This is the general cabinet of Caojia Jingshi, yes, not the main store, but the general counter. The store was small, with only a small door, at the end of a deep alley, and was no different from ordinary people except for the hammer and gong hanging from the thick iron nails on the doorframe on the right side of the gate.

The difference is behind the door.

Even ordinary people's homes have upper rooms, but here, it should have been the location of the upper room, but there is a large flower hall, only a few sets of matching chairs and coffee tables, and a few people waiting to do things are sitting there eating tea.

Of course, the general cabinet of the Cao family will not take any tribute, for example, even the emperor has to count the big red robes to entertain the merchants who come to the door. In this small courtyard, the most valuable tea can also be found in the tea shop outside. Although the tea set is of the highest quality, it is definitely not an antique celebrity.

This is also in line with the Cao family's consistent principle of doing things: money, of course, must be earned, but the rules must not be broken. Tribute or something, if it is not something that merchants can enjoy, then the Cao family will not provide it to merchants who come and go.

On the left and right sides are two wings, with a hand-copying verandah and a necklace of the large flower hall in the middle, the wings are partitioned, the doors are also independent, and even the brick walls are built with two layers to ensure that there will be no leakage. There is another door in the back, but it is tightly closed, and it is obvious that there is a small courtyard behind it, but the merchants who come here to do business have never entered.

This is the general cabinet of the Cao family, which operates all kinds of large transactions, and at the same time, because of the relationship between Zhiliu Guyiman, Daomen also has several large transactions here. It will be taken care of by the Cao family.

Most of the people who come here to do business come and go in a hurry, just to meet acquaintances. I also go out to find a restaurant to eat, rather than here.

Most of the people who will come to the Cao family Jingshi general cabinet to handle transactions have some origins, or are more important transactions, or involve a huge amount of money, or need a third party as a guarantee, and the detailed rules have actually been tacitly agreed for a long time. Coming here is just the final signing and confirmation of the paperwork.

Even though the weather is getting hotter, the voices in the trees are urging. The general cabinet of the Cao family is also as usual, maintaining his quiet and peaceful pace, which makes people feel a little cool in the afternoon of Meng Chun, who is bored.

It's just that today, something is wrong.

The birds on the huge tree took off. Stunned and scattered. Several people in the flower hall who were waiting to do something looked up in surprise.

After a while, there was a loud noise of footsteps and commotion at the front door, and no one knocked on the door, let alone a gong, but smashed the door with a thud.

"Come out! The people of the Cao family come out! You bully us and don't understand the business world, do you?! It's obviously the same thing, why do you sell it to someone else for a tael of silver, and sell it to us for seven taels! Is there such a bully? Do you know whose family we are? There is a lady in our family. If you don't give our mother face, you don't give face to Banzai! I don't want to go through a lawsuit. Just give it to me! ”

Immediately, a short, stocky, steward-looking man trotted all the way over, and said, "Which family is so ignorant of the rules." Don't you know that when you knock on the door, you have to knock softly so that the people inside can hear clearly? Besides, there is a gong hanging at the door! Why don't you bang the gong if there's something important?! Who would slam the door like that? It's all done, the door is broken! ”

What is the identity of the Cao family, and what kind of forces are behind the Cao family, everyone here is clear.

At the beginning, some people were really startled when they heard loud noises outside, but later, the people outside actually talked about Niangniang, and these people laughed.

Today's queen mother's maiden family is not an ordinary family, and the family style of the family is good, otherwise, Emperor Taizu would not have married his daughter. Who in Beijing doesn't know that the queen's maiden family today, whether it is the old and young masters in the family or the slaves below, will never talk about the queen's mother. There are even quite a few people who are very angry that Her Royal Highness the eldest princess begged the palace to marry her granddaughter to the prince at that time as a side concubine before she died. This matter has always been a scar on people's chests, and it has also led the queen mother to never borrow the power of her mother's family since she got married!

Just like this provincial family, other people's families sent an excerpt early, saying that they would take their nobles home to save their relatives, but the current queen mother was once again left by the family. The queen's mother's family didn't have a fold at all, let alone start the construction of a provincial villa, and people even saved the matter of their daughters entering the palace.

