Chen was terrified for the whole day.
After a while, he sent someone to inquire about the situation in the Anguo Mansion.
"Madam, madam." Chuntao came in panting.
"What did you find out?" Chen was anxious.
"I found out," Chun Tao wiped the sweat from her forehead, "Not long after Duke Anguo returned, he fainted, but..."
Chen's mind went blank and he almost fell down.
Yuan Xi really poisoned it.
Chun Tao hurried forward to support her, "Madam, what's wrong? I'll go get Doctor Sun."
Chen grabbed her sleeve and said, "But what? Keep talking."
Chuntao had no choice but to obey.
"But the doctor found out that it was a stroke. I have to spend the rest of my life in bed." Chuntao was secretly happy.
Chen breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's okay, it's okay, it's okay that they are paralyzed." This way they can't be found out.
At this time, Chunzhi came in with the account book.
"Madam, this is the recent sales record of Lanfang Pavilion."
Chen calmed herself down, picked up the account book and opened it.
"Why is there so much less?"
"Did you all go to the shop opened by Wu Cuirou?"
Chunzhi nodded. She heard that there was no limit on the quantity there, so most of the customers went there.
"Don't worry, let the people over there catch up and continue to do it." If you can't sell it, just stockpile it first. You will need it one day.
Chunzhi thought of something else, "Madam, there are more merchants in the capital recently. They buy a lot of things from our store and sell them at a high price, more than twice as much as we sell them."
Moreover, after these people made their purchases, there was not much stock left in the store. Many people were unable to buy the items and instead went to the store across the street.
Chen frowned, this was indeed a problem.
[It's just a small matter. Mom can just open branches in various places. ]
[It can not only suppress these foreign companies, but also regulate prices. The more they open, the better. ]
Jiang Yuanxi is now quite satisfied with the identity that the King of Hell has arranged for her.
This is what a young lady should be like!
Endless money to spend and endless big houses to live in.
Chen's eyes lit up and she agreed very much with her daughter's idea.
However, the emperor is far away and we have to find someone reliable.
"Chunzhi, if we want to open a branch, who do you think would be more reliable to take charge of this task?" Chen asked.
Chunzhi thought about it but couldn't think of anyone.
Having been oppressed by the people in the Anguo Mansion over the years, the madam has not made many friends of talented people. Apart from these maids and servants, she really can't think of anyone to make friends with.
"I don't know either."
[Leave it to my third brother, my dear mother. My third brother is the best.]
"I think," Chen paused. "The third child is good, but he is so focused on studying that I'm afraid he won't be able to take over."
Scholars care most about reputation. In their view, business techniques are crude.
[Third brother can’t pass the exam. He will never pass it in this lifetime.]
Chen: "..."
Reading should not be a mechanical thing. When it comes to reading, Jiang Yuanyuan only knows how to read mechanically and does not know how to adapt.
The imperial examination was a place to select talents from all over the world, and the policy essays in it tested people's adaptability and their views on all things in the world.
【Knowledge comes from books, but also from life. Unfortunately, the third brother doesn’t know this.】
[I also bet fifty taels at the Fugui Gambling House. I bet that Third Brother will not win. I will definitely make a lot of money then, hehe.]
"Cough, cough, cough." Chen coughed violently.
Chen didn't know how to describe his inner feelings.
Is this what they call "brother-sister love"?
However, after hearing what Yuan Xi said, this matter had to be put aside for the time being until the results of the Spring Examination were announced.
Six days later.
The students came out of the Imperial Examination Hall. Their hair was disheveled, completely different from their previous high spirits. Their eyes were dull and their steps were unsteady. If you didn't know, you would think that they were sucked by a monster.
"Big brother!" Jiang Yuanxi recognized Jiang Yuansheng in the crowd at a glance.
Compared to others, Jiang Yuansheng's hair was combed meticulously, and he had a youthful aura, which made him particularly eye-catching among the students.
Just a little paler.
Jiang Yuancheng immediately asked: "Brother, how is it?"
Jiang Yuansheng showed a determined smile, "Of course, I have accomplished my mission."
The whole family is happy.
Jiang Fengyuan looked behind him, "Where's Yuan'er?"
Jiang Yuansheng shook his head. The Imperial Examination Hall was very large and they were divided into different areas. He really had no idea about his third brother's situation.
Chen immediately let him get on the carriage, and the few of them continued to wait there.
【Why hasn’t the third brother come out yet? 】
Everyone has left.
Just when the family was getting anxious, the soldiers carried a man out on a stretcher.
[Why did Third Brother go in standing and come out lying down? Are the benefits of the Imperial Examination Hall so good?] Jiang Yuanxi was puzzled.
Jiang Yuancheng sighed: "Third brother fainted." There are many people like this every year.
When they ran to the stretcher, they saw that Jiang Yuanyuan's lips were pale and his eyes were dark.
"Do you know this student?"
Chen touched her son's pale face distressedly: "It's my son."
"Yuan'er, open your eyes. It's mother." Chen called softly.
The guard handed the person over to them and said, "I've never seen such a person. He sleeps from the beginning to the end of the exam." Is he here to take the exam, or to find a different place to sleep?
Jiang Family: ...
Jiang Yuanxi immediately squeezed in and took Jiang Yuanyuan's pulse.
【Unconscious, weak vitality.】
The more Chen listened, the more frightened she became. If she had known this, she would not have let Yuanyuan go. Business is a good thing for her, so why should she take the exam?
[The diagnosis is out.]
"Hungry."
How can I not feel exhausted after sleeping for four days?
When Jiang Yuanyuan woke up again, it was already afternoon.
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