Princess Su's concubine Chu Wan was sitting leisurely in "Mantingfang". The maid from Jinxiu Pavilion presented a tea set, but Chu Wan didn't even look at it.
After the maid bent her knees to say hello to Chu Wan, she put down a three-legged colorful glass stand and a transparent glass teapot from the tray. The water in the pot was already boiling.
With sharp eyes, Chu Wan noticed that a flower-shaped candle was used to heat the tea in the glass shelf.
The maid took a square-shaped object from an exquisite octagonal glass jar with a silver clip and put it into the teapot. She gently stirred the silver spoon, and a fragrant chrysanthemum smell hit her nostrils.
Several flowers were clearly blooming slowly inside the transparent glass pot. The maid poured out a cup of scented tea for Chu Wan to taste carefully. The main flavor was chrysanthemum, supplemented by several other flavors, which made her mouth full of fragrance and fragrance.
The maid lowered her head and said respectfully: "If you think the taste is too bland, you can add an extra brick and stir until it melts before drinking. The golden lady will be here shortly." Then she excused herself and left.
As soon as the maid left, Chu Wan's true colors were revealed. She squatted beside the teapot with her two personal maids without any appearance, then picked up the tiles and looked left and right. She was chirping in wonder and scrambling to study this Jinxiu Pavilion.
Tea is also unique and rare!
Suddenly there was a knock on the door, and the three masters and servants immediately returned to their noble and cool state.
jin
Choose.
Speaking of selection, in fact, Jin Xuan Yushu and the two of them had already selected the list of noble ladies who needed to be cured and should not be offended according to Jin Tong's own selection, and they were ready to put things in the favor of each noble lady.
Although there are only two kinds in Chu Wan, they are both top quality.
Chu Wan sipped the tea with a calm face, and her tone was slightly disgusting: "Is this Lady Jin just perfunctory with me?! Is that all?"
"Your Majesty, even if you borrow a water tank from the slave's house to gain courage, I will never dare to do so!" Jin Xuan said as she opened the top layer of the six-layer carved red sandalwood jewelry dressing box: "Your Majesty, please look at it, it's so big and so clear.
There is only one glazed mirror in the entire Jinxiu Pavilion."
What woman doesn't love beauty? What's more, Chu Wan is young and beautiful. She looks around in the mirror with a smile on her face.
Jin Xuan waited quietly aside, and when Chu Wan had almost finished seeing it, she opened another flat wooden box and took out a complete set of glazed tea sets inside.
Chu Wan was shocked again!
When the maids of Jinxiu Pavilion just presented them with the set of glazed teapots for making scented tea, the three of them, the master and the servant, were sighing that Jinxiu Pavilion was really wealthy. Such a precious crystal clear glazed teapot could not be bought by many people outside, but Jinxiu Pavilion actually
Just take it out to entertain guests, and you don't have to worry about accidentally breaking it. Seeing this more ingenious set of glazed tea sets, Chu Wan, who has always been picky, was also filled with admiration.
Jin Xuan took out the lotus-shaped tea saucer first, pointed to the empty space in the middle and explained to Chu Wan: "My Lady, look, this is for candles." Then she took out the teapot, lotus-shaped tea cans, and eight lotus-shaped tea cups.
The tea cups and tea mats were presented to Chu Wan one by one. They were all crystal clear and perfect without any flaws. "My Lady, there is only one set of this lotus glazed tea set."
"Is there no other shape for me to choose from?"
"Your Majesty, you are extremely lucky. It just so happened that the craftsmen in the pavilion sent two sets of flawless high-quality tea sets today, and one set has already been sold. If the slave family had been slower, even this set of lotus tea sets would not have been available!"
In fact, Jin Xuan followed Jintong's order to leave another set of plum blossom tea sets to Mrs. Jiang. Of course she would not say this.
Jin Xuan deliberately lowered her voice and whispered to Chu Wan: "I don't know, the pink glazed lotus tea set owned by Xiao Qinghuan, the daughter of the Minister of Punishment, only has one pot and two cups, but it is small. In other words, it is fine for self-drinking.
, if it is said to be used to entertain guests, how can it be so grand!"
