Chapter 58 Chapter 58 When Shen Xuan returned to the mansion, it was already past...
It was past the hour of You when Chen Xuan returned home. Seeing that he came back so late, Mother You hesitated to speak.
But since the banquet was hosted by the Ye family and Su Yue was there, he couldn't say anything.
Later in the evening, Jinzhi waited for Shen Xuan to go to bed. Mother You called Jin Gui over and asked, "You went to the Ye family banquet with Brother Shen today. Did Mrs. Ye say anything?"
Jin Gui thought for a moment and said, "Mrs. Ye didn't say anything, but the prince came over in the afternoon, and it seemed that he had a bad argument with Mrs. Ye afterwards."
Mother You was surprised when she heard this, and immediately asked, "Why did the eldest master get angry with Madam Ye? But what happened? Did he say anything to Brother Shen?"
Jin Gui then said vaguely: "I didn't say anything to Brother Shen, I just sat at the table for a while, gave Brother Shen a plate of mutton and left."
After he finished speaking, he paused again before saying, "But this time when Madam Ye invited Brother Chen to visit the enclosure, the prince didn't seem very happy. Maybe that's why he had a quarrel with Madam Ye?"
When Mother You heard this, she did not suspect anything. There was just a hint of sarcasm on his face, and he asked Jingui to keep a closer eye on him and tell him in time if he had any intentions before he left.
After Mother You left, Jin Gui breathed a sigh of relief, then sneaked back to Shen Xuan's room.
The words he just used were what Shen Xuan had taught him in the house a long time ago.
Jin Gui told her the conversation with You's mother in detail, and Shen Xuan nodded and said, "Jin Gui, you did a good job."
Afterwards, he took out the jade pendant that Bai had given him and gave it to the other party as a reward.
"Brother Chen, why did you tell Mother You that the prince was coming?" Jin Gui took the jade pendant and asked with some confusion.
"It doesn't matter whether you tell this or not." Shen Xuan said, "If you don't even report this, won't Mother You soon become suspicious of you?"
Xue Fenglin's visit to the enclosure was in the sight of many people, with many eyes watching him. Even if Jingui didn't say it, the news would spread quickly.
It would be better to take the initiative to explain it to Mother You and gain her trust, so that the subsequent words will be more credible.
When Jin Gui heard Shen Xuan's words, she felt that Shen Xuan was considering her situation and was afraid that he would be scolded by Mother You, so she was even more grateful to Shen Xuan.
After he left with gratitude, Chen Xuan lay alone on the bed, thinking about how Xue Fenglin treated him this afternoon...his face turned red.
Now that he had made up his mind, he and Xue Fenglin were now in the same boat, and the Bai family had become their common enemy.
Xue Fenglin had already told Shen Xuan everything in Qingliang Pavilion in the afternoon. He talked about a lot of things between the Xue family and the Bai family, and also talked about his future plans.
Bai hated Xue Fenglin to the core. Although she was happy to see Xue Fenglin marry Shen Xuan, who had no background, if she knew the position of Shen Xuan in Xue Fenglin's heart, she was afraid that she would secretly do something bad to Shen Xuan.
Therefore, before the official marriage, Shen Xuan had to cooperate with Xue Fenglin to act in front of Bai Shi, so that she would not notice any clues.
That's why Shen Xuanjiao Jingui said those words to You's mother just now.
After Xue Fenglin confessed to Shen Xuan, Shen Xuan realized that he could now compete with the Bai family in Beijing, all thanks to the help of the Ye family.
The Ye family treated Xue Fenglin with great kindness, but Xue Fenglin had a conflict with Mrs. Ye because of him...
Shen Xuan was touched, knowing that Xue Fenglin was extremely protective of him, and he did not feel so disgusted with Madam Ye.
After all, she was only thinking about Xue Fenglin. Although he didn't like her, she was still polite to him, unlike the evil people like Bai.
Although Xue Fenglin told Shen Xuan not to worry and just wait for him. But since Shen Xuan wanted to be with Xue Fenglin, he couldn't really let him and Madam Ye have a falling out.
