Farm Gate Business Tycoon

Chapter 96
The little maid raised her eyes, and took a quick glance at Gu Qingmei. She saw that she was young. Although the clothes on her body were pretty in style, they were made of very ordinary materials, and there was no other jewelry on her head, only one piece of jewelry that was not worn. The white jade hairpin on the table couldn't help showing contempt, and said with a smile: "If the Fourth Prince doesn't come over, I'm afraid our wife won't even have the appetite to eat. She has always been in poor health, so please take pity on the Fourth Prince."

Gu Qingmei happened to catch the contempt on the girl's face just now, and she couldn't help feeling annoyed in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face, but said with a smile: "Fourth prince, since your wife is not feeling well, you should hurry over and have a look." Well, it is a great honor for Minnv to have the fourth prince and concubine here, and I dare not trouble the fourth prince to accompany me."

The servant girl immediately gave her a look of "you are sensible".

Gu Qingmei blandly turned her face away and stopped looking at her.

The fourth prince put down the silver chopsticks in his hand, and said to the fourth prince and concubine: "Qingyao, you stay here with Miss Gu. If my cousin comes, send someone to call me."

The fourth concubine's surname is Duanmu, her maiden name is Qingyao, and she was born in Pingnan Palace.

"Yes!" The fourth concubine agreed softly, and sent him out the door with a very respectful demeanor, and then sat down, with no expression of joy, anger, sorrow or joy on her face, she just picked up the silver chopsticks and greeted him. "Plum, eat quickly."

Su Yan said angrily: "Fourth prince concubine, why did you let that little bitch invite the fourth prince away again? It's rare for the fourth prince to accompany you to have a meal!"

Gu Qingmei couldn't help the gossip in her heart, and asked: "How can someone like the fourth prince marry a wife who is not in good health?"

Su Yan sneered, and said contemptuously: "It's not that I was forced to come here!"

Gu Qingmei was silent for a while, and said: "A person with such a bad body, don't let the fourth prince get angry with his illness."

The fourth prince's concubine's eyes flickered, and she said softly: "Her father is Xiangguo, and her sister is the princess, so it's not good to make it too obvious."

Gu Qingmei didn't speak any more, she just sat down to eat, she had a small appetite, and she was full after just a few mouthfuls.

The maid brought tea and a spittoon, the two rinsed their mouths, then sat on the Arhat's bed and talked, until the maids took down the remnants of the mat and there was no one else in the room except Su Yan, the fourth princess held Gu Qingmei's hand, "Mei Zi , it is inconvenient for people around me to go out and help me check, please help me find a way to check and check what is in the spice."

Gu Qingmei just mentioned it casually, and wanted to remind her to pay attention, but she didn't expect that she would pay so much attention to her proposal, and she couldn't help but be moved, because it proved that the fourth prince concubine had enough trust in her.

So he said: "Okay, I will find a way to check it for you when I go back, and I will come to you again when I have the result."

"Su Yan, go get the 100 taels silver note!"

When Gu Qingmei heard that she wanted to get money for herself, she hurriedly said: "Fourth Prince Concubine, you don't need to give me money!"

The fourth concubine said: "This money is not for you, it is for your business. If you ask someone to help you, you have to buy someone a cup of tea or something."

Only then did Gu Qingmei stop refusing, took the bank note that Su Yan handed her, and put the small packet of spices into her handbag.

The fourth concubine pulled out a mutton-fat white jade hairpin from her head. The head of the hairpin was carved with a pattern of magpies climbing plums. She got up and walked to Gu Qingmei's side, and pulled out the cheap white jade hairpin from Gu Qingmei's head. I inserted the mutton fat white jade hairpin into her hair with my own hands, "This hairpin is for you, that servant who has no winks always respects clothes first and then people."

As she spoke, she took off another crystal green jadeite bracelet from her wrist, forcibly grabbed Gu Qingmei's hand, and put it on her wrist, "Look, this is much better!"

Gu Qingmei hurriedly stood up and saluted, "Thank you, Fourth Prince and Concubine!"

"Thank you, I have to go to rest, you go to rest too. According to me, you stay with me for a few days, let's have a good talk, after a day or two, Su Yan and her second brother come, you Tell him everything you need to tell him, and then go home."

After hearing her suggestion, Gu Qingmei shyly declined and said, "Thank you for your kindness, the fourth concubine, but there is still room for me in the family. My third brother and sister Xiaomeng are about to get engaged, and there are a lot of trivial matters. .”

"Hey, I haven't heard about this matter yet, it's really a good thing." The fourth prince said immediately after hearing the words. "Su Yan, bring another 500 taels of silver!"

When Gu Qingmei heard that she wanted to give money again, she hurriedly said: "Fourth Imperial Concubine, you can't do it!"

"Don't be polite to me, I know what's going on in your family, and you're really short of money. Xiaomeng and I are sisters. She's married. I can't just watch her being laughed at. You take the money. We must build a more dignified house. Just treat it as my loan from you, and in the future, when our shop opens, you can help me earn more money."

The fourth concubine took the bank note from Su Yan, forced it into the palm of Gu Qingmei's hand, then brought her lips to Gu Qingmei's ear, and said softly. "You don't know how much your academy's suggestion has helped me. Let alone 500 taels, even 5 taels, I'm willing to give it to you. Unfortunately, I don't have that much money."

Hearing what she said, Gu Qingmei had no choice but to take the banknotes. Su Yan took her to the opposite room. The opposite room was lived by several maidservants. There was a large bunk, which was very spacious and cleaned very cleanly. Although the furnishings are not as good as those of the Fourth Prince's Concubine, the Duobaoge shelf is also filled with all kinds of rare objects.

Gu Qingmei saw a beautifully shaped red and green tripod smoker. She couldn't help but stop in front of her, observed it carefully, and unconsciously said, "Huh? Isn't this cloisonne?"

Su Yan was making her bed on the Datong bunk, when she heard her voice, she asked in confusion, "Miss Gu, what did you say?"

"Oh, it's nothing, I just want to ask, what material is this smoker made of? It looks so beautiful."

"That one, that one is made of copper cloisonné enamel." Su Yan replied casually, and then climbed out of bed. "Miss Gu, just take a rest. No man has ever come to our room, so you take off your clothes, so that your clothes are wrinkled when you get up. There is water in the teapot. If you are thirsty, you can drink it by yourself." Instead, the slaves have to serve our fourth prince and concubine, so I won't take care of you."

"Okay!" Gu Qingmei agreed absently, took off her coat by herself, pulled out the suet white jade hairpin on her head, and lay down on the bed, but her mind was always thinking about the copper body and cloisonné enamel incense burner she just saw. .

Enamel is the modern cloisonné, but she really didn't expect that there would be enamel in this place.

Enamel... But it is a good thing to make money!
She didn't have the habit of taking a nap at first, but it was because there was no electric lighting here at night. In order to protect her eyes, she usually went to bed early at night. If she took a nap at noon, she would definitely not be able to fall asleep at night.

(End of this chapter)