Therefore, this time, what will appear here cannot be the queen's maiden family at all.

But apart from the queen's mother's maiden family, who else in Beijing can really alarm the Cao family? In addition to the queen's mother's maiden family, who else in Beijing can alarm the Daomen?

No matter how big the trouble is, people can't even raise their eyelids.

Those who come are doomed to bring shame on themselves.

This is the unanimous determination of those inside the door.

Obviously, those people outside don't know this at all, and they are already clamoring. However, the people at the head obviously also knew that it was impossible for them to rush in and smash and rob, and when they saw someone coming out to answer the door, they immediately quieted down.

"I wonder what you're here for? If there is a problem with the sale, which treasurer made the contract with you in the first place? Can I provide my first name? ”

A man of medium stature, with a round face, covered in silk and satin: "Don't dare, under the surname Qian, he is the chief housekeeper of the Wu family, and our young lady is today's virtuous concubine." A few days ago, we bought a batch of Taihu stones, seven taels of silver for one stone, but when we looked back, we heard that you only need one tael of silver to sell to others, so we came to ask for an explanation......

The shopkeeper of the Cao family laughed when he heard this: "Steward Qian, it seems that you have really been fooled, the price of this authentic Taihu stone in Beijing has never been ten taels, and this year all the mansions are repairing gardens to prepare for the province, which makes the prices of various materials skyrocket." Taking this Taihu stone as an example, in previous years, one stone only needed twelve or three taels of silver. But this year, the price has risen to twenty-five taels, and the price is still rising. Although our Cao family is also in the Taihu Lake stone business. But this year, I only made a deal, but it has nothing to do with the emperor's relatives. The old man of the imperial merchant Sheng family had a big birthday in the next year, and he wanted to push the family's garden to rebuild one, so he specially asked our Cao family to help purchase a batch of Taihu stones, with a total price of 1.5 million taels of silver. The person who handles it is still our shopkeeper. ”

"Impossible!"

The shopkeeper of the Cao family said: "Big housekeeper Qian, the price of authentic Taihu stone is not cheap, let alone transported thousands of miles into Beijing. This is even more expensive. If it is said in the south, the goods that can be bought for five or six taels of silver can be transported to the capital. This price is enough to multiply three or four times, not to mention the clumsy, heavy, and difficult to transport things like Taihu Stone, which cannot be transported by a smaller boat. It's only natural that the price will be high. Steward Qian, are you sure we bought it here? ”

The man surnamed Qian blushed. Look around. He grabbed a man from behind: "We did go out from here with your men, to the storehouse where the stones were kept, and to carry away what we had bought. You've always known this person, right? When we make an agreement with you, he will lead the way, first come here to your treasurer, and then your men will lead us with the key. With no one to lead the way, no keys, how do we move things out of the warehouse? ”

The shopkeeper of the Cao family stared at the person in the hand of the money steward for a long time, but he didn't recognize this person. When he heard that the money steward was right, he turned his head and commanded. After a while. A man who looked like a man hurriedly ran in the courtyard, and the man observed it carefully, and then whispered a few words in the ear of the shopkeeper of the Cao family.

The shopkeeper of the Cao family nodded and said, "Don't hide it from you, our Cao family's general cabinet is doing business, and paperwork is the first priority." If there is no clerical transaction, it is not a serious transaction, or it is a trouble in Jingzhao Mansion, and we are also reasonable. However, Steward Qian, the person you are talking about is not from your Wu family, if I am not mistaken, this person is a member of the Xue family who has been hung with the signboard of the imperial businessman, I don't know if I am right? ”

The money housekeeper was stunned for a moment, and then his face turned red: "So what?" ”

The shopkeeper of the Cao family said: "It's very simple. In other words, the stones bought by your Wu family are not bought and sold here at the head office of our Cao family, but the stones bought from the hands of the Xue family, in order to have a low price. It's just that what you didn't expect was that the Xue family got a lower amount of money, which was lower than you imagined, making you think that you had suffered a loss, so you came to us to make trouble. I don't know if that's right? ”

The money steward was speechless for a long time, and after a while he said, "But didn't your people take us to carry the things?" The quantity or something, or your people help weigh it. Am I wrong? ”

The shopkeeper of the Cao family's general cabinet nodded and said, "That's true, it was our people who took you to carry it, and it was also our people who helped weigh it." But you are mistaken, the owner of the thing is not our Cao family, but Daomen, more precisely, someone from Daomen. These stones are not placed on the territory of our Cao family, but we help take care of them. If you want to sue the officials, just go and sue them. My Cao family is not afraid. ”

As he spoke, he raised his hand and straightened his sleeve.

