C210

After Su Zongwen left the small study, he walked towards the main house with a gloomy face.

He walked to the door of the main house with a dark expression and was about to open it when he saw a woman in a daze through the half-open door.

Within the room.

Shen Zhu sat on the soft bed, but the embroidery needle in his hand did not move at all. He only stared blankly at the small cradle beside the soft couch, and did not even notice that the handkerchief and needle had slipped into the ground.

Ruanruan, who was in the cradle, was sleeping soundly.

When Su Zongwen saw this scene, most of the anger in his heart was immediately dispersed, and a trace of pain flashed past his eyes.

"Yue Niang."

Su Zongwen pushed open the half-closed door and shouted in a low voice.

When Shen Zhu came back to his senses, Su Zongwen was already in front of him.

Shen Zhu forced out a smile, and an apologetic smile appeared on his face.

Seeing that the embroidery handkerchief and the needle and thread had fallen to the ground, she quickly got up from the soft couch and picked up the needle and thread along with the cloth on the small table.

"You've worked hard too. I'll go to the kitchen to make you something to eat."

Shen Zhu saw that the man in front of him only needed to escape from this place …

"Yue Niang, I have something to tell you." Su Zongwen then asked her to stay, "Regarding the matter of the Qi Kingdom Princess coming to my court for marriage, do you have any thoughts?"

Shen Zhu lowered her eyes slightly, a peculiar glint flashing across the depths of her eyes, "Then, what are you thinking about?"

In an instant, the room was so quiet that even the sound of a needle dropping could be clearly heard.

Just as Su Zongwen wanted to explain, Xiao Cui rushed over and snatched him away.

"Young Madam, the First Madam is asking you to come over."

"Alright."

Shen Zhu tilted his head and glanced at the man, then quickly retracted his gaze and followed Xiao Cui into the courtyard of the Madame Chen.

Su Zongwen frowned. He could only swallow back the words of explanation, and wait until Shen Zhu returned from the main courtyard.

In the main courtyard.

"Greetings to mother, daughter-in-law." Shen Zhu followed Xiao Cui into the courtyard where the Madame Chen was waiting for her.

"Get up." Madame Chen immediately extended his hand to help her up, and as he said that, he pulled her hand and walked to the soft couch by the side, "Come, Yue Niang, let's sit and talk."

Madame Chen, "Yue Niang, I called you here today because I have something I want to talk to you about."

She stared at Shen Zhu's doubtful expression, coughed dryly twice, and continued: "I've already talked to Wen'er about the Qi Kingdom Princess and the marriage. He, he has already agreed to the marriage. I thought, after entering the door, the princess will be Wen'er's equal wife and will sit on equal footing with you. You, do you think that is possible? "

She had always liked Shen Zhu, this daughter-in-law, but for the sake of her family, she could leave these behind.

Shen Zhu lowered his eyebrows and eyes, which were filled with complex emotions. It was no wonder that his husband had wanted to say something, but stopped himself from doing so … That's probably what he wanted to talk about!

She forced a smile and pretended to be magnanimous, "Since Brother Wen has already agreed to this, then I have nothing else to say. Everything will be decided by Mother."

"Sigh." A trace of happiness flashed through Madame Chen's eyes: "Yue Niang, Wen'er was lucky to be able to marry such a considerate wife like you."

"Mother, if there's nothing else, your daughter-in-law will go back first."

"Sure, go back to work."

After Shen Zhu left the main courtyard, he did not return to the peace park. Instead, he left the mansion and went straight to Yuzhu Pavilion alone.

Right now, her emotions were in a mess. She didn't want to go back to the courtyard, nor did she want to face that man, much less how to face him.

Even in this ancient era of male chauvinism, she still wanted to be a couple for life. It was impossible for her to change her mind and share a husband with other women.

"Sister-in-law, why are you here?" When Su Yian saw Shen Zhu, he quickly greeted him and asked in surprise.

"I came to see if there was anything I could help with." Shen Zhu made up an excuse and quickly entered the shop.

"Sure, sister-in-law. Go ahead. Call me if you need any help." After Su Yian finished speaking, he patted his head in vexation and anxiously shouted at Shen Zhu's beautiful figure: "That's right, sister-in-law, Boss Zhou is here today and is still on the second floor. Do you want to go up and take a look?"

Shen Zhu was already filled with worry, and with the noise of the shop, he did not hear what Su Yian said.

