I'm reborn, so it's not too much to kill the one who traveled through the book, right?

Holding the deed, Shen Rong breathed a sigh of relief.

She didn't expect things to go so smoothly, but this is also a good thing.

After Shen Rong separated from Mrs. Zhou Er, she did not return home immediately, but went to the rouge shop.

Shen Rong found Zhang Liuniang, who made rouge in the workshop, and told her that the Second Wife of the Duke of Zhenguo had opened a rouge shop with them.

After hearing what Shen Rong said, Zhang Liuniang fell into silence.

Shen Rong thought Zhang Liuniang was angry because she didn't tell her about this.

"Sixth Lady, I'm sorry I didn't tell you in advance."

Zhang Liuniang heard Shen Rong's words and shook her head, "I'm not angry."

A few days ago, Shen Rong told her that she would get 20% of the future profits of the rouge shop.

At first she was quite happy when she heard it.

No one knew better than her how much profit could be made from the rouge made from those recipes.

But later, Zhang Liuniang began to worry again. What if the shop business was too good and someone attacked them like before? What should she do then?

If we say that when Zhang Liuniang first entered Pingyang Prefecture, she was not clear about the situation in Pingyang Marquis Mansion.

But after being out for so long, he also realized that the Pingyang Marquisate was just a marquisate in name only, and even the matter of succession to the title was suppressed by the emperor.

Zhang Liuniang is worried!

Unexpectedly, Shen Rong found a backer so quickly, and it was her current in-laws, the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.

Zhang Liuniang was really not angry. She just couldn't believe that Shen Rong and the other person, who had only been in Beijing for a few months, had already established a relationship with the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion so quickly. She was really surprised.

Shen Rong was relieved to see that Zhang Liuniang was not angry. However, in order to prevent Zhang Liuniang from feeling resentful in the future, she still explained the matter in front of Zhang Liuniang, even exposing her own shortcomings in front of her.

"You must know the situation of our Pingyang Marquis Mansion. I cooperated with Madam Zhou Er to take advantage of her power. However, she is a very good person, so you don't have to worry."

Having someone to back her up meant that no one would dare to bully her or snatch her prescriptions. Zhang Liuniang was happy to see this happen. "We'll all listen to the young lady."

"Now that everything is ready, let's get ready to open!"

……

Zhou Minglang was a man of his word. After leaving the government office the next day, he went to the palace.

In the imperial study, Zhou Minglang knelt on the cold ground, looking at the emperor who was still working at his desk, feeling a little uneasy.

When he came in, he said nothing, did nothing, and did not offend the emperor.

Zhou Minglang knelt straight on the ground, with a lot of thoughts in his mind.

After a full quarter of an hour, Zhao Xi put down the pen in his hand, his tone slightly heavy,

"Why are you still kneeling? Get up!"

Zhou Minglang then slowly got up from the ground and stood aside, watching with his hands hanging down.

Zhao Xi looked at Zhou Mingliang expressionlessly, "What's the matter?"

Zhou Minglang hesitated for a moment. It seemed that the emperor was in a bad mood today.

But what he mentioned is not a bad thing, right?

Thinking of the emperor's suppression of those veteran nobles over the years, Zhou Minglang felt a little uncertain again.

"I just want to ask... Did the emperor read the memorial written by the old lady of the Marquis of Pingyang Mansion that I helped to deliver last time?"

Zhao Xi's sharp gaze immediately shot towards Zhou Minglang.

Zhou Minglang felt a little uneasy.

"I know about this." Zhao Xi said thoughtfully, touching the jade ring on his thumb.

Zhou Minglang thought about what he said in front of his wife yesterday.

"I wonder what the emperor's plan is?" Zhou Minglang looked at the emperor and asked again, almost saying, "Your Majesty, you can't ignore the matter of your savior."

Zhao Xi glanced at Zhou Minglang, "Why are you in such a hurry? I heard that Gong's... brain has recovered?"

Zhou Minglang nodded. "That kid was lucky. He was hit on the head, but his burnt brain actually healed! It's incredible!"

Zhou Minglang looked at what his cousin the emperor was pointing at.

He almost said that Shen Rong was blessed by gods.

Zhao Xi was unmoved and said coldly: "Shen Sanniang is my savior after all, I will not harm her."

At this point, he paused, and then continued: “He used to be a fool, so he was naturally good to her.

Now that the fool's brain has recovered, I wonder if he still treats Shen Sanniang the same way as before, or if he still despises Shen Sanniang in his heart for being a country girl?

The Gong family inheriting the title is of no benefit to Shen Rong, who is married to a village girl." Zhao Xi said with a hint of meaning.

