"Are you crazy?" Concubine Xian put down the brush in her hand and stared at Wen Zhiyu, "Do you know that your relationship with the Mo family and the Wang family must not be known?" If at this time, you are in a mess because of Wang Li's affairs, wouldn't it be because of a small loss. ”

"But the Wang family attaches great importance to Wang Li's son."

"The Wang family doesn't need you to appease you, that's what the Mo family should do. Prime Minister Mo's old fox is deliberately trying to calculate you, you just need to tell him that if he wants you to finish, just let you come forward. ”

"It's my son who thinks about it, and he originally just thought that using this matter could make the Wang family even more desperate."

"You remember, there are some people you need to do in person, but a merchant family like the Wang family doesn't need you to do it personally. Bengong saw that the children of the Wang family would never be able to go to officialdom, and they would be of little use in the future. ”

In people's impression, Concubine Xian is a gentle woman. But Wen Zhiyu knew that Concubine Xian was by no means a gentle person, she wanted to be ruthless, and used everyone who could be used, and if she couldn't use it, she could discard it at will.

However, Wen Zhiyu is glad that he has such a mother concubine with means: "The mother concubine is still smart, if it weren't for the mother concubine to help the son, the son might be ......."

Concubine Xian looked at Wen Zhiyu and couldn't see joy or anger in her eyes: "That Lin Wanyang is not a person to mess with, you stay away from her." The queen can't get used to Lin Wanyang, so she will naturally deal with her, you must not make a move. ”

"But if she marries the crown prince, won't the prince be like a tiger?"

"There is Dongxia behind her, and now it's not something we can provoke. This time she killed Wang Li, the palace is worried that it is a plan of someone with a heart, you don't let people see that you have anything to do with the Mo family on weekdays, right? ”

"The son has been listening to the teachings of his mother, and he doesn't dare to show his feet at all."

"That's good, stay in peace this month. The palace won't keep you today, you go back to the house first. ”

"Yes!"

After Wen Zhiyu left, Concubine Xian continued to practice calligraphy, but her hands trembled a little, and she accidentally touched the tea cup placed in her hand, the tea cup was overturned, and the tea stained the rice paper.

A palace maid was just about to come in to change tea, and when she saw the scene in front of her, she nervously stepped forward to check: "Concubine Xian, you haven't been burned, have you?" ”

"The tea is already cold, it's fine." Concubine Xian put down the brush, "Kite, you clean up, this palace doesn't want to practice calligraphy today." ”

Yuan Dai asked: "That Niangniang wants to read some poetry books, last time the emperor accidentally mentioned the "Collection of Cherishing Flowers", why don't you bring this poetry collection for you?" ”

Concubine Xian felt a feeling of boredom in her heart: "Forget it, this palace is not in the mood today, and I always feel irritable." ”

"It may be that winter is coming, so the mother can be relieved." Iris said soothingly.

yes, winter is coming.

Concubine Xian used to be the palace maid of the Huanyi Bureau, and what she was most afraid of was the winter every year. The palace maid of the Huanyi Bureau has a low status, and she has encountered a lot of difficulties because of her good looks, and she needs to put her hand into the biting cold water every day to wash her clothes in the cold winter, and that pain has been deeply engraved in her soul even after many years.

Concubine Xian lowered her head and looked at her hands, her hands could no longer be seen to be rough and chapped after all these years of maintenance, but her hands still itched every winter. It was a constant reminder of the hurt she had suffered.

Every year when winter is approaching, Concubine Xian's mood is always a little not good, and the palace maids who serve have long been used to it. Concubine Xian didn't think too much about it herself, but just thought it was the season: "The palace will go and rest for a while." ”

"Yes."

……

In the inn, Lianzhi and Suqing have changed back into women's clothes.

"Princess, why did we change back into women's clothes today?"

"Don't think so much about your little brain, today you will be responsible for following this princess around, and you can buy whatever you like."

When the two walked out of the inn, because they had changed into women's clothes, the thugs didn't notice at all. Lianzhi took Su Qing and left the inn smoothly.

Lianzhi directly took Su Qing to the largest treasure pavilion in Chujing, with everything from clothes and jewelry to rouge gouache.

Lianzhi saw that he liked it, and the shopkeeper looked at Lianzhi's demeanor as if he was born in a big family, and he took so many things, he felt that business came to the door, and he specially introduced a lot of novelties to Lianzhi.

Lianzhi bought them all, and Su Qing was stunned after Lianzhi.

"This girl, a total of forty-eight taels of silver." At the checkout of the shopkeeper, Lianzhi was about to take the money, but found that he didn't have a money bag.

