After traveling through time, I was spotted by the new emperor

After listening to Chu Fuchi, Ye Wuwei looked at the Shui family head again:

"He's been sick for so many years but still managed to hold the position of the Shui family's head. He must be quite capable."

Chu Fuchi didn't understand what Ye Wuwei said next, but it didn't prevent him from understanding.

“The Shui family head is very resourceful.

Before the Shui family head took charge of the Shui clan, the Shui clan did not have the power it has today. It was the Shui family head who brought the Shui clan to a position second only to the four great families.

"What does the Shui family do for a living?"

"medicine.

The Shui family owns tens of thousands of acres of medicinal fields in Yuncheng alone. All rare medicinal materials come from the Shui family, and the Shui family's medicine shops are spread all over Qi Dynasty.

More than half of the imperial physicians and doctors in Changdu have ties to the Shui family."

Ye Wuyi was surprised: "So powerful?"

Doesn’t the Shui family have a monopoly on the pharmaceutical industry?

This is a big no-no!

In modern times, housing, medical care, and education are the three most closely related livelihood projects for the people. Although the importance of the medical industry in the Qi Dynasty has not been elevated to such a high level as in modern times, it is also very important.

Especially on the battlefield, it is impossible to fight without medicinal materials.

No wonder the head of the Shui family was able to bring the Shui clan to a position second only to the four major families even though he did not hold an office in the court.

"Isn't there anyone coveting the Shui family's medicinal materials business?"

"How not?

Other families also tried to grow medicinal herbs. They did grow ordinary herbs, but the quality of the herbs was not as good as those grown by the Shui family.

There are also many rare but essential medicinal herbs that can only be grown by the Shui family.

That’s why they can monopolize the medicinal materials industry.”

It turns out that it’s because the Shui family has monopolized the medicinal herb cultivation technology!

Ye Wuwei didn't know many of the medicinal herbs, so he was really unable to help!

"Your Majesty, don't you also have requests from the Shui family?"

Chu Fuchi glanced at him without saying anything, but Ye Wuwei understood what he meant:

Qi Wushuang did have something to ask of the Shui family!

After knowing that the Shui family monopolized the pharmaceutical industry, Ye Wuwei looked at the head of the Shui family differently.

Compared with the Nanling chieftains, the Shui clan is actually more important!

Ye Wuwei turned his gaze towards Prince Consort Shui again.

Prince Shui is in his forties. Although he is middle-aged, he is still a handsome uncle. No wonder Princess Renshou took a fancy to him.

"What is the Shui Consort's status in the Shui family?"

"Shui Fu Ma is the younger brother of the Shui family master. Logically, the Shui family master and Shui Fu Ma are the only brothers, so they should have a good relationship, but their relationship is actually not good.

This is also related to the matter of recruiting a prince consort back then.

At that time, the head of the Shui family was not the head of the family. The head of the Shui family at that time was the father of the head of the Shui family and Prince Consort Shui.

Princess Renshou fell in love with Prince Shui but did not want to marry into the Shui family, so the late emperor made a deal with the head of the Shui family.

As long as the head of the Shui family can persuade his father to let Prince Consort Shui marry Princess Renshou, I will help the head of the Shui family get the position of the head of the Shui family as soon as possible.

The head of the Shui family agreed and actually persuaded his father to let Prince Shui marry Princess Renshou.

Therefore, there was a rift between Prince Consort Shui and the head of the Shui family at that time.

Later, the head of the Shui family was infected with the plague. Prince Consort Shui wanted to take the opportunity to seize the position of the head of the Shui family, so he joined forces with some people in the family to force the head of the Shui family to give up the throne.

But you also saw the outcome: the head of the Shui family won.

From then on, the Shui family head and the Shui prince consort had a complete falling out. "

Listening to the gossip of the Shui family, Ye Wuwei sighed:

It is true that wherever there is power, there is struggle, and there is no exception anywhere!

I wonder what Qi Wushuang will become after becoming emperor?

Thinking of this, Ye Wuwei looked at Qi Wushuang.

He noticed it as soon as Ye Wuwei looked at Qi Wushuang. His eyes immediately met Ye Wuwei and he gave Ye Wuwei an aggrieved expression as if to say, "You finally looked at me."

Ye Wuwei suddenly found it funny again, withdrew his gaze from Qi Wushuang, and looked at the other people in the hall again.

At this time, Princess Yunshang spoke:

"Your Majesty, I made great contributions to the court when I married into Nanling. Now I would like to find a good marriage for each of my children. Is that okay?"

Qi Wushuang turned his gaze away from Ye Wuwei and looked at Princess Yunshang:

"The eldest princess's marriage to Nanling is indeed a great service to the court, and I will also give the eldest princess and your children due compensation.

But marriage is about mutual consent. I can mediate for you, but I can't arrange it for you."

Princess Yunshang sneered:

"What do you mean by mutual consent? Who asked for my opinion when they asked me to marry to Nanling? Who considered my feelings?"

Qi Wushuang didn't say anything.

If it were him, he would never solve the Nanling issue by means of marriage, but since it was his father who made the decision, he could not say that his father, who was very good to him, was not right.

Chu Fuchi smiled and smoothed things over:

"Princess, it's been many years since those days. Talking about it now will not help. Let's talk about what's happening now."

Princess Yunshang spoke again: "I want to choose a woman from the Qi family to marry Yang'er."

Chu Fuchi looked at General Qi and said, "This is about the Qi family, you see..."

General Qi said:

"The eldest princess's request is not excessive, but the main branch of the Qi family does not have any unengaged women.

If the Princess doesn't mind, I can summon unengaged women from the side branches for you to choose from." (See note)

Ye Wuwei does not agree with "marriage alliance" to resolve conflicts and disputes.

Not only because he thought it was extremely unfair to the women who were to be married off, but also because in most cases problems could not be solved by marriage.

Unless the two ethnic groups originally wanted to establish friendly relations in order to further strengthen the good neighborly relations.

But when he heard what General Qi said, he was stunned: Isn't Miss Qi, the daughter of Mr. Qi Sanye, still engaged?

But Ye Wuwei would not ask this question.

After General Qi finished speaking, Princess Yunshang sneered, "General, have you forgotten that you have a niece?"

General Qi was stunned. "Are you talking about my third brother's daughter? She got engaged a month ago."

When General Qi said this, Qi Guangren glanced at Ye Wuwei, but he could not see any expression on Ye Wuwei's face.

Princess Yunshang asked: "You said Miss Qi is engaged. Which young man is she engaged to?"

"The engagement with my son is confirmed by the marriage certificate. If you don't believe me, I can show it to you."

The one who spoke was Princess Renshou.

Princess Yunshang sneered repeatedly:

"Back then, you bullied me because I had no one to rely on and sent me to Nanling. Do you want to bully me again now?"

"Your Majesty, what do you say?"

Qi Wushuang was actually surprised too!

It was obvious that during the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, Qi Guangren wanted to give Miss Qi to Wu Wei, so how come Miss Qi was engaged to Mr. Shui in the blink of an eye?

"I don't know about the engagement between Miss Qi and Mr. Shui, but there's no need to inform me about the marriage of a girl from the Qi family.

If you want to prove whether this is true or not, just take out the marriage certificate and you will know."

Since General Qi and Princess Renshou can announce their engagement in front of everyone, it would not be excessive to verify its authenticity in public.