In ancient times, she gave birth to seven daughters and was divorced by her husband's family.

Hearing her say this, everyone couldn't help but look at Bai Lu curiously and said, "What is the relationship between Marquis Anguo and the Queen Mother? It seems that the two of them have a very close relationship."

"She is my adopted sister!" The Queen Mother answered as a matter of course. She took Bai Lu's hand and said to everyone with a smile, "Bai Lu and I are as close as sisters. Even the Emperor calls Bai Lu aunt, but the Emperor is a little shy and has never called her that."

"???"

"!!!"

It turns out that Bai Lu is the Queen Mother's sister-in-law, and everyone is shocked.

It is said that Bai Lu is the daughter of the Bai family, the richest family in the world. However, the relationship between the Bai family and Bai Lu is very strained now. However, the emperor is very protective of Bai Lu and conferred the title of Marquis of Anguo on Bai Lu, so she also has a backer.

Now the Queen Mother actually said that she was her adopted sister, so this backing is much more powerful.

The emperor and the empress dowager were standing behind Bai Lu.

Even if Marquis Anguo is not liked by the Bai family and splits away from them, what does it matter?

Oh my god, these are the emperor and the empress dowager.

The prefect of Qingzhou was almost in tears.

That is to say...if I can cling to Bai Lu, then I would be clinging to the emperor and the empress dowager.

Oh my, that's great.

When the Qingzhou governor thought of this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately smiled at Bai Lu and said, "Ahem, we can have dinner now."

Then, the dishes were served one by one.

Looking at the more than 30 dishes on the table, each of which was very rich, Bai Lu was stunned.

The magistrate of Qingzhou was born in a poor family. After becoming the magistrate, he was unwilling to exploit the common people, so he should not have much money in his pocket. The money left by his deceased wife was usually given to Sun Nanxing and Sun Nanxing's mother's family, the Zou family, so he should not have much money in his pocket.

In order to entertain myself, I bought a lot of high-quality ingredients, such as ginseng stewed black chicken, sea cucumber and abalone soup... They looked very expensive.

Bai Lu pondered for a while, then she thanked the Qingzhou governor with some sincerity: "Thank you for your hospitality, uncle. Uncle Sun, please eat quickly."

As she spoke, Bai Lu took the initiative to pick up a piece of sea cucumber for the Qingzhou governor with chopsticks.

Seeing that Bai Lu actually picked up a sea cucumber for him, he was very happy, so he immediately picked up a piece of abalone for Bai Lu. The abalone was very big, almost as big as Bai Lu's palm.

He smiled and said, "We are in Qingzhou, not near the sea, so these seafood are the most novel. These are fresh today, so we bought them and made them for you."

Beside him, Sun Nanxing couldn't help but say to Bai Lu: "Marquis Anguo, my father really likes you. You know, these abalone and sea cucumbers are fresh on weekdays... My family can't even eat them once during the New Year and other festivals."

"..."

When the Qingzhou governor heard this, he felt a little embarrassed. Oh, isn't this letting his son expose his past? How could he say that? It seemed to make their governor's office look quite poor.

At this time, Yi Yue's eyes lit up and she also smiled: "We are not near the sea in Liangzhou, and we can't eat fresh sea cucumbers often in Liangzhou. Now we can eat them at Grandpa Sun's house."

"Grandpa Sun, you are so kind. Thank you."

"Yeah, yeah."

Several children nodded, looked at the Qingzhou governor with sparkling eyes and said, "Grandpa Sun, thank you so much."

"You're so nice to us."

"You are the kindest grandpa in the world."

Listening to what these children said, the governor of Qingzhou felt very relieved. He smiled and said, "Mrs. Bai, these children are smart and cute, just like you."

"...Oh, 7 daughters and several sons. I will give them red envelopes later."

"Ah? That's not necessary."

"You always have to give a red envelope when you meet someone for the first time. It's a gift for meeting someone."

Hearing this, Bai Lu smiled and nodded: "Okay, thank you Uncle Sun."

After the meal, the seven children and several little boys, including the little prince brought by the Queen Mother, all received a big red envelope containing five taels of gold.

Oh my god…

It feels like the prefect of Qingzhou has spent a lot of money on this trip to Qingzhou.

Bai Lu's heart sank, and she thought that she had to make money with the Qingzhou prefect, otherwise she would feel really sorry for this official.

Now that they had finished their meal, it was time to get down to business. Bailu winked at Peony and Lily beside her.

Peony and Lily immediately took the children away.

At the moment, there are several people in the room who are in charge, including Bai Lu, Mrs. Luo, Shen Congyun, Sun Nanxing, Uncle Sun, and the prefect of Qingzhou. In other words, they are the only ones left.

Everyone was sitting in the main hall, with the Qingzhou governor and Bai Lu sitting on the main seats.

The prefect of Qingzhou poured Bai Lu a cup of tea and slowly said, "...I also heard what Lady Bai meant before...Other businesses are easy to deal with, but the Bai Family Rice Shop is a bit difficult."

"You can't open a rice shop here, because the one who opened the rice shop here is the Shangguan family, the richest family in Qingzhou. His family has monopolized all the rice shops and grain and oil businesses here 20 years ago."

"They have the same idea as you. His family also has a genius who is very good at business. If you come here to open this rice shop, you will be stealing his business."

"When the time comes, your other businesses, such as the Seven Fairies Milk Tea Shop, Treasure Pavilion, and Treasure Shop... will all be excluded and suppressed, and even I will not be able to make the decision."

"After all, this is a commercial route, and I am in charge of criminal cases. I really cannot interfere with business matters."

The Qingzhou governor was embarrassed. If he were the kind of official who brought disaster to the people and bullied the common people, he would not care about these things, but he was not one of them. So it was not easy for him to intervene.

Bai Lu listened to this and nodded, not surprised. "In the beginning, I was actually wondering if someone here has already started a rice shop business. Since the rice shop business in Qingzhou is already saturated, I won't do the rice shop business here, but do something else."

"There are also the Seven Fairies Milk Tea Shop and the Bai Family Treasure Shop. As long as they can run smoothly here, it will be fine."

"I have already calculated it. I plan to take out 100,000 taels of silver to open 27 Seven Fairies Milk Tea Shops in Qingzhou, Bai's Treasure Shop and Bai's Treasure Pavilion. The three shops will be put together and connected directly."

Hearing this, the Qingzhou governor was stunned. "In other words, for example, if a milk tea shop is opened in one place, the shops on the left and right are the Treasure Shop and the Treasure Pavilion? Three shops in a row, are all owned by your Bai family?"