[Qing Chuan] Yongzheng's embarrassing empress

Sitting at the table, the emperor looked at the things on the table in a daze.

He asked himself in his heart, what is the most satisfying birthday present for him this year?

The answer must be a gift from the fourth elder brother.

Sitting on the throne, everything seems to be at your fingertips.

No matter how precious something was placed in front of the emperor, it only got the emperor's occasional glance.

The emperor doesn't care about the value of things, he cares more about the heart represented by the gift.

Were the gifts from the other princes careless?no.

The fourth elder brother gave the emperor money simply and rudely. Is such a gift very thoughtful?It seems not.

What really moved the emperor was not the gold and silver, but the low-keyness of the fourth elder brother.

The princes gave gifts to please the emperor, and they were also for others to see, so that all civil and military officials and relatives of the clan could see their filial piety.

The fourth elder brother kept silent and secretly sent so much gold and silver, as if secretly subsidizing his old father.

The emperor shook his head, feeling amused in his heart.

As a father, he seldom subsidizes the fourth child, but he never thought that one day he would be subsidized by the fourth child.

Thinking about it carefully, he has neglected the fourth child a lot these years, and he has wronged this child.

At this moment, the emperor didn't want to take a bath anymore. He stayed at the table and continued to disassemble the mechanisms and boxes, opening all nine wooden boxes.

Some of the porcelain in the box were filled with gold and silver coins, and some were directly filled with silver bills.

The emperor went to take a bath in the back, and asked the eunuchs to stay in the front and count the silver.

After he finished bathing, Liang Jiugong also led the eunuchs to count the money.

"Your Majesty, this servant has weighed the gold and silver zippers, and roughly estimated the price of the pearls. The total is about 1 taels of silver!"

The emperor was very surprised, "The old four's family is very rich!"

Liang Jiugong said with a smile: "Si Fujin has such a big business, and the customers come like a cloud. Of course the county king is rich."

The emperor shook his head and said with a smile: "You don't understand the fourth child. This child wants to save face. He will never spend his wife's dowry money."

Liang Jiugong smiled and flattered, "Then the money must have been saved by the county king from the accounts of the palace. This kind of filial piety is even rarer."

The emperor grabbed two handfuls from the gold and silver ladles and stuffed them into Liang Jiugong, "Take it out and share it with you. Don't tell anyone about the money that the fourth elder brother gave you."

Liang Jiugong quickly caught the money with his clothes, and he said with a smile, "Oh! Thank you, Your Majesty, the servants are also happy with you. We dare not spend this money, we must keep it for a long time."

The emperor smiled and nodded at him, this dog slave, ministers, concubines in the harem, relatives of the emperor, which one has never given him a gift?When he doesn't know?Now I actually regard gold and silver zizi as good things.

"Okay, stop sycophating. Go pick up two bank notes, and send someone out of the palace tomorrow to spend them."

Liang Jiugong asked: "Then... what do you buy?"

The emperor laughed and said: "Buy whatever you want, buy whatever you see is good. This is my son's honor to me, so of course I have to spend it!"

The Wanshou Festival banquet is over, and the princes Fujin go back to their homes.

People who are in the limelight, such as big brother, eighth brother, etc., are very excited.

For example, the fifth elder brother, the seventh elder brother and others only felt that they had completed one task, and felt much more relaxed.

Ninth elder brother is quite special. In order to set off the goodness of eighth elder brother, the birthday gifts he gave were mediocre.Now that the birthday banquet is over, he doesn't care about the status of the eighth elder brother, nor what the emperor thinks.

What he cares most about is the gift box organ given by the fourth elder brother.

In Jiu Age's mansion, Jiu Fujin washed his face, removed the hairpin, and wiped his face with oil in front of the mirror for maintenance.

Brother Nine took off his shoes, leaned on the bed and muttered.

"Who did fourth brother make the mechanism box? There are characters on it, which should be spelled with idioms and poems, but there are also foreign characters, with stars painted on them. I have never seen this before. I should send someone to inquire about it."

Jiufujin paused, wiped her hands, and closed the lid of the face oil.

Jiu Fujin cursed inwardly, the other princes wanted to break their heads, just to show their faces in front of the emperor on the Longevity Day.Ninth elder brother is not motivated, he is willing to be the stepping stone of eighth elder brother.When he came back from the palace, what he was thinking about was actually the mechanism made by the fourth elder brother?