The man who looked like another butler standing in front of him and at the bottom of the steps hurriedly pulled the sleeve of the chief steward and stuffed a purse, but was swept away by the big shopkeeper coldly, and had to take the things back in a curt.

"The big shopkeeper, don't hide it, my brother was also forced to have no choice, and please ask the big shopkeeper Haihan. Big shopkeeper, your Cao family is the leader in the trading field, and there are some things that you can't hide from your old man. Please send us a letter so that we can go back and speak. ”

The big shopkeeper nodded and said, "Well, it's not easy for the old man to see you, so I'll just tell you." When Princess Changle first came back, she was frightened a lot, and often couldn't sleep all night long, so she had to ask Jia Junjun and Jia Xianjun to accompany him. It's just that the palace walls are deep, where can the daughters of courtiers stay for a long time? Therefore, led by Jia Junjun and Jia County Jun, An Yuanwei's surviving ones gathered together and planned to build a garden for Princess Changle. Among them, Rong Guohou contributed the most, and Jia Junjun is a daughter's family, and he doesn't know the price of Taihu Stone, but Daomen also produces a kind of stone, which looks exactly the same as the high-grade Taihu Stone, but there is a slight way out in terms of quantity. Jia Junjun thought it was Taihu Stone. With the amount of money to buy authentic Taihu stone, I bought that kind of stone. That was the year before last. What is the price of the authentic Taihu stone in Beijing the year before last, do you know? Sixteen taels and one stone, and the kind of stone of the Daomen. Just a tael of silver is enough. Jia Junjun originally thought that he could only buy 75,000 stones, but in fact, he bought a total of 1.2 million stones. ”

The people around listened quietly.

"Actually, this is just that the Jia family wants to change Fang Er to please Her Royal Highness Princess Changle and Jia Junjun, a little girl who is young and ignorant of things, and makes a joke. But who wants to, and I don't know which imperial history has heard about it and put it on a book. Impeachment of Princess Changle for extravagance, and it took 1.2 million stones of Taihu Lake Stone to build a garden, which caused an uproar in the court. As a result, Princess Changle's garden had to be shelved, and Princess Changle had to continue to stay in the palace. And these stones have also been placed on the territory of the Daomen and have not been transported. ”

The money steward said, "Then." Is it true that this stone is a stone and a silver tael? ”

The shopkeeper of the Cao family said: "That was also the price of the year before last." The year before last. The price of this kind of stone is indeed not expensive, and there are many ready-made stones in the Daomen, and Jia Junjun is a person in the Daomen, and he gives cash, so it is not uncommon to start with the price of one or two silver and one stone. But not this year. This year's Taihu stone is so expensive, naturally no one is eyeing this kind of stone in Daomen, which makes the price of this stone soar, and now it costs six or seven taels of silver a stone. It's not in stock yet, and you have to wait a month or two to get it. The Xue family prepared to build a provincial villa for the virtuous concubine. Although the two rooms of their Jia family broke up and were divided, who let the lady above still be there. For the sake of this provincial villa, Jia Junjun also had to make a statement. ”

When I said this, everyone present also understood, even the merchants in the courtyard who listened with their ears pricked up.

The matter of the Jia family is no longer news. Mrs. Tai's partiality and confusion, the scumbag and incompetence of the head of the family, and the calmness and toughness of Jia Junjun have long been known.

Not to mention these merchants, even the palace has got news.

