The Tyrant's Cannon Fodder Queen[Transmigration Book]

"How much will it cost to repair it so that no cracks can be seen?" Qing He looked at the carpenter Uncle Liu trustingly.

Uncle Liu frowned and sighed: "It's really not cheap, Mr. Qing. If you want to avoid cracks, you can't paint, glue, and polish the parts. I don't need you for a penny. It's just that there is only a set rule for the color paint used by the queen every month. I have to ask the purchaser to allocate an extra bucket to repair this wooden horse. You also know that I am a craftsman, and I don't see the face of the master on weekdays. I live on a monthly basis of silver, so I can't bear the cost of this bucket of paint."

Xue Yao closed his eyes in despair.

I'm afraid I'm going to bleed a lot.

Qinghe's expression also changed, and he saw that Uncle Liu's appetite was not small, so he asked unceremoniously: "How much does it cost? If you give me a real price, I'm fine with it, but if I can't afford it, I can only give it to you." Move the wooden horse away, and find someone to find a solution after leaving the palace."

Qing He also knew it in his heart, and he said this to threaten Uncle Liu: Don't ask the carpenter outside the palace for too much price difference, otherwise you will tear yourself apart.

But he was young after all, so how could Uncle Liu know how to do it? He knew that to transport such a large wooden horse out of the palace, it would cost a few taels of silver to set up the guards.

So Qing He said that, he couldn't threaten Uncle Liu at all.

Uncle Liu calculated how many gates he had to pass through to transport the wooden horse out of the palace, so he probably knew how much money he would need to pay, and he didn't have a big mouth to ask, as long as he only paid [-]% of the handling fee, he raised his hand and said, "We have to ask for this amount. "

Xue Yao raised his eyes vigilantly, seeing him making a four-to-four gesture, feeling depressed and relieved at the same time.

What's depressing is that this asking price is at least four times higher than that outside the palace, and he's relieved that he can still afford four taels, half of which with Qing He is only two taels of silver.

Thinking about it this way, the original owner Xue Yao was indeed the one who took the initiative to smash the Trojan horse. It stands to reason that even if he pays all the maintenance fees, it is justified, and the market price of maintenance fees is one tael of silver. Now he has to pay two taels, which is not considered. Too bad.

Xue Yao was busy comforting himself, but Qing He lost his temper, picked up the wooden horse and was about to leave!

"Brother Yao, let's go, let's go outside the palace to find someone to help repair it, four taels of silver, I can't afford it if I sell it! If it doesn't work, I will be kicked out of the Shang study!" Qing He looked angrily at the eunuchs around him He cupped his hands and said: "Today I will bid farewell to you all. The future will be long. If I, Zhao Qinghe, have the inscription on the gold list of luck in the future, when I enter the court again, I will never forget Uncle Liu's 'care' for me!"

It started to threaten.

Xue Yao remembered that Qinghe did not have any outstanding academic performance, it was impossible to be nominated for the gold list, and he was mentioned several times in the novel. When Qinghe grew up, like Xue Yao, he became an aide in the third prince's mansion.

When the eunuch who was watching the excitement heard that he was going to be kicked out of the palace, he hurried forward to persuade him: "Don't worry, young master, the price is not dead, it's all from our own people, where is the purchase, we can talk about it for you !"

As he said that, the leading eunuch turned his head and gave Uncle Liu a fierce look, warning him not to be too greedy.

Qing He was their little benefactor who ran errands outside the palace, and he had to help him sincerely for this favor.

But Uncle Liu was unmoved, he was really just a craftsman, he usually didn't have access to his master, didn't give any rewards, and didn't need Qing He's help to run errands at all.

In terms of friendship, when the eunuchs invite Qing He to eat and drink, he can also take a sip.

Uncle Liu has long been greedy for other people's "windfall money". This time he finally got a private job. How could he let go of the opportunity to kill someone?

Seeing this situation, Xue Yao felt that there was still a possibility of saving money, and immediately looked vigilantly at the young carpenters around him who were hard at work, and leaned into Qing He's ear suspiciously and asked, "It's not like he's the only carpenter here, so we can't change someone else." ask?"

