Chapter 129

Jiang Yanxi was stunned by the slap, and the palace maid who was supporting Jiang Yanxi was also terrified.

Before she could stand up, the eldest princess slapped her again, and this time Jiang Yanxi was really slapped to the ground, and her high bun also fell down. The eldest

princess's eyes were like cold blades. She was a real darling of heaven. She had been at the pinnacle of power all her life. When that arrogant look came over, Jiang Yanxi felt that it was more oppressive than Feng Shiyan's.

She sat on the ground, covering her red and swollen face, without saying a word, and lowered her eyelids to cover all the emotions in her eyes, like a small flower blooming in late autumn and about to fall, weak but strong.

"The Queen Mother just passed away, and you dare to show off in front of the Queen? You really forgot that a pheasant with phoenix feathers is still a pheasant!"

"Your Majesty's first child is gone, and even the lives of all the Jiang family members cannot compensate for it!"

The eldest princess thought of the child in the Queen's belly that she could not save after all, and her face became increasingly gloomy. Looking at the woman sitting on the ground with a look of misery and innocence on her face, she ordered her attendants: "Take her to Kunning Palace to make amends to the Queen!" The

palace maid beside her was about to take action,

"Stop--"

a deep shout came from a distance, and Feng Shiyan, dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, strode over.

Seeing Jiang Yanxi sitting on the ground with five bright red fingerprints on half of her face, Feng Shiyan said nothing, but first said to the eldest princess: "Aunt."

The eldest princess sneered: "The emperor is not going to Kunning Palace at this time. Is he here to punish the culprit who caused the queen to have a miscarriage?"

Feng Shiyan said: "The Gao family has committed the crime of treason and collusion. The people of the world cannot tolerate it. If the daughter of the Gao family becomes the queen, the country of Daxuan will be unstable." The

eldest princess's beautiful lips curled up: "Your Majesty, are you going to depose the queen?"

Feng Shiyan was talking about the situation in the court, But they were cousins ​​who grew up together, and he had a child with her. Now that the Queen Mother had just passed away and Empress Gao had miscarried and was in a coma, he was already thinking about the deposed Queen. Even the eldest princess, who was used to the scheming and cunning in the deep palace, felt a little sad for Empress Gao at this moment.

Feng Shiyan heard the sarcasm in the eldest princess's words, and after a moment of silence, he said, "The Gao family was executed, and I spared her life because of our relationship as husband and wife."

"The Gao family is unforgivable. I will not plead for the Queen. Today I only ask you, how will Your Majesty punish this bastard who provoked the Queen with his malicious words and caused her to miscarry?" The eldest princess pointed at Jiang Yanxi, but her stern eyes were fixed on Feng Shiyan.

Jiang Yanxi remained silent, as if she was listening to the order.

The Grand Princess narrowed her beautiful eyes. She had been through so many people and things in her life. Just looking at Jiang Yanxi's attitude, she knew that she clearly believed that Feng Shiyan would not touch her and was fearless. Sure enough

, Feng Shiyan glanced at Jiang Yanxi and said, "Empress Xi committed treason and should be punished, but the Empress had a miscarriage because she fell down when she was pushing and shoving with the imperial guards. I have ordered people to beat the imperial guards to death. Concubine Xi's mistake in words will be punished with full confinement for three months." As soon as

these words came out, the Grand Princess laughed out of anger, "Emperor, I'm going to make a statement here today. If you still insist on being obsessed, you will be destroyed by this woman sooner or later!"

After that, he just threw his sleeves and left, obviously very angry.

After the eldest princess left, Feng Shiyan and Jiang Yanxi stood and half sat respectively, both in silence.

After a while, Feng Shiyan leaned over to hug Jiang Yanxi, but Jiang Yanxi waved his hand away and yelled with red eyes: "Don't touch me!"

The palace servants shuddered, fearing that Jiang Yanxi's action would anger Feng Shiyan.

Feng Shiyan's handsome face really darkened, but when he saw Jiang Yanxi standing up with the help of the palace servants, with one foot not daring to touch the ground, his expression instantly eased, as she sprained her ankle when she fell down.

He forcefully hugged Jiang Yanxi, ignoring her punches and kicks, and carried her back to the Cangjiao Palace.

"Feng Shiyan, you are a lunatic!"

"Let me go! Let me go!"

"Disgusting! I am disgusting! I am so disgusted to be touched by you!"

