Chapter 431: The Lady Meeting
Gu Guifei already likes Gu Jiayao, and she has always been generous to her relatives.
"Getting married is a lifelong event for girls, and they can't be sloppy, and the sister-in-law should do a lot for Yaoyao, and besides, our Gu family can't afford it."
Gu Guifei asked Mama Shan to send a gift list, "The jewels and jade on it, the antique treasures I prepared for Yaoyao, Your Majesty got a lot of treasures from the Southern Dynasty back then, I have always been favored, and I have a thick skin, and I asked Your Majesty for a lot of things, the queen is virtuous, and the rest of the concubines can't be erased, so I got six or seven percent of that batch of good things, and the queen can only pick up the rest of me." ”
Gu Guifei was very proud, "It's better to be a favorite concubine." ”
"That's the queen is too virtuous."
Jiang poured a basin of cold water on Gu Guifei's head, "If you change someone to be the queen, she is not as aggrieved as she is, she blindly forbears, and her reputation as virtuous has hurt her, if the concubine is the queen, you still need to ask for good things?" Every year, the tribute is yours, and the rest of the concubines don't even have a chance to choose. ”
"A wife is more valuable than a concubine no matter what."
“……”
Gu Guifei smiled, "I heard that my sister-in-law has helped a lot of ladies recently, and you even got a lady's club?" ”
"Hmm."
Jiang nodded, "Thanks to their affordability, I made me the president, as long as the sisters who join the association encounter difficulties, the sisters in the association will help, help each other, help each other, and have regular activities every month to exchange some news." ”
Gu Jiayao was surprised: "Why haven't I heard of it?" ”
"Yaoyao doesn't know?" Gu Guifei gushed about the great achievements of the Lady Association under the leadership of the Jiang family in the recent days.
It is not worth mentioning that I went to the Qinglou to catch my husband.
Jiang instructed many ladies on how to manage concubines and how to seize the economic power of the family.
Nowadays, the officials' salaries are not too high.
Emperor Wen of Yan was quite strict with the corruption of officials, and the civil and military generals did not dare to be too greedy for ink and silver.
Officials have a lot of entertainment, and if they want to maintain dignity, they need to run a general business.
After the guidance of the Jiang family, the ladies abandoned their thoughts of competing for favor with the young concubines and grasped the economic power of the house.
It's like putting a neck sleeve on your husbands, and if you want to enjoy yourself, you can't be too harsh on your husbands.
"The second uncle's silver is very thick now, and there are many ladies in the lady's association who trust their mothers and invest all the money in the family into the second uncle's firm."
Gu Guifei said: "I heard that the dividends are quite considerable. ”
Gu Jiayao muttered: "This is not an empty glove white wolf, the second uncle easily solved the original accumulation of capital, and the business will only get bigger and bigger in the future." ”
"In addition to the factory and sea trade, he is also ready to meddle in the money bank and open a bank......
Jiang said with a smile: "Father said that he plans to drag His Majesty to do it together, Yaoyao will go back and talk to his father if he has a suggestion, everyone has money to earn, make the plate bigger, and monopolize it to earn more silver, and then the status of the sisters of the Madame Association is not something that can be shaken by a few coquettish concubines." ”
"The greater good is to form an alliance through the Lady Society."
Gu Jiayao sighed: "There are young concubines at any time, they may make money, and there is only one lady who can be diplomatic." ”
Most men are ambitious, and power is more important than love.
There will still be spoiled concubines and wives, but when the cost of spoiling concubines and wivess is high to a certain extent, and a man wants to abandon his wife for a young concubine, he will hesitate.
"The economic foundation determines the status of the family, it is the same in ancient and modern times, especially when the lady not only brings silver, but also political allies, when encountering the rise and fall of the major event, they will discuss with the wife, instead of thinking about the beautiful concubine who can't go out to socialize."
Gu Guifei felt that her sister-in-law was very powerful, and she was curious about the gossip news of each family.
But Gu Jiayao saw the deeper meaning, the Jiang family not only let the Jiang family take off, but also allowed the British Gong Gu family to establish relationships with many families.
It's not that the ladies in the Ladies Association won't betray and stab in secret, but the British can make more friends.
As long as the Jiang family has always been the president of the Lady Association, the Gu family will be able to take advantage.
Change your ...... For example, Gu Jiayao saw the benefits but couldn't be the president, because she couldn't go with the middle-aged and elderly women.
On the contrary, in his previous life, the Jiang family had raised an elderly art troupe of no less than 200 people!
Chiang's organizational skills and communication with his peers are not comparable to ordinary people.
As for being a junior or something, Gu Jiayao clearly remembers the achievements of her mother and her old sisters!
"I can be the president, and there is also a reason why His Majesty Gu Xi trusts and values me."
Jiang Shi pursed the corners of his lips, "Husband Rong and wife are expensive, generally speaking, the president of the Lady Association is the one with the highest official position of the husband, Gu Xi once ...... No matter how shrewd and capable I am, I can't keep the Chen Guo of the Madame Club, after all, the benefits brought by the Madame Club have been seen by people of insight. ”
In the future, Chiang will need to face more challenges.
"Princess Zhao also joined? Sister-in-law, is King Zhao's side concubine happy again? I can always give birth to a son for King Zhao this time. ”
“……”
Jiang's brows furrowed slightly.
Gu Guifei continued: "This palace also heard that the son of the servant family of the Ministry eloped with the Qinglou woman? Didn't my sister-in-law ask Mrs. Zhu if she found her son? ”
"Hongu also heard about ......"
"Mother."
Jiang said: "I don't know more about these things than you, Madame Zhu...... 's son is studying in Jiangnan, not the eponymous prostitute Sai Xi Shi eloped! ”
"But isn't Sai Si Shi missing?"
"She's sick."
"Oh."
Gu Guifei blinked her pure eyes, "Actually, this palace admires Sai Xishi a lot, how did she have the courage to elope with the waiter Gongzi?" ”
"Do you admire her for being stupid?"
Gu Jiayao said: "The squire boy has been clothed and fed since he was a child, surrounded by servants, he has never suffered hardship, after elopement, he has nothing, love does not last for a few days, like flowers without nutrition and moisture quickly wither." ”
Gu Guifei sighed faintly, "No matter what the result is, Sai Xishi always lives for himself once." ”
"You ......"
Gu Jiayao was silent, after all, for selfish people, love is not indispensable, she will never bet on the probability of one in a thousand success.
Gu Guifei chuckled, "This palace sympathizes with King Rui, maybe she is a good wife, an excellent Princess Rui, but what King Rui wants...... Yaoyao would not give it to him easily. ”
"How does my aunt know what King Rui needs?"
Gu Jiayao was frank, "He may just need a qualified wife, not to mention what will happen in the future, who can say for sure?" ”
Even if Gu Jiayao likes King Rui one day, she will not lose her reason and calmness.
But is it still love that is measured by consideration?
Sacrificing everything to pursue love, Gu Jiayao can't do it!
Most people can't do it, so there will be the love tragedy that Liang Zhu has recited through the ages.