The son of the red mansion is unscrupulous

When the group arrived in the suburbs, they saw Wu Tianyou's half-built pavilions and pavilions from a distance. The bare bricks and stones, exposed buildings suddenly protruded from the high walls, which neither looked grand nor elegant.

Ge Kui sighed: "Good guy, this garden needs a million dollars to build."

Jia Lian also looked over there, repeatedly saying in his heart that it was lucky, if Jia's family came to repair it, it might cost a lot of money; besides, Jia's family was in the city, and the noble concubine could pay more attention. Wu's family was in the suburbs. It took a lot of effort to go back and forth, fearing that Concubine Wu Guifei would be urged to go back to the palace by the eunuch after she came out of the palace and bumped all the way to the suburbs.

"Look, Uncle Xue, Brother Yun, and Brother Zao are here." Zhao Tianliang pointed to the other courtyard of the Wu family.

When everyone looked around, they saw Xue Pan, Jia Yun, and Jia Zao riding horses wrapped in heavy cloaks, followed by a group of young servants.

"Second Brother Lian is going to Shenji Camp?" Xue Pan shouted a hundred steps away.

Jia Lian nodded.

Xue Pan rode over and said proudly: "The affairs of the Wu family can't be done without me. I was ordered to do business, whether he is the sacred tree of the South China Sea or the holy flower of Dongshan Mountain, he can't handle any of them without my hands. Come."

"You're too busy." Jia Lian laughed.

"Isn't it? It's only fifteen, and I'm going to be busy in Wu's house and Zhou's house." Xue Pan rubbed his hands happily.

Jia Lian said with a smile: "If you miss this village, there is no such shop. It's just that your uncle of the Jingying Jiedushi..."

Xue Pan curled his lips, and said with a sneer: "He really thinks, seeing Baochai enter the palace, he brags in front of my mother that it is his credit. Fortunately, the eldest sister is now in charge, otherwise the whole family will move to Wang's house Woolen cloth."

Jia Lian nodded.

Xue Panlang laughed, took another two steps forward, and asked Jia Lian nervously, "Second brother Lian, Dai Quan came to find me for money, and asked me to sell some of his things to Zhou and Wu at a high price. He swore that it was something he got in the palace, but my uncle's family had been in charge of the tributes and congratulations from various countries before. My mother saw it and said that this was enshrined by the Queen of Qianxiang Kingdom in a certain year, and that it was presented by Zixu Kingdom in a certain year Hearing this made me feel nervous, thinking that no matter what Dai Quan did, he would not be worthy of such a pile of treasures. You said, this matter, can you not do it? After all, it is something in the imperial treasury. "

Jia Lian laughed and said, "How much money will he draw from it?"

Xue Pan hurriedly said: "Chang Sheng is also helping me to cross the bridge and set up wires between Zhou and Wu. I originally shared with my eldest sister. As for the things sent by Dai Quan, I will share with him fifty-fifty. Chang Sheng, A thousand and eight hundred a month is enough."

Jia Lian pinched his fingers and calculated, "Let me advise you, give Chang Sheng the thousand and eight hundred, and give Dai Quan that. Not only will you give him the money that Dai Quan brought, but you will also buy it yourself." The silver earned from the goods will be given to him after deducting the cost.”

Xue Pan was taken aback, opened his eyes wide and said, "Second Brother, give Dai Quan all the money we make, so our work is wasted?"

"Confused, don't make big mistakes because of small things. You have little eyes. When you meet Dai Quan, you only treat him like an emperor. You complain that Zhou and Wu spend the royal money and don't know how to feel sorry for it. Please Dai Quan quietly donate the money to the treasury." Wait. Be sure to do enough tricks to let Dai Quan know that you are not a greedy person. I guess Dai Quan is reselling something, and what he is reselling is something in the imperial treasury. No one ordered Dai Quan to do this. You don't dare to do it either. Besides, the money you earn comes from the imperial treasury. Tell the money to go back and forth, so that you don't appear to be mercenary." Jia Lian coaxed.

Xue Pan suddenly became enlightened, he thought that showing his face in front of the emperor would be more honorable than earning money, he hurriedly said with a smile: "Second brother Lian said that Dai Quan was ordered by the emperor to test me?"

Jia Lian went to see Ge Kui.

Ge Kui said with a smile: "How can there be such a coincidence that the emperor asked you to be an imperial merchant and ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Households to help you revive your family business, and then asked the two noble concubines to visit relatives. It is not clear that the business will be sent to you." Is it coming?"

