Chapter 44 No one knows that the storm is coming
Lin Shaoxuan wants to make Yu Rongsan, Lafayette's favorite skin care product back then, made of more than ten kinds of precious Chinese herbs, and then added sandalwood and pearl powder, which has the effect of whitening, anti-wrinkle and freckle removal.
What is Jade Rongsan? In fact, it is a mask, take two spoons when using, mix the egg white into a paste, apply a thin layer on the face, and wash it off with warm water after drying.
Lin Shaoxuan personally went to buy the materials, called the second and third children to help grind and sieve, and smashed the two pearls into powder, stirred evenly, and filled a porcelain jar.
The two things were packed tightly in a brocade box, and Xin Yaxiu wrote a book, told Zhao Cong about his lovesickness, and explained the use of perfume and jade Rongsan in detail, which was called Ling Xiao.
"It's a long way to go to the capital, but these two things are really important, and I ask Escort Ling to work hard and hand it over to Cong Lang himself."
"Mrs. Ya, please rest assured, your subordinates will definitely go quickly, and they will return as soon as they get the book back."
Ling Xiao heard that the contents of this brocade box were very important, so he didn't dare to slack off, so he set off on the same day as he led the horse.
The capital is three thousand miles away, and it will take five or six days to go quickly, Yuan Xinya originally didn't expect Zhao Cong to reply soon, and after sending Ling Xiao away, she continued to think about her business.
Lin Shaoxuan mixed some eau de toilette and waited for it to be aged. The so-called eau de toilette is actually to add more alcohol and less essential oils. Alcohol is easy to make, essential oils are rare, if you want to configure perfume in batches, you have to buy a lot of flowers, and he has too many things to do now, so he can't take care of this.
Yuan Xinya did business, and Lin Shaoxuan built a grange, but he didn't know that the capital had been stirred up by the two of them. This wind and rain is gradually rising, and it is bound to become bigger and bigger, I don't know if these two people who are three thousand miles away have been ready to accept the baptism of wind and rain.
Spring is deep, a hundred flowers are vibrant, the Great Song Emperor Jing Xi dismissed several elders in the imperial study, and went to the imperial garden surrounded by a group of palace people.
It was a normal visit, but today it is different. The emperor followed a strange fragrance in the imperial garden, met the concubine Zhao Liqiong, who was also here to enjoy the flowers, and enjoyed the grand scenery with the concubine, and stayed in the Ziyun Palace that night, and from then on he must go to the palace to visit the concubine every day.
Three days later, the emperor decreed that Zhao Cong, the eldest son of King Chun, should be the son of King Chun.
"Haha, this Lin Shaoxuan is really my lucky general!"
After receiving the holy decree of reward, the dust of the dispute between the sons of the world was settled, and the little prince Zhao Congzhi was full of pride and met with the great hero Ling Xiao in the small study.
"How do you say he did it?"
Even if Lin Shaoxuan was standing here, he would definitely not tell him that the bottle of perfume given to the concubine had added aphrodisiac spices such as ylang-ylang, rosemary, and meat/cardamom. This is specially prepared by him for someone, and he wanted to find a chance to try the effect, but he didn't expect to cheapen the concubine first.
The little prince laughed excitedly, Ling Xiao naturally wanted to have fun and explain in detail the big things that Lin Er Gongzi did in Hangzhou.
"Oh, my brother ......" After listening to Lin Shaoxuan's ugly Qinglou, and hearing that he chased Yulang straight to the prefect's house, Zhao Cong was also speechless.
What did I say at the beginning? Obviously, as long as I say a word, you can get a beauty, but you don't want to admit that you like people, and now you regret it?
My sister regained her favor in the palace thanks to the help of this little brother, and her position as the son of the world can also be regarded as his help, forget it, I will also help you.
Zhao Cong's eyes rolled and he wrote two letters. One letter was given to Xinya, telling her to rest assured that she would go to Hangzhou to pick her up after her position was stable. There is another letter, Zhao Cong laughed a few times, picked up the pen with a wave, stamped the big seal of the prince and his own private seal, pulled Ling Xiao over, and whispered a few words in his ear.
"Yes, please rest assured, your subordinates will do it as soon as they go back!" Ling Xiao stood straight, the slogan was loud, but he secretly rolled his eyes in his heart. As a master, he began to be indecent again, how could he be so thankful, I am afraid that Lin Ergongzi will not receive a surprise but a fright this time.
Poor Second Prince Lin didn't know that he had worked hard for a day, and he gave out the best aphrodisiac incense he treasured, but in exchange for a big disaster, he was still preparing for his future career.
Fu Bo and Ge Zhuangtou two old men matched, with dozens of strong men, in a few days to complete the Zhuangzi in the south of the city according to the plan, he to build the big workshop has also dug the foundation, built a wall, these days are pulling bricks from the brick kiln, will be built in a few days.
"Second son, Ge Zhuangtou sent people back and forth, and he will be able to go to the beam in three days, and ask him if he wants to go and see." Fu Bo took Ge Zhuangtou's letter and immediately went back to Lin Shaoxuan.
"I won't care about Zhuangzi's affairs for now, you discuss it with Ge Zhuangtou, I have something for you to help me see." After Lin Shaoxuan finished speaking, he took out a piece of drawing paper from his arms.
Lin Shaoxuan has been pretending to be prodigal these days, but in fact, he has done a lot of business. Under the silver offensive of the servant, he already has many grassroots intelligence officers, and he has gradually grasped some of the situation in the mansion.
The lord only went to the lady's room once a month, and he was very cold to the lady.
The eldest prince didn't call Xue Qing and Tingqin to ask questions recently, and he didn't pay attention to the young master.
