Poor Family

After becoming an imperial merchant, Shi Fuxin began to prepare for opening Shennong Church branches in various southern provinces.

Master Xiang and Ximen Fengxiao stayed in Beijing for one more month, and after discussing with Shi Fuxin about opening a branch of Shennong Church, they left Beijing.

Since the end of October, there have been several heavy snowfalls in the capital. Shi Fuxin saw that she was done with the work at hand, so she wanted to roast venison in the gazebo to enjoy the snow scene. She had just ordered the maid to prepare when she saw Chu Yao striding away. into the house.

"It's quite early today."

When Chu Yao took off his cloak, Shi Fuxin handed him a cup of steaming tea.

Chu Yao took it, raised his head and drank it in one gulp. After putting down the teacup, he handed the post in his hand to Shi Fuxin.

Shi Fuxin: "Whose post?" Opened it, and found that it was Hu Xinrui's post for her, and immediately laughed, "After all, you still came to beg me."

Chu Yao's complexion was not very good, he frowned and said, "If you have any unsolvable matters, you can tell me, there is no need to continue to communicate with the Gongsun family."

Shi Fuxin looked at him with a smile and knew that he still cared about her choice of Gongsun Ming, so she revealed the deal between her and Hu Xinrui without any concealment:

"On the day of the imperial business selection, I told Hu Xinrui and Gongsun Ming that I can heal Princess Qingyang's heart disease, and the consultation fee is ten sea ships."

Chu Yao looked better: "What do you want the ship to do?"

Shi Fuxin: "Sea trade is so profitable, how can we miss it."

Chu Yao frowned again: "Shen Nong Hall and Baicao Hall still have beautiful faces, isn't that enough for you to finish?" He said, looking at Shi Fuxin seriously, "You know, you are very eye-catching now Is it? There are some things that the more the better."

Shi Fuxin: "Of course I know, I want sea ships, not to do sea trade by myself."

Chu Yao immediately asked: "Who are you going to give the ship to?" After asking, he regretted a little, thinking that Shi Liu would not tell him.

Who knows, Shi Fuxin replied: "The sea boat is for Jiulang."

Chu Yao was a little surprised, but she was also a little happy in her heart. Shi Liu's answer to herself proved that she had now begun to have some trust in herself.

Shi Fuxin continued: "Jiulang is the son-in-law. Although Princess Yong'an is here, he has enough food and clothing, but he is still so young, so he has to do something. Let Jiulang practice the ten sea boats. He can do it." It depends on his ability."

Chu Yao suddenly felt a little sour: "You are such a good sister."

Shi Fuxin raised her chin and said triumphantly: "Of course." After finishing speaking, she took the post and sat down behind the table to reply.

Three days later, according to the address given by Shi Fuxin, Hu Xinrui took Princess Qingyang and a few confidant maids to a remote courtyard. Not long after entering the room, the group fell into a coma.

When Hu Xinrui woke up again, it was already an hour later.

"Mother."

Hu Xinrui realized that they had been caught in the smoke, and rushed to shake Princess Qingyang.

Seeing that Princess Qingyang opened her eyes, and her complexion was rosier than before, Hu Xinrui breathed a sigh of relief. At this moment, she saw a note and three medicine bottles on the table.

"I have been diagnosed and treated for Princess Qingyang. I take a Jiuxin pill every day to ensure that the heart disease will not recur. A bottle of pills is enough for a month, and it will be delivered once in March."

Hu Xinrui put away the note, feeling a little more afraid of Sai Huatuo's methods in his heart.

You know, the maidservants brought out today have two of the ninth rank, and the others are all of the eighth rank, but they didn't notice it at all.

"Sai Hua Tuo is really capable, and I really feel a lot more relaxed."

Princess Qingyang felt her body carefully, and a look of joy appeared on her face.

Hu Xinrui came back to her senses and said with a smile: "This is really great. My husband will be very happy when he finds out."

Princess Qingyang nodded with a smile, but soon her smile subsided again: "Sai Hua Tuo has not shown up for a long time, and now Shi Fuxin called him, and he came to treat me. It can be seen that Sai Hua Tuo probably It's Shi Fuxin's person."

Hu Xinrui's eyes flickered, she had already guessed that Sai Huatuo was from Shi Fuxin.

For Shi Fuxin, she is more and more admired, let's not talk about other things, just focus on her being able to subdue so many capable people to do things for her, this method is quite extraordinary.