Xue Pan's forehead was a little hot, recalling Wang Xifeng's smug talk about earning hundreds of thousands of dollars through Zhou and Wu's affairs, he immediately became frightened, and hurriedly said: "Thanks to the second brother telling me clearly, otherwise I will be greedy at this moment. It's going to go bad."

Jia Lian said: "Don't be too scared, as long as you don't overdo it, the higher-ups will turn a blind eye. I reckon that if you earn 20 or [-], you will be capped."

"Yes." Xue Pan repeatedly agreed.

Jia Yun said with a smile, "Second Uncle Lian is going to visit the Wu Family's Provincial Courtyard? Although the courtyard has not been built yet, it is already very impressive."

"I won't go. I think the Wu family will invite you to see the garden after it's been repaired. We'll talk about it after everything is cleaned up." After Jia Lian finished speaking, he said goodbye to Xue Pan, Jia Yun, and Jia Zao, and continued to go to Shenji Camp.

Before reaching the Shenji camp, he passed by a desolate Zhuangzi, and saw two people standing in front of Zhuangzi's gate, one of them came out with a smile and said, "Is this the second master Lian? My master and the second master Lian have been friends for a long time. Please come into the Zhuangzi and have a word with Master Lian."

Jia Lian listened, thought for a while, and took Ge Kui and others to the door. Seeing that the two stopped Ge Kui and only let him in, he smiled and said to Ge Kui, "You wait outside."

"Second Master," Zhao Tianliang panicked, stepped forward and whispered, "Look at this family's hiding their heads and showing their tails, don't run into thieves."

"How can there be so many thieves?" Jia Lian laughed, got off the horse, and strode inward.

Entering this village, one can smell the fragrance of steamed vegetables, and as one enters a pavilion that is sealed on all sides, the aroma of steamed vegetables becomes stronger and stronger.

After entering, he saw a man dressed as a farmer holding a bowl of steamed vegetables, so he knelt down and said, "Long live my emperor."

"Come on, why do you have the guts to follow someone in?" The person who ate was indeed Shui Mu. He ate by himself, and said to Jia Lian, "Taste how the taste of this dish compares to last night's banquet."

Jia Lian glanced into the bowl and saw that it was steamed vegetables seasoned with sesame oil after wrapping various kinds of dried vegetables in noodles. He said with a smile, "I often eat them at home."

After hearing this, Shui Mu said with a smile: "I lost my mind for a while, and I should eat vegetarian food once in a while, so that I can move my courtiers." Putting down the bowl, he said, "You have done a good job in the previous work. You guessed my mind exactly, now, you can guess my mind again."

Jia Lian said with a smile: "Although the emperor's heart is unpredictable, I can only make a bold guess. According to the minister, the Lord is determined to increase revenue and reduce expenditure."

Shui Mu nodded and said, "I was born in sorrow and died in peace. If it weren't for the incident in the south, I would still think that the world would be at peace. Tell me how I should increase revenue and reduce expenditure."

Jia Lian said with a smile, "The lord has already made up his mind, so why bother to ask the humble minister again."

"But it doesn't matter." Shui Mu looked at Jia Lian again, thinking to himself that such a smart person has repeatedly guessed the holy will, how will he deal with it in the future?

After Jia Lian got up, he bowed and said with a smile: "Since the lord wants the humble minister to speak, then the humble minister will say it. Since the lord has bestowed the Ziwei family, it is better to take the Ziwei family for his own use. This is open source—— -Weichen has close contacts with the Xue family of Ziwei Sheren, and knows that Ziwei Sheren has no talent in business. His wife is shrewd and straightforward, and she is really an expert in business. If she let Xue's family do business, they will be rich in the future Party A is also expected; as for throttling expenditure, it will take a long time for the various ministries to rectify the administration of officials, so it is better to attack the Ministry of Internal Affairs first."

Shui Mu hesitated and said: "The House of Internal Affairs has always been controlled by the Supreme Emperor's staff. If... wouldn't it hurt the peace of father and son?"

"The country is the most important thing, the Lord knows, why can't you eat such simple and simple dishes in the palace?"

Shui Mu said with a smile: "I still know this, if the dishes are too simple, how can I make a name for myself with that dish?"

"That's it. I don't dare to provoke the relationship between the father and son of the Supreme Emperor, but I beg the Lord to put the country first." Jia Lian bowed again and said.

Shui Mu's face darkened, and he asked suspiciously: "You say that, are you not afraid that I will punish you?"

