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Although the Prime Minister has traveled outside the circle, there have been great changes this year, and all parties have to consider the gifts.
Qiao Ying also lent Wang Xiaoda out before leaving, and Shen Qing wanted to enter the palace on Chinese New Year's Eve, so Xiaonian Shen had to have a good reunion.
This kind of routine thing, Shen Qingwan naturally would not object.
The Prime Minister's family has not had a reunion dinner for a long time, but unfortunately Shen Yijia is not here this year, which makes people feel comfortable.
Shen Qingwan felt comfortable, but Aunt Liu and Shen Ziyu were disappointed, looking at Aunt Liu's face, it seemed that something was not good.
The position he has been seeking has been occupied by other women, the master still dotes on others, and the most important thing is that his daughter is so shabby when she marries, all of which make Aunt Liu exhausted.
Fortunately, Shen Ziyu still diluted some of the blows, otherwise, Aunt Liu would have been even more depressed.
In the past, Aunt Liu took good care of herself and had silver in her hands, but now she doesn't seem to have that heart, no wonder the prime minister saw other women.
No matter how good the means are, there must be corresponding visual beauty, if an old woman throws a flattering eye at Shen Cheng, does he still have feelings?
Xiao Nian Shen had a reunion dinner, and even the sixth aunt came out with her stomach up.
Shen Qingwan has always had news of the sixth aunt, but it is the first time I have seen me, my belly has been more than five months, and she has passed the period of morning sickness, which is the time when her appetite is excellent, her complexion is good, and she looks really well-raised.
As soon as the sixth aunt came out, she attracted everyone's attention, because there were old ladies and Shen Cheng watching on weekdays, and it was more difficult for others to visit.
It can be said that it is really a strict prevention of death, and the sixth aunt does not go out by herself, many people are like Shen Qingwan, since the sixth aunt was pregnant and was exposed, it is the first time to see me.
The others didn't know the situation and didn't think much about it, just looked at the sixth aunt's belly full of jealousy.
However, Shen Qingwan saw the sixth aunt raise her chin, and she looked a little smug and laughed.
The sixth aunt's heart is really strong, and she dares to show off?
I've locked myself in the yard in the past few months and done a lot of mental construction!
The sixth aunt carefully kept her distance from the others, but leaned closer to Shen Qing.
Shen Qingwan's eyes flashed, when did she become the best backer of the Prime Minister's Mansion? The sixth aunt clearly felt that she was safe enough.
It's true that she won't make a move on Aunt Six's child, but she doesn't necessarily like it, it's not the prime minister's bloodline, and to put it bluntly, it has nothing to do with her.
For the sixth aunt's original choice, Shen Qingwan will not be eye-catching.
Her mother taught her to be loyal to her feelings from the beginning to the end, Shen Qingwan naturally doesn't like this kind of unscrupulous person for the sake of children and superiors, even if she doesn't abide by women's morals, she still confuses and pretends to be blood, it is simply unbearable for a man.
Because of this, even if Shen Qingwan was unwilling in his previous life, he was wholeheartedly devoted to him after marrying Queen Qin, and even sacrificed and buried his own nature for this.
If you really want to talk about it, it has nothing to do with feelings.
Therefore, Shen Qingwan didn't pay attention to the sixth aunt, but just absentmindedly coped with the old lady's words: "Grandmother is talking about the past, isn't she thinking about Sister Shu?" In the past, Sister Shu could always make her grandmother happy, but Lan'er just couldn't do it. ”
The old lady always talked about what happened when she was a child, didn't she want to be close to her, what was it?
It's a pity that the old lady doesn't have any good things for her, just a few things, or pick up the rest of Shen Yijia, Shen Qingwan is not impatient to listen, it's not a good memory at all, isn't it?
The old lady choked suddenly, in fact, she didn't want to say it, because listening to Qiao Ying say this can increase the sense of intimacy, but she thought about it for a long time, but she really didn't find anything worth remembering, but she couldn't finish talking about Shen Yijia's favor for three days and three times.
When the old lady thought of this, she realized that not to mention Shen Cheng, even she couldn't find a few things that were good to Shen Qing, isn't this enough to be ashamed?
Now I want to ease the relationship, but I can't find the incident?
The old lady was so embarrassed that she didn't dare to say it to Qiao Ying, and she felt more and more shameless.
The old lady also noticed that Shen Qingwan called Shen Yijia her sister, it seems that the relationship between the two sisters is more serious than they imagined, what happened?
"But it's not, this daughter's family will be different after she gets married, and the second girl is afraid that she is also busy!" Qiao Ying saw that something was wrong, and hurriedly played a round.
For the first time since the establishment of the palaces, there will naturally be a lot of New Year's gifts to give, and there are no other women in the Qin Palace, if the King of Qin is impatient to deal with it, it will have to fall on Shen Yijia's head.
