Poor Family

In the hall, Princess Chengyang, surrounded by the female family members, had a smile on her face, but her eyes were not warm.

The son actually abandoned the guests and led the way for the female family members of the Shi family himself!

Princess Chengyang was very annoyed, did Mingyu know what signal he would send to the female relatives present?

His son knew that Mingyu had abided by the rules since he was a child, and he must have been instigated by the sixth girl of the Shi family to do so.

At this time, the family members of the Shi family entered the house.

Once people have prejudices, it is difficult to be fair and objective.

After talking briefly to Mrs. Shi and Mrs. Shi, Princess Chengyang looked at Shi Fuxin. She had already made a judgment in her heart. No matter how she looked at it, she felt that this girl had hidden internal strength and was not at all. Not as good as she wanted.

As the emperor's younger sister, although she had some unsatisfactory days before the emperor ascended the throne, after the emperor ascended the throne, her life went smoothly, and she was sought after by everyone wherever she went.

In this case, Princess Chengyang was more and more unwilling to wrong herself.

According to her temperament, she is too lazy to talk to girls who don't please her, but thinking that her son is in the period when he is fascinated by the sixth girl of the Shi family, if he doesn't give the Shi family any face, it will be difficult for him to explain.

In this way, Princess Chengyang had to forcefully suppress the dislike in her heart, and patiently talked to the female family member of the Shi family, Zhou Xuan: "Mingyu doesn't have many friends in the capital, but fortunately, your Jiulang is very fond of him."

As he spoke, he looked at the other female relatives.

"Mingyu is an acquaintance, and Shi Jiulang got acquainted, so he directly called him a brother. No, he has many brothers and sisters in no time."

"At this time, the girls in my family are really likable. Since Mingyu and Jiulang have become brothers, you are also his younger sister. In the future, you will often come to the princess mansion to accompany me to relieve boredom."

These words explained to everyone why Fan Mingyu got closer to the Shi family.

It's brothers and sisters

After hearing this, the expressions of the other female relatives relaxed a bit, especially those wives who sat next to Princess Chengyang also praised the girls of the Shi family.

Mrs. Shi heard what Princess Chengyang meant, and took a quick look at the sixth granddaughter, seeing that the sixth granddaughter was eating tea without changing her expression, she felt a little relieved.

When going out as a guest, Sister Xin still looks like a lady.

In the following time, with Princess Chengyang as the core topic, the female relatives present responded and cooperated actively, and the whole hall was filled with words and laughter.

Shi Fuxin watched all this silently, she could sit still at first, but after a long time, she got a little bored.

She still prefers to do practical things rather than being handsome and talkative in the house.

Thinking that the two islands seized from the Sea Snake Gang had already started to produce medicinal materials this year, Shi Fuxin felt happy. With the supply of these medicinal materials, the twenty-four Shennongtang branches would be able to sell more medicines.

However, the three islands currently owned are all in the southernmost part of Dachu, while the branches of Shennongtang are all in the north. One south and one north, a lot of manpower, material and financial resources are spent on the transportation of medicinal materials every year.

For better management, Shi Fuxin set up three branch halls of Shennong Hall, namely, the branch hall of the Protectorate of the Western Regions, the branch hall of Beijiang, and the branch of Liaodong.

The three branch hall masters each control the branch in their area.

Each branch is in charge of a pharmaceutical factory.

The current mode of operation of Shennongtang is that the collected medicinal materials are transported from various places to the three branch pharmaceutical factories, and the pharmaceutical factory prepares pills according to the prescription given by Shi Fuxin, and then supplies medicines to the branch stores in the area.

Having branch masters to manage each branch store saves Shi Fuxin a lot of trouble, but there is also a problem, that is, the branch master has too much power.

Shi Fuxin had been in the capital for a long time and was unable to personally go to the branch halls to supervise and inspect. The branch masters who had no restraints were very likely to do things that deceived the superior and the inferior.

She also knows that this kind of problem cannot be completely avoided, as long as it is not too much, she can tolerate it.

However, it would definitely not work if there was no restraint at all. She knew how human nature could not stand the test.

After getting two islands, she was thinking about building another pharmaceutical factory.

The three major branches of the pharmaceutical factory can only produce some basic pills, but in the newly built pharmaceutical factory, she will build more drug production lines, which cannot be produced by the three major branches, and then distribute the supply of goods uniformly according to the performance of each district.

Considering the geographical factors, Shi Fuxin wanted to build the pharmaceutical factory in Guicheng where her brother's chief arresting yamen was located.

Although Guicheng is not in the middle of the north and south of the Great Chu, sending medicinal materials from the three big islands to Guicheng, making pills and then sending them to the three branch halls from Guicheng can strengthen her control over Shennongtang.

