The lady from the South is really the lady from the South.
Nanguo is a small vassal country in the south of Tiansheng Dynasty. It has thousands of miles of fertile fields, fertile land, rivers, and faces the sea, so commerce and trade is extremely developed.
The prosperity of the Southern Kingdom is second to none in the ancient continent.
But the national power is very weak because the population is too small. For thousands of years, the monarchs of the Southern Kingdom have tried their best to solve the problem of the people's heirs.
Therefore, they attached themselves to the powerful Tiansheng Dynasty.
Lady of the South Country is a title given by the monarch to the richest man in the South Country.
If the richest man is the head of the family, he is called Nanguo Weng, and if he is a woman, he is called Nanguo Madam.
Zhao Fugui won the title of Lady of the Southern Kingdom when she was twenty years old, and it has been twenty-five years since then.
When she married Sun Chengyan, the Minister of Household Affairs of Tiansheng, she brought ten cities and the entire Zhao family's commercial territory as a dowry. Emperor Zhengyuan therefore attached great importance to Zhao Fugui.
Without it, the Tiansheng family has a great business and is short of money, while Zhao Fugui is very rich.
Zhao Fugui was born in a merchant family, grew up in a merchant family, and became famous in a merchant family. What she loves most is money, and what she loves most is showing off her wealth.
For thousands of years, Confucianism was still in power in the Tiansheng Dynasty, which emphasized self-denial and propriety, and modesty. Zhao Fugui's arrogant and lewd style was looked down upon by even aristocratic families.
Even her name was ridiculed.
The more Zhao Fugui saw someone looking down on her, the more he showed off and threw money at them.
Emperor Zhengyuan turned a blind eye to the feud between Zhao Fugui and the ladies of the aristocratic family, let her do whatever she wanted, and even supported her from time to time.
This is how the Chaohua Banquet came about.
Mrs. Nanguo’s morning flower banquet is scheduled for the sixth day of August.
"Princess, can the medicine in the tea really last for three days?" Han Zhizhi asked worriedly.
"Don't worry, that medicine was given to me by Qingyun." Wei Qian said, "I said that I had been bipolar recently and wanted some heat-clearing and laxative medicine. She went to the Fourth Prince and asked for the medicine."
"You don't know that the medicines given by the Fourth Prince are all good medicines, and their effects are much better than those from the Imperial Hospital."
"When Qingyun brought the medicine, he specifically stated that just by smelling it, it can remove dampness and facilitate defecation. If you accidentally eat it, you will have diarrhea for three to five days. Haven't you seen that Shen Yao has asked for leave these two days? "Weiqi smiled proudly, very happily.
On this day, Shen Yao did not come as expected.
Wei Qian stopped the carriage next to the gate of "Mingyuan". When she saw that Shen Zhuo was the only person getting off the carriage of Shen Mansion, Wei Qian smiled even more proudly, her eyes flashing with hatred that she wanted to get rid of.
Han Zhizhi and Han Pingping lowered their heads, half-hiding their faces with heavy hair accessories, pretending to be palace maids and followed Wei Qi into the "Ming Garden".
As soon as the ladies entered the "Ming Garden", each of them received an extremely exquisite dowry. It is a greeting gift given by Mrs. Nanguo to every woman attending the banquet.
Mrs. Nanguo is indeed arrogant.
When Shen Zhuo arrived, Lu Waner and others had already arrived. Several people sat around a wooden table, chattering over the dowry.
"Hey, this lip balm is so moisturizing and smells so good! It's so comfortable to apply, and it doesn't fade even when it's wet." Zhang Jingyi took a box of lip balm and praised it while applying it.
"What's this?"
Lu Wan was holding a colorful glass bottle with some transparent liquid in it. She pulled the cork out of the bottle and smelled it. There was a pleasant grassy fragrance.
Several of the people here have all grown up with noble families. What good and rare things have you never seen? But for a while, no one really knew what this thing was.
Every year at the Morning Flower Banquet, the ladies of Kyoto always open their eyes and see one or two good things that they have never seen before.