Shen Qingwan didn't want to play those embarrassing family games with the old lady anymore, so she changed the topic: "I heard that there is a younger sister and younger brother in my mother's family, and there are no other elders, I am afraid that this New Year will be deserted, it is better to beg my grandmother, let my mother's family also enter the house to be lively together, it is just a matter of two more pairs of chopsticks." ”
Hearing this, Qiao Ying's heart moved, she thought about it, but she didn't dare to mention it.
After all, she is a bride and has not been in the house for a long time, and she has been out of the house to visit her younger siblings for a while, and she has never dared to let her younger siblings come to the prime minister's house.
Speaking of other topics, the old lady was not embarrassed, and immediately nodded and said: "It's not bad, Qiao Ying, it's still early, let's call you and your younger siblings, it's all a family, don't be restrained." ”
If there are still elders in the Qiao family, then naturally there is no such thing, just two children, so there is no need to be too strict with etiquette.
Qiao Ying's eyes lit up, and she was quite happy, but she was still a little hesitant: "Where is the old man......?"
Cheng's understanding of some etiquette is breathtaking, Qiao Ying doesn't want to upset Shen Cheng on such a trivial matter, if he doesn't say yes, his younger brothers and sisters won't be too happy to come over.
Shen Qingwan chuckled: "Mother is too worried, with grandmother here, father won't do anything." ”
The old lady nodded: "It's rare to have a reunion, I'll talk about any objections." ”
Qiao Ying was immediately happy, and turned around and asked Su'er to invite her younger brothers and sisters over.
Qiao Ying didn't go by herself, it was because the Prime Minister couldn't do without her, and it was already an accident to let her younger brothers and sisters come over, so she naturally had to do a better job in what she was doing.
The Prime Minister's family reunion naturally does not allow guests to participate, but the Prime Minister's Mansion has also specially prepared good wine and food for those guests to play by themselves.
It's all students, and there is no one else, and the group of lifters can be happier.
Knowing Qiao Ying's purpose of currying favor with her, Shen Qingwan wanted to take the opportunity to meet Qiao Mu, and learn about her temperament by the way, so as not to mess with the mandarin duck spectrum when she got it.
Seeing that Qiao Ying could let her family enter the house, the other aunts were all gloomy.
Shen Qing noticed the longing and regret in the eyes of Aunt Jiu, this year, Aunt Jiu has completely disappeared in the backyard of the Prime Minister's Mansion, I am afraid that she has regretted her original choice countless times.
It's a pity that Aunt Nine wants to be free, but I'm afraid it's not easy.
It is unlikely that it will be in a short period of time, because if the Prime Minister's Mansion does not fall, Shen Cheng may not release people.
If the truth is exposed, Aunt Nine will definitely have a hard time in the Prime Minister's Mansion.
The Qiao brothers and sisters haven't come over yet. Shen Cheng led Shen Ziyu here.
Sure enough, when the old lady opened her mouth to talk about the Qiao family's brothers and sisters, Shen Cheng was not upset, but said: "I heard that Qiao Siwen was lifted three years ago when he was fifteen years old, but this year's spring festival is going to end?" ”
Qiao Siwen was raised at the age of fifteen, and many people have paid attention to it, and it is really not easy at this age.
Shen Cheng was even more proud that his son was hit at the age of thirteen, so when he mentioned it like this, it obviously meant to show off.
Your brother is excellent, and my son is even better......
Shen Qingwan almost laughed out loud, and hurriedly blocked the corners of his mouth with a tea cup.
Shen Cheng really dared to say, how did Shen Ziyu get lifted, even if he didn't know the truth, he should see how many people were lifted this year?
I'm afraid it can be regarded as the most popular one in the entire Ling Qi Dynasty since the founding of the country!
Qiao Siwen's middle move is a real ability.
However, it is not uncommon for a father to have this kind of mentality, Shen Cheng only has such a son, and Shen Ziyu has a good chance to give him a long face.
Qiao Ying had already figured out Shen Cheng's temper, and smiled and didn't care: "I said that I wanted to go and see it, but most of them couldn't pass the exam, and the foundation was not solid enough." ”
Qiao Ying is also modest, although Shen Qingwan doesn't remember all the candidates who were selected for the examination, she knows very well that this year's Tanhualang is named Qiao Siwen.
Originally, they hadn't been contacted yet, but Shen Qing felt that it shouldn't be so coincidental at this time, it was really the same name and surname.
Unexpectedly, Qiao Ying's younger brother is still such a trump card, to be honest, when Qiao Siwen falls into the flower, Qiao Ying doesn't have to come to her at all.
Qiao Siwen is not bad looking, he fell into Tanhua at a young age, and he is a son-in-law candidate who has been targeted by many wealthy families.