With her brother watching, she can rest assured about the pharmaceutical factory.

When Shi Fuxin was thinking about these things, her mind was a little distracted, and she didn't come back to her mind until Shi Fulin and Shi Fuying called her.

"Sixth sister, what are you thinking, you are so engrossed in thinking?"

Shi Fuxin saw all the female relatives walking out: "What's wrong?"

Shi Fuying: "The princess invites everyone to play the game of 'Qushui Liushang' where drinking wine and composing poems."

Shi Fuxin let out an 'oh', followed the Shi family with Shi Fubin and Shi Fulin, and followed the princess to a place with a wide view.

I saw a flat stone with a diameter of about five meters, surrounded by winding water.

The curved water is only two or three meters wide, and the bottom of the water is crystal clear, covered with a layer of cobblestones. Numerous aquatic plants sway with the water waves, and among the aquatic plants, there are strips of koi.

"The Royals will still enjoy it."

Shi Fuxin looked carefully at this place where the game of 'Qushui Liushang' could be played. This place was obviously excavated by hand. She made up her mind that she would also build a place like this in Zhuangzi in the future.

After Princess Chengyang took her seat, the other female relatives also sat on the floor.

Shi Fuxin glanced at Pingshi, who was surrounded by Qushui, and then at Princess Chengyang, with some doubts in her eyes.

Why not sit in the middle?

If she is the master, she will sit on the flat stone in the middle, so that she can have a panoramic view of all the guests' actions.

Soon, Shi Fuxin knew why Princess Chengyang didn't go to the middle Pingshi.

Not long after the female relatives sat down, Master Fan Xiaohou brought a group of young princes over.

Seeing a group of young talents coming over, the ladies are okay, and the young girls immediately whispered to each other.

Shi Fuxin also came alive, the girls sat on one side, and the boys sat on the other, um, it was a bit like a blind date.

No, it's not a bit like it. This is the blind date event organized by Princess Chengyang for Fan Mingyu.

Hey, why is Chu Yao here?

Seeing Chu Yao, Shi Fuxin was stunned at first, but soon realized that this guy is considered older and single in this day and age, so it's not surprising to come to this kind of blind date.

Thinking of Chu Yao, a son of the prince's family, actually relying on other people's blind dates to solve the problem of leaving the single, she couldn't help feeling a little sympathetic.

"My God, the third son Yao is here too."

Although Chu Yao's reputation is not good, but because of his good-looking face, he still became the most attention of the girls at the scene, but the wives of the various families didn't pay much attention to him.

Because Princess Chengyang doesn't like the Shi family, therefore, the position of the Shi family's female family members is a little far away from her.

After Fan Mingyu brought people to meet Princess Chengyang and the wives, he looked at the positions of the female relatives, then smiled and walked to sit down opposite Shi Fuxin.

Seeing Princess Chengyang, she took a deep breath so as not to express her dissatisfaction on the spot.

Fan Mingyu's actions also made the other female relatives look a little strange.

Chu Yao glanced at Fan Mingyu, the owner's house always attracted the most attention. After thinking about it, he also 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 approaching, the smile on her face became a little stiff.

After everyone sat down, Princess Chengyang began to speak.

The gist of the words is that the purpose of inviting everyone here today is to have fun, and everyone must have fun and have fun.

Then, the maids put the snacks and delicacies prepared in the water into the water, and slowly floated down from the upper reaches to send them to various places.

After everyone had chatted and laughed for a while, and had something to eat, Princess Chengyang sent someone to bring fruit wine. Watching the maid put the glass of fruit wine in the water, she said with a smile:

"Whoever the cup spins or stops in front of him will have to improvise a poem and drink. If he can't write a poem, he will be punished and perform on the flat stone in the middle."

Young girls and young men are unwilling to admit defeat, and they don't want to lose face in front of the opposite sex, so everyone tried their best to express themselves at the beginning.

Chu Yao seemed to be sipping the wine casually, but in fact, he secretly looked at the ladies carefully.

He was very frustrated when he was rejected several times in a row.

He had to lower his requirements, and lowered the standard for finding Yue's family from the honorable circle to finding from the family of officials above the third rank.

He knew that he had a bad reputation and that getting married was not easy, but he didn't expect it to be so difficult.

Meng Moling noticed that Chu Yao was in a bad mood, leaned over and said in a low voice: "Brother Yao, the ladies who came today are from 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, if someone is not good enough, it will hinder him.

He doesn't expect his future wife to help him, the only requirement is to protect himself and his future child.

Through his own mother, he knew all too well how bad it would be for a child if the mother couldn't protect her.

Meng Moling looked at Chu Yao, hesitant to speak.

Chu Yao frowned: "Speak up if you have something to say."

