At this moment, Mu Mingtang, who was sitting in the palace drinking tea, didn't know how embarrassing she had inadvertently caused some people outside. She looked at the blue woven gold cloud brocade in her hand carefully, and said in wonder, "This brocade is beautiful, with a flat pattern, an inner color, soft and compliant, and it is just right for making a robe. Are the other colors delivered?"
"Back to the princess, Li Ji Jinxiu has been delivered."
Mu Mingtang nodded, she liked this fabric at a glance, she was thinking about making some new clothes for Xie Xuanchen, and happened to come across this. This blue is pure and noble, Xie Xuanchen must look good in it.
And this color is suitable for both men and women, and she can use it, so Mu Mingtang also wastes a handful and wraps all the fabrics. Mu Mingtang spent all afternoon's money, and was quite satisfied at the moment, and said, "Okay, how much money was spent, we will settle it together."
"Yes."
After Mu Mingtang's "shopping" ended, he happily returned to Yulintang to pack up his spoils. She didn't know at the moment, because she bought out the Weaving Jin Yunxia Brocade. This kind of brocade became famous in the capital. Everyone wanted to see what was special about the brocade that was scrambled by the two princesses. There are woven gold Yunxia brocade, and the price of Song brocade increased within a few days. Finally, the price of Yunxia brocade climbed to ten times the original price.
By the time Mu Mingtang heard about this, the market outside had already turned upside down. Mu Mingtang was very surprised when he heard the quotation: "How much did you say for this brocade?"
"Every two thousand dollars."
Mu Mingtang didn't speak for a long time after hearing the price, she couldn't help but ask: "It's not a season, why has it gone up so much?"
The maid lowered her head, showing a hesitant expression: "Princess, because Princess Jin was also buying this kind of brocade that day."
Only then did Mu Mingtang know that she had cut off Jiang Mingwei's Hu unknowingly.
The next night, Mu Mingtang looked thoughtful. After nightfall, Xie Xuanchen saw it and asked, "What's the matter with you?"
Mu Mingtang pursed her lips, suddenly approached, and said to Xie Xuanchen in a tone like sharing a little secret: "You know how many pieces of fabric I bought a few days ago?"
Xie Xuanchen nodded: "I know. What's wrong?"
Mu Mingtang was a little embarrassed after saying that, it's probably not a few horses. But she was still very calm and continued to say: "One of them was a woven gold brocade. At that time, I asked the price, it was obviously eighty cents and a tael, but now it has turned into one thousand dollars! It's only been a few days, and it turned over Ten times as much!"
After listening, Xie Xuanchen nodded and said, "Madam really has a good family. Not only does shopping save money, but now it seems that you are making money. You should take care of the money, and I will rely on you in the future."
Xie Xuanchen was extremely confident when she said these words. After hearing Mu Mingtang's helplessness, she didn't feel that she was really a genius. As long as she had the heart, she could take care of things like money. Does Xie Xuanchen really care? He was just too lazy to bother.
Mu Mingtang found that Xie Xuanchen had led her astray again, and she quickly brought the topic back: "That's not what I'm going to tell you. Do you know why it's tenfold?"
Xie Xuanchen's tone was light, and he almost didn't want to say: "The rare goods are available, someone should bid."
Mu Mingtang waited expectantly for a long time, and found that Xie Xuanchen was not surprised at all. She was very surprised: "How did you know that?"
"It's not easy to guess." Xie Xuanchen said, "There are only a few who are qualified to bid with you."
Mu Mingtang was frustrated, and felt that there was no sense of accomplishment in sharing secrets with Xie Xuanchen. She sighed, changed her direction and propped her head, still in a daze.
After Xie Xuanchen found that he had finished speaking, Mu Mingtang stopped talking. He was a little surprised, and he felt confused. He waited silently for a while, and seeing that Mu Mingtang still had no intention of speaking, he could only ask: "What are you thinking?"
"I'm thinking, how to sell those few golden brocades."
Xie Xuanchen choked for a while, he looked at it for a while, and found that Mu Mingtang didn't look like a fake: "Are you serious?"
"Well." Mu Mingtang nodded, obviously thinking about this matter seriously, "Ten times, such a good price difference, is it a fool not to make money?"
Xie Xuanchen had nothing to say, Mu Mingtang really didn't take the usual path, and he had not felt this kind of surprise for a long time, which was completely unexpected about the other party's move. Xie Xuanchen was also silent for a while, and asked curiously, "Don't you like this kind of material very much?"
"I like it." Mu Mingtang turned back and said very seriously, "But, I also like money. I can't use it up anyway, so why bother with money?"
Xie Xuanchen was speechless for a while, and Mu Mingtang looked serious and asked, "Do you have any proper way to resell the stocked goods?"
This question really asked Xie Xuanchen. He thought for a while, and replied truthfully: "It's hard to find."
