Chapter 195
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The wedding candles in the room were still lit. Fu'an huddled in the corner, his eyes flickering. He was like a small animal that had accidentally strayed into a tiger's lair. He wanted to escape but was afraid of waking up the beast. His legs were so stiff with fear that he dared not move at all.
He wanted to cry so much, but he was afraid that crying out loud would wake up the man on the bed, and he would twist his head off again.
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The wild dog was completely unaware of the presence of another person on the bed, as if he was the only one here, and slept very soundly. When he woke up, he saw that there was no one next to him, and thought that the person had left. However, he accidentally kicked something with his foot, and when he got up, he saw Fu'an who was sleeping uneasily in the corner.
Fu'an was very alert. After being kicked by him, he suddenly opened his eyes and looked at him in panic. He thought the wild dog was disgusted with him lying here and kicked him on purpose. Couldn't he get on the bed? Should I lie on the ground next time?
He saw the wild dog was staring at him, and he avoided its sight out of fear. He planned to sleep next time by the bed. Saving his life was more important than anything else.
The wild dog couldn't speak, and he couldn't understand sign language. Without communicating with him much, the wild dog got up and left.
Fu'an also quickly stood up and prepared to wash himself. He did not even take off his wedding dress because he was marrying in place of the princess, so he just wore the princess' wedding dress.
The princess was a girl and he was a boy. Originally, there were two styles of wedding dresses they wore at the wedding, but no one cared about him, so he could only marry in the female wedding dress originally prepared for the second princess.
For him, it was good enough to have a wedding dress to wear, and he didn't mind anything.
As soon as he stood up, the door was pushed open. He trembled with fright again. Just as he was about to crawl back to his previous position and shrink back, he heard a familiar voice.
The two maids and a old woman he brought into the mansion were the dowry given to him by the eldest princess. The eldest princess thought that these three people had been staying in his yard and they had a good relationship, so she packed up the three of them and sent them here together.
In fact, these three people have been Fuan’s nightmare since he was a child.
"Where is Aunt Wang?" Fuan looked at the three of them anxiously.
The leading maid's surname was Qian. When she came over, she checked the bed first and found that they had not done anything last night. Even Fu'an's clothes were intact and had not been changed. "You are useless. You can't even consummate the marriage. We are so unlucky to follow you."
This is what Fu'an has heard since he was a child. When they were young, the three of them always said that it would be better to follow the princess's lover than to follow a master like him who had no money and no power. Following a lover would give you face and you could get rewards occasionally, which was many times better than being with him.
They snatched the inheritance left by Fu'an's father with a clear conscience and said that Fu'an owed them.
Fu An was not only afraid, but also resented them. He thought marrying into the general's mansion was scary enough, and it was doubly scary with them. He asked again, "Where's Aunt Wang?"
"She is a cook, so she naturally cooks breakfast in the kitchen," Mrs. Qian said with disdain, "I thought I could live a good life with you in the General's Mansion. The General's Mansion is big, but there are only two servants, one to clean the yard and the other to cook. I really don't know how we are going to live in the future? You won't ask us to do the cleaning work, right?"
The two maids also pouted in disdain, "I heard that this house was a reward from the emperor. He probably doesn't have the money to hire servants, otherwise why would he only clean the main courtyard and leave the other courtyards empty? It will become abandoned after a while."
When Fu'an heard this, he thought about the fact that he had brought a lot of dowry. If he used his dowry to subsidize the general's mansion, would the wild dogs not kill him?
He didn't ask the other party to be very good to him, as long as he had enough food to eat every day, a place to live, and could live the rest of his life in peace and stability.
The eldest princess gave him a dowry list, which stated that there were two hundred thousand taels of silver as a dowry, as well as some gold, silver and jewelry, which added up to one million taels. In addition, the emperor also gave her some other rewards. The things the emperor rewarded her could not be sold for money, but they could be displayed.
When he entered the general's mansion yesterday, he found that although it was large, it was very simple and could be decorated with ornaments.
In addition to these dowries, the princess did not keep the betrothal gift given by Ye Gou, and asked him to carry it over as well.
The total amount of the betrothal gifts is more than 100,000 taels, which can be used to buy some servants and improve their lives. The general also has a salary, which can allow them to live a good life in the second half of their lives.
