Chapter 48: The show is finally on
Seeing Xiang Ye come to her yard to weave Yao was a little surprised, in fact, not seeing her once in a month made her feel more at ease, after all, she had never been able to be emotionally emotional about the wind, and from the beginning of the passive joy, she only had to succumb to fate, and even a little disgusted.
But he is the master after all, and she is a slave after all, and she will not change at any time.
"Xiangye, don't worry too much, be careful of hurting your body."
Now Zhi Yao's body is about eight months old, and her high bulging belly makes her face and limbs thinner and thinner, but it is also more delicate and cute.
"It's okay, you will have to give birth in two months at most, so you have to be more careful, let the maids and grandmothers do anything, can you not move if you don't move, do you understand?"
Looking at the young and beautiful second aunt who was well-behaved and lovely, and was also pregnant with a child, Feng Wanquan felt more and more that the shrewd-like eldest lady of Shicai was an eyesore, and he couldn't help but feel a little more pity for this little concubine who had been ignored by him for a long time.
As for Zhi Yao, she naturally nodded obediently, but she was a little confused in her heart, and she couldn't figure out why Xiang Ye suddenly cared about herself, but she remembered what Feng Huanling sent someone to explain to her, and felt that now should be the right time to say it.
"The concubine is not as capable as the eldest lady, so she can't share anything for Xiangye, and now she can only take good care of the child in her belly, and she only hopes to give birth to a child for Xiangye, which can be regarded as living up to Xiangye's favor."
Although Feng Wanquan was quite unhappy when she mentioned the eldest lady, Zhi Yao's words made him very heartfelt, and his gaze at her couldn't help but soften a little.
He even began to feel that he was too negligent for her, and that he should be more partial in the future.
"The concubine heard the fourth lady inadvertently mention earlier that she had seen the eldest lady meet with the shopkeeper Mo outside the mansion, and she wanted to come to the eldest lady to do her best for the shop, and it was really hard."
Zhi Yao didn't know the intention of Feng Huanling asking her to say this, but she was willing to obey unconditionally, after all, if it wasn't for the fourth young lady, where would she be alive now? and has changed from a little dancing girl to an aunt who is served.
Feng Wanquan's face immediately changed when he heard this, although he rarely asked about the things in the mansion, but he also knew that the monthly and annual income of the shop was regularly sent by someone to send silver taels and accounts, even if the housewife wanted to check, there was no need to meet the shopkeeper in person, let alone meet outside the mansion!
"Is that true?"
Frightened by Feng Wanquan's suddenly somewhat hideous expression, Zhi Yao couldn't help but muttered for a long time before she answered in a trembling voice.
When Feng Wanquan first heard Zhi Yao "accidentally" confide in the eldest lady and the shopkeeper in a private meeting, his first reaction was actually Mo's red apricot out of the wall, but soon he remembered that the shopkeeper Mo was her cousin, although he was the son of the outer branch, but after all, the same surname Mo Nai was a blood relative of the same blood, and the possibility of fornication was very rare.
So when he calmed down relatively calmly, Feng Wanquan realized Mo's move, but he was afraid that he would be suspected of cooperating with Mo's shopkeeper to embezzle the profits of the shop.
He originally wanted to go to Feng Huanling and ask him face to face, but he immediately thought that even if he asked, he might not be able to get the truth, so it was better to investigate secretly by himself. And he had just forced Mo to collect 30,000 taels in five days, thinking that she would inevitably have to go to the private meeting with Mo's shopkeeper to discuss the matter.
You are the head of the three princes, and the prime minister's mansion naturally has a lot of secret guards, and Feng Wanquan immediately secretly sent people to keep an eye on Mo's whereabouts day and night.
Sure enough, within two days, Mo Shi left the house under the pretext of going out to check the shops to raise money, and the secret guard followed her all the way to the Budrunk Building, which claimed to have the most secret private room in the world.
Seeing that Mo Shi went straight to the upstairs private room after entering the private room, the secret guard did not book a temporary and empty private room, so naturally he did not dare to blatantly make trouble on the first floor of the world, so he had to wait in the hall on the first floor.
Of course, several secret guards have their own division of labor, and they will also guard all the other exits, and they will not easily lose their targets, and they also sent one person back to invite Xiangye.
Mo Yaqin, who wore a hat to cover all her facial features, did not sigh secretly until she entered the private room on the third floor, and only then did she tear off the light gauze hat when she was sure that the doors and windows were closed and no outsiders could snoop.
"Cousin, why would my brother-in-law suddenly ask us to take out 30,000 taels of silver? Even if you and I spit out all the money we had embezzled before, we wouldn't be able to raise so much money in five days. What's more, the money in the shop is now pressed on the drunken immortal building in Beicheng, where is there any surplus money for activities? ”
Mo Cheng was only the shopkeeper of Fengsheng Winery, and he only became the shopkeeper of Hefeng Workshop not long ago by relying on Mo Yaqin's relationship, and he didn't want to take over the big business of the construction of the Zuixian Building in Beicheng, but he was not happy enough, and suddenly he was poured cold water on his head by the matter of 30,000 taels of silver.
"Xiangye has already said cruel words, even if I die, I have to raise these 30,000 taels in five days! Before I came, I had already thought that if I didn't have enough money, you would take the property deed and title deed of the winery and mortgage it to the money bank or pawnshop. However, it is only 30,000 taels, as long as the drunken immortal building in Beicheng is completed and the money is collected, it will be redeemed again. ”
At the beginning, Mo Yaqin would choose Mo Cheng as the shopkeeper of the winery, because he was greedy and proficient in business, although the businessmen of Shinong were ranked at the bottom, but only the businessmen were the most profitable, and gold and silver were undoubtedly indispensable necessities for everyone, especially in the courtyard of the deep house.
