Concubine Sheng Chong

Chapter 30 Closed Pinxiangxuan

Xu Xiuwen sighed, "That's all, let's go eat."

In the past few days, Mrs. Cui heard that the third young master who joined the army in the mansion came back from Youzhou with outstanding military achievements, and immediately overwhelmed his eldest son. He was extremely upset at first, but when he heard what Xu Xiuwen said, he was really furious up.

"Master, don't take the credit for this day's great achievements on the concubine. The concubine is not as good as the younger sister who died young. She has such a good son!"

When Xu Xiuwen saw that Cui Shi was making a fuss about this matter again, he was also unhappy in his heart. He also had reasons for doing this, but Cui Shi has been pestering him for so many years for his own face!

"Ma'am, for the sake of Jun Yan, are you making the house restless? Don't forget, he also called you mother!"

Cui snorted coldly, "I can't be his mother! Ever since he entered the mansion, our mansion has become restless!"

Xu Xiuwen was also annoyed, "Madam be careful!" After speaking, he shook his sleeves and walked out.

Cui wiped her tears and walked towards the inner courtyard, feeling even more resentful towards Xu Junyan in her heart. If it wasn't for such a bereaved star and that vixen's outer room, she would have been restless for so many years!

Xu Junhui heard that his father was having trouble with his mother again, so he rushed to the room, and when the serving woman said that it was because of Xu Junyan again, he also lost his face.

I am a servant of the Ministry of Rites of the third rank, but I have a general brother of the fourth rank, and now Xu Junyan is leading the army in Nanwei, which is much better than him!Even the Minister of the Ministry of War did not dare to underestimate the imperial army leading the capital.

He couldn't hold his head up in front of his colleagues in the bureaucracy!

He didn't expect to return to the mansion and hear that his family was restless because of this concubine's family, which really made him angry.

What kind of luck did Xu Junyan have to go to Youzhou to become famous? !

Xu Junya, the eldest lady of An Guogong's mansion, heard her mother-in-law say this, and after frowning for a long time, she asked someone to give Xu Junyan a high-quality long sword.

Although she is not close to this concubine brother, she admires his courage to abandon his education and join the army. Now that he has become a general, he has a bright future, but her mother and elder brother really make her feel a little worried.

They are all from the government of An Guo. They are all prosperous and all are lost. Fighting against their own family members, aren't they afraid that they will lose all their blessings?

Yu Qingqian was walking on the phoenix tree avenue in the phoenix tree garden, and the sound of crushing leaves under her feet was crisp and clear to her ears. She thought of the last time Yu's cook had talked to her about something. Thinking of my brother and sister-in-law saying such words.

She also thought that Jiang Jinyan still cared about her face so much, and her heart warmed up. This Miss Jiang is worthy of deep friendship.

Seeing Jiang Jinyan, Yu Qingqian became even more affectionate, "Miss Jiang just call me Qingqian."

Seeing her like this, Jiang Jinyan felt relieved. Yu Qingqian's character and knowledge are all excellent, and it is a blessing to be able to make friends with her, so he smiled and said, "Then Qingqian can call me Jinyan."

Xueyan served Maojian tea, Jiang Jinyan said with a smile: "Xueyan's tea is getting better and better now, can you taste whether it suits you or not?"

Yu Qingqian took a sip of the tea, and it was indeed very fragrant, but the fragrance remained in her mouth, "It is indeed good tea, and the tea making skills have not insulted this tea."

Xueyan smiled, "Our lady taught me, I learned it well."

Jiang Jinyan said with a smile: "This girl is here to ask for a reward."

Yu Qingqian pretended to be serious and said: "I think Xue Yan can learn how to make tea quickly, why don't you go to study medicine with me, the herbal medicine on that wall must be quick to learn."

Xueyan quickly waved her hands and said, "Miss Yu, please forgive me!"

Jiang Jinyan added a cup of tea to Yu Qingqian, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to be narrow too!"

