Chapter 54: Mid-Autumn Night
This Mid-Autumn Festival in the Marquis of Changning Mansion is destined to not be so pleasant.
Because of what happened in the palace, the old lady's face has been sinking like water, and the second wife, who is in charge of the feed, is holding the dinner party in good spirits, and anyone can see her strong smile and laughter.
The big room and the third room are not happy, what Jiang Shuqi committed is enough to smear the reputation of the girls in their room, who can laugh?
The ladies in the house had a gloomy face, and the old marquis hurriedly ate his meal, and then led the second and third masters to the front yard to play chess.
"Mother, something has happened," Jiang Shuli tirelessly persuaded the Ouyang clan, who was cloudy in the afternoon, "It's useless to be angry again, isn't it?" Besides, her daughter is only ten years old, and those reputations, in the future, my daughter will earn them back, and it doesn't matter. ”
Ouyang glanced at his daughter, and finally couldn't help but laugh, "You girl, do you think fame is silver?" Say earn it and earn it back? ”
Jiang Shuli saw that her mother's expression was relieved, and she couldn't help but happily threw herself in her arms and spun around, "Mother, of course you can earn fame." You see that our class won the first place in the Mid-Autumn Festival and the Moon Festival, and many noble girls are envious of it today, isn't that fame. ”
"You," Ouyang took his daughter's hand, his eyes carefully examined the delicate white face, "In the future, if you go out with Jiang Shuqi less, your mother can rest assured." "But your grandmother won't let her go out again in the next year or two." ”
"So long?" Jiang Shuli was curious.
"That's not too little," Ouyang sighed, "If something like this happens, I'm afraid that ordinary families would have sent Zhuangzi away, if it weren't for Shuqi being the only daughter of your second uncle, how could your grandmother have detained her in the mansion." ”
Holding her daughter in her arms, "Your grandmother should find someone to teach your second sister to learn the rules well." ”
Seeing that Ouyang's mood was much better, Jiang Shuli gossiped with her again and walked towards Hongyunxuan.
When he arrived at Hongyunxuan, Jiang Shucheng had already had dinner, and because of his leg injury, he did not attend the Mid-Autumn Festival dinner in the Hou Mansion, so naturally he didn't know what happened today.
"Mother! Second sister! Sitting bored on the bed and reading a book, Jiang Shucheng saw them come in and smiled, "Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!" ”
"Third brother, happy Mid-Autumn Festival." Jiang Shuli and Ouyang walked to the side of the bed and sat down, "Is it good for dinner?" ”
Jiang Shucheng nodded, "It's really boring to eat or sleep every day." However, Liuli said that my injury healed well, and I could start meditating and practicing qi in two days. ”
"I have to thank your grandfather," Ouyang smiled lovingly, reaching out and touching his son's sideburns, "If it weren't for your grandfather personally repairing your injured meridians, I'm afraid you wouldn't get better so quickly." ”
"And Sister Liuli," Jiang Shucheng said, "Sister Liuli's prescription is better than that of the house doctor, and the leg injury recovers quickly after using it." ”
Coming out of Hongyunxuan, Jiang Shuli and Ouyang went back to their own courtyards.
As soon as she entered Biyun Pavilion, Jiang Shuli heard a faint sound of clear sound, she listened attentively, and couldn't help but feel that it was the voice made by Yuye.
But the Dark Guard has something to do with her?
She instructed the green paper Yanju to guard outside the door, walked to the window and pushed open the branch window, took out the jade leaf and blew it gently, but after a while, a black figure flashed into the room, it was Zhao Yang.
"Zhao Yang has seen the master."
Zhao Yang respectfully knelt down on one knee and saluted, and Jiang Shuli shouted, "Zhao Yang, are you back from Huaizhi City?" ”
"Back to the master, exactly." Zhao Yang responded, "The small one has already found out the situation of the big boss of Yulan Fang, and I have come to report to the master." ”
"The big boss of Yulanfang is named Xue Qing, he is a showman, his family lives in Changxiang Village, he went to Huaidi and the two cities this time, mainly to talk about the fabric business and find embroidery girls."