If she didn't have enough money to support her, how could she support her two daughters like immortals?
The best food and clothing must be the best to raise the best daughter, and all the best are inseparable from the support of money, and her crazy greed inside and outside the Prime Minister's Mansion.
"Hey, it's really not going to be like this, but in a short period of time, which money bank or pawnshop can have the strength to come up with a full 30,000 cash?"
In fact, Mo Cheng also had this intention, but he couldn't bring it up himself, after all, for him, the winery and the workshop belonged to the Feng family, even if he took it, he would at most change shops to be the shopkeeper.
But for Mo Yaqin, it is different, although she is also surnamed Mo, she is now a member of the Feng family, and she is still the mother of the house, so she is naturally half the owner of the shop. She said that it is naturally okay to mortgage the house deed and land deed, but if he says it, it will inevitably make people feel a little unkind.
Even if he has actually done too many "unkind" things, he always has to pretend in front of his cousin like the God of Wealth.
"Looking at the entire Dragon City, I'm afraid that only Guiyi Qianzhuang and Rong Haidang have this kind of strength. That's it, you can go back and get the house deed and title deed of the winery first, I estimate that you can make up 5,000 taels of silver, and you can find a way to borrow 25,000 taels. ”
Mo Yaqin always felt panicked, although the private room that was not drunk was safe, she didn't want to stay longer, after all, there were too many unlucky things recently, and she was afraid of having something else.
After carefully explaining some things related to the money of the shop, Mo Yaqin decided to leave first, and instructed Mo Cheng to leave at least half an hour later, so as not to arouse the suspicion of others.
But Mo Yaqin, who put on her hat again and left, never thought that the person she bumped into when she just pushed open the door would be him!
"Why are you here?"
Even though the woman in front of her was wearing a waist-length light gauze hat, Feng Wanquan still recognized this wife who had been with him for more than 20 years at a glance, and her face was immediately a little ugly.
"I ......"
Mo Yaqin only felt that her mind was blank at the moment, and she was so shocked that she even forgot her fear, so she could only stand frozen at the door of the private room.
At this moment, Mo Cheng remembered an extremely important matter, and when he saw that his cousin hadn't gone out yet, he hurriedly chased after her and said, "Cousin, but the house deed and title deed of the winery should be in the Prime Minister's Mansion, how can I get it?" ”
After Mo Cheng's words blurted out, he noticed that the person standing outside the door turned out to be Prime Minister, and he was so shocked that he even forgot to close his mouth, and suddenly became dumb and stared at Feng Wanquan in a daze.
"What do you want for the title deed of the winery? Could it be that he wants to give the winery out to make money? ”
Feng Wanquan's face was already pale, and he didn't care about anyone else around him, so he roared in extreme anger.
"No, I just...... Xiangye, the concubine is just here to discuss with the shopkeeper Mo about raising money, but the shop is now putting all the money on big business, so the expedient measure can only use the winery as a mortgage to borrow some money first, and then redeem it after the business is completed, and it is not to sell the hotel completely! ”
Mo Yaqin, who had barely calmed down, explained half-truthfully, and although she tried her best to be calm, the heart in her chest was almost beating out of her throat.
"Oh? But do you need to go to a private room that is not drunk to discuss these things with Shopkeeper Mo? ”
Feng Wanquan had already gritted his teeth and said this, seeing is believing, and now no matter how clever Mo's words and justifications were, he was already convinced of what he heard from Zhi Yao.
When Mo Yaqin, who was anxious, was about to argue a few more words, the person who came out of the private room next to her not only interrupted her words, but also shocked and angered her heart.
"Father? Mother? How did you end up here? What's wrong? ”
Feng Huanling looked at the three people facing each other with a confused face, and blinked his eyes in confusion, as if he couldn't understand what the situation was.
The long-awaited show was finally staged, and of course she had to be the audience.
Speaking of which, Feng Wanquan was originally found by his own secret guard, but even the secret guard didn't know which private room Mo Yaqin went upstairs, so he had to wait in the hall downstairs. He didn't want to meet Su Yue coming in by chance, saying that Feng Huanling was meeting friends in the private room upstairs, so he wanted to take this opportunity to go upstairs to have a look.
Unexpectedly, when he went up to the third floor, he happened to bump into Mo Yaqin sneakily opening the door and walking out of the private room, which happened to let him witness her private meeting with Mo Cheng, and he was still discussing how to exchange the Feng family's winery for silver, how could he not be angry?
And in fact, everything is not a coincidence, this private room is naturally extremely strict and secure for outsiders, but for the internal high-level personnel, they can listen to the conversation in any room at will, which is also one of the ways they collect important information for the boss behind the scenes.
Therefore, Feng Huanling was already next door, and Yushu was observing everything in Mo Yaqin's private room at any time, and it was only when he saw the right time that Su Yue went to guide Feng Wanquan to come up.
Of course, if it weren't for the Dark Guard who went to invite Feng Wanquan first, they would not have been able to do this.
"You go back to the house first, I still have something to discuss with Huanling here."
Feng Wanquan glared at Mo's gaze fiercely, and the meaning was obviously "go back and settle accounts with you".
However, he also took advantage of the situation, pretending that he was looking for his fourth daughter, but he accidentally bumped into her private meeting with Shopkeeper Mo, not secretly sending someone to keep an eye on him.