Jiufujin sighed secretly, she persuaded herself to open up in her heart.

Marry a chicken as a chicken, marry a dog as a dog, who will make her life miserable, she should bear with such a man!

Jiufujin still dotes on her man very much, she said softly: "Tomorrow, I'll ask Sisao, and she said that the children in the family saw it and clamored to play. Sisao is easy to talk, I think, she is probably willing to help of."

Brother Nine was overjoyed, "This is the best! It's better that Fujin understands me. When I figure out those tricks, I'll use the tricks to make you a dressing box."

Jiu Fujin smiled slightly, "I don't want to bring the toilet box with me. My rouge and gouache are not as valuable as the machine, and I can't afford it."

Jiufujin put his own face oil in the dressing box, and Brother Jiu, like an ADHD child, took out the bottles and jars he had put in to look again.

Jiufujin pressed his fingers on the tabletop until his knuckles turned white.

"Brother Jiu." Jiu Fujin asked softly, "What are you doing? What's so good about women's things?"

"You women look at this thing only to see whether it works or not. We men can see more things through this."

After speaking, Brother Jiu threw the bottle and jar on the table casually, Jiu Fujin pressed his fingers hard, and his veins bulged.

Jiufujin was lucky, and stuffed the things back into the dressing box.

She endured first-rate, and asked patiently: "Then what did you see?"

"Fourth sister-in-law and fifth sister-in-law should have made a lot of money from this rouge shop!"

Finally, Jiufujin's gentleness and virtuousness could no longer be pretended. She looked at Brother Jiu helplessly.

Brother Jiu rubbed his nose embarrassingly. He only found out about this recently. He didn't pay much attention to a rouge shop before.

"Last year, the emperor's old man toured the south. Although he didn't go to Jiangnan and turned back halfway, what he rewarded was the rouge and gouache from Jiangnan Ningzhuang Pavilion."

Brother Jiu is really envious, "With the help of the old man, the fourth sister-in-law and the fifth sister-in-law must make a lot of money. Tsk tsk tsk, I don't know how the fourth brother begged Huang Ama. Sigh, I really envy the fourth brother, who married I found a good daughter-in-law. Then where is the daughter-in-law? It is clearly a money rake!"

Jiu Fujin got up and went to lie down on the bed, and Brother Jiu went over to pick her up.

"Are you going to sleep now? I haven't finished yet!"

Jiufujin said coolly: "Brother, tell others! I'm tired."

Hmph, what else is there to talk about with you!I heard you praise other people's daughter-in-law?

"Oh, sleep when you're tired!"

After speaking, Brother Jiu blew out the candles, lay down beside Jiu Fujin and fell asleep, and started snoring after a while.

Jiufujin opened his eyes, and glared angrily at Brother Jiu.She raised her foot to measure Brother Jiu's buttocks, wishing she could kick him out of bed immediately!

The next morning, Jiu Fujin delivered a post to the Prince's Mansion in Yongjun, and in the afternoon, she came to Shuwan's house with a small gift.

The small gift Jiufujin brought was four pots of crabapple flowers, the flowers were small and red, and it was very festive to place in the house.

Shuwan quickly instructed the maid to put the flowers in the room.

"The flowers sent by the nine brothers and sisters are so nice, they look much brighter when they are placed in the room."

Shuwan also ordered people to serve tea and snacks, which made Jiufujin very embarrassed.

"Look at me, come here to make trouble for my sister-in-law."

"You are too polite. When I arrived at your house, didn't you treat me like this?"

Jiufujin smiled shyly: "I won't be polite to my sister-in-law anymore, I came here this time to ask for something."

Shuwan agreed, "Whatever you want, you can talk about it."

Jiufujin smiled and said: "The children in the family are not sensible. They saw the exquisite organ box that the fourth brother presented to the emperor, and they wanted it after arguing. I have the cheek to ask the fourth sister-in-law, where is the craftsman who made the organ? The kids at home make a set."

Shuwan raised her eyebrows, feeling that this statement was illogical.

The children in Brother Jiu's family are still young, not yet old enough to play tricks.And they are all the sons and daughters of the concubine, and the children of the concubine would not dare to ask Di Fujin for this or that.