"Since ancient times, cunning rabbits have been cooked by dead dogs, and birds have been used to hide their bows. Jia Lian is confident that there is still something that the Lord can use, and also believes that the Lord is an eternal emperor who will become a prosperous emperor..."

"Never mind flattery, I've heard too much." Shui Mu smiled softly, and asked again: "Do you have a candidate for the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"

Jia Lian said with a smile: "Although it is said that virtuous people do not avoid relatives, there is no virtuous person who can take on such an important task in the family of my ministers. I also ask the Lord to choose a master who does not dare to let people underestimate his family background and has a clean hand. This duty."

Shui Mu nodded, waved his hand and said, "I already have a candidate in my heart, you can go."

"Yes." Jia Lian agreed, then bowed and retreated.

Shui Mu stared at the chopsticks lying flat on the bowl, and asked the eunuch beside him with a smile, "What do you think of Jia Lian?"

The little eunuch smiled and said, "Master Jia is indeed a talent, and he is a person who knows when he is useful and when he is not."

Shui Mu said: "It's good that he knows. After returning to the palace, rumors were released in the palace, saying that I have admired that Miss Xue who is similar to Fu Cairen in appearance and character but far above Fu Cairen for a long time, but I don't know A beautiful woman who dares to be rude will not be allowed to meet."

"According to the order."

Let's say that Xue Pan, after hearing what Jia Lian said, went to the Wu family's relatives with Jia Yun and Jia Zao. After a lot of talking, he sold some flashy things to the Wu family. I went back to my Ziwei Sheren Mansion.

After entering the mansion, he first went to Aunt Xue's place, greeted Aunt Xue, and then went to his yard.

After entering the yard, I saw a few people carrying satin into the room, followed them in, and saw Ping'er sitting on a low stool with her stomach upright feeding the elder brother, who was dancing wildly with a wooden sword in his hand, and Wang Xifeng Sitting on the kang, I was disgusted with the fact that the satin was too fancy and the silk was too pure.

"What are you picking?" Xue Pan asked.

Wang Xifeng smiled and said: "Pick out some clothes for the eldest sister, and prepare them while you have time. After February, Zhou and Wu's two families will officially start work, so there will be no time to take care of these."

Seeing the smiles on her brows and eyes, Xue Pan sat on the kang and said to Ping'er, "Let's take elder brother to the west room for dinner."

"Hey." Ping'er agreed, took the bowl with one hand, and led his eldest brother out with the other.

Xue Pan watched Ping'er go out anxiously, thinking that Ping'er was much gentler and kinder than Wang Xifeng, suddenly his face turned cold, and he saw Wang Xifeng's bright red nails covered with Kodan poking his face.

"Since you are reluctant, why don't you go out with me?" Wang Xifeng said with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Xue Pan hurriedly smiled flatteringly and said: "Ancestor, she is so rough, what do I think she is doing?" Then he waved his hands and told the girls to go down, sat down next to Wang Xifeng, and said with a smile: "Eldest sister, there is something important to do. , I want to tell you."

"Let's talk." Wang Xifeng took the account book without looking up.

Xue Pan didn't like Wang Xifeng's perfunctory manner, so he coughed heavily.

Wang Xifeng thought in his heart that he deserved to be an official, but he even flaunted his prestige in front of her.Busy and serious to listen to him.

Xue Pan said: "You are becoming more and more unseemly. When you saw me coming in, you didn't even stand up."

Wang Xifeng said yes, and stood up again to offer tea to make amends.

Xue Pan was satisfied with seeing her respectful, and told Wang Xifeng what Jia Lian said about not being too greedy.

Wang Xifeng pursed her lips slightly, and said with a smile: "Got it."

"This matter can't be sloppy, do you really know?" Seeing that she promised too happily, Xue Pan asked again when she saw that she was not steadfast in her promise.

"If you say you know it, you know it. The uncle is so clumsy and clumsy. He doesn't know what to say when he sees the people in the palace. You can just do business with peace of mind. When Eunuch Dai sends someone, I will definitely not even take two cents of the profit. I will give it all to you." kill him." Wang Xifeng said with a smile, smelling the sweat on Xue Pan's body, and kindly asked him to wash up.

Seeing that it was so simple, Xue Pan went out even though some monk Zhang Er was puzzled.

After a while, Ping'er came in with his stomach straight, and stood by the kang to tidy up the silk and satin. Seeing Wang Xifeng sitting on the kang, he pursed his lips and smiled, and said with a smile: "Why is grandma laughing?"

