Things are a bit coincidental, when An Xiabai spoke, the concubines happened to put away their voices, and when they heard her say that the Beauty Pavilion turned out to be their own property, they all showed surprised expressions.

"How can the Beauty Pavilion be your property?" Fengyi Zhu is the least calm about this.

Isn't An Xiabai a village woman from the countryside, but she just relied on luck to marry Lu Li as her wife, and she doesn't look like a person who knows how to develop rouge gouache.

But in front of the emperor and empress, An Xiabai will never lie, right?

Unless it's a death, no one will talk nonsense in front of the emperor.

"To be more precise, Beauty Pavilion is a shop that my friend and I jointly opened, and the two of us run the things in it together." An Xiabai was not modest at all, she stated the facts, "Originally, I only wanted to open two shops in the capital to take care of them slowly, but I didn't expect that the restaurant and the beauty pavilion were doing well, which really surprised me." ”

When the prince on his side heard this, he smiled admiringly and said: "I don't know what the beauty pavilion is, but I have been to the restaurant downstairs, and the dishes of that restaurant are very special, and I think it was also designed by Mrs. Lu herself?" ”

An Xiabai said modestly: "Among them, there is no shortage of friends' efforts. ”

Her words were directly ignored, and she was only regarded as the behind-the-scenes boss of the restaurant and the Beauty Pavilion, and she admired her very much: "A virtuous person like Mrs. Lu, I'm afraid I can't find a second one in the capital, General Lu is really blessed." ”

Lu Li never spared no effort in praising Tang Luoying, and he also accepted all the praise from others.

Because his wife is indeed very good.

The most ugly person on the banquet was Fengyi Zhu, after all, she was the one who spoke first to embarrass An Xiabai.

An Xiabai could see her hostility towards her, but she couldn't figure out where she had offended this noble princess.

His Royal Highness the Prince, who was sitting next to her, saw the uneasiness in the corners of her eyes and eyebrows, and said with a smile: "Don't pay attention to her, she is just a child's temper, and she likes to compare everything with others." ”

As a result, except for his life experience, he is not as good as others.

was deliberately exposed by the crown prince, and the expression on Feng Yi Zhu's face became more and more unpleasant, she snorted coldly, and turned her head back to her seat.

The banquet lasted for more than an hour, and during the banquet, some people continued to toast An Xiabai on the grounds of admiration, but they were all blocked by Lu Li on the grounds that An Xiabai was not in good health, and finally waited until the banquet was over, and when they were about to leave the palace, the voice of the internal official came from behind them: "General Lu and Mrs. Lu, please stay." ”

At the same time, the empress was puzzled by the emperor's instructions: "The emperor has something to ask, and he can just ask it directly at the banquet, so why bother to invite someone after the banquet?" ”

"You don't understand this, there are some things that should be left to the future." The Emperor smiled mysteriously.

At this time, they sat in the emperor's palace, with all kinds of fruits in front of them, and only two or three concubines were served, as well as the queen and the crown prince.

"What is it that matters?" The queen asked, puzzled.

"Don't you think the two Lu families are characters worth wooing?" The emperor glanced at the crown prince and said, "Let's talk about Lu Li first, he is young and promising, not only has he repeatedly performed miraculous feats on the battlefield, but he also handled what he should do well when he was on an errand in the capital, from the time he became the leader of the Praetorian Guard to the present, there are almost no major events in the capital, this is his ability." ”

Lu Li's future is limitless, the queen understands this, what she can't understand is An Xiabai: "What about his wife?" ”

The emperor just said that An Xiabai is also a figure worth wooing, which is clearly to separate the two people.

"That's a good question."

He smiled and told the dazed queen that An Xiabai was actually very valuable, and her ability was not under Lu Li.

"If it's a man, he may be a good hand when he goes to the battlefield to plan." The emperor spoke highly of her.

The business in the capital seems to be prosperous and lively, but in fact it is monopolized by various forces, and it is not a simple thing to open the door and do business in the capital.

It doesn't matter if she's lucky, or if she has the strength, it's not easy to make a name for herself.

"Huang'er, aren't you quite interested in the new things in the capital, haven't you heard of her restaurant and beauty shop?" Halfway through the emperor's words, the topic shifted to the crown prince.

The prince was stunned for a moment, and then nodded: "I've heard of it, I thought it was an industry secretly purchased by a big family, but I didn't expect him to belong to the Lu family." The prince exclaimed, "You must know that it has been less than half a year since Mrs. Lu entered Beijing and was surprised, and it is really amazing to be able to do things that others may not be able to do with half a lifetime of hard work." ”

Listening to their father and son singing and talking about An Xiabai, the queen's expression changed slightly, and she couldn't help but add a little respect in her heart: "Listening to you say this, Mrs. Lu is really a great character." ”

Such a person is best able to win over to himself.

