Chapter 80: The Merchant Girl
Li Erniang's joke was made until after meeting, eating a cup of tea, and talking to Dani about homely things, Pei Baoer couldn't help laughing when she thought about it.
"Dare to love me, in your eyes, I am carrying a drag oil bottle to make a small child~"
Tut-tut, just Qi Heng's dead appearance, isn't it just that he looks more upright, and there are so many subordinates, don't they look a little row? If you really make such a person small, I am afraid that I will regret my green intestines when I enter the door of the palace.
The princess laughed...... "Li Erniang was very surprised, and apologized again and again without mentioning it."
Pei Bao'er looked at the faint flush that flew on her face, and changed the topic very understandingly.
"That's it, let's not talk about it. What are the important things you need to do when you come to Beijing this time? Speaking of which, I've been to your incense shop twice before, and the new perfume wasn't delivered until last month, why did it take so long? If there is a problem with the turnover, just tell me, I am now half a small shareholder~"
Li Erniang sat upright with her hands in her hands, and the whole person was a little restrained, and replied a few words about the recent situation of the shop's business at a glance, and then hesitated and did not say anything.
Pei Baoer has also occasionally gone out to socialize as a mascot recently, and she is used to seeing everyone's faces, so she guessed that she had something to say, so she gave Beiyan a look, and the beautiful maids who were originally full of scenes were sent out.
She took a sip of flower tea and looked at Li Erniang with a smile: "What, don't you still want to say it?" ”
Li Erniang looked at Pei Bao'er with a pair of big eyes and blinked, and said earnestly: "Does the princess know, where is Liu Lang now?" ”
Pei Bao'er was not surprised, if Li Erniang was looking for her for business or something else, she would be surprised. It's just that Liu Yun's identity is different now, if he directly tells Li Erniang, she will go to the Liuguo Mansion.
But, there is a rule for going to people these days, after all, there is a difference between men and women, and it makes sense for you to come to visit the ladies with a merchant woman, and directly say that you want to find a young master in the house, which is not in line with etiquette. If Li Erniang really did this, then the subordinates of the Guogong Mansion would only go to find the eldest lady in charge of the mansion, and Pei Baoer had also seen her once, and always felt that she was a little bitter and mean, such a person was only afraid that Li Erniang, who was born in a business, would not be able to say anything good. When the time comes, let alone not seeing each other, this Li Erniang will be both face-stricken-hearted and sad.
Pei Bao'er thought so, but in the eyes of Li Erniang, she was pondering.
She couldn't help but start worrying, isn't it Pei Niangzi, ah no, Princess Pei doesn't know Liu Lang's whereabouts, or what happened to Liu Lang, so that she can't help?
After thinking about it for a while, she heard Pei Baoer say: "It's not difficult if you want to see him, it's just ......" She didn't say anything after the second half of the sentence, she directly recruited Beiyan and asked her to go out to deliver a post.
Li Erniang's ears and eyes were smart, and she faintly heard the words "Liuguo Mansion" mentioned in Pei Baoer's words to the round-faced maid, and she couldn't help but feel a little worried in her heart. She is a commoner, and the most people she has ever dealt with are some wealthy businessmen, and the biggest official she has seen is the prefect, and she has not seen it from the door, but the kind she has seen from afar. When you hear the name of this kind of prince's house at first glance, how can you not be timid?
"Princess Niangniang, forgive me for talking too much, dare to ask Liu Lang and the ...... of the Naguo Mansion"
Pei Bao'er sighed, "It's a long story, I only learned about this news a few days ago. He was originally the bloodline of Liu Guogong, but now he has recognized his biological father and changed his surname to Liu. ”
Li Erniang opened her mouth and was speechless, and only smiled bitterly for a while.
"I see, no wonder...... In that case, I quit first. I still have to go, yes, yes, there's something going on in the shop. Please forgive me, Princess. ”
She looked confused, and hurriedly said a few words before leaving, where could Pei Bao'er let her go like this, and quickly dragged the person back.
