Chapter 20: The Stubborn Sixth Miss (I)
Under Tang Kuan's repeated questioning, Miss Six's psychological defense finally collapsed, and she admitted that Su Bottle helped her change the account book. You must know that the process of questioning is not short, because Miss Six originally planned to keep it a secret.
But as the old saying goes, Tang Kuan, the economic governor of Qinghuafang, is not so easy to fool. He could see that Tang Mei had a master behind him, and he might have guessed that person was Su Bottle.
In the face of Xiaomei's repeated concealment, Tang Kuan was not angry, because he deeply knew how strong Xiaomei was, she loved face, and she cherished this opportunity to become the supervisor of Okura. Forcing her and letting her put down her face and admit that it was already difficult for her.
And after she confessed, she began to cry, crying very sadly.
Although she just whined and cried and didn't speak, Tang Kuan knew why she was wronged. The phoenix that used to soar in the sky, how arrogant, now lost its wings and fell into the mortal dust, and still wants to gain the respect of others through hard work.
The short-tempered Tang Kuan changed his old style and patiently comforted his little sister for a long time.
The reason why she is called the little sister instead of the sixth sister is because Tang Mei is the youngest sister born to Tang Kuan's mother. is also the only sister who did not marry out of Qinghuafang.
Finally, Tang Kuan decided to recommend Tang Mei to the family to be the supervisor of Okura. The fourth prince is very prestigious in the family, and his proposal has been supported by the masters of Zongzheng Mansion. And Tang Kuan also plans to hold a small inauguration ceremony for Tang Mei in Zongzheng Mansion tomorrow. Tang Kuan knew that this ceremony was very important to Tang Mei.
"There's nothing wrong with having a sister-in-law to help you." Tang Kuan smiled: "Just don't let an outsider like him control our warehouse." ”
"He's my man, of course he has to listen to me." Tang Mei said unconvinced: "How can you still let him be anti-guest-oriented?" ”
Tang Kuan smiled noncommittally.
Although the inauguration ceremony will be held tomorrow, Tang Mei plans to go to Okura today. There are a total of three large warehouses, namely the East Warehouse, the West Warehouse and the Granary.
Tang Mei returned home and greeted her maids: "Let's go, let's go to Dongokura to have a look." ”
Bringing more people with you can make Miss Six less nervous. She not only brought the four maids from the family, but also summoned Zhen Ping'er and Wang Jin'er from the inner house. All of them were women, and she felt that the yin qi was too heavy, so she called a few swordsmen to accompany her.
Miss Six deliberately changed into a set of her favorite and most expensive and high-end dress, which was particularly heavy, looking like a flame and a fat peony flower. She clasped her hands in front of her and walked with the arrogance of the crown princess.
But when she came to the warehouse, she felt like she had done something very stupid. At that time, the warehouse was unloading lime, and it was so violent that she choked on the miasma.
A layer of gray fell on the noble clothes in an instant, and the eyes on the towering and shiny cloud bun turned white, like a layer of frost.
After a violent cough, she walked out in a daze. She decided never to go into the warehouse again. But after thinking about it, I still have to go in. Because she wanted to get to know the job site.
"Miss, let's go to Yicang, there is cloth stored there, it's much cleaner than here." Zhen Ping'er said softly.
"Ahem, don't you know when I do?" Tang Mei covered her nose with a silk handkerchief and said, "I just want to come here on purpose, I want people to see me, let them know that I know everything, and no one wants to fool me." ”
The stubborn Sixth Miss insisted on reading all the eighteen warehouses of the three large warehouses. When she returned home and saw herself in the mirror, she was first amused by her embarrassed appearance, but soon her tears flowed uncontrollably.
It shouldn't have been like this. She was supposed to be the crown princess, but what will the crown princess be in the future? Empress? Dowager? Grand empress dowager? But she was suddenly abandoned by the prince and accepted a common son-in-law. Now she needs to work hard to be a good supervisor and regain the respect of others.
These words were like ice thorns, constantly piercing Miss Six's arrogant heart.
If it's just the dust that makes her embarrassed, she can bear it, after all, a shower is enough. But to her chagrin, she couldn't figure out a lot of things in the warehouse.
Looking at the messy names on the ledger, and the miscellaneous goods that could not be counted and did not match the number, as well as the strange worker leader, strange worker, and strange cargo owner, she felt that she was a little unable to cope with it.
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel sad, and sat on the couch in a daze.
"Miss, warm water is ready."
Zhen Ping'er didn't go back to the inner house directly, but planned to stay in Qinxiang Xiaozhu for a while, because she had already found that the young lady was not in the right mood. She guessed what was in the mood of the young lady, and hoped to take the opportunity to help the young lady bathe and talk to her.
"Miss, the warm water is ready."
After the second call, Tang Mei came to her senses, and Zhen Ping'er smiled and said, "Ping'er has walked all the way with Miss today, but she has some opinions." ”
"Oh? What do you think? ”
While speaking, Zhen Ping'er helped Tang Mei take off the towering bun, and then took off the golden hairpin and step shake, and the four-foot-long green silk on the head of Miss Six poured down.