The difficulty is not selling things, nor finding people, but finishing.
After all, he was surrounded by the emperor's eyeliner. How not to be suspected by the emperor and how to explain this behavior was the most difficult.
Mu Mingtang quickly thought of their situation and sighed: "That's right, I forgot that this is not my home, and this is not Xiangyang. Forget it, anyway, if you don't lose money, just stay in the warehouse."
Although Mu Mingtang said this, he was inevitably a little frustrated. When Xie Xuanchen saw it, he suddenly said leisurely, "It's just that it's hard to find, so you may not be able to find it."
Mu Mingtang turned around and said, "What?"
Xie Xuanchen stretched out his index finger and pointed slowly towards the next door.
Mu Mingtang was stunned, and slowly realized what Xie Xuanchen meant. After she figured it out, looking at Xie Xuanchen's frank expression, she couldn't help laughing: "You are..."
Since Jiang Mingwei became a princess, she wanted to build momentum for her future empress position, so she actively made friends with family members of various governments and actively participated in various banquets in the capital. In order to show the demeanor of her future mother-in-law, Jiang Mingwei prepared a big banquet in the palace of the King of Jin with all her strength, and invited many princes, nobles, and officials' wives to attend.
This banquet has been organized since half a month ago, and Jiang Mingwei attaches great importance to this matter. She was not the wife in her last life, but Mu Mingtang, the adopted daughter of the Jiang family, became the queen, which has become a problem for Jiang Mingwei. Therefore, in this life, she is very obsessed with the symbols of a proper wife, such as hosting banquets and going out to socialize.
However, no matter how much preparation is made, some things cannot be forced, such as venues. Xie Xuanji made a special trip to choose to be next to Xie Xuanchen at the beginning, and doing so served multiple purposes. He could please the emperor, monitor Xie Xuanchen, and show his virtue. But accordingly, something has to be sacrificed.
An inch of land and gold in the capital, there is only so much land suitable for building a mansion. Xie Xuanchen was at the peak of his power when he built the mansion. Of course, there were no restrictions on his mansion. The best and smoothest land in this area was classified into his palace. It is conceivable that when Xie Xuanji built the palace here after many years, he did not have much choice.
Although the two palaces are adjacent to each other, the Jin palace does not have a central axis that runs through the adjacent palaces, and the left and right are open. There is not even a central axis. In the palace, only the auditorium for weddings, funerals, and imperial decrees is tall and bright. The rest Buildings are left with the only space left and have to be reduced or distorted.
This is true of the main hall where the prince and the concubine live, let alone the garden. The garden of King Jin's mansion is said to be a garden, but in fact, it is just a small garden that can be seen at a glance.
As soon as Jiang Mingwei looked up, she could see the lush vegetation next door, and even the garden with the sound of running water. She really hated her teeth. She tried her best to arrange the guests of this feast, but it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, no matter how much money she spends and how many delicate things she puts up, she will feel a sense of urgency.
After everyone came, they all sighed that Jiang Mingwei had noble taste and good intentions. The people didn't show up when they were young. Later, when the wife and the maid came to the scene, the number of people in the garden increased so quickly that they even had to move around to walk. At this time, the complicated decorations in the field were not delicate, but chaotic.
However, no one dared to deny Princess Jin's face, and everyone could only bite the bullet and praise it. While it was noisy, a group of maids suddenly came from outside. Judging by the way they were walking, most of them came from the palace.
The crowded garden suddenly silenced, and the maids held hands, walked to Jiang Mingwei's side, and saluted uprightly: "Slave, see Princess Jin."
Jiang Mingwei recognized that this was the person from Mu Mingtang's side. Mu Mingtang sent someone on the busy day, Jiang Mingwei's intuition would not be a good thing. She didn't welcome it in her heart, and she couldn't help but bring out a little bit on her face: "It turned out to be the person next to the second sister-in-law. She sent you here, what's the important thing?"
The leading maid gave a slight step and motioned the entourage behind him to bring up the wooden box: "Report to Princess Jin, the princess recently heard that Princess Jin wanted to weave gold brocade, and she was very surprised to buy it. This kind of alienation, since Princess Jin likes it, she can directly ask the princess to ask for it, why should she publicize it outside? Therefore, the princess ordered her servants to send four pieces of Yunxia woven gold brocade to Princess Jin."
The maid opened the wooden box, and inside was a deep green brocade, and the other three boxes were similar. The maid did not avoid others when she said these words, and the four wooden boxes were eye-catching enough that even if the maid didn't say it, everyone couldn't ignore it.
The atmosphere at the banquet was stagnant. In the end, the lady who was at the same table with Jiang Mingwei smiled and said, "Princess An and Princess Jin are the elders, and the younger ones are respectful. They are really moving, and they are really a model for concubines. We have benefited a lot. ."
