Abandoned Women: The First Secret Service Concubine

Chapter 235

Xue Chengren sighed inwardly, but smiled wryly on his face: "Don't you know what kind of person I am? In the past, when my father was here, he took care of the house and left me to be lazy. At this time, the situation at home It's different, if I don't show up, how can I be worthy of the affection between husband and wife?"

In the past, Qian Zhenzhen looked down on Xue Chengren and often gave him no face because Xue Chengren was always like a fart and never had any thoughts of his own.But he didn't expect that at this juncture, he would have such responsibility and consideration.It made Qian Zhenzhen happy in her heart, snorted softly, and said: "Okay, I will do as you said."

So, the two calculated the money they had earned from selling Quju these days.A total of more than 400 sets were sold, and each set was priced at 50 taels. After deducting the cost and wages, one set earned about 30 taels.Counting it down, it was almost 1 taels of silver.

Xue Chengren took the bank notes and broke them, and was about to send them to the yamen servants, but was stopped by Qian Zhenzhen.Can't help asking: "Zhenzhen?"

Qian Zhenzhen stared at his hand with jealousy. The stacks of bank notes were all earned by the treasurer Qian with his life!Fengshi, what a Fengshi!For a moment, he gritted his teeth with hatred, as if he wanted to tear up the stack of bank notes.

Xue Chengren couldn't help but clenched the bank note, raised his voice slightly and called out: "Zhenzhen? If there is nothing else, I will send it to the yamen servant?"

Qian Zhenzhen pursed her lips tightly, and suddenly stretched out her hand and said, "Take out 2000 taels!" I have never seen such an honest person, who gave it to someone without a penny!
There was doubt in Xue Chengren's eyes, but he didn't ask any more questions, he just obediently took it out and gave it to Qian Zhenzhen.After asking again, seeing that Qian Zhenzhen had no other orders, she went out to send it to the yamen servant.

Holding the 2000 taels of banknotes in Qian Zhenzhen's hands, she hated Fengyao for a moment, and felt more at ease with Xue Chengren for a while.Since he is a sincere person, I am not afraid that he has some scheming.In the future, she has to treat him better and make him willing to work hard for her.Thinking of this, a slightly ferocious smile appeared on his red, swollen and ugly face.

After Xue Chengren handed more than 1 taels of silver to the yamen servant, he respectfully sent the yamen servant out of the house and watched the yamen servant leave.Then, he turned around and walked into the courtyard to take care of the funeral of shopkeeper Qian.

Let's say that the yamen servant took more than 1 taels of silver and walked towards the cloth art street.When he came to the door of Fengxu Pavilion, he went in and said, "Madam Feng is here?"

At this time, Feng Yao was just there, because she wanted to talk about the future cooperation with all the shopkeepers on the cloth art street.So after eating early in the morning, I went out with Sanhua and came to the shop.

Seeing a few officials coming, he stood up and said, "I am. I don't know what orders the officials have?"

The yamen servant at the head took out a stack of banknotes from his pocket and smashed them, patted them on the counter and said, "This is the money that the Mu family of Qiutangyuan paid to Madam. There is still more than half, and I will send it to Madam tomorrow."

A stack of thick banknotes was slapped on the counter like this, not only Feng Yao saw it, but also four or five shopkeepers of other shops in Fengxu Pavilion.

This stack, at least 1 taels, right?Four or five shopkeepers all stared wide-eyed and swallowed, not to mention the shock in their hearts.

They had already guessed that Qu Ju was making money, but they didn't expect it to be so profitable!How long has Qiutang Court been sold?Moreover, the price is 20 taels lower than Fengxu Pavilion, yet they earned so much!For a while, my mind turned quickly, only thinking about how to cooperate to be more beneficial to my family.

Feng Yao was not too excited, she glanced at the bank notes on the counter, smiled faintly and picked up the broken silver on it, about twenty or so taels, handed it to the yamen servant and said: "Please trouble me to run this trip, this point If you don't want to pay respects, give the officials a cup of tea."

Twenty taels, compared to 1 taels, is a drop in the bucket, not worth anything.However, for these yamen servants, it was quite a windfall!The yamen servant showed surprise on his face, he quickly took it with both hands, and said, "Thank you Madam Feng!"

I thought I would get nothing out of this trip.After all, the county magistrate said that Mrs. Feng is someone with some background.How could such a noble and mysterious lady have a good face with the lowest level people like them?How could I have thought that I got so much silver taels for nothing!

You know, at today's prices, five cents can buy a catty of rice.One tael of silver can buy two hundred catties of rice!High-quality pork costs 25 Wen a catty, and one tael of silver can buy forty catties! 20 taels of silver is worth a year's salary for one of them!
As a result, the eyes of several yamen servants were full of surprises, and they thought to themselves, they must return the other money smoothly, and it must be another big harvest.

After seeing off the yamen servants, Feng Yao asked Huarui to put away the 1 taels of silver notes on the counter.Then he looked at the other shopkeepers standing in the shop, and said with a smile, "Have you thought about how many? Only three sets of the most basic styles, or do you want the rest?"

"All! All!" The others said again and again.You know, the clothes designed by Fengxu Pavilion are sought after by everyone.They didn't expect to sell better than Fengxu Pavilion, they only hoped that Fengxu Pavilion would eat meat, and it would be nice if they could drink some soup.After all, this soup is all for nothing, isn’t it?

Feng Yao smiled, and handed out the blueprints drawn overnight to several people respectively.