Even Concubine De took a fancy to it and wanted to recruit Qiao Siwen as a colt.
opened her memory, and Shen Qingwan suddenly remembered that Princess Jingyi also seemed to have a crush on Qiao Siwen, after all, it was difficult to find a man of the same age as her and good in all aspects.
As a result, Qiao Siwen has a fiancée who has been engaged since he was a child, and when he becomes famous, he will have enough capital to marry a wife whose status is not low.
Without waiting for Concubine De to take action, Qiao Siwen quickly passed the six ceremonies with his fiancée and set a date for marriage.
Afterward...... Shen Qing took a sip of tea in the evening, his eyes narrowed and he recalled, but later it was a sad story.
Qiao Siwen's fiancée died of a serious illness without waiting to cross the door, and Concubine De immediately mentioned to the emperor that she wanted to recruit Qiao Siwen as a concubine.
The emperor told Qiao Siwen, but Qiao Siwen was unwilling, and used the excuse of keeping filial piety for his fiancée for three years, so angry that Jingyi almost killed Qiao Siwen.
It's just that Qiao Siwen was also seriously injured and ended up unable to take care of himself.
Unexpectedly, it turned out to be Qiao Ying's younger brother?
At that time, Princess Jingyi was making a big fuss, and it was impossible for Shen Qingwan not to know, just in the west of the Dongchi Kingdom to seek peace, the emperor needed a princess who was kind, so he married Jingyi.
Princess Jingyi made such a fuss, and the emperor's daughter was also worried about getting married, and the emperor was embattled at that time, and he didn't dare to forcibly marry at all, which made some families rebel.
is too weak, Princess Jingyi herself can't look down on it, and she can't make a scene.
Seeing the Qiao family brothers and sisters coming in from outside the door, Shen Qingwan smiled bitterly, but she didn't expect it to be the tragic Tanhua she knew.
Shen Qingwan now thinks that Qiao Siwen's fiancée suddenly contracted an illness, but I'm afraid it's not easy!
Otherwise, Concubine De could react so quickly, and as soon as she died, she went to the emperor to give her a horse?
Touching her chin, Shen Qingwan suddenly felt that Qiao Siwen should have changed her life, it is said that Princess Jingyi still thinks about Gu Ci now!
Qiao Mu and Qiao Siwen kowtowed to the old lady and got a red envelope.
Qiao Mu was a little embarrassed to give the old lady a self-embroidered touch, very sensible and distressing child.
said that it was a child, but in fact, Qiao Mu was already fifteen years old, older than Shen Qing, no wonder Qiao Ying was in such a hurry to get married.
Seeing Qiao Siwen, Shen Ziyu's eyes lit up, and the proud young master of the Xiangfu rarely took the initiative to come over.
There was no one present who talked to him, and Shen Yijia's marriage was even more boring.
But he knows Qiao Siwen's deeds, and Shen Ziyu naturally admires people who have real learning.
Now that he saw the real person, he naturally stepped forward to pull the relationship, and Shen Ziyu suddenly felt that this mother was not so useless.
Qiao Ying seemed very happy, and enlivened the atmosphere vigorously, but ate a reunion dinner happily, which made the old lady and Shen Cheng happy, and praised her from time to time for doing things.
Shen Qingwan was breathing in the courtyard, and Qiao Mu walked out: "Sixth Miss." ”
Shen Qingwan looked back and saw that Qiao Mu was wearing new clothes, but she was very sorry, as if she was afraid of getting dirty and wrinkled.
Only those who have lived a hard life will know how to cherish, Qiao Ying was not young when she entered the palace, Qiao Mu was also sensible, she just entered the palace and needed to take care of it, Qiao Ying couldn't take out more silver at all, and it was Qiao Mu's sister who was supporting her brother to study.
Shen Qingwan's eyes swept over Qiao Mu's hand, which was not white and tender, but was a little calloused and rough, at the same age, Qiao Muke was much more mature than Shen Yijia.
"According to seniority, I seem to call you Auntie?" Shen Qingwan said with a light smile.
Qiao Mu saw that Shen Qingwan said very casually, and she was not so nervous: "Miss Six laughed, we have our own friends, Miss Six still call me by my name!" ”
"This is for you, I don't have any skills, this is the only one I can handle, and I hope Miss Six will not dislike it." Qiao Mu blushed and handed Shen Qingwan a purse.
Shen Qingwan was a little embarrassed, Qiao Mu's reaction was a little strange, if she didn't know, she thought she was giving a gift to her lover!
However, Shen Qingwan still took it, and there was a subtle sense of the elders who met for the first time giving gifts.
"Double-sided embroidery? Not many people know how to do your craft. Shen Qingwan admired it and said with a sigh that she naturally had the right to speak in terms of embroidery.
Qiao Mu smiled lightly, this was all the result of her efforts.
Looking at Qiao Mu's clean and confident smile, Shen Qingwan suddenly hoped that Princess Jingyi's mind would always be on Gu Ci.