Jiang Shuli bowed slightly, "Huai'an Buzhuang signed 20% of the clotted Huaijin to Yulanfang, and I already knew about this a few days ago." Is there any news to follow? ”
"When Xue Qing first talked with Huai'an Buzhuang about the business of condensing fat Huaijin, Huai'an Buzhuang did not agree to sign them the fabric," Zhao Yang said slowly, "Then Xue Qing had a bad heart and found someone to kidnap the outer room and son of the owner of Huai'an Buzhuang, and signed 20% of the coagulation Huaijin as a threat." ”
After the contract was signed, he was supposed to send the outer room and his son back according to the agreement, but when the time came, Xue Qing did not send it, but wanted to continue to threaten the boss of Huai'an Buzhuang to take the other two percent of the orders from Yingyue Building.
At that time, Zhao Yang was already in Huaizhi City, so naturally he couldn't let Xue Qing succeed, so he rescued the outer room and son of the boss of Huai'an Buzhuang, "The boss of Huai'an Buzhuang said that after supplying these two pieces of clotted Huaijin to Yulanfang, he will definitely not supply them with a distribution of materials. ”
"Oh?" Jiang Shuli raised his eyebrows, "He is not afraid of Xue Qing's selfish methods?" ”
Zhao Yang smiled, "Then Xue Qing treated his outer room and his son very poorly, and he was short of food and water, so he went back crying, and the boss of Huai'an Buzhuang was furious. Moreover, after this incident, he will naturally take precautions carefully, and it will not be so easy for Xue Qing to take advantage of it. ”
"Xue Qing, since he is a talent, how can he be a merchant? Have you ever inquired? Jiang Shuli pondered, "Since he dares to be the enemy of Yingyue Tower, there must be a backer behind him." ”
Zhao Yang shook his head, "The little incompetence, I haven't found out who Xue Qing's backer is, it's just ......"
"Just what?"
"Xue Qing's Changxiang Village," Zhao Yang was a little hesitant, "A Zhuangzi of the second lady of the Hou Mansion, Luo's family, is in Changxiang Village. I wonder if there is any connection between the two? It was only a suspicion, and no clues were found. ”
Jiang Shuli was slightly stunned, "Continue to stare at him first, you will always find traces." ”
"Yes." Zhao Yang arched his hand, "Lost two percent of the cloth in Huai'an, the steward of the Yingyue Building talked about two more cloth villages in Huai Weaving City, and each took one percent of the high-quality cloth, and the stewards of the Yingyue Building were already on the way back to Tianhao City a few days ago." ”
"Very good. But is there any other news? ”
"Xue Qing has hired several embroidery girls in Huaiyang City, and they have been brought back to Yulanfang." Zhao Yang said, "Originally, Mei Niang left Yulanfang, and the order for hairpin silk embroidery received by Yulanfang could not be done, which should be a good blow to Yulanfang." However, Xue Qing brought an embroiderer named Xue Yanniang back this time, she was good at embroidery, and Magnolia Fang took her work to the owner of the order to replace the hairpin embroidery method with a new embroidery method, and the owner of the order agreed. ”
"Xue Yanniang," Jiang Shuli recalled the news she heard from her mother before, "Xue Qing, Xue Yanniang and Xue Tianqing of Tianqing Embroidery Village, what is the relationship between these three people?" ”
"This ......," Zhao Yang promised, "the small one will go and investigate it again." In addition, the shopkeepers of Rui Hengchang, Diancui Pavilion and Hawker Lai want to meet the master. ”
Jiang Shuli nodded, her mother has to meet with the stewards of the shops and Zhuangzi in batches every day to understand the big and small matters of various places, and now that her cousin has given her these properties, she should take care of them, "So ask them to go to Ruihengchang on the next day of rest." ”