When Qing He heard this, he gave Xue Yao a sideways glance impatiently, obviously thinking that he didn't understand anything.

Now not even in the mood to explain, Qing He held the wooden horse and pretended to leave, but continued to argue with the group of eunuchs: "It's better not to embarrass Uncle Liu, but I really can't afford four taels of silver. Everyone knows me, and they usually give me money." Everyone is busy, even if there is a little selfishness, let alone four taels, I can afford 40 taels, but I never thought that I would give others my heart, and others would take me..."

"Little Qing Lord, don't get angry!" The eunuchs were afraid of offending Qing He, so they took some practical actions: "You put this wooden horse here, and you can pick it up the day after tomorrow, and I will guarantee you to move a brand new one back. As for the money, how much can you scrape together?" , as much as you can, if not enough, our family will make it up for you!"

Only then did Qing He stop the "performing action" of squeezing out, and looked back at the eunuch who was speaking, gratefully said: "With this kind of heart, even if the matter can't be done, I will not be in vain as a friend of yours!"

Xue Yao was stunned for a moment when he heard that, he didn't expect that this little brat Qinghe would make such a big detour, and the favor he wanted to ask for was not only for Uncle Liu, but for this group of eunuchs who were in charge of the internal affairs.

It seems that Qing He acted for everyone to see from the beginning, and he was determined to recoup the favors he gave out in the past two years, and now he has achieved his goal.

Xue Yao felt a little tangled. In fact, as long as this matter was ambiguous and pretended to be a business matter, and he wanted to pay some wages, it would be over, but it turned out that Qinghe used so many favors, which can be regarded as costly.

Afterwards, Qing He and Xue Yao discussed privately, planning to pay a total of one or two taels of silver, half of each brother.

That is to ask Xue Yao to pay half the money.

This price is very in line with Xue Yao's heart, even if he had to pay a tael of silver, he would actually be able to accept it, but Xue Yao couldn't readily agree, because being too straightforward would make Qinghe feel that he had taken advantage of it and owed favors, so he pretended to be embarrassed He complained: "My brother also knows, my family gave me a total of [-] cash per month, which has already been spent this month..."

"Hey! Originally, that guy asked for four taels of silver, but my brother was willing to risk his face to get this kind of favor. Don't cry poorly with me! You can ask your parents for this money as you like, and you can find someone to borrow it." That’s okay, you have to get it all together!” Qing He said: “You think it’s easy for me, brother? When you go back to ask for money, you still have to be punished. Who made us get into trouble? Don’t be silly, just hurry up!”

Only then did Xue Yao agree with a melancholy expression.

The next day, the two went to fetch the wooden horse together and paid out a tael of silver.

The eunuchs accepted it cheerfully, without changing their faces at all, probably because they guessed that Qinghe would only give so much.

The carpenter on duty was not Uncle Liu, who was probably punished by the eunuchs.

He was not there, Xue Yao and Qing He understood without asking.

Xue Yao carefully inspected the repaired broken tail and broken ears of the Trojan horse, and found no cracks at all. The court craftsmanship is really superb.

The new paint was also dried, not so bright and eye-catching, but the whole Trojan Horse looks brand new, and it is estimated that the Seventh Prince's court lady can't fault it.

The two thanked the internal officials and supervisors, and then went to Qingqiong Palace.

Qing He still refused to enter the palace, only dared to wait outside, after all he had offended the Seventh Prince, he thought he could not show his face so as not to deepen the impression.

Xue Yao didn't intend to take him with him either. From the matter of repairing the Trojan horse, it can be seen that Qinghe is not a person who is particularly good at handling affairs. It might be a bad thing to let him follow him, so he might as well be more cautious by himself.

This time when he came to the door, Xue Yao deliberately waited until the moment of Shen Zhengchu before asking the servant to report, so as not to disturb the little prince's lunch break.

Just like last time, he was called into the flower hall.

But this time, Concubine Xi didn't go out, and when she heard that the third prince's attendant had come to return the repaired wooden horse, she came to the flower hall to meet the guests in person.

