Chapter 168
Old Madam Shen was suddenly a little depressed, and couldn't help but gasp twice, staring at Shen Qingwan's eyes with a cold look, she was frightened now.
mistakenly beat her favorite granddaughter, and was blocked by the one she didn't like very much, especially looking at Shen Yijia's tearful appearance, she was obviously provoked by Shen Qingwan successfully, and she was so aggrieved.
"Grandmother, what did Jia'er do wrong? It's worth your fire?" As soon as Shen Yijia regained her senses, she heard Shen Qingwan's words, and she had almost no ability to distinguish, and she really thought that Old Madam Shen was attacking her.
was spoiled on weekdays, but was suddenly treated so rudely, Shen Yijia was naturally aggrieved, and her strong personality suddenly attacked, although her tone was very soft, she still really questioned the old lady.
The old lady, who was still angry, instantly exploded, pointed at Shen Yijia and scolded: "I don't know what you did today?" Dare to cry here, don't be too ruthless if you don't have that ability, isn't the entire Prime Minister's Mansion going to be defeated by you, are you happy?"
For a moment, Shen Yijia was stunned again, she didn't know what her grandmother said at all, she glanced at Shen Qingwan, who looked as usual, thinking that she had carried a black pot for others, and immediately cried uneasily, "Grandmother, what did Jia'er do wrong?" What prime minister's house has failed? I didn't do anything! Did Grandmother admit her mistake?"
The pain on her forehead made Shen Yijia almost speechless, she just wanted to wash herself up quickly, she wanted to go back to see what was wrong with her forehead, let alone disfigured, how could she feel that there was any warm liquid left?
"Old lady, this thing must not have been done by Jia'er, you know, Jia'er has been taught by you on weekdays, and she has always been well-behaved, where can such a mistake happen?" Aunt Liu was anxious and hurriedly argued.
Wiped Shen Yijia's wound with a handkerchief with one hand, while observing, how to avoid scars, there is not much time left for them.
"The old lady should also ask clearly before punishing, Jia'er has suffered such a crime in vain, how can she go to the draft? I'm afraid that I won't be able to pass the first hurdle at that time. The more Aunt Liu thought about it, the more worried she became, "Be good, put your hand down and let Weiniang see the wound ......"
Aunt Liu pressed Shen Yijia's hand down, and when she saw that such a deep wound was constantly bleeding out, the whole person was angry: "Old lady, Miss Six bought so many things back, otherwise how could it be ......like this?"
The corners of Shen Qingwan's mouth hooked, and she said slowly: "I don't know where Aunt Liu started?" I bought those things? Then I'll send it to the Wuyuan later! In addition, it is better for Aunt Liu to be cautious, can you call yourself a mother? When my mother dies, you can't get out, can you?"
She didn't refute it, anyway, Aunt Liu was like this before, and she was clever enough to let her admit the matter, and then she must be the one who was punished, and she didn't like the old lady and the old lady.
She also admits it today, but some people are fried, so it's none of her business.
The second half of the sentence naturally blocked Aunt Liu, and clearly told her not to regard herself as the head mother of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
It was the first time that Shen Qingwan had mentioned her mother so clearly in front of someone, and the old lady's heart trembled, and her eyes became even colder.
Aunt Liu naturally fell on her back, she didn't know what to say, and she still cared about the injury on Shen Yijia's forehead, and she was so anxious that she couldn't do it.
Sure enough, as soon as Shen Qingwan finished speaking, Shen Yijia quit, immediately jumped up, and almost bumped into Aunt Liu, who showed her injuries: "Auntie, grandmother, I bought that thing, I chose all the things, and I asked the store to send them back to the Prime Minister's Mansion, of course, I also chose things with my grandmother and aunt......"
"Presumptuous." The old lady was so angry that she dropped another teacup, anyway, this set has no value if she loses one, and it will be like that if she drops another one.
