The eldest princess has been to the palace relatively frequently during this period, and the emperor is also worried now. The eldest princess's fifty thousand taels of silver were not enough in the eyes of the emperor in the past, but it is different now.
When something happened to the country, it was the eldest princess who came forward to stand up. The emperor was in a strange mood.
"Is the imperial sister paying attention to how to overcome this difficulty?"
The eldest princess was immediately stunned. She regretted that she should not have come this time. "Brother, my sister is just a prostitute, and I have never asked such questions. Your question makes me not know how to answer."
The emperor looked at her intently for a few seconds, then smiled bitterly, "Look, I've been so bored these days, and now I'm starting to ask people after I catch them."
These words undoubtedly diverted the topic, but anyone could see his helplessness.
You must know that he is the emperor, and there is nothing in the world that this person will not do without his words, but now he can only complain to his imperial sister like this.
The eldest princess said a few casual words and hurried out of the palace.
On the carriage back, the eldest princess couldn't help but think of Song Chen again. She didn't expect that this natural disaster would really come as planned. If it hadn't been for his reminder, she would be as worried as the emperor now.
The carriage passed through a street, and the previously bustling street became much deserted. The most crowded place was the Mipu Grain Store. It has only been only half a month since the spring plowing was delayed, but the price of grain has increased by 20%.
, if it continues like this, I don’t know how it will rise.
I hope there won’t be a situation where you can’t buy food with money.
"Master, are we going back home?" asked the driver outside.
The eldest princess shook her head and said, "Go to Fenglai Pavilion."
She wanted to see how much pearls were in stock. Ever since they got his advice, they had not hidden any pearls. They would sell pearls to anyone who could afford the money.
During this period of time, a lot of pearls were sold, but not all the thousands of pearls could be sold out at once.
Compared with the past, the business at Fenglai Pavilion is much quieter, but when you walk in, you can still see ladies in twos and threes and their maids choosing jewelry.
They still look so arrogant, as if everything they do or say is a gift.
If the eldest princess had seen such people in the past, she would have laughed in her heart, turned around and walked directly to the back hall, but today for some unknown reason, she walked straight towards those people.
"I asked you, guy, if you don't have eyes. I told you to take the pearl chain over there, but you took it wrong several times. What's the matter? Are you reluctant to sell it? If you are reluctant to sell it, don't display it, otherwise no one will be left without it.
It’s the same as a few pieces of silver.”
Under the pressure of the lady's words, the young man's face turned red, "This lady misunderstood. It's really because this bead necklace was ordered by another lady. When that lady came to pick it up,
I couldn't give it to you rashly before."
"What you businessmen only need is silver. What I have in abundance is silver. Today I have taken a fancy to this one. If you are sensible, take it out as soon as possible."
The eldest princess stood behind them and sneered, "He doesn't recognize faces today. What do you think?"
The woman turned her head and saw an unfamiliar face. The eldest princess rarely saw her in Beijing, so she naturally didn't know her.
When the maid next to the woman saw the eldest princess, she knew that the person who came was evil, but she was just taken by her own wife, and now that her own wife has been said so, it is time for her to step forward.
"Who are you? Don't think that it's great to have a few maids with you. You can't afford to offend our wife. Looking at the current situation, you will have a lot to ask of us in the future."
The maid said she was very proud.
The maids next to the eldest princess and the clerks in Fenglai Pavilion were all shocked. I don't know where these two old haters came from. They didn't even recognize their master, the eldest princess.
He suspected that they came here just to make themselves fat, otherwise some noble lady from Shangjing would not know that their Fenglai Pavilion was the property of the eldest princess.
No matter what, it is impossible for the eldest princess to beg her.
However, the eldest princess found it interesting after hearing her words, "I wonder whose house this lady belongs to?"
She has seen everyone who can be ranked high in the capital and deserves her attention, but none of those people are as arrogant and domineering as her, no matter what she said before, or those who are indulging her now
What the servant said undoubtedly revealed that she was just a person who had never seen the world.
"Our father's surname is Zhu."
The maid raised her head and spoke with great pride.
The eldest princess was not a good-tempered person to begin with. Today she felt anxious again in the palace, and her tolerance for this pair of masters and servants had reached its limit.
When the maid spoke again, the eldest princess's eyes turned cold, "Palm mouth!"