Wang Xifeng said with a smile: "I'm not laughing, how are you? The former uncle complained to me that you are too heavy, so I shouldn't ask my elder brother to pester you."

Ping'er laughed and said, "It's my blessing that my eldest brother likes me, and my uncle is just supercilious." Seeing Wang Xifeng waving at her, he hurried forward to listen.

Wang Xifeng asked in a low voice: "Speaking of my conscience, how will I treat you?"

Ping'er hurriedly said: "Grandma has treated me with such kindness as a mountain."

Wang Xifeng sneered, and asked again: "I told you to have a body, have you never been suspicious?"

Ping'er had long suspected that Wang Xifeng, who has always been tolerant of others, made her pregnant so easily, but she didn't dare to think about it in detail. Hearing her question, he laughed and said, "There's no reason to be suspicious. Grandma treats me well. That’s good, what are you thinking about?”

"There is a saying that a wife is worse than a concubine, and a concubine is worse than a thief. When I turn back, I will send the uncle to you. You excuse him because you are heavy, and drive him to live in your south room, leaving a gap for your little hoof to go into the south room. .” Wang Xifeng said.

Ping'er didn't know why, so he became more and more puzzled, and only looked at Wang Xifeng suspiciously.

Wang Xifeng said with a smile: "I told you to have a body, that is to treat you as my own. No matter whether your child is male or female, I will treat the child as my own."

"Grandma has something to say clearly, don't make me confused." Ping'er said bluntly.

Wang Xifeng sighed: "I just thought I could guard the second master to live..."

"Grandma!" Ping'er only thought that Wang Xifeng had an affair, and his stomach hurt from fright, "Grandma must not be confused."

"Where are you going?" Wang Xifeng sneered, although Xue Pan was handsome and easy to manipulate, but she always felt that her life was unsatisfactory, and this unsatisfactory made her hold her breath, always wanting to live a decent life. "Listen to me. From now on, it's just the two of us. You take care of those goblins in the backyard and tell them not to lay any eggs."

"What about grandma?" Ping'er asked quickly.

"The mountain people have their own tricks. In short, if the Xue family wants to rely on the men to make a fortune, and the girl flies to a high branch and steps on my head, that is a dream." Wang Xifeng sneered again and again.

Ping'er recalled the attitude of Aunt Xue, Xue Pan's mother and son towards Wang Xifeng after Xue Pan returned to Beijing from outside, and she understood why Wang Xifeng did not restrain her and Xue Pan.After thinking about it for a while, he said: "I belong to grandma first, and then belong to grandpa. I just listen to grandma."

Wang Xifeng smiled with satisfaction: "Don't worry, I won't lose you. Just remember, in this life, you will not live with the uncle, but live with me. If I eat meat, you will drink soup. Now I will give my elder brother I have also entrusted my son to you, so you can educate him well, and I may not be able to take care of him in the future."

Ping'er forced a smile, thinking to herself that Wang Xifeng's heart was too big, and her mind was not on Xue Pan at all.

"What are you talking about?" Xue Pan opened the curtain and came in, steaming from his body.

Wang Xifeng touched Ping'er's stomach heavily, and said with a smile, "See if the stomach is flat or pointed."

Xue Pan smiled shyly and said: "Mom said she is Ping, she is a sister, what are you looking at?" Fearing that Wang Xifeng would be unfavorable to Ping'er, he urged Ping'er to go out.

Wang Xifeng sneered and said, "You're so afraid of me, why don't you go with her."

Xue Pan laughed and said, "Since when have you been afraid of you?"

"Hey, I've lived a long time, and I don't know that a wife is inferior to a concubine?" Wang Xifeng said mockingly, and gave Ping'er another wink.

Ping'er immediately groaned and went to touch his stomach.

Xue Pan really complied with the words that a wife is not as good as a concubine, immediately supported Ping'er, and asked softly: "Is it more important?"

"Go out, all out, don't get in my eyes." Wang Xifeng scolded.

Xue Pan smiled dryly, and seeing that Ping'er was as weak as Jiaohua in comparison with the strong Wang Xifeng, he felt more pity for her, so he laughed dryly and helped Ping'er to go out.

Wang Xifeng squinted at them going out, then took a look at the account book herself, and when the servant girl said that Xue Pan was indeed on good terms with that little hoof, she went to sleep peacefully.

