Chapter 290: Meeting the Rival at the Celebration Banquet
Chapter 290: Meeting the Rival at the Celebration Banquet
Finally, three years later, with the unremitting efforts of Luo Ying and others, Taohua Niang became a hot brand in Shaoxing City. Luo Ying also realized her original plan. All the profits from Taohua Niang were used to help women start their own businesses and helped many needy families out of their difficulties. More and more women joined their team, and they opened girls' schools, providing more and more women with free learning and entrepreneurial opportunities.
They held a celebration banquet in the mansion. Shao Hanyue raised her glass and said to Luo Ying, "Congratulations, sister. You have finally achieved your first goal in the mortal world and become the female patron saint of Shaoxing City."
Luo Ying stood up and happily raised his glass to drink it all, smiling and saying, "Thanks to your help, we can develop so fast. But I still have to work hard, I'm still a long way from becoming the patron saint of women in the world!"
Luo Ying filled the glass again and said to Lu Guihuang: "This is for Brother Guihuang. Thanks to the support of you, the God of Wealth, we can become bigger and stronger."
Lu Guihuang stood up and said with a smile: "I didn't contribute much! You didn't want my cornucopia, and you didn't let me summon the Nine Gods of Wealth to attract customers for you. I just provided a little start-up capital in the early stage. Today's achievements are all due to your personal virtue."
Luo Ying asked in confusion: "Virtue?"
Lu Guihuang smiled and explained, "Yes! Virtue comes first and wealth comes last. When virtue comes, wealth will automatically match it. People with virtue have the wisdom to spend money, so they will spend money on places that benefit the public. As a result, the money flows back, benefits the public again, and flows back again, and the cycle repeats. The money is just a circulation for them. Ordinary people only see that others are rich, but they don't see the rules behind it. There is a way to make money, and it is compassionate and happy to give.
Because people with virtue are selfless, they have long since lost their ego. In other words, their ego has long since become a great ego, which is boundless. A family that accumulates good will surely have good fortune, while a family that accumulates evil will surely have disaster. A person with wealth must be virtuous. If he is not virtuous in this life, then he has good fortune from his ancestors. But if others are virtuous and do evil, then their virtue is not worthy of their position, and they will surely suffer disaster. Even if they have huge wealth for a while, because their wealth is not worthy of their position, they will eventually slowly consume it, and even be burdened with huge debts. "
Luo Ying thought of the wealth he once had in the real world, which had vanished like a passing cloud, and the huge debt he was burdened with. He couldn't help but blurt out: "It turns out that the fundamental reason why I can't keep my wealth is because my wealth doesn't match my position!"
Lu Guihuang looked at Luo Ying and said seriously: "God treats all beings equally, and everything in the world is a manifestation of virtue. God will distribute wealth to everyone according to their virtue. So, when your purpose of gaining wealth is to make more people live better, then you are already helping God complete the task assigned by God. Then God will concentrate all the wealth in your hands and let you help God distribute it to more people in need."
Xiao Qingxiu suddenly realized and said, "No wonder Ying Shuai, even though he gave all the sales profits to others, was able to accumulate more and more wealth."
Lu Guihuang laughed at Xiao Qingxiu and said, "The bigger your heart is, the bigger your virtue will be. When a person makes money for himself, then the money he can earn is only enough for his own expenses; when a person makes money to make his parents' lives better, then the money he can earn will definitely allow his parents to live a good life; when a person makes money to make his family and employees live a good life, then the money he can earn will definitely allow his family and employees to live a good life."
Lu Guihuang unconsciously looked at Luo Ying and said, "When a person makes money for the purpose of helping people in need all over the world, then she transcends the limitations of wealth and becomes a spiritual leader for the people she wants to help."
Shao Hanyue took over Lu Guihuang's words and said with emotion: "No wonder Sister was able to realize her dream so quickly even though Manager Lu did not use the Nine Gods of Wealth to help. It is because Sister cares about others and is just a messenger of God's distribution of wealth. Is that right?"
Lu Guihuang smiled and nodded. Luo Ying happily raised his glass and said to Lu Guihuang: "No matter what, I still have to thank you, Brother Guihuang. You have given me a lot of valuable advice along the way. These advices cannot be bought with any amount of money, and it is because of these advices that the product has been a great success."
