Chapter 109 But... this is much lighter than she expected
Nurse Tao sighed secretly, feeling that the revitalization of the Pretty Pavilion is hopeless. Seeing that everyone in the store was crying, Shen Mingjiao directly patted the table and said, "Since it's too dark, let's make it bright."
She asked Tie Zhu to go to a nearby store to borrow a gong, and then stood at the door of the store with the gong and began to clang, until it attracted the attention of everyone on the street.
She cleared her throat and said loudly:
"His Majesty's birthday is next month, and this concubine has ten invitations to enter the palace for a banquet. Anyone who asks this concubine to design a tailor-made clothes today will be given priority to receive one invitation to enter the palace."
She put the wooden sign with the prices of various fabrics in front of the store. "I'll give you a quarter of an hour to think about it, and I won't wait when it's overdue."
The people who watched the excitement were a little moved, what about the post about entering the palace? You must know that usually only officials and female relatives of the fourth rank or above are eligible to enter the palace.
After just looking at the various quotations on the wooden sign, many people regretted giving up.
But what about those who are not short of money? Immediately, a gorgeously dressed lady asked cautiously:
"Princess, are you serious, as long as the little woman pays according to the above, you can give a post to enter the palace?"
The red hairpin on the side curled her lips unhappily, what she said was like her own princess selling posts at a high price!
In fact, everyone really thought so, but Shen Mingjiao accepted bribes in a disguised form, just in another way.
Shen Mingjiao didn't care, took a piece of paper with a smile and wrote "1", and handed it to Jiang Wanling who was huddled in the corner and stared at the excitement:
"You are my first guest today, and later you send someone to take this note to Su Wang's Mansion, and someone will give you the offensive post."
Jiang Wanling took it in a daze: "But I haven't paid you yet?"
When the personal servant girl heard this, she quickly took out the money. Without even looking at it, she stuffed it into the red hairpin's hand.
Seeing this, Jiang Wanling couldn't help muttering: "This time the money is simply paid."
The personal servant girl looked helplessly at her silly girl. Although their host family is an imperial merchant, a merchant is a merchant, so naturally they are not eligible to participate in this kind of palace banquet. Now that they are lucky enough to encounter such an event, they naturally have to seize the opportunity.
Shen Mingjiao wrote down the size of her waist, and then took a few strokes with a brush to simply draw the figure of the other party.
Immediately handed the note to her, and said with a gentle smile, "You don't need to choose the expensive one, just choose the one that suits you."
It's a pity that her bad reputation is deeply rooted in people's hearts, even though she is so kind. The lady's hand holding the paper still trembled unconsciously.
But compared to being afraid of Shen Mingjiao, the opportunity to enter the palace for a banquet is obviously more rare. So one after another, several wives stepped forward.
A quarter of an hour later, Shen Mingjiao returned to the lobby with eight pieces of silver in her hands, feeling better at last.
Forget it, anyway, she is just looking for a hobby, and she doesn't really expect to grow her business, so how to let nature take its course in the future.
Although she comforted herself in this way, she couldn't swallow it when she thought that the good situation today was disrupted because Su Qing was full.
After seeing off Princess Yu and promising to design a suit of clothes for her. Shen Mingjiao returned to Prince Su's mansion with a sullen face.
The carriage bumped for no reason on the road, and Shen Mingjiao's forehead was bumped onto the low couch on one side. Because the sedan chair was covered with carpets, it didn't hurt very much, but it was a little red.
She knew it was because she had a conflict with Su Qing just now.
But...it was much lighter than she expected!
I still remember that on the second day of the wedding, she just casually complained about Su Qing, and her knees were almost scalded to the point of blistering.
Back to King Su's Mansion, she asked Tie Zhu: "That Chu Huan just returned to Beijing? You go to the Ministry of Officials to find someone to find out where he will be transferred?"
Tie Zhu replied in a low voice: "I have already inquired clearly. Chu Huan just returned to Beijing yesterday, but it is said that Master Chu wants him to enter Yushitai."
Shen Mingjiao turned the handle of the fan in her hand. "Send someone to tell Chu Yushi what happened today, do you know how to say it?"
Tie Zhu rolled his eyes, smiled and took orders to retreat.
Chu Yushi is a pure minister who is only loyal to the emperor, and Su Qing obviously wants to win Chu Huan into the prince's camp. With Chu Yushi's upright and upright temper, if he knows, there will be troubles?
(end of this chapter)