyone here today is to have fun, and everyone must have fun and enjoy themselves.
Then, the maids put the snacks and delicacies that had been prepared long ago into the water, and slowly floated down from the upper reaches and sent them to various places.
After everyone chatted and laughed for a while and ate something, Princess Chengyang asked someone to bring fruit wine. She watched the maid put the glass of fruit wine in the water and said with a smile:
"Whoever's cup is spinning or stopping in front of him will have to compose an impromptu poem and drink wine. If he can't compose a poem, he will be punished and have to perform on the flat stone in the middle."
Young girls and gentlemen were unwilling to admit defeat, and they did not want to be embarrassed in front of the opposite sex, so at the beginning everyone tried their best to express themselves.
Chu Yao seemed to be sipping the wine casually, but in fact, he was secretly looking at the ladies carefully.
He was rejected after several marriage proposals, which made him very frustrated.
He had to lower his requirements, and lowered the standard for finding Yue's family from the circle of nobles to the family of an official of third rank or above.
He knew that he had a bad reputation and that it would be difficult to get married, but he didn't expect it to be so difficult.
Meng Moling noticed that Chu Yao was in a bad mood, leaned forward and whispered: "Brother Yao, the ladies who came today are from pretty good families, and several girls from the Shangshu family are here."
Chu Yao said "hmm", he valued family background, but also valued people.
There is no way, the situation in the palace is complicated, and if people are not good enough, they will hold him back.
He does not expect his future wife to do anything to help him. His only requirement is to protect himself and his future children.
Through his own mother, he knew very well how bad a life would be for a child if a mother could not protect her.
Meng Moling looked at Chu Yao, somewhat hesitant to speak.
Chu Yao frowned: "If you have anything to say, just say it."
Meng Moling hesitated for a moment, then sat directly next to Chu Yao and whispered in her ear: "Brother Yao, many girls are looking at you shyly. If the girl's family is not willing to let you marry their daughter, why don't you try to sell your lust?"
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Chu Yao glared over with a 'shua', his eyes were very dangerous.
Meng Moling said bravely: "Brother Yao, don't glare at me. The old princess intends to tell you about Miss Zhuang from Duke Wen's mansion. This news is no longer a secret in the elite circle."
"Originally, some ladies don't care about your reputation, but after the old princess has done this, who among the ladies would dare to marry you?"
"Everyone knows that after a new daughter-in-law enters the house, she has to make a living under the hands of her mother-in-law. The old princess is the talker in the backyard. She has the person she likes. If a girl from another family bites the bullet and marries you, she knows that life after marriage will not be easy.
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"In this case, even if the girls like you, their families will never agree."
"So Brother Yao, you really have to use some extraordinary means, otherwise, you will have to accept the girl arranged by the old princess."
Chu Yao remained silent and said nothing, with hatred flashing in his eyes.
It sounds like the old princess has found a good marriage for the girl from Duke Wen's palace, but he knows that the reason why the old princess chose a wife for him from her mother's family is not because she loves his grandson, but because she wants to have a good relationship with him through pillow sex.
Control him!
How could he accept a wife who was destined to be different from him!!!
Chu Yao also knew that the reason why no one chose him was not only because of his bad reputation, but also because besides being the legitimate son of the royal family, he was just a playboy who had nothing to do all day long.
Without enough profit motivation, it is impossible to impress truly powerful people.
Thinking of this, Chu Yao narrowed his eyes. He had to find a way to get the emperor to reveal his identity as the commander of the Special Supervision Department.
Chu Yao was worried about his marriage, but opposite him, Shi Fuxin was leisurely watching the excitement.
Shi Fuxin didn't know how to compose poetry. Every time she saw the wine glass approaching her, she would secretly use her inner strength to let the wine flow to other people. However, she would not refuse the food that came to her.
At the beginning, the girls and boys tried their best to show off their literary talent. After a few rounds, some girls and boys couldn't write poems anymore and began to perform their talents on the flat stone in the middle.
As soon as the talent came out, the atmosphere reached a climax.
Princess Chengyang had been paying attention to her son, and she was very annoyed when she found that her son was not interested in the talents of ladies from various families, and only focused on flirting with the sixth girl of the Shi family.
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She had known for a long time that Shi Fuxin was not good at writing and wanted to make her embarrassed in public to reduce her son's liking for her.
But what's annoying is that the wine glass has stopped in front of almost everyone, and it has never stopped in front of Shi Fuxin once.
At this moment, the person performing talents on the flat stone in the middle is Princess Chengyang’s most promising candidate for daughter-in-law. The girl from the Jin family of the Minister of Household Affairs is performing piano skills.
Princess Chengyang really didn't want to see her son flirting with people in public. As soon as the song ended, she smiled and said: "Miss Jin's piano skills are really amazing."
As he said that, he looked at Mr. Fan Xiaohou.
"Mingyu, the music that Miss Jin just played seems to be very consistent with the swordsmanship you are practicing recently."
"Today, my mother is hosting a banquet. As the host, why don't you ask Miss Jin to play another song while you dance your sword to the side to help everyone enjoy it?"
Fan Mingyu couldn't refuse Princess Chengyang's words, but he didn't want to dance with the Jin family girl in front of Shi Fuxin. He hesitated and turned his eyes to Shi Fuxin.
Shi Fuxin saw the inquiry in Fan Mingyu's eyes and nodded with a smile.
When Fan Mingyu saw it, his face lit up and he stood up: "Mother said that the son should help everyone, but Miss Jin has already played a song, and it seems that her fingers are hurting from playing, so the son wants to ask the sixth sister of the Shi family to help
As a favor, let her play the piano music while my son dances with the sword."
Hearing this, Princess Chengyang almost couldn't breathe. Just when she was about to find a reason to refuse, she saw the sixth girl of the Shi family standing up without any reserve.
Shi Fuxin had a right smile on her face: "Little Marquis asks for help, Fuxin should help." After saying that, she and Fan Mingyou looked at each other and smiled.
Chu Yao had already recovered from his thoughts and looked at Shi Fuxin, who was doing her job, her eyes flickering a little.
He didn't believe that this girl couldn't see that Princess Chengyang wanted to bring the Jin girl and Fan Mingyu together, so she still dared to stand up. It was really courageous.
Meng Moling leaned over again: "Brother Yao, Mr. Fan Xiaohou is very fond of Fat Pomegranate. It is said that he has made his feelings known to Princess Chengyang and Yongchuan Hou. It's a pity that the Princess and Yongchuan Hou don't like the Shi family and Fat Pomegranate.
.No, let’s find a way to break it up.”
Chu Yao: "There is indeed something wrong with the Shi family." He looked at Shi Fuxin again.
Is this girl declaring her sovereignty?
Although he is not very reserved, his unwillingness to give in to his own interests is too much for his temper!