Syndicate Growth Manual

Fan shi woke up in a sluggish mood, shaking his head at the chicken porridge served by Bisi.

Seeing this, Tao Rui, who was newly brought up, said, "My lady, you don't have any appetite? Why don't you eat some sour ones first to whet your appetite?"

Bisi and the others hadn't said anything yet, but Fan became interested and asked, "I heard earlier that your cooking skills are good, so what is the sour food?"

Tao Rui smiled and said: "If you go back to my wife, it's not a serious meal, it's the green plum I soaked by myself."

As soon as Liuxi heard it, she interjected: "Drink, I think it's something fresh. Don't we have pickled green plums? The lady is not used to eating those plums!" All of them seem to compare.

Fan Shi didn't react to Liuxi's robbing, Yingge's face turned pale with fright, and she stood beside Fan desperately winking at Liuxi.Seeing that Liuxi didn't look at her at all, she gritted her teeth and said with a smile: "That's right, my lady doesn't like plums. Could it be that Sister Taorui's pickled plums are different from others?"

Turning a blind eye to the turbulent waves among the maidservants, Fan nodded and said, "What Yingge said is that I'm not used to eating that, but since you said it, why don't you take a plate and let me try it."

Taorui is not a scrambler, she smiled slightly, bowed straight, and took it as she said.Only then did Yingge silently breathe a sigh of relief.

Only Bisi watched with cold eyes and bowed her head in silence.

After a while, Taorui entered the main room holding a thin porcelain plate, and knelt gently on the edge of the bed.Fan probed to have a look, and saw five or six green plums with amber color on the exquisite porcelain plate, and there was a hint of cool air, which looked very attractive.

She took a silver stick and poked a plum into it. The amber color was originally a layer of honeydew shell, which melted as soon as she swallowed it. When you bite it with your teeth, there are still fresh juices bursting out, and the mouthful is sour, sweet and crisp. People can't help but eat a few grains in a row, and their spirits are lifted!

"Not bad!" Fan put down the sign and praised.

Tao Rui was neither arrogant nor impetuous, she persuaded softly: "If my lady has an appetite, please eat some porridge. There are three jars of green plums in my slave's place, but they can't be eaten after all."

Seeing her eyes, Fan felt a little more satisfied, and nodded to signal Bisi to serve the chicken porridge.What Bisi brought back this time was not the previous bowl, but the chef's remade one.

When Zhao Chen came in, Fan had just finished eating porridge and was leaning on Hu's bed to rest his mind.

"Lang Junan." Several maidservants bowed, quietly retreated to the verandah, and gently lowered the bamboo curtain.Only Bess remained next to the two of them fanning.

Fan wanted to come down, but Zhao Chen stopped him.

He said slowly: "You can rely on it with peace of mind, why should we be polite?"

After saying this, it was already a formality, but Fan smiled and didn't argue with him.

Zhao Chen sat down beside Hu's bed, looked her up and down, and said, "I don't look well... During this period of time, I will ask Doctor Qin to live in the mansion, and consult you every day. You might as well leave it to Li Qiu for the trivial matters at home. , Take good care of yourself."

Fan said indifferently: "Why is this so? The concubine just didn't sleep well last night. There are all the rules and regulations in the back house. Everyone is responsible for their own duties. There is nothing that the concubine needs to take care of. Li Qiu It’s too late to take care of you and Da Lang, but I don’t have to trouble her here.” Zhao Chen’s proposal was politely rejected, and the words were not violent.

In fact, she wasn't angry either.Based on what she knew about her husband, Zhao Chen didn't say this to take away her management power, but to really want her to worry less.However, although this was a good intention, she could not accept it.

Even though she didn't have much love for Zhao Chen, she would never give up her husband and the power of the inner house to other women.Li Qiu is the person she fears the most in this mansion, so far there is no way to deal with Li Qiu, if Li Qiu gains power, how can she know that she won't be like a spring grass and have thoughts that she shouldn't have?She is much smarter than Chuncao.

Zhao Chen had expected Fan's answer, and was not very surprised.

He nodded and said: "I understand, but that's the matter of Doctor Qin's coming to the mansion. I will ask someone to arrange a residence in the outer courtyard, and ask him to come over to consult you after dinner every day."

As soon as the topic was over, the two remained relatively silent and had nothing to say.

Fan had no choice but to find something to say: "Chen Lang isn't going to the camp today?"

Zhao Chen looked natural: "I just visited yesterday, if I go every day, I'm afraid it will be bad."

Fan understood.She grew up in the palace since she was a child, and she has more experience than ordinary boudoir girls.More importantly, he also knows a little more about the people in power in this country than ordinary people.Zhao Chen was on par with her in this aspect, and the two had a tacit understanding when talking.

She asked softly: "The monarch hasn't summoned yet?"

Zhao Chen shook his head slightly.

The two fell silent again.

After a while, Zhao Chen looked at her: "Yu Niang, during this period of time, I may not have time to stay in the mansion, and Da Lang needs you to pay more attention."

Fan said angrily: "Why do you need to talk too much! I understand what you mean, and Da Lang is also my son. I love him and protect him before it's too late. I won't let him be slighted!"

Zhao Chen said: "That's good, he has always respected you, and I'm relieved to leave it in your hands."

