SFS Chapter 153 Special Gift
Chapter 153 Special Gift
Feng Yan tried to force out a non-sarcastic smile: "Young Madam, you may have forgotten that a few days ago you complained that the emperor was the largest landlord in the Great Zhou Dynasty?"
Upon hearing this, Chu Ci secretly cursed himself for being stupid.
Before she could come to her senses, Feng Yan's second wave of "attack" came again: "Young Madam, sometimes it is important to think from another's perspective!"
"For example, although the emperor doesn't know how to plant crops, he has a lot of professionals under him, right? Then why didn't the emperor ask his people to try planting crops?"
Chu Ci's eyes flashed when he heard this, and he stared at Feng Yan for a long time: "Why did Lord Feng help me?"
"If I say that I hope all the people of the Great Zhou can afford oil, will Madam Fan believe it?" Feng Yan spoke of the interests of the country and family as soon as he opened his mouth.
Chu Ci shook his head without hesitation: "I don't believe it."
Feng Yan smiled and said without getting angry, "Young Madam is very smart."
Chu Ci muttered to himself: Is he praising me or insulting me? Why does it sound so awkward?
Feng Yan thought to himself: Although Madam Fan's thinking is different from that of ordinary people, she is not someone who can be easily fooled.
But it’s better this way. It’s always easier to deal with smart people than with fools.
So Feng Yan told the truth, or part of the truth: "The real reason is, firstly, your existence has attracted the attention of some old foxes in the capital. Secondly, we hope to have the opportunity to cooperate with the young lady in the future."
"We?" Chu Ci was quite interested in this "we".
"That's right, the Feng family, the Xing family, maybe the Li family, the Wang family, and maybe even the Shangguan family." Feng Yan mentioned many of the upper-class families of the Great Zhou, which made Chu Ci even more distrustful.
"So many families, and their interests are completely aligned? Lord Feng, do you really think I'm a three-year-old kid?"
"People in the world come and go for profit. Any prescription in your hand can make them crazy. You can cooperate with the emperor, the noble families, the landlords, and even the common people." Feng Yan deliberately guided Chu Ci in this way.
Chu Ci's pupils shrank when he heard this: "You want me to play with so many big guys in the palm of my hand? Lord Feng, do you think my life is too long?"
"Young Madam, you are good in everything except that you are too timid. And that's not called playing with others, but finding common interests." Feng Yan's voice was full of temptation.
Chu Ci had to admit that for a moment, her heart was moved.
However, she might not understand other things, but she was well aware of the greed of the aristocratic families.
So she pretended to be hesitant and replied: "I need to think about it carefully."
Feng Yan was also full of confidence, or perhaps he had other plans. He actually agreed to Chu Ci's request.
Chu Ci appeared to be as calm as an old dog on the surface, but she was roaring inside. She really hated this kind of nerve-racking activity!
However, no matter how annoyed she was, Chu Ci had to admit that it was impossible for her to stay hidden behind others. She also planned to open "women's colleges" all over the Great Zhou and even the surrounding countries!
Chu Ci did what he said. He didn't care that it was late at night. He got up and drafted the agreement.
As a result, whether it was the emperor who was planning to monopolize the recipe, or the aristocratic families who were planning to use their connections and technological advantages to monopolize the recipe, they were all dumbfounded.
But as long as they are unwilling to give up the benefits brought by Chu Ci's prescriptions, they can only do as Chu Ci says.
These people have been in high positions for a long time and have been teased like this. They have thought about taking advantage of the Chu and Fan families. Some of them even set their sights on "premarital training" and "women's colleges."
However, just as their men were about to act, they were captured in advance. (This is thanks to Feng Yan and Yun Shang, who are really good at avoiding danger and seeking good fortune.)
But Chu Ci knew it, but others (including the emperor) didn’t!
I thought it was the tribesmen Chu Ci mentioned who were helping.
Bullying the weak and fearing the strong is not only the dark side of human nature, but the aristocratic families and even the emperor are also well aware of this rule.
The heads of some families closer to Lianzhou immediately came to Chu Ci with their favored granddaughters and gifts.
Among all the gifts, the most special one was sent by the head of the Jiang family, which was known as the thousand-year-old ancient lake. It turned out to be all the information about Ding Jianzhou, the scholar chosen by Lu Yu's parents, from childhood to adulthood, which Chu Ci was investigating.
Compared with what Chuci prepared, it is much more detailed.
This may also be a silent provocation, but it really touched Chu Ci's heart.
Even so, Chu Ci was still very angry. It was not the head of the Jiang family that made her angry, but the actions of Ding Jianzhou's family that were really infuriating.
Ding Jianzhou is only 22 years old, but he has already married two wives.
His first wife came from a merchant family. It was not Ding Jianzhou's wife who took the initiative, but Ding Jianzhou pretended to meet her by chance before he passed the examination for a scholar, and he also painted a beautiful blueprint for the future for her, which made her fall in love with him.
After marriage, his wife and her family did their best to support him in his studies and exams.
However, the good man in their eyes was not a good man, but a real werewolf.
Just after he passed the imperial examination and became a student, he felt that his wife, who came from a merchant family, was not worthy of him.
He first went to great lengths to kill his original wife's only younger brother, causing his wife's parents to become seriously ill and die.
After that, he made things difficult for his wife and insulted her in every way. Finally, when she was eight months pregnant, she went to the river to wash clothes and accidentally slipped and fell into the water.
In this way, Ding Jianzhou took all the wealth of his first wife.
Ding Jianzhou married his second wife, the younger sister of a juren, after he passed the imperial examination with the help of his first wife's wealth. He thought that with this relationship, he could move up to a higher level.
However, although the Juren's parents were short-sighted, the Juren was not blind.
The scholar thought too simply. He believed that if he could suppress Ding Jianzhou, his sister would be able to live a peaceful life.
But they forgot how cruel Ding Jianzhou was and how shameless the Ding family was. On the surface, the Ding family took good care of the young lady, but in fact, they made her give birth to three children in three years.
Every time I get pregnant again before I finish my confinement period.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Ding Jianzhou was draining the vitality of his second wife.
However, in an environment where the idea that it is natural for women to have children is prevalent, even the Juren family could not say much.
I can only hire the best midwife for my sister (daughter) every time.
Even so, Ding Jianzhou's second wife also aged rapidly. If things continued like this, sooner or later she would run out of energy.
Under such circumstances, the Lu family actually took the initiative to let their daughter become Ding Jianzhou's concubine, all they asked for was some care from Ding Jianzhou in the future.
Such a good thing that comes right to your doorstep, not to mention a ruthless person like Ding Jianzhou, even an ordinary person would not turn it down!