Chapter 339, as a concubine
Shi Fuxin walked out of the Supervision Department with her badge, feeling pretty good.
Xiaofang and Nanny Leng both smiled when they saw each other.
Xiaofang said in a low voice: "Before I came, I was worried that the girl and Mr. Yao would quarrel, but I didn't expect this trip to be so smooth."
You must know that when the girl came to the Ministry of Households to participate in the imperial business election meeting, she was told by Master Fan Xiaohou.
Fortunately, Third Young Master Yao is different from Lord Fan Xiaohou.
Nurse Leng also said: "Master Yao is indeed more suitable for girls than Master Fan Xiaohou. Anyway, Mr. Yao did not restrain girls everywhere."
Her girl doesn't like being controlled by others. If anyone wants to control her and restrain her, she must stay away from that person.
On July 25th, the Ministry of Household Affairs held a seminar on trade cooperation projects between Dachu and Beiyan. Shi Fuxin came to the Ministry of Accounting early with the badge given by Chu Yao. As soon as she got off the carriage, she met To Hu Xinrui and Du Zixuan.
"Miss Six."
Hu Xinrui greeted with a smile.
"Miss Hu, Miss Du."
Shi Fuxin nodded as a response, and then went into the household department without saying anything.
Seeing this, Du Zixuan couldn't help but said, "Is she mad at you?"
Hu Xinrui was not surprised: "It's not surprising, she and I are rivals in love."
Du Zixuan laughed and said, "And you are still the one who won."
Hu Xinrui shook her head: "Fate can't be described as winning or losing. I just knew Brother Ming before her, and I happened to find Yaoyin to help Princess Qingyang."
Du Zixuan: "You are too self-deprecating. Shi Fuxin is good, but you also have advantages that she does not have. She is too flamboyant. Such a girl is very eye-catching when you first meet, but after a long time, not everyone likes it. manageable."
"Gongsun's family respects rules, and Gongsun Ming grew up under strict etiquette. I don't think he is suitable for Shi Fuxin. On the contrary, he can talk to you."
Hu Xinrui smiled and said: "I never thought that Miss Du can help people break through emotional barriers."
Du Zixuan rolled her eyes: "Just make fun of me."
While talking, the two walked into the household department side by side.
"Miss Six."
When Fuxin entered the hall where the meeting was held, she saw Zhuo Yimian. Hearing Zhuo Yimian's greeting, he walked towards her with a smile: "Miss Zhuo, you are really early."
Zhuo Yimian glanced at the men who were gathering more and more in the hall, and said in a low voice: "Come early, find a seat early, it's better than being the last to be saluted by everyone."
Shi Fuxin nodded in agreement, no surprises, probably only the four of them came to the meeting today.
"Hu Xinrui and Du Zixuan have come in, please invite them to sit with us."
During the Dragon Boat Festival banquet, Shi Fuxin and Gongsun Ming appeared behind the Empress Dowager at the same time. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Empress Dowager intended to match them up.
As far as the hydrangea throwing game is concerned, it is probably specially designed for two people.
But in the end, Gongsun Ming chose Hu Xinrui.
Zhuo Yimian can understand the embarrassment of Shi Fuxin and Hu Xinrui's meeting at this moment, but now they are surrounded by men, and the four girls should unite together.
Shi Fuxin smiled: "You can do whatever you want."
Gongsun Ming didn't give her the hydrangea he had snatched. What annoyed her was Gongsun Ming's dishonesty, and what annoyed her was that she made wedding clothes for others. Loser', she has nothing to say to her.
Seeing that Shi Fuxin didn't mind, Zhuo Yimian immediately waved to Hu Xinrui and Du Zixuan.
Hu Xinrui glanced at Shi Fuxin, and walked over with Du Zixuan smiling.
As soon as Du Zixuan sat down, she smiled and said, "The four of us were here for the last imperial business election. I didn't expect to get together again this time."
Among a group of men, the four of them are undoubtedly the objects of attention, pointing, and discussion.
It is about cooperation between the two countries. This time, the crown prince, fourth prince, and sixth prince all came to listen.
Looking at the four girls sitting in the corner, the three princes all had strange expressions.
Sixth prince: "Girls from all over the world, if you don't learn needlework at home, you don't know how their family taught them when they come out to show their faces."
"Second brother, fortunately, Shi's daughter didn't enter your East Palace, so it's not safe to rush at her and dare to grab food with a man."
The fourth prince took the words with a smile: "Sixth brother, what do you know, maybe the second brother just likes this one, and he has a close relationship with the daughter of the Shi family."
The implication is that the prince is also restless.
The sixth prince understood and smiled, but didn't answer.
The crown prince didn't bother to pay attention to the sharpness in the words of the two, his eyes moved back and forth on Shi Fuxin and the four of them.
In the past, he was not very optimistic about women doing business. No matter how powerful a woman is, can she be more powerful than a man?
However, two days ago, he was really surprised when he saw the rough estimated account book of the shop under the names of the four people presented to him by the head of the Tang family.
The four of them almost opened their stores in various provincial capitals of Dachu, and they made considerable profits every year, almost catching up with the top ten imperial merchants.
Knowing that these four people are so good at making money, the prince of course couldn't sit still, but...
Shi Fuxin is engaged to Chu Yao;
Hu Xinrui is engaged to Gongsun Ming;
Du Zixuan, as early as last year, came to the list to catch her son-in-law, and married the number one scholar from a humble family that her father had chosen.
