Chapter 466: Scheming (5K5, Big Chapter Asks for a Monthly Pass)
"Is that really going to work?" Lu Ruilan was a little puzzled, and beckoned Yingsleeve to sit beside her, "She is nothing now, how can she make waves?" ”
"That's her problem, we just have to throw the bait and wait and see." Yingsleeve walked to Lu Ruilan and sat down, and continued to listen to Brother Liu.
Brother Liu glanced back at his wife Lu Ruilan, and said, "This matter is easy to say, but thinking about how to pass on the news is a big problem. She is the niece of the Governor of the Jinyi Guard, and the people of the Jinyi Guard are used to doing these things, can they fool them? ”
Yingsleeve raised an eyebrow, "What am I going to do to trick Jinyiwei?" I just need to let Fan Chunyun know the news. Whether it's true or not, it's all her business. ”
"Alright then, let's see if there's a suitable opportunity." Second Brother Liu stepped forward to play a round, "Everyone has just come to the capital of Northern Qi, let's get familiar with it first, and then rest for a few days." I've been waiting for so many years, and I'm not in a hurry. ”
Since the eldest brother and the second brother both said that they wanted to wait and see what happened, Yingsleeve was not in a hurry, so he simply rested for a few more days.
Her internal injuries are serious, and although there is a special medicine left by Xie Dongli, it will not be cured for a while.
This kind of injury has to be boiled slowly and takes time to heal.
When she got up that day, she found that the weather was fine and wanted to go out for a walk.
Lu Ruilan happened to come to the courtyard where she lived and pulled her to their shop to see the new goods.
Lu Ruilan is actually not proficient in business, but Yingsleeve is proficient, in the last life, the Situ family's business was taken care of by her, even if she is not a top master. The vision is also much stronger than that of ordinary businessmen.
Because standing on the back of a giant, you can see farther than others.
Yingsleeve said: "Sister-in-law is waiting for me to change my clothes." With that, she went back to the house. She changed into a big robe with shoulder pads, and her waist was also thick, and after wearing it, it was half a year thicker than herself.
This kind of clothing can change a person's back to the greatest extent.
Ying Sleeve knows that if you want to dress up in disguise, you can wear a mask on your face. You can speak in a falsetto, but body shape is the most difficult to change.
A lot of people in disguise are exposed to their figures.
Therefore, Xie Dongli taught her to succeed in disguise, and she must change her body shape and back. In this way, it can be hidden from the eyes of acquaintances.
Ying Sleeve looked in the mirror, thinking that he couldn't recognize his back even if he saw it, and put on a special mask.
This is the appearance of a white and ordinary girl. Not ugly. But it's not very pretty, and falling into the crowd is like a drop of water falling into the sea.
When she came out of the room, Lu Ruilan was startled, glared at her for a while, and then guessed that it was Yingsleeve, and pointed at her with a smile and said, "You are narrow, why do you look like this?" ”
"It's so convenient." Ying Sleeve winked at Lu Ruilan and pulled Lu Ruilan into the room. She drew her eyebrows thickly, and her face turned yellow. I didn't look like her anymore, so I put on the curtain with my hand, took Lu Ruilan's arm, and went out together.
Their Liu family's silk village is in the east of the capital of the Northern Qi Dynasty.
It was a place where rich and noble families lived, so the expensive silk could be sold at a high price.
Ying Sleeve and Lu Ruilan came to the front of the shop and found that the shop was overcrowded, and a guy had to greet several customers, and he was very busy.
Ying Sleeve was surprised: "What day is it?" Why are there so many people? ”
Lu Ruilan is also very strange.
In fact, their silk village is not mainly to do business, or to get a site to settle down.
Doing business is incidental.
Lu Ruilan watched at the door for a while, and the shopkeeper inside sent a person dressed as a noble lady out, and happened to see Lu Ruilan standing at the door with a woman wearing a curtain on her head, she was shocked, and hurriedly came over with a smile, and said, "The eldest lady is here, please inside!" Inside please! ”
The shopkeeper recognized this as the proprietor's wife, so he hurriedly came to greet them personally.
Lu Ruilan nodded, walked in with a smile, and asked, "Why is the business so good today?" The shopkeeper is a good manager! ”
The shopkeeper hurriedly bent down and said: "The subordinates don't dare to take credit, it's really that the owner has just brought a batch of new silk from Jiangnan in the Eastern Yuan Kingdom recently, and the whole capital is only the latest style of silk in our store, the most handy, and it coincides with the palace to choose a concubine for the eighth prince, so many families in the capital have come to buy a few good outfits for the girls in the family." ”
Yingsleeve's heart jumped, and she gently tugged at Lu Ruilan's placket.