Whether it's Concubine Wu Xian or Concubine Zhou De, they are not fuel-efficient lamps, they can let the emperor take other people's children to raise them, and then climb to the throne of the imperial concubine, and kick the second prince's biological mother, Concubine Zhao Duan, off the throne of the concubine, where can such two people get along? When Jia Yuanchun was promoted to a virtuous concubine, they were also promoted to concubines, although the golden book and gold seal were not in hand, and the female officials of the concubines did not come up, but there were already people in the palace who respected them as concubines.

This made the two of them very uncomfortable.

Whether it's Concubine Wu Xian or Concubine Zhou De, the family is not very rich. This is the biggest difference between the emperor and the emperor's harem, many of the emperor's concubines are from the lord's noble family, or it is like the Zhen family, the land overlord in the rich land of the south of the Yangtze River, the first in Jinling. The concubines around the current emperor, there are a few very good backgrounds in the early days, but because the current emperor is suppressed too much by the emperor, he does not like to go to the palace of those noble concubines, as time goes by, those noble concubines, except for the current queen because of her close relationship with the royal family and a bad relationship with her mother, only to get the emperor's occasional pity, the rest, either died of dystocia, or died of depression.

Now the concubines around the emperor today, except for the queen mother, if Jia Yu and Jia Zheng brothers did not fall out, Jia Yuanchun's background should be considered good.

It's a pity.

Jia Yu and Jia Zheng fell out, and three lives were lost because of Mrs. Wang.

This is also a topic that is often mentioned behind the backs of the people in the palace. Even Concubine Wu Xian and Concubine Zhou De knew that Jia Yuanchun would be awarded the title of Jin, and it would not be a good thing to suddenly become a scholar of Fengzao Palace and a concubine of Xiande from the cold palace.

Concubine Wu Xian and Concubine Zhou De both vaguely guessed that the current emperor must be using Jia Yuanchun, which gave Jia Yuanchun glory and wealth. Jia Yuanchun has no children and no favor, and the emperor has no intention of handing over any prince and daughter to Jia Yuanchun, which makes these two feel bottomless. Originally, with Concubine Wu Xian and Concubine Zhou De's many years of court life experience and understanding of the emperor, they could all guess that Jia Yuanchun's scenery was only for a while. What made them annoyed was that Jia Yuanchun actually brought them!

Concubine Wu Xian and Concubine Zhou De are very clear that they have no flesh and blood of their own, and the queen mother above has two princes, in this case, they are very satisfied with the concubine position. They are even ready to stay in this position until old age.

But now?

They are concubines. When the queen is in good health, it is impossible to have an imperial concubine in the palace, that is. They have no biological flesh and blood, and after becoming a concubine, they are only one step away from the queen's throne.

Isn't this roasting them on the fire?!

They are completely different from the original Li Guifei. Concubine Li Guifei injured her body when she gave birth to a child, and even if she did a double confinement in the house, it is unlikely that another one will come out. Moreover, Concubine Li's maiden father and brother have made great achievements, and the emperor can't do it if he doesn't love him. But Concubine Wu Xian and Concubine Zhou De have princes under their knees!

After all, the prince and the princess are different.

The princess is going to be married. And the prince, that is qualified to compete for the great treasure.

It can be said that since the will of canonization was received. Concubine Wu Xian and Concubine Zhou De lived tremblingly, not only restrained the people in their palace, did not allow the people around them to change their words, and even repeatedly restrained their mother's family. The mother's family is not allowed to call them concubines. This is the prudence of these two veteran concubines. In contrast, Jia Yuanchun is too flamboyant and too uncontrollable.

Regarding the matter of going home to save their relatives, Concubine Wu Xian and Concubine Zhou Defei did not have any good feelings in their hearts. They know their own business. As mentioned earlier, the two of them are not from very good backgrounds, and their families are not from a family, nor are they a clear stream, let alone a family of lords and nobles. The Wu family is also good. Whether it is the Zhou family, they are all very ordinary grassroots and scholars. Before they were developed, their families were only landlords or rich peasants. Because their grandfather or father became the emperor's people, they were able to follow the emperor and rise with the emperor's rise to power.

In other words, although Concubine Wu Xian and Concubine Zhou De's families have risen, the two of them still have shallow roots. It is in these years that the family has been an official and has saved some money, but it is impossible to build any magnificent provincial villas and royal palaces.