The slave maid felt that the young lady needed a few helpers to go down and inspect the various warehouses for the young lady. How can the young lady suffer this sin? ”
"It's easy to say. I'm surrounded by a few credible people, co-authored, I'll let you go? Can you do it? ”
Stripped off the heavy outer robe, and then took off the small cotton lining, leaving only a layer of underwear as thin as a cicada's wings. The round and jade figure of the sixth lady is fully revealed. She is slender and plump, concave and convex, and her long legs are white and shiny*, like two jade pillars. If it is seen by a man, it is coveted; When the woman saw it, she was all envious. There are many obscurities between the ravines, so I won't repeat them.
"Perhaps, the slave can do it. Let the uncle give advice to the young lady behind her back, and let the slave and maid charge into battle for the young lady, won't the young lady be uneasy? ”
Tang Mei raised her eyebrows: "What, in your eyes, I'm a waste, don't do anything?" Then why do others respect me, and why do they look down on me? What's the point of me being inappropriate? ”
"How is that possible, Miss holds the power of appointment, dismissal and finance, who dares not to take Miss as the leader? Besides, the son-in-law's aunt and the slave maid are all young lady's people, and our contributions are also young lady's. In the end, it is you who lead the merit. ”
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I have already obtained the position of Okura Supervisor, and I am just waiting for the inauguration ceremony to be held tomorrow.
Miss Six's wish was half fulfilled, but the ensuing work pressure made her feel uneasy.
I always thought that it would be enough to get a position, and I didn't have to lower my profile to ask the person who put the score down, but now it seems that it is too early to say that.
Miss Six chose to be patient, continued to lower her profile, and officially invited her son-in-law to work in Okura to give her advice. Even if it's a month, or ten days, after getting familiar with the work, he will leave, so that he doesn't have to panic too much.
Therefore, Miss Six didn't eat dinner, so she waited for her son-in-law to come home for dinner, pretending to talk to him about work by the way.
But the son-in-law didn't know where he died, he couldn't wait for the left and the right, so that Miss Six looked out of the window from time to time, and she was even a little worried that after the son-in-law went to work in the county, he might not come back.
Thinking about my attitude towards my son-in-law in the past few days, the more I think about it, the more I feel that there is such a possibility.
He spoke coldly before, but then he had a big quarrel and confiscated one of his orbs.
Three times in a row to stimulate his son-in-law, isn't he really not coming back?
Thinking of this, Tang Mei frowned tightly and sat down on the couch. The left hand unconsciously opened the drawer and saw the orb. The crystal clear jadeite stone, if it is made into a necklace pendant, must be very beautiful.
She held the jewel in her hand, fell into association, and suddenly her lips moved: "It's just nine grades, and it won't make him give up his identity as a son-in-law of the Guogong Mansion." ”
Although a son-in-law is often looked down upon, it also depends on where he is a son-in-law. For example, many of those horses are sons-in-law, who can underestimate them. After all, the princess county lord's father can't afford to provoke.
And Tang Mei felt that her father was no less than a prince. This is indeed the case, especially in Chang'an Dao, her father Tang Qiong is simply a soil emperor. In Luoyang, Kyoto, his father is also a pivotal figure. Only the prince with real power can deal with An Guogong, and those princes and county kings who have no real power, An Guogong does not necessarily pay attention to them.
"If he doesn't return, let his brother go to the county, and he can be abolished in a word. Hum! Dare not come back? ”
Although her father Tang Qiong is the person with the highest status, the fourth brother Tang Kuan is her backbone, because the fourth brother dotes on her very much, unlike her father Tang Qiong, who is very strict with his children.
Miss Six has a bad temper and a stubborn temperament, others dare not talk about her, but Daddy is not used to her. Just because of her bad temper, she was scolded by Tang Qiong a lot. But she can't change the scolding and scolding. Tang Qiong whipped her with a whip, but she was like a little leopard, she couldn't be beaten, and the more she beat her, she yelled at her father, you beat me to death!
Tang Qiong is a Northwest Tiger, and her behavior of brushing her beard annoyed Tang Qiong, so she really said that she would be beaten to death. Throw your arms and fight. However, there was a group of brothers interceding on the side and blocking her, and Tang Qiong's determination to kill her was not strong enough, so it was over.
This happened two years ago, after Tang Mei had a quarrel with her second aunt (Mrs. Tang Ning). was beaten, she was angry and didn't go to see her father, and Tang Qiong didn't take the initiative to pay attention to her. She was sad, but she couldn't pull her face and begged her father to ignore her again.
Perhaps because of this incident, when the royal family later proposed to replace the crown princess, Tang Qiong did not raise any objections. Tang Qiong felt that the temper of the sixth girl was really not suitable for entering the palace, and in comparison, the seventh girl Tang Zhao was more suitable.
In fact, Tang Zhao's temper is not very good, but it is still better than Tang Mei.
The temper of the Tang family is big, this is ancestral. said that children have a bad temper, but in fact, Tang Qiong herself has the worst temper. Stare and kill.
"Miss, my uncle is back. But my uncle said that he had already eaten outside. The maid Tang Wan went upstairs and said.
"Eaten? I've been waiting for him for a long time, and he has actually eaten it? The more Tang Mei thought about it, the more angry she became, and said, "Then let him come up and eat a little more." ”