Chapter 50 Five Hundred Taels of Silver
"Yes." The Imperial Physician replied briefly, and went straight to the back room.
After a while, the imperial doctor came out with a happy face, "Congratulations to the saint, Niangniang is about to give birth." After the imperial doctor finished speaking, he didn't wait for Mu Jianyu to speak, so he turned around and went back to the dormitory to work.
Mu Jianyu looked at the busy crowd and frowned deeply. There were Zhang Wan's shouts and the hurried footsteps of the palace maids in the room.
I have long heard that this Xiao Zhaoyi is the favorite of the saint today, and he is about to give birth, so he spent a lot of money to entrust Gonggong You and transferred him to Yulan Palace on an errand, but now looking at the saint's face, Xiao Shunzi felt a little uneasy.
"Holy Lord, please use tea." Xiao Shunzi brought tea and held it in Mu Jianyu's hand, and at this time, You Dexing had already moved the chair and put a cushion for Mu Jianyu to sit on.
"Okay." Mu Jianyu raised his eyelids slightly and glanced at Xiao Shunzi, and replied shallowly.
The imperial doctors kept coming out and going in the dormitory of Yulan Palace, busy making a mess, and Zhang Wan's voice in the room became more and more miserable, and Mu Jianyu's face was full of worry mixed with a trace of indifference.
"You Dexing." Mu Jianyu handed the tea bowl to Xiao Shunzi again, "Let go of the matter of the eleventh prince first." There is a little prince in the palace, the child is young, and he can't see the evil spirit, so let's imprison the eleventh prince first. ”
"Yes, the miscellaneous family will do it." You Dexing bowed and retreated.
"Holy Lord, congratulations to Holy Lord, mother and son are safe, he is a prince." Not long after You Dexing left, the imperial doctor rushed out of the house with a burden and congratulated loudly.
"The Twelve Princes gave the name Mu Lingchen. Feng Xiao Zhaoyi is Xiao Guifei. Mu Jianyu stretched out his hand and glanced at the corner of the burden, and then glanced at Xiao Shunzi, who was standing trembling with his hands down, "Take care of your master." After speaking, Mu Jianyu left without looking back.
"Lin Fang, bring me the account book." After Mingyuexuan closed, Shen Mishi did not go back to the room to rest, but sat behind the counter of the teahouse.
"Why does Madame want to see the ledger?" Shen Linfang was very surprised, in the past, she never cared about the accounts, saying that there were too many numbers, and she was dizzy. Still, he handed her the ledger.
Shen Mishi turned on the candlelight, took the abacus on the side, and began to settle accounts page by page.
Shen Linfang's accounts were meticulous, and Shen Mi quickly calculated the reward money that each girl received every month. After a closer look, Wan Tong has only been on the stage for more than a month, and the silver money rewarded has caught up with Qiu Tang. And because of Wan Tong's behavior, many people who rewarded Qiu Tang before have turned to reward Wan Tong. Now the two are evenly divided.
Shen Mi was a little embarrassed, she now understood what Wan Tong meant.
"Mother Xu, it's early." As soon as the sky was bright, Luan Pu'an arrived at Linglong Pavilion.
"It's morning, Lord Luan." Mother Xu led Luan Pu'an to sit down, "Master Luan is here so early...... Something?
Luan Pu'an looked left and right, and stopped talking.
"Stand down, all of you." Mother Xu understood, sent the pearl and the two rough maids beside her to retreat, and closed the door.
"Mother Xu, I want to ask you for a girl." Luan Pu'an saw that there were only him and Xu's mother left in the room, so he lowered his voice and said.
Mother Xu looked at Luan Pu'an's expression, rolled her eyes, and whispered, "Is it you?"
Luan Pu'an was stunned for a moment, and then smiled, "Mother Xu is really smart. It is the above to be. As he spoke, he pointed up with his hand.
"City Lord Xue?" Mother Xu moved her mouth silently, and Luan Puan nodded.
"Mrs. Xue is a character, how can she be willing?" Mother Xu leaned back in her chair and took a sip of tea. She had long heard that Xue Bowen's original wife was a powerful woman, and the two aunts and wives in the family were all roommates brought by her own marriage, and these three people regarded Xue Bowen to death.
"Mother Xu, do you remember the last time in the house?"
"Raising a house?" When Mother Xu heard Luan Pu'an mention the house, she knew that she wanted to keep it quietly outside and not let anyone know. "Which girl do you have a crush on?"
"Mother Xu shouldn't ask knowingly."
"Fei'er? Fei'er is still young. ”
"I can't stand it and attract pity, what do you say, Mother Xu?" Luan Pu'an smiled noncommittally.
"This ......" Xu's mother was a little embarrassed, not that she was unwilling to sell Fei'er, she just felt that Fei'er was a cash cow now, and she couldn't sell it casually so early.
"Mother Xu doesn't have to be embarrassed, I have already thought about these for my mother. Fei'er girl moved to live in the house, you can arrange two rough maids to take care of it, on weekdays should sing songs, should do work, just occasionally serve the master.! We will give you as much money as you want. I just ask you to help make a show, and pretend that Fei'er is still a girl from your Linglong Pavilion. You see?"
Mother Xu snorted and said, "It's still that Luan Ye is thoughtful, then I'll be respectful and obey."
"It's so good, please ask Xu's mother to bother and arrange for Fei'er to move in as soon as possible." Luan Pu'an was overjoyed when he saw Xu's mother agree.
"It must be as soon as possible, Luan Ye rest assured." Mother Xu got up to see Luan Pu'an leave.
"Mother Xu." Luan Pu'an had just left with his front foot, and before Xu's mother had finished drinking a cup of hot tea, a familiar voice came from the door.