Lu Ruilan understood, and said to the shopkeeper: "You go and get busy, find a guy to come in, and tell us about the excitement in the capital." ”
The shopkeeper responded, sent them into the VIP room of the silk village, and then called a man to come in to talk, and sent a maid to serve tea.
Ying Sleeve took off the curtain leave, took the tea from the maid's hand, looked around, and asked the guy: "Does our silk village have any old customers?" ”
According to her experience in her previous life, the family would have long-term business dealings with those long-established shops.
They keep accounts in these kinds of stores and settle the bills on a quarterly basis.
And if there is a new product in the store, it is often shown to the old customers before it is put on sale in the store.
If this silk village had a relationship with some big families in Northern Qi as a patron, what she had to do would be much easier.
When the guy asked, he hurriedly said, "Miss, we have a few old customers, but ...... But......" he scratched his head embarrassedly, "It's not a big family, and the biggest official is only a fifth-grade official......"
"Oh." Ying Sleeve responded, a little disappointed.
is only a fifth-grade official, and the level of Xia Fan, the master of the brocade guard, is a little far behind.
Lu Ruilan asked about other things, and the guy hurriedly turned his head to answer Lu Ruilan.
Yingsleeve watched the tea leaves in the teacup float and sink in the hot water, one idea after another swirling in his mind, not knowing which one to choose.
After Lu Ruilan asked about something, she said, "It sounds like there are more people outside, you guys are busy, let's sit by ourselves for a while and leave." With that, she let the guy and the maid go out, and she and Yingsleeve sat behind the screen and ate tea. While chatting.
"I can't imagine that people in Northern Qi like to wear peony-style satin with red brocades everywhere." Lu Ruilan laughed, "How can you wear this kind of satin?" Life is the clothes that wear people. It's not people who wear clothes. ”
Yingsleeve pursed his lips and smiled, "Not necessarily." The women of Northern Qi are tall and plump, and they can suppress such a big red peony. The women of the Eastern Yuan Kingdom are slender and petite, and they prefer elegant and simple patterns. ”
Lu Ruilan nodded, and was about to say more, when she heard a commotion outside, mixed with a woman's sharp scolding. There seems to be a man's rough scolding.
Yingsleeve stood up, "Sister-in-law, I'll take a look." You sit. ”
She is disguised, and she is not afraid to meet acquaintances when she goes out, and no one recognizes her.
"You have to be careful, don't cause trouble." Lu Ruilan told her. I saw her out.
After the sleeves go out. Instead of rushing to see what was going on, he stood in the shadows by the door and looked at the patrons outside.
Nine out of ten people who come to the silk village are women, of course, there are men, but there are a lot of female customers today, so even if a man wants to come in, he will not come in if he takes a look at the ladies and ladies who are gathered at the door. Thus, a tall man in the center of the room stands out among the women.
I saw him holding a begonia red five blessings in his hand, staring at a chubby one. The lady with seven or eight golden hairpins on her head said loudly: "This satin is obviously the first thing we saw, and we have all made a deposit, how can I give it to you?" ”
"You just made a deposit, and I will pay double to find the shopkeeper to buy this Ruyi brocade!" The noble lady waved her hand and said imposingly, and several hand vortices could be seen on the back of her white and chubby hand.
"You-!" The man was so choked that he was almost speechless, his lips were closed, and he muttered for a long time before he shouted: "It's great to have silver!" ”
"It's great to have silver! What do you think?! The lady raised her chin, "Go!" Grab that satin for me! ”
The two big-shouldered and round-waisted mothers-in-law beside her rushed out, one left and one right, and grabbed the man's arm.
The man's arm shook in fright, and the satin caught under his arm fell off.
A short and thin woman in the crowd suddenly rushed over, picked up the satin, held it in her arms, and said to the lady, "Madam, we got it." ”
The noble lady nodded arrogantly, "Put it away, record this satin in the name of Shi Shilang of the West Street Officials, and let your shopkeeper go to the Shi family to collect the cash." ”
"Alas! Please stay! The shopkeeper squeezed over, "Madam, you have to sign a pledge before we can collect the bill." ”
The man who was robbed of the satin was so angry that he was about to smoke, and said angrily: "Didn't you say that you bought it for double silver?" Why are we not as good as us, we haven't even made a deposit, and we have to take this satin away?! ”
"I'm going to take it, you bite me!" The lady was very arrogant, and teased the man like a cat and a mouse.
