Clear Wear and Lie to Win

Chapter 170 Party
"You want me to go to a party?"

Yinzhen: "That's right, I think this matter belongs to you. It's easier for women to talk to each other. I'll let someone cooperate with you. See if you can find out some inside information. Since those foreigners want to have sex with our Qing Dynasty Business, so some things will be revealed more or less, the old foxes in the mall have strict mouths, but their backyard mouths are not necessarily strict."

Yun Rong has no objections, but as a queen, if she goes to a party in the circle of businessmen and wives, no one will dare to speak up.

"What kind of identity have you prepared for me?"

Yinzhen smiled: "An official lady from the capital, seeing the imported goods, felt astonished, so she wanted to have some connections, that rare job, to celebrate her mother-in-law's birthday, what is her status like?"

Yunrong took a look at him, she didn't expect him to make up stories!It sounds decent, but reasonable.

Yinzhen said again: "I will let someone take you there. At that time, you only need to lead the topic to the foreigner's merchant ship. Your identity will always be flattered by someone. At that time, you will definitely be able to tell some inside stories."

Yunrong knew what Yinzhen meant: "You want to know how those foreign merchants control the slaves on the ship?"

Yinzhen: "Yeah"

Yinzhen suddenly thought of something, if his conjecture was true, he would never let those people go.

Yun Rong agreed, and when the time came, a woman came over. This woman was a well-known local lady. Her husband's family was the prefect of Guangzhou. She was kind. Many official wives were unwilling to deal with businessmen, but this The wife of Zhizhou is willing.

Guangzhou is well-developed in sea transportation and fishery, so there are many merchants. As the wife of Zhizhou, for her husband's career, she will also deal with some merchants' wives.

Not to mention, businessmen generally marry each other, and the business ladies are more "sharp" than the official ladies, and they only talk about everything, so this is the style of Mrs. Zhizhou, but where did they get a good reputation? , so that Mrs. Zhizhou's reputation in the local area is really good.

Mrs. Zhizhou naturally knew Yunrong's identity. Before she came, she didn't know what kind of person the queen was. She only heard that the emperor favored the queen alone. Even for the queen, the entire harem became a decoration. This Mrs. Zhizhou didn't have a heart So when you see Yunrong, you are very respectful.

Holding Yun Rong between words, everything was appropriate, and Yun Rong often summoned the clan Fujin and official family Fujin in the capital. They all knew that if it wasn't too much, she would not be angry normally, but it was a long time since she had seen someone like Mrs. Zhizhou.

Yun Rong said with a smile: "Madam Zhou, relax, I heard that Madam has some friendship with the wife of the Seven Merchant in Guangzhou?"

Mrs. Zhou, looking at the empress with a kind smile on her face, also thought that the purpose of her visit today is to take the empress to a party of merchants' wives.

As for why?
Although she doesn't know, she knows it's better that she doesn't know. There is a saying, it's rare to be confused.

She saw that Yun Rong didn't seem like a difficult person to get along with, so she thought about it, if she could eat the emperor to death, she would definitely not do something to keep others in check, and she must be a smart person.

Mrs. Zhou let go of it slowly, and talked about the party with Yunrong.

"Returning to the empress, there used to be a sister in the concubine's boudoir who married the Li family as a business woman. The concubine and the sister's boudoir were good friends. After they got married, they wanted to have more contacts. He has a lively personality, and from time to time he invites wives from various families to gather and have a chat, and the concubine has gone, so after going back and forth, he has become acquainted with the wives of the merchants in Guangzhou."

Yun Rong didn't care how she got to know them well, she just found a topic to talk about.

Yunrong sighed and said: "So there is still such a thing, this time Mrs. Lao Zhou will lead me the way, let me get to know each other a little bit, let me also gain knowledge."

Mrs. Zhou said humbly: "The concubine is stupid, if the queen empress has any orders, the concubine will obey."