Zhou Minglang immediately understood what the emperor meant.

He knew that his cousin the emperor was not such a stingy person.

"What should we do? How about revealing Shen Sanniang's identity?" Zhou Minglang asked tentatively.

Zhao Xi frowned.

Zhou Minglang immediately stopped talking.

After a while, Zhou Minglang whispered, "I don't think Changsheng is that kind of person."

Zhao Xi didn't take it seriously, "Just wait and see! Time will tell.

As for giving Shen Sanniang a new identity... there must be a legitimate reason, otherwise who in the court would obey? "

It was Shen Sanniang who saved him, and Zhao Xi would never give the credit to another man.

"As for the inheritance of the title, I am not unwilling to give it to you, but you have to exchange it with your abilities and merits."

Zhou Minglang glanced at his cousin the emperor cautiously, "Then should I reveal this to the Gong family?"

Zhao Xi didn't say anything this time, he picked up the cinnabar pen and said, "Go down!"

After Zhou Minglang got off work at the yamen that day, as soon as he entered the yard, he pulled Mrs. Zhou Er into the house to talk.

"Are you serious?" Mrs. Zhou Er had met the emperor when he was not yet the emperor. He was a very cold-looking man.

Such a cold man actually considers a woman and thinks so carefully.

Mrs. Tuesday was meeting for the first time.

However, if you think about it carefully, you will feel that the emperor's worries are normal.

In the capital, no matter how impoverished a noble family is, they would not marry a village girl.

It was normal for Shen Rong to be despised. If the Gong family inherited the title, the gap between the two would naturally grow larger, and then...

The more Mrs. Tuesday thought about it, the more she felt that this was very likely to happen.

She stood up from the couch and said, "Your Majesty is right. You men understand men best. Don't worry about it. At most, I'll pass on the message tomorrow.

As for Miss Shen, with us and the Emperor, I'm sure no one will dare to look down on her!"

Zhou Minglang nodded. Although he felt that it was a little strange why his cousin the emperor had not issued an edict for a long time, he could not refute the reasons he gave.

When I think about it carefully, I think it makes some sense.

The next day, Mrs. Zhou Er sent a letter early in the morning, inviting Shen Rong to have lunch at Helou at noon.

Shen Rong naturally would not refuse.

By the time she arrived in the car, Mrs. Tuesday had also arrived.

She polished up the emperor's decree that she would inherit the title.

"Yesterday, my husband went to the Imperial Study to see the Emperor, and asked him about the inheritance of the title of Marquis of Pingyang. I didn't expect that the Emperor remembered it!

However, your Pingyang Marquisate has been silent for so many years and has not made any achievements. Those people in the court will not allow you to inherit the title so easily."

After being polished by Mrs. Zhou Er, Zhou Minglang's words became more acceptable.

However, being more accepting will not solve the problem.

The emperor said that the Gong family had no merit and was unable to convince his ministers to let the Gong family inherit the title.

But as a commoner, I want to accumulate merits, but I have no chance. This is obviously a vicious circle.

Shen Rong said goodbye to Mrs. Zhou Er and returned home.

In the evening, Shen Rong told Changsheng what the second wife had said.

After hearing this, Changsheng was silent for a while and said, "It's okay. We have been through this before in the village. There is no need to go against the good times now.

If there is no title, then there is no title!"

Seeing that Changsheng did not show any sign of discontent on his face, Shen Rong felt relieved.

"You're right. We've gotten through those days before. There's no need to desire more now that our lives are better." Shen Rong also advised.

When Shen Rong thought Changsheng had let it go, she suddenly heard Changsheng whisper in her ear: "My lady, how about I take the imperial examination? I will give you a complete imperial decree in the future."

Shen Rong felt a little strange and reluctant when she thought of Changsheng reading books on a daily basis.

Although Changsheng usually looks like he loves reading, only he himself knows how uncomfortable it is for him to sit on the chair.

Although he had a photographic memory, he simply couldn't concentrate on reading those books after reading them for too long.

Shen Rong didn't know this at first, but seeing Changsheng working so hard, she felt quite proud.

Unexpectedly, within two days she found Changsheng often staring blankly at the book.

Shen Rong took the book and held it in her hand for a long time without turning it. Only then did she discover the secret of longevity.

Anyway, ever since Shen Rong married Changsheng, she never thought about what to do with Changsheng. It was enough as long as he lived a peaceful and happy life.

Shen Rong’s Zhenyanfang opened on a sunny day in late February.

Because there were a group of old customers there, it was quite busy in the first few days of opening.

