Chapter 37

The two guests next door seemed to be the purchasing stewards of a certain mansion. While complaining that the master was difficult to serve, they also mentioned that Beijing was not as prosperous as Jiangnan, and they couldn't buy good things.

Chen Xin hated the noise, frowned and wanted to leave after listening for a while.

As a result, the two people next door said another word, but they directly left him behind.

"What kind of birthday gift do you think the little princess would like? I heard that someone gave tribute last year, but this little girl directly sued the emperor. Not only did that person not get well, but he was also stripped of the imperial merchant's hat."

"Yeah, the five or six-year-old girl is tricky and pungent, and she just won the favor of the emperor and the little princess. She is hard enough to serve her on weekdays. If we don't find anything good to offer on my birthday tomorrow, we're afraid we'll throw it away too." It's an errand."

The two of them were talking, both of them were so worried that they took tea instead of wine and drank one cup after another.

Unexpectedly, someone knocked on the door at this time, and the door was pushed open again before the two of them waited to ask.

Chen Xin walked in cheekily, saluted repeatedly and apologized, "Both elder brothers, younger brother is really rude, sorry for disturbing you, sorry for disturbing you!"

The two stewards frowned, a little displeased, but still asked, "Who are you and what's the matter?"

Chen Xin closed the door casually, and then continued with a smile, "The two elder brothers don't know something, so I was drinking tea next door to rest. Just now I vaguely heard the two elder brothers talking about looking for a birthday present for the little princess, and I happened to be in I’m afraid it would be the most suitable item to bring back from the Northland. It’s really impolite to knock on the door recklessly!”

The two stewards looked at each other, both a little surprised, but at this point, they really couldn't find any good things as birthday presents, so they invited Chen Xin to sit down and chat for a few words with the mentality of trying.

As a result, the more they asked, the more at ease they felt. Although the Tang family was a family of merchants, because of the relationship with the Marquis of Weiyuan, they had some respect in the capital.Since Chen Xin is the store manager of the Tang family, he is not afraid of any evil intentions from him.After all, the Tang family kept it there, and the monks couldn't escape the temple if they ran away.

Chen Xin was also happy that the two stewards of the Princess Mansion were easy to talk to, and after a long chat, he called the young man to change the tea and snacks for the two of them, and then quickly left the teahouse.

How careful he was before, when he entered the city, he sent the boy who followed the car to take the sixteen boxes back to his private house.It was not delivered to the temporary house in the front yard of the Tang family, but it is also convenient to pick it up now, so he quickly brought a box to the teahouse with his servants.

The two stewards had some discernment, and when they opened the box, they were surprised. They carefully checked that there was nothing wrong with it, and after a few discussions with each other, they accepted it.

One of the stewards took out his purse and threw out ten taels of silver, but Chen Xin stopped him.He waved his hands impatiently, and said angrily, "Our Princess Mansion has never owed money to outsiders. Since there are too many, I should reward you!"

Unexpectedly, Chen Xin's face was extremely embarrassing, and he replied in a low voice, "No, two big brothers, I also sold this doll on behalf of others. The seller said, such a box, um... if it is less than 50 taels, it must not be sold!"

"What, 50 taels!"

The two stewards stared at each other, really wanting to curse a few words.Let alone a rabbit doll, it is a real rabbit, no matter how expensive it is, it is not worth 50 taels.

But they had already blown the big talk before, and this time they were looking for a birthday gift for the daughter on behalf of the son-in-law, and they were not so stingy with money, so they gritted their teeth and took out another 50 taels of silver bill.

The ten-liang ingot of silver curly also gave up his anger.

"Go, go back to the house! If this thing doesn't catch the eyes of the little princess, let's see how we deal with you!"

The two called the boy to help carry the box, and went all the way back to the princess mansion.

Chen Xin wiped the sweat from his forehead, squeezed the bank notes in his hand, and finally heaved a sigh of relief.

Sometimes behind the opportunity, no one knows whether it is luck or bad luck, but if you don't seize it, you will regret it...

A day and night are extremely short, but in Chen Xin's uneasy thoughts, they become extremely long.

After finally looking forward to the morning of the little princess’s birthday banquet, Chen Xin couldn’t bear to be irritable, so he went to the cloth shop he managed, took his assistants to check the warehouse, and served a few regular customers who came to the door to choose a few bolts of silk. The head rose to the top of the head.

Chen Xin's hungry chest pressed against his back, and when he was about to go to the opposite noodle shop to fill his stomach, Tang Er Shao suddenly rushed in.

"Chen Xin, get out of here!"

The little guy naturally recognized Tang Ershao, so he hurried to the back to look for Chen Xin.Chen Xin hurried to the front hall, and before he could speak, he was slapped.

"Slave dog, how did you offend the Princess Mansion? Say it quickly, if you dare to implicate our Tang family, I will think of your family!"

Chen Xin was beaten so dizzy, and hearing this again, he was so angry that he wanted to jump up and kill someone, but now that he was under the eaves, he could only hold back his anger, knelt down and kowtowed, "Second Young Master calm down, can you explain the matter carefully?" Some, let the villain slowly report."

"Okay, just now the Princess Mansion sent someone to the house and called you to answer the call. I bought the eunuch who passed the message, and then I got out and said that the little princess was furious because of a birthday gift! The birthday gift is that the steward of the Princess Mansion is in your hands. Bought it in hand!"