The career path in the capital was dangerous, and because of the Duke's Mansion, he, Shen Xuan, did not want to be involved in it at all. But now that it has come to this, there are some things Xue Fenglin doesn't want to say, but Shen Xuan doesn't want to see him suffer alone, so he might as well take the initiative and take the initiative into his own hands.
You should know that when famous families in Beijing choose spouses for their sons and nephews, they first consider the social status, secondly the character and personality, and thirdly the family wealth and dowry.
If the family is of high status, it is not a problem if the dowry is smaller, and vice versa.
When a person of noble status marries a person from an upright family with a small dowry, people will naturally give him a thumbs up and praise him as an upright person in the court.
However, there are many examples of sons of high-ranking noble families marrying the children of wealthy businessmen with generous dowries.
After all, these noble families have to spend a lot to maintain their decent aristocratic life.
For example, the Ye family’s Double Ninth Festival banquet yesterday cost nearly one thousand taels just for the banquet.
If one has a good family background but nothing more than an empty shell, he or she will not even be able to host a banquet like this and will be looked down upon by others.
The Shen Guogong Mansion has collapsed, and Shen Xuan is a boy without parents or brothers, so his status cannot be improved by relying on his family.
But he has a great advantage, which is that he can make money. If he has enough industries, he can be a great help to Xue Fenglin.
Chen Xuan's original desire for material things was nothing special, and he always felt that being content with a small fortune was enough.
However, at this moment, I suddenly feel that making money is very important. He wanted to prepare a good dowry for himself, win face for Xue Fenglin, and be welcomed into the family in a grand manner.
At present, his business of Xiyuan Xianwei is on the right track. Chen Xuan has been free recently, so he started thinking about opening another beauty shop.
He had originally been planning to do this business, but he was thinking that he would buy a shop and then do it after he had earned some extra money in a year.
Now he can't wait any longer and just wants to start this business as soon as possible. So after thinking about it carefully, I suddenly came up with an idea. Then he smiled, just wanting to thank the Ye family for the banquet, which really helped him a lot.
The next day, Shen Xuan took Jin Zhi Jingui out to purchase some raw materials for making soap.
However, after he walked around the market, he found that the prices of many crops seemed to have risen sharply recently, especially rice, corn, sorghum, wheat and other grains.
I remembered that the last time I bought a person, the trafficker told me that there was a locust plague two hundred miles to the northwest. Shen Xuan was thoughtful and asked the grain vendors. He found out that the locust plague had not ended yet and had spread outward, affecting several nearby states and counties.
He didn't say anything at the time, but just went back to purchase various oils and fats as usual. There were camellia oil, castor oil, sesame oil and other vegetable oils, all of which were sent to Xianwei in the theater by Jinzhi.
When they returned to the Shen family, they called Suyun and said, "Go out now and buy 200 dan of grain. No matter how much it costs."
Suyun was really surprised to hear that Chen Xuan wanted to buy so much food at one time. He said quickly, "Brother Chen, there are not many people in our family, and we only use one dan of rice a month. If we buy two hundred dan of grain at once, it will be infested with worms after half a year if we can't finish it. Isn't that a waste?"
"Besides, the price of grain has gone up. In the past, one stone of grain only cost one tael of silver, but recently it has cost three taels of silver, which is three times the price. How can we buy a large amount of grain when the price is high?"
Shen Xuan did not change his mind after hearing this, but asked Su Yunzhao to act according to his own arrangements.
Su Yun wanted to insist, but Chen Xuan said directly: "Since you already know that I opened a shop outside, I might as well tell you now. The shop can earn 600 taels of profit a month. This amount of money is nothing to me. I don't feel sorry for it. Why are you worried?"
Suyun was startled when she heard this, and then she realized that Shen Xuan's shop was making so much money.
He was shocked, and although he still didn't understand why Shen Xuan suddenly wanted to buy so much food, he still did as he asked.