The Wu family and the Zhou family, no one can come up with so much money.

Concubine Wu Xian and Concubine Zhou Defei originally wanted to thank the king for his favor politely, saying that they didn't need to save their relatives. But who asked the great eunuch Wang Jien beside the emperor to let people pass a message to them.

It turned out to be for the court to raise money!

Concubine Wu Xian and Concubine Zhou De, who knew the news, immediately looked like earth, but they had to thank the emperor for his kindness, and thanked the emperor and queen with a grateful look, and turned around and called their mother, sister-in-law, and younger siblings into the palace to discuss the matter of saving relatives.

Concubine Wu Xian and Concubine Zhou De both know very well that they can't shirk the matter of repairing the provincial villa, even if they let their mother's family lose all their money, they have to repair it, and they have to repair it magnificently.

While discussing this matter with their families, they scolded Jia Yuanchun in their hearts.

They knew very well that they were the only two concubines in the palace who had the prince under their knees, and if they missed their families, they could have informed the queen and called the family into the palace, or let their cheap sons go to their mother's house to inquire about the situation. There is no need to build any provincial villas and lose the foundation of the family.

But Jia Yuanchun gave this bad idea to the emperor, and also offered to be willing to set an example, if they didn't express it, wouldn't it mean that they were not loyal enough to the emperor and unwilling to share the emperor's worries?

If the emperor is allowed to have this kind of thought, their good life will come to an end, and maybe even their mother's family will be dragged down.

Even if they were reluctant, Concubine Wu Xian and Concubine Zhou Defei had to grit their teeth and admit it. But that doesn't mean they're at a loss. They had been waiting for the opportunity to give Jia Yuanchun a hard time.

No, this handle is here.

Concubine Wu Xian and Concubine Zhou De have a deeper foundation in the palace, and now they have become noble concubines, and some people please them. Even the queen mother, because she was not close enough to the family, had to retreat when facing Concubine Wu Xian and Concubine Zhou De, who joined forces. Therefore, the maiden family of Concubine Wu Xian and Concubine Zhou De easily entered the palace and sent the news to Concubine Wu Xian and Concubine Zhou De.

Concubine Wu Xian immediately smiled: "What a virtuous concubine, they all say how virtuous you are, and let us build a provincial villa, as a result, we have the silver, and you have it alone!" Where in the world is there such a cheap thing? Jia Yuanchun, Concubine Xiande, you can't complain about me. Thou hast not been unkind to me, let alone unjust. We didn't have a friendship in the first place. ”

That night, Concubine Wu Xian fell ill and invited a doctor. He said he was depressed and fell ill.

The emperor didn't care at first, but just let the queen mother take care of it, and when the queen mother saw it, she immediately grounded all the people in Concubine Wu Xian's palace and let Concubine Wu Xian cultivate well.

Concubine Wu Xian, as a newly promoted concubine, has a fixed day of favor every month. Now that he is sick, he will naturally not be able to sleep with him. His good life was naturally divided among the other concubines.

Concubine Zhou De, as Concubine Wu Xian's old opponent and old partner, naturally knew what to do at this time. It's not. When the emperor saw Concubine Zhou De, he saw a beautiful woman crying.

Concubine Zhou Defei is not young anymore, and she is no longer the delicate girl she was when she first entered the palace. But the ladies in the palace will take care of it, and they are willing to take the time to maintain it. Concubine Zhou De has been on the concubine for so many years. Naturally, there were people who flattered him. Although the treatment he received in the palace was not as good as that of the queen. But it is also one of the best.

Concubine Zhou Defei is also a person who knows the emperor very well, so he will not make that tearful appearance of the scenery, a little light is like a bean, his eyes are slightly red, tears are rolling in his eyes, but they never fall, hearing the sound of the king coming in, he quickly pressed the corner of his eyes and stood up. He didn't let the emperor see his sad appearance, but his reddish eyes and the traces on the handkerchief still leaked a little.

