The First Phoenix

"I'm not stupid!" Aunt Wen rolled her eyes at Shi Anrou and poked her daughter's head with her finger. "We have to think it over carefully. It would be best if we could force Prince Jin to marry you sooner rather than later. That way, you'll become the sweetheart of that snobbish old woman, and she'll have to protect you like the apple of her eye."

Shi Anrou didn't dare to say that Shi Anxia would be the concubine of Prince Jin, the favorite concubine of Emperor Rongguang, the noble concubine, the Queen of Jingde, or the Empress Dowager Huizheng of Emperor Yuqing...

Shi Anrou has been raising Shi Yunxing since she was a child, and it is rare for her to be so favored by Aunt Wen.

She was very greedy for her mother's good looks towards her.

Now she is not really sure whether Shi Anxia has been reborn. Just hearing what my mother said about what happened to the Wei family yesterday didn't really explain anything.

After all, Shi Anxia has powerful means to stir up trouble, otherwise how could she have climbed all the way from the concubine of Prince Jin to the position of empress dowager?

Every time when everyone thought she was in desperate situation and about to die, she stood up again.

From the bottom of her heart, Shi Anrou did not dare to offend Shi Anxia.

She just wanted to reduce the possibility of Shi Anxia and His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin meeting as much as possible.

If she failed in the end and Shi Anxia still married the King of Jin, she would try her best to please Shi Anxia and firmly join Shi Anxia's camp.

Even if the previous life is replicated, referring to the concubines in Anxia’s camp, which one of them did not enjoy endless wealth and glory?

Just as I was thinking about it, I suddenly heard Aunt Wen ask, "Tell me, did that damn girl An Xia have a miserable life in your dream?"

Shi Anrou panicked and almost bit her tongue, "No, I didn't dream about her."

Aunt Wen looked a little disappointed, and she really wanted to hear from her daughter something like "Shi Anxia died suddenly" or "Shi Anxia married a lowly man and was beaten to death."

She believed in her daughter's dream very much. She was able to predict the cause and date of her son's death more than half a month ago, which was more effective than Mr. Yang Xuan.

Aunt Wen asked more and more questions.

Shi Anrou couldn't resist anymore and had to cover her head, "Mom, don't ask. My dream was very confusing, and I don't remember many of it. I only remember...well...I became the concubine of King Jin, that's all. Gone……"

"Prince Jin's side concubine?" This cake is delicious! Aunt Wen suddenly realized that her daughter was good-looking, smooth and had an indescribable nobility all over her body.

Shi Anrou felt that her mother was trying to eat someone, so she avoided her eyes and said, "Mom, that's just a dream."

Aunt Wen laughed and echoed, "Yes, yes, yes, it's just a dream. It won't be a dream if I secretly plan it for you."

It all depends on people! As long as you dare to think, there is nothing you can't achieve.

For example, her son Shi Yunxing, a bastard, has been the eldest grandson of the Marquis's Mansion and the grandson-in-law of the Duke of Huguo's Mansion for more than ten years, right?

There is nothing that cannot be achieved, it just depends on whether you dare to think about it.

In the evening, Doctor Shen moved into Anrong Courtyard of the Marquis' Mansion, not far from Yuehua Courtyard where Mr. Yangxuan lived.

This was arranged after Shi Anxia sent someone to ask the old lady for instructions, and only got her approval.

Aunt Wen is usually in charge of these things.

But now the old lady is relying heavily on the Tang family and her daughter, so it is difficult for her granddaughter to go to Aunt Wen to discuss it. He had no choice but to send the nanny in the courtyard to collect the keys, account books and the deeds of the slaves in the mansion from Aunt Wen.

In this way, the servants in the Hou Mansion all know that the person in charge of the Hou Mansion is about to be replaced.

Aunt Wen was so angry that she gritted her teeth. Fortunately, the cake drawn by her daughter was close to her and diverted her attention, otherwise she would have fainted on the spot.