Xue Yao thought he would see Aunt Yiqiu again, so when he saw someone coming in, he raised his head with a bright smile, wanting to say hello, but was suddenly shocked by Concubine Xi's stunning face.

Concubine Xi was paid tribute to Emperor Daqi at the age of 15, and gave birth to a child at the age of 17. At this time, she was not yet 20 years old. Her appearance and body were completely girlish.

She was a dancer who paid tribute from a foreign country, but she couldn't tell which foreign blood was mixed. She wore a snow-white lining and a pea green shawl in a simple and elegant wide-sleeved fairy dress, which fully set off the oriental beauty.

If you look closely, you can see that her relatively deep facial features and light glaze-colored pupils are somewhat different from ordinary Han people.

Xue Yao was only glanced at by her pair of peach blossom eyes, and his mind was empty for a while, and he lowered his head in time, bowing to pay his respects.

"You don't need to be too polite." Concubine Xi walked in front of Xue Yao with a haughty expression, and said coldly, "The third prince and his highness are all distinguished guests, I can't stand it."

She didn't go to check the repaired Trojan horse, she walked directly to the grand master's chair and sat down, staring at Xue Yao coldly: "Your Majesty said that the third prince is very remorseful, but is it true? If the third prince has not vented his anger enough, you can just let this The wooden horse was carried to Linyou Palace, and His Royal Highness the Third Prince had to throw it all the way, I just hoped that he would use the wooden horse to vent his anger, Lao Qi is still young, but he couldn't stand the two times he threw the wooden horse."

Xue Yao didn't expect that this little fairy was also angry. Last time, she just happened to be away from the palace, so she didn't come to settle accounts with him in person. This time, she hit the gun.

This is also normal, her young son was bullied by the third prince and a group of people in public, a mother must not accept it.

After thinking for a while, Xue Yao bowed and replied: "His Royal Highness the Third Prince is extremely regretful. He knows that he has overplayed his joke. He has spent the past two days in his study shutting himself up and thinking about his mistakes, copying books for self-examination."

Concubine Xi still looked displeased, and said coldly with downcast eyes: "So she was copying books? No wonder I didn't have time to show up in person, and I sent a child like you to hang around in front of me, and I thought he hated the emperor's reprimand. But Concubine Tong Yesterday, I was invited to enjoy together...cough..."

Before she finished speaking, she suddenly coughed for a while, and the maid hurriedly picked up the tea cup and handed it over.

Concubine Xi seemed a little dizzy, resting her forehead with one hand, pushing away the teacup with the other, panting slightly with her eyes closed, the appearance of this sick Xi Shi was really distressing.

However, because of her appearance, Xue Yao remembered a plot in the early stage of the original book - after the third prince offended the seventh prince, Concubine Tong, the biological mother of the third prince, went to the Qingqiong Palace to make amends in person, and invited Concubine Xi to enjoy the play together.

Xue Yao's complexion suddenly changed when he thought of this.

Come to think of it, in this episode, Concubine Tong pretended to be guilty and gave Concubine Xi many gifts to please Concubine Xi, among them was a soothing sachet.

Just like the traditional Gongdou plot, this sachet has a lot of mystery. It is said that if it is worn close to the body for a long time, the body will produce a natural body fragrance, but in fact, this fragrance is mixed with poisonous powder, which eventually caused Concubine Xi to die soon. The baby girl she conceived later was born prematurely, and died within a month of birth.

This is also one of the crimes committed by the third prince and his mother and concubine for bullying the hero.

This is an opportunity. If you can successfully remind Concubine Xi to replace the medicinal materials in the sachet, not only can you gain Concubine Xi's favor, but you can also save the life of the future baby girl.

However, if the information is reported to Concubine Xi, the impact on the original plot will be too great, and the Seventh Prince will have to have an extra surviving sister out of thin air.

Xue Yao was worried that he would be punished for changing the plot, not to mention, what evidence did he have to prove that there were dangerous ingredients in the sachet?In the original book, even the imperial physician couldn't find out, he is an eight-year-old child, is he convincing?