Ever since the wax figure incident, Sun Yanan has decided to return to Kyoto to seek justice for himself.
She must have children. Only with legitimate children can her position as the mistress be secure and she can legitimately take charge of the Shi family, just like Old Madam Shi.
So when Shi Yue held her in his arms and touched her, she obediently snuggled into his arms. This signal encouraged Shi Yue to become bolder and he took over step by step.
Because of the wax figure incident, the young couple had Sun Yanan lying down after vomiting that day, temporarily keeping the gynecologist out.
Just when it seemed like the conspiracy was about to be exposed the next day, unexpectedly, early the next morning, a note from Lord Shang Huaitang and Mrs. Shang came with her men, asking if the Shi family could allow the gynecologist to go to Kyoto. The round trip would take about three months.
Before Madam Shi could even speak, Shi Yue had already, in a rare move, agreed. Thus, the Saint Hand was taken away by Madam Shang. It was only later that Sun Yannan learned that the Saint Hand's hasty departure was due to an old friend of hers.
Sun Yanan divided the shop and farm originally owned by the Shi family that was handed over to her by the old lady and moved to the courtyard of her mother-in-law Peng Jing.
Ever since her father-in-law and Jinshu moved back, Peng Jing has become increasingly silent and quiet. Except when her two children, the old lady, and her daughter-in-law come to visit her and sit and talk for a while, she is rarely willing to leave the yard.
It was obviously not her who was confined by the old lady, but she went out less and less.
Sun Yannan greeted her mother-in-law and sat down without further ado. She said, "My daughter-in-law would like to ask you for help. You will be in charge of these shops from now on. What do you think?"
Peng Jing was obviously at a loss and nervous for a moment, and hesitated, "Of course I'm willing to help, but I'm afraid I can't do it well and cause you trouble."
Sun Yannan said, "Mother can manage it well, just like she manages father's private property. Everything is in this box, and the accounts are in the accounting office. From now on, we will reconcile the accounts once every three months, and everything else will be up to mother. Since mother has agreed to help, your daughter-in-law will take her leave."
Sun Yanan spoke quickly and left. After she left, Peng Jing opened the box and took a look. This was much more than the private property that Shi Chongwen had given her. After the initial tension and uneasiness subsided, she now felt sincere joy. At least from now on, she was the housekeeper's wife in front of others and behind their backs.
Since her daughter-in-law trusts her and needs her help, she has to do a good job.
Peng Jing went to work enthusiastically from then on. He took the account books from the cashier and visited each shop. Every day he thought about how to make these shops more profitable. Gradually, he became a different person.
When Old Lady Shi learned of this, she simply said to Madam Zhao, "Don't employ those you doubt, and trust those you employ. I had a grudge against my daughter-in-law in the beginning, and I didn't employ those I doubted. Now, I trust my grandson's daughter-in-law. Since she entrusted Peng Jing with the responsibility, she must have her own considerations, so let her do it. Everything changes at different times."
What Sun Yanan is worried about now is actually his sister-in-law Shi Wei who is sitting opposite him.
In fact, it wasn't her that was bothering her, but her marriage. The mother-in-law came to Sun Yannan and said that Shi Wei liked the young master of the Yan family, but the mother-in-law watched coldly from the sidelines. The young master of the Yan family had no interest in Shi Wei, so she didn't support her daughter taking this step. However, the Shi family was currently on the rise, and if a marriage with the Yan family was proposed, the Yan family would most likely agree. The elders of the Yan family had already come to pass on the message.
Her daughter Shi Wei is determined to get married, even though the young master of the Yan family is very cold to her, so her mother-in-law asks Sun Yannan to give her some advice.
Shi Wei hesitated for a long time before Sun Yanan understood why his mother-in-law wanted to enlighten him herself.
It turned out that in Shi Wei's view, her brother Shi Yue also had his own childhood sweetheart, Rong Li, and was very cold to his sister-in-law Sun Yannan at first. When she and her family went to Kyoto for a short stay, she saw that Sun Yannan liked her brother, was kind to him, and gave him gifts, but her brother almost refused them all.
But after they got married, the brother who didn't even spend time with his sister-in-law on their wedding night started to care about her more and more. Now he protects her no matter what she says or does, and no longer cares about Rong Li for his sister-in-law.
So Shi Wei felt that even though the young master of the Yan family was not treating her well now and was thinking about his childhood sweetheart, as long as they got married, their lives would get better and better.
Sun Yanan felt a headache after hearing this. How should he explain this?
Moreover, she now feels ashamed when she recalls her little girlish liking for Shi Yue in Kyoto.
Not knowing how to start for a moment, Sun Yannan asked casually, who is the childhood sweetheart that the young master of the Yan family is thinking about, and where is she now?
Shi Wei said: "Xi Yinzhu is now in Kyoto. Her distant cousin is the concubine of the magistrate of Zhiping County, which was originally under Pingchang County.
However, the county magistrate's legitimate daughter was very beautiful. When she entered the palace for selection, she was chosen by the late emperor to be the consort of the current emperor because of her outstanding appearance. She is also the mother of the fourth prince.
When the previous emperor was alive, Magistrate Zhiping could still get by as an official. But after the current emperor ascended the throne, he felt that life as an official was not easy, so he retired and went to Kyoto with his wives and concubines. Somehow, he took the young Xi Yinzhu with him when he left.
It was because of this cousin that Xue Yinzhu and her family were able to find a better place to live, moving to a courtyard designated by her. However, she seemed unable to take care of them on a daily basis, so although Xue Yinzhu grew up as a neighbor of the Yan family, their lives were very different.
Later, the poor yet beautiful little neighbor girl left for Kyoto. Later, the Yan family also moved from Zhiping County to Junshou County. The two met once in Kyoto. At that time, it was rumored that Xue Yinzhu would soon marry the Fourth Prince. The young master of the Yan family returned to Pingchang County, but he couldn't let go of Xue Yinzhu, so the marriage never took place.
Sun Yanan used to live in Kyoto and had heard some royal gossip, so this basically made sense to him. He sighed in his heart that life is unpredictable. The people involved in the things he had heard as rumors before turned out to be his sister-in-law one day, and even involved himself.
Thinking about the task given to him by his mother-in-law, which was to make Shi Wei give up the idea of marrying into the Yan family, Sun Yanan looked at his sister-in-law in front of him and felt that this was a difficult task.
I also felt that Shi Wei was very smart when she was fighting with Jinshu that day. She refused to admit defeat and chose the right time. The moment she fainted at the end was a stroke of genius and she basically didn't suffer any loss.
So Sun Yanan handed over more than ten shops to Shi Wei. These dozen shops were the ones that had recently competed with the Lu family for the market, and he gave them to Shi Wei to try.
Shi Wei asked, "If I manage to run these dozen or so shops and surpass the Lu family, will they agree to let me marry into the Yan family?"
Sun Yannan gritted his teeth and said, "If you beat the Lu family, your sister-in-law will definitely find you a good family that you will be satisfied with."
Shi Wei said, "Well, it's a deal!" and she left. Shi Yue just happened to come in and heard the last two words. Seeing that his sister had also been drafted and left, he asked, "Are you interested in the Lu family?"
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