Yingsleeve frowned, quietly walked to a woman dressed up in a small family, and said in a low voice: "This aunt is invited, I want to ask, who is that woman?" Shi Shirou's wife? ”
The woman liked to watch the excitement, and naturally she was also very gossipy, and when she heard the words, she hurriedly said: "How is it possible?!" What kind of official Shi Shilang is, how could his wife come out to buy silk in person?! That person was a maiden relative of his wife, but he was just an aunt who played the autumn wind. ”
"It's just a relative. It's a big shelf. Ying Sleeve sighed twice, and then asked, "Then why did she snatch the silk from the man?" ”
"You don't even know that?!" The woman was so surprised that her eyebrows were raised to her forehead.
"I just came from the countryside and am not familiar with the capital. Auntie is well-informed, why don't I invite you to eat tea in the teahouse opposite? Yingsleeve warmly invited, and the woman also liked to be greedy, so she happily went with her.
The two came to the teahouse and sat down, and Yingsleeve ordered two pots of tea and four kinds of tea fruits, and gossiped with the woman.
"Miss, what is your surname?"
"Your surname is Liu." Yingsleeve smiled and poured her tea, "Auntie, what about you?" ”
"My maiden name is Wang, and my husband's surname is Peng, so you can call me Peng's family." The woman said coolly, took a sip of tea, picked a few fine tea fruits, and ate a few more of them, and then talked about what had just happened.
"Miss Liu, don't you know, our saint is going to choose a concubine for the eighth prince, and if there are unmarried girls who are at least fourteen years old in the capital, they can be selected." The Peng family pointed to the depressed man outside the teahouse and said, "The one who grabbed the silk just now is the eldest son of the Zhao Governor of Jingzhao Yin Mansion." His sister was born with a beautiful country. She is very beautiful, and she is only fourteen years old, so everyone says that she may be selected. Therefore, his family is also busy preparing clothes and jewelry for her. ”
"I see." Yingsleeve nodded. "Actually, there are a lot of new-style satin in the silk village, why bother to stare at it and rob people like that?"
"Miss Liu, you don't know anything again." The Peng family's mouth was like a river, and he waved his hand and said: "That begonia red five blessings are in the door of the flower Ruyi brocade, but there is a saying, not ordinary silk." Most of the people who should choose a girl want to buy a dress made of this satin to have an auspicious celebration. ”
Yingsleeve was even more curious. "It's just a satin, what's so good about it?"
"It's a big color!" Na Peng's family slapped the table, and the teacups, teapots, and tea saucers on the table almost jumped. "Back then, our daughter of General Liu wore this dress and met the prince on the street...... If it weren't for the accident in the Liu family later, that Miss Liu would have been the crown princess. It's a pity that something happened to the Liu family. She became an orphan girl. No father, no mother, no relatives, you can't be the crown princess, the old emperor took pity on her, so he accepted her as a righteous daughter, and also made her a princess, and later, didn't she marry to the Eastern Yuan Kingdom to be the queen's mother? ! They said that she was wearing this kind of wishful brocade. Only then did my wish come true, and my life would be smooth! So. The family of the girl to be chosen in this family wants to buy this satin. It's a pity that this kind of satin has almost been bought out this year, only one of the Liu family's silk and satin village has been rounded by Shi Shilang's family, which is a pity. ”
"Then the girl who has a waiting girl to be selected in the Shi Shilang family?"
"Of course there is, it seems to be Miss Shisan, I heard that she was also born with a beautiful appearance, and she is not worse than a princess." While the Peng family was talking, they ate all the tea and fruits on the table before leaving.
Ying Sleeve settled the account, came out of the teahouse, and saw that Zhao Gongzi was still standing at the door of the silk village, looking at the direction of Shi Shilang's house and sneering.
Yingsleeve shook his head, walked past him, and entered the silk house.
"What did you do?" Lu Ruilan came out of the room, "Didn't you go to see the excitement?" Why is the excitement over, and you haven't come back yet? ”
Yingsleeve smiled: "I heard someone say an ancient thing, so I listened." Sister-in-law, let's go home. ”
Lu Ruilan nodded, "It's time to go back." She said hello to the shopkeeper, turned around to leave, and saw that Zhao Gongzi strode in again, and said to the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper Liu, can you help, help me find it again, is there any such satin?" I...... I'm out double! ”
The shopkeeper said in embarrassment: "The horse just now has been taken away by Shi Shilang's family, and we can't do anything about it." ”
Zhao Gongzi wanted to ask again, and he heard a voice like a silver bell coming from outside the door, "Big brother, go back, forget it." ”
Yingsleeve and Lu Ruilan turned their heads together and saw a beautiful and gentle woman walking in with the maid's hand.
Zhao Gongzi turned around and saw her, he was happy and guilty, "Sister, I grabbed the satin just now, but it was snatched away by Shi Shilang's family......"
