Chapter 339: Prevention is better than prevention
Qin Xiang's perception of the Ten Princesses was very complicated.
From the perspective of this era, the age of the tenth princess is indeed not small. And her identity is very embarrassing, which is also an important reason for affecting her marriage.
Although the biological mother is a noble concubine, she is not favored. And in the harem led by Queen Zhao, if there is a concubine who jumps, it is best to be a person with her tail between her legs. As for a favorite concubine like Jin Guifei, it is not on this list. After all, the Son of Heaven favors the concubine, and even the queen has to give a little more face.
And Jiang Guifei is not among them, and because she has an old grudge with the queen, she rarely appears at palace banquets, so a person is born into a small transparent in the palace. In this case, the identity of the tenth princess has also become unpopular with the influence of her mother.
Maybe it's jealousy, or maybe it's other reasons, other princesses have married one after another, but Queen Jiang didn't even care about the ten princesses.
It is no wonder that some people outside say that Concubine Jiang Guifei was frightened by Empress Zhao and did not dare to meddle in the princess's marriage.
Where does Empress Zhao remember a little tenth princess, naturally no one said anything in front of her, there is still an unmarried princess in this palace.
Over time, the tenth princess became an old girl.
Don't look at her Although she is an unmarried daughter and is not favored in the palace, she likes to attend some poetry meetings and tea parties. To say that people in the capital don't know Jiang Guifei, there are many people who know the tenth princess.
It's just that since Jiang Guifei was promoted to the queen's throne, the tenth princess has been much more low-key, and rarely appears at the party.
The last time she was hotly discussed, she ran to Han Yunxiao in front of the prince to offer her courtesy. It also became the laughing stock of the people in the capital, and also caused a threat to the queen Jiang's throne.
If you want to say that the tenth princess really did anything to Qin Xiang, it is indeed not, but she does not dare to underestimate the other party.
At the beginning, the tenth princess pursued Han Yunxiao, if it was not for the old emperor's instructions, how could the dignified princess do such an 'ugly thing' that affected the royal face. Besides, this man still has a family background.
Although the red sleeves add fragrance, making concubines and prostitutes are all popular trends of the current generation. But she is a princess, and she does not hesitate to pursue a married man, which is really not good.
Can the princess still be a concubine?
Therefore, it must be the emperor's instructions to let the tenth princess pull into the relationship with Han Yunxiao.
Not to mention Qin Xiang at this point, even people with a little bit of brains can see it. It can be seen that in terms of suppressing Han Yunxiao, the old emperor has reached the point of being undisguised.
The tenth princess may not have known that the old emperor was using her, but she did it anyway.
What does this mean?
She has ambitions, she wants to be the knife of the old emperor. She also wanted to take this opportunity to escape from the harem and leave the life that had bound her for many years. As a result, Han Yunxiao became a springboard to achieve her dream.
Because he has military power, he has enough right to speak, and he can also give her the identity and status she wants.
Therefore, Qin Xiang never doubted the purpose of the Ten Princesses. The more she doesn't show up, the more problematic it becomes.
Now that she's out, it means that this battle is finally about to begin.
I have to say that Qin Xiang was a little excited.
She didn't have that much time to guess a little girl's mind, and she wasted her time by showing up early.
"Find Chen Wuliu to keep an eye on." Qin Xiang advised, "You also instructed the shopkeepers of each family to be vigilant these days." There are many people in the shop, and it is inevitable that some people will take advantage of the chaos to find trouble. β
Xiaoyu breathed a sigh of relief and said with relief: "I'm still worried that the owner doesn't care." If you want to let this prodigal hoof be bullied, I don't know how many people will gossip. β
Qin Xiang didn't care about this, but it was not her character to be bullied to the head and not fight back.
"She has a great ability to do it, and we are not afraid. It's not us who are at fault, so why care about this. β
Xiaoyu puffed up her defense: "That can't let them ruin the reputation of the owner!" The owner is innocent, and he has done so many good things for Xiyan, but he has to be slandered because of a princess who cares about other people's husbands. Hmph, it's still a princess, shameless. β
Qin Xiang glanced at the stupid boy and shook his head, "Isn't there a sentence in this world that the upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked." β
When the saint was young, although he did not make much achievements in political affairs, he never caused trouble. Stay on the throne peacefully, and occasionally think for yourself.
Therefore, the days of Xiyan have not changed well in those ten years, but they have not changed for the worse either.
It's just that people often say, 'old children, little children', and this person has become childish when he is old. Just like the old emperor, the rights that he didn't hold before, now he can't wait to hold them firmly, and he holds them all in his hands.
For example, there are many faint monarchs in history, many of whom were praised when they were young. Like the old emperor, Qin Xiang didn't think it was uncommon.
The temperament of the ten princesses is really similar to that of today's saints, the same stubbornness and self-use, and the same cynicism. And they also have one thing in common, what they can't get, they don't let others get. There is also the growing desire, which is also the culprit of all this.
Qin Xiang didn't think that with Han Yunxiao's 'beauty', he could let a princess find death and life for him, there must be other reasons for this.
