Chapter 21 Generous Gifts
Red Sleeves heard Shen Miaoge's words, put down the chopsticks in his hand and looked over: "Who is it?" Do you know? But she didn't mention you. β She didn't think much about it, but she just wondered how Shen Miaoge knew Miss Lian, but Miss Lian didn't look like she knew Shen Miaoge.
Shen Miaoge smiled bitterly: "I don't know her, I don't know who she is at all, how can I know her; I'm just guessing that the person you meet won't be Princess Wuxia. β
"No, no;" Red Sleeves shook his head again and again: "At first, I thought she was the princess of the other race, but then I asked Prince Lian and he said no; said that he was a child who forgot his friendship. β
Shen Miaoge's brows furrowed slightly: "The daughter of a best friend?" He knows more about Prince Hu than Red Sleeves, because he has a lot of contact; Prince Lian would be so accommodating to a close friend's daughter, and he really didn't believe it.
"If it is really Prince Lian's old friend, that person either has a great affection for Prince Lian, or Prince Lian has something big to ask for help from her family; Otherwise..."Shen Miaoge pursed her lips, such a woman, Prince Lian, would kick far away, and she wouldn't be able to take a second look.
"I heard what you said about Miss Lian, and the temperament of that Princess Wuxia is somewhat similar; She grew up on the prairie, she has been favored and learned to be a good husband since she was a child, and the idle man can't see that in her eyes, she is most unaccustomed to the women of our Celestial Empire; It is said that the women of my dynasty have no character, and they all look like they are carved out of the same mold. Shen Miaoge smiled and shook his head after speaking.
Red Sleeves was also surprised when he heard it: "It's very similar, it can't be really Princess Wuxia, right?" Then why did Prince Lian lie to me, what if she said that she was a princess?"
Shen Miaoge thought for a while and said, "I haven't paid much attention to this princess, and I don't know much; I only know that the princess is very popular with the queen mother and the emperor, although the princess does not like the women of my dynasty, but she likes the clothing, food and accommodation of my dynasty, etc.; And her father is interested in marrying us, so she's looking for a colt. β
Redsleeves heard the point: "She chooses the pony herself?" The authentic princess of the dynasty has no wielding power!
"Well, this is the emperor and the queen mother personally agreed;" Shen Miaoge sent the girl in the house out, and then said in a low voice: "This princess is very important in her father's heart, three points heavier than the country; So the emperor and the queen mother both wanted to put this princess..., so that when they were arguing, Princess Wuxia said that they would choose their own son-in-law according to the customs of their hometown,..."
Red sleeves understood: the queen mother and the emperor secretly competed, and finally pushed the boat down the river to meet Princess Wuxia's request; Princess Wuxia is really lucky. β
Shen Miaoge took a chopstick Qingmiao sunflower vegetables: "This dish is really good, it's so clear, remember to reward Zhao's mother when I look back, lest she always be reluctant to let me eat lettuce;"
He was very resentful of Rana Rinca, and then continued to talk about the topic just now: "Princess Wuxia has been in some trouble recently, I heard that her two brothers are vying for the throne, and the eldest brother who is at odds with her is now missing, and she has encountered two assassinations in the capital one after another; Later, it was found out that it was all done by her clansmen, not from my Heavenly Empire. β
Redsleeves nodded: neither of these things had anything to do with her, and she didn't think much of it; As for whether Miss Lian is Princess Wuxia or not, she doesn't care very much, anyway, she doesn't plan to have any more intersections with Miss Lian.
"You said you didn't pay attention to Princess Wuxia's affairs, are there many people who are concerned?" Red Sleeves asked Shen Miaoge while eating.
Shen Miaoge nodded: "Princess, and she is such a princess, of course her concubine is different from ordinary concubinesβ~ββThe emperor and the queen mother will definitely take a few glances; Besides, marrying her is equivalent to having that country as a backer, which is a good thing for some families or some people who have hearts. β
Red Sleeves pouted: "The affairs of the two countries are often difficult to say, today is very good, tomorrow may be a war, marrying such a princess may not be a blessing; Also, big families, such as our Shen Mansion, if they marry this princess, they can only hand over their military power, otherwise it is impossible for the emperor not to suspect us; If you are not careful, you will be wiped out, what is a good thing. β
Shen Miaoge smiled: "Our Shen family is our Shen family, and even my father-in-law will not marry this family; However, there are some families that are different, they have no military power and no real power, but they are famous families or royal relatives for generations, isn't Princess Wuxia a great thing? Moreover, I heard that it was a great beauty. β
Red Sleeves thought for a while and was speechless, and shook his head gently: "A family relies on this to ascend to the throne, don't say that it can be long-term, but from the perspective of this patriarch, I am afraid that their family still has a long way to go if it wants to rise."