After three days, Zhenyanfang's business did not enter a sluggish period like other shops. Instead, more customers were brought in by old customers to buy cosmetics.

The best-selling item is the set of pearl cream that Shen Rong gave to Mrs. Zhou Er.

Zhang Liuniang was obviously a good businessman. Seeing that the pearl cream and pearl milk were extremely popular, she took apart the original high-end brocade box sets and sold them separately.

Of course, if you are buying as a gift for someone else, you can just buy a set ranging from soap for cleansing the face to gel, pearl lotion, and pearl cream for nourishing the skin. It will be particularly impressive when you give it as a gift.

And the soap, Zhang Liuniang gave it a nice name, facial cleansing cream.

The facial cleanser comes in three sizes: large, large and small.

Of course, Zhang Liuniang also made a lot of lip balms, rouge, eyebrow balm, bluebird head balm, and makeup powder of various colors...

In order to quickly get the results of Zhenyanfang, Zhang Liuniang also launched an activity to give away red tickets.

The girls in the store would give a red ticket to every customer who came in and spent money.

If the customer spends more than a certain amount of money at one time, he will be given a red ticket with the amount of discount.

The red tickets can be used on the spot or next time.

As a result, Zhenyanfang's business has surpassed the previous shops by several blocks since its opening.

Shen Rong felt happy every day when she listened to Chun Xing and others talking about how good the business was at Zhenyanfang.

Half a month after opening, Shen Rong asked Mrs. Zhou Er to go to Zhenyanfang to check the accounts.

In just fifteen days, the profit was 32,500 taels.

Shen Rong was stunned!

It’s only half a month!

If it takes a month, the total amount would be no less than 60,000 or 70,000 taels!

After looking at the account book, Mrs. Zhou also found it incredible.

"Why...why are you so worried?"

To be honest, she was lucky enough to make one or two thousand a month from those clothing shops in Beijing.

But I didn't expect that this rouge shop would actually...

Zhang Liuniang picked up the account book and flipped through it. "Five hundred and ninety taels for renovating the shop, one hectoliter of pearls cost one thousand taels, two thousand three hundred taels for renovating the workshop, rice, flowers... a total of four thousand two hundred taels of silver."

Zhang Liuniang paused, "The remaining 28,270 taels."

The wages of the masters and their assistants in the workshop must also be deducted from this amount.

However, overall, it is more profitable than doing any other business.

Shen Rong gained some confidence in doing business and opening a shop from the success of Zhenyanfang, so she asked the housekeeper to help decorate her newly bought shop.

He also repeatedly instructed the housekeeper to make a large wooden frame and place it on the shelf so that it could be used to store fruits and vegetables in the future.

Shen Rong was looking forward to the fruits and vegetables in the field growing quickly.

Because the trees planted by Shen Rong were just reaching the age of flowering and fruiting, they began to bloom one after another not long after they were planted in February.

It is a good thing that the fruit trees are blooming. Shen Rong even dreamed that all the fruit trees in the mansion were full of fruits.

Unfortunately, after a drizzle in mid-February, it didn’t rain again until the end of March.

In the farmlands outside the city, the newly planted seeds died as soon as they sprouted.

Since the fruits and vegetables grown in Pingyang Marquis' Mansion all sprouted in space, that kind of situation did not occur.

However, it hasn’t rained for a long time, and the fruits and vegetables in the mansion are not growing well.

There is no other choice but to ask the servants to water the plants morning and evening.

Fortunately, there is a well in the mansion of Pingyang Marquis, so they don't have to run to the moat outside the city to fetch water.

But soon, the servants in the mansion discovered that the water level in the well was gradually decreasing.

At this time, news came from outside that the water level in the moat had dropped by half.

This scared everyone a lot.

The water in the moat is drawn from fresh water. If the water level suddenly drops by half, I'm afraid the water level in the Qingyu Lake, which draws the water from it, has also dropped.

Sure enough, not long after, when Shen Rong went out, she heard that the places further north of the capital had been suffering from drought for a long time, and not a drop of rain had fallen since the New Year.

Ever since Shen Rong heard the news from the north, she has been staying at home with her children.

When the drought first started, Changsheng would go to the farm from time to time to help water the fields.

But gradually, people found that there was not enough water to drink, and they dared not spread the water on the fields, so they could only use it sparingly.

Changsheng never ran to Zhuangzi again.

He read in the house during the day. As soon as it got dark, he would drive the maids and old women out and take Shen Rong and the children to work in the room.

Since he couldn't farm in Zhuangzi, Changsheng sweated all over the land in space.

The grain that Changsheng had grown these days had piled up into a pile.