Jiang Yanxi was in unprecedented hysteria. The palace maids along the way lowered their heads as much as possible and dared not breathe. Feng

Shiyan turned a deaf ear to him until he entered the Cangjiao Palace and pinched Jiang Yanxi's neck and pressed her to the couch. Then he sneered with bloodshot eyes: "Is this the first day you knew that I am a lunatic?"

"Disgusting? You lived in the same room with Lu Linyuan in Xizhou. Didn't you feel disgusted when you did those things?" He punched the low stool at the edge of the couch with a heavy fist, and the low stool instantly turned into a pile of broken wood.

He no longer concealed the jealousy and anger in his heart. The whole person was like a wild beast that was mad because someone coveted his partner.

Jiang Yanxi said coldly: "Feng Shiyan, don't think that everyone is as dirty as you! He is different from you! He will never force me to do anything!" Feng

Shiyan held her down with one hand and untied the tie of her lapel with the other hand, and covered the softness with his big palm. His action was so ambiguous, but his words were chilling, "Jiang Yanxi, sometimes I really want to cut you open here to see if you have any heart!" "

Lu Linyuan will not force you, because he is a coward, he dare not! If he was responsible, would he get engaged to your sister? If he could protect you, would he let you be framed and almost lose your innocence?"

Jiang Yanxi closed her eyes in pain, tears falling from the corners of her eyes and flowing into her temples.

She knew all of what Feng Shiyan said, but she just kept numbing herself from thinking about it.

Seeing Jiang Yanxi so sad, the fire burning in Feng Shiyan's heart turned into an unknown dull pain. He loosened the hand that was locking her throat, lay aside, looked at the golden gauze tent with twigs and smiled bitterly: "Jiang Yanxi, no matter how much you hate me, you will spend the rest of your life with me like this. It is better to torture each other than to break your heart, right?"

Jiang Yanxi closed her eyes and burst into tears, refusing to say a word.

Feng Shiyan said to himself: "I would rather believe that you were jealous of what you said to the queen..."

"Feng Shiyan." Jiang Yanxi interrupted him: "I just want revenge. The queen will be in pain without that child, and you will not be better off either." At

this moment, she suddenly felt that it would be better to anger Feng Shiyan and die in his hands.

This shameful background, this miserable life, this blood feud that had been on her shoulders since she was born... She didn't want to face any of it.

She hated the Feng family. If it weren't for their wolfish ambitions and rebellion, would she have grown up as a miserable concubine and been bullied? She should have been a daughter

of a rich family. As long as Daqi was still there, she wouldn't have suffered all these hardships!

The Grand Princess was arrogant in front of her, but wasn't the Grand Princess's dignity snatched from her? What

right did the Grand Princess have to humiliate her?

Every time she stayed in the palace for a quarter of an hour, the hatred in her heart deepened.

The most ironic thing in the world is that the person who is unconditionally good to her and willing to fight for her against the whole world is the enemy she has to kill.

Jiang Yanxi really feels tired. From her dream of joining the Lu family and becoming the mistress of the Lu family when she was young, to the entanglement with Shi Yan after entering the palace, she has been struggling, but she has never gotten rid of it. Now she is exhausted.

Feng Shiyan didn't say anything for a long time after hearing her words. Just when Jiang Yanxi thought he didn't hear her, Feng Shiyan put his hand on her belly and said in a tone she couldn't understand: "Jiang Yanxi, then you have to give me a child."

When the clouds cleared and the rain stopped, Feng Shiyan still hugged Jiang Yanxi tightly and didn't let go, as if he wanted to rub her into his bones and blood through this hug.

His body was sticky with sweat, but his eyes were silent: "Jiang Yanxi, don't think about leaving me, I only have you, and I will never let go."

He said this in a very light tone, but Jiang Yanxi couldn't help but shiver.

Although her appearance was not outstanding, her snowy and smooth skin was really attractive. Feng Shiyan caressed her for a while, turned his head and kissed her face, which was swollen from being beaten by the Grand Princess, with pity. He clamped her chin with one hand and kissed her fiercely again... He

held her waist with one hand, and moved fiercely.

It seemed that only by taking more pleasure from her could he soothe the burning pain in his heart.

The chief eunuch stood at the door of the inner hall, listening to the voices coming from inside, anxious and anxious, hesitated for a moment, and still knocked on the door: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Observatory are waiting in Yu's study." After a

pause, he added: "The Grand Princess is also here."