Shuwan thought for a while and said: "Don't hide it from me, brother and sister, it's not the children who want to play tricks, it's Brother Jiu who wants to play, right?"

Jiu Fujin was even more embarrassed, "You can't hide anything from my sister-in-law, don't think that elder brother Jiu has already married, his temper is still like a child's."

Don't look at Jiu Fujin's soft-spoken and soft-spoken look, but in the relationship between husband and wife, Jiu Fujin has always tolerated Brother Jiu.

Brother Jiu wanted to lock the box, so she begged for him, which shows how much Jiu Fujin spoiled him.

Shuwan smiled and said: "It's just a box, it's just a trivial matter, it's not worth your trip, you just send a woman and maid to talk about it. I'll call you back tomorrow, my family's affairs are all the fourth elder brother's worry , when he comes home at night, I'll ask you."

Jiufujin smiled and said, "Then I'll trouble the fourth sister-in-law."

After talking about the purpose of coming here, the two looked at each other and had nothing to say.

The two of them lived close to each other, but because of the eighth prince's relationship, they didn't get close.

In fact, Jiufu Jin admires Shuwan quite a lot. She is good at forbearance, but occasionally she envies Shuwan's character of revenge on the spot.Because she can't do it, she especially likes to watch others show off.

Jiufujin thought about it, and chatted with Shuwan about the rouge in Ningzhuang Pavilion.

This is Shuwan's business, every product is under the control of Shuwan, she naturally knows it well.

The two chatted speculatively until it was almost dark before Jiu Fujin got up to say goodbye and go home.

The sister-in-law and sister-in-law only felt that they were getting closer. Shuwan invited Jiu Fujin to come and play often, and Jiu Fujin readily agreed.

The next day, Shuwan sent someone to Brother Jiu's house, and delivered a mechanism box, as well as the name and address of the craftsman.

Jiufujin took the things and said nice things about Shuwan to elder brother Jiu.

"There is no one who does things more properly than the fourth sister-in-law. You see, they sent both the box and the address of the craftsman. How proper they are."

Ninth elder brother disdainful, "If it's really appropriate, then send the craftsman here, so I won't have to look for it."

Jiu Fujin said dissatisfiedly: "What are you talking about? Fourth sister-in-law is not your slave, and you didn't sit on the saddle in front of fourth elder brother. Fourth sister-in-law is very good at doing this."

It was rare for Jiu Fujin to say a few harsh words to Brother Jiu.

"Don't forget, when the eighth elder brother ordered the censor to join the fourth sister-in-law, she was almost divorced, and you still helped the eighth elder brother and Si Ni. The fourth elder sister is willing to deal with me, she is already magnanimous."

Brother Jiu touched his nose guiltily. He really did something wrong in that matter.

Speaking of this matter, Jiufujin couldn't help complaining.

"You grew up with eighth and tenth elder brothers. If you are willing to help eighth elder brothers, I won't stop you. But I beg you, don't demote the other prince Fujin into the earth.

You always let me get along well with my sister-in-law, but I can't get along with my sister-in-law at all!The eighth sister-in-law is proud and treats me half-way, like a charity, and wants me to be grateful. "

Brother Jiu had never seen Jiu Fujin speak so harshly. It was scary when an honest man suddenly got angry. He unconsciously lowered his voice when he spoke.

"Sister-in-law Ba is not that bad, is she?"

Speaking of this, Jiufujin was even more angry.

"You are the master, and you don't have to deal with the eighth sister-in-law. What do you know?"

Jiu Fujin sneered, "Eighth Sister-in-law treats me like her pug, but whenever Fourth Sister-in-law gets closer to me, she will interfere. I am also Prince Fujin, I don't need her permission to socialize with others! Wu Fujin is My direct sister-in-law, she doesn't care about me, so why does Bafujin care about me?"

Jiu Fujin thought: If the eighth sister-in-law didn't intervene, she and the fourth sister-in-law must get along very well.

Brother Jiu can't say that he can't speak to Fujin Jiu, and besides, he doesn't have a good impression of Fujin Ba.

He raised his hand to beg for mercy, "Okay, if you don't want to get along with the eighth sister-in-law, then stay away. I'll invite the fourth brother and the fourth sister-in-law to dinner tomorrow, thank them for giving me the mechanism box, that's fine!"