He also wanted to replace the three annoying people around him, but the three of them were managing their own dowries and gifts. "Where are my things?"
Granny Qian was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and said in a panic: "Are you still going to use your dowry to subsidize your husband's family? If it gets out, people will laugh at you. Don't embarrass the princess. Hurry up and wash and change your clothes. I heard that the general's brother is coming. The general's brother is a big businessman. You can't please the general, so find a way to please his brother, cry poor, let him pity you, and subsidize the general's mansion."
Fuan was dragged over by them to change his clothes and comb his hair.
In the past, his clothes were all coarse cloth clothes made for him by Aunt Wang. Before he got married, the eldest princess specially asked someone to make him some nice clothes.
After dressing up, he looks like a rich boy. He is handsome, but very timid.
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Yuanbao helped to manage the general's mansion. He felt that since Wild Dog lived alone, he didn't need so many servants.
He was very stingy with himself, but a little generous to stray dogs, but only a little.
In the huge general's mansion, there was only one doorman, a coachman, a servant who cleaned the yard, a cook, and a maid who did laundry.
Yuanbao only had two servants in his own family, and he had assigned so many servants to the wild dogs that he felt he would not have enough to use up all the wild dogs.
He wants to use other empty rooms as warehouses or factory production lines.
The wild dog also agreed. He was accustomed to listening to Yuanbao's arrangements since he was a child. Now that he is a general, outsiders are very afraid of him, but he is still the same little dog in front of Yuanbao.
Yuanbao arrived at the general's mansion early in the morning. He was very worried that the wild dog would be bullied by the eldest princess's children.
After seeing the wild dog, he worriedly asked the wild dog if he had been bullied last night. Seeing that the wild dog shook his head and did not completely believe it, he went over and lifted up his sleeve to look at his arm, wanting to see if he had any injuries.
"There are no wounds on your face. Did he hit you somewhere else? Did he pinch you? Prick you with a needle? Whip you? I heard that the princess almost whipped a lover to death with a whip last time. Who knows, his child might have the same habit." Yuanbao was nervously checking the wild dog for any wounds when he saw a figure at the door.
There were few servants in their house, no one informed them, and they didn't have the habit of closing the door, so Fu'an saw what happened just now.
Yuanbao hid behind Yang Shiming awkwardly. It was so embarrassing. He was saying bad things about someone and was caught by the person involved.
Yang Shiming couldn't help laughing when he saw this, and was secretly pinched by Yuanbao. They didn't act like this before, but after being together for a long time, they started to develop many little actions.
"You're here. We're drinking tea. You can join us." Yuanbao adjusted his expression behind Yang Shiming and restored the smiling face he usually had when doing business. He thought that the other party was a princess after all, and they couldn't fall out with each other.
Fu'an didn't know what to say. He had always lived in his own small courtyard and had never seen the world or met so many people. He didn't know whether to bow or say hello. His tongue was tied.
The maidservant beside him tugged at his sleeve to remind him. The more she reminded him, the more nervous he became. Mrs. Qian asked him to bow to them like a stern elder, and said that he didn't know the rules and made Yuanbao and the others laugh.
Fuan was very awkward and wanted to know what the posture was for the salute. Yuanbao quickly called people over and said, "We don't have any salute rules in our family. Just be natural. You don't need to salute in the future."
Fuan breathed a sigh of relief
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, wanted to go over and sit down, but was stopped by Mrs. Qian, "The rules cannot be broken."
She also thought that people from humble backgrounds didn't know the rules, so she had to rectify the atmosphere in the general's mansion in the future.
In the past, she could only serve Fu'an, a powerless man, in the princess's mansion, and was looked down upon and trampled upon by other servants. Later, he established himself in the general's mansion. The general often had to go out to fight, and he didn't seem to be a good manager. Fu'an was even more of a coward, and she could control him however she wanted in the future.
Mrs. Qian believed that she would be the biggest beneficiary of marrying into the general's mansion. Although she came from a princess's mansion, she was short-sighted and did not know how to follow the rules or speak like the servants in the large courtyards. It was just that she had bullied the little boy Fu'an for so many years that she became arrogant and thought she could control everything.