Seeing that Lianzhi couldn't get the money for a long time, the shopkeeper's face was a little unpleasant: "Girl, you won't bring no money, will you?" ”

Su Qing pulled Lianzhi's sleeve and whispered to Lianzhi: "Princess, the slave doesn't have so much money, so don't you forget it?" These things are too expensive, and it's useless to buy them back. ”

The shopkeeper saw the two whispering, Su Qing looked embarrassed again, and immediately became unhappy: "If you can't afford it, don't come in, why waste other people's time here?" ”

When Lianzhi heard this, he became anxious: "How can you speak?" Who said I couldn't afford it, I just forgot to bring my money when I went out. ”

"Then why don't you stay here and let the maid go back and get the money?" The shopkeeper asked.

Lianzhi waved his hand: "No need." Su Qing, you wait here, I'll go back. ”

"Where are you going?" Su Qing was about to follow, but Lianzhi had already shaken her off and walked out of the door of the Treasure Pavilion.

Opposite the Treasure Pavilion, there was a pawnshop in Qiande, and Lianzhi walked directly into the pawnshop and took out a jade pendant: "I want to mortgage a jade pendant from you, see how much this jade pendant is worth?" ”

The pawnshop guy took the jade pendant of Lianzhi and looked at it, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes. This is a piece of jade carved in the shape of a lotus, the carving is outstanding, the jade color is extremely high, and it is a treasure at a glance.

"Girl, do you want to be this jade pendant?"

"I'm just temporarily mortgaging, and I'll redeem it later."

The man's eyes rolled: "Our shopkeeper Zhang Lao knows all treasures with a pair of discerning eyes, I'll show him a look and see how much silver taels I can mortgage." Wait a minute! ”

Without waiting for Lianzhi to say anything, the guy had already taken the jade pendant into the room, and the other guy poured tea for Lianzhi: "This girl, you sit down and drink tea and so on." ”

Lian Zhi sat down, and the guy asked, "Girl, I look at it from a distance and think that your jade pendant is in good condition, how did you have this jade pendant?" ”

"I went to Chujing to join my family, and this jade pendant is a thought given to me by my family."

"You came to Chujing alone to join your family?"

"Sort of."

"Then why did you come to the pawnshop today to pawn the jade pendant?"

"I saw the things in the Treasure Pavilion and liked them very much, but I didn't bring any silver with me when I went out, so I thought about using the jade pendant as a mortgage first."

Between the words, this guy probably guessed the identity of the woman in front of him, who came to Chujing to join his relatives, but seeing that she was reduced to the situation of pawning jade pendants, it was not easy to come to Chujing. Such a person, even if he dies, will not arouse the suspicion of others!

Just when the guy was about to inquire, the guy who had just taken the jade pendant walked out of it with an old man, and the jade pendant was now in the old man's hands.

"Girl, is this jade pendant yours?" Zhang Lao asked, he was kind and kind, and his tone of voice was also friendly, which was easy to trust.

Lianzhi nodded: "This jade pendant is mine, and I want to mortgage it temporarily." ”

"Temporary mortgage?" Zhang Lao asked repeatedly, he sat down opposite Lianzhi, and looked at the guy who had just spoken to him, and the guy nodded slightly at Zhang Lao, and Zhang Lao felt a sense of proportion.

"I know that this jade pendant is very valuable, and this is a thought left to me by my relatives, I don't want to be it, just a temporary mortgage, and I will redeem it later." Renzhi explained.

Zhang Lao's smile became more and more kind: "How much do you want to mortgage?" ”

"How much can I mortgage?"

"This jade pendant is in good condition, but the bottom of this jade pendant is a little broken and a little damaged. If the girl is willing to pawn, I am willing to pay five hundred taels. ”

The fly in the ointment of this jade pendant is that there are some subtle bumps.

Lian Zhi felt that Zhang Lao was very treacherous, if she was a woman who didn't know the world, I am afraid that she would really think that Zhang Lao gave her a high price. Even if this jade pendant is broken a little, its value is far more than five hundred taels.

Lian Zhi pretended to be very surprised: "Is this jade pendant so valuable?" ”

"I'm looking at you as a little girl, it's not easy to be alone, I can give you a little more."

Lian Zhi pretended to be depressed and shook his head: "No, I can only mortgage this jade pendant, I only mortgage one hundred taels, and I will redeem it after a while, is it okay?" ”

Zhang Lao stared at Lian Zhi for a while, and finally nodded: "Are you sure about one hundred taels?" ”

Lianzhi nodded: "I will take a hundred taels to redeem later." ”

Zhang Lao accepted the jade pendant: "Then let's make a note." ”

"Okay." Lianzhi temporarily mortgaged the jade pendant in the Qian De pawnshop with one hundred taels, she took one hundred taels back to the Treasure Pavilion, bought the things just now, and left with Su Qing.