Shen Miaoge smiled: "Other people's affairs, we care so much about how to do 7 meals." ββ
Red Sleeves smiled and nodded when he heard this, and no longer mentioned Miss Lian, nor did he mention Princess Wuxia; The husband and wife had a meal, read the book for a while, and then rested.
The next morning, Shen Miaoge went out of the house to be busy, and the red sleeves made the children's small clothes with Zhao in the room with peace of mind: although it was a little early to prepare now, it was not in a hurry to do it slowly, and it was just right to pass the time if it was done carefully.
Zhao and Red Sleeves had just cut the cloth, and just when they were moving the needlework, the chief manager's daughter-in-law came to report: Someone gave a big gift.
Red Sleeves put down the needle and thread: "What about people?"
"Still eating tea in front, it's a housekeeper, and the host didn't come." After the daughter-in-law of the chief manager finished speaking, she asked the little girl behind her to present the gift.
Two long brocade boxes, red sleeves are not unfamiliar after seeing them: they should be swords or something; She didn't get up either, and asked the girl to open the brocade box.
As soon as the box was opened, a cold light shone, and Red Sleeves stood up: it was actually an excellent weapon!
There was no metallurgical technology in this era, so weapons and iron tools of later generations could not be compared: the sickle commonly used by farmers in later generations could also be regarded as a divine weapon in this era.
Therefore, a sword with broken hair is very rare for a military general: even a very famous blacksmith can rarely make a few good weapons in his life.
Red Sleeves first took the knife in the brocade box and looked closely, it was indeed a good blade: it was difficult to say that you could buy it for a few hundred taels of silverββββ even if you had silver, you might not be able to buy it; A good blade is something that is hard to come by.
After admiring it, she took the sword and took a closer look: the sword is also very good, very good and worthy of the four words of a divine weapon, which is three points better than the long sword her father gave her.
She put the sword back after playing: "Which house sent a generous gift?" She just asked casually, because she didn't intend to accept it: "Take out the sword and return it to the person, and reward the person who came with a tael of silver; Let's just say that we can't afford to be so respectful. β
Gifts are always asked for something, and the things asked for by such a heavy gift must be extraordinary: she naturally can't accept it; The Shen family does not accept gifts, but it depends on who and what happens. β
Like this, if you don't talk about things and give a big gift first, it's the kind that you can't accept.
The housekeeper's daughter-in-law glanced at the red sleeves, "Madam, the other party is very strange, our family asked him where he was from, and he only replied, "Just say that even the girl gives it, and Madame will understand." β
Redsleeves was really stunned this time, and glanced at the sword again; Even the girl is really generous! She smiled, and took the sword to take a closer look, it really didn't look like the craftsmanship of the Celestial Empire, it should be a weapon made in an exotic land.
I have long heard the Shen family father and son say that the weapons created by foreign countries are much better than those of the Celestial Empire, and coupled with their superb riding skills, they can make the court injured a lot in a few hours.
Although the sword in front of him is also a top-notch weapon in the foreign land, it can also be seen that it is indeed much better than the weapon of the Celestial Empire; But she didn't understand this, and she could only look at the two sentences of emotion.
She looked at the sword and pondered for a while, and then said, "Reward someone with five taels of silver, and prepare the thickest return gift for him to bring back; Well, let him tell Miss Lian again, I thank her. β
Send it to the door to know the root of the 11 good things, there is no reason to push it out, this is one of them; The second is that the Lian girl has a very strange temperament, if she doesn't accept this sword, she is afraid that she will be really annoyed and find the two of them in the house to ask for a clear understanding.
Red Sleeves can conclude that Miss Lian is only to thank her, not to ask her: because Miss Lian has no good impression of her, well, she doesn't like her quite a lot; And even the girl is a little arrogant, 'such a person doesn't know what to do with the two of them who came to the house to ask her for something.'
However, Red Sleeves still has no intention of having more contact with Miss Lian, although he will not make a bad relationship with her, but he will never become a handkerchief with her.
It seems that even the girl is the princess: this sword is a treasure in the eyes of others, but it is not a precious thing to her, is it? I didn't expect that even the girl could have such a mind and give a gift so well.
Red sleeves let Yun Xiang receive the sword in the room, and in the afternoon Shen Miaoge came back and asked him to play with it, and she was ready to give it away: the knife was given to her father, and the sword was naturally given to Shen Hou Ye - she would not favor one over the other, but only remembered her father.
Even the girl did not come to the Shen Mansion again, nor did she ask anyone to look for the red sleeves; She still arrives at the teahouse every day, so Hongzhen has never gone to the teahouse again.