Yunrong smiled and said: "Since Mrs. Zhou said so, I will trouble Mrs. Zhou today. I don't know her identity. Today, I am my wife's distant cousin from the capital. My husband's family is an official in the capital. The reason why I followed this time is because my husband’s family intends to come over to take up the post, but there are still things in the capital that need to be understood, so I came here in advance to make some arrangements.”

Mrs. Zhou naturally knew about this: "The concubine obeys the order."

Yunrong then smiled and said, "Then cousin, let's make an agreement like this."

Yunrong is not very old, but in her early twenties, and now she is smiling and calling her cousin, Mrs. Zhou really didn't realize it for a moment.

Mrs. Zhou thought to herself, the empress's appearance is really extraordinary if she can win the emperor's heart!

"The concubine will be offended."

Yun Rong: "Not to mention, since you are ready, let's go!"

Yun Rong went to the banquet with Mrs. Zhou, which was hosted by Mrs. Zhou's friend's house, the well-known rich businessman Li's in Guangzhou.

The main purpose of this banquet is to carve up the goods on this batch of merchant ships. The front yard is the wealthy businessmen and foreign businessmen in Guangzhou, the back yard is Mrs. Li, and some wives of other merchants. Of course, there are also a small number of officials. lady.

After all, Mrs. Zhou, Mrs. Zhizhou, is here, and there are people who want to please Mrs. Zhizhou, right?

When Yunrong and Mrs. Zhou arrived, almost everyone was there. As soon as they appeared, they immediately attracted their attention. Mrs. Li got up, walked up to them with a smile, and first said to Mrs. Zhou: "Sister Zhou is here!" , let my sister wait."

Mrs. Zhou smiled and said, "I'm late, it's my fault, I'm sorry for my sister."

Although Mrs. Li is almost forty, she is well maintained. Although she is not as delicate as a young girl, she looks very charming.

Mrs. Li gave Mrs. Zhou an angry look: "What are we sisters doing?"

Then Mrs. Li turned her attention to Yunrong. She knew that her good sister was going to pick up this "cousin". Although she didn't know the specific identity, she heard from Mrs. Zhou that she was from the capital. precious.

This is also the news that Yinzhen and Yunrong agreed to let Mrs. Zhou reveal it. After all, she has no identity, and it is not easy to lead the topic.

Mrs. Li smiled and said to Yun Rong: "This is Mrs. Zhou's cousin, Mrs. Luo, right? I heard from Mrs. Zhou that she is going to come here with her cousin today. This can be regarded as seeing someone."

Yunrong smiled and said, "Mrs. Li, it's my first visit, sorry to bother you."

Mrs. Li looked at Yunrong and said, "Why are you polite, please come in, let's sit and talk!"

Yun Rong and Mrs. Zhou sat in the two seats arranged by Mrs. Li. These two positions are also somewhat interesting. There is no one sitting in this seat.

None of the women in the backyard had much insight, they were all exquisite minds, so they naturally figured out the way. The "cousin" of Mrs. Zhizhou must not be an ordinary person, and ordinary people would not sit in the most honored seat of guests.

Now that I know everything in my heart, it's easy to handle. The next topic must be around Mrs. Zhizhou's new "cousin".

Mrs. Li asked someone to serve tea, and when the tea was served, she said: "Mrs. Luo came from the capital, I don't know if I'm used to the tea here?"

Yun Rong took a sip, but she didn't drink too much. Generally, she should drink less water at a banquet, or else she would go to the toilet halfway, which would be quite embarrassing.

Yun Rong tasted it, and it was very good. She couldn't tell what kind of tea it was, but the taste was neither bitter nor greasy, and the taste was sweet and fragrant, which made people like it very much.

Yun Rong took a sip and said with a smile: "The tea Mrs. Li prepared is very delicious. I have never drunk this tea, and I don't know what kind of tea it is."

Mrs. Li saw that Mrs. Luo didn't seem to be saying polite words, and she was naturally happy that the tea she prepared was liked.

(End of this chapter)