Naturally, not all were given.You must not have the heart to harm others, and you must not have the heart to guard against others.In particular, shopping malls are like battlefields, full of wars without gunpowder. If you give them all the blueprints, if someone with a heart meets them, invite talented people to synthesize the characteristics of Quju, modify the parts and form a new look...

Therefore, Fengyao didn't give much, except for the three basic styles, each person only gave three sets of other styles.Add up, a total of six sets.Even so, the shopkeepers thanked them again and again, with righteous voices, carefully picked up the blueprints, and said goodbye respectfully.

"The treasurer of the money is really dead?" Hua Lu opened the drawer, took out the silver coins that Hua Lu had placed just now, twisted one by one with Bai Shengsheng's fingers, and counted happily, "It did a good deed for us. "

Huaxin patted her on the back of the head angrily: "It's dead, don't talk about it."

Yesterday Hua Xin hated Shopkeeper Qian so much that she wanted to tear him apart, but today Shopkeeper Qian really died, and her hatred disappeared.Remembering that the dead are the greatest, he taught Hualu a lesson.

Hua Lu curled her lips, but didn't say anything more.She was just twirling the bank notes one by one, the corners of her eyes and brows were full of joy.

Hua Xin rubbed against her, and couldn't help being greedy: "Quickly count them for me."

Hua Lu turned sideways and squinted at her: "Aren't you curious?"

"When did I say that?" Hua Xin glared at her.

The two sisters bickered again, and after a while, they huddled together affectionately, counting the bank notes over and over again.It turned out that since the opening of Fengxu Pavilion, because of the emphasis on publicity at the beginning, the number of daily sales was limited, and it did not make much money.

Since the sweet-scented osmanthus festival, although the control has been released, it is because Sanhua is careful in doing things, always come in person for each measurement, and will give people a suitable hairstyle or makeup, so although there are many people queuing up, the real pick-up There are not many lists.

With all the money, the money he earned was only more than [-] taels, and this still included the share of Wuyoufang.If it is removed, it will be even less.Therefore, the share that Shopkeeper Qian earned was really not a small amount.

Feng Yao looked at them with just a smile in her eyes.Walking to Huarui, pointing her to memorize everything that should be remembered, and whispering to her some things to pay attention to.Hua Rui listened carefully, remembered, and nodded again and again.

Royal Palace.

In the Huaqing Palace, Concubine Xu Gui received the tea from the lady-in-waiting, lowered her head, took a sip, and asked softly, "What is the princess doing these days?"

The palace maid replied: "Report to your empress, after the princess greets the emperor, she will stay in Yongning Palace every day, practicing martial arts." When she said the last two words, her voice was much lower.

Concubine Xu paused while she was sipping tea, turned her white and delicate wrist, and put down the white-glazed fine porcelain cup with auspicious clouds pattern, her face sank slightly: "Say, what is the princess thinking?"

The palace maid bowed her head and said in a low voice: "The princess has a clever mind, and the slaves can't guess it. However, since she came back from the palace during the Osmanthus Festival last time, the princess asked the emperor how many skilled guards he wanted to practice martial arts every day. Listen to Yongning Palace The court lady said that the princess often got bruises on her arms and thighs from practice, and she didn't say a word."

Concubine Xu Gui's face darkened even more when she heard about it.In the past, Murong Xi'er would come to Huaqing Palace to talk with her every day, but only once in the last two or three days.Moreover, they were no longer as close as they used to be, they just greeted each other normally, and then they left.

"She is a princess, what is she practicing martial arts for? Do you still want to be a military general?" Concubine Xu gritted her teeth slightly, the skin on her well-maintained smooth and delicate face twitched slightly, with a hint of gloom.He raised his hand and grabbed the cup on the table, holding it hard, as if he wanted to crush it, but also seemed to be trying his best not to break it.

Beside, the maid just buried her head deeply, not daring to make a sound.

In Yongning Palace, Murong Xi'er was dressed in bunts and her hair was tied neatly with only a few ropes. At this moment, she was holding the usual black leather whip in her hand. The whip danced vigorously.

Occasionally, the leather whip was wrapped around his body, and he couldn't move his hands and feet for a while, so he immediately fell to the ground and rolled a few times on the ground before he was able to break free.Even the guards standing beside her were a little worried, but she didn't say a word, she got up and patted the dirt on her body, and then danced again.The whip shadows swayed, dancing faster and denser each time.

Since the Osmanthus Festival, Murong Xi'er begged the emperor to give her two powerful bodyguards to teach her martial arts skills.The emperor didn't agree at first, he only said that she was a girl and was about to get married, so what did she learn?Murong Xi'er said, she has a troublesome nature, she will never have someone to protect her, she has to learn a few things, so that she can defend herself in case of an accident.

The emperor couldn't stand her hard work, and thought that she was a girl, so he couldn't do anything with her.Moreover, she was spoiled and brought up, most of them are just a whim, and she will persist for a long time.So she picked two guards with excellent skills and transferred them to Yongning Palace to be her masters.

Murong Xi'er is petite and used to using whips, so the weapon that the two guards finally gave her was whip skills.The so-called one inch long and one inch strong, Murong Xier's seven foot long whip can be considered a good weapon.Moreover, because it was specifically requested by Murong Xi'er, the material is excellent, and it has become more and more convenient over the years.

In addition, Murong Xi'er is smart and intelligent, with good aptitude, so even though she was late in getting started, she learned quickly.After practicing for a while, Murong Xi'er's body was covered with marks from the whip, and her hair was a little disheveled, her crystal clear face was covered with a thin layer of sweat.She gritted her teeth and never stopped.

(End of this chapter)