Poor Family

Shi Fuxin walked out of the Supervision Department with her badge, feeling pretty good.

When Xiaofang and Nanny Leng saw each other, they both smiled.

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 the trade cooperation project 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 Shiliu."

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 after all."

Du Zixuan smiled 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 get along with you."

Hu Xinrui said with a smile: "I didn't expect that Miss Du can help people break through emotional barriers now."

Du Zixuan rolled her eyes: "Just make fun of me."

While talking, the two walked into the household department side by side.

"Miss Shiliu."

When Shi 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 approvingly, no accident, probably only the four of them came to the meeting today.

"Hu Xinrui and Du Zixuan have come in, call them over to sit with us too."

At the Dragon Boat Festival banquet, Shi Fuxin and Gongsun Ming appeared behind the empress dowager at the same time, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that the empress dowager intended to match them up.

As for the hydrangea throwing game, it is estimated that it is specially designed for two people.

But in the end, Gongsun Ming chose Hu Xinrui.

Zhuo Yimian could understand the embarrassment of Shi Fuxin and Hu Xinrui's meeting at this moment, but now that they are surrounded by men, 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, "We were the four of us who came 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 were undoubtedly the objects of attention, pointing and discussion.

It is a matter of 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.

The 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 from a man."

The fourth prince smiled and took over the words: "Sixth brother, what do you know, maybe the second brother just likes this, and he has a sympathy 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 prince didn't bother to pay attention to the cleverness in the two people's words, 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 women are, can they be better than men?

However, he was really surprised when he saw the rough account book of the store under the names of four people presented to him by the head of the Tang family two days ago.

The four of them have almost opened their stores in various provincial capitals of Dachu, and they make considerable profits every year, almost catching up with the top ten imperial merchants.

With the entry of the eldest prince into the court, the power in the hands of the younger brothers is getting bigger and bigger, and the prince's demand for money is also getting bigger and bigger.

Knowing that these four people are so good at making money, the prince can'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, Zhuo Yimian is the only one who hasn't gotten engaged yet because he is busy with family business.

Thinking 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 save his face.

Thinking of his father's laissez-faire, the prince's eyes could not help but be stained with hatred.

Don't rush, you must be steady, as long as he has no obvious mistakes, the throne will be his sooner or later, he can afford to wait!

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 attention was on the top ten imperial merchants elected last time.

The Tang family, the Song family, the Yuan family, the Ming family, the Qin family, the Nian family, the Jiang family, the Liu family, the Wan family, and the Zheng family, almost all of these business families have powerful 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.

Shi Fuxin was surprised but not surprised by this, the business students in her class were the only ones who actually started doing business and started doing business.

Money touches people's hearts, Shi Fuxin and the others once again caught the eyes of everyone, and they were often discussed in private.

After getting the opportunity to do business in Beiyan, Shi Fuxin started to get busy, plus she had to embroider her wedding dress 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 had been 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.

However, 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 playboy, who has absolutely no ability to establish a family."

"Uncle Zhuo probably saw 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's still jealous of her older sister, competing with Miss Zhuo for the control of the store over and over again."

"Now that Miss Zhuo has entered the East Palace, the Zhuo family's shop will all belong to Mr. Zhuo."

When Shi Fuxin heard this, she sympathized with Zhuo Yimian very much. She was able to open up the Zhuo family's shops 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 say it's a 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 a 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 stand on its own. The Zhuo family's store is in your hands, so you can completely silence your father."

Zhuo Yimian smiled wryly and shook her head: "Father and mother are actually very kind to me. I entered the East Palace voluntarily." She couldn't ignore her parents' feelings, and she couldn't ignore her younger brother either.

Hearing this, what else could Shi Fuxin say, she could only bury her head in her 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 yourself, as long as you feel good, other people's opinions are not important."

"Thousands of people have thousands of faces, coupled with interest and emotional entanglements, 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 simply 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.

Seeing 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.