Chapter 605 Black Pot Knob for the Jiang Family
The old housekeeper froze, of course knowing that his master definitely didn't want to eat snacks.
It looked like he was going to make trouble again...
The old housekeeper could only respond with difficulty, "Yes, I will send someone to buy it, Madam."
But when he turned around, he sighed and had a very bad premonition.
The Jiang family is very capable of getting things done. At first glance, they are powerful masters. There is no way they can calculate.
But as a servant, you can never resist the master. Even if you know it is a dead end, you have to follow the master to break it.
The old housekeeper has been loyal all his life. He knows that persuasion is useless. He feels a little sad and can only get the snacks back first.
Not long after, several greasy brown paper bags appeared in front of Gu Changying's table.
Gu Changying narrowed her eyes and opened them one by one. When she saw Wuyun Taxue, her eyes lit up.
"This snack is so black and so crude. It looks like country folk food, but..."
She paused, crushed the snack with her fingers, and snorted and laughed, "But it just happens to be able to do something for me, so I chose it!"
...
Three days later, the residences of more than a dozen officials in the capital suddenly received invitations.
Everyone was quite surprised when they opened them.
It turned out to be Gu Changying who sent the invitation, wanting to invite all the female relatives to her house to enjoy the flowers and write poems.
In the past, when Gu Changying was still the queen, she often held such banquets.
And the peonies in the former princess's mansion were indeed unique in the capital, and they didn't seem to have any suspicious intentions.
Those families who had obtained Mu Yihan's permission and deliberately got close to her all accepted the invitation and planned to attend the banquet.
As for the Minister of Rites, Mr. Pei, he had originally avoided Gu Changying.
But ever since the last incident, when his dirty affair with his daughter-in-law was exposed, the daughter-in-law had been bullied in the capital and couldn't even raise her head.
Now that someone invited her to a banquet, she saw that no one else in the mansion was going, so she thought about going out for a walk and went to the banquet.
The sun was shining brightly that day, and when everyone came in carriages, they met at the door and talked and laughed.
But how could these women who rarely leave the house have imagined that once they stepped over the threshold, what awaited them would be a bottomless abyss...
Soon, the women bowed to each other, entered the house, and were led to see Gu Changying.
Gu Changying changed her usual arrogance, and after meeting them, her eyes were full of warmth. She led them to the backyard to appreciate the flowers, and also talked about some family matters in each house.
Others were ignored, even the young lady of the Pei mansion received a few words of care from her.
"Mrs. Pei rarely comes here. If you have time in the future, you must come and sit often." Gu Changying looked her up and down, smiling while pinching her handkerchief.
Mrs. Pei was flattered. She had not yet recovered from the ridicule from the outside world, and now she was eager to be noticed, so she bowed quickly.
"Thank you, Your Majesty... Thank you so much. I will come here often in the future. I hope you don't mind me being annoying."
Gu Changying suppressed her contempt and looked at the jade bracelet opposite her.
She could never look down on such a person who was having an affair with her father-in-law. She was just after the money in her pocket.
Seeing that the place was already warm, Gu Changying revealed her true purpose. At this time, she glanced at the old housekeeper and stood in front with a fake smile.
"Everyone has been here for a long time. If I only serve you some ordinary snacks, it would be too boring and make me look stingy."
"It just so happens that I have just found a rare delicacy that can be called a fairy product. Why don't you sisters try it together? I guarantee that after you try it, you will be able to appreciate what it means to feel like you are floating in the air." Gu Changying smiled strangely.
After saying that, she raised her slender jade hands and clapped them twice coldly.
Several maids then held the high-footed plates high above their heads and lined up to serve them.
The female relatives were surprised to hear this.
What kind of snacks can make people feel like they are floating in the air?
They had never heard of it before.
When their eyes fell on the plates, the female relatives were stunned at first, and then felt a little disappointed.
"This snack looks familiar... It seems to be the most popular Wu Yun Ta Xue in Beijing..." Someone said tactfully. "
Yes, it is Wu Yun Ta Xue. Although this pastry is delicious, it can't make people feel like they are in heaven." Someone questioned directly.
Gu Changying looked calm and continued to smile, "Although this thing comes from the Jiang family shop, it is not the usual Wu Yun Ta Xue, but a new snack made by the Jiang family." "The
recipe is even more mysterious. It uses extremely expensive Western medicine. One catty is enough to sell for 100 taels, and ordinary people are not qualified to buy it. I also spent a lot of money to get these. You will know after you try it." Gu Changying raised the corners of his lips in a wicked way.
I heard it was 100 taels per catty?
The curiosity of the women was revived, and some of them were already drooling.
"A new product from the Jiang family? It must be delicious."
"It's so expensive, could it be that there is gold inside? Are you trying to be mysterious?"
The young lady of the Pei family was the most supportive. At this moment, she shouted like a pug without caring, "You are worthy of being the Empress. Even the food you eat is different from us. Even the powerful Jiang family has to make special snacks for you. You are really the most noble woman in Nanji! I will taste it later. Thank you for your hospitality. May your Majesty live a thousand years!"
Gu Changying smiled even more deeply, "Okay, then everyone can taste it to your heart's content. It's just that the ingredients of this snack are mysterious. Don't be greedy. One plate at most per person."
The women who have been confined in the mansion for many years have long been accustomed to the life of canaries. At this time, they had no idea of the crisis.
So, they touched the snacks with their hands, and put them into their mouths with expensive rain-previous Longjing tea...
Although the snacks were added with ingredients, they were still very delicious.
It was not until the evening that a group of women in gorgeous clothes with dazed eyes staggered onto their own carriages.
They almost scared the drivers of various mansions.
Jiang Fengnian was just returning home from the Charity Bureau, and was also surprised when he met the carriage of the Pei Mansion.
Through the curtains that were not covered tightly, he saw that Mrs. Pei had torn off her clothes, revealing her white skin, and was still shouting crazily about the heat.
"Oh my god." Jiang Fengnian quickly closed his eyes and ran away in fear, "Don't look at anything inappropriate, I didn't see anything."
He seldom dealt with female relatives, and he didn't know that there were such unrestrained and uninhibited wives of officials in the capital. It was really an eye-opener.
However, he just thought that the woman was drunk and didn't think much about it. He kept it to himself after returning home. After all, it was related to her reputation, so he couldn't say too much.
But since that day, the same strange things happened in those official families.
The ladies in the family secretly took out their own money, or used their dowry jewelry, and gave it to the servants, asking them to go to Changying's house, just to exchange one or two packs of snacks.
The male owners seldom paid attention to their wives, let alone checking if their jewelry was missing. They usually returned home in the evening, so they did not notice anything unusual for a while.
Unknowingly, money began to flow into the hands of Gu Changying and her daughter.
Gu Changying knew how to "slowly accumulate", so whenever he took out his secret snacks, he would put a note inside.
He told them to eat them behind closed doors and not let anyone at home find out.
The women thought they had really received divine snacks, not knowing that it was the opium paste that was causing the trouble. Every day when their husbands went out, they would close the door tightly, and after enjoying the snacks, they would tear off their clothes, look dazed, and feel ecstatic for two hours.
In the Jiang family's water shop, Wu Yun Ta Xue has always been selling well, so people buy a lot of it, and the employees don't
think it's strange. Until one day, when Cuicui went to the water shop to help, she met a servant with strange behavior, and she realized something was wrong.
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