After saying that, he drank it all in one gulp, and Lu Guihuang also drank the wine in the glass with a smile.
The four of them sat together and chatted happily. At this time, the servant came to report: "Miss Luo, your guests have arrived."
Lu Guihuang looked at Luo Ying in surprise and asked, "Guest?"
At this time, Emperor Zhenwu came in with She Huaichuan and Gui Moyun.
Lu Guihuang's face suddenly darkened, and he asked Luo Ying in a low voice: "Why did you invite them?"
Luo Ying took Lu Guihuang's arm and coaxed him in a low voice, "Over the past three years, the Duke of Zhenguo and his men have also made a lot of efforts. Since today is a celebration banquet, we should naturally invite them! Brother Guihuang, please give me some face and don't quarrel with him!"
Shao Hanyue took the initiative to give up the seat next to Luo Ying to let Emperor Zhenwu sit down.
Lu Guihuang turned his face away in anger. Luo Ying grabbed Lu Guihuang's hand under the table. Lu Guihuang glanced at Luo Ying and suppressed the anger in his heart.
Luo Ying filled his glass with wine, stood up and said to the Great Emperor Zhenwu: "This is for the Duke of Zhenguo. Thank you for your help over the past three years, which has enabled us to achieve what we have today."
The Great Emperor Zhenwu stood up, pressed her wine glass with his hand, and said to her gently with a smile on his face: "I appreciate your kindness, but the wine in heaven is very strong, don't get drunk."
When Emperor Lu Gui heard this, he stood up and looked at Emperor Zhenwu, and asked in surprise: "How...how do you know this is wine from heaven?"
Luo Ying was stunned by his sudden question.
Shao Hanyue quickly stood up to smooth things over and said, "Um...what...oh...don't you all praise my sister for brewing wine that is only found in heaven? Right? The Duke of Zhenguo..."
Emperor Zhenwu immediately reacted and teased Luo Ying, "Yes! Now everyone is praising Miss Luo as a fairy from heaven who can brew such fine wine."
Luo Ying immediately responded with a silly smile. At this time, there was a loud noise of gongs and drums outside the door. Luo Ying asked curiously, "Why is it so lively outside?"
The servant came to report: "Wang Hua from the Wang family of Yuyao has won the first place in the imperial examination."
Luo Ying's heart tightened, and he blurted out: "But Wang Shouren's father won the first place in the imperial examination?"
The servant replied: "That's right."
Luo Ying couldn't help but blurt out: "It really is a family of scholars. Their grandfather was already so great, and now their father has become the top scorer in the imperial examination."
Emperor Zhenwu asked curiously, "Why are you so interested in the Wang family?"
Luo Ying smiled awkwardly and said: "Um...what..."
Emperor Zhenwu blurted out: "Could it be that this Wang family is...your master..."
Luo Ying looked at him in horror and quickly covered his mouth.
Emperor Lu Gui had heard it, and he looked at the Great Emperor Zhenwu in shock and asked Luo Ying: "How did he know about your master?"
Luo Ying really didn't know how to answer this time. She looked at Shao Hanyue helplessly. Shao Hanyue stammered, "Master... Master... Ah! That... Why do you know about the Duke of Zhenguo?"
Shao Hanyue didn't know how to answer, so she could only throw the question back to Emperor Zhenwu.
Emperor Zhenwu broke off Luo Ying's hand, looked at Luo Ying calmly and said, "Didn't you tell me last time? The child from the Wang family looks a lot like your master when he was a child."
Luo Ying came back to his senses, smiled foolishly and said, "Yes! Yes! I told you that. Haha! I had forgotten!"
Lu Guihuang stared at Luo Ying uncertainly and asked questioningly, "Did you really tell him that? Why do I feel like he knows more about you than I do?"
Luo Ying quickly put one hand on Lu Guihuang's arm and coaxed him, "How is that possible? We eat and live together every day. How could he know me better than you, right?"
After hearing what Luo Ying said, Zhenwu Emperor looked very unhappy. Just when he was about to lose his temper, Luo Ying quickly took Zhenwu Emperor's arm with his other hand and coaxed him, "Today is a celebration banquet, you should be happy, right?"
After finally calming the two of them down, Luo Ying let out a sigh of relief.
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