Six hundred taels of silver were spent at once, and even though it was Shen Xuan who paid, Su Yun still felt a little painful when she saw it.
Because there was so much food, it took three days to deliver it all. On the third day, when all the grain was settled, the man who delivered the grain said to Suyun, "You bought the grain in time. Just after we bought it, the shopkeeper said that the price would be raised by another tael of silver."
"Why did the price suddenly increase so much?" Suyun was shocked and asked the man quickly.
The man then said, "It's probably because of the locust plague in the northwest, which has caused a reduction in grain production in all counties and prefectures."
"Is the locust plague so serious?" Suyun asked fearfully, getting goose bumps all over her back.
"It hasn't affected Beijing and Zhou yet. Besides, your family has stored so much food. Are you afraid that there won't be enough food?" said the man who delivered the food.
Su Yun then realized that Shen Xuan's hoarding of grain might be related to the locust plague. He felt that Shen was a very perceptive person, as he had discovered the clues and made preparations in advance.
Thinking of this, he became worried about his family far away in the Ye family, so he quietly took the time to go back, gave his family a message, and asked them to quickly stock up on food.
When Mrs. Ye heard that Suyun had returned, she naturally called him over for questioning. Suyun then reported everything about Shen Xuan's grain hoarding to Madam Ye, and also mentioned the profits from the shop that Shen Xuan had mentioned.
When Mrs. Ye learned about this, she pondered for a long time. Afterwards, he asked the housekeeper to go out to inquire and purchase a lot of food. He also informed the eldest brother Ye Mi, who was already married, of the news and asked him to make some preparations as soon as possible.
When Lord Ye learned about this after returning home, he was quite impressed by Shen Xuan's sharpness.
"I just found out today that the locust plague has affected the price of rice. I was just about to tell my family about this, but I didn't expect you to be one step ahead."
"Although this brother Shen has a humble background, he is the blood of Duke Shen after all, and he does have some insights on major issues." Lord Ye said, "Since Fenglin has chosen him, we, as his uncle and aunt, should not interfere too much. You should stop worrying about his identity."
After hearing this, Mrs. Ye did not speak for a while, but there seemed to be a hint of calmness in her eyes.
After a while, she spoke quietly, "I am only Fenglin's aunt. Although my sister entrusted him to me before she died, I am still an outsider after all."
"Feng Lin's marriage, after all, is decided by the Xue family, and that brother Chen was the one my sister arranged to marry in her early years. What can I, an outsider, say?"
When Ye Chen heard this, he knew that his mother had given in and was not going to care about the matter anymore. He was delighted and immediately wrote a letter and had someone give it to Xue Fenglin.
Wuxin handed Ye Chen's letter to Xue Fenglin. After seeing his own prince read the letter, a smile appeared on his lips.
Xue Fenglin was not a person who liked to laugh, but since Shen Ge'er came to Beijing, he laughed a lot.
Wu Xin only saw his smile and guessed that the letter was probably related to Shen Ge'er. He didn't know what was written in it...
"No intention." Xue Fenglin put down the letter and said to him, "Give me some ink. I want to write a letter to the south."
"Yes, Prince." Wuxin was immediately alert and handed the pen and ink to Xue Fenglin.
Xue Fenglin wrote furiously and finished a long letter in just one stick of incense. Afterwards, he sealed it with wax and gave it to Wuxin, asking him to have someone deliver it to the south early in the morning.
Wu Xin took the letter and thought for a while before asking, "Sir, the Ye family said there might be a locust plague in a few days. Should we go back and inform the master and his family so that they can make some preparations?"
Xue Fenglin shook his head upon hearing this and said, "No need for that. The Madam is the housekeeper now, and she will make her own arrangements."
Wu Xin: “…”
He looked at Xue Fenglin again and saw that he didn't seem to have any intention of informing Bai and Old Marquis Xue. I put down the words on my lips...
Forget it. Looking at the prince's expression, he must be deliberately not wanting to remind the Xue family. Since the prince already knows about the locust plague, he should be prepared, so I shouldn't worry too much...
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