"I knew you were going to react like this, so I didn't tell you as soon as I came up. Look at your depressed appearance, where is the second lady Li who was not afraid of the sky and the earth in the past? ”
Pei Bao'er glanced at Dani with a worried face on the side, the latter was very eye-catching, and immediately accosted: "The princess is reasonable." Even if it is the Guogong Mansion, we used to know each other in the past, and you also saved the little master in their mansion, what is there to be afraid of? Besides, Brother Ayun has such a good temperament, it is absolutely impossible to change his identity and turn his face and deny people~"
Li Erniang and her party were "forced" to stay by Pei Baoer and placed in the wing room in the main courtyard.
Dani also "secretly" told Pei Baoer: "The second lady came to look for Brother Ayun, and she had a big quarrel with Uncle Li before going out." He was also angry and said that if he couldn't find her, he wouldn't go back. Uncle Li said that if she couldn't bring back Brother Ayun, she would have to go back to marry on a blind date. ”
Pei Baoer asked, "Oh? Li Dalang married a bride? ”
Dani nodded: "The princess is really clever, it happened at the end of last month." ”
Pei Bao'er smiled, and looked at Dani carefully, I didn't see her in March, not only did she grow longer, but she was also more calm, and she couldn't help but praise her a few words, but Dani smiled and pushed all the credit to Li Erniang.
"Although the business in the incense shop is busy, there are a lot of things to learn, thanks to the second lady's mentions, otherwise there will be no such good thing."
Pei Baoer said in her heart, she has really grown a lot, and she has changed her way to brush Li Erniang's favorability.
She rolled her eyes and smiled again, "Why not?" It just so happened that you came to the capital, why don't you go to the workshop with me to have a look? ”
The next day, Pei Baoer led the two of them to the workshop she built with the dowry money, and walked around, seeing Li Erniang's amazement, her eyes shining, and even the previous worries were left behind.
"The princess is a good idea, everyone has a clear division of labor, which not only saves the heart of formula loss, but also allows them to focus on their own work, keep improving, and the quality of the production will be better and better. Going back, I should write to my eldest brother to talk about this model, well, if the princess doesn't mind being stolen? ”
Pei Baoer said, "What's there to mind about this, besides, didn't you 'steal' what you should have stolen?" ”
Li Erniang thought that she meant the perfume recipe, and she was a little embarrassed, after all, with Pei Baoer's current situation, it was very easy to start a business by herself without having to participate in their incense shop. Unexpectedly, when Pei Baoer said this, her eyes that seemed to be smiling kept falling on Dani.
She suddenly understood, and wanted Dani to go back to Pei Baoer, Dani was originally embarrassed to "jump ship", but Li Erniang said: "I ran away in anger, and the eldest brother must be very angry, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to eliminate it for a year and a half." If we stay in the capital, it's not easy to meddle too much in the personnel of this shop, isn't it just right for you to go back to the princess to help? ”
So, Dani was parachuted into the workshop and made a small head, which is a later story.
Just as they were returning to the palace from the workshop, the reply from the Liuguo Mansion had already been sent.
"Back to the princess, Princess Medea asked someone to pass the word, saying that she was waiting for the princess in the Dongfeng Tower at the end of the day after tomorrow, and in addition, she would live up to the princess's trust."
When the maidservant girl talked back and forth, Li Erniang was about to retreat, but she was pulled by Pei Baoer to listen to it, she was a little puzzled, this princess has a very strange name, I'm afraid it's not royal, right?
Soon Pei Baoer solved her doubts.
"Princess Medea is a native of Beidi, married to the third son of Liu Guogong, and can be regarded as Ayun's sister-in-law."
Li Erniang only then understood, it turned out that Pei Baoer sent a post to this princess yesterday, and eighty percent asked her to send a message for herself? She thanked Pei Bao'er, but fell into the confusion of learning about it at the beginning of yesterday.
Since Bai Lu took on the position of the housekeeper of the inner courtyard, the main courtyard of the palace was also cleaned up, and those who were not long-sighted, lazy, or in Cao Ying's heart were in Han were thrown out. However, even so, it couldn't stop the footsteps of people who were interested in listening to the movements of the main courtyard.
