Marrying a royal playboy and becoming a glamorous matriarch

Upon seeing Wei Qingrou, Miss Fang smiled, and most of her initial restraint vanished.

She bowed and said, "Accountant Wei, it's you! I should have known."

Wei Qingrou smiled faintly, placing her slender, pale fingertips to her lips, indicating that she should keep it a secret.

He then asked, "Are you done with your work?"

Miss Fang breathed a sigh of relief, "Yes."

"Judging from your expression, it seems there's a good outcome."

Miss Fang looked relaxed and radiant as she said, "Thanks to you and Second Master Qin, the Luo family has now confessed to their crimes and returned the money they owed our Fang family. Our Fang family can finally have a good New Year."

"That's excellent," Wei Qingrou said calmly.

However, Miss Fang looked troubled.

"It's just that I'm a woman and not good at running Luoxianlou. I'd like to ask Second Master Qin to take over, but I don't know if he'd be willing?"

"How the profits are divided is fine. You and Master Qin are both kind-hearted people and will not mistreat the Fang family. What do you think?"

Fang is the only direct descendant of the Fang family. She is assertive and decisive at home, but she ultimately suffers from her status as a woman when she goes out into the world.

Given that the Fang family is powerless and insignificant, Luoxianlou will inevitably attract the attention of wealthy and powerful people in the future.

Wei Qingrou said with difficulty, "I can't make the decision on this matter. I will convey your meaning to Second Master Qin. Once a decision is made, I will inform you at the Fang family."

Miss Fang breathed a sigh of relief. "Okay, thank you, Madam Qin."

Then, she brought out a mahogany box.

"This is my sincerity."

Wei Qingrou looked up and met the determined eyes of the girl above her.

The two exchanged knowing smiles.

After seeing the Fang family girl off, Wei Qingrou took the mahogany box and went inside.

Inside the room, Qin Ping'an was studying the fruit tea that Wei Qingrou had just prepared.

He used his long, slender fingers to pinch a small bamboo tong, picked up a piece of pink dried fruit, and threw it into the boiling kettle, watching coldly as the pink fruit pulp tumbled with the boiling water.

Gradually, the soup in the kettle turned a light pink color, and a sweet fruity aroma filled the room.

Qin Ping'an's tense expression relaxed.

He picked up other dried fruits and, seemingly bored, put them into the teapot, happily brewing tea.

Seeing him wasting the dried fruit, Wei Qingrou quickly grabbed his hand.

"Stop messing around."

Qin Ping'an was interrupted and lost interest, raising the corners of his mouth in displeasure.

Are you saying you're disgusted with me?

Wei Qingrou quickly smiled and made an excuse: "We haven't prepared the ingredients for making fruit tea yet."

"I think it's great, is there anything I need?"

Wei Qingrou casually remarked, "It looks much better when you brew flower tea in a glass pot."

Qin Pingan thought about it and realized that was indeed the case.

The glass teapot is transparent, and when you put flower tea and dried fruit into it, you can watch it gradually change color, which must be quite interesting.

Qin Ping'an said, "What's so difficult about that? I'll find you a set another day."

Wei Qingrou smiled and said, "Then thank you very much, my husband."

"Putting in a little more effort tonight is more worthwhile than talking like this now."

This spoiled brat started spouting nonsense again. Wei Qingrou pretended to be shy and ignored him.

Qin Pingan picked up the kettle and poured Wei Qingrou a full cup of pink fruit tea.

"Try my cooking."

Wei Qingrou smiled and drank it, then frowned at the sour taste.

"Tsk..." She clicked her tongue and fell silent.

"What, doesn't it taste good?" Qin Ping'an asked in surprise.

Wei Qingrou pushed a glass towards him: "Try it."

Qin Pingan drank it, and his eyes squinted from the sourness.

"Wait a minute, this isn't the taste I remember."

"You mean the one we drank last time?"

Previously, Wei Qingrou had brewed hawthorn and rose tea for Qin Ping'an once. The tea was fragrant and sweet and sour, leaving Qin Ping'an with a lingering fond memory.

Upon seeing this fruit tea today, Qin Ping'an couldn't resist showing off his skills, but who knew things would go wrong so suddenly.

"That's not how you cook it."

Wei Qingrou looked at the dried fruit in the teapot, picked up a pair of tongs and added a few pieces, and the flavor gradually changed.

After the soup started rolling, Wei Qingrou added more to Qin Ping'an's soup, gesturing, "Try it again."

Qin Pingan picked up the teacup and took a sip; it was indeed different.

"My wife is really good, but this only contains dried flowers and fruits, and it gets cloying after a while."

"What's so difficult about this?"

Wei Qingrou added more tea leaves.

Before long, a pot of flower tea was brewed, fragrant and delicious, with a lingering tea aroma.

Qin Ping'an tasted it and nodded in satisfaction. "What if I want to be full? Will this flower tea be alright?"

Wei Qingrou thought for a moment and nodded.

"It's not difficult. Just add some rice wine or some glutinous rice balls and make it into a pot."

Qin Pingan smiled, "This time, I can't find any fault with it either."

Wei Qingrou's eyes crinkled into a smile, a hint of smugness playing on her lips.

Qin Ping'an noticed the mahogany box she brought in and smiled, "What's this? Is it some new thing you've been researching?"

Wei Qingrou said with a smile, "This is much better than my useless trinkets. This is something that the Fang family girl specially sent to show her sincerity."

Qin Ping'an opened the box and saw a thin ledger inside, covered with large silver notes worth ten thousand taels each.

This entire rosewood box is worth at least two million taels of silver.

This extravagant gesture prompted Qin Ping'an to exclaim in a low voice, "This young lady from the Fang family is truly audacious."

Wei Qingrou hadn't expected that Miss Fang, who looked so delicate and frail, would be so generous, throwing money around without batting an eye.

But it makes sense. The Fang family suffered from a lack of power and influence for more than a decade. Now that they have finally managed to establish a connection with Prince Dun's mansion, they have no choice but to do everything in their power to cultivate that relationship.

Wei Qingrou flipped through the account book, which clearly stated that 1.13 million taels was the previous share of Miss Xinlan's earnings, and the rest was filial tribute.

"It seems the Fang family has already received the money owed by the Luo family today, otherwise they wouldn't be so generous with the money."

"Yes, with the Prefect in charge, the Luo family will have to obediently hand over the silver if they don't want to die."

Thinking of Miss Fang's request, Wei Qingrou's heart warmed.

"However, Miss Fang's demands are quite high. She doesn't intend to do a one-off deal with you. She wants you to take over the management of Luoxianlou."

Qin Ping'an agreed without hesitation.

"This Luoxian Tower is a real treasure trove. It seems that I'm going to make a fortune again this time."

Wei Qingrou was also envious and said, "Congratulations, my husband, you've made a fortune! Don't forget me!"

Qin Ping'an became interested and gave her a squeeze, saying with a smile, "Then we'll have to see how you perform."

Wei Qingrou smiled and slapped his hand away, seemingly both rejecting and welcoming him.

"Stop fooling around. Since we're going to do this business with the Fang family, we still need to review the accounts this afternoon. What percentage do you want?"

Qin Pingan said with a smile, "Since I'm in charge, I'll naturally take 70%."

Wei Qingrou smiled, "I didn't expect you to care about me the most. You only want 50% when doing business with me, but you want 70% with other people."

Qin Pingan pinched her chin; it felt wonderful, and he felt reluctant to let go.

"Of course not, I love you the most."

"What should we do with the money that the First Prince and Wei Lanxin earned at Luoxianlou? We can't just take it all, can we?"