The days passed quickly, it was already May, Deqing City had already made preparations, the tenth day of the new year was about to hold a trade fair, and the wealthy merchants from all over the country had already come with goods.

The merchants of Deqing City have long been ready, there are goods to trade, a large number of goods have long been stocked, restaurants and inns are whitewashed, waiting to welcome the rich businessmen who live in the store, the rental housing business of the people's homes has gradually begun to boom, there are various service industries, there are special road leaders, there are stevedores, and there are horse-drawn carriages, the business of the dart bureau is also good, and there is an industry, that is, those Qinglou, because more and more merchants from other places are coming, these Qinglou have already transferred many young ladies from Suzhou and Hangzhou, Just waiting for a big profit during the trade fair.

In the anticipation of everyone, the fair finally began, this time for 20 days, this is to take care of the merchants from afar.

Accompanied by Wu Dashan and Wu Lixia, the Bai family took the maid and their daughter Chen Wenhui to the fair. Bai saw a lot of good things at the trade fair. The Bai family, who is now very rich in his hands, made a generous move and decisively bought a lot of things, including exquisite jade ornaments, Suzhou embroidery, rare medicinal materials, porcelain of extraordinary quality, and of course many exquisite satins, such as Shu brocade in Sichuan, gold satin in Suzhou and Hangzhou, and makeup satin. There are also some precious furs from the northeast and northwest, and many inkstones have been purchased for children and husbands. There are end inkstones, she inkstones, and purple gold inkstones. There are also some fine prints, notes, fine pens and inks. In addition to these, Bai also found that there were spices sold on the fourth day, all of which were high-quality products, even in the capital, which were not easy to see, with musk, chicken tongue, agarwood, and sandalwood. Linglingxiang, dipterocarp, stack incense. Angelica angelica, yellow ripe fragrant. Huoxiang, frankincense, raw knotted incense, etc.

What Bai likes the most is that he bought a large number of precious medicinal materials, such as ginseng, deer antler, clams, wolfberry, yam, saffron, angelica, astragalus, snow lotus, bear paw, bear bile, and tiger bone. Tiger whip, Korean ginseng, American ginseng, Codonopsis, Rhodiola rosea, Ganoderma lucidum, Polygonum multiflori, Poria cocos, longan meat, Polygonatum polygonatum, Dendrobium, Gastrodia, Eucommia, Cornus officinalis, Cordyceps sinensis, Purple River car, Antler gum, Ejiao, tortoiseshell gum, turtle shell gum, sea dragon, seahorse, dog kidney, bird's nest, husky toad, Panax notoginseng, saffron, blood exhaustion, white flower snake, antelope horn, etc., all live in the north and south, and it is rare to buy them at this trade fair.

There is also a person who also buys medicinal materials on a large scale at the fair, and this person is the Hu family. Now that Hu has money in his hands, the hospital has been open for two months, and he has made some money, plus the previous donations from everyone, Hu has bought medicinal materials this time.

Bai's and Hu's side made a big purchase. I was very excited, and I shouted, even if there are not so many goods from the north and south in the capital, it is really a gathering of goods from all over the world.

Bai's and Hu's purchases are so small that they can be ignored compared to the trading volume of the entire fair, and the main thing in the trade fair is not retail. It is wholesale, and the merchants look around and see the goods that they are satisfied with, all of which are bought by the whole vehicle.

Although Chen Yuanheng had promised to halve the commercial tax in the trade fair, he couldn't hold back the large amount, so Deqing Mansion still made a lot of money.

Chen Yuanheng happily calculated that it would not be long before he could pay off the road repair money owed to the bank.

The trade fair in Deqing was very successful, and Chen Yuanheng decided to hold such a fair once a year, but his subordinates put forward their opinions, and it was decided to hold it twice a year, once in the first half of the year and once in the second half of the year. Chen Yuanheng thought about it and made sense, so he decided that the first half of the trade fair would be the tenth day of May, and the second half of the year would be the tenth day of October. After this decision was made, it was immediately announced in the market, and all merchants were invited to participate in the fair in the second half of the year. The merchants were also very happy, most of them came with a full load of goods, and when they left, they brought a full load of goods. When they came, they brought their own goods, some local specialties, and some things from their own industries, which were basically sold at the fair. They used the money to buy specialties from other places and prepare to ship them back to sell, and in this way, they all made more or less money. Therefore, they heard that there was another trade fair in the second half of the year, and they were actively preparing to participate, and secretly made up their minds to prepare more goods that were easy to sell at this trade fair.

The success of Deqing's trade fair had a great impact, and everyone in Qingyang City knew about it, and even some people in the capital also knew about it. At this moment, in the Fengyi Palace in the Imperial Palace of the capital, the queen who was still imprisoned no longer had the grace she used to be, and the nearly one-year seclusion was abolished. When she was first confined, the queen only thought that it was temporary, so she was very calm. In this palace, she has spent too many years, seen too many ups and downs, and has long cultivated a tenacious heart. But now, after a year of solitary confinement, the queen can no longer hold on.

