Chapter 240: All Regret to Death!
Village Chief Gu, upon hearing this, glanced at the Jin Kingdom Emperor and rolled his eyes at him. “What’s so great about the Crown Princess? Then can you make Xingnong the Crown Princess?”
Jin Kingdom Emperor: “. . .”
He can’t!
He also doesn’t want to!
All the villagers looked at the Jin Kingdom Emperor as if he were an idiot:
“What’s so great about the Crown Princess? The Crown Princess is the future Empress!”
“The Crown Princess is the most noble woman in the future, except for the Empress and the Empress Dowager!”
“Mother of the world, her nobility is beyond words! What do you mean, what’s so great about it!”
“Don’t talk nonsense! What’s not great about it? The Crown Princess is the most noble woman in the world!”
The Jin Kingdom Emperor didn’t argue with them. It wasn’t convenient for him to reveal his identity now. After all, he had come to Chu State without permission. He muttered in a low voice, “Just a Crown Princess! There’s still the Emperor, the Crown Prince, the Empress Dowager, and the Empress above her. Is there anyone more powerful than the female ruler?”
Everyone ignored the Jin Kingdom Emperor and enthusiastically discussed how to celebrate.
Village Chief Gu: “My Xingnong girl is truly amazing! Crown Princess! The Emperor himself bestowed a marriage upon her to be the Crown Princess! Our Peach Blossom Village has produced a golden phoenix! We must celebrate properly! Tonight, we’ll have a grand feast! Come to my house to eat! Every single person in the village is invited!”
“The village chief is right, we must celebrate properly! Once is not enough! Tomorrow, I’ll host, come to my house to eat! Every single person in the village, come!”
Madam Gu and Shen Ruoxi pulled Xingnong back into the house.
Madam Gu was both happy and worried: “Why did the Emperor suddenly bestow a marriage upon you and the Crown Prince?”
The happy thing was, becoming the Crown Princess, Xingnong would enjoy endless wealth and honor in the future!
No need to worry about her living a hard life anymore!
The worry was, is this wealth and honor too great?
Once you enter the palace, it’s as deep as the sea. The Crown Prince will be the Emperor in the future. The Emperor’s harem has countless women. Although this life has wealth, wouldn’t it be distressing?
Xingqing happily followed: “Of course, it’s because the Crown Prince likes elder sister and requested the decree from the Emperor!”
Shen Ruoxi didn’t know many things before. Her family didn’t tell her to avoid worrying her. At this moment, she asked, “Xingnong, is the Crown Prince Shiye? Is he your senior brother?”
Xingnong nodded: “It’s him!”
Shen Ruoxi was a face-con. Hearing this, she nodded: “En, not bad, you are a talented man and a beautiful woman!”
Madam Gu: “. . .”
Her daughter was only concerned about appearances.
But Shiye was indeed a good person!
But being a good person doesn’t mean he is a good husband!
But the matter has come to this, Madam Gu also knew there was no way to change it.
She asked: “Do we need to go to the capital?”
The workshop had just been built not long ago. What would happen after going to the capital?
Xingnong shook her head: “Not for now, the wedding date hasn’t been set yet! It’ll probably take at least half a year!”
Madam Gu breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. “Since the marriage is settled, Xingnong, you shouldn’t run around anymore. Stay at home and embroider your dowry!”
Xingnong: “. . .”
Shen Ruoxi happily said: “Xingnong, mother will help you embroider! Where do I have so many good fabrics?”
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Xingqing also happily said: “I want to embroider too!”
Xingnong wanted to say it wasn’t necessary, the palace would prepare it, but thinking about it, she didn’t say it. It was good that they were happy.
Anyway, embroidering dowry was just embroidering quilts, pillowcases, and the like, which could be used.
So the two immediately went back to their rooms and rummaged through their belongings.
Madam Gu, thinking about the dowry, also turned and went back to her room.
Outside, Village Chief Gu took the villagers to the city to buy meat, and other villagers also went to the vegetable gardens to pick vegetables!
In the vegetable garden, the village chief’s wife also thought of Xingnong’s dowry problem. She said to the women in the village: “Xingnong spent so much silver on the workshop, I guess all the silver she earned has been spent. Let’s all help out with Xingnong’s dowry!”
Matchmaker Zhang immediately said: “That’s a must! I will definitely prepare a generous dowry for Xingnong! Just like marrying off my own daughter!”
Aunt Lei: “Xingnong is like my own daughter. I’ve been thinking about preparing a dowry for her when she gets married!”
Other women also said: “Village Chief’s wife, don’t worry, I will definitely contribute to Xingnong’s dowry!”
“I will too! I will prepare even more than I did for my own daughter. After all, the silver my family has is all thanks to Xingnong!”
This day, Peach Blossom Village was very lively. The nearby villages all knew that Peach Blossom Village had produced a golden phoenix!
The Crown Princess!
This was truly flying up to the branches and becoming a phoenix!
The people of Plum Blossom Village, after hearing this, were all filled with regret!
They had driven a golden phoenix out of their village!
Originally, everyone thought Shen Mingzhu would be the golden phoenix of Plum Blossom Village. But unexpectedly, she had the fate to become the Emperor’s woman, but she lacked the fortune! After being the Emperor’s concubine for a few days, she was thrown into prison!
The Shen Family Winery was prosperous for a while, but now it’s almost bankrupt!
And even if the Shen Family Winery was still around, Shen Shihua didn’t give the villagers of Plum Blossom Village many benefits. Renting land to them doesn’t mean they don’t have to pay taxes.
The eldest branch of the Shen family never hired villagers to work in the winery, let alone shared profits with them.
Look at Peach Blossom Village now, those two workshops have only been open for two months, and the villagers of Peach Blossom Village have already earned hundreds of taels of silver each!
Throughout the New Year, the villagers of Peach Blossom Village ate meat every day, everyone wore new clothes, and even rabbit fur cloaks that only wealthy people wore.
Every household in Peach Blossom Village was discussing building new houses after spring!
Previously, Peach Blossom Village was a refugee village. Now, not only are they about to build new houses, but every household has land and fields.
Now in the entire Futai County, no, it should be said in the entire Chu State, which village’s people have as much silver as the people of Peach Blossom Village?
Shen Family’s Eldest Branch
Shen Wanshan simply couldn’t believe it was true!
He looked at his son in shock: “Are you telling the truth, Shen Xingnong really became the Crown Princess? How is this possible? She actually became the Crown Princess?! How come Mingzhu only became a concubine!”
The Crown Princess!
Shen Xingnong was dark and ugly, and also a bastard with an unknown father. How could a person with such a background become the Crown Princess? Could it be that the Emperor has become senile?
Shen Shihua said dejectedly: “The imperial decree has been issued! It can’t be fake! It’s all mother’s fault. She didn’t treat elder aunt’s family well before. Now it’s good, the relationship is so strained. Xingnong has become the Crown Princess, we won’t get any benefits!”
Yao Shi agreed with Shen Wanshan in her heart, but after hearing Shen Shihua’s words, she said: “Li Shi made a mistake, father has already divorced her! Xingnong’s surname is Shen, you can’t write two Shen characters differently. Xingnong is a child of our Shen family. Now that she is the Crown Princess, it’s even more important to emphasize acknowledging her ancestry and returning to the clan. Otherwise, a person with an unknown father and separated from the clan, all the civil and military officials will look down on her! Father, you go pick up Xingnong tomorrow! We can’t let the people of Peach Blossom Village take all the benefits! Xingnong was raised by our Shen family! She has nothing to do with their Peach Blossom Village!”