Only then did Jiufujin turn from anger to joy, "It's not too bad!"

With the acquiescence of Brother Jiu, the relationship between Jiufujin, Shuwan and Wufujin improved.

They got together in private to discuss dresses, jewellery, rouge and gouache.

Eighth Fujin was busy helping Eighth Brother to expand the territory. Although he knew that Jiufujin had 'rebelled', he had no time to take care of it.

The Wanshou Festival was lively, the capital city returned to its former bustle, and the haze of the interruption of the southern tour seemed to have passed.

Missing the New Year's gift box, Shuwan began to prepare new spring products.

In spring, everything is revived and a hundred flowers bloom. The packaging of new products must be pink and tender, with a fresh breath of spring.

The products should also be refreshing and moisturizing, in order to cope with the coming summer.

Because of the need to develop new products, Shuwan went to the shop more frequently.

Wu Fujin often met her in the shop, and they talked about a strange thing while chatting.

"Do you remember Mrs. Cao from the Ministry of War?"

Shuwan nodded, "Of course I remember! Mrs. Cao is amazing, she is a big customer of our Ningzhuang Pavilion, and she buys a lot of things every time she comes here."

Wu Fujin sighed: "Mrs. Cao hasn't come for a long time."

"Did our guy do something wrong and offend her?"

Wu Fujin said: "No! The last time Mrs. Cao came over was in October last year. The staff said that Mrs. Cao was still happy when she left! I don't think it has anything to do with our shop."

Shuwan persuaded: "If she doesn't come, don't come! Our shop doesn't miss her as a customer."

Wu Fujin complained: "You don't know how expensive the rice is if you are not in charge. There are not many guests who are generous and easy to serve like Mrs. Cao. She alone is worth thirty or forty guests."

Shuwan said with a smile that she was stingy, and Wu Fujin said that she didn't know how to calculate.

When the two were joking, the palace maid brought a man in.

The clerk said excitedly: "Two bosses, who do you think is here? Mrs. Cao is here! She is shopping outside! It seems that she has to buy a lot. She heard that there are new spring products some days ago, and she said Order five sets."

Wu Fujin said with a smile to Shuwan: "See, the benefactor is here. For the sake of giving me money, I have to personally receive her."

Shuwan wanted to join in the fun, so they went together.

Mrs. Cao was telling the guys to wrap up the things she had chosen, when she saw Shuwan and Wu Fujin, she hurried over to salute and say hello.

"I never thought that the two Fujins were here. To see the two Fujins, it can be seen that I am lucky."

Wu Fujin excused her, and she asked with a smile, "Mrs. Cao hasn't been here for a long time."

Mrs. Cao couldn't help but grimaced, "My master doesn't allow me to go out! I've been suffocated for half a year!"

Wu Fujin smiled and said: "Lord Cao is really, he didn't care about it before, why did he care so much all of a sudden?"

Mrs. Cao was also confused, "Who knows! Last year the emperor came back from his southern tour, and he always advised me to be cautious. I am already cautious enough. I never do unnecessary things except shopping. He Still thinking about me!"

Wu Fujin and Mrs. Cao chatted about rouge and new spring products, Shuwan's heart moved, and she took Mrs. Cao's words to heart.

After chatting for a while, Mrs. Cao bid farewell to Wu Fujin.

"It's hard to see the two Fujins. I'm very happy. I should be the host to invite the two Fujins to dinner. Unfortunately, the man in the family is so strict that I dare not stay for a long time. My master has some kind of hysteria. I begged for several days. , he just let me out for a little while.

It seems that the good times are coming to an end, and you persuade me to buy more, what to say, I don’t know if I can buy it in the future, how unlucky you say it!Alas, let's not talk about him.I have to go, I will be reprimanded by my master if I go back late, next time I will definitely invite the two Fujins to a theater and a drink. "

Shuwan and Wu Fujin said some polite words to Mrs. Cao, and Mrs. Cao saluted and said goodbye, and left Ningzhuang Pavilion.

Wu Fujin said with a smile: "Among the many customers in our shop, I love talking to Mrs. Cao the most. She was originally the daughter of a merchant, and her family was rich, but she married a poor scholar. Her husband worked hard, won a Jinshi, and endured a lot. In [-], I finally made it to the Ministry of War and became an official in the capital. What's even more rare is that Mr. Cao is not such an ungrateful person, and he treats Mrs. Cao very well."

