Quick time travel villain god is a bit skinny

Chapter 888

Ever since Zhao Ji banned the marriage between him and Wei Lanzhi with the emperor's decree, he felt that he had been reborn and regained his freedom!

Recently, Ling Xiao was preparing for the Baishi Art Gallery. Liang Dong did not follow his colleagues to the brothel Chu Pavilion to have fun and drink flowers and wine. Instead, he stayed in the study with peace of mind and devoted himself to painting and calligraphy.

In fact, Ling Xiao didn't have any demands on him.

Even if he took a concubine, married a beautiful young wife to help him with housework, or gave him red sleeves, Ling Xiao had no objection.

But Liang Dong was injured, struggled hard in his previous marriage, worked hard, and now he has a psychological shadow on the woman, so he dare not try a second marriage easily!
During dinner, Liang Dong ate quietly without saying a word.

There is nothing to say about Ling Xiao's cooking skills. Even the housekeeper Zhang Bo praised her. If she wasn't the daughter of the Liang family, she could make a name for herself in the capital just by relying on her superb cooking skills.

Zhao Ji was relaxed and calm, adding vegetables and soup to Ling Xiao from time to time.

Ling Xiao felt at ease, and was very conniving towards him, and didn't stop him.

Liang Dong was forced to swallow a large amount of dog food, which was so sweet.

But he is also happy.

In the evening, Ling Xiao sorted out the calligraphy and painting works, and sent them to the Baishi Art Gallery in person. She and Liang Dong hired a gallery manager. The manager was originally a down-and-out Jinshi talent. Background, has not been reused, did not obtain a reliable official position.

He was out of work at home, and was introduced by someone to come to Lingxiao's Baishi Art Gallery to take up the post. After all, he is a traditional literati who has been admitted to Jinshi, and his appreciation of calligraphy and painting is still top-notch.

The salary Ling Xiao gave him was quite generous, and he could also get dividends and commissions. He was naturally quite satisfied with Ling Xiao, the young boss.

Qi Wen started working in Baishi Art Museum, and within a month, he sold hundreds of paintings and dozens of calligraphy copybooks, which can be said to be quite fruitful, with a full profit of 3000 taels of silver.

Ling Xiao came to Baishi Art Gallery to check the account book, and Qi Wen explained: "Shaodong's family! Those literati heard that there were poems written by Su Mingxu and the emperor in the works of my art gallery, and they all seemed crazy. The works on the shelves were all sold out! Later, when we became famous, the supply of works in the gallery was in short supply, and many people rushed to make reservations..."

Sure enough, Su Mingxu is a movable type signboard, and he still has the appeal of a great writer in the world.

As for the emperor, he was a well-known young talent, a high-ranking supreme being, and being able to obtain his calligraphy was naturally the most enthusiastic thing for those literati and dignitaries.

Ling Xiao checked the account book and said with a smile: "I will give you a dividend this month. You can take the money and go back and take the old mother to the capital to take care of her!"

Qi Wen's eyes turned red suddenly, unexpectedly, Ling Xiao actually knew the situation in his hometown, and also knew that he had always been worried about that old mother!
After he was admitted as a Jinshi, he experienced ups and downs in the officialdom, and he was always depressed. Without a considerable family background in the capital, it was difficult to get ahead.

He does not earn much money, so it is difficult to take care of his mother in his hometown. Even so, he still goes back to his hometown every year to send some necessary daily necessities and pocket money to his old mother.

Hearing Ling Xiao's persuasion, Qi Wen bowed gratefully, and said with a smile: "Thank you, Young Master, for your concern and understanding!"

Next, Ling Xiao concentrated on managing the Baishi Art Gallery. With the blessings of Su Mingxu and the emperor, she took advantage of the situation and quickly developed the Baishi Art Gallery into one of the four major art galleries in the capital. The monthly net profit also increased. Keep it at more than a thousand taels of silver.

On this day, Ling Xiao came to Liang Dong's study to help him tidy up the works he had just finished.

Because some works are more expensive than fine, Liang Dong did not squander his talent recklessly, but regularly released his works in Baishi Art Gallery, so that there is a rare value that can be lived in.

Ling Xiao took Liang Dong's paintings to the Baishi Art Gallery for people to appreciate and taste, and also gave Su Mingxu tens of thousands of taels of silver as a reward, all of which were personal money earned from selling the paintings.