The emperor looked at Concubine Zhou De. immediately teased: "Oh, who bullied our concubine Niangniang?" Sue sù, I am in charge with you. ”

Concubine Zhou Defei hurriedly saluted the emperor and got permission, so she stood up and said in her mouth: "Long live the fun, the concubine has been favored by Long Live and has been the imperial concubine for many years, and now she is a noble concubine, which one dares to show the concubine's face?" ”

The emperor said, "Then why are you red-eyed?" Could it be that our queen mother gave you a look? ”

Concubine Zhou Defei hurriedly said: "Long live, since the queen mother took charge of the Sixth Palace, how has there ever been such a thing?" The queen is the most fair. ”

The emperor said, "Then why are you crying?" ”

Concubine Zhou Defei hesitated for a while, then gritted her teeth and knelt down again: "Long live, if the concubine says it, please don't be angry." ”

The emperor said, "Get up and speak." ”

Concubine Zhou De didn't dare to get up, still knelt at the emperor's feet, and said: "Long live forgiveness, when Long Live suddenly canonized Concubine Xiande, the concubine was scared in her heart, thinking that the concubine had made Long Live unhappy, so she secretly inquired about the reason. Long live, the concubine's grandfather was born poor, because of a coincidence, the grandfather was pointed out to Long Live by the Emperor Taishang, and became Long Live Zhan Shi, and the concubine was able to serve Long Live because of this, which is the luckiest thing in the life of the concubine. Why, since the death of his grandfather, the concubine's father and brother have limited talents, and they can't worry about long live. This is where the concubine is most ashamed. ”

The emperor said: "Good and decent, what are you talking about?" ”

Concubine Zhou Defei knelt at the emperor's feet and said, "Don't hide it, long live." On the same day, after hearing that Concubine Xiande had long live blue eyes, the concubine and Sister Wu secretly stuffed silver coins into the Yangxin Palace, and knew from the mouth of a little father-in-law that long live was because the court taxes were not enough, and they were surprised that the servants of the Jia family were so rich, so under the encouragement of Concubine Xiande, they had the idea of letting the concubine and others go home to save their relatives. Don't hide it, the concubine is indeed homesick, and she dreams of going home to see. How can the concubine be a royal person. Moreover, the concubine's maiden family has a shallow foundation, and she is not as virtuous as the virtuous concubine, but she is the daughter of the Guogong Mansion, and the family is favored by Emperor Taizu and Emperor Gaozu,......"

When the emperor heard that Concubine Zhou De faintly accused him of coveting the family business of his courtiers, he couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, and when he heard it, he lowered his face: "What do you want to say?" ”

said that Jia Yuanchun's maiden family was rich, others would believe it, but the emperor would not believe it.

You must know that the matter of Jia pardoning and Jia Zheng's brothers splitting up their families was still handled by the emperor. How much silver money Mrs. Jia Zhengwang took in the end, the emperor knew clearly.

Jia Yu's family property situation, the emperor can't say ten out of ten, but also eight or nine. Because Jia Yu once took out his own property and asked the people of the government to help sort it out, and later every time he added an estate, he was registered and taxed. It was the spoils that Jia pardoned Jia Lian and his son obtained at the border later, and the emperor also had an account in his hand.

If the emperor's control over the Jia family is not enough, then there is only Jia's mother's house, and Jia Jiu's place.

The emperor did not know the property situation of Jia's mother, that was because Jia's mother's private house had not been checked, as for Jia Jiu. It's because this girl is a person from the Daomen, and she has been taken care of by the Daomen, and now she has entered the eyes of the broken island.

But. The emperor knew very well that the property on Jia Zheng's side would only be much more than the number recorded in the account book in his hand, just as the property on Jia Zheng's side was even less than the amount registered in the account book in his hand.

Jia Zheng didn't get much money from the family, Mrs. Wang's dowry was also cleaned up, Jia Yu came out again, Jia Yuanchun got a lot less money and connections when he entered the palace for the second time than before, and Jia Zheng's side has long since lost the wealth and freedom of stealing the Rongguo Mansion.

That's what the emperor knows.