Shuwan nodded, "Mrs. Cao speaks bluntly, and she doesn't seem to have any city. Simple people can always keep simple, which shows that there are people protecting them."

"Yes!" Wu Fujin's tone was a bit sad.

She was also a simple person in the past, stumbling when talking to unfamiliar people.Now that she can support such a large shop, and communicate with any customer naturally, it is all through experience.

Shuwan didn't notice Wu Fujin's melancholy, she was still thinking about Mrs. Cao.

"It's getting late, I should go back, and I'll chat with you next time."

Wu Fujin hurriedly said, "Go back quickly! You still have children at home!"

Shuwan bid farewell to Wu Fujin, and hurried back to the county palace.

Wu Fujin looked at the carriage leaving in a hurry and sighed. Everyone was concerned, but she was alone.

The clerk came over and asked, "Fujin, a customer has ordered hundreds of new spring products, and it looks like they are reselling them. Shall we sell them?"

When it comes to making money, Wu Fujin puts his loneliness aside in an instant.

"Look at whose shopkeeper it is. If it's a shop outside the capital, as long as it's not in the capital, we can resell it. We can make money too!"

When Shuwan returned home, Chun'er greeted her with a smile, and handed over Xia'er's letter from Jiangnan.

Shuwan didn't care about changing clothes, so she read what was written in the letter first.

Chun'er made a cup of chrysanthemum tea for Shuwan, "Fujin, Jiangnan's business has improved, has Xia'er made you a lot of money again?"

After reading the letter, Shuwan put away the letter paper and put it in a small locked box.

She casually said: "Yes! Jiangnan's business is getting better and better. The emperor's reward is to buy things from our shop. The dignitaries follow suit."

Chun'er smiled and said, "Great, Fujin should be able to get back his money soon!"

Shuwan smiled and took a sip of her saliva, but did not speak.

When the fourth elder brother came home in the evening, Shuwan patiently watched him check the children's homework, praised Xiaobao for his strong bones and bones, and pointed out Kang Bao's mistakes and omissions in his essays.I watched him play with Hutou for a while.

After the two of them went to bed, Shuwan asked: "Brother, do you want to tell me about the court outside?"

The fourth elder brother rubbed against Shuwan's side, and put his arms around Shuwan's waist.

"If you can't sleep, we can do something else."

Shuwan smiled and said: "If you don't want to tell, then I will tell you."

Shuwan looked sideways at the fourth elder brother, the room was dimly lit, and the fourth elder brother could only see Shuwan's bright eyes through the moonlight outside the window.

"There is Mr. Cao in the Ministry of War. He is a Han. He married a wife. He likes to go shopping in our Ningzhuang Pavilion. Her wife is quite rich. It is said that she is the daughter of a merchant."

Once Shuwan said that, the fourth elder brother knew who it was.

The status of merchants is low, and there are not many officials who marry the daughters of merchants.

"What happened to her?" Brother Si asked.

"She's fine, it's just that she hasn't come to Ningzhuang Pavilion to buy things since October last year. She came here today, and Mr. Cao said that she would go early and return early, and she might not have the chance to buy things in the future. "

The fourth elder brother asked: "What else did she say?"

Shuwan turned over and lay back, she talked about another matter as if to whet the fourth elder brother's appetite.

"Today I received a letter from Xia'er. Xia'er said that everything is fine in the Jiangnan branch, but she heard something unusual. Eighth elder brother sent someone to Jiangnan to buy books, and was unanimously praised by Jiangnan talents. My brother is eager to learn."

The fourth elder brother couldn't help cursing: "He is used to inviting people's hearts."

The fourth elder brother turned to face Shuwan, and he asked: "Is there anything else I don't know, please tell me quickly!"

Shuwan slowly pulled up the quilt and covered it up to her neck.

"No, even if there is, I don't want to talk about it. I married a good old man. The old man in my family said that as long as the old lady is happy at home, I don't have to worry about things outside."

Brother Si: "...I didn't say you were an old woman."

Shuwan turned her back to the fourth elder brother, "Oh, it's the same thing whether you say it or not, whatever you want! I'm tired and I'm going to sleep!"

Fourth elder brother: "..."

This is revenge, naked revenge!