Chapter 203: Qujiang Tea Party

On the edge of Qujiang Pond, there is a hibiscus garden, which is a good place for officials and nobles, and literati to visit and chant. Today's spring flowers are blooming, and the best gardens in the Hibiscus Garden, the scenic spots have been sealed by the forbidden army. There is no other reason, the Hibiscus Garden is the private property of the royal family, but it is usually open to show that it is happy with the people, but when it is really happy, it keeps the people outside.

The sea of spring flowers, and a few trees of late plums, this afternoon scene, the spring breeze blows, and there are some steep materials. The eunuch and the palace maid laid out the table here early, put dried fruits, and specially brewed light sweet wine. Unlike usual, on each table, there is also something wrapped in flower paper, and I don't know what it is. After a while, a carriage and a sedan chair landed not far away.

The five women came down from the carriage, each as beautiful as a flower, as if they were going to compete with the sea of flowers in this spring, only to see that their eyes were eager to try, and their faces were excited, and they went to help the next person on the sedan chair to the main seat. This is naturally Wan Guifei.

Wan Guifei looked around and frowned, in the past, she was the last to appear, making everyone wait for her, but now, she arrived first, and she was a little uncomfortable. Concubine Wan Guifei deliberately wore a plain dress today, took a lotus soap bath early in the morning, smiled and said to Xun Xue'er: "Xue'er, success or failure is what you do today." ”

Xun Xue'er replied with a smile: "With Niang Niang here, today's things will be successful." ”

Wan Guifei covered her mouth and smiled, and said to Huang Shimei: "Speaking of which, the strength of this palace is too small, and I have to worry about Shimei." ”

Huang Shimei hurriedly said where she was, and said to Wan Guifei: "Later, they will ask about the origin of the soap, and the concubine will tell a little lie with us." ”

Wan Guifei agreed, and pulled the girls to chat.

In this soap factory, Wan Guifei accounted for three percent of the shares, and the four women each became five, Xu Qi even smashed the hidden money jar, and there were still no five hundred taels, but the women discussed it and still spared her one percent of the shares. A piece of this kind of soap didn't even cost a penny of silver, but Wan Guifei and the five major shareholders discussed it and decided to sell a piece of two-tael soap for fifty taels.

Fifty taels is not silver, but gold. One tael of gold is enough to compare to eight to eleven taels of silver, but gold is easier to store, and this is for Wan Guifei. Wan Guifei came to run this soap factory, she was a little scared, she took a lot of silver, and it was not like talking in and out, which attracted people's eyes and ears, but the gold was small and big, and she could hide some of it.

Fifty taels of gold is about five hundred taels of silver, that is, the annual output of a hundred middle-class families, but for these dukes and ladies in Chang'an City, it is not a small amount of money? Furthermore, it makes sense that it is so expensive, firstly, the tea party cannot be opened often, and the soap bar is used for a long time, so it has to be sold at a high price. Second, this soap has a "great history".

This soap is called fairy soap, it is when Xu Qing came back from Cangzhou, he met a fairy island by sea, and the immortals on the fairy island saw that Xu Qing was fateful, so he gave a small fairy bath bean tree, the fragrance is pleasant, and the bath bubbles are huge. Only twelve pieces are produced every season, and each of the twelve pieces has a floral fragrance, and one bath bean can make only twenty pieces of this kind of fairy soap. Such a precious thing, Xun Xueer and the others still feel that they are expensive to buy.

In fact, the soap factory was still not built in the end, because the output was not large, and the girls felt that they could just do it at home, and they were more relaxed and secretive.

After waiting for a while, another noble lady came one after another, and saw that Wan Guifei arrived first, and all of them apologized first and then entered the table. The people who came one after another all looked at the five women sitting next to Wan Guifei, and the five women used the same seat, and they didn't see the slightest fight.

When those noble ladies saw it, they had two questions in their hearts, what kind of skills did these ladies of the Xu family have for a while, and why did they sit at the top of the guest, which was closest to Wan Guifei. The second question is, what is Xu Qing's ability, why are the four ladies sitting together still so river crabs, and the eldest woman does not see a little anxious to be replaced, and she is relieved to take the child. And the small ones don't have the slightest ambition to replace them. These noble ladies boast that they have seen a lot of people and things, but they can't understand the depth of the Xu family's lady's heart.

There were a few people who consciously mixed up, and when they walked in front of Xun Xue'er and the others, they praised and looked at the children, but there was a little jealousy and disbelief in their eyes. But Wan Guifei is here, and no one will attack on the spot. I only dare to talk about some valuables and rare objects commonly used by Chang'an noblewomen, and I want to embarrass Xun Xueer and others.

A noble lady walked up to Xun Xue'er, took out a piece of something from her arms and said, "Mrs. Xu, show you a strange treasure, huh,"

The women glanced at each other, looked over, and saw the noble lady take out a piece of something, huh, isn't this the magnifying glass made by Xu Qing? The noble lady smiled and said, "This thing is a treasure given to us by the Holy Lord, you see that as long as you put it in front of this small object, it can become bigger immediately, my old eyes are dizzy, it is best to use it." ”

Xun Xue'er buried a few words in her heart, but she still said on her face: "My sister's family is really blessed......"

When the noble lady heard this, she hurriedly covered her mouth and exclaimed, "Oh, isn't there this in my sister's house?" Giggles, I'm still this Qiankun mirror, the emperor has rewarded everyone, it turns out to be giggles. ”

The lady twisted her waist and walked away, like a victorious rooster, and the other ladies all looked at the girls and laughed when they saw this. The girls were speechless, and at this time, Xu Qi sighed, and the girls and several other ladies all looked over. Seeing that a magnifying glass the size of a bowl was broken on the ground, Xu Qi said aggrievedly to the girls: "Sisters, I broke this medicinal jade!" ”

Xu Qi's voice was very loud, and it wasn't for a few girls at all.

Those ladies who laughed at the ladies suddenly opened their mouths wide and couldn't close them, I thought you didn't have it at home, so I took out my big fingernails to show off, you said at this time that you fell so big, and didn't you save face for us? Okay, you dare to smash such a valuable thing, slap a swollen face and become fat, I think you are worth it? The other ladies listened to Xu Qi's words, and they also looked over, obviously gloating, but also expressed their friendship with the Xu family, and said: "It's a pity, alas, why did this little girl bring it here?" Got in trouble, didn't you? ”

The girls also knew what Xu Qi meant at this time, especially Huang Shimei, who also shouted loudly: "Oh, my sister is fine, there are still many medicinal jade at home, don't worry......"

Hmph, I'm still pretending there, obviously my lungs are blown up, and I'm still pretending to be fine, the women of the Xu family are really scheming, and this little girl will suffer when she goes back. The ladies thought so in their hearts, but when they saw Huang Shimei take out a piece of medicinal jade framed with gold and jade from her arms, she came out and said, "Sister, this is for you, remember, you can't break it again." ”