Red Mansions Are Floating Clouds

It doesn't matter, the matter of burning money is right in front of you, and the king needs to do it himself.

This time, the eunuch Xia in the Spring Palace personally came to deliver the plum blossom feast. Unexpectedly, in addition to the post about welcoming the spring, there were also posts about Daiyu Xiangyun and Baochai.

Xichun was not allowed to go because she was young, so it is understandable that Baochai got the post, but Daiyu is still in the filial piety period, neither can discuss relatives, nor can go out to feast and have fun theoretically, but somehow she also got the post

Mother Jia secretly asked Eunuch Xia, but Eunuch Xia also said ambiguously, obviously not clear about the matter.

In fact, even Yuan Chun didn't expect this matter. Since Yuan Chun wanted Daiyu to be his younger brother, he naturally didn't want her to participate in the Concubine Selection Contest of the Sixth Prince. , After the emperor sighed for a while, he went to ask the queen mother for this post. Speaking of which, Daiyu's post has a high potential value. It contains the special attention of the emperor and the queen mother. Post people's attention, and competitors' envy

Daiyu didn't expect to find this post about the plum blossom feast, and she didn't know the origin of the post was so tortuous at this time, but the servants of the hall are busy again, and the clothes for entering the palace need to be made separately after careful consideration, and the jewelry is more important. There is no need to buy it. If Daiyu is willing to change it, it is estimated that one set can be made every day, and the same will not be repeated for a year.

Baoqin, Xing Xiuyan and others have no elders in their family who are officials, so there is no post

Although Baoyu didn't go to the banquet, she had a great time running around every day to gather people for reference. The ancient times are really talented. If you travel to the modern age, you might be able to be a well-known makeup artist or stylist...

Although Daiyu is not interested in the Plum Blossom Banquet, she is attending the royal banquet after all, and her attire is too simple, which makes her more eye-catching. Anyway, Mother Hao came out of the palace, so she will naturally follow Daiyu's request.

Because it was rumored that the Empress Dowager would appear at the Plum Blossom Banquet, everyone speculated that the two noble concubines would also accompany her, especially the recently most favored virtuous concubine Jia Yuanchun.

Speaking of Yuanchun, Mother Jia read the letter sent by Yuanchun during the Chinese New Year, and thought it was Yuanchun's whim, and the business of opening a barbecue restaurant was left to Jia Lian, but Mother Jia didn't know that Xue's family was in full swing after the new year. At this time, the business is booming. As soon as Jia’s barbecue restaurant opened, Xue’s restaurant has broadened the audience for eating barbecue. Everyone likes to eat barbecue. Second, Xue’s The barbecue here is really not technical, far inferior to Guixiang's ideas and the recipes of barbecue sauce she contributed, so I made wedding clothes for Jia's shop

At the beginning, Jia's mother thought that Yuanchun asked Jia's mansion to go to Zhang Luo to open a store on a whim. After opening, it turned out that it was really making a lot of money every day, so she paid attention to it, let's not mention it for the time being.

One day, Aunt Xue brought Baochai a custom-made dress outside. She was about to send someone to ask Baochai to try it, but a woman came to ask for the owner of the barbecue shop.

Aunt Xue looked at the sky, it was not yet closing time, she was supposed to be busy, so why would she come at this time?Immediately full of suspicion, I went to the outer study to meet the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper was wearing a dark blue cotton gown with brocade flowers, and there was an inch of wind hair at the neckline. He was walking around in the study profusely at this time, and when he saw Aunt Xue appearing at the door, he hurriedly bowed his waist slightly. meet before

Aunt Xue saw that his face was anxious, but his head was sweating profusely in the cold weather, she couldn't help but wondered, what is it? ——Talk slowly if you have something to say.”

The shopkeeper wiped his sweat, Mrs. Dao, another barbecue restaurant has opened near our store, and after only two days, our store is no longer in business."

The Xue family opened a new store this time, and the investment was huge. Aunt Xue was counting the time every day to pay back the money, but now she suddenly heard the bad news and couldn't help crying?It's just the same store, will it steal all the business? "

The shopkeeper's head was sweating even more, this time he didn't even dare to wipe it off, he stammered and replied that the store opened a big bargain, saying buy one get one free, everyone wants to make a profit, our store's business is poor It's..."

Aunt Xue couldn't bear to say buy one get one free, they would, wouldn't you? "

The shopkeeper hurriedly nodded and bowed, and after a long while asked his wife if he knew who the owner of that store was? "

Aunt Xue became even more impatient, saying I will? "

The shopkeeper said with a bitter face in the past two days, I have seen Erye Lian from Jia's mansion go to that shop, and the shopkeeper of that shop sent in and out of his shop, so it could be that the shop was run by the Jia family, right? "

Aunt Xue frowned and said, is this possible? "Waving his hand to tell the shopkeeper to go down, he wondered if it was really opened by Jia's family?

Wang Yin accepted [-]% of the dry stock from Aunt Xue, so he honestly sent a person to work in that store. Could it be that Wang learned a way and turned around and opened a store to grab business?

Aunt Xue couldn't figure it out after thinking left and right, but her resourceful daughter had already arrived.

