The fool has become a spirit, and she can speak

A group of people chatted and laughed and came to the small courtyard where they made shoes. There were already some people making shoes inside. They were the maids and old women in the mansion.

Yuhua is good at asking questions and likes to gossip about other people. Before long, everyone is getting lively and lively.

You wouldn’t know if you didn’t talk. Shang Xi didn’t know these people, but more than half of them knew Shang Xi.

After chatting further, they learned that the house they lived in was built by Shang Xi. Knowing that half of these people came from the south city of Dalang, Shang Xi felt even more familiar with them.

No wonder they came to Prince Pang's Mansion today. It turns out that many people here had received favors from Shang Xi in the past.

Shang Xi also became more enthusiastic and said that he would cook spicy noodles for them at noon. Everyone was very happy to hear that they were eating spicy noodles. One woman said, "A bowl of spicy noodles in the city costs 20 cents, which is ridiculously expensive. Plain noodles only cost 7 cents, but they dare to charge 20 cents for spicy noodles. It's really outrageous."

At this time, another woman said, "But the spicy noodles are really delicious. The aroma fills your nose as you walk past the door of the noodle shop. My son ate a bowl of it, and he kept thinking about it afterwards. I had to spank him twice before he stopped. Noodles that cost 20 cents a bowl are for ordinary people like us!"

Everyone shook their heads after hearing this, saying they couldn't afford it.

Then another woman came up with the conversation, "I heard that the spicy noodles in Mochun County are only ten cents a bowl. It seems that it was ten cents a bowl six years ago, and it is still ten cents now. The price has never increased. This is a conscientious merchant!"

The woman who had just spoken spoke again: "Yes, I heard that too. If it's ten cents a bowl, I can still let my son eat a few bowls. Twenty cents, forget it. I can't let him eat it!"

The maids in Prince Pang's mansion all glanced at Shang Xi out of the corner of their eyes, and Yuhua also looked at Shang Xi.

Outsiders don’t know, but everyone working in the mansion knows that the spicy noodle restaurant in Fengying City is the Wan family’s property.

In fact, twenty cents for a bowl of noodles in the imperial city is not expensive. The seven cents a bowl of plain noodles cannot be compared with spicy noodles. From the cost to the ingredients, spicy noodles are much more expensive and complicated than plain noodles.

There's no way these two kinds of noodles can be compared together.

But ordinary people didn't think that way, but Shang Xi was serious. She couldn't bear the stigma of a black-hearted merchant. Two days later, the spicy noodles in Fengying City became ten cents a bowl.

In the following days, different people came to Pangqian Palace every day to help make shoes. These people came during their days off, so the two thousand pairs of shoes that Shang Xi was fined for were made very quickly.

But the task is not over yet. With Madam Wan's teachings, Shang Xi's awareness, and the people's enthusiasm, it is not enough to just make two thousand pairs of shoes.

One day, Wan Lianxing visited Prince Pang's mansion in person. Passing by a small courtyard, he found it crowded and bustling, so he went in to take a look out of curiosity.

Wow, there were thirty or fifty women doing needlework under the awning in the yard. They looked very hardworking and serious. Wan Lianxing couldn't help but ask, "Shang Xi, where did you hire these soldiers from?"

Shang Xi was lying on the ground, tracing shoe patterns on a thick stack of cloth with a pen, and then cutting them with scissors.

The man's clear voice caught everyone's attention. Everyone raised their heads and looked towards the door. Everyone recognized Wan Lianxing and said, "Oh, isn't this King Shuiyong?"

It’s no wonder that they knew Wan Lianxing, because almost every household has a handsome portrait of Wan Lianxing, and every household has a tablet for his life.

A huge group of women dropped their needles and thread and ran towards Wan Lianxing, all of them kowtowed to him. It had been a long time since Wan Lianxing had been surrounded by common people. This feeling was a long-lost intimacy. He told them not to be polite, but instead of leaving immediately, he stood at the door and chatted with the women.

The people were too concerned about him, and the women asked him everything, whether they should or shouldn't ask, from small things like what Wan Lianxing had for breakfast to big things like when the fighting at the border would end. Wan Lianxing answered all the questions he could, but he also cleverly avoided the questions he couldn't answer with his wisdom.

There is an even more difficult thing. There is a woman who wants to marry her daughter to the emperor, saying that her daughter is beautiful and kind-hearted, and has always admired the emperor. With Wan Lianxing's looks and status, who would not admire him?

Shang Xi found it a little funny when she heard this. There were many people who wanted to send their daughters to the palace, but it was rare for someone to want to be Wan Lianxing's mother-in-law in front of him. Shang Xi took another look and found that the woman looked a little older, but her actual age was definitely much younger than Wan Lianxing.

Shang Xi was not pouring cold water on this woman in her heart. Her daughter was as beautiful as a fairy, and Wan Lianxing would not be tempted.

It is harder than climbing to the sky to marry a daughter to Wan Lianxing. He did not even consider the daughters of three dukes and six ministers, so how could he consider a commoner?

Wan Lianxing was a gentle person. He always smiled no matter what people said. His words were also nice. He said that he was busy with government affairs and had no time to care about his children. After all these things, everyone thought that he was a good emperor who worked hard and loved his people, so no one mentioned the matter of marrying off his daughter anymore.

With Wan Lianxing's handsome appearance, no one would suspect the real reason why he did not take a concubine.

About an incense stick later, Wan Lianxing successfully left their courtyard amidst everyone's reluctance.

It was also because of Wan Lianxing's arrival that Prince Pang's mansion was crowded with people for a long time afterwards. Some people came to make shoes, and some came to meet Wan Lianxing.

Among these people there were ordinary people, daughters of merchants, and daughters of princes and ministers. In short, they all came under the pretext of making shoes for soldiers at the border, but it was obvious what they were thinking.

In this case, Shang Xi was happy, because there is strength in numbers. There are only a few people who take advantage of the situation, and most people can do the work.

But Yuhua was worried, "Shang Xi, there are so many people coming every day, we have to hire people for the dining hall in our house!"

"Hurry up and hire a cook. We must not miss this good opportunity to make shoes and socks for the soldiers at the border."

Shang Xi seized the opportunity and did something good for the soldiers at the border, so within half a month, Shang Xi's house arrest was lifted by Wan Lianxing.

The first thing Shang Xi did after being freed was to go to Lingchen Temple to visit Zhong Siyu.

Fortunately, Siyu met her.

Shang Xi was shocked when she saw Zhong Siyu. Although they were both punished, her face was flushed. On the other hand, Zhong Siyu's face looked less bloody and more sallow, and she had lost a lot of weight.

"The Queen has lost weight! Is the food in Lingchen Temple not tasty?"

Zhong Siyu smiled lightly, "The food is good, and the accommodation is not bad either."

"Why is the Queen so thin!" Shang Xi felt sad. This woman had no relatives in Fengqi, and no one felt sorry for her even though she was so thin.