Yuanbao and Yang Shiming looked at each other and felt that the atmosphere between Fuan and the servants around him was a little weird.
Mrs. Qian also gave a live teaching session, telling Fu'an how to greet and how to call people. These were not a big deal, but Yuanbao had said that there was no such rule at home. Obviously, Yuanbao was also the one in charge of the family, and he had set the rules, but Mrs. Qian insisted on doing the opposite, which was a bit ungrateful.
"She is a princess and we should pay our respects to her. Are you implying that we have no manners? Are you teaching me a lesson?" Yang Shiming glanced at Mrs. Qian coldly.
Yang Shiming has been famous for his integrity since he was a child. He couldn't bear to see others being wronged. He saw that Mrs. Qian was bullying others and couldn't help but scold her.
Mrs. Qian was frightened by his tone and said, "How dare I."
Seeing that she had shut up, Yuanbao called Fuan to come over and sit down.
Fu'an breathed a sigh of relief and walked over to sit next to Yuanbao. In fact, he should have sat next to Ye Gou, because Ye Gou was his husband, and Yuanbao had not dressed like a boy recently, but like an ordinary man. However, Ye Gou always had a blank expression on his face, which was a bit scary. He was afraid of being scolded if he sat over to him, and Yuanbao looked gentler and would not scold him.
If it were in the past, before Yuanbao married Yang Shiming, if someone dared to sit next to Yuanbao in front of the wild dog, even if the person was a brother, he would have to show his teeth at the other person.
Since Yuanbao got married, he went to the battlefield several times and became much more mature. He never bared his teeth at others again, and there was no expression on his face, making it impossible to guess what he was thinking, let alone whether he was happy or unhappy.
After they sat down, Yuanbao asked him to taste the tea he brought. "This was sent by my cousin. This time, my cousin wrote to me and gave me a big red envelope. If he knew that you got married right after I got married, he would definitely say that I gave all the money I earned in a year as gifts to you."
Yuanbao couldn't help laughing when he thought of his cousin who obviously didn't care about money, always joking with them and saying some nonsense.
He followed his cousin out of the village when he was young, and he has a very deep affection for his cousin. "I miss my cousin a little bit. I will go to my cousin's place in half a year."
The wild dog used sign language to ask him, "Do you want me to go with you?"
"No, I have something important to do at my cousin's place." Yuanbao knew that Ye Gou's identity was different now, and he couldn't leave Beijing without permission, lest he arouse suspicion from the emperor.
"My cousin said he would open a glass factory over there. Once the glass bottles are finished, he will ship them over to me so that I can make a few more scents of perfume." Yuanbao couldn't wait for Cheng Yeran to ship the glass bottles over. He wanted to go and take a look in person.
Their brand has become famous, and now all the soaps used across the country are of their brand.
They sell their affordable soaps to ordinary people and their expensive soaps to princes and nobles, but there are also a group of people who are reluctant to buy even their cheap soaps and would instead buy cheaper, lower quality soaps.
But those cheap and poor quality soaps also have to be labeled with their brand, made into fakes, or made into knockoffs. Their name is Xiangjie, and one company simply calls itself Xiangji, or Xiangjiepai, with a brand added at the end, and that is Xiangjie brand soap.
Yuanbao was very angry when he found out about this and wanted to report to the police to have them arrested, but the law here does not cover counterfeit goods. Cheng Yeran gave him an idea and suggested buying the two soap factories and also buying a few more soap factories in other places, but keeping the same name and making more affordable models, so that everyone would think that there are many brands circulating on the market, but in fact they are all their brands.
Those who are more frugal will buy the cheapest soap, and those who pursue brands will buy fragrant and clean soap. In the end, all the money goes into their pockets.
Now he no longer needed to dress up as a man to attract customers. Ever since he married Yang Shiming, he changed back into men's clothes and negotiated business, opened factories, and opened branches as a man.
Cheng Yeran also told him to try to open luxury brand stores in wealthy cities around the country. In order to keep up with the princes and nobles in the capital, the wealthy people there would also buy expensive soaps, lipsticks and perfumes.
He just opened a branch in another place a while ago, and its sales volume is second only to that in Beijing.