Su Yian had always been a reckless person, but for a moment, he did not notice that something was wrong with Shen Zhu and went out to stock up.

It was currently the peak hour of the shop, and there was a bustling crowd.

Seeing that there were a lot of customers in the shop, Shen Zhu helped out at the counter.

Several times, she had made the mistake of packing the customer and had taken the wrong money.

"Madam? "Madam?"

After a few tries, the waiter noticed that something was wrong.

Shen Zhu was packing the pastries in his hands, he did not even notice when the pastries inside the oil paper bag were crushed by him. Only after the waiter called out to him a few times did he come back to his senses, and immediately asked: "Hmm? "What's wrong?"

"Are you not feeling well?"

The waiter looked at the pastries in Shen Zhu's hands. "If you're not feeling well, you should go back and rest. Leave the things in the shop to us."

Shen Zhu lowered his head, realizing that he was in a difficult situation.

"I'm sorry, but I may not be in good condition today."

Shen Zhu hurriedly apologized to the customer, then asked the waiter to wrap up another serving.

"Madam, you should go back early and rest."

"I'll be going back first today. Thank you for taking care of the matters in the shop."

Shen Zhu laughed with great difficulty, exhorting them before leaving.

She suddenly remembered that a few days ago, she had discussed the matter of opening a medicinal cuisine hall with Zhou Muqing.

At this moment, Zhou Muqing was standing in the middle of the stairs on the second floor deep in thought.

When he went downstairs, he just happened to see Shen Zhu put the wooden board on the table into an oil paper bag as if it was a cake. He initially thought it was a little funny, but he quickly realized that something was wrong and before he could understand what was going on, she was already walking out of the shop.

Recovering from his shock, Zhou Muqing immediately followed him out.

"Lady Shen, please wait."

Zhou Muqing walked to Shen Zhu's side and stopped, his hand holding onto his fan, he placed it in front of her.

"Boss Zhou? Where are you going? "

Shen Zhu stared blankly for a moment, then explained: "I was just about to go to Hundred Fragrance House to look for you, I didn't expect to meet you here."

"Perfect." Zhou Muqing retracted his fan, with a sound, he opened up the fan in front of his chest and fanned it, "I am preparing to return to Hundred Fragrance House, so I can travel with you."

They walked side by side.

"Lady Shen has specifically come to find me. What's the matter?"

I just want to talk to you about the matter of opening a medicinal cuisine a few days ago. I suggest that you open up a separate layer for me to use as a foot treatment …

Shen Zhu and Zhou Muqing spoke as they walked.

After arriving at the Hundred Fragrance House, Shen Zhu and Zhou Muqing began to discuss the decorative structure of the Medicine Hall and the foot treatment.

"What do you think, Lady Shen?"

Zhou Muqing was extremely interested.

"The Medicine Dining Hall can be divided into three levels, the first level and the second level will be for food therapy, the first level will be for ordinary medicinal food, the second level will be for private rooms, and a custom-made medicinal food will be provided for guests. The third level will be for foot treatment, and the medicinal ingredients will be placed in the water to soak in the water and be massaged …"

After Zhou Muqing finished listening to Shen Zhu's thoughts, he nodded his head and praised: "Lady Shen really has a business mind, this idea is not something that ordinary people can come up with."

"Boss Zhou is too kind."

The two of them carefully analyzed the matter of the Medicine Hall. After a round of discussion, they decided to split the profits between the two, and after the Medicine Hall opened, Zhou Muqing San and Shen Zhu Seven.

"Then it's decided. In two days, I'll have Manager Li see if there's any suitable storefront. When he finds it, I'll get someone to notify you."

Zhou Muqing drank the last mouthful of tea in his cup, then raised his head to look at Shen Zhu, "I think it's getting late, and you didn't bring your servant girl with you. My carriage is just right outside, I'll get the servant to send you back first."

"There's no need to trouble Boss Zhou. I have a lot of things to busy myself with in the past few days, so I won't be going back. Shen Zhu casually found an excuse, then stood up and walked out, "I'll stay at the inn by the side."

"Boss Zhou can come find me at the inn if you are free these two days. I will write a detailed list of the menu and ingredients in the Medicine Hall. If you have any questions, you can ask them at any time.

"Lady Shen, something's wrong with you today, did something happen at home?"

Zhou Muqing sensed that Shen Zhu was abnormal today and spoke a few words of concern.

He didn't have any presumptuous thoughts towards Shen Zhu, as she was a close friend to him.