Meng Moling hesitated for a moment, and sat directly next to Chu Yao, whispering in his ear: "Brother Yao, many girls are looking at you shyly, if the girl's family is unwilling to let you marry their daughter, why don't you try to betray your appearance?" ?”

Chu Yao glared over with a 'shua', his eyes were very dangerous.

Meng Moling bit the bullet and said: "Brother Yao, don't stare at me either. The old concubine intends to tell you Miss Zhuang from Duke Wen's mansion. This news is no secret in the noble circle."

"Originally, some girls don't care about your reputation, but after the old concubine made such a move, who would dare to marry you?"

"We all know that after the new daughter-in-law enters the door, 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 a favorite candidate. If another girl bites the bullet and marries you, I also know that life after marriage will not be easy. of."

"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 can only accept the girl arranged by the old concubine for you."

Chu Yao remained silent, with hatred in his eyes.

A girl from Duke Wen's mansion, it sounds like the old concubine found a good marriage for herself, but he knows that the reason why the old concubine chose a wife for him from her natal family was not because she loves his grandson, but because she wants to use the wind around her pillow, so that she can marry her. Take control of him!

How could he accept a wife who was destined to disagree with him! ! !

Chu Yao also knows that the reason why no one chooses him is that besides his bad reputation, he is just a dandy who has nothing to do all day long besides his status as a son of the royal family.

Without sufficient profit-driven, it is impossible to impress truly capable people.

Thinking of this, Chu Yao narrowed his eyes, he had to find a way to get the emperor to announce his identity as the commander of the special supervision department.

Chu Yao was worrying about her marriage, while Shi Fuxin, who was opposite her, was leisurely watching the excitement.

Shi Fuxin doesn't know how to compose poems, and every time she sees that the cup is approaching her, she uses her internal energy secretly to make the cup flow to other people, but she never refuses the food that floats in front of her.

At the beginning, the girls and young masters were trying their best to show their literary talents. After a few laps, some girls and young masters could not write poems 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 has been paying attention to her son, and when she finds out that his son is not interested in the talents of the ladies of each family, and only cares about flirting with the sixth girl of the Shi family, she is very annoyed.

She had known for a long time that Shi Fuxin was not good at writing, and wanted to make her look ugly in public, so as to reduce her son's liking for her.

But what was annoying was that the wine glass had stopped in front of almost everyone, but Shi Fuxin never stopped in front of him.

At this moment, the person performing talent on the flat stone in the middle is Princess Chengyang's favorite candidate for daughter-in-law.

Princess Chengyang really didn't want to see her son flirting with people in public, so when the song ended, she smiled and said, "Miss Jin's piano skills are really amazing."

As he spoke, he looked at Master Fan Xiaohou.

"Mingyu, the piece that Miss Jin played just now, my mother saw that it is very in tune with the sword technique you are practicing recently."

"Today is my mother's banquet. As the host, why don't you invite Miss Jin to play another song, and you dance swords beside me to help everyone, how about it?"

It was difficult for Fan Mingyu to refuse Princess Chengyang's words, but he didn't want to dance with the girl from the Jin family in front of Shi Fuxin, he hesitated for a moment, and turned his eyes to Shi Fuxin.

Shi Fuxin saw the inquiry in Fan Mingyu's eyes, smiled and nodded.

When Fan Mingyu saw him, he was overjoyed and stood up: "Mother said that the son should help everyone, but Miss Jin has already played a piece, and her fingers hurt from playing it. My son would like to ask the sixth sister of Shi's family to help." Do me a favor, let her play the qin and my son dance the sword."

Hearing this, Princess Chengyang almost didn't come up in one breath. Just as she was about to find a reason to refuse, she saw the sixth girl of the Shi family standing up without any restraint.

Shi Fuxin had a proper smile on her face: "Young Master asks for help, Fuxin should help." After speaking, she and Fan Mingyou looked at each other and smiled.

Chu Yao had recovered from his own thoughts, looked at Shi Fuxin who was doing her part, and her eyes flickered.

He didn't believe that this girl couldn't see that Princess Chengyang wanted to win over the girl from the Jin family and Fan Mingyu, and she dared to stand up, which is admirable courage.

Meng Moling leaned over again: "Brother Yao, Lord Fan Xiaohou is very concerned about Fat Pomegranate. It is said that he has already expressed his heart to Princess Chengyang and Marquis Yongchuan. Unfortunately, the Princess and Marquis Yongchuan look down on the Shi family and Fat Pomegranate." .No, let’s find a way to dismantle them.”

Chu Yao: "The Shi family is indeed a bit poor." Looking at Shi Fuxin again.

Is this girl taking an oath of sovereignty?

Although he is not very reserved, this temperament of not giving in to his own interests is too disrespectful to him!