Dressed as a middle-aged mistress, I want to lie down every day

Mo Chenxi has currently solved two problems. The dim sum shop opened smoothly, and the He family remained silent about her taking over the inner house and establishing new rules.

Then comes another question.

For the dim sum shop, she only considered how to come up with new dim sum, which was not a difficult task for her. After half a year, when the dim sum shop could earn the expected money, she could propose to open a restaurant in collaboration with her mother's family.

This is not a big problem for her, the next problem is mainly related to the He family.

The He family sold her shop because of what happened to He Wenyan, and they could still live peacefully for the time being. However, the next thing to do was to get married to the eldest son and daughter of the original owner. There was a betrothal gift and a dowry, and these two pieces were two huge sums of money for the current He family.

She didn't want to foolishly give it away, nor did she want her original daughter's children to be unable to find a good marriage because of it. If you take someone's body, you have to make plans for them.

Mo Chenxi initially liked He Wenliang because he was a sensible man with a sense of justice and loyalty, but she had not yet figured out how to help him.

She didn't want to cooperate with him, she just wanted to help him. She would have to wait until she met Mo's father next time and ask for his advice.

The dim sum shop started off well as Mo Chenxi had expected, and two new dim sum dishes were launched five days later.

In this way, it is inevitable that someone will be watching

The wealthy and powerful would not rush into action just for a small pastry shop. They also want to save face and care about their reputation.

But there was one person who wanted to take action, and that was Jiang Yuanwailang, the Minister of Works, who was at the same level as He Wenyan.

Jiang Yuanwailang had a sister who was a concubine in the palace. She was once favored and gave birth to a princess. It was because of her sister that he was promoted to Yuanwailang, instead of rising step by step like He Wenyan who passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi.

Don’t think that having sisters as concubines in the palace will make your family prosperous. It is a mutual achievement.

If a concubine is favored in the palace, she can give some things to her natal family. If she falls out of favor or is promoted to a concubine dowager, her natal family will need to give her money to take care of things.

The Jiang family was also in a state of panic. Concubine Jiang only gave birth to a princess. When the late emperor was still alive, she wanted to give birth to another prince, but her wish did not come true.

People often don't look for the reasons in themselves. Concubine Jiang complained that her natal family was not supportive. If she had more money and could take care of the people in the Jingshifang, she could speak more in front of the emperor, serve the emperor more often, and have the opportunity to give birth to a prince.

The Jiang family has achieved what it has today because of Concubine Jiang. Their family background and origins are not good enough, and the wealthy families don't care about the small profits, but Mr. Jiang does.

He sent people to the outside of the store every day to record the number of people going in and calculate the profit. After further calculation, he found that if he opened several stores at the same time, it would be a considerable income.

If the shop had belonged to the He family before, he would have felt embarrassed if he knew He Wenyan.

He didn't find out who owned the shop now, but they just said it was run by a couple from outside the city, and the female owner had a southern accent.

He also heard about what happened that day when Mr. He's sister went to the shop and made a big fuss. Mrs. He also said that sooner or later someone would take over the shop, and Mr. Jiang laughed.

Yes, if he doesn't take action, someone else will do it sooner or later, so it's better for him to take action first.

He sent someone to order some snacks, and two days later he specifically looked for the wives of idle men on the street, the kind that could cry, make a fuss, and roll on the ground. He also added a few maids from the Jiang family, and they also went with a whimpering baby who was holding his belly.

After he got there, he said something went wrong with the snacks he had eaten in the shop.

The Mo family had been prepared for this and did not dare to be careless after opening this shop, but they did not expect that someone would take action so soon.

When someone was making a fuss here, Mo Yuanji found out which family the trouble was from. When he found out it was the Jiang family, he smiled.

The Jiang family members made a fuss and said they would come again the next day. Those who understood the situation knew that this shop would be lost unless they had a stronger backing than the Jiang family.

The shopkeepers on both sides and next door were waiting to see what was going on, feeling sorry for Wufangzhai. However, no one from the Jiang family came the next day. Everyone was whispering to each other, and the shopkeepers on the same street also began to feel awe for the female owner, Zhou.

Mr. Jiang was at home, and his wife's crying made him irritated.

"Your Majesty didn't explain clearly who is behind this shop?"

The lady shook her head and said, "How could I dare to ask? The Empress scolded me, saying that if I dared to open a shop so ostentatiously, I must have someone behind it. No one else took action, but the Jiang family foolishly took action, causing her to be scolded by the Empress Dowager."

Mr. Jiang really couldn't figure out who was behind Wufangzhai. Not only could he not figure it out, but Concubine Jiang in the palace also couldn't figure it out. A small snack shop actually alarmed the Empress Dowager.

He didn't dare tell this to his brothers from his mother's family, for fear of bringing trouble upon himself.

Mo Yuanji quietly went to a place at night, met Eunuch Liang, and thanked him.

When he was in the palace, he knew Eunuch Liang. Eunuch Liang's original surname was Mo, but no one knew that he took the surname Liang because he worshipped a eunuch named Liang in the palace as his godfather.

There is a strange phenomenon among Chinese people: people with the same surname tend to feel close to each other. At first, Mo Yuanji didn't know this, and every time he entered the palace, Eunuch Liang was rather gentle towards him.

The biggest wish of a eunuch is to find a way to buy back his own offspring so that he can be buried intact when he dies.

It cost quite a lot to buy this root of offspring. At that time, Eunuch Liang had not yet risen to prominence and did not have much money on hand, so Mo Yuanji helped him buy it.

This is not just about money. Without a reliable partner, the seller won't sell it to you. The eunuchs in the purgation room are counting on this to make a fortune.

If Mo Yuanji has any problems in the future, Eunuch Liang will help him.

This time, Mo Yuanji sent gifts to Eunuch Liang in advance and told him about the situation of the shop. Eunuch Liang also knew about his family affairs before and had also recommended him.

Mo Yuanji secretly promised that not only the dim sum shop, but all the businesses of the Mo family would have shares in it in the future.

There is no eunuch who doesn't love money, but he won't easily accept shares from others. Eunuch Liang trusts Mo Yuanji.

He is now the most capable eunuch beside Queen Dowager Wang, so he just told the Queen Dowager about the incident of Mr. Jiang sending people to cause trouble in a newly opened pastry shop as a joke, and Queen Dowager Wang scolded Concubine Jiang.

As the empress dowager, her rivals in love were the concubines who often took advantage of the late emperor's favor to cause trouble.

The Queen Mother would rather catch the concubines and scold and punish them.

Although they are the queen mother and the concubine dowager, they are not old. Queen Mother Wang is 32 years old and Concubine Dowager Jiang is 28 years old.

When the late emperor passed away, the prince was only eight years old. The queen was promoted to empress dowager at a young age and took control of the government.

Mo Yuanji didn't even tell his son about his relationship with Eunuch Liang, so Mo Chenxi was even less aware of it.

She only knew that something like this happened in the shop and that her father had settled it quietly. Since her father had the ability, she was more confident in opening a restaurant and even started making wine as her father had promised.