"Mrs. Shen. Don't come unharmed. Mother Xu greeted her.
"Is Mother Xu in good health?" Shen Mishi followed Xu's mother into the front hall and sat down.
"Good, good, all right. Is the income from the teahouse okay?" Mother Xu smiled.
"Thanks to you, thanks to the three girls, the business of the teahouse is getting better and better. No, I'm just sending silver to Xu's mother today. Shen Mishi said and placed a silver bag on the table.
"It's more than ten taels of silver." Mother Xu asked with a smile as she looked at the silver bag.
"Oh, that's like this, Mother Xu, since Qiu Tang went to our teahouse, there are more and more tea customers coming to her, and the income of our teahouse is also rolling up, and then you sent two girls, this business is even better, I discussed it with our shopkeeper and decided to give you some profits, or we don't want to go." As if he was afraid that Xu's mother would not answer, Shen Mishi got up and put the silver bag in Xu's mother's hand.
"Mrs. Shen is too polite." Mother Xu picked up the silver bag and handed it to the pearl beside her. Pearl Wanfu took the silver bag and transferred it to the back of the screen.
"Mother Xu, I have one more thing, I don't know if you are willing to appreciate your face." Shen Mishi saw that Xu's mother had accepted the money, and the stone fell to the ground in her heart, and after thinking about it, she decided to give it a try.
"But for that Wantong?" Mother Xu looked at Shen Mi's spitting appearance, and understood seven or eight points in her heart.
"Everyone says that Mother Xu is a human essence, and sure enough, nothing can escape your eyes. It's for Wan Tong's girl. ”
"If Mrs. Shen thinks it's an eyesore, I won't let her go tomorrow, and I'll send her to Caifeng Tower." Mother Xu shook her fan and said slowly.
"No, no, Mother Xu, you misunderstood." Shen Mishi hurriedly interrupted Xu's mother's words, "I want to, I want to buy Wantong with you." ”
After listening to Shen Mi's words, Xu's mother was stunned, she looked at Shen Mi's, it didn't look like she was talking nonsense, so she shook her fan again and asked, "Does Mrs. Shen want to buy Wantong to sing in the teahouse?"
"Yes, I'll tell you the truth, a few days ago we calculated the reward for each girl, Wan Tong and Qiu Tang are equally divided, and in recent days, there have been more and more tea customers who have come to Wan Tong girl, Mother Xu, you know, we are doing business, and everything is for profit. So I want to ask Mother Xu to give her face and sell Miss Wantong to us. ”
After listening to Shen Mi's words, the smile returned to Xu's mother's face: "Well said, since you are a businessman who opens a store and does business, you must value the word profit." Okay, Wantong, I can make an exception and sell it to you. ”
"Then I'll make an offer." Shen Mishi was overjoyed when he saw Mother Xu's relief.
"Five hundred taels of silver." Mother Xu smiled and gave a slap.
This will be Shen Mi's turn to be stunned, she didn't expect Xu's mother to offer such a high price. Wan Tong has indeed brought a lot of benefits to the teahouse now, and his popularity is indeed getting higher and higher, but five hundred taels is really not a small amount.
Shen Mishi was silent for a long time, until a bowl of tea was completely out of heat, and then he slowly spoke: "Please also ask Mother Xu to let me go back and discuss with the shopkeeper." During this period, the three girls will continue to sing in my teahouse, I wonder if Mother Xu can agree?"
"Well said, well said. I'm waiting for good news. Mother Xu shook her fan and smiled slightly, as if nothing had happened just now.
"Then I'll take my leave." Shen Mi got up and walked out.
"Mrs. Shen walks slowly." Xu's mother sent out the front hall.
"Mom, are you asking too much for this? Wantong's little hooves, how can it be worth this price. Mrs. Shen is not stupid. Seeing that Shen Mi had left the Linglong Pavilion, Quan Ye, who had been eavesdropping in the dark for a long time, turned out from behind the screen and asked leisurely.
"People say, buy a hundred gold, and pass on a song. Wan Tong's voice, I didn't ask for five hundred taels. Besides, businessmen seek profit, but she said it herself. Mother Xu snorted lightly and glanced at Master Quan.
"Qingxing ......" Zhang Wan was lying on the bed, all thoughts were lost. The prince was born safely, but Mu Jianyu didn't take a look. Although she heard that Mu Jianyu gave her name outside the palace gate on the day of childbirth and promoted herself, Zhang Wan knew that Mu Jianyu didn't like this child now.
"Master." Qingxing heard Zhang Wan calling her, and hurriedly lifted the curtain and helped Zhang Wan up.
"What's going on outside?" Zhang Wan leaned on the soft pillow and closed her eyes lightly.
"No......," Qingxing said, tucking the corners of the quilt.
"Yi'er?"
The slave maid only heard one sentence, and the saint asked Gonggong You to imprison the eleventh prince first, and his life history was put aside first. The slave guessed that it might be that the saint was afraid that the result of the investigation would not be good, and then he would increase the evil spirit in the palace, which would be unfavorable to the twelve princes. ”
"......" Zhang Wan's heart was a little blocked, she was not sure whose child Mu Lingyi was, but she knew that even if she was favored, just because she was in the prime of life, if she wanted her newborn son to inherit the throne, it would be impossible, for the sake of herself and her father's net worth, she had to keep her sister's child no matter what, "Qingxing, I'm thirsty." ”
"Slave, I'll pour you water." Qing Xing hurriedly turned around and walked away.
"Qingxing, there is something in this palace that I want you to help with." Looking at Qingxing's back, Zhang Wan knew that the only person she could rely on now was this personal maid who grew up with her since she was a child.