Among the four of them, only Zhuo Yimian is still busy with family business, so he hasn't gotten married yet.
When he thought that Shi Fuxin, whom he had a crush on, was snatched away by Chu Yao, the prince's resentment towards Chu Yao reached its peak.
He is so useless as the prince, no one dares to take down his face.
Thinking of his father's laissez-faire, the prince's eyes could not help but be stained with hatred.
Don't be in a hurry, you must be steady, as long as he has no obvious mistakes, the throne will be his sooner or later, and he can afford it!
As long as he is enthroned, he can punish whoever he wants at that time!
Shi Fuxin noticed the gaze projected by the prince, but she didn't care, her focus was on the top ten imperial merchants elected last time.
Tang family, Song family, Yuan family, Ming family, Qin family, Nian family, Jiang family, Liu family, Wan family, Zheng family, almost all of these business families are rich and powerful as backers.
After the meeting, the top ten imperial merchants all got the opportunity to go to Beiyan to do business without any accident.
Because of Shi Fuxin's relationship with Chu Yao, Chu Qian also gave him a spot.
Hu Xinrui, Du Zixuan, and Zhuo Yimian also had their own means, and they also got the quota.
In this regard, Shi Fuxin was not surprised but not surprised. Among the business students in her class, only the four of them were actually doing business and doing it.
Money touches people's hearts, Shi Fuxin and the others once again caught the eyes of everyone, and they were often discussed in private.
Given the opportunity to do business in Beiyan, Shi Fuxin started to get busy, plus embroidering wedding dresses and so on, she almost lived a life without leaving home.
By the time she was almost done, it was already September.
The wedding of Princess Beiyan and the Tenth Prince was completed in late August, and the Beiyan Mission had no reason to stay in Beijing. They left the capital on the fifth day of September.
"What did you say? Who does the crown prince want?"
"Miss Zhuo."
Listening to An Ran's words, Shi Fuxin's face was full of disbelief: "How could it be? How could Zhuo Yimian be a child to the prince?"
An Ran showed some sympathy on her face: "Girl, I heard that Uncle Zhuo agreed to this matter. Even if Miss Zhuo doesn't want to, she can't resist the order of her parents."
Shi Fuxin was silent. Most parents in this era are very controlling and feel that their children should listen to them in everything, especially when it comes to marriage, they don’t consider their children’s feelings at all.
There is still filial piety as a constraint. Even if children want to resist, they will choose to compromise and give in because they cannot bear the criticism from the outside world.
An Ran continued to talk about what she had heard: "Miss Zhuo only has one younger brother, and that is a **** who has absolutely no ability to establish a family."
"Master Zhuo must have seen this clearly, so when the prince revealed that he liked Miss Zhuo, he immediately promised Miss Zhuo out, hoping to find a backer for the Zhuo family."
"It's okay for Miss Zhuo's younger brother to be incompetent, but he is still jealous of her older sister, competing with Miss Zhuo for the control of the store over and over again."
"Now that Ms. Zhuo has entered the East Palace, the shop of the Zhuo family will all belong to Mr. Zhuo."
When Shi Fuxin heard this, she sympathized with Zhuo Yimian very much. She was able to open the Zhuo family's stores all over Dachu, she was really capable and resourceful, but now her family broke her wings.
But this matter is someone else's business. Although Shi Fuxin feels worthless for Zhuo Yimian, she can only express her pity.
On the day of Chongyang, Shi Fuxin went to Hongyanxiao to check the account book, and when she entered the store, she found that Zhuo Yimian was choosing rouge and gouache in the hall.
"What a coincidence."
After meeting for a while, Shi Fuxin invited Zhuo Yimian to the private room on the second floor.
"I'm going to enter the East Palace."
After taking a sip of tea, Zhuo Yimian broke the silence with a wry smile.
Shi Fuxin hesitated for a while and said: "Actually, my daughter's family can also be a separate family. The Zhuo family's shop is in your hands, so you can completely silence your father."
Zhuo Yimian smiled wryly and shook her head: "Father and mother, they treated me very well. I entered the East Palace voluntarily." She couldn't ignore her parents' feelings, and she couldn't ignore her younger brother.
Hearing this, what else can Shi Fuxin say, she can only concentrate on drinking tea.
Zhuo Yimian suddenly said: "Will you look down on me?"
Shi Fuxin was stunned for a moment, she didn't expect Zhuo Yimian to ask such a question, then she smiled and said: "Life is lived by oneself, as long as you feel good, other people's opinions are not important."
"Thousands of people have thousands of faces, coupled with the entanglement of interests and emotions, no one can make everyone like themselves. The only thing we can do is to be worthy of ourselves."
Zhuo Yimian looked at Shi Fuxin: "I really envy you." Then, he looked out the window, "The situation in Wuchangbo Mansion and Rongchangbo Mansion is similar, I thought we were the same kind of people, but now I find that , I'm being self-indulgent."
Shi Fuxin didn't know how to respond, so she just continued to sip her tea.
The two of them didn't say anything after that, Zhuo Yimian finished the tea in his hand, got up and left.
Watching Zhuo Yimian leave, Shi Fuxin sighed, and went about her own business.
Everyone has their own way of life, Zhuo Yimian can't leave her family behind, so she can only wrong herself.
(end of this chapter)