Chapter 100: The Book of Business
Jiang Xuanzhu smiled, "It's just a joke." Her main purpose is to strike up a conversation, "But I agree with the second son's vision." Speaking of this, she looked Cui Zhiwei up and down, "You really look good in this dress." ”
"Right?" Cui Zhi smiled, "I also think my second brother has a very good eye." Then he took it off and waited for payment.
With outsiders disturbing, it is inconvenient for Cui Zhiyi to express his highlight opinions on women's skirts as before. He motioned to Cui Zhiwei several times with his eyes, and glanced at Jiang Xuanzhu from time to time, in order to let Cui Zhiwei open his mouth to let Jiang Xuanzhu go, and even more wanted Jiang Xuanzhu to raise his consciousness and take the initiative to leave.
But Jiang Xuanzhu seemed to have no eyesight, even if Cui Zhiwei said goodbye to her after paying for the skirt, saying that she was going to go somewhere else, Jiang Xuanzhu not only had no intention of leaving, but also said that she would accompany her.
Cui Zhiwei smiled at Cui Zhiyi, and asked him and Cui Zhili to go to a nearby teahouse to drink tea and eat something, and she decided to hang out with Jiang Xuanzhu for a while first.
Cui Zhiwei's next stop is Feng Chengxiang Silver Building, even after so many years, it is still the premier jewelry shop in Beijing.
"I've heard that there's a new batch of jewelry there, and if it weren't for you this time, I'm afraid I'd have missed it. Jiang Xuanzhu said to Cui Zhiwei with a smile.
"Wouldn't the jewelry made by the Internal Affairs Office be better?" Cui Zhiwei glanced at the delicate bead hairpin on Jiang Xuanzhu's head, "Why do you envy the things outside the palace?"
"The things made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs are good, but they are also divided into three, six, nine and so on. The good ones must be reserved for the queen mother and a few high-grade concubines, like my mother's concubine is of low grade, and there are many times when the things that are distributed are not as good as those sold outside. Jiang Xuanzhu smiled bitterly again, and touched the pearl hairpin that Cui Zhiwei had just seen, "If it weren't for the queen mother's compassion, I wouldn't have such a good pearl hairpin as an unfavored princess." ”
After so many years, Chen Meiren's status is very stable, and she is still a beauty. Most of the people in the palace watched people put down dishes, and she didn't even show signs of promotion, so how could the palace people beat her whiskers and give her good things?
Jiang Xuanzhu is like an invisible person most of the time, even when Empress Feng mentioned in front of Su Zong that Jiang Xuanzhu had reached the marriageable age and wanted to give her a personal family, Su Zong couldn't remember how old this child was after thinking for a long time? What does it look like?
Fortunately, Empress Feng is good to several princesses, and she has not treated them badly in terms of food and clothing. However, other princesses have the help of their mothers, and from time to time they add some good objects, but she wants to take Chen Meiren upside down.
"You don't know," Jiang Xuanzhu continued to explain, "Feng Chengxiang's jewelry is more expensive than others, but it is much cheaper than the jewelry that the palace has to add. ”
In the palace, except for the rewards of Empress Feng and Su Zong, you have to spend money to buy everything you want, and the price is often several times that of the outside. For the rich owner, he must buy what he wants, but Chen Meiren and Jiang Xuanzhu have to be careful in their calculations.
Although this flower-viewing banquet was to choose concubines for Jiang Xuanche and Jiang Yanfeng, Empress Feng also hinted that if there was a suitable one, she would also consider choosing a few princesses of the right age.
In order to let Jiang Xuanzhu marry a good family, Chen Meiren invested in this time and gave Jiang Xuanzhu the savings she had saved over the years, so that she could take advantage of this outing to buy herself some good clothes and jewelry, and be sure to show her face at this flower appreciation banquet.
Jiang Xuanzhu was still a little hesitant, but now that Cui Zhiwei was accompanied, she changed her mind and really wanted to buy something.
"Hearing you say that, I think I should be able to make a fortune by buying some things outside the palace and selling them in the palace. ”
Cui Zhiwei's words were really joking, but Jiang Xuanzhu's eyes lit up, "You're right, this is really a good way to make money." Then his eyes darkened, "But you have to have the ability to make others buy it." In addition, if people know that I make money from this, not only will I be laughed at, but it will also make my father and mother angry, thinking that it is too embarrassing for me to earn such a small amount of money as a princess. ”
"Haha, I just said it casually. Seeing that she was interested, Cui Zhiwei then proposed, "Actually, you don't have to do it yourself." ”
"Tell me about it. "No one has ever told Jiang Xuanzhu about how to make money, but this time I heard Cui Zhiwei mention it, and I was interested.
"You can find a henchman who is good at this to help you, and you don't have to sell things to concubines and princesses, you can buy some cheap small jewelry and sell it to those little palace maids who don't have the opportunity to go out after returning to the palace. ”
estimated that she had almost digested it, Cui Zhiwei explained, "At the age of flowers, how can there be a little girl who doesn't love beauty." Before, they didn't have a way, they didn't have so much money, and they didn't dare to use the supervision of the Internal Affairs Office for fear of violating the palace rules, after having such an opportunity, do you think they can not be moved?"
"Is this really okay?" has never done such a thing, although Jiang Xuanzhu is a little tempted, but she doesn't have much courage.
Cui Zhi winked slightly, "Okay, can you try it?"
"What do you think?" Jiang Xuanzhu turned her head to look at Yinling, the personal palace maid who followed her out of the palace today. is the maid who talked to Cui Zhiwei before.
"The slave maid thinks that Anyang County Jun's method is feasible. Yinling then persuaded, "Princess, you have reached the age of marriage, but you don't have much money in your hands. Even if the emperor and queen reward a lot of dowries when they get married in the future, to put it mildly, those dowries are mostly decorations, which are useless. And he said, "It's inconvenient for you to come out, so leave this matter to the slave and maid?"
The status of the princess of this dynasty has not yet reached the point where the husband must respect and even treat each other with the courtesy of a monarch and a minister. There are many factors for the princess to live well or badly after she gets married, but like other women after marriage, she can have more confidence when she has money in her hands.
Yinling has been bullied by Jiang Xuanzhu a lot over the years, and she has really seen that it is easy to do things with money, so she also longs for the day when her master can be favored or rich, so that she can also raise her eyebrows.
Cui Zhiwei didn't expect that the few words he said would make the master and servant two tempted, and when they visited Feng Chengxiang next, the two of them really picked those relatively low-priced counters. Because there are many small objects that he has never seen, Cui Zhiwei feels that it is also fresh, so he has been accompanying him.
"Yo, who am I going to pick these bargains here?"
A slightly sarcastic voice interrupted the interest of several people in choosing jewelry, and Jiang Xuanzhu blushed even more to the root of her ears.
"Second Imperial Sister, are you out of the palace too?" she asked.
"You all want to watch the third emperor brother leave the palace, why can't I get out?" Jiang Xuanzhen looked at Cui Zhiwei after Jiang Xuanzhu finished speaking, "This is ......"
Dare to love, I haven't seen her for many years, although Jiang Xuanzhen hates Cui Zhiwei, she has long forgotten her appearance.