The Jiang family that Zhenjiang took over is the queen mother's hometown who has never been masked, and the Zhenjiang banquet is the queen mother's confession banquet in the final analysis. The queen mother was happy, the emperor was filial, and this trip directly brought prosperity to the Jiang family in Zhenjiang.

The old man has already returned to Jingxi, Li Chun is intimate, and secretly allocated people to escort the old man all the way.

The Queen Mother and others were busy worshipping the ancestral hall to recognize their relatives, and there were many girls from the Jiang family, all of whom were cute and cute around the Queen Mother, Cheng Ziyu naturally did not go to join in the fun and pull hatred, so she nested quietly in her own residence.

After Li Chun said something to him about Ziyu, he would appear in front of Cheng Ziyu from time to time. Even if it's just looking at the moon and drinking tea, and then smirking at her.

"Old Ni is back." On the first day of arriving in Zhenjiang, Li Chun brought such news. "Guess where he went?"

It took a total of three or four days for Ni Lao to ride a horse back and forth, and it would not be too close.

"He went to Zhejiang, Jiaxing!"

Cheng Ziyu narrowed her eyes.

That's right, the Zhou family in Jiaxing, in his previous life, was Zhu Changan's biggest help. Although there was no Jiaxing in the three main banquets, the Jiaxing banquet at the last stop of the southbound journey pushed the atmosphere of this road to the apex.

Just as the first banquet in Yangzhou highlights "welcome", the Zhenjiang banquet highlights "pro", the Jinling banquet is "longevity", and the Jiaxing banquet is a surprise.

In the previous life, the banquet was extremely majestic, and the Zhou family dispatched more than 3,000 people to present a magnificent performance, and the theme brought by the song and dance was completely a praise for the peaceful and prosperous era, which pleased the emperor and the queen mother to the greatest extent.

In his previous life, Zhu Changan relied on this last banquet to occupy a strong seat in the emperor's heart, and the Zhou family became famous, and several descendants of the Zhou family who were originally unknown in the court were able to go further, and the Zhou family also became the biggest help for Zhu Changan for many years.

Did Mr. Ni go for help this time?

Li Chun didn't find out the purpose of Ni Lao's trip, and Cheng Ziyu couldn't guess it.

However, Wang Yue soon came to the door and brought news with an excited face.

"Concubine Zhao and Wen Lan have torn their faces!"

It turned out that Ni Lao Jiaxing also borrowed a sum of silver from the Zhou family on this trip.

Ni Lao has some means in the end, and his three-inch tongue does not know how to coax and lure, so that the Zhou family generously took out three thousand taels of silver for Zhu Chang'an to circulate.

After getting the silver, one thousand taels of it was quickly sent back to Yangzhou Shi Gongzi, while Concubine Zhao took the remaining two thousand taels to Wenlan......

After Zhu Changan's accident, he even lost the right to co-manage. Concubine Zhao is like sitting on pins and needles, and she also knows that the birthday ceremony has become an important thing to win the favor of the Holy Queen Mother again, and she needs sincerity, let alone be despised.

After thinking about it, only the Jade Guanyin is the most suitable.

So Concubine Zhao Wenlan and the two had agreed a few days ago that they would choose the Jade Guanyin with 5,000 taels as the birthday gift for the Queen Mother's birthday. As for the gap of two thousand taels, it is up to Zhu Changan to think about it. After returning to Beijing, Wenlan will return the ......

Concubine Zhao was originally cautious, hesitating with the silver ticket in her hand.

Until Wen Lan readily responded to her request, wrote down an IOU of two thousand five hundred taels and threw it into her hand......

"Concubine Zhao is really shrewd!" The old slut didn't agree to write interest for five hundred taels, Wen Lan's heart was tired for a while, but she didn't hesitate.

Wen Lan sneered in front of her, but Concubine Zhao's face didn't blush, and she checked the IOU up and down several times before she found out the silver ticket.

"Waiting for your good news!" Concubine Zhao happily took the IOU and went back to wait for the birthday gift. Wen Lan was holding the silver ticket and laughing so hard that her stomach hurt......

The people of Vinland went to Yangzhou to buy the Guanyin that day.

The next day, the men of Vinland returned.

Concubine Zhao hurried over when she heard the news.

At that time, Vinlan was lazily eating pears on the beauty couch.

"What about Guanyin? Got it, right? Give it to your mother! "Concubine Zhao got straight to the point.

Wen Lan glanced at her, and poked Sydney pear with a toothpick to give it to her mouth, neither getting up nor saluting, showing her disdain.

Vinlan's snubbing made Concubine Zhao angry. But she still suppressed her anger.

"Vinland, bring the birthday gift!"

Wen Lan ignored her, still eating by herself, and there was a crunching sound in her mouth, which made Concubine Zhao's heart start to panic for no reason.