A quarter of an hour later, Feng Shiyan walked out of the inner hall. The end of his eye seemed to be scratched by a sharp object like a nail, which made his handsome face more evil, and there seemed to be a faint scratch under his collar.

The little palace maid who came into the hall to deliver hot water only dared to take a sneak peek, and then quickly lowered her head, her face blushing.

"Serve Concubine Xi well." Feng Shiyan only left this sentence, and hurried to Yu's study.

Jiang Yanxi was lying on the bed wrapped in a blanket, staring blankly at the ceiling, with one hand on her abdomen, wondering what she was thinking.

"My queen, it's time to take a bath." The palace maid came to her side and called her softly.

Jiang Yanxi then casually put on a robe and stood up. When she entered the bathtub, she ordered her attendants: "Everyone

, please leave. I want to be alone for a while." All the maids left, except for the most ordinary-looking one, who took out a small medicine bottle and handed it to her, lowering her voice and saying: "Princess, this is contraceptive medicine."

After saying only this, the maid also left.

Jiang Yanxi looked at the medicine bottle in her hand, with an expression that seemed to be neither crying nor laughing.

To be called a princess, she must be someone from the previous dynasty.

When Queen Gao woke up, she felt a dull pain in her lower abdomen. She touched her belly and found that her bulging abdomen had flattened. Her pale face lost all color: "Where is my child?"

The maid who took care of her did not dare to speak, but choked with sobs.

Queen Gao opened her mouth, but could not make a sound because of extreme grief. After a while, she cried out with a heart-wrenching cry, and her voice was so sharp that it could be heard throughout the Kunning Palace. When

the palace servants passing by heard the miserable cries coming from the Kunning Palace, they could not help but stop and look back. After a while, they went about their own business, either sadly or numbly.

In this gorgeous and cold palace, the queen of a country who was once high and mighty had ended up like this, let alone the palace maids and eunuchs whose lives were as insignificant as ants?

When the imperial edict to depose the queen was issued, the palace maids and eunuchs in Kunning Palace had already planned their own ways out.

Flattering the powerful and bullying the weak was common in this palace full of intrigues. After reading the imperial eunuch's edict, he drooped his eyelids and said arrogantly: "Your Majesty, you should move to the cold palace as soon as possible. Tomorrow, Kunning Palace will be locked down."

Empress Gao had just lost her child and was in poor health. The Queen Mother passed away at the same time. She seemed to have lost her vitality and spirit. She could only spit with hatred: "You are a dog who relies on the power of others!"

The eunuch who delivered the edict sneered: "The Gao family has fallen, the Queen Mother has passed away, and His Majesty has deposed you. Do you still think you are the same as you used to be?" "Is it the arrogant Empress Dowager?"

The maid who stayed behind to take care of the Empress knelt down in front of the eunuch and cried, "Eunuch, please be kind and tell His Majesty that the Empress is still in confinement. Please let her finish her confinement before going to the cold palace for the sake of the Empress Dowager..."

The eunuch kicked the maid away and patted the hem of his robe as if he had touched something dirty: "This little bastard wants to harm our family! Who dares to plead for the Gao family now?"

The eunuch sneered and left with a few eunuchs.

The maid cried and fell to the bed: "My queen, what can I do..."

"Now, in order to protect himself, he pushed the Gao family out to pay for the crime and sat on the throne that the Gao family won for him. He wants to kill me with that bastard, so I will drag him to death with me!" The knuckles of the Queen Gao's hand that was pinching the corner of the quilt turned white because of the strong force: "Go to the other palace tonight to find the eunuch Feng who poured the night fragrance..."

The maid's face was pale. The Queen had previously designed Xipin and Fan Shengnian, and had cooperated with the King of Liaoning. The eunuch Feng was the last hidden stake that the King of Liaoning planted in the palace.

Because the eunuch Feng held the Queen's handle, the Queen did not dare to touch him. The eunuch was hiding very deeply, and Feng Shiyan did not find out. In the past, the empress was terrified, fearing that Eunuch Feng would threaten her to do something, but she didn't expect that now, she would have to beg for help first.

Xizhou.

The reception hall of Ruyi Tower was filled with all the prominent merchants in Xizhou.

