Chapter 132 Laningyuan Houfu becomes a shareholder
In the palace.
After the palace banquet, the seventh prince went to see his mother, Concubine Qi.
Qi Concubine lives in the remote Qinghui Palace, which sounds cold and no one comes to visit her.
Qi Bin, who is already in her thirties, has a slim figure, and her once radiant face already has subtle wrinkles, like an apple that has lost its moisture, and its skin is a little shriveled.
This appearance is incomparable to that of the young concubine who has just entered the palace. The emperor has long forgotten her existence and has not been to Qinghui Palace for several years.
If she had not given birth to the seventh prince, Concubine Qi's life would have been completely hopeless.
Concubine Qi was happy to see her son today. Now she returned to her palace and could finally talk.
Qi Bin looked at her thin son: "Did Xu'er send master a gift during the Mid-Autumn Festival?"
The seventh prince saluted, respectfully and distantly: "When my son passed by yesterday, he gave the master a jade ring and several boxes of moon cakes."
The mooncakes were not worth much, but the jade finger ring was extremely expensive. He spent three hundred taels of private money to buy it, plus the two hundred taels given by his mother.
Following the seventh prince's words, Qi Concubine nodded and warned uneasily: "Your master is very capable, you need to learn from him seriously."
"My son knows."
"In Master's marshal's residence, you need to practice well and get closer to Master."
"My son knows."
"After leaving the Marshal's Mansion, remember not to deliberately approach the master outside, and don't appear too close to him. Just be polite and courteous."
"My son knows..."
Although the seventh prince kept saying "son knows" and seemed extremely respectful, Qi Concubine still felt alienated.
There was nothing she could do. After she fell out of favor, she was no longer qualified to raise the prince herself.
The seventh prince was brought up by the nanny in the prince's home, and she could only see the child two days a month.
As time goes by, even if she wanted to develop a relationship with her child, she couldn't.
She originally thought she would just accept her fate for the rest of her life, but suddenly one day, she heard that the seventh prince was injured and almost died!
At the critical moment, it was Fu Chenan from the Fu Jiajun who saved him.
Thinking of the situation of the Fu family and his son, she seemed to have found a life-saving straw, and immediately quietly told the seventh prince: She must try her best to catch Fu Chenan.
Otherwise, he would have to keep his tail between his legs for the rest of his life.
Fortunately, the seventh prince was obedient. When His Majesty the Emperor came to see him, he offered to learn martial arts from his master Chen An and strengthen his body.
His Majesty the Emperor agreed.
This gave Qi Bin hope...
If the Seventh Prince, who was ignored by everyone, could one day stand in a powerful position... he would really be able to make a comeback!
Concubine Qi's salary has not been much in recent years. She has no support from her natal family and has to manage the palace, so she really can't save much money.
The two hundred taels for the Seventh Prince were saved by her...
Watching the Seventh Prince say goodbye and leave, Qi Concubine sighed in her heart: I hope this decision will no longer be a straw basket.
That night, Xiao Yingchun slept soundly, but many people couldn't sleep at night.
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When Xiao Yingchun got up early the next day, she had a headache after a hangover.
She made herself a rare cup of black coffee and drank it, and then she became energetic.
On the coffee table in the living room, there is a box quietly placed, which is a century-old wild ginseng.
Looking at the winding roots being fixed in a box, even if Xiao Yingchun didn't understand ginseng, he knew that this thing must be worth a lot of money!
Fu Chenan should have put this here for himself last night.
In the days that followed, Xiao Yingchun dealt with the demolition workers who came to do the work one after another, while supplying goods to Fu Chenan one after another. The things are still the same, but Xiao Yingchun makes some small changes from time to time.
The colors and types of lip balm will increase from time to time.
Moisturizing, matte, colorless lip balm...
The shape and scent of soaps change from time to time.
Rose scent, lemon scent, orange scent...
Pink, green, orange...
The size and shape of mirrors are also slowly getting bigger and more expensive...
Pearls have also gone from being exclusive to aristocrats at the beginning to becoming more and more special-shaped pearls that ordinary people can afford.
But the purchase price of these special-shaped beads is only a few cents each. In various shops in Daliang Dynasty, it would cost ten taels of silver to buy a necklace.
Earrings and single beads are also sold. Some Xiaojiabiyu who have some spare money at home are also willing to buy a few and make them into eye-catching decorations for earrings and hairpins...
Gradually, "Do you have the latest Tao Tao Ji products?" became one of the items of comparison among the ladies in the capital.
While making money, Fu Chenan slowly began to retreat behind the scenes, becoming more and more inconspicuous.
When delivering goods to aristocratic families, he no longer personally delivers them every time. Instead, he leaves the city through the tunnel in private, then goes to the ship to move the items in advance, and then lets the ship drive to the dock for delivery...
It only took two times for Fu Chenan to realize something was wrong.
When two aristocratic families went to pick up the goods, the steward wanted to increase the order quantity temporarily, so he told the guard captain in charge of delivery, "We have already made an agreement with General Fu."
The captain of the personal guard didn't know the situation, and he really thought he had made an agreement with Fu Chenan. Besides, the other party also gave him enough money to pay for the goods, so the captain of the personal guard gave him the amount the steward asked for.
When he came back to pay the bill and hand over the banknote to Fu Chenan, Fu Chenan discovered something was wrong.
"The orders submitted by these two companies before were not so many. Why did they temporarily give him an extra 20% of the goods?"
When the guard captain heard this, his expression changed and he told the whole story.
Fu Chen'an sighed: "Stop the products from these two companies. We will no longer supply them to them."
The guard captain didn't understand: "General, why is this?"
Anyway, they have paid for it, wouldn’t it be better to ask for more goods?
Fu Chenan looked at the captain of the personal guard: "A person who acts just as he says and goes against his will cannot be trusted."
"Today he will lie to you in order to get 20% more goods. How do you know if he will use my name to talk to others in the future?"
"By the time I get tricked, it will be too late to regret it."
"You know, the Fu family in the capital has no backers."
"If someone catches the loophole and reports it to the emperor, we will probably be devoured until no bones are left."
The more Fu Chenan talked, the more frightened the captain of the guard became.
Look at this simple business, where the goods are paid on the spot, but there is such a big hidden danger later!
It’s really terrible!
"Here!"
Fu Chenan sent someone to deliver the news to Mrs. Hou of Ningyuan Hou Mansion.
The carriage of Ningyuan Hou Mansion left the city in the afternoon, saying that Mrs. Hou was going to Lingyun Temple on the outskirts of Beijing to pray for her injured young son.
In an inconspicuous villa, Fu Chenan, who was dressed in brown shorts, met Lao Madam Hou, who was wearing servant clothes.
In order to be less conspicuous, Mrs. Hou also wrapped her hair with a brown veil, and together with the nun who followed her all year round, she dressed up as an ordinary woman.
As soon as they met, the two people laughed: they both did their best to avoid being noticed.
Fu Chenan spoke concisely and to the point: "Boss Sis has eliminated two unreliable partners and wants to add one or two more partners."
"The first thing I thought of was Mrs. Hou. I wonder if the family is interested in it?"
(End of chapter)