Fan smiled, hesitated for a moment and said: "There is no need to say this, but since Chen Lang has confessed his concubine status, the concubine status is still..." She tried her best to objectively explain the matter of Li Qiu who stopped Zhao Yuan the day before, and then said : "Although the matter is small, I have my own worries. Although Li Qiu has good intentions, Da Lang is still young, how can he understand? I'm afraid I feel wronged, and I don't understand what's going on. If the servants talk nonsense, won't the child feel resentment for nothing?"

Zhao Chen frowned upon hearing this.Anger rose in his heart, but on the surface he was very restrained, without much emotion.

"I know about this, I know how you treat Da Lang."

The two chatted for a few more words, and Zhao Chen left Tangli Courtyard.

Bisi saw the tall figure of the host and turned out of the courtyard gate, and then said: "The beginning of autumn is for the gentleman's side, and he is more embarrassing than being in charge of other affairs. If the lady says this, what if the gentleman has a grudge? good?"

Fan leaned lazily, and sneered: "Why are you so tactful? I'm just putting eye drops on her... It's really annoying to watch, if you don't give her some color, how can she just go all the way to provoke me and Daddy?" Lang's mother-child relationship?"

This is just her purpose, more importantly, she wants to know Zhao Chen's attitude.

No matter how embarrassing Li Qiu is, he is just a servant girl who serves Zhao Chen all the year round. How can he know whether his words and deeds represent Zhao Chen's thoughts?She just wanted to know whether Li Qiu's behavior that day was caused by Zhao Chen's private scruples about her.No matter how much she was afraid of Li Qiu, she wouldn't really argue with a maidservant, which would be a disgrace to her status.

She rubbed her belly and thought about it carefully, feeling somewhat uncomfortable.Zhao Chen believed her, but he was too protective of Da Lang.From the beginning to the end, he didn't even look at her belly.

Zhao Yuan used the court food and went directly to the small study in Puzhuo Garden, his father seemed to have gone to Tangliyuan to see his mother, and there was no one in the main hall of the daily director.Zheng Yang opened the curtain for him, and saw Yuan Jue and Zhen Cheng already sitting beside the desk, saw him come in, and hurriedly got up.

Several people saluted each other, and Zhen Cheng asked, "Brother, are you feeling better?"

Zhao Yuan greeted them to sit down, and said with a smile: "Good morning, there are some things at home in the past two days, and I have neglected the two younger brothers."

His attitude was as good as the first day, and Zhen Cheng was secretly surprised.Could it be that he thought too much the day before yesterday, didn't Zhao Yuan intend to leave them alone?

Yuan Jue didn't have much at all, but watched Zhencheng and Zhao Yuan go back and forth, and somehow remembered what Zhencheng said to him that day.He wasn't really stupid, he could understand what Zhencheng said after thinking about it, so he hesitated a bit.

Zhao Yuan has a big heart, but he has also suffered in his previous life, and he is very good at reading people's faces.Glancing out of the corner of his eye, seeing Yuan Jue's hesitant expression, looking at himself from time to time, he knew that he wanted to talk to his family.

"A Jue, do you have something to say?" He smiled.

Yuan Jue was taken aback, but he has always been a bold and careless person, so he said without thinking: "I despised Eldest Brother that day, and I was afraid that Eldest Brother would be angry with me!"

Both Zhencheng and Zhao Yuan were speechless for an instant.

Zhao Yuan had forgotten about that trivial matter, but asked Yuan Jue to remind him, feeling very depressed.According to him, what is that?Isn't it just that there is a smell on the body after squatting in the pit?It already exists, so don't you want someone to say a few words?He is not angry at all.

But, if Yuan Jue said it again, he would still be embarrassed.So is he angry or not?

Zhencheng was even more angry, he was just talking to Yuan Jue, he shouldn't have told Yuan Jue that there was nothing there, he was just an elm head, but he still wanted to call his brother, and he had to stay with the old man together long time!

Zhao Yuan said with a smile or not: "Don't mention that matter in the past, I won't be angry with you."

If it were Zhencheng, at least it would be half-belief, but Yuan Jue heaved a sigh of relief, grinning and said: "I didn't mean it, and Ah Cheng still blamed me for making the eldest brother lose face. It's fine if the eldest brother doesn't get angry. The two of us Even the daily meals are delicious!"

Zhen Cheng's face was almost crooked.

Zhao Yuan looked at these two people and almost couldn't hold back his laughter.He figured it out, Yuan Jue was just a fool and straight-hearted, Zhen Cheng was full of twists and turns, the two happened to meet each other, it was so easy!

The three were about the same age, so Zhao Chen asked the master who had enlightened Zhao Yuan to teach them together.His master's name is Yi Qi, and his ancestors were also nobles, but by his grandfather's generation, he was down and out, lost his hereditary duties, and had to start a private school.Yiqi was outstanding in learning and informality, Zhao Chen admired him, so he recruited him into a vassal as a supporter in the mansion, and came to teach Zhao Yuan every two days.

Yiqi came on time, the three of them saluted their master and sat down respectively.Zhao Yuan's progress was well known by Qi Qi. He only checked the copybooks for the past few days, and then let him practice calligraphy. Although Yuan Jue was good at archery, he was similar to Zhao Yuan in cultural subjects. He also practiced calligraphy. Has begun to recite "Three Character Classics" and "Hundred Surnames".