Even the girl didn't arrive, but Princess Lian came: she also came to give a thank you gift. Red Sleeves sent Princess Lian away, and it was funny when she thought about it.
Ren Sleeve is in the old house every day, and the days are very peaceful; Except for a little stuffiness, the rest made Redsleeves very satisfied; But she would rather be stuffy than go out of the house.
For more than ten days in a row, Red Sleeves just stayed in the mansion, and even Shen Laozu felt that the heat was too quiet, and asked her if she could call a storyteller to relieve her boredom; Red sleeves thanked Shen Lao Zu and refused.
The assassination has only been around for a month, so it's better to be smaller.
The amount of fairy tea required for the two teahouses has increased, but fortunately, Yunxiang can still cope with a few people; It's just that just a few of them can't be done, and Red Sleeves is thinking about buying a little girl to observe her character, and then she specializes in making fairy tea.
Fortunately, there is Yingcao, although Yingshu is impatient to do this, but she does it very well; Red Sleeves wants Yingcao to be in charge of the fairy tea in the future, and replace Yunxiang and the others: they originally had a lot of things.
Yingcao likes fairy tea very much and is also very talented; Not long after she learned fairy tea, she had a little thought: most of them are not successful, but there are a few points that really make Red Sleeves' eyes shine.
It's just that Yingcao, Yunxiang and others: they always have to get married; Although they are very loyal, but after they have a family in the future, they will be easy to be plotted one by one This is a recent illness of Red Sleeves, but she has never thought of a good son to solve it.
Just when the red sleeves were thinking left and right, more than three months passed peacefully; And her belly is getting bigger and bigger, don't say it now, that is, there are more than a dozen around her when she walks around the house: for fear that she will fall or something; Although Red Sleeves said that there was no need to do so, Shen Lao Rent insisted, and Red Sleeves could only obey.
But Shen Fu calmed down, as if everything that Red Sleeves and Shen Miaoge encountered was caused by the master of the eighth house; The people of the Shen Mansion still come to the old mansion as often, but Red Sleeves has not encountered a single "accident".
Whatever one may say, peaceful days are always pleasant.
It's a new day, and the red $ lewd sleeves got up and had breakfast, and then went to Shen Laozu to ask for peace: Shen Laozu specially instructed that he should not let the red sleeves go to her room every day; Lately, she's been planning to keep Red Sleeves from coming to the morning and dusk.
Coming back from Shen Laozu, Red Sleeves and Yunxiang and Chaxiang went to the accounts of the teahouse: and then the mouths of the master and servant were wide open, making Zhao laugh and scold Yunxiang and the two of them a few times.
Earned a lot of silver, and a lot of silver, which naturally made Red Sleeves happy: the benefits of having silver were obvious, not to mention that the loyalty of other people in the old mansion to Red Sleeves was much higher.
When Red Sleeves was happy, the housekeeper's daughter-in-law hurriedly ran in: "Madam, there are two juniors missing from the teahouse."
Hearing this, Red Sleeves was stunned: "Gone?" Are they sick or have something going on at home? β
The housekeeper's daughter-in-law gave a letter to Red Sleeves, and the joy on her face disappeared after reading it: there was such a thing in the teahouse!
The two little two are serving the box, and the old shopkeeper has always been suspicious of them, but the store is too busy, and there is really no manpower to replace the two of them: serving the dignitaries and nobles is not everyone's work.
In recent days, in the box of the two of them, the residue of the fairy spirit tea has been lost several times: in order to ensure that the fairy spirit tea will not be imitated by others, the residue is all put away and destroyed.
The old shopkeeper reprimanded them several times, but it didn't work, so he transferred them to the lobby yesterday; And that box can only be used by familiar guests, or prefer to be empty.
But today, the two of them did not arrive at the store, and they were told that they had gone out last night and never returned; When I went to their house to look for them, their families were gone. Listen to their neighbors to the left and right, they have moved; It seems that the carriage that picked them up was as if the two families had made a fortune.
After reading the letter, although she didn't have any evidence, she was sure: someone must be playing the idea of fairy tea, and their departure was related to going to the lobby, or it could be one - the other party's teahouse is about to open!
Competition, is normal; If fairy tea wants to attract people, it can only continue to innovate, and the tea house must continue to have other tricks to attract customers: for example, those novel stories.
After Red Sleeves put down the letter, he said to the housekeeper's daughter-in-law, "Let the old shopkeeper go and see if the four storytellers have also moved?"
Since that person wanted to fight her fairy tea, he wouldn't go without looking for Mr. Storyteller: since there was no trace of information revealed, then Mr. Storyteller had betrayed.
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