On the second day, Wang Xifeng called Caiming again to reconcile the accounts.Then he dressed up in jewels, bright and beautiful, followed people to Zhou and Wu's family, and met Zhou's and Wu's wives and grandmothers, and just talked about how many shops, ships and goods Xue's family had.

She looks handsome and speaks sharply. When talking about the Xue family's business, she is clear and logical, even better than Xue Pan. Besides, she often mentions that their Wang family has prepared to pick them up before, and she still has a lot of money in her hand that her grandfather took care of alone. The goods of Guangdong, Fujian, Yunnan, and Zhejiang ocean ships accumulated during the tributes and congratulations of various countries.To put it bluntly, the wives and grandmothers of the Zhou and Wu families liked it very much, and heard her say that she was brought up as a man since childhood, and she was not afraid of meeting strangers, so she recommended her to meet the masters of the Zhou and Wu families. .

After a few rounds, Wang Xifeng's deal was far ahead of Xue Pan's. In February, after Zhou and Wu started construction, Xue Pan became Wang Xifeng's errand, going east to west, just obeying Wang Xifeng's orders .As for such important errands as contract deposit and settlement, they were all in Wang Xifeng's hands.

Seeing that Wang Xifeng was so capable, Xue Pan was so happy that he just ran errands to invite people to eat and drink. After returning home, he hid in Ping'er and secretly had sex with a little girl.

Aunt Xue didn't like Wang Xifeng's showing up and taking care of everything at first, but after Qingming, it was reported in the palace that Xue Baochai finally saw the emperor Longyan in the Queen's Palace, so she couldn't care less about how Wang Xifeng controlled the Xue family's business. He only cares about Xue Baochai's affairs.

One day in March, Xue Pan came in from outside and said, "Someone is coming from the palace. It's the little eunuch under Eunuch Dai. Give me the money you earned from the Zhou family and the Wu family in the past two months."

Wang Xifeng said with a smile: "You are confused again, what do you say when you see people? Do you want to open the skylight and tell people that you know that the emperor has one thing in front of you and another in secret, and at the same time said in the court that you will subsidize your million-dollar goods?" Are you not allowed to make money behind your back? I don’t think you will see each other. I heard that Lian’s second brother suffered internal injuries and even had a hard time giving birth. You should go to the cabinet to get some medicinal materials and send them to Shenji Camp. It is our heartfelt wish .”

Xue Pan had nowhere to refute what he had said, so he could only say: "Just listen to you, I will go out of the city right now." Turning away, he repeatedly warned: "Those money must never be earned."

"I'm just short of a few taels of silver?" Wang Xifeng said with a sneer, and immediately changed his face. He straightened Xue Pan's clothes with a smile, bit his lips and smiled, and said, "It's different now. Ziwei Sheren, everything Sheren says is what Sheren said."

Xue Pan was moved by her gentleness and charm after her sharp words, thinking that it would be good if she was like this all the time, thinking about it, he went out lightly.

It was Xiao Lizi who came here at this moment, and Xiao Lizi followed others into Wang Xifeng's room. After inviting Ann, he said with a playful smile: "Grandma is really a heroine. The little ones are in the palace, and they all listen to the old men from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. , Grandma cracked her abacus, even more powerful than Uncle Xue."

Wang Xifeng laughed and said: "It's all rumors, can I compare with our uncle?" He asked Dai Quan'an again.

Xiao Lizi hurriedly said: "Grandfather Dai is very nice. He also said last time that the Western watch that grandma Zi gave him was very good, which made him a big hit in the palace."

Wang Xifeng smiled knowingly, and said with a smile: "There is another watch. Eunuch Li likes it, so take it too." Then, he gave Xiao Lizi a Western watch that had been prepared.

Xiao Lizi accepted it in a hurry, put away the watch, and said: "My father-in-law heard that grandpa and grandma have sold his things. He owed some gambling debts first, and asked grandma to give him his share first." Him, tell him to pay off his gambling debts."

Wang Xifeng said: "The matter of Yinzi will be discussed separately. Now I have something to ask you."

"I don't know what Grandma Xue wants to ask?" Xiao Lizi said.

Wang Xifeng slapped his hand on the square table, and said with a sneer: "It is right to be filial to Eunuch Dai. Now I want to ask, what kind of heart does Eunuch Dai have? How dare we ask our uncle to sell something from the imperial treasury? The family has also prepared to pick them up before, so I haven't seen any good things? How can Eunuch Dai easily take out those overreaching things from the imperial treasury? Don't say that Eunuch Dai intends to assassinate our uncle."