In her previous life, Qiao Siwen was killed like that by Concubine De and Princess Jingyi, and Qiao Mu was also the most direct victim, in order to take care of Qiao Siwen, this girl seemed to have never married.
Later, Shen Qingwan didn't know too much that Princess Jingyi was reconciled, the emperor died, Concubine De didn't live long, many people died in the heir, and the entire capital was in chaos.
Qiao Siwen's family seems to have disappeared like that, and there are many unfortunate people, and it is impossible for Shen Qingwan to pay attention all the time.
After eating, he returned to Yuwuyuan, and Shen Qingwan also received Shen Cheng's New Year's gift, and he was a little stunned: "The master sent it?" ”
Xun Han nodded: "Yes, I also said that the young lady can use it when she enters the palace in a few days." ”
Shen Qing wondered late, opened it and saw that it was actually a set of pink jade heads.
Pink jade, the most popular among girls, although not rare, but also valuable.
A set of heads and faces is at least eight kinds, of course, there are hundreds of pieces.
There are twelve pieces of this set of pink jade heads, and they are worth at least three or four thousand taels.
"It's really rare to receive such a valuable New Year's gift from my father," Shen Qingwan sneered: "Is it because Sister Shu is gone?" ”
There were before, but it was only Shen Yijia and Shen Ziyu who picked the rest before it was her turn.
Although Shen Cheng said it nicely every time, don't think she doesn't know.
It is estimated that there are not a few families in the whole capital that are picked by the concubines and concubines first, and the concubines are the last.
It's no wonder that Shen Qing will think so, Shen Cheng still has a long way to go if he wants to improve the relationship between father and daughter.
"Mama Ye, are there any other developments in my father's business?" Shen Qingwan was shocked by Shen Cheng's handwriting, Shen Yijia's New Year's gift was not so valuable before.
Mama Ye lowered her eyes: "The Wu family that suddenly appeared." How to check that it is indeed doing legitimate business, and this time I also bought a large number of streamers with the Hua family. ”
With the recipe provided by Shen Qingwan, the Hua family made authentic ink for the first time, and shipped it in large quantities, and the price seemed normal, the retail sales were only two taels of silver, and a large number of purchases could also be discounted.
Shen Yijia's shop's business was instantly shocked, even if she lowered the price to two taels of silver, the business became bleak.
If there is a price war again, Shen Yijia also knows that she can't bear it, especially because she doesn't have the background to ship in large quantities.
What's more, after enjoying the high price, Shen Yijia couldn't stand it anymore when she came to play the bottom price, the lowest price in her previous life was two taels, below this number, she felt that it was too much of a loss.
However, Shen Yijia has no time to operate well for the time being, and it is enough to be able to sell it and make a profit every month.
The Hua family's shop is in full bloom, this is the time when the streamer is hot, and other merchants are also willing to take the goods, and in the eyes of other merchants, the Hua family has made a lot of money.
Shen Qingwan asked people to check Shen Cheng's business, and unexpectedly, there were no crooked ideas.
It's just a share of money, and it can be divided into seventy or eighty thousand taels a year, which is not much for a caravan.
Moreover, this business started when his mother married into the Prime Minister's Mansion, and it has been ten years to say the least, no wonder Shen Cheng can be so generous?
Shen Qing didn't know that Shen Cheng actually had hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in his hand: "Check again, I always feel uneasy, how can the Wu family just want to find a shelter, why bother looking for the Prime Minister's Mansion?" Every year, there is such a sum of money, and other powerful families will not refuse. ”
Mama Ye nodded: "That's true, the Prime Minister's Mansion will definitely not be able to give any shelter, few people sell it when this head says it, what is the purpose of so much silver every year?" ”
It is this point that makes people wonder that the Wu family will not understand the pattern of the capital when they get the goods in the capital.
What is the situation in the Prime Minister's Mansion, it is estimated that some civilians who care about current affairs know well, why has the Wu family not changed their partners for so many years?
"Back then, it could be said that it was because of the Gu family, but my mother broke away from the Gu family, and she has been dead for so many years, and the Gu family is no longer there, and the Wu family is still obediently handing over the silver, no matter how you look at it, it's a big problem." Shen Qingwan squinted: "How many people do business can be so clean?" The more there is no problem, the more serious things will happen, so people will follow carefully. ”
In recent years, there have been more businessmen, some of whom are not individuals, but caravans.
Although the development of the whole family is not as good as that of the Hua family, if the caravan is not small, it is enough to earn hundreds of thousands of taels a year.
But the Prime Minister's Mansion can't give any convenience except for silver, so why should the Wu family willingly give seventy or eighty thousand taels?
The more this happens, the more uneasy it is, I haven't heard of this Wu family in my previous life, what kind of deal is there between him and the prime minister?