There was a female guest in the main courtyard, and it was a merchant woman, and the news spread that night.
In the north courtyard, Concubine Wei complained to Mama He, "This Pei family is really not good, the serious maiden family doesn't want to be close, but she has received those who are not careful, and she is not afraid that people will listen to jokes!" ”
Mama He was about to say something, when she saw Aunt Qin coming over with a soup cup, she stopped talking again, coughed lightly, and Concubine Wei stopped talking.
Aunt Qin smiled respectfully from beginning to end, neither making people feel overly flattering nor alienated. The words of caring for Concubine Wei are also extremely intimate, and she looks very sincere.
After she left, Concubine Wei sighed, turned her head and asked Mama He, "You say, what's wrong with this Qin family?" Saburo is so unsightly? ”
Mama He smiled, "Maybe it's because everything is good." Where are people perfect, and some small faults are reassuring. ”
When Concubine Wei heard this, she couldn't help but look at the distant figure of the Qin family and thought about it, and said quietly for a long time: "Meiniang, do you say that the first emperor is also the same as San Lang, everything is good, but I don't like it, but I spoiled that slut who was born as a dancer......
It is about the royal family, the first emperor, and Concubine Qu, who is still raised in King Kang's mansion, Mama He didn't dare to say much, so she could only persuade: "After all these years, why should the master think about these sad things?" ”
Concubine Wei's expression was cold, "How can you not want to?" If it weren't for San Lang's refusal to sit in that seat, how could Cining Palace get the Qin family's palace maid to live? Even the Qu clan will never be as beautiful as it is now......"
Mama He was helpless in her heart, the knot in her heart for many years could not be untied for a while, her own master held her breath, naturally she wanted to support the prince to ascend to the throne, and then settle the accounts after the autumn, and kill the Qin family and the Qu family in the name of martyrdom for the first emperor. But the prince didn't sit in that seat, not because he couldn't, but because he didn't want to. It's no wonder that in the past few years, the mother-son relationship between the old lady and the prince has become weaker and weaker, and it is not as good as when the mother and son were walking on thin ice and supporting each other.
She couldn't help but persuade: "Master, this is already the case, what can you do if you twist your temperament again?" In the past, no matter how busy the prince was, he would go to the palace to visit one or two every few days. Now that he is separated from the prince, he lives in the same house...... Doesn't this make relatives hurt and enemies happy? ”
Concubine Wei stiffened her neck and did not answer.
Seeing this, Mama He persuaded again: "In the past, the relationship between the prince and the princess was not harmonious, and you thought about the heirs, so you persuaded the prince to accept the Qin family and the Lin family." Now the prince has two sons and a daughter under his knees, and he can be called both sons and daughters. The old slave looked, the princess has changed a lot now, and it is not as difficult to approach as before, I heard that the prince has often eaten in the main courtyard recently, and he has changed his life. The master is now a grandmother, the princess is not sensible, you just teach her more, why do you want to get angry and hurt your own body at every turn? ”
Concubine Wei snorted lightly and said sourly: "Beautiful girl, you shouldn't have been bought by my stupid daughter-in-law, right?" Why do you say everything to her? ”
Mama He smiled, "If you say that there is no master, you won't believe it." ”
Concubine Wei exclaimed: "Is there really such a thing? ”
Mama He nodded, "What about the purchase fee of five taels of silver per month." After leaving the palace, she and the old palace people's monthly money was taken away from the public account of the house, and now it is Pei Baoer who is in charge, and she is not wrong to say this.
Concubine Wei was slightly stunned, and couldn't help laughing: "You old goods~ It's just that, tomorrow you go to our small warehouse to look for it, find a few exquisite things and send them to the main courtyard." ”
said, and pursed his lips, "The Pei family is noble, and the dowry is not rich, it is really difficult for her to toss around the business thing, presumably it is the merchant who made friends for this matter." When you pass by tomorrow, remind her a few words, as the concubine of San Lang, it is her responsibility to spread branches and communicate with people, don't give up the basics! ”
Mama He shook her head lightly and responded with a smile.