Chapter 121: Choose the dish according to your taste
Chapter 121: Choose the dish according to your taste
"Ninth sister-in-law, you are so bold to say that. Third sister-in-law has a bad temper," Xu Jing thought about it. She didn't like Third sister-in-law either.
"That's not the case. Everyone has different tempers. Shuyin and I just don't like each other, but we are not enemies. We are still good sisters." Wen Yao did not lie. "Why did Concubine He ask about this?"
"Isn't the Third Prince going to have his birthday? I want to see what kind of relationship you have with his wife, so that I can prepare a birthday gift based on the situation," said Hepin with a smile.
Xu Jing suddenly realized, "Oh~ It depends on the dish."
Concubine Yuan glanced at her own son, Xun Jing, and slowly let out a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Concubine He and the Ninth Lady did not blame her, but she really didn't want to come here again in the future. Maybe she had other thoughts before, wanting the Concubine to treat Xun Jing sincerely, but now it was purely because she herself could not bear it!
After all, she could see that Concubine He really liked Xu Jing, and that was enough for her.
"You are someone who can summarize," Wen Yao rubbed Xu Jing's face, then said with a smile, "Your Majesty should prepare as you should. Third sister-in-law is actually a good person. She will remember whoever treats her well and has a scale in her heart." Don't expect Shu Yin to be nice to those people who treat her badly!
Hepin picked up the teacup and gently blew the hot steam from the cup, savoring the faint aroma of milk and tea. In this way, she knew what was going on. It would be better to give more gifts to the person who was loyal and righteous. "You think very highly of her?"
"You should scold when you need to, hehe..." Wen Yao smiled. She and Shu Yin didn't know if it was the influence of the original owner, but they couldn't stand each other. Even when they were together, they would quarrel. But when they saw each other being bullied, if the younger one was bullied, they would just watch the show!
But if they want to bully someone severely, they will unite.
Wen Yao has always admitted that she has double standards. She knows that some things are wrong, but she will still do what she wants. "Speaking of which, I heard that the eldest son of the Crown Prince's concubine Li Jia is sick again?"
Hepin nodded and said, "It still doesn't have an official name. I heard that it won't live past ten years old. The imperial physician diagnosed it in the past two years." The child was very well-behaved, but unfortunately he didn't have a good body.
"The palace doctors' diagnosis must be correct," Wen Yao sighed. One person could make a mistake, but there must be more than one person who took the pulse of the eldest prince Yinreng. "I heard that the relationship between Li Jiashi of Yuqing Palace and Li Jia Concubine is not very harmonious recently?"
"That's what happened," Concubine Yuan looked outside and said quietly, "I heard that it was Li Jia who disturbed the pregnancy of the previous young Li Jia, which led to the premature death of the two princesses born to the young Li Jia."
"Mom, where does the sun rise from? You actually know?" Xu Jing was surprised. It was really unbelievable.
"Xun Jing, you are still making fun of your mother," Hepin said helplessly, then she explained with a smile, "This is just something I happened to hear when I was out for a stroll with Concubine Yuan. I don't know if it's true or not."
The four of them talked about gossip inside and outside the palace. After dinner, Wen Yao returned to the prince's residence. It was already the beginning of the afternoon and the sun was about to set. Zhao Jia was waiting for her, and Xiaochun told her what had happened.
It turned out that Wanyan told Zhaojia and Hexik about it when she returned. The two asked in great detail. After Zhaojia asked, she immediately came over and waited, but Hexik had not taken any action.
"Master, Bian Lian, who was beside He Xike, had been to Yikun Palace," Xiaochun reported at last.
"As expected, she went there," Wen Yao was not too surprised that Hexik couldn't keep her composure. However, she had the capital to lose her composure. It was a pity that she had already been to Yiku Palace.
And she is the Ninth Concubine, not the Fifth Concubine!
Wen Yao had checked the Hexik family before, not by asking someone to check, but by checking on the gossip website. The Ordos tribe also had ambitions, although they were small. But if the people of the Ordos tribe could gain favor in the Qing Dynasty, although they could not compare to Khorchin, who could say that they could not suppress Khorchin in the future!
Unfortunately, the Empress Dowager didn’t know what she was thinking, and the Fifth Prince couldn’t hear it either. How could she get her thoughts to the Empress Dowager’s ears?
After finding out the news, Wen Yao had a candidate in mind. The Ninth Master was out of the question, and Yinzhen was not suitable to get involved. But there was one person who could be the one, and that was the current ruler of the Qing Dynasty. Presumably, this news would be very beneficial to Kangxi.
However, she had to wait until the right time to say it so that Kangxi would not be suspicious, and Yinzhen had to be completely unaware of it, as if she had just found out.
"Don't worry about her," Wen Yao walked into the hall and looked at Zhao Jia who came forward to greet her. "Get up, Xiaochun said you've been waiting here for a long time? Is there something wrong?"
"I have something to do. I heard from Sister Wanyan that I can also draw patterns to earn money. Is that the same as Sister Wanyan?" Zhaojia didn't care about competing for favor. Seeing that Jiu Ye looked disgusted with her, although Zhaojia was unwilling, she felt that her chances of being favored were slim. So when it came to what she could get, Zhaojia didn't hesitate at all and threw away all her previous plans. She wanted to grab what she could.
The opportunity now is money and a wife!
I can please Mrs. Fujin and earn money. After all, my treatment will not be bad in the future.
"Okay, it's the same for all of you," Wen Yao took the milk tea Xiao Xia brought over after sitting down, "We'll sign the contract together then."
"Then... can I do other things? For example, storytelling?" Although Zhaojia didn't hear Wanyan say that she had anything extra, but seeing Wanyan was so straightforward, she knew that there must be something that suited Wanyan's taste. Although Zhaojia was a little jealous, she had a good eye and she had long seen that Wanyan liked painting very much.
As for Ms. Hesik, she could only embroider, and was the same in other aspects. No, she was very good at crying. She didn't know how this girl from Ordos could cry like a Han girl. Even the Han women she had seen were not as annoying as her.
"Okay." Wen Yao didn't have a bookstore, but Yinzhen did. Now they were all in his hands, so he could agree to it. "You can choose a pen name. When you finish writing, I will read it. If it's okay, I will send it to the printer directly and then sell it."
"As for the price, there are two ways. The first is to buy it out completely, and the second is to divide it according to the profit after the sale. Within half a year after the sale, it is 91%, and you get 10%. After half a year to a year, it is 73%, and you get 30%. After a year, it is 50-50. Which one do you choose?" Wen Yao's price was not bad. It was determined after Yinzhen's investigation. It was even considered generous. Generally, a book could be bought out for one or two taels of silver.
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