After Su Mingxu received the money, he was very grateful to Ling Xiao.

As the saying goes, money can make a ghost run the mill.

If it hadn't been for Ling Xiao to sell works for him, I'm afraid his family would still be unable to make ends meet, and the family in the mansion would not be able to live a peaceful and carefree life.

The first step is to have a good work.

The second step is to have proper operation and promotion.

The third step is to wait for the money to be collected, and then try to maintain the output of high-quality goods, so that rare goods can be lived in.

After Ling Xiao delivered the money to Su Mingxu, he returned to the Liang Mansion, and saw a young woman in a gorgeous palace dress standing in the flower hall admiring the paintings.

Zhang Bo, the butler at the side, laughed softly: "Miss, she is Concubine Han Guifei!"

Ling Xiao's expression froze suddenly, and he went forward to greet Han Xuemei in a friendly way.

Han Xuemei looked her up and down, and after appraising her, she straight to the point and said with a smile: "I am here to summon you under the order of the Queen Mother."

Ling Xiao agreed with a calm expression.

"The Empress Dowager intends to let you enter the palace, but before that, she wants to have a heart-to-heart talk with you. I wonder what Miss Liang would like?"

Ling Xiao smiled reservedly: "Then follow the queen mother's arrangement!"

A hint of sarcasm suddenly flashed in Han Xuemei's eyes, and she smiled hypocritically: "Have you been dating the emperor for a long time? He hasn't mentioned it to you and let you enter the harem?"

Ling Xiao is not willing to enter the palace in his heart, he has no freedom, and is restricted everywhere, and sometimes he has to pay attention to etiquette, and he must not make mistakes, otherwise it will cause slander and suspicion from outsiders.

Ling Xiao replied calmly: "The emperor never mentioned it to me."

"Oh?" Han Xuemei thought of Zhao Ji's alienation and indifference these days, and she felt uneasy, and said with a smile, "There is a set of rules to follow when entering the palace. I hope you will learn the etiquette and rules of the palace with the old lady arranged by the queen mother."

Ling Xiao didn't say much.

Zhao Ji went down to work in the imperial study, when the eunuch Su Mo suddenly came forward.

"Your Majesty! I heard that the Empress Dowager sent someone to bring Miss Liang in!"

Zhao Ji was shocked immediately.

He also knows that Ling Xiao likes to live a free life, and he hasn't considered how to arrange Ling Xiao's position. He didn't expect that the Queen Mother would take the lead?
Zhao Ji was not in the mood to work, so he handed over the remaining memorials and briefings to Liang Dong and his close officials, signaling them to read all the memorials, and then he hurried to the Compassionate Palace where the Empress Dowager lived.

In the Cining Palace.

Ling Xiao followed Han Xuemei into the palace, and saw the empress dowager, who was wearing a purple peony skirt with rich and noble patterns, at first glance she looked kind and kind, but in fact she was shrewd and sophisticated.

The Queen Mother beat Ling Xiao up, and then sent an old woman to teach Ling Xiao etiquette and rules.

The old mother looks a bit mean, treats her servants a bit harshly, and even has a bit of pretentiousness. Seeing that Ling Xiao has no harem rank, she mistakenly thinks that she is not to be favored. all over.

Of course Ling Xiao didn't want to, so he directly retorted: "Mother Tang! There are complicated affairs in my mansion, and it's better to leave these things to those women who are free!"

Tang Momo's face suddenly became angry, and she threatened fiercely: "Presumptuous! I was sent by the queen mother! Do whatever the queen mother asks you to do! Do you want to disobey the queen mother?"

Ling Xiao ignored her and turned around to leave.

"It's reversed! You little hoof! Do you still want to enter the palace to serve the emperor?"

Mammy Tang stretched out her hand to push, but Ling Xiao quickly dodged away!

Nanny Tang became furious, and immediately returned to the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and told the Empress Dowager about this incident with embellishment. The Empress Dowager always trusted this Nanny Tang.

After listening to Tang Momo's instigation, the queen mother put on a tiger face: "This Liang Lingxiao is really courageous! Even if the emperor likes her, she doesn't have the qualifications to fight against the Ai family!"

(End of this chapter)