Chapter 81: Bringing the King into the Urn
Mu Chenghuang understands the eldest princess's worries, not to mention, for the old fox-like Wu Zhaoyi, the eldest princess is like a little sheep who has always been manipulated by others, but if the eldest princess doesn't know if she doesn't tell the queen mother, this is unlikely. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The eldest princess held her heart and said to herself: "If the Queen Mother knew that my previous money was so easy to set it down, would she doubt my ability and not let me learn these things in the future." β
"Not really. Mu Chenghuang said.
The eldest princess breathed a sigh of relief, but heard Mu Chenghuang turn around and say, "After all, the Queen Mother must have known by now." β
"What did you say?" the eldest princess's eyes widened, but if the Queen Mother knew, why didn't she punish herself, or why didn't she help herself come up with ideas.
"Sister the Emperor, do you really think that the Queen Mother is leaving it alone and letting the two of us treat the affairs in the palace as if they were families?" Mu Chenghuang frowned, in terms of doing things, the eldest princess is meticulous and serious, but in terms of figuring out people's hearts, the eldest princess is still an apprentice, after all, people have a noble status, and they don't need to live as carefully as Mu Chenghuang looking at people's faces.
"Although the Queen Mother is not out of Shoukang Palace, she has a pair of eyes as powerful as an eagle, observing the big and small things in this palace, I know what you are worried about, if the Queen Mother knows, why don't you take the initiative to say it, or tell you the solution, I tell you, this is good, it means that the Queen Mother believes that you have the ability to solve this matter. β
After Mu Chenghuang finished speaking, the eldest princess's eyes were just more complicated, she didn't know what to say, she only felt that she was becoming more and more useless, like a headless fly, she simply lived up to the queen mother's trust in her, she buried her head in her arms, and her voice was muffled: "But my mind is like a paste now, and there is no way." β
Mu Chenghuang pondered for a while and said, " The palace people tidy up the venue of the Wanhua Society, but they are sorted out overnight, so they only need to send the flowers into the palace before the palace gate closes in the evening, and I will ask Wenzhi to go out and report to Shen Ke later, and ask her to inquire about the selling price of this Cao family, the eldest sister, you also have to remember to leave the list of Wu Zhaoyi's application for silver, as well as those rotten flowers, which will be used as evidence in the future, as for this flower, if the Cao family is willing to send it in at a discount to the court's purchase price, it can be considered, but I recommend that the eldest sister go to our Dashun who is the best at raising flowers to ask for some flowersγ β
"Want flowers?" The eldest princess hesitated for a long time, and said hesitantly, "Who will give it, this ten thousand flowers will be as the name suggests, there are a lot of flowers, there are forty varieties in the moon season alone, and there are dozens of peonies, plus begonias, orchids, dwarf pines, and dozens of miscellaneous places." β
Mu Chenghuang looked at her, and his face only gradually showed a confident and successful smile, and the eldest princess suddenly realized: "Dashun is the best person to raise flowers, isn't it you, the fifth emperor sister?"
Mu Chenghuang immediately burst into a satisfied smile: "Seeing that the eldest sister doesn't praise people casually on weekdays, this praise is quite pertinent." β
The dark clouds in the eldest princess's heart immediately dispersed, if there was Mu Chenghuang's help, this matter would not be a big deal, but Mu Chenghuang was more and more funny: "Where am I praising you? It's just telling the truth." After the eldest princess finished speaking, she paused again: "But the varieties of flowers you provide there may not be exactly the same as those on Wu Zhaoyi's list, if she sees it, grabs the handle, and makes it difficult for the two of us, what can we do?"
"Isn't it for her to make trouble?" Mu Chenghuang had an abacus in his heart, and he was playing happily, "The reason why I asked the eldest sister to put away the previous evidence and let Shen Ke check the price of the Cao family is so that Wu Zhaoyi will make trouble in the future, and we can fight back fiercely, the so-called leading you into the urn is this reason." β
The eldest princess couldn't help but take a deep breath, she sighed at Mu Chenghuang's mental calculation, and felt that Mu Chenghuang was a little strange at this time, and even for a moment, it made her feel a little scared, but then, this emotion was immediately replaced, what was she thinking?
What's more, the fifth emperor sister used to look at the flowers in the palace as good as her life, and now in order to help herself generously, she actually thought about her in that direction, and felt guilty for a while, and couldn't help but touch Mu Chenghuang's fingertips, and said softly: "Chenghuang, you always spare no effort to help me." β
Mu Chenghuang patted the back of the eldest princess's hand with his backhand: "Before Cheng Huang just lost his mother, he was in a low mood, it was the eldest sister and Tang Baolin who encouraged Cheng Huang every day, Cheng Huang's arm was injured, and the eldest sister also rushed back from the national temple, the eldest sister treated me well, and I just wanted to do my best." β
Mu Chenghuang here is not a token that can enter and leave the palace at any time, in the past, Wen Zhi wanted to go out to do something, or he had to wait until the fixed day of the palace maid every month to go out to buy and go out with everyone, before Wen Zhi went to inquire about Zhou's medical hall, it was because he had to wait for this purchase day to get out of the palace and delayed a lot of time, if Mu Chenghuang wanted to send someone, it must be agreed by Mu Yuanan or Empress Dowager Pei, but the eldest princess is different, she has a red head card in her hand that can enter and exit the palace, Mu Chenghuang and the eldest princess finished discussing, that is, immediately let Wen Zhi take this red head card out of the palaceγ
The eldest princess looked at the increasingly high sun outside, still a little unstable, Wen Zhi had just left, Mu Chenghuang seemed to think of something, and chased out.