"This is called fragrant lotion, for shampooing. The hair washed with it will be clean and smooth. It is a special product of the Nanyang royal family." A crisp and sweet voice sounded behind everyone.
Everyone turned around and saw a tall woman standing behind them, with majestic eyebrows and a sassy air. It was Mrs. Nanguo's eldest daughter, Sun Yinliu.
"This was brought back a few days ago on my company's treasure ship. You can try it out. If you like it, I will send you some more later."
Sun Yinliu speaks sharply and concisely. She has been doing business with Mrs. Guonan since she was a child. Although they are not much older than Shen Zhuo and the others, their handling style is already very sophisticated.
Sun Yinliu's words were very modest, but everyone knew that this must be a good thing. The one who can make the Southern Lady show off at the Chaohua Banquet is naturally the best of the best!
There are very few people in the Kyoto family who like Mrs. Nan Guo, but Shen Zhuo thinks she is a strange woman.
It is said that a few years after Mrs. Nanguo got married, her husband Sun Chengyan wanted to take a concubine. Mrs. Nanguo didn't hesitate and said bluntly, "It's no problem if you want to take concubines. Just use money to buy a quota. You can take as many women as you want."
Then, she took out her abacus and fiddled with it. After calculating the accounts, she told Sun Chengyan that for every concubine she took, she would be given one thousand taels of silver at a time. If the concubine wanted to have a child, she would be given an additional five hundred taels. From then on, every year, I have to pay two hundred taels of living expenses, and the annual profit will be calculated as five cents. If the son gives birth to a grandson, then another calculation will be made.
After hearing this, Sun Chengyan also picked up the abacus and fiddled with it, and then silently left Mrs. Nanguo's accounting room, completely giving up the idea of having a concubine.
In the previous life, Sun Chengyan had only one woman, Mrs. Nanguo, until his death. Shen Zhuo remembered that he died in Nanguo together with Mrs. Nanguo, and died at Mrs. Nanguo's sixtieth birthday party.
The confident and calm woman in front of her with a smile as bright as a flower and her two brothers also died at that birthday banquet. After those two years, there were different people under the name of Mrs. Nanguo.
Shen Zhuo couldn't help but sigh.
Nowadays, there is endless luxury in front of us. Who could have predicted that such a tragedy would end fifteen years later?
Shen Zhuo was in a low mood and did not stay in "Mingyuan" for long before he said goodbye and left.
"Princess, Shen Si is gone." Han Pingping had been secretly paying attention to Shen Zhuo's movements.
"Go out through the back door and tell someone to follow you," Han Zhizhi said to Han Pingping.
Wei Qi's eyes flashed and she said hurriedly: "Let's go too and follow us to have a look."
"Princess, don't go." Han Zhizhi held Wei Qian down, "She just left in front and we followed behind. It will easily arouse suspicion."
"What do you mean, don't you just go and see the result?" Wei Qi waved her hand and lost her temper, "How can that be okay! I want to see her bad luck with my own eyes."
After that, Wei Qi strode out the door. Han Zhizhi had no choice but to follow quickly.
Xiao Qingyun caught a glimpse of Wei Qian's hurried back from a distance, and turned around to tell the accompanying maid: "Yan Shisan, go back and inform brother that Wei Qian is ready to take action."
As soon as Wei Qian got on the carriage, she repeatedly urged the chamberlain driving to follow Shen's carriage.
When Wei Qi's carriage disappeared around the corner of the road, a mule carriage that had been parked at the gate of the "Garden" also swayed.
Shen Zhuo was sitting in the carriage, and the endings of his friends in his previous life flashed through his mind: Xiao Yushu was exiled, Lu Waner went to southern Xinjiang, Zhang Jingyi died in childbirth, Meng Qinglian entered the church, and only Wen Mingyun was better and became the first-grade wife.
In the struggle to change the throne, who of the family at the top of power can be spared?
No matter how glorious we are today, we will be miserable in the future. How many people are left alone?
Shen Zhuo couldn't help feeling sad.
There was a sound of "Bang~~~".
Shen's carriage was hit by something, and then there was a sharp cry.