The queen's hair is scattered at the moment, and she is alone with a gorgeous phoenix crown, which is the queen's exclusive crown, with twelve golden trees, twelve golden flowers, nine golden phoenixes, and countless pearls inlaid in it, very heavy, very gorgeous, and the eyes of the person who shines on it hurt. But at this moment, such a beautiful phoenix crown is not worn on the carefully combed hair, but in the queen's half-black and half-white emanation, which looks very weird.

The palace maid Chunxi patiently persuaded: "Niangniang, let the slave maid serve you to make up?" ”

The queen sneered: "Does the palace still use makeup?" The emperor hasn't been here for more than a year, he doesn't treat me as a queen for a long time, what kind of queen am I, which queen is not the mother of the world, where is there a person like me who is confined in this suffocating Fengyi Palace? ”

Chunxi was very sad when she heard this, and said forbearingly: "Niangniang is not for herself, but also for the sake of the prince, Niangniang has to cheer up, if you fall, who else does the Wang family rely on, who else does the prince rely on?" ”

The queen laughed "hahaha": "This palace has been doing its best for the Wang family all my life, but what did the Wang family give to this palace?" At the age of thirteen, he went to the emperor's palace and became a good lady of the emperor who was still the crown prince at the time. At that time, the crown princess was Li, the maiden niece of the Queen Mother. But at that time, the palace was not favored, and it was Liangdi Chen who was favored. However, the belly of the palace was angry, and she gave birth to a son first, and the Chen family was never pregnant, which made the Queen Mother unhappy. Moreover, the Chen family should not have plotted against the crown princess. As a result, it was cheaper for the palace, and the palace watched Chen's arrogant fight against the crown princess, and she was pregnant, at this time the emperor ascended the throne, but the crown princess Li was gone, and Chen thought she could become the queen, but ah, can the queen mother be willing? The palace put a little effort in front of the queen mother, and the queen mother helped the palace to be the queen. I really can't forget it, the Chen family was panicked at that time, how could it be that the queen wasn't her? ”

I don't know these spring joys, and I listened to them. The queen continued: "Not only did the Chen family not become a queen, but she did not give birth to a prince, she gave birth to a princess. Hahaha. It's an eye-opener. However, the emperor spoiled her, she didn't get the throne, but she got the emperor's favor. It's a pity, she doesn't know, the most unreliable thing in this world is the emperor's favor. Chen later became pregnant and gave birth to a prince, at this time, she was arrogant, she could be above me? It's a pity, not yet, because the emperor still needs to use the palace. Only the palace and the maiden Wang family of the palace can fight against the Li family, and the queen mother of the fight, is she the Chen family? Poor, she still wants to rely on the emperor's favor to make her son the crown prince, hum, dreaming. This palace killed your son, what will happen to you? You and your Chen family have fallen, right? ”

Chunxi watched the queen speak into the air, as if she was facing Chen Guifei, and couldn't help but be a little scared. The queen suddenly turned around and said with a solemn face: "The palace knows, the Chen family still has the same idea as back then, she wants to pull the prince down and set up her son as the prince, so that she will be the queen and the queen mother in the future." ”

Chunxi said timidly: "Niangniang, the prince of Concubine Chen Guifei has died many years ago. ”

The queen smiled lightly and said, "Silly child, she has a child again, and she is still a little prince who pleases the emperor." ”

Chunxi was puzzled: "Could it be that Chen Guifei is pregnant again?" It's unlikely, although the emperor often goes to Zhongcui Palace to share dinner with Concubine Chen recently, he has never stayed overnight? ”

The queen laughed out loud: "Can she still be reborn?" It's impossible, she doesn't have to give birth to herself, she wants to use Qian Shuyuan, not now Qian Concubine's child as a son. ”

Now Zi Chunxi understood. The queen said, "Chunxi." ”

Chunxi hurriedly agreed. The queen then said, "Go, let Concubine Qian's child die violently." How can such a young child be fed? I want to see if there is no prince this time, what ability does her Chen family have to take the seat of the palace. Is this location of Hongu easy to access? This seat was fought all the way by the palace, and it was taken by my Wang family's son-in-law from the Li family, and the Chen family was delusional that a child born by someone else would be easily taken away, hmph, how could it be. ”

Chunxi took a look at the queen and found that the queen's face did not have the same crazy appearance as before, she was very calm and graceful, as if she had been in the world of mothers. Immediately understood, the queen is not crazy at this time, the queen is a plan after careful consideration, with the queen's decades of experience in the palace, this strategy will definitely work, when the time comes, Chen Guifei will fall off the cliff, and their Fengyi Palace will once again be the mother of the world. Thinking of this, Chun Xi hurriedly agreed.

The queen was left standing silently in the cold palace of Fengyi Palace. The loneliness and desolation of the deep palace surrounded her, around the shining phoenix crown on her head.

ps：

Gong Dou appeared, in fact, he has always liked Chen Guifei, and hopes that Chen Guifei can fulfill her wish.