"It's okay, I have a lot of clothes at home, so why do I have to have this satin? Just now I went to the house of the Lord of Jinyi Wei Xia, and the eldest lady of his family made such beautiful tricks that she said that she would make me a pair of shoes. The woman whispered softly and told the man to go home with her.
Ying Sleeve was thinking about how to deliver the news, and when she heard the Lord of Jinyi Wei Xia, she immediately had an idea in her heart, and she hurriedly pushed Lu Ruilan.
Lu Ruilan coughed lightly.
The shopkeeper looked at this person, then at Lu Ruilan, and said, "The Zhao family is our family's old customer, what ......do you think of the owner?" ”
"Huh? Are you the owner? You can help! See if there is still this kind of satin, I will definitely pay a high price, a high price! Zhao Gongzi was ecstatic and shook Lu Ruilan on the ground.
Yingsleeve smiled: "We can go to the warehouse to find it." If you can find it, I'll send it to your home when the time comes, and you won't have to come to the store to rob anyone. ”
When Zhao Gongzi and Miss Zhao heard this, they seemed to have extra satin, and they were very happy.
Miss Zhao hurriedly said: "My house is in Shishi Hutong around the corner, and I am the old customer of your store, and your shopkeeper knows where it is." ”
"I know, I know!" The shopkeeper promised and sent them out.
Lu Ruilan looked at Ying Sleeve and gestured with her eyes: "You want to try?" ”
"But if you spend a piece of satin, you naturally have to try." Yingsleeve said in a deep voice.
Businesses that do business have inventory at the bottom of the box, which is kept just in case, and generally will not be put on the table, one is to deliberately cause the phenomenon of sought-after shortage to raise the selling price, and the other is also to prepare for emergencies, such as such a situation, and for example, there are bigger officials chasing the goods.
After returning from the store, Yingsleeve deliberately waited for three days before bringing the begonia red five blessings that were just enough to make a dress to visit.
When Miss Zhao and Zhao Gongzi saw the satin, they were naturally grateful.
Miss Zhao took Ying's hand and was very affectionate to her: "Miss Liu, right?" In two days, I will be a gift, Miss Liu must come? As he spoke, he asked the maid to present a formal invitation.
Yingsleeve had already inquired about the Zhao family, so she agreed very happily, and waited for the second girl of Governor Zhao's family to give her a gift two days later.
Although the level of the Zhao family is not high, it is a coincidence that the second girl Zhao was born really beautiful, and her mother's family is of the same clan as the mother of the Eighth Prince, and she met the Eighth Prince when she was a child and is familiar with each other.
This time she chose a concubine, she had a very good chance of being selected, so she was regarded as a thorn in the side of other girls.
Therefore, as soon as her wedding arrived, the invitation to her home was simply in demand.
After Ying Sleeve left, Zhao Dagongzi looked at the hospitality list, and said to Zhao Er Girl a little uncomfortably: "Sister, what do you want to invite Miss Xia?" She...... 's reputation is not good. ”
This big girl Xia is Xia Darkxiang.
Second Miss Zhao smiled and said, "People have begged me in a low voice for so long, and I have made several pairs of shoes, where can I put up a shelf?" Besides, if we don't look at her and her uncle, we can't completely ignore her. - That post, you should be for the Lord of Jinyi Wei Xia. ”
Zhao Dagongzi knew that although his sister was not very old, she was delicate and very good at being a person, and he couldn't offend Xia Fan for this, so he didn't say anything more, and waited for the official ceremony two days later.
At this time, in the backyard of Xia Fan's mansion, the lord of the Northern Qi Jinyi Guard, Xia Yanxiang's maid Yunzheng said to her: "Girl, Liu Feituo brought a message to the girl from the prison, saying that he wanted to invite the girl to see him. ”
Xia Dianxiang touched the white towel covering her face, frowned almost imperceptibly, and said softly: "There is a difference between men and women, how can I go to see him?" Besides, Brother Liu is in prison, and I am an innocent girl's house, so it is really inconvenient to go. Don't help people spread this kind of thing in the future, if you let others know, do I still want to be a human being? ”
Yun Zheng smiled and said, "In two days, it will be Miss Zhao's ceremony, do you want to go?" ”
"Nature is going to go. Sister Zhao is so good to me, and I have asked for it several times, but I can't go if I don't go. Xia Dianxiang touched her face again, her brows twisted into Sichuan characters, she turned her head to look at Yun Zheng, and said, "Do you know where my uncle went?" Why haven't you seen him lately? ”
Yun Zheng said secretly, it was obviously a post that you had worked so hard to come, but she still pretended to be someone else begging her...... Secretly smiled and walked a few steps closer, leaned in front of Xia Dianxiang, leaned over and whispered: "Girl, I heard that the queen mother is coming back to save her relatives, so the overseer went to the front station to arrange." ”
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