After the laughter, Jiang Jinyan asked Yumo to fetch a large pile of spices he had bought.

Yu Qingqian frowned, "What kind of statement is this?"

Jiang Jinyan said seriously: "Qingqian, I won't hide it from you, last time the incense was sent by the spice shop I have in hand, this time I bought some of all the tranquilizing incense in that shop."

Yu Qingqian was a little surprised, "This is Mrs. Jiang's dowry shop? Why is there a problem?"

Yu Mo said: "I'm afraid that someone has plotted against the law and has sneaked into the shop."

Just as Yu Qingqian was about to open the box, she was surprised again, "If there are all problems, have all the incenses been sold?"

Jiang Jinyan was also surprised, and hurriedly said: "Qingqian, take a look quickly, these are all new arrivals, if there is any problem, I will have someone close the shop immediately, because they are all dealing with high-ranking households, if they come out If there is a problem, it will be a big deal.”

Yu Qingqian quickly opened the box, and said to Yu Mo: "Go get a bowl of hot water."

Yu Qingqian passed the incense over the hot water in the porcelain bowl, and immediately a faint fragrance came out.

Xue Yan was puzzled and said, "Why didn't you click on it?"

Yu Qingqian replied to her while smelling it carefully, "If something is added to this, it will be easily overwhelmed by the smell of other spices when lit. If I use hot water, I can tell whether there is any medicine mixed in."

Although Jiang Jinyan knew a little about medicine, he was not proficient, so he could only sit and wait for the result.

Yu Qingqian took a dozen or so grains at random, but all of them were mixed with twigs and cork.

Jiang Jinyan pressed her hand that wanted to try again, "There is no need to try again, this batch is probably like this."

Then he said to Yu Mo: "Go and tell Nanny Fang to find a reason to close Pinxiangxuan! Let shopkeeper Huang come to see me immediately!"

Yu Qingqian was also shocked, and understood that Jiang Jinyan was in serious trouble. After thinking about it, she pursed her lips and said, "I'll go to your spice shop and see if there are any problems with other spices."

Jiang Jinyan looked at Yu Qingqian with a serious face, knowing that she was trying to help herself, she felt very warm in her heart, took her hand and said, "Qingqian, it's better not to interfere, if something happens, you will be implicated." It's not good for you either, it's not easy for you to run the Yujia Medical Clinic by yourself."

After thinking about it, Yu Qingqian was still uneasy, "I'll just go and take a look quietly."

Jiang Jinyan couldn't insist on her, so he asked Yumo to send her there, and told Yumo not to let anyone see them.

Yu Mo knew what was going on, so he hurriedly took people to find an unremarkable carriage and went to Beishi.

At the same time, Nanny Fang also talked to Jiang Wei, the steward of the front yard. When Jiang Wei heard that it was the eldest lady's order, he quickly took someone to close the shop. Nanny Fang said: "The reason is that the young lady wants to take stock of the shop and prepare to take over." ” She thought about it, but it was still inappropriate, and said: “Guan Jiang, go and inform the other shops in Beishi to close them as well.”

That's the only way to avoid suspicion.

Jiang Wei had been extremely convinced by Jiang Jinyan since the incident outside Yihui's gate, and he was ordered by Old General Fang to obey Jiang Jinyan's orders, so he immediately went to do it.

After the shop changes owners, it is common to close the door to take inventory, and several of them have been closed, so there is not much movement.

Huang Yi, the treasurer of Pinxiangxuan, came into the Hou's Mansion restlessly holding the account books of the past few days. Although he was doing an inventory of the shop, he always felt that Jiang Wei came with someone aggressively, but it seemed that he was here to arrest him and bring him to justice!

In the flower hall of Wutong Garden, Jiang Jinyan was sitting on the huanghuali grand teacher's chair at the top, with a white porcelain teacup with lotus pattern in his hand, Yu Moxue inkstone, Mother Fang, and several wives stood beside him. Standing respectfully outside the flower hall.

