Chapter 392, painting big cakes
The successive bids from Shennongtang, Haixinghang, Guangli Cang, and Dongchanghui made the remaining merchants very annoyed and headaches, but the emperor on the second floor was very satisfied with their knowledge.
Chu Yao saw that the emperor's complexion was much more relaxed than before, and he was slightly relieved.
There is no way, the head is opened, and it is so high that the remaining merchants who want to be qualified as imperial merchants can only follow suit with heartache.
Finally, the six ministers grinned directly, and the emperor on the second floor of the attic was also in the mood to chat and laugh with the princes present.
"Your wife is quite willing." The emperor looked at Chu Yao with a smile.
Chu Yao turned around in his heart, and quickly said: "Shishi told me that she makes money to spend it, and she likes the feeling of spending money very much."
The emperor 'haha' laughed: "Women love to spend money." As he said that, he gave Chu Yao a meaningful look, "The only difference is that your daughter-in-law makes money and spends it by herself. a."
Chu Yao: "Shishi is not tough, she just has a straight temper."
The emperor smiled, glanced at the eldest prince who was thinking about something with his head down, and didn't say anything further.
Soon, the top ten imperial merchants with the highest bids came out.
The emperor looked at the person sitting in the emperor's seat, and the result was similar to what he had expected. The only surprise was that he did not expect that the head of Shennong Hall would be a daughter of the Shi family.
Although Shennongtang is involved with the frontier army, he does not intend to suppress Shennongtang.
Since the death of the sixth child, the prince and the fourth child have been fighting against each other in the court.
This is not the best situation the emperor wants to see, the three-party restriction is his ideal state.
The boss is late in the morning and has little power. Now that the daughter of the family has appeared, she can just make up for some of the boss's shortcomings, let him take the top, and form a triangle restriction with the prince and the fourth child.
Only in this way can he get a stable court.
The emperor did not object, and the quota of the top ten imperial merchants was determined just like that.
Afterwards, the emperor left the center of the lake surrounded by the princes.
The people in the Cathay Pacific Corridor and the Minyin Corridor, after the emperor walked off the bridge corridor, all got up to pay respects, and did not get up until the emperor was no longer in sight.
At this time, the merchants in the center of the lake did not leave immediately, but walked around to greet each other, or expressed their desire to make friends, or directly expressed their willingness to cooperate.
Although the results of the selection of the Imperial Merchants have not yet been announced, most people know it well. The center of the lake is too far away to hear the discussions of the crowd, but the people sitting in the seats of the Imperial Merchants can still see clearly.
Just because they could clearly see that Shi Fuxin, Hu Xinrui, and Du Zixuan had all become imperial merchants and their names would be left on the monument of merit and virtue, everyone's mood was extraordinarily complicated.
You know, except that during the Taizu period and the Gaozong period, there were women on the merit stele, after that, only men were able to leave their names on the merit stele. Now the three of them have broken this rule.
Leaving a name on the stele of merit is a great honor even for a man, let alone a woman.
On the side of the Minyin Corridor, the female relatives had a lively discussion.
Because Empress Wende made a good start, many women in Dachu actually have an ambition that is just around the corner. If they want to break out a world outside, it was only after Gaozong that the court began to suppress the development of women, which made women have no choice. Not huddled in the backyard.
Now seeing Shi Fuxin, Hu Xinrui, and Du Zixuan break out of the siege, many female family members are excited in their hearts.
Although it is an honor for her daughter-in-law Hu to leave her name on the stele of meritorious deeds, Princess Qingyang is weak and has no energy to cope with the congratulations from the female relatives, and some female relatives will mention Shi Shi from time to time, so she doesn't want to stay. up.
Now that her son is married and has a good relationship with Hu Shi, and Shi Shi is also married to Chu Yao, she really doesn't want to see any entanglement between her son and Shi Shi anymore.
Princess Chengyang left because she was in a bad mood.
At the beginning, she objected to Shi Fuxin being with her son because she didn't like the family background of the Shi family, but now, Shi Fuxin slapped her directly and told the world in public that she did not rely on her family background, she supported herself A huge force.
Princess Chengyang walked out of the guild hall and saw her son Fan Mingyu going to the opposite teahouse with a bad complexion.
"I seem to be really wrong."
The Jin family secretly took refuge in the fourth prince. Even if the Fan family would not support the fourth prince, if the elder brother and the next emperor knew about it, the Fan family would take some risks.
Married with the Jin family, she really regretted it.
To leave early with Princess Qingyang and Princess Chengyang, there are also the female family members of Prince Rong's mansion and the female family members of the Shi family.
"Concubine Mu, shouldn't we wait for Brother Yao's daughter-in-law?"
Concubine Guan looked at Old Concubine Rong in puzzlement. What she actually wanted to say was that in the past because Prince Rong's mansion had no real power, foreign relations were somewhat weak. Now that every family is rushing to make friends with them, they should seize chance.
Old Concubine Rong glanced at Concubine Guan: "You have been married into the palace for more than twenty years, and you still can't see the situation clearly. No wonder you can't win your husband's heart."
After finishing speaking, she got into the carriage with the support of Luo Qilan and Tang Shan.
Princess Guan's complexion was a little bad after being told by the old concubine.
When Guan Xiuyan saw her, she sighed secretly, raised the corners of her mouth, forced a smile and said, "Auntie, the old concubine probably doesn't want to show off too much, we just listen to her."
The old concubine's carriage had already started, and Princess Guan could only get into the carriage sullenly with Guan Xiuyan's support.
On the side of the Shi family, Mrs. Shi called all four daughters-in-law into her carriage: "After returning home today, you must restrain the children at home, and when you do things outside in the future, you must be low-key and low-key. Others clash."
Shi Wu's wife was puzzled: "Mother, why is this?"
Shi the old lady glanced at her: "Sister Xin is the master of the eldest prince. After today, she might get involved in the battle between the princes."
Hearing this, Mrs. Shi and Mrs. Shi Qi glanced at each other, their expressions a little dignified.
Jin Yuee pursed her lips and remained silent. Although she was very worried, she knew her daughter well. She couldn't help her daughter with what she had to do. All she could do was not to cause her daughter any trouble.
Shi Fifth Madam opened her mouth, hesitated again and again, and said: "Will it implicate our mansion?"
Shi the old lady looked at her: "What do you think?" After a pause, she said again, "Fortune and misfortune depend on each other. Sister Xin is a man of success. I believe in her vision and ability."
"You are all aware of the situation in our mansion. When your father and I leave and we separate, if there is no chance, except for the fourth and first house, you will all slowly decline."
"Now that Sister Xin has found a way out for our family, we don't need to rush ahead. As long as we restrain ourselves, we may get rich in the future. You should take it seriously."
Jin Yuee looked gratefully at Mrs. Shi.
She knew that what her daughter did would bring danger to the Shi family, and would definitely arouse dissatisfaction from other people in the house. In Sister Xin's words, the old lady was making a big cake for the Shi family.
(end of this chapter)