"What? You don't want to give it yourself, do you? Don't forget, it's a birthday gift for you to compensate An'er, and it doesn't make sense for you to hold it in your hand. The mother concubine said again, bring Guanyin! ”

Wen Lan stared at Concubine Zhao and suddenly laughed. Really stupid, still proud of his identity? Still holding a shelf? Haven't you noticed that you don't take her seriously anymore? Didn't you notice that the door had been closed, and even her mother-in-law had been asked away? Doesn't she think there's anything weird about it?

Or is she pretending to be calm? After all, she was disrespectful to her, and she didn't even show her tea......

It's so interesting!

"What are you laughing at, the mother is talking to you, do you hear?"

"What are you panicking about!"

"Guanyin bring it!"

"What Guanyin?"

"Shouli Guanyin, Jade Guanyin!"

"There is no birthday gift, and neither is Guanyin!"

"What do you mean?"

"That Guanyin has been bought! Go one step too late! ”

"Bought it?"

"yes!"

"How is that possible! How could something worth five thousand taels of silver be taken by someone else? ”

Vinland was still chewing on the pear.

"Don't eat, talk well!"

"Mama, you went to Yangzhou, you tell Concubine Zhao." Vinland pointed at Mama.

"Hui Niangniang, I didn't buy the birthday gift, the Guanyin has been bought. Ran away in vain. ”

Concubine Zhao's blood surged, where could she bear it, and she slapped out.

"Bastard! How can it be! You trick me! ”

"The mother is out of order! Why do you just hit people at will? If you don't believe it, you can go to Yangzhou to take a look! ”

"Vinland, when is this, what are you kidding!" Concubine Zhao's lips trembled, and she could count her birthday with her fingers, and she was scared when she thought about it. "Hurry up, get your stuff out!"

"Niangniang is so angry, eat some pears to put out the fire!"

The palace maid brought half a plate of pears leftover from Wenlan to Concubine Zhao, and motioned for her to "enjoy".

Concubine Zhao was dumbfounded, for more than ten years, no one dared to slap her in the face like this.

This Wenlan, isn't he crazy?

"Niangniang, princess, please eat pears."

The palace maid was also crazy, and came up with a pear with bad intentions raising her eyebrows.

Concubine Zhao was furious and pushed the palace maid away.

The porcelain plate was shattered, and the palace maid also fell out, and the palace maid sighed, rolled around, and then hugged her ankle and began to cry out in pain.

When the palace maids heard the noise, they carried the injured palace maid out of the house......

"Vinland! Make it clear what exactly you're going to do! You still don't know how to count, I am ...... you?"

"Stop! One bite of 'Vinland', is 'Vinland' your name? Do you understand etiquette? You should call me 'Princess Vinland'! Also, what 'mother'? You're so thick-skinned, who is my 'mother'? Are you? Did the Holy One marry me? How did I not know?

I call you 'Niangniang' every day, but you call yourself 'Mother Concubine', do you not understand or are you self-righteous? It's funny that you're sitting in the right seat! You yourself are half a bucket of water, and you still come to reprimand me for not being polite? Teach me not to look in the mirror before! It's been almost 20 years since I entered the palace, I don't understand the etiquette, and I haven't grown up like this, it's really pitiful! ”

"It's the other way around! It's the other way around! Aren't you crazy? Concubine Zhao was so angry that her chest rose and fell, and she stomped her feet and shouted. Come on, come on! ”

"Someone! They're all busy! Your mother-in-law knows that my people have bought a lot of gilded gadgets in Yangzhou, and they are robbing them outside! The door is closed, inaudible! They know that you and I are talking, and they won't bother for half an hour! ”

Vinland also thought it was funny. The people around Concubine Zhao don't know if they were infected by the master who loves money, or because the master slammed the door, so they were all poor and crazy. Every time, as long as you give a little bit of small profit, you can make them straight-eyed......

"Okay, if there is anything to say, you and I should also make it clear. Have a seat! Wen Lan was still lying on the beauty couch, raised her chin and motioned to the pestle by the door for Concubine Zhao to sit.

Concubine Zhao was so angry that she realized that there was not even a chair in this room. The pestle, that's all the minions sitting. This slut is obviously deliberately burying her.

"I just ask you, did you buy the birthday gift?"

"Nope!"

"Vinland, did you mean it? Do you know that your birthday is approaching, and you can afford to take responsibility? ”

"Huh! How did I do it on purpose? It's because you didn't bring the silver for a long time, and the treasure was bought first, can you blame me? If you want to blame it, blame you for being poor, blame you for not having good things in your life, blame Zhu Changan for having no luck to turn over! ”

Concubine Zhao's face turned blue, and she was so angry that she stroked her chest.