This time he wanted to go and see the glass factory in person. He couldn't wait to make money from perfume. He studied perfume at home every day. The perfumes he made himself did not last long, but the perfumes he made with the materials his cousin gave him had better scent and lasted longer. Sometimes he sprayed it on his wrist in the morning, and when he raised his hand when he got home in the evening, he could still smell the faint fragrance.
If this perfume could be mass-produced, it would definitely make a lot of money.
He really couldn't wait any longer, so he planned to combine perfume and soap to make a perfumed soap. After taking a bath with this, he would smell good all day long. Bathing with flower petals is nothing compared to this.
Yuanbao got excited when he thought about business matters. He couldn't wait to go to Cheng Yeran and urge him to set up a factory as soon as possible!
Of course, he just thought about these business plans in his mind and didn't say them out loud. He only mentioned that he was going to visit the factory and that Cheng Yeran gave him a red envelope.
"I will write a letter to my cousin today, telling him about your marriage, and he will definitely give you a big red envelope." Yuanbao really wanted to show off that Cheng Yeran had given him a red envelope of two hundred thousand taels, but since there were outsiders around, he couldn't tell the amount.
Mrs. Qian, who was standing by, saw that Yuanbao and Yang Shiming were dressed and talked in a way that didn't seem like they were from the village. She had heard before that Yuanbao was a big businessman, and now he started talking about this factory and that shop. He must be very rich. She took advantage of a break in their conversation to mention something about the mansion.
She said that the mansion was so big now, and such a small number of servants were not enough. She also said that Fu'an was a princess and could not bear such grievances. If they did not understand, she could help buy servants and take charge of various expenses in the mansion.
She said this with a smile, "This morning the princess said she wanted to use her dowry to help the general's mansion, and I quickly stopped her. If this gets out, people will laugh at the princess, but if people laugh at the general, he will have to go out every day, how can he hold his head up in the future?"
Fu'an didn't expect that she would actually tell him what happened in the morning. Although it was true, he always felt that what she said was far from the truth. He was so embarrassed that his face turned red, especially when the table suddenly became quiet, he felt even more embarrassed.
"Our master is talking, what business does a servant like you have?" Yuanbao was quite unhappy. He had been doing business for so many years and yet he couldn't hear that Mrs. Qian wanted to be the boss of the general's mansion. She also said that they were not up to the standard and didn't even know how to hire or manage servants.
Mrs. Qian didn't expect that he would directly lose face. "I am from the Princess's residence. Do you have a problem with me or with the Princess?"
Yuanbao didn't expect that he would dare to use the eldest princess to pressure him. When Ye Gou saw her choking Yuanbao, he raised his hand and slammed the table.
Mrs. Qian and the others were not afraid of Yuanbao, but they were afraid of the wild dog. Seeing that the wild dog was going to kill someone, they ran away quickly. Fuan was also glared at by the wild dog. Although the wild dog couldn't speak, they could see from his eyes that they wanted to get out.
Fuan wanted to explain, but he was too timid and ran out quickly.
As soon as they left, Yuanbao pulled Ye Gou's arm and said, "Don't glare at him. I think something is wrong with them. Why is Princess Fu'an so afraid of that old woman?"
Yang Shiming: "I have never heard that the eldest princess has given birth to a child. I am afraid there is something hidden about Princess Fu'an's identity. I will go and find out about it some other day."
Yuan Bao nodded, "Ask about this Fu An's identity. He's so weird, but no matter how weird he is, he's still a princess. We can't neglect him. Although Mrs. Qian is annoying, what she said makes sense. A princess is married here, and our house is so shabby. She's been wronged. Tomorrow I'll buy you some servants, but you can't let Mrs. Qian have the final say. We have to find another housekeeper."
Yang Shiming: "Privately, secretly test the relationship between Princess Fu'an and those servants. If the relationship is not good, transfer them away."
Yuan Bao was a little worried: "Those people were sent by the Princess.
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If we replace it, will the princess think we are not giving her face? Are you trying to cause trouble for us on purpose? ”
Yang Shiming shook his head: "Looking at the words and deeds of those people just now, they don't seem like people who will be valued by the princess. Although the princess is greedy for men, but apart from men, she is more skillful than the princes in other aspects. Otherwise, why would His Majesty indulge the princess in everything? It's because of her ability."