Xiao Lizi was taken aback, and thought to herself, how can this grandma turn her face when she turns her face?

"These silvers are sold from the things brought by Eunuch Dai, not less than a per cent. You send the silver to Eunuch Dai, just say what I said, our uncle is stupid, but I am not stupid. Such things, in the future I can't do it anymore." Wang Xifeng said solemnly.

Xiao Lizi stared blankly at Wang Xifeng, and hurriedly said, "Grandma, listen to me..."

"Listen to me first." The ring on Wang Xifeng's finger was shining brightly, and after sighing lightly, she said, "When the uncle came home, he sighed and said that by accident, he made contributions and became Ziwei's family. The emperor thinks highly of it, earn a sum of money from the Zhou family and the Wu family, so as to earn back the lost millions of goods. I told him that I can’t make such a heartless money. Our family has prepared to pick it up, but we don’t know yet. The wool comes from the sheep, and the money is earned from the official treasury. But our uncle didn’t listen, so I, a woman, can only show my face to take over the business, hold the money I earned, and wait One day, it will be returned to the treasury, so that we can do business with peace of mind."

Although she is a woman, she was born majestic and majestic.A very lingering words were uttered, and Xiao Lizi was so shocked that he didn't know how to answer the words.

Xiao Lizi smiled embarrassingly and said, "Grandma is indeed a hero among girls."

"What kind of hero is not a hero? You take the silver and tell Eunuch Dai that we will not do this kind of business in the future, and tell him not to take things from the treasury. Be careful when someone denounces you, and then you will go back to him." There is no turning back. Eunuch Dai will accept some of the money, and please return the rest to the treasury quietly. There may be wars in the south, and if there is no money in the treasury, it will be impossible." Wang Xifeng said, and will be ready early He took out the silver box and pushed it to Xiao Lizi.

"Yes, yes." Xiao Lizi hurriedly took the silver box, but didn't dare to count, hurriedly took his leave and went out, and when he left Xue's house, he came back to his senses, let out a long breath, wiped the sweat from his head, and let himself go He said to himself: "My dear, this Grandma Xue is so powerful." As he spoke, he hurried into the palace with the silver box and went straight to Daming Palace.

After entering the Daming Palace, he handed over the silver box to Dai Quan, who put the box on the imperial case, and Xiao Lizi knelt on the ground and said, "I dare not touch the box. It is a good idea to take it from Grandma Xue." Whatever it is, it’s still how it is.”

Shui Mu was looking at the treasury list, seeing that Dai Quan sent the silver box directly to avoid suspicion, he ordered Dai Quan to count the number,

Dai Quan opened the box and saw that it was full of banknotes. After counting them, he smiled and said, "My lord, this Mr. Xue is very interesting. The two families of Zhou and Wu each drew 20 taels from the treasury. Roughly estimated, At least 25 people should have entered the Xue family, and now the Xue family has sent 17."

Shui Mu was also puzzled, and said after a while: "Since Xue Pan can give up millions of dollars in order to achieve righteousness, it can be seen that he is not a person who forgets righteousness for profit."

Dai Quan nodded.

Xiao Lizi knelt on the ground and said: "Where is Xue Sheren, Xue Sheren's wife, Grandma Xue, must give the silver to Eunuch Dai, and ask Eunuch Dai to deliver the silver to the treasury." See Shui Mu, Dai Quan Shuang Shuang looked at him, and then told about what they saw and heard in Xue's house.

Dai Quan recalled it, then smiled and said, "When I asked Xue Pan to sell things on my behalf, Xue Pan really didn't say such grandiose words."

"She really showed her face to do business?" Shui Mu asked, remembering what Jia Lian said, she thought that this woman was indeed a strange woman.

Dai Quan hurriedly said: "It is said that Grandma Xue is eloquent. Master Zhou and Master Wu are so confused by her words that they are willing to pay 20 taels for 100 taels of silver and are vying to buy it."

"It's a competition to use the money from the treasury to buy it." Shui Mu sneered first, and then he couldn't help but look at Wang Xifeng with admiration. Although he didn't like her secretly slandering her husband and going against the rules to do business in public, but he thought about it, if this woman would do it for him He can also save a lot of worry about buying and selling, and said to Dai Quan: "You meet Grandma Xue personally for a while, and tell her what I mean."

Dai Quan lowered his hands and said with a smile: "The Lord really wants to ask Grandma Xue to do this?"