"Mother, let's go back, so that my husband won't worry."

On the day of the winter solstice, the palace held a palace banquet, and Shi Fuxin had to enter the palace with the female family members of Prince Rong's mansion again.

Entering the palace this time, although the empress dowager and empress did not give her a good face, they did not embarrass her in public.

In the past, Shi Fuxin was the daughter of the Wuchang uncle's mansion in decline, and the daughter-in-law of the Prince Rong's mansion who kept gossiping, so it was okay to make things difficult, but now, Shi Fuxin is the head of Shennong Hall.

Some special medicines of Shennongtang, even the dignitaries, are scrambling to get them, let alone the Ministry of War and generals.

You must know that Shennongtang's free clinics at the border, as well as the medicines sold to the military camp at a discount every year, are all genuine goods that benefit the border troops.

Also, on the emperor's side, Shennongtang wants to build roads at the border, which is beneficial to the country, even if the empress dowager and empress can't see Shi Fuxin anymore in their hearts, they have to endure it on the surface.

The prince did not seek any trouble, Shi Fuxin was also happy and relaxed, enjoying the snow scene in the palace with Shi Fuyin and Princess Yong'an in a leisurely manner.

"Hey, isn't that Duke Ming?"

When passing the rockery in the imperial garden, Princess Yong'an's surprised voice sounded, Shi Fuxin and Shi Fuyin followed her line of sight, and saw Duke Ming arguing with a man whose back was turned to them.

It was too far away to hear the sound, but not long after, Ming Guogong shook his sleeves and left in anger.

Shi Fuxin quickly pulled Shi Fuyin and Princess Yong'an into the rockery.

As soon as the three of them hid, the man turned his head and looked around, only to leave quickly when he saw no one.

Shi Fuyin: "Who is that person?"

Shi Fuxin: "Dongfanghong in Dongchanghui."

Princess Yong'an frowned: "Could it be that Dongfanghong is from the Duke of Ming Dynasty?"

Shi Fuxin smiled and said: "He is, his real name should be Dongfang Changhong."

Shi Fuyin and Princess Yong'an looked at Shi Fuxin together: "How do you know?"

Shi Fuxin briefly said: "There was an incident in Baicaotang before, and Master Xiang has been investigating the people behind the scenes. Some time ago, during the imperial business election, he found some clues, which pointed directly to Dongchanghui."

Master Xiang actually found out some news about the Sea Turtle Gang. Although no one knew the name of the leader of the Sea Turtle Gang, someone had seen him, and it was Dongfang Hong.

Now that she knew that the Sea Turtle Gang was investigating Baicaotang behind her back, and that Dongfanghong had entered Beijing, she visited the inn where Dongfanghong lived for several nights.

Through the dialogue between Dongfanghong and his subordinates, I learned that Dongfanghong's name is Dongfang Changhong. His ancestors were once the direct branch of the Ming Dynasty Duke Dongfang's family, and were later sent to the South China Sea to manage.

The pirate who fell down with the sixth prince before was called Dongfang Changfeng, the younger brother of Dongfang Changhong.

The branch of Dongfang Changhong had long had a rift with the Duke of Ming in the capital, and the death of Dongfang Changfeng exacerbated this problem.

As soon as he entered Beijing, Dongfang Changhong began to investigate the cause of Dongfang Changfeng's death, and he had no intention of contacting the Duke of Ming's mansion, which shows that he no longer trusts the Duke of Ming's mansion.

Dongfang Changhong and Ming Guogong even quarreled in the palace, which shows that the conflict between the two parties is already very deep.

Shi Fuyin and Princess Yong'an were very sensible and didn't ask any more questions: "The banquet is about to start, let's go back."

When the three of them arrived at the banquet palace, they saw Dongfang Changhong again.

At this moment, Dongfang Changhong was talking and laughing happily with Hu Xinrui and Du Zixuan.

When Shi Fuxin saw it, her eyes flickered, and her eyes quickly moved to Ming Guogong, just in time to see Ming Guogong slightly invisibly nodding towards the prince.

Afterwards, Shi Fuxin saw the prince's eyes stop on Dongfang Changhong for a moment, the corners of his mouth raised slightly and then disappeared quickly.

Watching this scene, Shi Fuxin remembered Dongfang Changqing's slightly weird behavior on the day the sixth prince fell from the building.

