Chapter 48 Chapter fifteen

In the early morning, it was a bit misty, and there were very few cars and pedestrians on the road in the capital. A gust of cold wind came in from the car window, and Ju Xiang put her hands into her sleeves beside her, and said softly: "Your Majesty, let's put down the curtain, don't catch cold." Nodding silently, leaning back on the cushion, she took out the words The address of Xiyuan's jade shop said on the paper: "Please come to this jade shop first." Ju Xiang took it, a little stunned, with a hesitant expression on her face: "Shouldn't we go to Jiaohui Garden?" I closed my eyes, and said lightly: "Go to the jade shop first, and then go to the garden."

The four big characters of "Xiyuan Jade" are hung on the lintel, and two exquisite octagonal hanging lamps are hung on both sides.Standing silently for a while, I felt an indescribable feeling in my heart. "Your Majesty,...Young Master, the door has not been opened yet, let's go, Prince Yi's Mansion will not be short of these things." Ju Xiang said behind her.Looking down at himself in men's attire, he smiled wryly in his heart, since then it was impossible to go out of the palace without any scruples. Turning around and looking at the guards following the car, I sighed softly and said, "Ju Xiang, lead them to find a shop to rest, and pick me up after lunch." What happened, let's go back to the palace... how to explain when we go back to the palace."

My face was serious, she smacked her lips, and walked towards the carriage with a full face of reluctance.There was a 'squeak' from the store door, I turned around, and two young guys stepped out slowly, rubbing their sleepy eyes. Walking into the store with heavy steps, a clerk came over swiftly: "My lord, our store is full of high-quality Lang, please take a look first, if there is a suitable one, the small one will put it on for you." Shaking his head, he asked, "I'm looking for Li Fu." He was taken aback, looked me up and down, said "wait a moment" and walked in quickly.After a while, the one-year-old man walked out from the back of the store. He also looked me up and down for a while, and asked suspiciously, "What's the matter with the lady?" Li Yu is the shopkeeper of this store, please come inside."

After he entered the store, it turns out that there is a courtyard behind the store, just like the existing courtyard house in Beijing.Li Yu led him straight to the middle house. Li Fu was lying on the bed with a haggard face, when he saw me coming in, he struggled to get up and said, "I'm afraid I won't be able to salute Miss." I shook my head, signaling that he didn't have to.He panted for a while, trembling, took out a brocade box from the inside, slowly opened it, and handed it to me: "This is the property left by the prince, and 30% is in the hands of Cui Zhu. The prince once ordered that if these things are not If it is copied, leave it to the lady." I took it silently, and there was a thick stack of store contracts in the box.

Li Fu said again: "The prince's business is mainly jade, and the rest are all restaurants, most of which are distributed in the capital. There are also several branches in Hangzhou and Jinan. This store can be regarded as the main store, and Li Yu is the big shopkeeper. Every store They are all managed by the shopkeeper in the store alone, and the profits are paid at the end of the year. Our jade is all high-quality, and the patrons are all dignitaries, wealthy families, so every store makes money." "Miss is a noble person now, so I think it is impossible to come out to the public from time to time. Just find a reliable person to come to the main store to watch over. The shopkeepers of each store were carefully selected by the prince. The prince has been kind to them, so you don't have to worry too much." .”

I was desolate in my heart, and said with a wry smile: "I will give these to Hongwang." Li Fu shook his head, his face full of sadness: "Now these are Missy's, and Missy can do whatever she wants. But I am afraid that the young master will not be able to come back in this life. Now, the lady doesn’t need to hand it over to him. The old slave doesn’t want the prince’s property to be ruined. If it weren’t for the lady, how could the young master live a carefree life in Rehe now? The prince knows and will comfort him. Li Yu is my My distant nephew has a lot of research on jade wares, if you have any questions, you can ask him."

Li Yu thought he knew my background, so he bowed and stood at the head of the bed and said softly, "Please tell my boss if you have something to do." I nodded to him, but couldn't find a word to say. I just felt desolate in my heart. After many years, in the end it was just a pile of loess.As he said, he was born for that seat, without that seat, everything would be meaningless. The room was quiet, Li Fu rested for a while and said again: "Yu'er, take the lady out to look at the goods in the shop." I nodded, stood up with a sad face, turned around and walked towards the door, when Li Fu came from behind. Fu murmured: "My lord, Miss still has you in my heart." I faltered and swayed, but I still walked out without stopping.

Full of melancholy, my mind was a little foggy, and I listened to Li Yu's explanation silently, "Our store mainly sells jadeite, which is the king of jadeite, and belongs to jadeite. The colors are red, green, purple, yellow, brown, white, black, etc. Therefore, it is commonly known as 'colorful stone'. The color grades of emeralds, the best are emerald, box green, apple green, emerald green, oil green and dark green....From the perspective of color, the best are all green and transparent, Fu Lu Shou, violet, Lotus root powder, egg greens, shrimp,..." A 'pop' sound came from behind him, Li Yu seemed to be startled, and turned around suddenly, and I turned around suspiciously.

