Chapter 158: Go with the flow
Just as she was thinking about it, Aunt Gu changed the topic again and asked her: "I heard that the prince lost his temper with the concubine yesterday because of the Dragon Boat Festival. Sister, the prince is supporting you, and we don't know.
Will the concubine find love..."
Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly heard Gu Changting's voice from outside: "You all wait here, don't move, I'll tell you to go in again.
Xin Nian and Aunt Gu hurriedly gathered up the silk threads and stood up to greet them together. Xin Nian said, "What is it? Let's wait in the hot sun. Don't let it get burned again."
Gu Changting said with a smile: "Yesterday, I saw the Dragon Boat Festival gift in the palace. I thought, you have been wronged. It's rare that you don't fight or complain. In this case, I can't treat you lightly, lest those snobbish people
The slaves are gossiping again."
After saying that, he turned around and said, "That's all, my aunt feels sorry for you, so come in."
So several mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law filed in. Before Xin Nian could do anything, Aunt Gu took a breath of cold air and murmured: "Oh my god, this is...is this the prince's reward for sister Xin?"
"Yes." Gu Changting smiled: "But what's wrong with rewarding my own things? I know that your etiquette yesterday was the same as Nian Nian's. In that case, I'll give you that set of pearl jewelry."
Aunt Gu had already seen the complete set of pearl jewelry. The six pearls on the Phoenix Hairpin and Yingluo were as big as a fat man’s thumb. These few pearls alone cost thousands of silver. I can’t believe that I am in Xin today.
Come to think of it, you can actually get such a huge advantage.
As he was happily thanking Gu Changting, Xin Nian laughed and said, "I like pearls, and Sister Gu likes corals, so why not give her the red coral set and keep the pearls for me."
Coral is more valuable than pearls, not to mention the set of red coral jewelry in the Duanwang Mansion's warehouse, which is worthy of the word "brilliant". At that moment, Aunt Gu was so happy that she almost fainted, and suddenly she heard Gu Changting say: "Chunhua, please
Bring the coral jewelry back. Brother Chen, I also sent someone a good horse and two sets of bows and arrows. You can make arrangements when you go back and keep them in your backyard so that Brother Chen can have a good time every day."
"Yes. I thank the prince."
Aunt Gu couldn't help being happy and was not polite to Xin Nian. She let the girl take the set of red coral jewelry and then left.
Here Xin Nian looked at it indifferently. Good guy, there were more than a dozen valuable things on the table. She smiled and said: "Why bother? I'm not someone who values these things. You gave me so many good things. The concubine and the
Grandma will be unhappy if she knows it, and it won’t sound good if it gets spread out, making people think you are deliberately disobeying the Queen.”
"How have they ever cared about my face? Since they don't care, I still need to figure out their thoughts?"
Gu Changting snorted coldly, came to the chair and sat down, and sneered: "Keep it up again and again, not again and again. If I endure it any longer, the queen's aunt will probably think I am a good-natured person. But she doesn't know that even the emperor often scolds me.
I am arrogant because of being favored. If I don't return the favor today, will my reputation of being arrogant be in vain?"
Xin Nian couldn't laugh or cry: "You are quite proud of being scolded by the emperor for being arrogant because of his favor."
Gu Changting smiled proudly: "That's right. If others want to be favored and arrogant, they must have this ability."
"Hey! So you say Prince Duan is capable?" Xin Nian saw Xinghua Litchi bringing tea fruits and winked at them, so the two of them stepped back knowingly. She said to Gu Changting: "Prince
Instead, tell me, how is the matter with the third sister? Let me see what you are capable of."
Gu Changting was drinking tea and couldn't help but choked when he heard the words. Seeing his strange expression, Xin Nian said nervously: "What? Could it be that Jiang Yanhui disagrees? Then he is really blind."
"No, I have to find an opportunity to hint at this matter. I can't tell him explicitly. It would seem that we are rushing and what do we think of the third sister? I have been thinking about it for the past two days. He is a serious person and it is really difficult to speak.
It would be better to look for a breakthrough from his best friend Zhao Chu."
Xin Nian let out a laugh: "Is that the Lingnan Juzi who stole apricots and fell from the tree? You think so. There is not a single apricot tree in such a big place outside the second gate, even though there is no apricot tree inside the second gate.
There are them everywhere. Tell me to transplant some of them quickly, and then come over if you want to prepare for the exam. If you want to eat apricots, you don’t need to sneak into the second door. If someone discovers them, it will be a big trouble."
Gu Changting smiled and said: "It is Enke who will let them move in early this year. In the past, they would move in before the exam, and Xingzi has long disappeared. The apple and pear trees outside the second door are the real preparations for the candidates."
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After he finished speaking, he looked at Xin Nian and saw that she was looking at him in confusion. After thinking for a while, he decided not to tell Zhao Chu about his request to marry Li Zhi. Who knows if that guy just got interested in lust and started talking nonsense?
Yin coughed and said, "Third sister, let it go first. I came here today because I have something important to tell you."
"Hold on tight. I said last time that it is best to decide this matter before the exam, otherwise you will have long nights and dreams."
"I know." Gu Changting nodded, then pondered for a moment, and then said solemnly: "From today on, I will entrust you with the custody of the warehouse in the mansion. Although people say that copper smells like copper, everything in this world will not go well without money.
This warehouse is the foundation of our family and the foundation of Prince Duan’s Mansion. Nian Nian, you must take it seriously."
Xin Nian stared at Gu Changting blankly. For a moment, she thought she had heard wrong. After a long while, when her husband looked over, she said cautiously: "You mean? Let me take charge of the warehouse? Did you say it wrong or did I hear it wrong?"
"I said it right and you heard it right. What's wrong? Isn't it strange? Didn't we all agree before? I said I would hand over the warehouse to you, and the reasons are similar to what you discussed. Why are you so surprised?"
"But I thought about it and found that this matter was really difficult to handle. So I gave it up." Xin Nian looked at Gu Changting: "Do you know how important this matter is? It's not that I underestimate the concubine, I even think that she can't do anything wrong.
I will threaten you with death."
I've been threatened with death. Gu Changting thought to himself and said calmly: "It's really difficult, so I've been looking for a suitable time. Fortunately, the empress is considerate and gave me a chance during the Dragon Boat Festival.
, I have to catch it quickly."
Xin Nian raised his eyebrows: "I understand, the Queen will protect my shortcomings, and then you can immediately use the topic to your advantage."
"What's the use of a topic? This is called following the trend."
Gu Changting took out a brocade box from his sleeve and opened it to find a few pairs of cards and four golden keys. He solemnly handed it to Xin Nian and said in a deep voice: "Put it away, Nian Nian. This is our entire family fortune now.
I looked at it and found that no matter how rich the family fortune is, it cannot withstand the misappropriation of it by the great rats over the years."
Chapter completed!