That day, although Dongfang Zhangqing was very restrained, she still "saw" that he was a little too nervous about the prince falling down the stairs, and then he directly gave orders to the third and fifth princes, and the prince actually agreed.

You know, the Wei family has been competing with the Duke of Ming's mansion for the position of the first family these years, and the two families have had a lot of feuds. Once the crown prince comes to power, he will definitely help the Wei family clean up the Duke of Ming's mansion.

Even if Dongfang Changqing is a noble character and cannot gloat when the prince is injured, he shouldn't be nervous, unless... the Duke of Ming has already taken refuge in the prince!

When he was in the Royal Garden before, Duke Ming said to Dongfang Changhong before he left with his sleeves, ‘Don’t forget your surname is Dongfang, the blood on your body was given by the Dongfang family. '

Shi Fuxin once again looked at Dongfang Changhong, who had a good chat with Hu Xinrui and Du Zixuan.

So, Dongfang Changhong is helping the prince win over Hu Xinrui and Du Zixuan?

Shi Fuxin looked away, and entered the palace with Shi Fuyin and Princess Yong'an.

After the palace banquet, Chu Yao was temporarily called away by the emperor, and Shi Fuxin was waiting for him at the gate of the palace.

While waiting, Dongfang Changhong found her.

Shi Fuxin was sitting in the carriage, only opened the curtain to look at Dongfang Changhong standing outside, and had no intention of getting out of the carriage to talk.

Dongfang Changhong saw Shi Fuxin's repulsion towards him, and knew that talking to her should point directly to the core of interests. After thinking about it, he asked aloud: "The descendants of the Long family should watch over and help each other. Can Boss Shi agree with this?"

Shi Fuxin raised her eyebrows: "My master Tianchi old man is indeed a descendant of the Long family, but he passed the identity token to my senior brother. If you want to find the descendant of the Long family, you have to go to my senior brother."

Dongfang Changhong frowned: "Why, Boss Shi does not admit that he is the descendant of the Long family."

Shi Fuxin's expression became serious, and she said word by word: "Remember, I am a dragon's, biography, human."

Dongfang Changhong was puzzled: "What's the difference?"

Shi Fuxin smiled: "There is indeed a difference."

The descendants of the Long family are a group of people who followed and were influenced by Queen Wende.

And she is the same as Empress Wende, both descendants of Emperor Yan who came through time travel.

Dongfang Changhong felt that Shi Fuxin was rejecting him and directly denied his identity as the heir of the Long family. He was very angry about this: "You have forgotten your ancestors."

Shi Fuxin laughed out loud: "I seem to have heard that the heirs of the Long family do not participate in the struggle for imperial power, so you are the one who really forgets the ancestors."

Dongfang Changhong was silent: "The prince is orthodox, the orthodox master followed by the descendants of the Long family."

Shi Fuxin: "Speaking of orthodoxy, it should be the eldest prince, he is the eldest son."

Dongfang Changhong stared at Shi Fuxin: "It seems that we have different ways. If this is the case, I offended you." After speaking, he turned around and was about to leave.

"Wait a minute."

Shi Fuxin stopped him, saw him turn around, and said with a smile: "The day the sixth prince fell from the building, he didn't die immediately, but the pirate who pressed on him and used him as a pad was worse than the sixth prince. die first."

"Before the Supervision Department arrived, there was only one person who had touched the sixth prince and the pirates, and that person was the Minister of the Ming Dynasty."

"I'll tell you another piece of internal news from the Supervision Department. The pirate died of poisoning."

Dongfang Changhong's eyes suddenly became dangerous. He must not reveal his identity as the leader of the Sea Turtle Gang. After thinking about it, he said expressionlessly, "I don't understand what you mean."

Shi Fuxin smiled lightly and said, "If you don't understand, just be happy." Saying that, she put down the car curtain.

Dongfang Changhong looked at Shi Fuxin's carriage, grabbed his fist and turned around to walk towards his own carriage. As soon as he got in the carriage, his face became gloomy.

"Long Maple."

Life in Nanhai was not easy. His parents died early, and he and Chang Feng grew up dependent on each other. In order to help him gain a firm foothold in the clan and the pirate forces, Chang Feng always rushed to the forefront.

Now, he is dead!

"Master Dongfang!"

Dongfang Changhong's eyes are scarlet: "Don't let me find evidence"