Jiang Yanyi sat in the first seat, wearing a gold-threaded and white-patterned brocade skirt with a hollow gold-threaded glazed earrings on her ears. She only had a light layer of makeup on her face, and her bright features seemed like a dusty gem that had been wiped clean of dust, and she was so beautiful that it was beyond description.

Several young men who came to discuss matters on behalf of their families were stunned, and when they were drinking tea, the tea spilled on their clothes, and they jumped up because of the heat.

There were bursts of laughter in the room, and the young men who had made a fool of themselves also looked embarrassed.

But Jiang Yanyi looked around, and the laughter instantly died down. The merchants who laughed the loudest were swept by Jiang Yanyi's eyes, and even felt a little embarrassed, as if sitting on pins and needles.

When the room was completely quiet, Jiang Yanyi said, "The new pastry chef hired by Ruyi Tower came from the capital. He used to work in Prince Kang's mansion. He is good at making some snacks in the palace. This phoenix tail pastry is his specialty. You may want to try it."

There was a low table between every two armchairs, on which was placed an exquisite white porcelain dessert plate with several golden-brown cocktail-shaped cakes placed inside.

The bottom of the cake was a semi-circular ball with crispy dough layered one after another, and on the top grew a golden-brown crispy thread more than two inches high, intertwined and translucent, like clouds and mist, delicate and beautiful.

It was crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, and seemed to have the fresh taste of shrimp meat, which attracted the rich businessmen to praise.

After tasting the cakes, several experienced old officials looked shrewd. After exchanging glances, one of them said, "Shopkeeper Chu called us here today. Could it be that he just wanted us to taste the new snacks in your restaurant?"

Jiang Yanyi's aura was no weaker than that of the old official. Although she was smiling, she always made people feel a little distant. She said, "I really don't plan to discuss business with you today." As soon as she said this

, they couldn't help but whisper to each other.

Jiang Yanyi gathered them together. Most people thought that Jiang Yanyi agreed to join in the opening of another Ruyi Tower in Sishui City. Now that Jiang Yanyi said this, the group of merchants were really confused.

Shopkeeper Xu asked directly: "What is the purpose of calling everyone here today?"

Jiang Yanyi said: "Have you read the new notice posted by the government?"

Several sharp old men quickly kept silent, leaving only the young men who had taken over the family business not long ago and said: "See, isn't the government going to set up a private school?"

Jiang Yanyi said: "Everyone doing business in Xizhou, every penny earned is the hard-earned money of the people of Xizhou. Xizhou is poor and most of the people are illiterate. Now the prince sympathizes with the people and is willing to contribute part of the funds to build a private school. We merchants should also do our best for the people of Xizhou."

She had said this much, and if those present still didn't understand, then there was no need to go into business.

Several old-timers were the first to object: "So you mean we have to pay again?"

"I donated half of my family's wealth to raise funds for the army, and sold several properties. Now my family of more than ten people are starving. Shopkeeper Chu, even if the King of Liaoning holds a knife to our necks, I can't pay!"

A wealthy businessman with a big belly was about to leave the table: "I have something to do at home. Sorry, Shopkeeper Chu, I'll go first!"

After the first one, a bunch of people soon stood up and said they had something to do.

Huo Jianjia stopped the first wealthy businessman who left his seat at the door. She slammed the table with a stern face, and the solid wood was directly broken into slag.

This move successfully calmed the merchants present.

The fat rich businessman turned his head to look at Jiang Yanyi who was sitting at the first seat with a calm face, and his face changed: "Shopkeeper Chu, what do you mean?"

Jiang Yanyi smiled and said: "The dishes haven't been served yet, and Mr. Niu is shouting that he wants to leave. This is your fault."

The rich businessmen looked at each other, and finally had to give in and return to their respective seats, but their faces were very ugly.

Jiang Yanyi then ordered: "Serve the dishes."

Soon, the waiter came in with exquisite dishes. Faced with these delicious delicacies that usually require queuing to order, the merchants thought that they would have to pay a lot of money to eat this meal, so they had no appetite at all, and almost no one started eating.

An old official said, "Manager Chu, it's not that we don't want to invest. You should know our assets. We don't have a big house that can make a lot of money. We have to think twice before spending a penny on business, let alone donating money. Aren't you forcing us into a dead end?"

"Yes, Manager Chu!"

The crowd immediately echoed.

Jiang Yanyi didn't answer them directly, nor did he reason with them.

