Chapter 174 Picking Up a Lot
The queen is extremely good at finding weaknesses in others and forcing them to do evil.
Feng Qingsui thought.
If Youshi was coerced by the Queen to let Bi Yueer come to the Ji family as an insider, this matter might be able to be used.
Qi suddenly understood.
"In that case, let her stay and wait and see what happens, and we'll know the answer."
Feng Qingsui nodded and looked at Ji Changqing: "What do you think, Second Master?"
Ji Changqing smiled and said, "I have no objection."
The next day, Qi summoned Bi Yue'er and said to her in a friendly manner, "My aunt was sold to be a concubine by my brother. I never thought that you would be like her, with your life like a floating duckweed, with no control over your own destiny."
"Your father is now a member of the Bi family. It's not easy for us to recognize him. Keeping you in the mansion is not right after all—"
Before she could finish her words, Bi Yue'er fell to her knees with a plop.
"Aunt, my father has already been persuaded by my second brother. If I return to the Bi family, they will definitely send me to be a concubine."
"Please, since I'm a descendant of the Shen family, please take me in for a few days."
"Just do one good deed today, okay?"
Qi helped her up and sighed, "You child, why don't you listen to what I have to say?"
"It won't work for you to stay in our house as a relative, but since you're the daughter of Hengchang, you must know a little about treasure appraisal. We'll tell everyone we want you to come and appraise antiques. What do you think?"
When Bi Yue'er heard that she could stay, she said without hesitation, "Of course!"
"I do know how to appraise treasures. If you have any jewelry, jade, antiques, or gold or silver utensils that need to be appraised, please let me know."
Qi laughed out loud: "Then we have truly found a treasure. But don't call me cousin for now, call me old lady."
Bi Yue'er nodded: "Okay. Not only can I appraise treasures, I also know tea ceremony, incense ceremony, embroidery, jewelry maintenance, etc."
"I have nothing to do in the guest house anyway, so why not stay by your side and serve you tea?"
After saying this, fearing that Qi Shi would not believe him, he sat down at the tea table, picked up the tea cake and said, "My tea acrobatics are very good. I will show you my skills now."
Qi's face was filled with surprise: "I'm so lucky today."
Then he ordered the maid, "Please invite the Madam to come and have tea."
Feng Qingsui was not very interested in drinking tea, but after coming to Ci'an Hall, he was very supportive when he saw Bi Yue'er paint a lifelike peony.
"Miss Bi is really clever and skillful."
Bi Yueer smiled modestly and said, "I am far inferior to Madam. Madam's skillful hands can cure all diseases. I am not very knowledgeable and can only show off my tea making skills."
“There is no high or low level of knowledge.”
Feng Qingsui smiled.
"Apart from medical skills, I know nothing else. Miss Bi is so versatile, it's really enviable."
Bi Yue'er then spoke a few more humble words.
Feng Qingsui took a sip of tea and suddenly remembered something. He asked Qi, "Mother, is today the day when Tianma Temple opens to all families for business?"
Qi nodded: "Yes, what's wrong?"
"Doesn't the Wan family's business sell antiques and calligraphy? Since Miss Bi knows how to appraise treasures, why don't we go find some antiques together and sell them to the pawnshop later? Wouldn't that be an extra profit?"
Bi Yueer: “!!!”
Qi: “…”
She glared at Feng Qingsui.
"The mansion doesn't lack this little income. If you want to buy something, just ask the accountant for the money."
Feng Qingsui shook his head: "Mother, I'm not short of money, but since Miss Bi has this ability, it would be a waste if she didn't use it. What do you think, Miss Bi?"
Bi Yue'er sneered inwardly.
Feng is such a short-sighted person. She is a noble lady from a wealthy family, but she wants to earn such a small amount of money.
I don't know how the Ji family can stand up to this person who is so ruthless as to pluck the feathers of passing geese and skin the skins of passing beasts.
However, appraising the treasure will be helpful to her next actions.
He suppressed his contempt and said meekly, "I am willing to do my best for you, Madam."
Feng Qingsui smiled happily: "Let's set off now."
Qi waved her hand: "You guys go ahead, I won't join in the fun."
"Mother, please have a good rest in the mansion. If you find any snacks you like, I will bring them back for you."
Feng Qingsui said with a smile.
Qi said hello.
Feng Qingsui took Wuhua and Bi Yue'er out.
Tianma Temple is located in the inner city.
The "Ten Thousand Surnames Trade" held on the third day of every month can be said to be the largest market in the capital.
The market is full of rare birds and animals, daily necessities, pearl and jade headwear, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, divination and fortune-telling... everything you can imagine is available.
Not only common people like to join in the fun, but also literati and scholars.
Feng Qingsui came here looking for a bargain, so whenever he saw something he liked, after asking the price, he would ask Bi Yue'er how much it would be worth if she pawned it at the pawnshop.
Bi Yue'er usually stayed in the inner house and didn't know much about the business of her own pawnshop. The more she answered, the more guilty she felt.
Feng Qingsui frowned, "Miss Bi just boasted in Ci'an Hall that she could appraise treasures. How come she gave such different prices for two identical items?"
Bi Yue'er pinched her palm with her nails and laughed awkwardly, "Although it's the same thing, the quality is different, so of course the price is different."
"But they are of the same quality. The two stall owners are husband and wife. After we visited the husband's stall, he sent the porcelain cup to the wife's stall. My maid happened to see it."
Bi Yue'er almost went crazy.
She took a deep breath and said, "Maybe the lighting in the two stalls is different, so I made a mistake."
"However, the items here are of varying quality. It would be difficult to verify their authenticity by just looking through them. If Madam wants to make money from this, she will have to hire a treasure appraiser to do the appraisal."
Feng Qingsui chuckled, "I don't run a pawnshop, so why would I hire a court official? I just saw that Miss Bi is very capable, so I wanted to take advantage of her."
"Now it seems that it's not easy to take advantage of Miss Bi."
Bi Yue'er: "..."
She pinched her palms and said, "Our court official shouldn't be busy right now. I can ask the maid to invite him over to take a look."
Feng Qingsui was surprised: "Won't inviting the court official disturb your father and brother?"
Bi Yue'er gritted her teeth and said, "No. That Chaofeng is my grandmother's man."
"Then there's Miss Laobi."
When Bi Jiachaofeng came, Feng Qingsui asked people to help him pick out more than a dozen items and spent all the money he brought.
Then send those items to the pawnshop to be pawned.
By buying and pawning, he earned several hundred taels of silver.
On the way back to the Ji Mansion, she counted the banknotes and said with regret, "If Tianma Temple held a Wanxing transaction every day, it would be so easy to get rich."
Bi Yue'er said with a wry smile, "It's not every day that I miss something."
Chaofeng is not free every day!
Feng Qingsui said sadly: "That's true."
Bi Yue'er glanced at the only embroidery she had kept and asked, "Is this embroidery a gift for the old lady?"
"no."
Feng Qingsui said lightly.
This is her sister's embroidery work, and she didn't expect to see it on a street stall.
“I bought it for my collection.”
Bi Yueer smiled and said, "The embroidery is quite good, very lifelike, and it is worth collecting."
After saying that, she looked out the window and said casually, "The Qianqiu Festival is coming soon. I wonder what birthday gift Master Ji has prepared for His Majesty?"
Feng Qingsui's eyebrows twitched.
The fox tail is exposed so soon?
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