The old gentleman slowly put down his chopsticks, his face turned grave, now it seemed his guess was right, behind the Qingping governor was a certain imperial son, they had their eyes on the Song family, on Yue’er.
The emperor married the empress at the beginning of his ascension to the throne, but within a year the empress died of illness, leaving no heir, and he has never had an empress since then. The eldest prince was born to Concubine Rong, and his maternal grandfather was the Marquis of An Guo; the second prince was born to Concubine Rou, and his maternal grandfather was the Duke of Qin. They are older and have been working for the emperor since a few years ago, but as the emperor has always favoured the third prince, they have never had any disagreement, and now that the third prince has been deported to Youzhou, they must have been unable to hold back.”
Song Wan Yue hooked her lips without a trace and raised her herbal tea to touch the old gentleman’s wine cup, “You don’t need to worry too much, soldiers will come and go. With the Third Prince in front of them, they will not dare to blatantly come and encroach on the Song family’s business, they are probably trying to pull it together.”
“Yue’er ……”
The old man wanted to tell her a few words, but thought that with himself around, even if those people wanted to use tricks, they would have to weigh them carefully, so he changed his words, “Today, this can be said in my house, do not let your family know, so as not to scare them.”
The success of Xiao Yue Lou not only made Song’s family happy, but also several people in the village were very happy and worked harder and harder, and half a month after the restaurant opened, the workshop was also built.
Thirty workshops were built inside, with a row of houses on each side, and the rest enclosed by a courtyard wall.
The workers in the workshops were recruited, mostly women and a small number of men.
On the 26th of September, the workshop was opened and hundreds of people entered the workshop amidst the envious eyes of several village people.
Several of the women who had previously worked in the workshop were promoted to the position of steward, in charge of the herbal tea and hotpot bases.
On the pill side, Song Wangyue divided the workers into three groups, the first to handle the herbs, the second to boil them and the third to seal them.
After the division, Song Wan Yue stood in front of these people and raised her voice, “I emphasize once again, you do not do the same process, you are not allowed to inquire about each other, if anyone does, not only you, even your village people I will not be allowed to use anyone in the future.”
These people were all selected by the village chiefs, and not only were they quick in their work, they were also strict in their mouths, and when they heard such strong words, their mouths became even more strict.
Song Wangyue was very satisfied and let them go back to her workshop, starting with the first process.
Song Wan Yue turned around, and Zhang Zhuan was standing at the entrance of the workshop with a smile on his face.
The Song family had signed a contract with him, and the Zhang family pharmacy would send several large carts of herbs over every day.
Song Wangyue gestured, and the guards at the door let Zhang Zhuan come over.
The smile on his face could not be concealed, and he raised the prepared congratulatory gift in front of Song Wangyue with both hands, “This is a small token of my appreciation, please accept it, Miss Song.”
The profit on the herbs for the Song family was thin, but the quantity was large, not to mention the fact that they were sent daily. Yesterday he had discussed with the head of the medicine shop and prepared a congratulatory gift of 1,000 taels of silver.
Song Wangyue confiscated it.
When the workshop opened, many people came and wanted to give gifts, just like the restaurant opening, but she had Song Shen block them all.
“This is just a small workshop, it can’t afford such a big gift from you.
A small workshop?
If this was only a small workshop, the rest of the workshops would not be considered workshops.
“Miss Song ……”
Zhang Zhuan was about to say, when Song Shen came out from inside, smiling and inviting the parlour to talk.
Song Wangyue nodded at him and walked towards the hill.
Zhang Zhuan could only put the silver ticket away and followed Song Shen to the parlour.
The inside was not luxurious, even austere, not even comparable to the parlour he had in the medicine shop.
Song Shen poured tea and handed it to him. Zhang Zhuan took it and looked at Song Shen carefully. He took a sip of tea and asked, seemingly casually, “Mr. Song, have you negotiated a marriage yet?”
Song Shen didn’t expect him to ask this question out of the blue, and after a moment’s froth, he said with a smile, “I’m still young, so I’m not thinking about it yet.”
Zhang Zhuan swallowed back the words that followed.
Halfway up the hill, he heard the sound of Song Yi and the others practising martial arts.
Song Wangyue slowly stepped up and stood to the side watching.
Song and the others were past their best age for practising martial arts, so they were struggling.
“Good, take a break.”
The guard’s voice came out and Song Yi and the others all dropped to the ground.
“Doesn’t look like much growth.”
Song Wangyue walked over.
Having already studied for almost two months, the twelve were confident that they had some base. Song San wasn’t afraid to say, “How come you haven’t improved? The four of us are more than capable of dealing with you now.”
Song Wan Yue raised her eyebrows, “Is that so?”
Song San’s competitive spirit was instantly aroused and he stood up, “If you don’t believe me, let’s have a competition.”
Song Yi, Song Er and Song Si also leapt to their feet.
They were all very diligent every day and felt that they had practised very well.
Song Wangyue swept her gaze across the group one by one, “Let’s go together.”
The guards changed their faces and tried to stop, “Song ……”
“Fine, that’s what you said.”
Song San’s voice drowned out the guard’s.
He had long wanted to know just how high Song Wangyue’s martial arts skills were.
Song Wu and the others also rose to their feet.
Song Wangyue waved at them, “Go on.”
Song San and Song Yi, Song Er and Song Si looked at each other and attacked at the same time, while Song Wu and the others were not willing to lag behind and pounced towards Song Wan Yue.
The two guards were ready to help at any time, but before they could see, all twelve of them fell to the ground.
The two guards were dumbfounded.
Song Wangyue clapped her hands and was about to say something when a figure leapt up to the top of the hill and attacked towards Song Wangyue.
The two guards were shocked and were about to step forward.
“You are not allowed to make a move!”
Song Wangyue looked at the familiar figure and dodged while chiding the guards. She took two sharp steps back and managed to dodge the attack from the comer.
Song and the others quickly crawled to the side, their eyes wide open as they watched the two go back and forth, passing a dozen moves in the blink of an eye.
The attacker was wearing a curtain and could not see her face, and although her moves were ruthless, they did not have any killing intent.
After a few dozen strokes, Song Wan Yue’s face was sweating and her breath was slightly panting.
The man stopped and lifted the curtain.
The crowd let out a gasp of surprise.
Song Wangyue covered her mouth.