After all, no one in the world will dislike that they have a lot of money, and if a war really breaks out in the future, there will be a place to use money.

said that Cao Cao Cao arrived, and when they were talking about Tang Luoying and Nangong Chen, the little couple gradually appeared in their sight: "I have seen the emperor, the queen and the prince." ”

I thought that the queen was the only one who invited them over, but I didn't expect the prince and the emperor to be there, and An Xiabai suddenly began to be worried.

"Don't panic, sit down first." The Emperor smiled kindly.

"I don't know what happened to you, Queen Mother, you summoned us over?" Lu Li asked respectfully.

There was a light smile on the corner of the queen's lips: "This palace mainly wants to invite Mrs. Lu to talk to Ali, the beauty pavilion is her industry, and this palace has admired it for a long time, but I really don't have any free time to go out and walk around, so I want her to help me take a look at this face, as well as skin care matters." ”

An Xiabai did not doubt it, and when she saw that the queen had summoned her to sit beside her, she sat down, and then carefully began to observe her face.

"What product should I use?" The queen asked, she was a little shy about this, "Although the palace is not young, everyone has a love for beauty, and I hope that Mrs. Lu will not laugh at the palace." ”

"The courtiers don't dare, the queen can afford to look down on the beauty pavilion, so that we are blessed." She thought for a while, and reported all the things that the queen could use in the beauty pavilion: "As long as the queen mother uses it on time, it won't be long before the skin on her face will be tender and smooth, like a girl." ”

Perhaps because An Xiabai looked too serious when he spoke, the prince couldn't help but ask: "Can these so-called skin care products really have this effect?" ”

An Xiabai smiled and said yes, and he was a little more puzzled.

"I've heard that even the advertisements in your shop are different from others when they opened, is this really the case?" The Emperor asked.

An Xia Bai admitted: "The way we expand our popularity is really different from other stores, they are all shouting, and the advertisements of our shops are mainly helped by the famous beauties in Beijing." ”

Because of the curiosity of the emperor and empress, she deliberately retold the way she advertised.

"Although the reputation was not good at the beginning, it was able to spread the reputation of the store throughout the capital." The prince raised his eyebrows and analyzed, "The success of the Beauty Pavilion today mainly depends on the utility of the product, I have to say, Mrs. Lu, you are really a business wizard, you can think of all the things that others didn't expect, it's really amazing." ”

When the queen heard this, she hurriedly smiled and agreed, but she didn't move on the surface, but she actually had a calculation in her heart.

The emperor said from the beginning that An Xiabai and Lu Li are not ordinary people, especially An Xiabai, her business acumen is indeed surprising, even so, why not let the prince take them under the crown when they came to the capital not long after they came to the capital, and their wings were not yet full?

She secretly patted the prince's hand and asked him to pay attention to her eyes.

"Mrs. Lu runs the family property alone, what difficulties have she encountered?" The queen asked with a smile.

An Xiabai exchanged glances with Lu Li, and wanted to say that the journey was smooth and she had not encountered any major events, but she was afraid that she would be remembered by the two people in front of her if she was too sharp, so she said that she had indeed encountered difficulties.

"But my husband helped solve it when he was free."

The queen squinted her eyes and smiled: "General Lu has an important position, and it is estimated that he will be busy in the future, Mrs. Lu, do you have any plans to cooperate with others?" ”

An Xiabai's expression did not move, her heart was full of shock, the queen obviously meant to win over?

Cooperating with the royal family, wouldn't it be possible for him to embark on the path of his father's previous life and become an imperial businessman?

An Xiabai was looking forward and uneasy, looking forward to it because she knew that becoming an imperial merchant could bring huge benefits to herself, and she was uneasy because of the hidden dangers.

The water in the capital is too deep, and she herself is still young, so she may not be able to fight some old guys in the capital.

"The woman wanted to cooperate, but unfortunately she never found a suitable one." An Xia Bai smiled lightly, "Maybe it's because of no fate." ”

When the opportunity came, the queen proposed: "It just so happens that the prince is a little interested in business matters, why don't you cooperate with Mrs. Lu?" ”

Although the crown prince is a member of the royal family and is not deeply involved in commercial matters, but behind him is the royal family and the entire treasury, if he can cooperate with him, wouldn't he be able to do business sideways in the capital in the future, and no longer have to worry about the problem of start-up capital, which is definitely a pie-in-the-sky good thing for An Xiabai.

"The prince is willing to cooperate with me?" An Xia turned to look at the crown prince.

The latter was really not interested in business, and he wouldn't even bother to listen if it weren't for the queen's hand holding his hand tightly.

When An Xiabai's gaze fell on him, I don't know why, he trembled, and subconsciously said yes.

The emperor looked happy next to him, and couldn't help nodding and said: "It's not a bad thing to learn more things, and the prince will trouble Mrs. Lu to take more care of it in the future." ”

"That's as it should be." She said modestly.

The queen's gaze fell from her face, and when she saw her shaking hands with Lu Li under the table, she sighed in her heart: "Mrs. Lu and General Lu are really a couple, which makes people envious." ”