Jiang Mingwei could only smile reluctantly when she heard the compliment, but there was no hint of joy on her face: "A gentleman doesn't win people's love, this is sister-in-law's favorite thing, how can I dare to win love? Second sister-in-law's heart I accepted, However, I have no luck, so please take it back and let my sister-in-law use it herself."
"Princess Jin has been thinking too much. The princess said that this is her elder sister-in-law's intention. Princess Jin doesn't have to refuse, just accept it. If Princess Jin insists on rejecting it, she will not look down on the princess's things."
How dare Jiang Mingwei respond to this kind of talk. But Mu Mingtang really has an inch. She gave her a shame in front of her childhood playmate before, and now she deliberately picks it up on the day of her banquet to smash the scene in public. Jiang Mingwei always wanted the first share of things, but Mu Mingtang deliberately bought it out, and then gave it to her under the pretense, what does it mean
Charity
What's more, what Mu Mingtang sent were all green brocades! Even if Jiang Mingwei likes to wear light green and light blue clothes, she can't help but wonder if Mu Mingtang is deliberately connoting her when she sees such an authentic brocade in green.
However, in the eyes of everyone, Mu Mingtang almost said "the elders don't dare to quit", Mu Mingtang was shameless, but Jiang Mingwei couldn't do it. Jiang Mingwei could only endure the fuss, and smiled: "Thank you, sister-in-law. But a piece of woven gold brocade is expensive, and you won't be rewarded without merit. How dare I accept such a heavy gift?"
The maid still told Mu Mingtang's words in a straight-forward manner: "The princess said that Princess Jin will accept it, so there is no need to return the gift. What Princess Jin likes are the only books of calligraphy and painting, piano and chess scores, etc. The princess doesn't study these, it's useless to ask for it, so Princess Jin doesn't have to return the gift."
Jiang Mingwei almost vomited out a mouthful of blood, and Mu Mingtang was shameless, and even checked out what the return gift was for her
How could she be so skinless
However, the good face is no better than the shameless. Jiang Mingwei can't be ashamed in front of everyone, so she can only grit her teeth and say, "How can this be done? Come and don't go indecent, I made a new set of white jade head and face yesterday, I haven't worn it before, if my sister-in-law doesn't like it, then take it. A small courtesy is not respectful, I hope my sister-in-law Haihan."
The maid at the head saluted Jiang Mingwei, but didn't say anything this time. After Jiang Mingwei asked the maid to take the things, she took the things and left. Jiang Mingwei couldn't help it. That set of white jade head and face was specially made for the New Year's Eve palace banquet. The raw materials of white jade alone cost a lot of money, not to mention the wages. And such precious jewelry, which can be called priceless jewelry, was exchanged for four green brocades
Jiang Mingwei looked light-hearted and generous in front of everyone, but her heart hurt so much that she was bleeding. In the past few days, merchants have been selling Song Jin. Although Yunxia Jin is still expensive, the price is falling day by day, but the white jade jewelry sent by Jiang Mingwei is real gold and silver. This time and again, she really lost a lot.
In the Yulin Hall, Mu Mingtang opened the box that the maid had brought back, and raised his eyebrows unexpectedly. Eight hundred for ten thousand, this business is so worth it.
As for the few green brocades that were sent out, Xie Xuanchen refused to wear green clothes anyway, and Mu Mingtang also felt that the omen was not very good, so he used it and sold it to Jiang Mingwei. Facts have proved that Jiang Mingwei is really a qualified bully.
Mu Mingtang held back a smile and sent the maid off. Xie Xuanchen saw that Mu Mingtang's expression was very strange. He had already guessed the result in his heart, but he still asked, "How's it going?"
Mu Mingtang held the box to Xie Xuanchen as if offering a treasure, and opened it: "Look!"
Xie Xuanchen glanced down and said with a slight smile, "The color of the water is good."
Xie Xuanchen said so, it can be seen that it is really valuable. Mu Mingtang happily put away the things: "Jiang Mingwei is too deceived. After a few more visits, I can make a fortune on this."
Xie Xuanchen felt that Mu Mingtang's happiness was really simple, and being infected by her, Xie Xuanchen's mood also improved unknowingly: "It's the wife who keeps the house well."
Mu Mingtang raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and said meaningfully, "It's the prince who gave the advice."
After all, Xie Xuanchen came up with this idea. Not only can it satisfy Mu Mingtang's desire to buy low and sell high, but it can also block the emperor's mouth openly. This move is really good.
Perhaps, it can also disgust people who are not pleasing to the eye. Mu Mingtang admires Xie Xuanchen very much. In this world, some people seem to be sick and harmless, but in fact he came up with the sinister ideas.
Xie Xuanchen heard a soft laugh, did not refute, and did not care: "Just have fun."