A transparent jade pendant was broken on the ground, and a young man with a face was standing next to him, Li Yu was full of regret: "Mr. Weng, this pendant is the best, you shouldn't do this." The young man waved his hand and said: " My sister gave birth to the fourth elder brother, and I, the uncle, gave my nephew a gift. Who would have thought that your short-sighted fellows would find such a broken thing for my son. I don’t want to drop it, it’s hard to understand I'm angry." Weng Zheyu has just given birth to a baby for Hongli, and he is also a sex man, could it be that he is really her younger brother.Just looking at his appearance, I think he is not a good person.

Li Yu thought he was very familiar with that person, and said seriously: "Mr. Weng is very happy. I will find a good piece for you later, but this one is broken. Please pay the bill first, Mr. Weng." The man smiled coldly: " Do you know who the fourth elder brother is, his son used your things, it was your good fortune, and he dared to ask for money, you really have lived enough." After his roar, a group of people quickly gathered around the door to watch the excitement.Sighing secretly in his heart, he moved back, hiding behind the crowd. Li Yuxu was afraid of affecting the business, so he signaled the guy next to him to persuade the spectators at the door to leave. The guy thought he was used to this kind of scene, so he quickly walked towards everyone with a smile.Li Yu said to the man: "Mr. Weng, when you come here on weekdays, Mr. Li is always good to entertain you. If you need something occasionally, what Mr. Li can give you has never asked Mr. Weng for money, but this is broken. It is indeed the best, someone like Li can't be this one."

Li Yu looked at me in embarrassment, I nodded, and Li Yu said: "Mr. Weng, if you don't have enough money, Mr. Li can ask the guys to follow you back to the house." At this time, the people at the door had dispersed, only a young man walked into the store slowly, not paying attention to the things in the store, and carefully looked at the jade in front of him.After a while, he didn't raise his head and shouted: "Shopkeeper, wrap this up." When the man surnamed Weng heard this, his face was furious, and he turned around and shouted: "I'm blind, didn't you see that the shopkeeper is busy?" The man stared at Yu for a while, and then slowly turned around.Mr. Weng turned pale in an instant, opened his mouth a few times, walked up to the man, knelt down and said, "The servant has seen the master." Li Yu looked at me tightly, I smiled and shook my head, motioning for him to watch and ignore him.The man nodded and said to Li Yu, "Wrap this piece up." After he paid the silver, he walked to the door, turned around and said, "Get up, just now I heard from the shopkeeper that you bought something. If you don’t have enough silver taels, ask the store clerk to go back home with you to pick it up. Don’t lose your master’s face. The owner of this store is your master’s friend, so he will be more polite to customers in the future.” Wait for the man to leave When the figure disappeared, Mr. Weng stood up resentfully, shouting "bad luck" repeatedly, and said angrily to Li Yu: "Someone in the mansion will send the silver over later." Li Yu sighed helplessly: "I didn't expect the owner to see this scene on the first day." I shook my head and said: "From now on, you will be in charge of all these stores. I won't send anyone, I will come here occasionally Look, if this kind of thing happens again in the future, you don't have to be polite, just report it to the official. Also, don't call me 'Boss', just call me Miss." He showed embarrassment: "Miss, we open the door to do business, and this kind of thing will inevitably happen. If everything is reported to the officials, this business will not be easy to do." Experts, accidents will happen sooner or later, you can handle these things yourself, if you can't solve them, report to the officials, and then go to Jiaohui Garden to find Prince Yi." In fact, when Li Fu took out these things, I made a plan in my heart that all the income from these stores would be handed over to Shisan to fill the national treasury. Li Yu was taken aback for a moment, and then answered "yes" in a hurry. I have been listening to the special terms for evaluating the quality of jadeite such as 'outer skin, water head, dizhang, pit mouth, and pretty color' all morning, and I feel a little confused. There was a long shadow dragging on the ground at the door of the store, and when he looked up, he stood alone in the sun, unable to see his face clearly, Li Yu hurriedly greeted him.The two walked in, and I was slightly surprised: "Why are you here?" Li Yu looked at me: "It turns out that the young master is a friend of the young lady." Hongli glanced at Li Yu, then looked at me lightly and asked, "Is it done?" It seemed that he was standing at the door early, so he didn't show any expression when he heard Li Yu call me 'Miss'.I sighed secretly in my heart and nodded to him. He smiled lightly and said, "There is a restaurant opposite, which tastes good." I smiled and nodded again. As soon as the two turned around, Li Yu came over again, looked outside and asked: "The young master is talking about the 'Tingxiang Building' diagonally opposite?" Hongli nodded and said 'yes', Li Yu smiled and said: "Miss, that is ours, you go, just show your badge." I nodded, and walked out with Hongli one after the other.