Moreover, Shen Yijia was a little emotional now, and the blood on his forehead was even more fierce, and a red waterline was drawn on his face, destroying the temperament of the whole face, but because of the pain, his nerves twitched, and he looked a little terrible.
The old lady didn't dare to throw the second teacup on anyone, and it was particularly crisp when it fell to the ground.
originally thought that she had smashed the wrong person, the old lady loved Shen Yijia the most, not without guilt, even if she was invisibly questioned by Shen Yijia, she did not get angry directly.
Who knows, she didn't blame anyone at all, looking at Shen Yijia's admitting coolness, she didn't feel that she was wrong at all, and she was still asking for credit here. For a while, the old lady's anger was rising, and when she thought about it, Aunt Liu's words just now made her feel bad.
Stomping on the red sandalwood cane in her hand, Old Madam Shen fiercely slammed Aunt Liu: "Lao Tzu is not dead yet, you can't wait to drag the man to the throne?" With your identity and bearing, you are also worthy of being the prime minister's wife? I can't even teach a daughter well, and if you worship this family, you just wait to be a beggar's wife!"
Shen Qingwan raised her eyebrows, and she had a new understanding of the old lady's eloquence.
Shen Yijia would say that, she is not surprised, for this kind of thing that commends her filial piety and can invite credit, she will not let it to others!
Therefore, there is no need for her to say things to cause people to refute, Shen Yijia said it herself, see what else Aunt Liu can talk about?
To her surprise, the old lady was able to scold so hard, she was really shameless to step on Aunt Liu! Moreover, the words of worthiness or unworthiness cut off Aunt Liu's thoughts, I don't know how this woman will hate? Shen Qingwan said that she was looking forward to it.
Although Aunt Liu's vision is not wide, she is still smart and witty, but her background determines her education, so she is so poor.
At this time, he was scolded by the old lady, and he was impatient, so he still pressed it down, and looked at Shen Yijia with his head down and complaining: "Jia'er, are you really doing this?"
Aunt Liu said while slapping Shen Yijia hard, as long as Shen Yijia denied it, she would have a way to pull it on Shen Qingwan, even if she couldn't prove who it was in the end, it would be two people who would be punished together, and no one could escape.
It's a pity that Shen Yijia's situation is not right, she hurt her head, her attention was obviously inattentive, she didn't see Aunt Liu's color at all, and said a little proudly: "That's natural, this time I took the best batch of goods from Jinzhutang and Tang Silk Yike, and I also picked a lot of cloth and delicate jewelry for my aunt!" Shen Yijia didn't cooperate, and Aunt Liu didn't have a way, she couldn't get up or down in one breath, she almost didn't suffocate to death.
Shen Qingwan calmly added fuel to the fire: "Grandmother, the second sister has always been filial, not only for my aunt, but also for my grandmother, and my father!" I've been watching, and I know which ones are grandmother's, and do grandmothers want to take a look?"
Old Madam Shen finally took a breath, and Mama Gui kept giving Old Madam Shen a smooth grip on her chest, while looking at Shen Qingwan in disbelief, feeling that this matter had developed a little inexplicably.
How did it become Shen Yijia's fault in the end? The most important thing is that this kid also admitted to himself, and he really couldn't speak clearly.
"What do you see? I don't know what to say, I just know how to buy, I want to be the best, and I really think that my family is so rich that I can't do it?" The old lady looked at Shen Yijia very unpleasantly at this time, and naturally she didn't have anything good to say.
Shen Yijia still didn't understand the situation, and looked at Aunt Liu ignorantly, extremely aggrieved.
From the beginning of entering the house, my grandmother seemed to be a different person, and she hated her so much that she was about to bite and eat her, and Shen Yijia felt very scared.
Aunt Liu couldn't help but hate iron and steel, but in the end, it was her own daughter, and she couldn't help but soften: "How can you buy so many things?" Do you know how much silver you need? That phantom brocade is calculated according to the ruler, even if you are for the palace draft, you won't need so much! And that jewelry, all of them are new styles of Jinzun, each one is not cheap, you actually want so many sets?"