"Five princesses?"
Mu Chenghuang pulled Wen Zhi into the dark and whispered: "In addition to talking to the eldest girl of the Shen family about this matter, let Shen Ke help me check one more thing about the matter of the Zhou Family's Medical Hall." After that, he just whispered a few words in Wen Zhi's ear, and then instructed, "But this matter, you can just ask in private, and it has nothing to do with the matter of the eldest princess." The implication is not to let the eldest princess know.
Wen Zhi nodded and went out, the eldest princess followed Mu Chenghuang to Jinglan Palace to count the number of flowers, and the eldest princess and Mu Chenghuang didn't have any appetite for lunch, but Mu Chenghuang personally cooked a bowl of slippery shrimp porridge, which tasted refreshing and long, and the eldest princess came to have an appetite and drank two small bowls.
Xiao Xiazi, Baojuan and Vermilion Parrots are busy around the left and right, this Jinglan Palace is not big, but these flowers and trees are unevenly visited, and they have to be classified according to begonias, moon seasons, and peonies, and arranged according to Wu Zhaoyi's list, and it will take some effort.
Not long after, Xiao Xiazi brought someone to report, saying that according to Wu Zhaoyi's list, basically all the types of flowers are complete, and the number of pots is also right, that is, this month is missing Green Star and Spring Garden.
"Ah, there's one less flower. The eldest princess frowned slightly.
Mu Chenghuang also frowned and said, "Why is there only one type missing?" and then instructed Xiao Xia Zidao, "You can just pull out a few pots of other varieties of flowers, either the variety will be reduced, or the number of pots will not be the right number, in short, it is the effect that looks fine at first glance, but it looks like it is all problems." β
Xiao Xiazi scratched his head, a little unable to keep up with Mu Chenghuang's train of thought, didn't he originally say that it was good to be on the list?
Mu Chenghuang frowned, how could these two words be used in this place, how could they feel weird? But seeing Xiao Xiazi passing by Baojuan and mentioning this, he also patted his head and said, "The slave also understands." β
Mu Chenghuang waved his hand: "It's good to understand, you guys...... Just think of it as stealing beams and changing columns, and let me take a look at it when it's all ready. β
The eldest princess didn't say anything on the side, but the questions in her heart were about to overflow to her throat, and when the two of them left, she said to Mu Chenghuang: "What does this mean? β
"Since we are going to lure you into the urn, if we don't make it obvious, I'm really afraid that Wu Zhaoyi will be careless and won't find out. Mu Chenghuang calmly took a sip of tea, and suddenly felt a little hungry, she didn't eat a bite of the slippery shrimp porridge just now, but now her stomach is drumming, so that the little palace maid warmed the porridge and sent it over, Wen Zhi happened to come back, his steps were hurried, and beads of sweat the size of beans continued to slide down his face.
"There's news, Fifth Princess. As soon as Wen Zhi entered the room, he said, "Miss Shen secretly sent someone to check, the Cao family is a good florist, but the price sent by Miss Shen to inquire is less than half of the price on the list, and I heard that Master Cao is bent on hoping that his only son can become an official, and he has had close contacts with the Duke of Wuguo before, and he has also sent a lot of things to the past. After that, Wen Zhi took out a list of people sent by Shen Ke to inquire from his arms, "This is given to me by Miss Shen, then Master Cao also said, if the amount is large, there are cheap ones, the people sent by Miss Shen pretended not to believe it, and specially asked Master Cao to write a note promising that it would be cheap, and it was also brought by the slave maid." β
"That's it. A stone in Mu Chenghuang's heart finally fell to the ground, his appetite suddenly improved, and he pulled Wen Zhi to sit down and said, "My great hero, you are hungry, come, eat a bowl of slippery shrimp porridge first, and then go out later to report to Shen Ke, just say that these news are very useful, thank her." β
The eldest princess was also overjoyed when she heard this, but she was slightly worried: "Fifth Emperor Sister, this Shen eldest girl, but she is a reliable person? β
"How can there be such a saying," Mu Chenghuang smiled, "Could it be that we ordinary people are a heart, and businessmen are those seven exquisite hearts?" Even if some businessmen are treacherous and cunning, Shen Ke is an exception, she is a rare business talent, and she is also my most reliable friend. β