The eldest prince often paints behind closed doors at night, but no one can see what he paints except Emerald Marks.
Lin Shaoxuan was very curious about what this mysterious eldest brother painted every night, and he couldn't sneak into his study, so he simply sent someone to monitor Cuichen, and finally found that she often went to several calligraphy and painting shops to frame her paintings. spent a lot of silver to buy a painter, Lin Shaoxuan got a copy of his eldest brother's painting, and now he is holding it in his hand and putting it in front of Fu Bo.
"This ...... Where did the second son get it from?! Looking at the butterfly beauty on the painting, Fauber's face turned white with fright, and he took the painting and looked at it carefully before asking in a trembling voice.
"This is painted by my eldest brother!"
Fauber's face turned blue and white for a moment, as if he had opened a dye shop, and his hand was so shaky that he couldn't hold the drawing paper steadily, but he refused to say anything.
"Who is this man?"
Fu Bo's appearance, at a glance, he knew that there was a story in it, and Lin Shaoxuan had to ask him clearly.
"Second son, don't ask, the old slave doesn't know who this person is."
I don't know who you are scared like this? Are you coaxing a silly boy?
"Fu Bo, this matter is not trivial, if you know something, you must tell the truth, otherwise your little master may not be alive for long."
Lin Shaoxuan's words were half-true, but they happened to enter Fu Bo's heart. If that person could paint this picture, I'm afraid the truth of the year would not be able to hide it, but what can he say about such a thing?
Seeing Fu Bo hesitating, Lin Shaoxuan added another fire: "You say, does someone want me to die?" ”
"No, no, no, no, not ...... He, how could he do anything to you......"
After Fauber said this, he didn't seem to believe himself, but he wanted to convince himself, but he just waved his hand and refused to say it.
"Fu Bo, you are also an old man in the mansion, think about it carefully, in recent years, there have been abnormalities in the mansion, especially him?"
Fu Bo hurriedly waved his hand as if he was being burned: "No, the eldest prince has made a lot of efforts for the house in recent years, and the business has also been very stable, and he has won the trust of the master, and the old slave has not found anything abnormal." ”
Alas, you foolish old servant, do you know that your little master has been killed?
"Well, then tell me, who is this woman? If you don't say anything, I'll go ask someone else. ”
Hearing Lin Shaoxuan say that he was going to ask others, Fu Bo was shocked again, and after thinking about it, he gritted his teeth and said, "This is the concubine room of the old man, right...... She is the biological mother of the eldest prince. ”
What, the eldest brother is not his mother's biological son?
At this time, Lin Shaoxuan finally figured out Mrs. Lin's defense against the eldest son, and understood the hostility of the eldest brother towards him. Is this a dispute between the concubines? Is it to fight for family property?
"Where is this woman now?"
"Died ...... Sick"
Died? Is it really a death from illness? Seeing that your eyes flickered when you spoke, obviously you didn't tell the truth, forget it, this son won't force you first, lest you show your feet in front of people, this matter will not be so simple, I will investigate carefully.
"Okay, you go to rest first, your legs are more diligent these days, build a workshop and a rose garden for me as soon as possible, send someone to say hello to the dental shops, and my son will buy a few more craftsmen."
Seeing that the second son no longer asked, Fu Bo breathed a sigh of relief and quickly confessed and exited the second son's study. As a master, it is becoming more and more difficult, and I have really underestimated him and the eldest son over the years.
This painting, this painting...... Do you want to tell Madame? If the lady knew that the eldest prince still remembered his biological mother, I don't know what would happen to her, and then the family would probably be at peace again.
Alas, let's hide it first, the things of the year were so secret, the eldest prince was only two years old, what could he know? I'm afraid that the matter of the biological mother was made by a talkative slave in order to please him, right? Since the eldest prince still respects his wife as before, he still doesn't want to be this villain.
Fu Bo had a ghost in his heart, and he didn't dare to tell his wife the news, let alone appear next to the eldest son, so he simply lived in Zhuangzi for the past few days, busy completing the construction tasks assigned by the second son.
The dark tide of the Lin Mansion was surging on the surface, but Master Lin and Mrs. Lin were at a loss.
The door of the eldest prince's study was closed that morning, and the two family members were guarding the door, and Lin Shaohan and several shopkeepers were discussing inside.
"Uncle Zhang, how is your business there this month?" Lin Shaohan squinted slightly, and there was an account book in front of him, but he didn't look at it.
"Back to the eldest son, the brocade business managed by the villain has encountered some trouble this month. There is a new business house that is competing with our family, and the brocade is new and cheap, and many old customers have gone to that house, and our income this month is only half of what we used to be. ”
"yes, got it."
"Shopkeeper Li, where is your dyeing workshop?"
"Son, something happened to the villain's dyeing shop a few days ago, and a new guy put the wrong dye and dyed a large number of silk yarns. Although the villain has dismissed the guy who made the mistake, this batch of silk yarn can only be disposed of at a low price. ”
"The villain went to Tongxiang to buy new silk this year, but I don't know who took the lead, and only bought some inferior silk."
"Something happened to me there......"
The four shopkeepers scrambled to reciprocate, talking about some unexpected losses, but Lin Shaohan smiled slightly.
"Well done, I will continue to lose money next month, I want to lose the principal in three months, I must do it without leaving a trace, and I will be rewarded for doing a good job!"
"Yes! Don't worry, eldest son, with us, we guarantee that the Lin family will lose money and pawn immediately! ”
"Okay, so I will work for you, and after the matter is completed, I will ask you to be the big shopkeeper of my new store!"