Shen Yijia's eyes widened: "Auntie, what kind of silver are you talking about?" Isn't that the sixth sister's shop, which doesn't cost money?"
Shen Qingwan sneered, this concept is really deep-rooted: "What did my sister say? Didn't you know that three years ago, half a year before my mother died, all the shops were sold? Why is it still my shop?"
"You just said that you bought these things to honor your grandmother and father, so what does it have to do with me? If you dare to love my shop, you don't have to give money, and you will receive the credit, what is the reason? Is it something my sister should do?"
Shen Qingwan knew that what he said was equivalent to saying it in vain, but it was good not to vomit and be unhappy, and it was good to respond to it.
Lest some people always think that she is blind, and she doesn't feel it when she says it so clearly, she is either stupid or soft.
Shen Yijia was so surprised, she actually knew that there was such a thing, but she didn't know the specific situation, thinking that the shop was still in Shen Qingwan's hands, after all, in the past three years, everyone had taken a lot of things, but they still didn't ask for money!
In the past, when Gu Yangxi was there, everyone was also greedy, but there was no part for them to choose, Gu Yangxi was in a good mood, and they wanted whatever they wanted, and they all felt like they were calling Huazi. Later, I heard that the shop had turned, I don't know when it started, someone went to take things and recorded them in the prime minister's account, and I didn't see the shopkeeper come to ask for it, so I thought that the shop was still my own, and slowly there was a comparison, and one by one it became unscrupulous.
So much so that Shen Yijia still thinks that the shop is Shen Qing's late.
As a result, he suddenly said that he was asking for money, and Shen Yijia was stunned.
What is the situation in the Prime Minister's Mansion, Shen Yijia knows very well, Aunt Liu is in charge of Zhongyu, she has also learned a lot, and naturally knows the family property.
Thinking about the value of the things she took, Shen Yijia was almost stupid, and the most important thing was that she knew that the things she liked would be gone, this was the worst thing!
"How so? Auntie, what should I do?" Shen Yijia doesn't have a big idea, who let her mother and the old lady's education be like that?
At the beginning, Xiangye wanted Gu Yangxi to teach this eldest daughter together, but Gu Yangxi didn't say anything, but Aunt Liu made a big fuss, as if Gu Yangxi wanted to harm her child.
Shen Qingwan only now understands what the contempt in her mother's eyes meant, she is still unwilling to teach, poor toss......
"What else can I do?" Old Madam Shen's anger eased a lot: "Today's things are useless, all of them have been returned, and all the previous ones have been given out of silver."
"What? And the previous ones?" Shen Yijia screamed, her expression was excited, and the blood on her forehead, which had been slowly stopped, began to flow again: "The previous ones are still counted?"
"Hehe, why don't people open their doors to do business? Is it possible to give it to you?" The old lady sneered, and once again felt that this concubine was an eyeless person, and it was really a bit unacceptable.
The old lady also has a certain amount of self-knowledge, knowing that Xiangye is nothing in the eyes of many people, no matter who the owner of Jinzhutang and Tang Silk Yike is, she has never let the Xiangfu take advantage.
And the Prime Minister's Mansion can't be provoked. It's not right to ask for accounts at this juncture, but what can the prime minister do except give silver?
A few girls are going to enter the palace draft, and they must not lose their reputation at this time.
"No, grandmother, why do you suddenly have to settle accounts for things from three years ago? Why didn't you say it before?" Shen Yijia's mind finally turned right, but unfortunately it was used in the wrong place, and there was no evidence to indicate anything.
"People set up a tent every three years, so they naturally come to the door to ask for it." The old lady knew this, but there was no reason to refute it.
Moreover, in front of the two shopkeepers, the old lady was really a little shameless.
Although the shopkeeper Liao did not deliberately explain, there was a meaning in and out of the words, the people kept accounts in the house, and they would take the initiative to settle it after a while, only the prime minister's house had never been settled for three years, and the two shopkeepers had to go in person.