It's just that she doesn't care too much.
Han Yunxiao will not compromise, and neither will she. In this case, the old emperor and the tenth princess's every move is as ridiculous as a clown jumping off the beam.
"People say that rabbits bite when they are in a hurry, and she can't deal with me, but she doesn't necessarily won't find trouble with the shop."
When Xiaoyu heard this, she was really angry enough, and scolded: "What else is the princess, she wants to be shameless!" β
Qin Xiang tilted his head to look at her, and smiled again: "You have scolded her every day for being shameless, it can be seen that she is shameless." β
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In front of the door of 'Xiang', the tenth princess was looking up at this shop.
There are no lively shops that she hasn't been to. But there are only a few shops opened by Qin Xiang, and she has never been to the door.
First, I don't think that a country woman's shop can have any good things, and second, I don't want to spend money on my rival.
She hadn't been out for a long time, and on the day Mrs. Mo held a private banquet, she also went to a poetry party.
The poetry meeting is not interesting, and the poems are not interesting, even the dishes are very ordinary. But almost no one has a magazine in their hands, and they read it with relish, but they still have to discuss it. Later, I invited a makeup lady to come and dress up a few maids as taught in the magazine.
Seeing that the plain little maid became dazzling and moving, many people exclaimed.
"The princess is dressed so plainly today......"
The little slut who has always been at odds with her actually came, and it was a taunt when she saw her. It's not that her clothes are simple and outdated, or that her makeup today is also inappropriate.
In the end, he said, "The princess hasn't been shopping for a long time, has she?" Naturally, I don't know what is fashionable now, but look at what I am wearing, wearing, and the color of the lipstick. β
Someone helped: "Ouch, what are you talking about?" Our princess lives in the palace every day, eats delicacies from the mountains and seas, and sees offerings, which we can't compare. Maybe, people don't look down on us. β
The tenth princess went to participate in the poetry meeting with a proud face, but returned disappointed.
On the way back to the palace, she deliberately asked someone to go to the downtown area. Lifting the curtains, I saw that the young women were really wearing better than hers, I don't know how many times better.
After she went back, she became angry, and even provoked Queen Jiang's preaching.
Thinking that as long as she goes out, she will have to wear those outdated dresses, and she doesn't know that she has long been clichΓ©d makeup, and the tenth princess has an old blood in her heart.
What's more, such a good-looking dress was actually bought from Qin Xiang's shop, which made the tenth princess even more angry.
Qin Xiang Qin Xiang, everyone is talking about her Qin Xiang! She is a dignified princess, the daughter of the queen, and she can't compare to a village girl in terms of identity!
What if she just makes money again? Is it as noble as her?
The tenth princess couldn't help but think that if Qin Xiang's shop went out of business, no one would run to her and say anything about 'on the water side'.
With this thought, the tenth princess quietly left the palace with someone.
But as soon as I arrived in Xijing, I saw that the shop was crowded with people.
"Princess, there are too many of them, why don't we change to another one."
But when I went to 'Xiang', it was the same picture, even more than another ready-to-wear shop.
Hearing that they were grabbing some limited edition, Mrs. Qin's of the same style, the tenth princess almost bit a mouthful of silver teeth.
It's Qin Xiang again!
"Let's go!" She pulled the palace maid beside her and returned to the carriage angrily.
Chen Wuliu and the others hurriedly followed, and did not leave until they saw the carriage driving into the palace.
"Back to the palace? Didn't do anything else? β
"If she goes back to the owner, I don't think she will give up." Chen Wuliu used to be the commander of the forbidden army, and his ability to know people was first-class. The jealousy in the eyes of the tenth princess was so obvious, it was impossible to just come to the front of the shop to walk around.
Qin Xiang cupped his cheeks and pondered.
What these ten princesses are going to do, she really doesn't know at the moment. She is in the palace, and it is not easy to inquire about her movements.
Suddenly, she thought of someone and smiled.
"You used to serve in the palace, you must know a lot of people, right? As soon as I said goodbye to the prince, I never saw him again. Please also invite him for me, and say that Qin Xiang will fulfill his promise in Gancheng. β
When he was in Gancheng, Qin Xiang promised the prince that he would cook a table of good dishes for him when he returned.
Of course, her own cooking skills are not superb, but the cooking skills trained by her are not simple.
Qin Xiang's biggest advantage is that she has countless recipes in her mind, and even if she eats one every day, she can eat it for more than ten years.
It's not that she doesn't know how to be flexible, and with the blessing of so many recipes, it's not unusual to launch some new dishes.
"Let's invite him to a crab feast."
The ancients had a very early history of eating crabs, but none of them had a clear way of eating crabs. By the time of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, crab eating began to become popular.
Xiyan people also love crabs, but they don't know much about the habits of crabs, and they don't have an exact time to eat crabs, so they naturally miss the fattest time of the year for crabs.
Qin Xiang also likes crabs and knows a lot of methods.
Although this is not the season of yellow and fat, there are smart crab fishermen who have already carefully fed the crabs caught in advance. It's just that this kind of crab is expensive, and it is a 'high-end dish' at the banquet.