Shui Mu smiled and said: "Seeing that she is more transparent than Xue Pan, let's use her. Businessman, be smarter, there is no harm."

"Yes." Dai Quan hurriedly agreed, put away the silver box, and went to Xue Pan's house in person a day later. When he entered the door, he saw people hurrying in the front yard and found out that Xue Pan's concubine was about to give birth. , He said to people: "Our family is here today, not to see Uncle Xue, please pass it on to Grandma Xue."

Although Xue's family member was puzzled, he invited Dai Quan to sit in the living room, and hurriedly sent a message to the inner courtyard to invite Wang Xifeng.

When Wang Xifeng heard that Dai Quan had come in person, she couldn't help but draw her eyebrows carefully in front of the mirror, her brows and eyes were full of ambition, and thought: for a person like her, it is already very wronged to guard Xue Pan. In the future, Xue Pan would dislike her for being old-fashioned and not gentle, so she might as well seize the opportunity and step on Xue Pan to reach the sky.

After painting the eyebrows and eyes, Wang Xifeng wore a golden silk bun with eight treasures and pearls on her head, a beaded hairpin tied with five phoenixes in the morning sun, a red gold plate Chi Yingluo ring on her neck, a bean green palace ribbon tied on her skirt, and double-balanced bimu roses. Pei, wearing a narrow e-jacket with a thread of gold and a hundred butterflies, a scarlet satin with flowers, a multicolored silk engraved stone green and silver mouse coat, and a jade crepe skirt with flowers sprinkled with emerald flowers, walked out of the door with a willow waist. Outside, seeing Xue Pan fidgeting back and forth with his hands behind his back, he glanced at him, and then went forward to wear power.

Before entering the front hall, Wang Xifeng said: "My father-in-law has been waiting for a long time. If you say something to Xiao Li and make your father-in-law unhappy, I will compensate you." After saying this, he entered the hall and bowed.

Dai Quan hurriedly helped her up, and when he raised his head slightly, he was dazzled by the pearls in her temples. He secretly thought that there was a grandma Xue with a pink face, and hurriedly said: "Grandma's words make sense, we How dare the family be unhappy."

"Eunuch, sit down." Wang Xifeng waved her hand, asking Dai Quan to sit up.

Dai Quan didn't refuse, and after sitting down, he invited Wang Xifeng to sit down too, and said first, "Where's Uncle Xue?"

"I made my father-in-law a joke. The family gave birth in a side room, and the uncle is guarding it."

Dai Quan saw Wang Xifeng saying it with a smile, and thought that Grandma Xue was so generous, so he said sternly: "Our family has something to say to grandma, and please ask grandma to turn away."

Wang Xifeng said with a smile: "Eunuch, let's speak directly, let people watch before and after."

"Grandma is really smart." Dai Quan praised, thinking that Wang Xifeng is really a flower stuck in cow dung, how can Xue Pan, who is so thick and blunt, be worthy of her?So he lowered his voice and said: "To be honest, our family was ordered by the emperor to take out the things in the imperial treasury and ask Uncle Xue to sell them."

"I expected it earlier. Eunuch Dai has traveled more roads than we have traveled across bridges. It's just that our uncle is eager to make money and doesn't understand. I know the truth." Wang Xifeng said with a smile.

Dai Quan applauded again in his heart, and said with a smile: "Since this is the case, our family will not speak secretly. The Lord asked the grandma to sell the unused things in the imperial treasury to Zhou and Zhou at a high price. The Wu family, and even other princely families."

Wang Xifeng frowned anxiously and said: "The Zhou and Wu families spent the royal money to buy fun, and used the royal money to buy royal things. I don't know what is the use of doing this, my lord?"

"You don't have to worry about it, just follow the Lord's orders." Dai Quan said, seeing Wang Xifeng still frowning, he smiled and said: "Have you never heard of the settlement of accounts after the autumn? Although the money has finally returned to the Lord, but It’s a private treasury, but the money Zhou and Wu borrowed from the state treasury is all recorded in the account.”

Wang Xifeng suddenly realized, and then couldn't help but think: that week, the wives and grandmothers of Wu's two families dared to show off in front of her, ten years in Hedong and ten years in Hexi, I don't know if the two of them can survive ten years later.

"Elder-in-law, please rest assured, my lord. I thought this matter was very unpleasant. It's just that people speak lightly and there's nothing I can do. Now that I have the lord's order, I will just follow the lord's order." Wang Xifeng clasped her hands together For one thing, she knew that she would not be able to be an official anymore, but no matter how great Xue Pan's official position was, she would never be able to fly out of her palm.

