Chapter 10: Calculation or Cooperation?
Gu Qinghe smiled calmly and confidently: "I want to sell the Third Highness to you!" ”
"Huh?"
"Huh?"
The fourth aunt, Gu Xianghe, exclaimed in unison, obviously frightened by Gu Qinghe's words.
Gu Qinghe said slowly: "Obviously, the Third Highness is interested in me, but now he is only interested. But this time I came back from the deer mountain hunt, maybe not. ”
Gu Xianghe listened, and said with a little disdain: "You are so confident that you can be liked by the Third Highness?" ”
"If you don't believe me, you can risk letting me try." Gu Qinghe smiled slyly, "However, are you sure you can afford to lose?" ”
The fourth aunt pressed Gu Xianghe's hand and said to Qinghe: "Then you want to ...... How to sell? ”
"It's simple." Gu Qinghe straightened his expression, "I helped the fourth sister get close to the Third Highness and helped her gain the love of the Third Highness." ”
The fourth aunt sneered: "Since you have a chance to get the love of the Third Highness, why don't you catch it and sell it to us?" Do you know what an honor it is for the concubine of the Third Highness, there are few women in the world who are not impressed. ”
Gu Qinghe shook his index finger: "The concubine of the Third Highness is indeed exciting, but I am not among them." I prefer silver to men. ”
"Could it be that if you become the concubine of the Third Highness, you will lose your silver flowers?" Gu Xianghe smiled at Gu Qinghe's rat eyes.
"Of course, that's just one of them. Second, I'm afraid you have also heard the rumors, I am afraid that the position of the prince can change hands at any time, and everyone knows who the flowers will be. When the day came, His Royal Highness couldn't avoid marrying more women. Isn't my mother's example enough for me to learn a lesson? I'm not going to be so stupid as to follow in my mother's footsteps. ”
At that time, Xiao Ruolan was depressed when Gu Manting married one woman after another into her family, and she couldn't withstand the toss of other aunts, and finally died of depression.
The fourth aunt shook her head: "Based on what you said today, you will never go down the path of your mother!" ”
"Of course not, so I'm not talking to you about business right now." Gu Qinghe smiled confidently, "What, Siniang, 200,000 taels of silver, are you willing to make this deal?" ”
"Two hundred thousand?" The fourth aunt was surprised, "You are really a lion's mouth!" ”
"Siniang, don't forget, His Royal Highness is the future emperor! If the fourth sister marries him, she will be the future queen and the mother of a country! Isn't the mother of a nation worth 200,000 taels? ”
Gu Xianghe lowered his eyes: "I'm just a concubine, even if His Royal Highness marries me, he won't be a concubine." ”
"Fourth sister, have you forgotten that the queen of the previous dynasty, that is, the mother of the current emperor, is still a palace maid." Gu Qinghe led the mother and daughter into the pit step by step, "What's more, do you think that the Third Highness is such a worldly person?" ”
When Gu Xianghe heard this, he asked calmly, "What if His Royal Highness can't withstand the pressure from the outside world?" At that time, as the king of a country, he will inevitably be suppressed a lot, and I am afraid it will be difficult to put the private feelings of his children in the first place. ”
Gu Qinghe raised her eyebrows slightly, her fourth sister can't be underestimated, she can definitely grow into a powerful character in time.
Gu Qinghe knocked on the table: "Fourth sister, I want to correct your three mistakes." First, you underestimated the Third Highness. In my opinion, the Third Highness is not the kind of person who will be at the mercy of external forces. This can be seen from the ministers who supported him, and those ministers were more convinced than support. Do you think that a person who is convinced by everyone will be suppressed by these people in turn? ”
Gu Qinghe's words were even guessed, how did she know what the supporters of the Third Highness were, but these words still worked.
"Second, you're underestimating our father. Since Dad can follow the Third Highness wisely and become the right-hand man of the Third Highness, do you think he is not capable of keeping his daughter's position as the concubine? ”
Gu Xianghe couldn't find anything wrong with the above two points, and what Qinghe said was reasonable. After waiting for a while, seeing that Gu Qinghe didn't continue, she couldn't help but ask, "What about the third?" ”
Gu Qinghe looked at Gu Xianghe with a meaningful smile: "Third, you underestimated yourself. Fourth sister, you are only thirteen years old now, and your facial features have not fully grown and you are already stunning, and in two years, you will definitely be beautiful in the world! A talented and beautiful woman, what man in the world do you say doesn't love? ”
Gu Qinghe's words made Gu Xianghe's face flush.
The fourth aunt was also excited when she heard it, she was not confused, on the contrary, she was shrewd. However, what Gu Qinghe said is true, and she believes that this thing can be done seventy percent!