Shi Anxia knew that with Madam Shi's personality, she would definitely not hand over the power of the family cleanly and neatly.

However, she and Madam Shi both had the same thought, and what they were after was not business. Don't be in a hurry, take your time, the time will come.

Shi Anxia personally took Dr. Shen to He'an Courtyard to ask for a safe pulse for Mrs. Shi and Mr. Hou.

With such a move, Mrs. Shi's awkwardness was relieved a lot.

Doctor Shen was a man of few words, but Fangzi talked a lot.

Mrs. Shi quietly asked Shi Anxia, ​​"How is Dr. Shen's consultation fee calculated?"

Shi Anxia said, "Grandma, you know that Dr. Shen's consultation fee is not cheap on weekdays, and you have to queue up to get it. Now that Dr. Shen is willing to live in our Marquis Mansion, it is worth every penny."

Mrs. Shi nodded, "That's true."

Shi Anxia added, "Because my eldest aunt's biological uncle was kind to Doctor Shen in the early years, Doctor Shen sold his face and agreed to come. He himself offered to pay only one hundred taels for three months, and the food and accommodation would be given to our Marquis Mansion. Tube."

Mrs. Shi was quite knowledgeable and didn't gasp when she heard the one hundred taels of silver.

To be honest, it only costs ten taels of silver for an ordinary doctor to stay at home for three months.

But is Dr. Shen an ordinary doctor? That's someone you can't even hire, so it's not expensive.

Especially everyone in the family, old and young, can show it to Dr. Shen. If they don't use it, it will be in vain.

Shi Anxia understood Old Madam Shi's thoughts. "Grandma, let's not talk about the medical treatment for now. Even if word gets out that Doctor Shen is staying at our mansion, we won't be able to receive all the invitations. Which family wouldn't look up to our mansion?"

Mrs. Shi was completely happy and said, "Yes, yes, Sister Xia is thoughtful. Don't wait too long for Doctor Shen! Send a few more people to wait on you."

"Yes, grandma." Shi Anxia smiled sweetly.

Mrs. Shi was dazzled by this smile, and she felt that this smile had a blossoming meaning for no reason.

She called Mother Xing next to her, "Follow Sister Xia these few days to see what kind of manpower she wants to deploy, and try to follow her as closely as possible."

This gradually began to decentralize power.

Mother Xing replied, "Yes," and knelt down to Shi Anxia and said, "This old servant is at your service at any time, Miss Anxia."

Shi Anxia went to find people for Dr. Shen's yard, and temporarily selected two third-class maids for each of Yun Qi and Yun Shu's brothers, both of whom were born in shameless families.

After finishing all these, he had just sat in the side hall for less than half an incense stick of time when he saw Aunt Zhong from Haitang Courtyard coming.

Shi Anxia motioned to Grandma Zhong to sit down and gave her a cup of tea.

Nanny Zhong thanked her, only half-sitting to the side. "Young lady, we have ten shops and eight farms in the capital. The rest of our business is mainly concentrated in Jiangzhou, Xicheng, and Lanzhou. In the first year after my wife got married, we handed it over to Uncle Wan to manage. Uncle Wan comes to settle accounts every New Year, and he should be on his way now."

Shi Anxia knew this Uncle Wan, so she didn't ask any more questions. She just nodded and said, "Let's check the accounts of the shops in the capital first today."

Since Mrs. Shi was procrastinating and holding on to the housekeeper's right, she wanted to sort out her mother's dowry first.

Tang Chujun didn't care about his own affairs. When he heard that his daughter was willing to take care of her dowry property, he paid as much as she wanted without any hesitation.

Grandma Zhong stood up and signaled the servants to carry the sealed box into the house, and then brought ten shopkeepers into the house.

After the shopkeepers greeted them in unison, Shi Anxia looked up and looked at them, but did not offer them a seat. Instead, she asked directly, "Who among you has a birth certificate in my mother's hands?"

Everyone was stunned, not knowing why this question was suddenly asked.