"Miss Xiu'er, you called me? But your wife wants to see me for something?"
Sun Hao was suddenly stopped by someone. He turned around and saw Xiu'er sticking her head out from the side door. He felt happy and trotted over. Sun Hao was originally angry because he couldn't enter the Prime Minister's Mansion. Who would have thought that this person had just dozed off on the pillow?
It was sent over.
Xiu'er choked on the words in her mouth. This Sun Hao was really shameless. She didn't know why her wife valued him, but she still did what she asked.
"Well, my wife wants to see you. Come in quietly with me."
"well!"
The two of them went in through the side door. Xiu'er had already sent people away in advance. Now they entered the inner courtyard without any obstruction. Sun Hao's heart was pounding. He didn't know why Liu Ruyan was looking for him this time, but he was desperate now.
Liu Hui was unreliable, but he could get money from Liu Ruyan.
"Madam, Sun Hao is here."
Xiu'er knocked on the door and let Sun Hao in after hearing Liu Ruyan's answer. She stood guard outside the door, her heart tightening unconsciously. A man and a woman were alone in the same room. If someone found out, her wife's innocence would be
It's ruined.
"Ms. Liu, why do you want me to come to you?"
Sun Hao entered the house with a flattering look on his face, and Liu Ruyan sat on the imperial concubine's couch by the window. Because at home, she dressed more casually, wearing a smoky purple cross-collar skirt, which made her skin look like cream and her waist was slim.
When you hold it in your hand, it is beautiful and charming.
Sun Hao's eyes widened. She was indeed the most beautiful woman in the capital. If he could marry her, he would definitely marry her.
“If you don’t want the eyeballs, dig them out!”
Liu Ruyan was disgusted in her heart. If he hadn't been needed for something, such a wretched villain wouldn't even have a chance to touch her.
"Hey, I'm wrong, madam, don't be offended. Who makes me look so beautiful? Everyone has a love for beauty, and I'm just a common person..."
Sun Hao slapped himself twice to please him. Seeing the disdain in Liu Ruyan's eyes, his desire to conquer grew stronger. If he got such a beauty, it wouldn't matter if he was beaten and scolded by her every day. He would definitely give her what she wanted and never fight back.
"I came to you today because I have something for you to do. My father sent people to Zhenjiang Mansion to deliver gifts. You sneak into the people who gave the gifts..."
Liu Ruyan held back her disgust and told him the plan. When Sun Hao heard that he was going to Zhenjiang Mansion, it must be for Shen Yanqing. His eyes suddenly darkened. Fortunately, he lowered his head and was not noticed by Liu Ruyan.
"Why, you don't want to?"
After Liu Ruyan finished speaking, she saw that Sun Hao was silent, his eyebrows raised, and a stern look flashed in his eyes. He was just a slave, and he dared to disobey his master's orders, and he didn't care what he was.
"I am willing, I am willing..."
The expression on Sun Hao's face quickly changed. No matter how much he hated Shen Yanqing in his heart, he would not struggle with money. He was now heavily in debt and still wanted to make a comeback. Now only Liu Ruyan could help him.
"Even if I'm just doing errands for my wife, the business in the shop will be delayed. Look at the money..."
He bowed his body and made a gesture of counting money to the person in front of him. Liu Ruyan's expression was stagnant. She was the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and there were countless people who were willing to climb up to her to do things for her. This was the first time someone asked her.
Of silver.
Liu Ruyan glanced at him with disdain and threw a purse in. There were five hundred taels of silver notes and dozens of taels of silver in it, which was all her savings. Recently, Prime Minister Liu had cut off her monthly silver because she was banned.
Last time, Jiang Ru cheated me out of hundreds of taels, and now that's all I have.
Although Sun Hao felt that it was too little, he was smart enough not to push too far. As long as he completed his errands and became Liu Ruyan's confidant, he would not have to worry about running out of money in the future.
"Young one, I will definitely do everything beautifully and never let down my wife's expectations!"
"Well, go ahead."
After Liu Ruyan gave the instructions, she no longer wanted to talk to him. She waved her hand to let him out. Sun Hao held his purse and left in excitement. It was just a matter of disfiguring a woman. How could it be so difficult? It was easy to get this money.
Shen Yanqing and Jiang Miao have been very busy these days. Ever since the emperor sent the reward, people from Zhenjiang Prefecture have come to give gifts, big and small.
From the housekeeper of the Prime Minister's Mansion to the ninth-rank petty official, the city is full of guests. The two of them are busy entertaining them. This is the first time for Zhenjiang Mansion to have so many guests, so they must make them feel at home.
Moreover, Jiang Miao had other plans in mind. Zhenjiang Prefecture could not become rich just relying on the people in the city, otherwise she would not have cooperated with Xu Zilan to open a shop in the capital.
If you want to develop, you must attract foreign merchants and tourists. These recent guests are free publicity. Jiang Miao doesn't care what their purpose is, as long as they can use it for herself.
In her eyes, these people are tools for advertising Zhenjiang Prefecture. She hopes that more and more people will come.
Zhenjiang Prefecture currently has no specialty products that are available for sale. Other places will have silk porcelain or local specialties. However, Zhenjiang Prefecture is full of waste, the people in the city will have enough to eat, and some craftsmen have already left.
But they have a food court. Even the ministers who are used to eating good food have never seen so many kinds of snacks.
Jiang Miao has been busy these days, organizing snacks. The tomatoes in the field are all ripe, so Jiang Miao is thinking about making hot pot.
She ordered ten pots in the blacksmith's shop. She happened to have made them at the Shen family before, so she used the pots as templates for the blacksmith. Once she had the pots, she also prepared the hot pot base.
Because the workload was too heavy, Jiang Miao hired a few helpers and took everyone to stir-fry the base ingredients in person. When she entered the county government kitchen, several helpers were already waiting.
"I have a lot of ingredients to stir-fry. I don't need any of you to be good at cooking. I just need to have a lot of strength and strong arms to lift the spatula..."
She controls the recipe for the hot pot base herself. Anyway, only she has some things, and she is not afraid of being copied. However, stir-frying requires too much effort. Jiang Miao's small body is so exhausted that she can't finish it, so she can only ask others to help. , she guided from the side.
"Madam, don't worry, we don't have anything else, we will definitely be strong enough!"
The helpers nodded. They were all stout women who were used to farm work and were very strong. When they heard that they were going to work for the county magistrate's wife, they were very excited.
"Okay, let's start now. Each person has a pot and follow my instructions to make the ingredients."
Several helpers stood in front of the pot, with serious expressions on their faces, holding spatulas in their hands, and listened intently to Jiang Miao's instructions.
The butter used for frying the hot pot base. Now that Jiang Miao was rich, she had basically gathered all the spices she could buy. The aroma from a few large pots filled the entire county government, and everyone was no longer interested in official duties.
"Ma'am, what delicious food did you make again?"
"How about we go take a look?"
Liang Duo and others looked at Shen Yanqing with expectant expressions on their faces. Shen Yanqing knew that Jiang Miao was making hot pot, but seeing his subordinate's greedy look, he still nodded.