No matter how righteous or reasonable one is, it's useless when trying to get a group of scheming businessmen to pay.

She tilted her head to look at Shopkeeper Xu: "What do you think?"

Shopkeeper Xu, who had been silent all this time, said: "Sishui City is more prosperous than Xizhou, and the craze for antique soup has spread there. If we open another Ruyi Tower in Sishui City, it will be a sure-win business. Xu was born in Xizhou, so naturally he is willing to do something for the people of Xizhou, but he is really short of money."

"If Shopkeeper Chu agrees to open another Ruyi Tower in Sishui City, we can more or less earn some money, which is enough for the whole family to have a good life. It is also reasonable for us to invest in building a school."

He said so much to tell the merchants present how much money they would make if they built a Ruyi Tower in Sishui City. At the same time, he wanted to put pressure on Jiang Yanyi to agree.

When the merchants heard what he said, they also knew that the government had expressed its position. They could not push it for long. It would be better to take this opportunity to settle the matter of opening Ruyi Tower in Sishui City. They all agreed with Shopkeeper Xu.

Jiang Yanyi had expected such a situation before coming here. Everything was under control. She said lightly: "If you want to open Ruyi Tower in Sishui City, you can."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was happy.

"But I have three requests." Jiang Yanyi added calmly.

Shopkeeper Xu hurriedly said, "Shopkeeper Chu, tell me what the three requests are."

Jiang Yanyi said, "First, the recipe for the antique soup is mine. You can get the soup base from me, but I don't provide the recipe."

Ruyi Tower has become so big now, and the delicious antique soup is definitely an indispensable factor.

The merchants did not expect to get the recipe from Jiang Yanyi, and nodded one after another.

Jiang Yanyi continued, "Second, the Ruyi Tower opened in Sishui City is divided into ten shares. I will not invest, but I want to own three shares."

"This... Shopkeeper Chu, you are asking for too much." Shopkeeper Xu was the first to refute.

Jiang Yanyi said with a half-smile: "The Ruyi Building opened there is exactly the same as my current Ruyi Building, from the decoration inside the building to the business model. You also rely on the reputation of my current Ruyi Building to attract customers. The model and reputation of this building are my investment. Manager Xu feels that 30% of the shares are not appropriate, so let's take 40%."

"Three shares, that's three shares." Niu Yuanwai, who was so fat that his eyes could not be seen, said hurriedly. Manager

Xu had no choice but to grit his teeth and agree.

The people who have the most say here are Manager Xu and Niu Yuanwai. Since they both expressed their opinions, naturally no one else objected.

"As for the last one, if you only use the name of Ruyilou but sell dishes that are short of weight or inferior in quality, I have the right to take back the Ruyilou plaque."

Jiang Yanyi took in everyone's expressions and said calmly: "Everyone who has come this far in business naturally understands that a long-lasting reputation is the key to a successful business. If the Ruyi Tower in Sishui City is successful and becomes well-known, we can open countless Ruyi Towers in the future, and that will be the time to make big money." After

he said this, the resentment on the faces of the wealthy businessmen disappeared completely. Jing nodded and said, "Manager Chu is right. We should take a long-term view of everything."

The business of Ruyi Tower was settled, and the capital for building a school was successfully mobilized. Jiang Yanyi asked Bing Shao to take out the shareholding agreement she had written in advance. Who will be the shareholders, how much each of them will invest, and how much they will hold are all written in black and white. After signing and sealing, they will go to the government to file a case. Then, Ruyi Tower in Sishui City can start preparations in full swing.

After returning home from Ruyi Tower, Jiang Yanyi lay down on the recliner lazily.

Aunt Guo massaged Jiang Yanyi's shoulders and asked, "The boss seems to be in a good mood today. I guess the talks with the people from the Chamber of Commerce went smoothly."

Huo Jianjia watched the whole scene and was very excited when she heard Aunt Guo's question, "Auntie, you don't know how powerful the boss is in front of those cunning merchants!"

Jiang Yanyi stuffed two pieces of water chestnut cake into her mouth to fill her stomach, gulped down a cup of tea, picked up the contract on the table and was about to go out again, "I'm going to the palace next door."

Aunt Guo stopped her, "I made crucian carp soup. Can you take a bowl over?"

Jiang Yanyi rejected it crisply, "The palace has everything. We don't need this bowl of soup."

She was going to discuss business, not to feed someone!