Finished talking about Xiao Baili.
Mrs. Tu asked her son again, "How is the Fang family wine shop going?"
Tu Li smiled and replied, "My eldest brother and I have already taken care of it. The Fang family's wine shop has encountered problems one after another, and the family has also suffered. It can no longer operate."
"We are now preparing to sell the winery and all the wine shops in North City, and move our family back to our hometown."
"I had people secretly threaten and intimidate other people who wanted to buy the winery, and they no longer dared to make a move."
"When the Fang family can no longer hold on, we can buy their winery and shop at the lowest price."
The Fang family is also a famous wine-making family in North City, but its foundation is much weaker than that of the Tu family.
The Tu family is the largest family in the north city. Several members of the family serve as officials in the court, and their wineries are almost all over the major cities in Daliang.
The family arrangement was that the eldest brother would inherit the Tu family. He has now entered the officialdom and is serving as a sixth-rank counselor under the deputy governor.
And he will take over the Tu family's wine business.
He is very ambitious. Even though the Fang family has always been suppressed by the Tu family, there cannot be two tigers in one mountain, and he dislikes the Fang family.
So he wanted to take a bite of the fat meat of the Fang family. With the help of his mother who had asked the former Princess Jin for secret help, he spent two years planning. Now he finally brought down the Fang family and was just waiting to reap the rewards.
Mrs. Tu's eyes showed a little more pride, "Well done."
"Once the Fang family is completely finished and the workshop and the shop are bought by you, the Tu family's wine business will be further developed, and your father will be happy too."
She feels a sense of accomplishment helping her son expand the family business.
Being praised by his own mother, Tu Lihuan smiled deeply, "I also want to make my mother happy."
Mrs. Tu's mood also completely improved. "Of course I am happy. I will hold a family dinner to celebrate your success."
Tu Lihuan nodded, "Okay!"
After the banquet, Shi Qingluo took his sister-in-law and Xi Rong home.
Soon, what happened at the banquet spread.
Especially how Shi Qingluo slapped Madam Zhu in the face and how he belittled the banquet prepared by Madam Tu and the apricot blossom wine she brewed.
No one thought it was a big deal that Shi Qingluo slapped Madam Zhu in the face.
After all, even if Shi Qingluo was born a peasant girl, she is now a first-rank princess.
Mrs. Zhu is of lower status, but she still wants to suppress the others. She is just asking to be killed as a warning to others.
Her son, who was a notorious good-for-nothing in North City, also wanted to marry Shi Qingluo's sister-in-law with good intentions. He was really asking for trouble.
With her relationship with King Yi, a brother who is very capable and became a prefect at a young age, and a princess sister-in-law who is not an ordinary person, it is natural that Xiao Baili should marry a young talent from North City.
Mrs. Zhu is too naive.
However, it was a bit too much for Shi Qingluo to belittle the banquet that Mrs. Tu had carefully prepared and the famous apricot blossom wine that she brewed.
Then the people sent by Mrs. Butcher gave an intentional push.
Then the whole North City knew that the new prefect's wife, Princess Fubao, disliked the Tu family's banquets and wine, and would hold a banquet in a few days.
We also publicly guarantee that the dishes on the table will be special and delicious, and there will be real good wine.
Even the common people knew about it.
However, because Shi Qingluo donated good seeds twice in succession, the lives of the people in Heyang County have become better and better since Lord Xiao came. Two roads have been built. He is a good official.
In addition, Xiao Hanzheng immediately improved the public security in North City as soon as he arrived. He hired people to clean the streets, sent food to the elderly and widowed people, and opened a charity hall to adopt orphans.
Therefore, ordinary people still have a good impression of Shi Qingluo and his wife.
People from aristocratic families were more likely to gloat over other people's misfortune and enjoy the show.
"Isn't this Princess Fubao too ignorant of herself? Does she think wine is so easy to brew?"
"Yes, the flower wine brewed by Madam Tu is the best in North City. What can she compare with?"
"Don't forget, Princess Fubao is the disciple of the old immortal, a famous golden child. Maybe she really can make wine?"
"That's true. Maybe Princess Fubao said this because she is sure of herself."
"I don't think highly of Princess Fubao. She is still too young. Even if she can make wine, how can she compare with Madam Butcher?"
"On the contrary, I am more optimistic about Princess Fubao. I believe that the old immortal's disciple will not be bad. Look at the Goose King bestowed by the emperor. He is now patrolling the streets with a group of geese. How spiritual and cool."
"I don't know if Governor Xiao will invite male guests to the banquet held by Princess Fubao. I want to go to the theater."
"Me too. If male guests are invited, we, the children of the noble families in North City, still have a chance to go along."
Soon, the gambling house started a game of betting on which wine, Princess Fubao's or Mrs. Butcher's, was better.
Then everyone bet on Madam Butcher to win, and only a few bet on Shi Qingluo.
Shi Qingluo also knew about this, and that same day he sent someone to the casino run by Prince Jin's son and bet one hundred thousand taels of silver for him to win.
When Prince Jin returned home after finishing his official business, he heard his personal attendant report what had happened at the Tu family during the day.
Liang Yujun was very surprised. He obviously didn't expect Shi Qingluo to behave so arrogantly and recklessly at the banquet this time.
Especially when listening to Shi Qingluo's words belittling Madam Zhu's son, he couldn't help but think of the words that his bastard brother used to call his son a waste.
He had to admit that it was true that people of the same family resembled each other.
His bastard brother and Xiao Hanzheng and Shi Qingluo are really the same kind of people, all of them are black-hearted and vicious.
If it weren't for the great value of Xiao Hanzheng and Shi Qingluo, he really wouldn't like to have too much dealings with such people. It was because he had been betrayed too many times by his bastard brother in the past, and he had a trauma in his heart.
Then he frowned, "This Madam Butcher is no good either. She was repeatedly defeated and slapped in the face by Shi Qing."
The attendant smiled awkwardly, "Mrs. Tu must have underestimated Shi Qingluo."
Liang Yujun thought about it and nodded, "That makes sense."
He had looked down on Shi Qingluo and his wife before, and had suffered in silence.
At this moment, a secret guard came to report.
"Master, the manager of the gambling house has sent a message. Just now, Shi Qingluo had someone bet 100,000 taels on her to win."
Liang Yujun was surprised, "Is she so confident in herself?"
He had never heard that Shi Qingluo could brew wine before!
He originally thought that Shi Qingluo was just bluffing, but now it seems that he has played it too big this time.
He stroked his chin and said, "I suddenly became interested in the banquet that Shi Qingluo is going to host. I wonder if they will invite me."
The attendant was also a little curious and said with a smile: "If the prince wants to go, just pass the message to Xiao Hanzheng."
Liang Yujun has been quite bored lately, so he chuckled and said, "Okay, let's go join in the fun."
The other side.
Xiao Hanzheng had just returned home from government office and was receiving a sudden visit from his classmate Fang Zhijun.
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