Baochai saw that Aunt Xue was sitting alone in the study with a bad expression on her face, so she went up to ask

Seeing her coming, Aunt Xue beckoned her to tell her that the shopkeeper of our barbecue shop just came and said that the Jia family also opened a shop nearby and took away all the business. Do you think your aunt is behind the scenes? ? "

Because this barbecue method was learned from the cook of the Lin family, Baochai was most afraid that Daiyu would go to open the shop on a whim, but she didn't expect that other people would do the same. Money, still not enough?To be honest, even if she was allowed to open a shop, she might not be able to earn so much money! "

Aunt Xue didn't expect this episode, when she heard Baochai say this, she immediately wiped off the sorrowful look on her face, patted her chest and said, "I also said that although your aunt is greedy for money, she is not enough for this."

Baochai asked again, could it be that sister Lin encouraged the old lady to open the shop, and did not let her aunt? "

Aunt Xue was right when she thought about it, so she immediately took Baochai to Wang's office to find out.

At this time, there happened to be no manager in the Wang's room to answer. Seeing Aunt Xue's mother and daughter came, Wang couldn't help but feel a little guilty.

In fact, this store in Jia’s mansion was owned by the king before it opened, but this place has already received [-]% of the dry shares from Aunt Xue, and the other side is the way to make money that his own daughter, who is a concubine, wants to make a fortune. Tell Aunt Xue to come with Baochai in a hurry, isn't it already?

Before Wang could come up with a solution, Aunt Xue had already asked, did she hear that Lian'er opened another barbecue restaurant near our house? "

Wang had no choice but to say that the empress ordered the old lady to do this, and said that the empress came up with this idea by chance, and thought it would make money, so she wrote a letter."

Aunt Xue was dubious, Yuan Chun stayed in the palace well and never cared about outside affairs, so she suddenly came up with this idea?

Reluctantly asked a few more words, Wang did not take the initiative to return the dry shares, and the two parties broke up unhappy.

Aunt Xue just sat there sullen, Baochai was much more sensible than Aunt Xue, seeing her angry, she persuaded her aunt that it was the idea of ​​the empress, then it must be, Mom doesn’t need it, it’s all the same shop, It’s not likely that her store will continue to do well.”

Aunt Xue recalled that the shop was refreshed again, she nodded and said that they were just doing a buy one get one free gimmick, it will be fine after this period.”

When Baochai saw the dress on the side, she changed the subject and said, "Is this a dress made a few days ago, and it was delivered so soon?" "

Aunt Xue was distracted, and she said triumphantly that she heard that many ladies in the capital went there to make clothes. Fortunately, we did it earlier, otherwise we would not wait until the time." Let Baochai try it on again

This set is a two-color golden lotus color peony pattern tapestry jacket, plus a dark red crepe skirt sprinkled with gold, and the top is a rich and powerful Baochai. I took a look at the bronze mirror, and it fit just right

Aunt Xue laughed and said how pale the skin looks in this set! "Looked at it for a while and then boasted that my daughter is still the most beautiful"

When Baochai heard this, she lost face and said, "I eat less than sister Lin, or am I getting fatter?" "Turning around to look at Aunt Xue, I am dissatisfied with Dao Mom that you are not fat, my brother and I are so fat?"

Aunt Xue comforted her and said, "Yes?"The wives like round girls, and they are blessed when they look at them, just look at your aunt."

Baochai's body shape is natural, even if she loses weight, she won't look good, so Baochai has no choice but to stop thinking about it.

Suddenly, more than ten days later, it was the day of the plum blossom feast in the blink of an eye. It was still very cold, and the late-blooming plum blossoms were still in full bloom, so this plum blossom feast was worthy of the name.

The daughters of Jia's mansion were all dressed up early in the morning, and they took a carriage together to go to the Fuying Garden. Although it was built in the city, it occupies a vast area. It will be open to common people to play during festivals. Naturally, it is heavily guarded at this time.

Everyone who enters the garden must have a post, and the maids who accompany him cannot follow him. Since entering the Fuying Garden, Xiangyun has been holding Daiyu's arm and chattering. Do you still have so much to say after meeting the empress dowager? "

Xiang Yun made a face at her, then sighed and said, "It would be great if Sister Qin could come with us."

Everyone was silent after listening to it. The difference in status always appears inadvertently, which is indeed unsatisfactory.

The palace maid leading the way in front led them to Xiangxuehai, where there are plum blossoms everywhere, there are already many ladies here

Daiyu looked around, but she didn't see any acquaintances, so she walked along with everyone.

No.90 Seven Plum Blossom Banquets

No.90 Seven Plum Blossom Banquets

The girls in Jia's family don't have a wide range of contacts, not to mention that the range of contacts is not as good as that of Sanchun's Daiyu. Fortunately, there are five of them in a party, and there is only one left for a table of cards, and they are not lonely when they talk and laugh.

As Daiyu was walking, she inadvertently looked into the distance, and there was a small pavilion with four corners upturned on a high place, surrounded by bowls, and it was hard to see if there was anyone inside. Daiyu suddenly remembered that this was not an ordinary banquet, speak of