"I'm not going to argue with you first, but I'll ask you, what are you going to do?"

"Don't do it!"

"Don't do a birthday gift?"

"No more!"

"......" Concubine Zhao was completely confused. If you don't do it, it will be a crime of deception! ”

Wen Lan sneered.

"It's that serious. I will go and tell the imperial uncle, time is tight, and I don't know the customs of the Great Zhou, but I am afraid that I will make a taboo and make the queen mother unhappy, so for the sake of insurance, I will not mix. Uncle Huang will definitely agree! As for the birthday gift I broken, it will be converted into silver and two compensation for you, so it's all right? ”

Concubine Zhao's eyes that were red with anger suddenly lit up.

She secretly said that this girl was probably annoyed because she didn't buy a birthday gift, and she wanted to pick a child at this time, so she poured her anger on herself. If this girl is willing to pay for money, it would be the best.

Not to mention the interest I earned an extra 500 taels, I can also save 2,000 taels. The broken birthday gift cost this little slut three thousand taels, and he spent a few hundred taels to make a birthday gift, so that the previous losses were all back......

"Really?" Concubine Zhao's face suddenly looked a lot better.

"Seriously! Isn't it silver, how much is the difference between you, let's figure it out, and the tired mother took the silver to go to the birthday gift in person, how about it? ”

"If you say yes, it's fine."

"That's it, let's make it clear with a pen, and then set up a note, in duplicate, one person takes one, and I buy one with silver, and then how about your birthday gift, it has nothing to do with me, what do you think?"

"Yes!"

Concubine Zhao was naturally willing in every way, but when it came to her mouth, she didn't want to let Wen Lan take advantage, "But princess, you must know that the reason why this palace promised you is completely to help you with this." You also know that time is tight, and the good things we like are being taken first, and it is not easy to find the birthday gift we like. If this palace hadn't seen you helpless, ......"

"Alright! Don't talk nonsense, if it does, I'll ask people to draw up a note, and I shouldn't forget it. ”

Today, Wenlan's brutality completely stunned Concubine Zhao, the corners of her mouth twitched and twitched, and she didn't bother to entangle with Wenlan, so she hurriedly responded.

"The birthday gift you broke earlier cost a total of two thousand taels, and I have a receipt there, so I'll send it to you later. and precious stones worth a thousand taels of silver. Plus the two thousand five hundred taels you owe me yesterday, you give me a total of five thousand five hundred taels, this matter is over, agree? ”

"That's not right."

"What's wrong? Yesterday you and I said yes, in black and white, you owe me 2,500 taels. ”

Wen Lan snorted, disdainful.

"I'm not talking about that, I'm talking about gems. What is a gemstone of a thousand taels? If memory serves, I messed up gem powder that day, right? It's not a gem, it's not silver, I'm sorry, I'll only promise four thousand five hundred taels and a few more bottles of gem powder. ”

"You...... Aren't you hurting others and yourself? Why bother grinding good gemstones into powder? ”

"This is my business, what does it have to do with you? I'd love to! In a word, should it not be? ”

"Okay, it's up to you."

The note was quickly prepared, and Wen Lan quickly signed his name and stamped it on it, and threw it in front of Concubine Zhao.

The note is clearly written: Princess Wenlan will pay a fee of 4,500 taels to Concubine Zhao and the fourth prince in the future, and after adding five bottles of gem powder, Concubine Zhao will be solely responsible for the follow-up matters of the Queen Mother's birthday ceremony, and Princess Wenlan and the fourth prince's birthday ceremony will have nothing to do with it......

"Sign it!"

"Sign now? What about the silver? ”

"You can see clearly, it's not an IOU, it's just an agreement. First finalize the agreement, and you and I will make it clear in black and white, and then I can settle the money with you. That's right? ”

Concubine Zhao looked at it carefully and confirmed that the agreement was okay before signing it and pressing her handprint.

"Also, you add that you signed on behalf of your son, but don't settle the money to you, and he won't recognize it in the future, which will be ugly. Right? ”

Concubine Zhao snorted, and according to Wen Lan's meaning, she wrote another supplement.

Wen Lan laughed, handed the agreement to the palace maid and put it away.

"Where's the silver?"

Wen Lan raised her chin, and a palace maid brought a tray with an envelope to Concubine Zhao.

Concubine Zhao picked up the envelope, and when she touched it, she couldn't help but feel soothed. A hint of a smile could no longer be hidden, and slowly began to ripple from the corners of her lips......

But as soon as the envelope was opened, her face shrank rapidly, and suddenly it was a ball, and then her face turned black and roared like thunder.

"What do you mean by that? You're crazy, aren't you? ”

Wen Lan, who was lying on the couch, laughed out loud, and the whole person curled up in a ball with laughter.

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