The fourth aunt froze: "How do you get the Third Highness to pay attention to Shang Xianghe and fall in love with her?" ”
Gu Qinghe stretched out his hand and gently hooked Gu Xianghe's chin, as if looking at a beautiful piece of porcelain: "The fourth sister is talented and beautiful, but what she lacks is to stand out." ”
The fourth aunt thought that she could have any high opinions, but that's it: "It's easy to say that it stands out." Now all the women, who are not outstanding, just say that their appearance will not be worse than Xianghe. ”
Gu Qinghe chuckled: "Siniang, Qinghe will show the sincerity of cooperation." If Siniang is satisfied, she will also send 50,000 taels of silver tickets as a deposit tomorrow. The rest of the money will be paid to me after the fourth sister is favored by the third highness. I think you, who were born in a royal merchant family, won't lack this bit of silver? ”
The fourth aunt was silent for a long time, and then looked at her daughter's expectant appearance, and finally gritted her teeth and responded: "Okay! ”
Gu Qinghe smiled with satisfaction, so he called the door and waited for the red bean to come in.
"Red Bean, you tell the two girls to go to the flower garden to pick some jasmine flowers, clean them and bring them in for me. Then he told the two girls to bring a small brazier and an iron spoon. You go and get me a box of Biluochun, and remember to serve a pot of boiled water. ”
Hongdou obediently took the order, and after a while, everything that Gu Qinghe wanted was ready.
Gu Xianghe looked at the blooming jasmine flowers on the porcelain plate on the table, and was very puzzled: "Qinghe, what are you going to do here?" ”
Gu Qinghe picked up a few jasmine flowers and put them into the teacup, then poured boiling water into the teacup, and after a while, an elegant jasmine fragrance wafted in the air.
The jasmine flower fragrance is elegant, refreshing, and really refreshing.
Gu Qinghe brewed two cups and gave one cup to the fourth aunt and Gu Xianghe: "Try it." ”
The two of them took two sips as they said.
The fourth aunt said: "The lips and teeth are fragrant, and there is a different taste." ”
Gu Xianghe couldn't help but take two more sips, and couldn't help asking, "Qinghe, what is this?" ”
"Tea." Gu Qinghe took a few spoonfuls of Biluochun and put them into the iron spoon, holding the iron spoon in his hand and heating and baking it on the small brazier, "Fourth sister, you have to see my next actions clearly." ”
"Hmm." Gu Xianghe nodded seriously.
"This is tea, too?" The fourth aunt was also surprised.
"Of course. The tea you drink is boiled, the taste is bitter and difficult to eat, but salt is added according to personal taste, and the taste is even more unbearable. Gu Qinghe stopped baking Biluochun until it was hot, and then put the tea leaves into a small box to cool, "Tea is a drink in your spare time after meals, it should be light, but you made it like a hot and sour soup." ”
"The tea I gave you just now is just to give you a taste of jasmine, but in fact, it is not good to drink flower tea, and you can't drink it often." Gu Qinghe pointed to the box containing Biluochun and said, "So, we want to make homemade jasmine tea." What I'm teaching you now is one of those practices. ”
"Dry the snail spring and make it hot, then put it in a box to cool, and after cooling, put the jasmine flowers in it and mix well. Remember that the lid of the box must be opened to allow the jasmine and tea aromas to mix naturally, so that it can be left for a day. Remove the jasmine and dry the tea leaves again. ”
"But!" Gu Qinghe specially reminded Gu Xianghe, "This tea can't be as rude as you make tea." ”
Gu Qinghe took some of the unbaked Biluochun and demonstrated it according to the modern tea-making process, she handed the brewed Biluochun to the four aunts and asked, "How?" ”
The fourth aunt nodded and said, "Although I am not used to it, it is indeed much better than what I drank before." ”
"If you add the fragrance of jasmine, it tastes even better." Gu Qinghe also poured herself a cup, and drinking this tea, she was in a much better mood.
"Fourth sister, do you remember?"
Gu Xianghe nodded, his eyes full of confidence: "Remember." ”
The Biluochun in the box cooled, Gu Qinghe put more than a dozen jasmine flowers into it, and then handed the box to Gu Xianghe: "Remember, this jasmine tea making method and tea brewing method must not be told to others." ”
"Understood." There is no need for Gu Qinghe to remind them of this, they also know it.
"Siniang, are you still satisfied with Qinghe's sincerity?" Gu Qinghe looked at the fourth aunt with a smile.
The fourth aunt is indeed very satisfied, and with this cup of tea, it is not a problem to stand out: "Tomorrow I will order someone to send a silver ticket over." ”
"When I received the silver ticket, I asked my father to ask the fourth sister to go to Lushan with me, and then I would naturally help the fourth sister approach the third highness."