Dai Quan said with a smile: "Our family will pass on grandma's words to the Lord."

"I offended you a lot earlier, this is to honor my father-in-law." Wang Xifeng smiled, took out a box, and gave it to Dai Quan with both hands, saying, "I don't want my father-in-law to hand this over to the Lord."

Dai Quan took the box, opened it and saw that there were 5000 taels inside, and immediately realized that Wang Xifeng's previous righteousness was nothing more than a show, so his old face beamed with joy, pointing to Wang Xifeng and saying: "Mr. , there is a lot to do in the future.”

Wang Xifeng said with a smile: "Elder-in-law won the award, it's really because the men at home can't afford the scene, so they have to."

"People who understand don't need to talk too much. Don't worry, grandma. Our family knows what the Lord will say. When we come back in the future, we will only talk to grandma." Dai Quan put the box in his sleeve, stood up and said goodbye.

Wang Xifeng sent Dai Quan out of the hall, and as soon as Dai Quan left, his heart surged, and he forced himself to go to the backyard with joy, and after walking a few steps, he heard the girl say, "My aunt has given birth to a brother".

After the girl finished speaking, she was trembling, waiting for Wang Xifeng to get angry.

Unexpectedly, Wang Xifeng said calmly: "Go to each family to announce the good news." She straightened her hair and went to her yard as before, entered the room, and was taking off her makeup in front of the mirror, when she saw Xue Pan coming in nervously.

Xue Pan rubbed his hands and said, "I've read it and said it's a sister, but who knows it's a brother."

Wang Xifeng smiled at the mirror: "Isn't it better to be a brother? A pair of brothers, if something happens, it can be negotiated."

Xue Pan smiled sheepishly, and asked again: "How should I arrange the full moon wine? It was born by an aunt, so it's not easy to make a fuss about it."

"Ping'er didn't serve wine when she was an aunt, and now it's difficult to do it. Besides, we are a merchant family, and our contacts are money, so we should invite everyone who should be invited." Wang Xifeng said, insisting on making Ping'er understand She is generous.

Xue Pan was flustered in his heart, and thought to himself that she was happy to prepare clothes when she heard that she was a sister, but now that she heard that she was a brother, how could she be more generous?Suspicious that Wang Xifeng was hiding a knife in her smile, she didn't dare to say more, she came out hesitantly, and was about to go to Aunt Xue to discuss it, but she was afraid that Aunt Xue would teach him that she was too flattering, so she walked around the mansion for a long time, watching the loopholes and sneaking into Ping'er. In the children's room, seeing Ping'er lying on the bed, she walked over and whispered about Wang Xifeng's abnormal behavior.

Ping'er was too tired to open his eyes. He was about to say that Xue Pan was troublesome, but suddenly remembered what Wang Xifeng said, so he said more weakly: "What are you thinking about? Since she wants to make a big deal, let her do it. She is also everyone. The girl who came out of the house was young before, so she couldn't be tolerated, but now that she is older, she will naturally look away."

"Is that so?" Xue Pan said hesitantly.

Ping'er stretched out his hand to Xue Pan.

Xue Pan quickly grabbed her hand.

Ping'er blinked, and said: "Her mind, ears and eyes are all over the place, you think she doesn't know about you and Hongcui? Don't look at her saying a few cruel words to you now, she is actually very afraid of you Woolen cloth."

Xue Pan hurriedly said, "Is what you said true?"

"Of course it's true. If you don't believe me, you can use another girl to take a look. She turns a blind eye and closes her eyes, doing business like that, because she is afraid that you will get rich and dislike her bad temper before."

"How can there be such a thing." Xue Pan said on his lips, but he felt very good in his heart, and comforted Ping'er to rest.After leaving Ping'er, he tentatively flirted with the little girl in front of Wang Xifeng, seeing that Wang Xifeng pretended not to see, but he didn't dare to show dissatisfaction.

He was originally afraid of Wang Xifeng's prestige, and had already made up his mind to guard her and Ping'er to live together, but now Wang Xifeng was afraid of him instead, so he came up with courage, and with Ping'er as a cover, he used his brains to hook up The little girl next to Wang Xifeng.

Once you succeed, you will be very proud in your heart.And seeing that the more he was like this, the more Wang Xifeng devoted himself to doing business, thinking that what Ping'er said was true. Sure enough, Wang Xifeng was afraid of being "settled by the fall" by him.