Chu Wan's self-esteem was greatly satisfied. She was a frequent visitor to "Jinxiu Pavilion". She knew that Jinxiu Pavilion's rule was not to disclose any customer information, so she did not ask who bought the first set. The circle of ladies in Beijing was so large.
Anyway, he knew it sooner or later, so he stopped embarrassing Jin Xuan and bought the two things with 8,200 taels of silver notes in a domineering manner.
jin
Don’t dislike it, my empress.”
Chu Wan had never seen this scented tea before, so how could she dislike it? She was extremely rare. So, she said to Jin Xuan in a rare and pleasant manner: "Ms. Jin Xuan is interested!"
Chu Wan's good mood was destroyed within a hundred meters after coming out of Jinxiu Pavilion!
The three masters and servants plus the driver looked helplessly at the "injured" lying half on the ground. The injured kept saying that his bones were broken by his vehicle and he could not get up, and wanted Chu Wan to compensate him with a hundred taels of silver to recuperate from his injuries.
Chu Wan was in the carriage and was so angry that she almost broke her silver teeth!
Just now, she happened to half-open the curtains and looked out, and saw the unruly man running out of the alley with his waist bent, and then rolled to the ground until he was under the wheels of the carriage.
Moreover, the coachman quietly told her that the unruly man was skilled in martial arts and rolled very well. He hit their wheel with his shoulder, rolled twice and lay on the ground. It looked very serious, but in fact he was 100% not injured at all.
This is to blackmail her for a hundred taels of silver! In line with the principle of doing more than doing less, Chu Wan took a hundred taels of silver notes and asked the coachman to give it to him. But the unruly man actually insisted on the silver, saying that he was afraid that the silver notes were
Fake.
There were more and more people around, and Chu Wan was almost worried to death.
She always uses Prince Su's palace car with the palace logo on it. The purpose of Prince Su's palace is: to spend a lot of money to the outside world and pretend to be greedy for life, but no one can bully the people by relying on the reputation of Prince Su's palace.
. But if they continue to be entangled like this, it will definitely spread the reputation of their palace as a bully. The prince has always kept a low profile, and she cannot hold him back.
Chu Wan was sweating anxiously. Where could she get 100 taels of silver now? She wanted her maid to take the banknote to the nearest bank to exchange it, but a maid carrying 100 taels of silver wouldn't make the scene too beautiful. I'm afraid it wouldn't happen again.
To attract more people to come and watch.
From time to time, Chu Wan slightly opened the curtains and looked outside, hoping to meet an acquaintance who would come to help her, but she did see an acquaintance.
Jintong dressed up as a scholar, used a paper fan to clear the way, and pulled two maids dressed as bookboys to the front to watch the fun. Jintong had a modern soul in her bones, and modern women loved shopping the most, so she would take turns from time to time.
He took a few personal maids out to wander around.
Hey, I met an acquaintance while watching the fun today!
Prince Su is the youngest brother of the Holy Lord, and he is still a posthumous son. His biological mother has a low status and is not favored. Therefore, Prince Su has been low-key since he was a child, and has a character that does not fight or compete. Even now that he has been crowned king, he is still humble and respectful.
Very.
Mr. Gongsun has analyzed that Prince Su's palace can make friends. Now that Chu Wan is in trouble, Jintong is ready to extend an olive branch and help her as a sign of goodwill.
Su Bai was attentive, and after observing for a while, he quietly said to Jintong: "Madam, that man is definitely faking it!"
Jintong looked surprised. Is there anyone who is cheating these days?
"Madam, it's hot today. People can sweat all over even if they stand, except those who are weak. But look at that man, he is strong and strong. After being in a stalemate for so long, the coachman is almost soaked. He doesn't even have a drop of sweat.
Come on, I guess he’s a practicing practitioner.”
Jintong looked at the man lying half on the ground. The coachman tried to pull him several times, but he turned around awkwardly and avoided it. The coachman did not even touch the corner of his clothes. He was so angry that his face was red, his neck was thick, and he was sweating.
Although the man was covered in dust and wretchedness, he was extremely dry. It seemed that he was not only a practicing master, but also a hidden master.