Although the old lady has a lot of calculations in her heart, when outsiders say this, she only feels that her face is hot.
Shen Yijia wanted to say something, but was stopped by Aunt Liu, because this could not change the fact that she gave Yinzi at all, and she made a lot of trouble, and she was embarrassed and thrown in front of outsiders, and Old Madam Shen would not let her go.
"Old lady, the two shopkeepers have agreed."
Just when the atmosphere in the room was weird, a girl came in tremblingly to report, her face pale with fright.
"Let the two guests in." The old lady calmed her temper and regained her mildness.
Shopkeeper Liao and Shopkeeper Chen came in without squinting, as if they didn't notice the broken cup on the ground at all, and they didn't look at Shen Qingwan, but just handed over a brand-new account book seriously.
"Old lady, this is the bill of the Prime Minister's Mansion in Jinzhutang for the past three years, please take a look." Shopkeeper Chen said with a smile, very relieved about today's events. Such a cancer is about to become the heart disease of the two shopkeepers, but I didn't expect that there would be a day when it will be removed.
The old lady asked Mama Gui to take it, and then after turning a few pages, her brows furrowed, her face was instantly ugly, and she turned to the end to look at the total price, her face turned white, and her hands trembled: "This... How can there be so many?"
Shopkeeper Chen frowned, and his expression became a little serious: "Old lady, this price, but seeing that the old owner's face has been discounted, the previous bills all indicate who will take it, what things have been taken, the master of your mansion is not small, and it will naturally be more than 80,000 taels accumulated in three years, and the average of three years is not much."
It is indeed not much, the exquisite jewelry of Jinzhutang, the most expensive can be tens of thousands of taels, and some mansions can consume more than 100,000 yuan a year.
In contrast, the Prime Minister's Mansion is indeed a small number, and as for the family background, it is not at all comparable, so it is naturally not a matter of concern to the shopkeeper.
The best thing will naturally not let the prime minister give the autumn breeze, and the batch sent today can also be taken back, the two shopkeepers are beautiful in their hearts, and the left and right are just a trip, tired for a while, and they can also get the previous account back, which is simply not too satisfying.
Shen Qingwan smiled lightly and sat on the side drinking tea, without any indication at all.
The question of whether to discount or not is just a sentence from the shopkeeper, they never asked the price when they took things, so it wasn't what the shopkeeper said?
Shen Qingwan doesn't care if the Prime Minister's Mansion will suffer a loss, she has taken advantage of enough, she should spit out some of it, as for how she will live after taking a large sum of money, it's none of her business.
used to dig out their hearts and lungs like that, in exchange for only a buyout of interests, Shen Qingwan has already given up thinking about this family, so naturally she doesn't care if they are doing well?
The shopkeeper Liao of Tang Silk walked forward, smiling, and also holding a new account book: "Old lady, the cloth consumption in your mansion is not so fast, it only adds up to more than 60,000 taels, I will take it back today, it was originally more than 70,000 taels, and if it is discounted, please take a look at the old lady."
More than 80,000 taels and more than 60,000 taels, isn't there 150,000?
The old lady calculated in her heart, and suddenly wanted to faint, is this to empty the Prime Minister's Mansion?
Since her husband died, the old lady felt that the sky was about to fall for the first time.
But no matter what, the old lady only recognized it with two account books, and everyone said that it had been discounted, how else could she say? What's more, she took everything first, and then talked about the price, if she had to have fewer people, she couldn't afford to lose that old face.
As a last resort, the old lady could only smile and ask the two shopkeepers for a few days, after all, it is not a small amount, and it is a little difficult to take it out at once.
Shopkeeper Liao and Shopkeeper Chen are easy to talk to.
"Coming here today is to reconcile, when the old lady has enough money, she can give anything." Shopkeeper Liao smiled, and his mood was actually very refreshing.
There is hope for what I thought was a dead account, and it's better than anything else.