Yuanbao then realized that royal affairs were much more complicated than he had imagined. Although the eldest princess seemed not to interfere in state affairs, she actually helped His Majesty solve problems in many ways.
"So those servants are using the princess's name to scare us? They are so evil." Yuan Bao shook his head, "We can't keep such people in our house."
After Fuan returned, he was holding back his anger. Why did she speak to them like that just now? Why should we take it upon ourselves to make decisions for ourselves?
But he has been bullied by them since he was a child. Although he is no longer a child now, he has developed this kind of character and it is difficult for him to resist.
In addition, they always told him that they were going to complain to the princess. He was ignorant and had no common sense. He was very afraid of the princess. He was also afraid that if he rashly angered Mrs. Qian, she would steal his dowry and run away, and he would not be able to get it back.
When he came back, he still remembered the look in the wild dog's eyes. The wild dog must have misunderstood him.
If he didn't get rid of the troubles around him, his life in the general's mansion would become even more difficult. It would be great if the wild dog could help him, but he was not familiar with the wild dog, and the wild dog kicked him in the morning, which meant that the wild dog didn't like him at all. Maybe he even thought he was a coward who couldn't even manage a few servants, and killed him in anger.
It was difficult to move forward or backward, and this problem stumped him.
Mrs. Qian was upset about what happened just now, but she didn't dare to throw a tantrum in front of Ye Gou and the others. She could only speak in front of Fu'an. She said many nasty things in front of Fu'an.
Fu'an frowned when he heard this. He was numb when Mrs. Qian scolded him, but when he heard her scolding the wild dog, he subconsciously wanted to help refute her. But then he changed his mind and thought that if Mrs. Qian scolded the wild dog in person and made the wild dog angry, the wild dog might chop Mrs. Qian to death.
"Don't scold him like that. He is actually very pitiful. The general has been blind since childhood. He can't speak, and even can't hear." Fu'an was a little nervous as it was his first time telling a lie.
"Can't hear?" Mrs. Qian didn't believe it. "Just now I saw him chatting with his brother in sign language."
"It's true. I tried it yesterday. He can only read lips but can't hear any sound." Fu An said calmly.
Wild Dog sent Yuanbao and the others away and walked back. As soon as he reached the door of the room, he heard their conversation. He couldn't help but curl his lips. He originally thought that Xiao Baihua was a fragile little flower, but he didn't expect it to be thorny. Things seemed to be getting interesting.
The wild dog did not go in immediately, but wanted to cooperate with him and see what would happen next.
Sure enough, during dinner, Mrs. Qian wanted to test whether the general could hear the sound. She stood behind the general and said something. Seeing that the general had no reaction, she boldly said a few more words.
Fu'an's heart was in his throat and he didn't dare to look at the wild dog.
Fu'an had never eaten anything good before. He relied on the cook to feed him. He was lucky if he could be full. He didn't think about chicken, duck, fish or meat. He would be happy for a long time if he could eat some minced meat. But now he was too nervous. Facing a table full of delicious food and wine, he had no appetite at all.
Mrs. Qian tried to curse at someone from behind, which scared Fu'an, but when he looked at the wild dog secretly, he found that the dog did not react at all.
You won’t let yourself guess right, will you? Could it be that the general really can't hear anything? Damn it, I got him scolded.
Just as he was blaming himself and feeling guilty, he heard Mrs. Qian's scolding becoming more and more bold.
Mrs. Qian: "Your name is Wild Dog, you really are a dog, maybe even a bastard, otherwise your father wouldn't have given you such a name, you little bastard, your brother is also a little bastard, and you yelled at me today, who do you think you are, you..."
Before Mrs. Qian could finish her words, the wild dog grabbed her neck and lifted her up.
Originally, Wild Dog wanted to play with them for a while, but she touched her bottom line and she shouldn't have scolded Yuanbao.
Mrs. Qian wanted to struggle and beg for mercy, but she couldn't breathe. At this moment she realized how stupid her previous behavior was. Why did she believe Fu'an so easily? !
Fu'an was beaten by her since he was a child. She looked down on Fu'an from beginning to end, but she forgot how much Fu'an hated her.
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