Jintong rolled his eyes, bit his plain white ear and said a few words, then pulled Danzhu towards the carriage.
Although Jintong was dressed like a scholar, she had a bright appearance and her skin was so white and tender that even a ragged linen cloth could not hide the fact that she was a stunning beauty. Of course, Chu Wan recognized her at a glance.
Chu Wan saw Jin Tong standing in the middle carelessly, and bowed to the man with a smile: "Brother, please wait for a moment, I have asked the book boy to go and ask the doctor from Huichun Hall to come over. If there is any injury, let's treat it first.
How can I compensate you? Don’t worry, I won’t give you even a copper penny!”
The man lying half on the ground couldn't react. The doctor was here. Didn't he reveal his secret?
He regretted a little. He had taken the banknote if he had known it! But as an ordinary person, he was afraid that he would make things difficult for him if he took the banknote to exchange money at a bank. Besides, there were only a few banks in Beijing. If this noble family wanted to retaliate against him, he would definitely do it.
He is always sure to catch it, so he insists on asking for money.
It's also because he didn't think carefully. One hundred taels of silver, how could these noble people bring so much cash. If he had known earlier, he wouldn't have been too greedy. It would have been much better to earn one hundred taels and twenty taels slowly, but how could he regret it now?
Otherwise, run away quickly before the doctor comes.
The man was hesitating when he saw the onlookers move out of the way. A doctor carrying a medicine box and a boy came over hurriedly. The man decisively got up and ran away. The coachman stretched out his hand to catch him, but the man was slippery.
Very well, and with all the effort in him, he disappeared without a trace in a few breaths.
There was no excitement to watch, so the crowd naturally dispersed.
Chu Wan quickly got out of the car and thanked Jintong. The two said a few polite words and made an appointment to have tea together before saying goodbye and leaving.
Jintong had just noticed that the porcelain man was not good at expressing himself. He would only shout these two sentences: You, the prince, are scornful of human life and killed people! My bones are broken. I want one hundred taels of silver. That’s it.
If you want money, you don't look like a professional at porcelain.
After she said goodbye to Chu Wan, she originally planned to satisfy her curiosity and see what happened to the novice porcelain toucher. But in the vast sea of people and the man running so fast, where could she find him?
Jintong wandered around for a while before going back to the Hou Mansion with Su Bai Danzhu.
The porcelain man's name is Lu Liu. The six brothers and their old mother have been in Beijing for more than half a year. The brothers are all skilled in martial arts and have a lot of strength. It is more than enough to earn a living. But it is getting hot today.
, the place where they lived was crowded and small, and the old mother was too old to withstand the heat and could not afford to fall ill.
I asked a doctor, who said that the old man's body was too exhausted, and now he could only eat ginseng and take a breath to take good care of himself until his old age.
But let alone ginseng, even one tael of ginseng costs several taels of silver. How can they afford it?
In desperation, he thought of blackmailing a wealthy family out of a hundred taels of silver. In this way, they could first buy a few taels of ginseng to replenish their mother, and then spend dozens of taels of silver to exchange for a larger place to live.
It is helpful for my mother to recuperate from illness. Who knows that due to lack of experience, she will return empty-handed.
He didn't dare to tell his brothers about this, so he dusted off his ragged clothes before he dared to go home.
The so-called home is actually a shabby shed made of old thatch and wood. Inside, three large pieces of rags were sewn into three pieces, and the shed was divided into four small compartments. The old mother lived alone in one compartment, the eldest brother and sister-in-law lived in one compartment, and the other two compartments.
The elder brother and second sister-in-law have one space, and the rest are the four brothers squeezed together.
It's not easy to live in the capital. Just a small amount of money costs one tael of silver a month.
Since the beginning of the war in southern Xinjiang, the work at the dock has decreased a lot. Coupled with the mother's illness, the dozen or so taels of silver that the brothers had saved have almost been used up. The elder sister-in-law is now pregnant and needs money everywhere.
Lu Liu gnawed at the two thick glutinous rice cakes left for him by his sister-in-law, and almost hated Jintong to the bone! If that stinky woman hadn't been meddling in her own business, and he had one hundred taels of silver in hand, why would the family be in such a tight situation!