"Sister, thank you for your hard work. You must be tired! Sit down and I will give you a shoulder massage."
Looking at the affectionate Lao Zhu, Queen Ma suddenly smiled, maybe she was overthinking.
No matter how low a woman's status is, there are still some who are afraid of their wives. Even if Lao Zhu is not afraid, he has given himself enough respect, and there is nothing he can't say.
Since Lao Zhu was so kind, Queen Ma was not polite. She sat next to Lao Zhu and let him squeeze his shoulders.
"If you want to take a concubine, I have no objection. You must also spread your business and be worthy of your ancestors."
"As the daughter-in-law of the Zhu family, I support this."
"But you are getting older, so you have to restrain yourself and think about your health."
Queen Ma continued to teach, and Lao Zhu couldn't help nodding in agreement.
"Yes, yes, I will definitely listen and go every two days, do you agree?"
Man! hehe!
Seeing Lao Zhu's appearance, Queen Ma lost interest in talking and went directly to the topic of today's visit.
"Forget it, just know how to control yourself. I'm not here for this today. I have something to discuss with you. I'm a little undecided."
Lao Zhu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.
You can tolerate being dissatisfied with yourself.
The only thing is that asking for money means losing your life.
Seeing that Queen Ma was not here to ask for money, Lao Zhu regained some of his former charm and said with a smile.
"Sister, you're out of touch now, aren't you? You can take care of the affairs in the harem yourself. You don't need to ask me. We have been married for so many years, and I trust you."
Queen Ma replied with a half-smile.
"If you are sure, then I will do what I want, and you can't go back on your word."
After hearing this, Lao Zhu's heart skipped a beat, and he had a vague feeling of something bad. He had this expression when he was being mean, but it was very familiar to him.
I'm a little unsure, but I've added another layer of insurance to myself.
"Yes, as long as it is a harem matter, you can decide it without asking me about my attitude. But sometimes you have to be merciful and lenient, so you don't need to be so harsh. Of course, you still have the final say, and this cannot be changed. "
Lao Zhu confirmed Queen Ma's status and found a way out for himself. It can be said that he had made a plan.
But Queen Ma didn't come here for this, so she let Lao Zhu think of his own cleverness and said.
"It's not a big deal. The expenses of the harem are quite large. I plan to let them find something to do and see if they can earn some money to support their expenses."
When Lao Zhu heard this, he immediately became anxious.
How can this be done? As the head of a country, and secondly the head of a family, if you still can't support your family, I won't make people laugh to death.
Queen Ma can serve as an example of thrift and diligence.
But you can't go too far. In addition to showing your own incompetence, it also shows that there is something wrong with the harem.
All this is unacceptable to Lao Zhu.
"How can this be done? How can I hold my head up when people see this?"
"Let me think about it, if you don't have money, it will be easier to open a few Huangzhuang instead. Then you will have some income. Do you think that's okay?"
"Where does the money come from? Aren't you still going to have to live a hard life in the middle?"
Lao Zhu's eyes rolled around, and then he came up with a solution.
"It's easy to handle. Biao'er got a few good things from the pharmacy. The monthly income is quite considerable. Even I am a little envious of my little life now. Let Biao'er give it to you."
"Just think of it as honoring your mother, I'm sorry he has nothing to say."
Queen Ma glanced at Lao Zhu suspiciously.
If I hadn't known better, I would have almost thought that Zhu Biao was not Lao Zhu's biological child.
It's rare for Lao Zhu to cheat his son. Lao Zhu was able to trick Zhu Biao just for money, but it really opened his eyes.
Queen Ma said to Lao Zhu angrily.
"You have the nerve to worry about Biao'er's property, so can't you find a way to make some money on your own? How can your reputation get better if word spreads about it?"
Lao Zhu knew he was in the wrong and smiled sarcastically.
"Then we can only wait. Zheng Xiong is back, and he is doing quite a lot of things during this period."
"When there is some improvement over there, I can take some money from there. I think he will be quite happy."
Queen Ma was completely speechless. Who are these people? They are addicted.
"If I remember correctly, Biao'er's place is also the property of the pharmacy! Ever since it was controlled by the Prince's Mansion and Zheng Xiong was away, it has become Biao'er's property. I guess you are also responsible for this!"
It's not that Queen Ma wants to defend Zheng Xiong, but that Zheng Xiong is half of her own people. Today, the issue Zheng Xiong mentioned is still a little biased.
"My sister, what you said is wrong. The pharmacy is still his, it's all mine. Even if you take something from him, we won't treat him badly. They are all external things, so it doesn't matter."
Since Lao Zhu was shameless, there was no need for Empress Ma to push him. After all, his elbows could not be turned outwards, and it was still her own property, so she just made a few pointers.
The main meal came next, and Queen Ma revealed her true purpose.
"It's really hard for you to get some money from you. I won't tease you anymore. None of this is the purpose of asking you this time."
"The main reason is that I am also a role model for women in the world. It is reasonable to improve the status of some women!"
Lao Zhu was really afraid that Queen Ma would continue to interfere with the money issue.
That is a weakness and difficult to deal with.
Who can’t talk nonsense now? He immediately promised.
"It makes sense, tell me! How to improve."
"How about we just issue an edict and protect their rights? What do you think?"
I have to say that this trick is simple and crude, but it only treats the symptoms rather than the root cause.
With Zheng Xiong Zhuyu in front of him, and explaining the relationship through Jia, such a simple and crude move was directly rejected by Empress Ma, shaking her head.
"That's inappropriate. Didn't Zheng Xiong mention late birth and childbearing at the pharmacy before?"
"Look, there are some people who take it seriously. It's not about what should be done. Who cares about women will think about them."
"It's useless if you don't make changes."
"Who doesn't have three wives and four concubines? You think so!"
Yes, this was a clear allusion to himself. Lao Zhu couldn't even refute it and continued to laugh apologetically.
"Then you should have an idea on how to treat the root cause!"
Of course she had an idea, and it was Zheng Xiong who provided it. Seeing that the topic had finally come to the point, Empress Ma didn't hold back and choked up, and spoke in one breath.
"The pharmacy needs some women to do some work inside. I would like to support it. You can see if it is feasible."
"As for those things where men and women are in public but don't have sex, let's not talk about it."
"Doctors are kind-hearted. In my opinion, these should not be obstacles."
Mentioning this, Lao Zhu had a toothache.
Well, Zheng Xiong, it’s you who will do this for a long time.
It's enough to find it on my head so quickly after being tricked by you.
Or a fire burned directly from the backyard.
After all the foreshadowing, I didn't know where to start after thinking about it again. If I didn't give Empress Ma face, I wouldn't feel better.
But just agreeing like that is obviously and impossible.
There are moral and etiquette constraints, and the status of men and women is here. Doing so may cause trouble.
Looking at Queen Ma's slightly expectant expression, Lao Zhu choked on his throat as he was about to object, and it took him a long time to speak.
"That's okay. The pharmacy can hire some female doctors to treat patients better, which will save some trouble."
"It's just that you don't have to end up!"
Queen Ma had her own considerations and immediately rejected Lao Zhu's words.
"That's not okay. As a queen, I have a duty to work for the welfare of women. How can I let Zheng Xiong rush to the front and do nothing?"
"If you support it, we'll do it. If you don't support it, hehe~"