Of course. To say that the emperor is not tempted is false. You know, the imperial court's annual tax is only 40 million taels of silver. Nine million. It is already more than the tax paid by Jiangnan Province alone. Moreover, most of the power and wealth of the imperial court were in the hands of the Emperor Taishang, which made it very inconvenient for the emperor to do whatever he wanted. When I heard that the Lin family's property was huge. The emperor never had the idea of taking the Lin family's property in his heart. But the emperor only thought about it twice. He never spoke.

Now that Concubine Zhou Defei said this, the emperor had a kind of dark wolf bèi in his heart that was broken by humanity, and he immediately put down his face.

Concubine Zhou Defei also found that the emperor was a little dissatisfied, and he immediately understood that he was afraid that he would offend the moody master with that sentence, so he hurriedly made a long story short: "Long live Qiyu." The concubine's maiden family has a shallow foundation and does not have enough money to operate, so in order to save money, the children below actually buy cheap goods from the Xue family. Intended to be shoddy. It was the concubine's fault that she failed to discipline her own family. Please also ask for forgiveness. ”

said. and fell to the ground.

When the emperor heard that he was not sarcastic about coveting the Lin family's property, he immediately relaxed.

He bent down to help Concubine Zhou De and said, "Concubine Ai, what is going on, you can tell me in detail." ”

Concubine Zhou Defei hurriedly told the matter of Taihu Stone, and said: "Originally, my father said that there is not so much money in the family, so I can't be too particular. Therefore, the concubine's family scraped together, and squeezed out more than 100,000 silver, planning to get 10,000 stones. But who would have thought that the people below actually hooked up with the Xue family and bought a fake with the silver money to buy authentic Taihu stones. I heard that the same is true in Sister Wu's family. When Sister Wu heard about it, she was angry at the time, and she hasn't come back to her senses yet. ”

When the emperor heard this, he reacted.

There seems to be something in this.

The emperor thought about it, walked straight in, did it on the important throne in the main hall, and beckoned Concubine Zhou De to come over, and then said, "What, there are still fakes in Taihu Stone?" ”

Concubine Zhou replied: "It is said that it was made by the Daomen. The year before last, didn't Princess Changle want to repair the garden? This Jia Junjun probably didn't understand the difference between authentic Taihu stone and fakes, thinking that they were all the same, so he used the silver money of authentic Taihu stone to order a fake. ”

The emperor thought for a moment and said, "I know this. That's 1,200,000 stones. If it weren't for Changle to explain to him, I'm afraid I'd be curious about how big a garden they would build. ”

Concubine Zhou Defei hurriedly smiled and said: "Her Royal Highness the princess is Her Royal Highness the princess after all, and that Jia Junjun is also pampered when he is at home. I don't know that there are things in this market. ”

The emperor nodded and said, "And then?" ”

Concubine Zhou Defei said: "Long live, if Her Royal Highness the princess's garden is not repaired, these stones will be smashed into the hands of Jia Junjun." Therefore, when repairing the provincial villa this time, Jia Junjun transferred these imitation Taihu stones to the Xue family at the original price. ”

"The Xue family? Which one is this? Why does it sound familiar? ”

Concubine Zhou Defei said: "Long live which Xue family?" It is the aunt of Concubine Xiande. Concubine Xiande's mother was grounded for many years, and knowing that Concubine Xiande had been given holy grace, the Wang family was able to leave the Buddhist hall. It's just that the people who are used to being used by the Wang family have been cleaned up, and Concubine Xiande's parents had a little trouble with the clan when they split up, so these things about repairing the provincial villa were all handled by the Xue family. ”

The emperor nodded and said, "I see. ”

Concubine Zhou Defei said: "Jia Junjun transferred those stones to the Xue family at the price of one tael of silver and one stone, but as soon as the Xue family changed hands, they transferred these stones to the concubine's maiden family and Sister Wu's maiden family at the price of seven taels of silver and one stone. I heard that the Xue family earned nearly six million silver on this batch of Taihu stones. Concubine Xiande's provincial villa didn't even come out with a penny, and there was still silver coming in. Sister Wu fell ill as soon as she heard about it. Alas, it would be nice if the concubine had such a capable cousin. (To be continued......)