The more Tang Ershao spoke, the more annoyed he became. He lifted his foot and kicked Chen Xin twice, and then cursed in a low voice, "Slave dog, tell me, what did you sell to the little princess?"

At this moment, the thoughts in Chen Xin's mind turned countless times, and he couldn't think of how the soft rabbit doll, plus a box of small wooden utensils and straw weaving, would offend the princess.According to his guess, even if the little princess doesn't like it, it's fine, and she won't be furious.

"Second young master, when the villain came back from Anzhou earlier, he was entrusted to bring back some fur dolls. He happened to hear that the steward of the Princess Mansion was looking for a birthday present, so he sold one of them. I really don't know, this fur doll Where did the doll anger the little princess?"

"Okay, you have been working in my Tang family for ten years. It is a big taboo to sell goods privately. You should know how to do it?"

Tang Ershao looked a little hesitant, but the boy who was gesticulating at the door from the corner of his eyes was still cruel in the end.

Chen Xin's face turned pale. Although he had expected that there would be some twists and turns in this matter, he did not expect to lose the job he had done for more than ten years.

But even if he is a shopkeeper, he is not without a little bit of arrogance.

"Okay, I, Chen Xin, violated the rules of the Tang family. I voluntarily resigned from my job as the shopkeeper of the Tang family. I will have nothing to do with the Tang family in life or death. Thanks to the care of the second young master for so many years, let Chen Xin report later."

Tang Ershao waved his hand, "You still act safely on weekdays, and you don't need to check the account books. When you get out of this door, you can just do it yourself."

Chen Xin got up, patted the dust that didn't exist on his knees, and walked out slowly.

Outside the door, the eunuch of the Princess Mansion and the two servants were already waiting impatiently.Seeing Chen Xin's embarrassed appearance, he was a little startled.

But before he could speak, Master Tang Er stepped forward and said with a smile, "Senior officer, I have troubled you to wait for a long time. I originally met this dog slave on the road in the early years, and stayed in the shop because he looked simple and honest. He was working in the Tang family, and he did not sign the selling papers, so he was accepted into the Tang family. Who would have thought that he would sell the goods privately, which offended the little princess. I have kicked him out of the Tang family, please send a message to Her Royal Highness, How to deal with it, how to deal with it, don't worry about the Tang family."

The wife had a strange look on her face after listening, as if wanting to laugh turned into pity.But he didn't say anything after all, he nodded and took Chen Xin away.

Tang Ershao didn't know why, but suddenly his heart beat wildly.Did he make a big mistake?
The confidant at the side couldn't help but stepped forward and asked, "Master, although the Princess Mansion is very favored by the emperor, our Tang family is the in-laws of the Marquis of Weiyuan, so why should we not be so afraid of the Princess Mansion..."

"Shut up, idiot!" Tang Ershao stared angrily, and cursed in a low voice, "The Tang family is Marquis Weiyuan's in-laws, but Mrs. Weiyuanhou is only the aunt of the third son, not mine! After offending the Princess Mansion, how could Mrs. Weiyuan Hou come forward to protect me? It would be good to clear the opponent for the third child without stepping on it!"

The boy shrank his neck in fright, and hurriedly hid behind him obediently.It was Tang Ershao who spoke again, "Go, go outside the princess mansion to see what happened to Chen Xin, and report back quickly!"

"Yes, sir."

Not to mention how the two masters and servants arranged, but Chen Xin followed the high-ranking official all the way to the princess mansion. Seeing that the high-ranking official was very kind when he was questioning him, and he didn't look like he was about to kill him, he felt suspicious in his heart. The bent back also slowly straightened up.When I wanted to ask a few more questions, I entered the princess mansion.

The little princess is the youngest daughter of the eldest princess, and because she is extremely favored by the emperor, on her natural birthday, all the dignitaries in Kyoto gathered to celebrate her birthday.

The Princess Mansion was decorated with lanterns and festoons, full of guests, maids and eunuchs running back and forth, it was extremely lively.

Because Chen Xin was a foreigner, when he was brought into the back house, he was blindfolded, and he was really dizzy.

After finally stopping, he knelt down, and before he had to wait for a moment, he heard the excitement around him suddenly.

Girls who came from nowhere, chattered around him and asked non-stop, "Is this the merchant who sells rabbits? Doesn't seem to be vulgar?"

"Of course, how could it be a vulgar person to figure out such a novel and interesting doll!"

"Oh, what are you all talking about? Ask him quickly if he still has that rabbit. I must have one."

"I want it too, I want it too!"

"The first one is for the little princess, she is annoyed that her set was trampled dirty by the princess of Jiulian!"

Chen Xin's ears were almost pricked like rabbits, and after hearing these words, he was completely relieved.

Sure enough, the girls stopped arguing a few words before being stopped by a lazy woman's voice.

"No wonder there is no sound in the flower hall, so they all came here."

The girls saluted one after another, and finally acted coquettishly, "Your Highness, we are just envious of the princess's rabbit doll, and want to see who found such an interesting birthday gift, so..."

"You guys, fortunately, the senior officials are well prepared, so please sit down and listen."

"Thank you princess."

Chen Xin heard the rustling voices in the room stop, and hurriedly kowtowed, "Cao Min Chen Xin sends greetings to Her Highness the Princess and all the noble ladies."

(End of this chapter)

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