The two nuns behind him stepped forward, one on the left and the other on the right, and shot the maid to the ground with their bows.
Madam Zhu had just moved to the city from the suburbs, so she didn't know what was going on in the city. When she saw her maid being beaten like this, she started howling.
"Do you still think there is a king's law in your eyes? You actually beat people in the street. Do you really think we are easy to bully?"
Who doesn't know that a severe drought is coming? Their master has the foresight to stock up a lot of food in advance. Although he sold a lot of it at a high price before, there is still a lot left. During this time, he is even more strict.
Control the outflow of grain, and sell one grain at a time unless there are special circumstances.
She didn't understand it before, but when her master gave her a stack of banknotes and asked her to spend them as she pleased, she seemed to understand everything.
Even though they were just a businessman in the suburbs before, they were engaged in the grain business, and they already had their own channels just by relying on their activities in various villages over the years.
He had already noticed something was wrong when he sold a large amount of grain before, so he silently took the money and continued to buy grain, preparing to wait until the necessary time before selling it.
At that time, no matter how high-status people are in Beijing, they will have to beg them for food. Will she still care about their status?
The eldest princess was really angry at her pig-brained attitude, "You said that I have no royal law for beating people in the street, but do you know what it is to despise and threaten the royal family?"
"Emperor, royal family?" The woman didn't turn around at once, why was she from the royal family again?
It's not a big deal to watch the excitement, which is what many people do. When the eldest princess just said this, other onlookers knew that the eldest princess was probably bored and wanted to have some fun.
There was no greeting to the eldest princess at that moment.
However, someone did mention the crime of contempt for the royal family, "Contempting the royal family can result in a slap in the face at the least, and in the worst case, you can be exiled thousands of miles away."
How could a woman know this, let alone the maid who was knocked over?
But they are not so stupid that they don't know what they mean by these words at this time.
Seeing the fear in the woman's eyes, the eldest princess suddenly felt bored. "Throw them back with twenty pieces of bricks, let's find out what gave them such confidence."
"Yes, princess."
This time, the people below directly named the eldest princess's identity.
The two people who were extremely arrogant before suddenly collapsed to the ground. What on earth were they sitting on? Even the eldest princess was offended.
"By the way, madam, I just forgot to tell you that our Fenglai Pavilion is the property of the eldest princess. Our master has always hated bullying others."
After all, she herself, the eldest princess of the dynasty, and the emperor's biological sister are not so arrogant. They are so arrogant in their white bodies.
The boy from Feng Lai Pavilion felt that he needed to remind them.
When the two of them heard this, their faces turned horribly pale.
The lady didn't say a word at that moment. She forced herself to stand up and kicked the maid, "When you finish playing the game, I will sell you out. You are a person who has failed to succeed and failed to succeed."
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The maid has just been serving this lady for a few days. Her life has been very nourishing these days, and it has also given her a lot of face with her former little sisters. She never thought that these things could actually be used.
Lost so quickly.
After playing twenty big games, and then selling her, will she still have a way to survive?
The maid raised her head and looked at the lady aggrievedly, thinking that the lady might be nostalgic, but what she didn't expect was a slap in the face.
The maid almost gave up.
But she was unwilling to do so.
Suddenly he thought of the eldest princess, and hurriedly knelt and crawled to her side, but he couldn't get close to her at all.
She started crying from a distance, "Princess, please go around the little girl. The little girl is like this because of her. She has been telling the little girl these days that in a few months, their family will be like this."
Money will be blown by a strong wind, and their food will definitely earn them a lot of money. They want to increase the price of food hundreds of times."
During a severe drought, the most important things are water and food. However, water in this era is simply out of control. Food is the only thing that can be artificially hyped.
From what the maid said, this family is planning to make a fortune during this special period. No wonder they are so arrogant now.
It was also the first time for Mrs. Zhu to be served by so many maids. These maids were much more beautiful than her. She felt that she had a unique sense of superiority, so she would talk to them from time to time, thinking that
They don't know how to show off.
But I didn't expect these words to be almost a farewell now.
She wished she could kill this little bitch right now.
The eldest princess gave her a gloomy look and said, "I'm sorry that your report was a meritorious service. Just take a good rest and I will inform you again when something happens to me."
Then the eldest princess made some arrangements based on the content of the conversation between the two.