"Yes, the old lady doesn't have to worry, who doesn't have a problem? It's easy to say, it's easy to say. Shopkeeper Chen also laughed, and glanced at Shopkeeper Liao, and there was a tacit understanding that others couldn't understand. Shen Qingwan looked funny, one sang with a white face and the other with a red face, but they cooperated well.
And Shopkeeper Chen has always been a soft knife, which is obviously a good word, but it makes people listen to it very well.
For example, the words just now, with a little understanding of contempt, said that he knew the situation of the Prime Minister's Mansion and made it convenient for the old lady.
But what the old lady doesn't want the most is to be looked down upon by others, exposing those unbearable details, although it is self-deception, but if others don't tell it, she shouldn't know.
As a result, the shopkeeper Chen hinted that the old lady couldn't swallow this breath, not to mention anything else, she would definitely return the silver to the two shops in the shortest possible time, which also made the purpose of the two shopkeepers successfully achieved.
Moreover, the shopkeeper Chen in front actually said that there are many masters in the Prime Minister's Mansion, look at those bills, each aunt can account for a lot of proportions, and these are also sarcastically regarded as masters, and the old lady who is really sorry endured it.
In fact, the old lady just wanted to send the two shopkeepers quickly, so that she could close the door and talk about things, so she naturally didn't care about getting angry.
A few sarcastic words are naturally not as important as more than 100,000 pieces of silver.
Soon the two shopkeepers were politely sent away, the old lady's face was gloomy, and the whole person trembled with anger.
She listened to the ugly words, and she could bear it, but she couldn't rely on hundreds of thousands of silver, even if she threw the entire prime minister's mansion into the ink and rolled it around, it was so dark that it couldn't be darker anymore, and she couldn't help it.
If this is the case, the old lady will definitely want to preserve her reputation, and she has to spend hundreds of thousands, so she has to protect it.
When the two shopkeepers left, they glanced at Shen Qingwan without a trace, but no one noticed it.
Shen Qingwan hooked the corners of her lips, nodded slightly, and waited for the old lady's next move.
Although Aunt Liu was anxious about this matter, she was in a hurry to see Shen Yijia's injuries and medicine, so she said goodbye to the old lady first.
Aunt Liu knew that the old lady herself didn't have many ideas, and she still had to inform Shen Cheng about such a big matter.
But God knows where Xiangye is drunk and dreaming of death now? You can't let Shen Yijia keep holding on to a head-to-head injury!
The old lady also thought of the future of this granddaughter, and it was useless to be angry now, so she agreed that Aunt Liu would take the woman back to the yard first.
As for Shen Qingwan, the old lady had a headache when she looked at it, especially when she mentioned Gu Yangxi so unscrupulously just now, the old lady Shen was even more uncomfortable, so she naturally found a reason to let Shen Qingwan go back first.
Since Shen Yijia has said it so clearly, it really has little to do with Shen Qingwan, and the old lady doesn't want Shen Qingwan to watch jokes here.
I have to say that the old lady finally got the truth, Shen Qingwan is indeed watching a joke here, looking at how this family has a headache of more than 100,000 taels of silver.
"Okay, I'll go back and fix it in the evening, and if there's a need, my grandmother will call me again." Grandmother doesn't have to worry too much, there is no cut that cannot be passed, those things are used when they are used, and people can't say that the prime minister doesn't even let go of a piece of jewelry! When my father comes back, my grandmother has to discuss it carefully, and there is always a solution......"
Shen Qing said a few words in the evening, and then went back to Wuyuan.
Mama Gui watched Shen Qingwan leave with some concern, and turned her head to comfort the old lady, after all, what Miss Six said was reasonable, but it definitely made the old lady angry, and no one could say that she shouldn't.
I never thought that Mama Gui's worries were superfluous, but when I turned my head, I saw that the old lady was not only not angry, but also thoughtful for the first time, as if she had been reminded.
"Old lady? What are you ......" Mama Gui was a little apprehensive, I don't know if Old Madam Shen suppressed her anger, it was even more serious.