Huang Yi only raised his head for a glance and dared not look any further. This eldest lady was dressed in plain white, but her expression was solemn. Although she had a bright and extraordinary face, it made him tremble with fear at this moment, making him even more sure that he had a big girl. trouble.

Mrs. Wang in Yicui Pavilion almost dropped the celadon teacup in her hand, "What did you say? Missy closed Pinxiangxuan in Beishi?"

Mother Li nodded, "But the other shops in Beishi were also closed, and Jiang Wei was sent there, saying that he wanted to take stock of the shops."

Wang's mind became extremely restless, this product of Xiangxuan has a lot of connotations.

Inventory shop?Didn't she start checking the accounts a long time ago?Pinxiangxuan's accounts were also specially altered, what can she find out with her little girl's film?
But the shop is still closed, what does that mean?
Mother Li said again: "I heard that the eldest lady also asked the shopkeeper Huang of Pinxiangxuan to bring the account book to Wutongyuan..."

There was a crisp sound of broken porcelain.

"What did you say?" Wang's voice was trembling already.

"I heard from the woman on the second door that I'm in Wutong Garden now."

Mrs. Wang stood up and stepped into the tea on the ground, she was stunned for a while, and then said anxiously: "Call Qiansha quickly, I'm going to Wutong Garden to have a look!"

Mother Li secretly thought that it was not good, I am afraid it is not a good thing, this Aunt Wang is so jealous of Pinxiangxuan, could it be that she has done something to be discovered?
Qiansha held back her doubts and walked in, but when she saw the broken porcelain pieces and tea leaves all over the place, her heart beat faster. What happened?

Qiansha called a few little girls in to clean up the floor, and she helped Wang into the inner room.

"Why is my aunt in such a hurry to go to Wutong Garden? The eldest lady is waiting for guests. I'm afraid I won't be able to see my aunt."

Mrs. Wang has calmed down a lot now, and that's right, what's the use of going to Wutong Garden now, not to mention that Huang Yi has always been excluded, knows little, and can't spit out anything.

Mrs. Wang sat on the couch, "Forget it, you go and call..."

Wang thought about it for a while, but she didn't think of a suitable one. All the people she trusted were pointed out by her to do things in the past two days, and now only Qiansha can use her.

"No need to call anyone, I will write a letter later, you send someone to the palace of Xiuyefang, and hand it over to Master Shaoqing Wang of Taichang Temple."

Qiansha lowered her head in response, took a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, grinded the ink again, and then stood outside the door waiting.

Wang frowned and thought for a long time before writing in a hurry, told about Pinxiangxuan, and asked his elder brother to quickly find out the whereabouts of the batch of spices, and try to extract them from this matter as much as possible.

Qiansha took the letter and went to the side door, but her heart was full of twists and turns. Wang was in a mess when she heard Wutongyuan found Pinxiangxuan. The letter was written in such a hurry, I'm afraid it was an emergency.

Qiansha looked around and saw that Nanny Fang was giving orders outside the side door, so she hurriedly stepped up and stopped a woman at the side door.

She calculated the distance, raised her voice on purpose, and said anxiously: "Mom, our Aunt Wang is in a hurry to deliver a letter. I can't leave. Can you send me a letter to Wang Shaoqing's home in Taichang Temple in Xiuyefang?" This letter is urgent!"

The woman accepted the fifty big money and smiled. Qiansha glanced at Nanny Fang who was leaning outside the door, and saw that she was looking sideways, she must have heard the truth, and then she turned and left. .

Nanny Fang was instructing a few servants to follow Huang Yi back to his residence. After seeing Huang Yi, Jiang Jinyan really thought that the shopkeeper really didn't know about it, and was afraid that he would cause trouble for him, so he asked Nanny Fang Mammy sent someone back with him to take care of him.

Mother Fang heard Qiansha's voice from the side door, and heard that it was Mrs. Wang who was going to deliver a letter to her natal brother. Her heart moved, and she went straight forward and stopped the woman who was carrying the letter and was about to go out.

(End of this chapter)