The old lady raised her head, her eyes shining: "The words of the evening girl reminded me that although those jewelry have been used, they can be discounted."
"......" Mama Gui knew that she wanted to be crooked.
"Jin Gui, you click on the cloth in the warehouse to see which ones have not been used? The press is a little outdated, and it is not fresh, so ask if Tang Silk is still recycled? If you don't go back, you will be sent to Dong's firm. "A man needs to be in charge of major matters, but the old lady also has some means to act, and soon thinks of more ways to cash out.
Not long after Shen Qingwan returned to Luwuyuan, he received the decision from the old lady's side, and couldn't help but smile brightly.
It seems that her reminder was not in vain.
Xun Han brought back a large bag of good dishes, Mu Tao's eyes were already squinting with joy, especially the roast duck that she had been thinking about for a long time, half of it had been gnawed off in this time, and it still had a good aftertaste.
Touching his stomach, he felt that he couldn't eat it anymore, Mu Tao went out of the room regretfully, and just heard the news, "Dong's firm? Which one?"
Mama Xu couldn't help but scratch Mu Tao's eyes, why didn't she find out before, this little girl is completely a foodie?
"Which one else could it be? There is only one famous Dong family firm in the whole capital!" Mama Xu said lightly, although she is also surnamed Dong, she really has nothing to do with this family.
Dong's firm is very famous among the people, it sells everything, but it does not sell its own things, but consignment.
Different from pawnshops, things do not belong to themselves when they go in, and some of the things that enter Dong's firm have unknown origins, and some are high-end and resistant.
The price is set by the owner of the item, if it is sold, the firm will take a cut, if it cannot be sold, it will not bear any responsibility.
Shen Qingwan's eyes flashed, and she fell into thought, other problems are not big, even the one of unknown origin can also enter, which is enough to make people impressed.
Of course, ordinary people don't know about this, and they think that everything they can buy is over the road.
Dong's firm is not stupid, high-end goods of unknown origin will not be sold openly, traded privately, and even underground auctions.
If it is said that Dong's firm has no behind-the-scenes, Shen Qingwan absolutely does not believe it, there are too many good things in the secret, it is completely a good place to sell stolen goods, and even tributes and some out-of-print things in the palace can be obtained. According to the law, it was absolutely impossible for such a trading house to appear, let alone be entrenched in the peaceful days of the prosperous dynasty.
Even if those dark things are in places that ordinary people can't see, but at the feet of the Son of Heaven, can they be protected so well, can they still be a little tired?
There are so many good things, there must be a source channel, right?
With so many stolen goods, there must be some bundled messages, right?
No matter how prosperous every dynasty is, there are always some unsightly people, but the Heavenly Family holds these things in their own hands, which is better than anything else.
Moreover, Dong's firm is a major news gathering point in both the open and the dark, and many well-known and little-known ones are a need. The old lady wanted to send things to the Dong family's firm, so naturally she didn't have any complicated thoughts, but just made some money back by reselling the second-hand.
There are a lot of second-hand goods in Dong's firm, some of which are particularly exquisite, and the price is definitely much cheaper than the original price, so for some people, it is a good place for Taobao.
"The old lady actually wants to get the Dong firm?" Xun Han was a little surprised.
The four people in the house are all insiders, and they are still talking about how the old lady will make up this money? I didn't expect the old lady to be quite brilliant in this regard.
The nature of Dong's firm is destined to be shameless on the surface of the upper class, and there are almost no officials and nobles who want to send things to Dong's firm for consignment so blatantly.
Regardless of their actions in private, at least on the surface, they are all done with integrity. The old lady also doesn't care about face, so she will say this, and when the things are sent over, I am afraid that they will also cover it up and leave a fig leaf.
Shen Qingwan's four masters and servants were eating good things in the house, listening to the chickens and dogs of the Xiangfu, it was really a rare leisure.
Old Madam Shen sent someone out to find Xiangye, but it seemed that she couldn't come back in a short time.