Chapter 64 Boat trip
I saw the two of them walking away.
Pu Rongda then opened the boxes and took a look.
As expected of a prominent family in the capital, their actions are different.
A wide variety of imperial tributes!
However, most of these tributes were offered by merchants like them.
But what is relatively new is one of the white jade chessboards.
That is a unique piece carved by a master of the previous dynasty, and it is probably priceless!
What a generous gesture!
In Daliang, the value of the return gift shows how much the husband's family values the bride.
Gong Ningbo's behavior made Pu Rongda suspicious...
If there were such a treasure, the Duke of Gongning's Mansion would not have fallen to the point of marrying a merchant girl for 800,000 taels.
He specifically asked Qiongzhi to test the situation along the way just to see Earl Gong Ning's attitude.
If he had ulterior motives, he could have simply eliminated this trouble in Lin'an!
However, thinking of the look the young man had given his daughter just now, Pu Rongda was a little unsure if he had seen it wrong.
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Pu Qiongzhi led Nangong Hua back to her own courtyard.
This is also Nangong Hua's first time here.
Even at the last wedding, it was not proper for him to come in.
The yard is not as lush with flowers and plants as imagined, but it is very imposing and gorgeous.
A natural rockery is placed in the middle, surrounded by strange rocks and bold colors.
There is a towering tree leaning against the wall, stretching across the yard, with a long swing hanging on it.
Entering the inner room, there are bookshelves and antique shelves on all sides. Apart from various antique displays, there are only books and account books.
"This is..." He looked at one of the display cases.
Is that the "Green Glaze Boshan Furnace" that the Ninth Prince presented to the Empress Dowager in his previous life?!
This is something from a hundred years ago! The Queen Mother treasured it so much back then! Why is she just leaving it here like this?
"I found this by chance, and the color is very nice. Do you like it, my husband? If you do, take it and play with it!" Pu Qiongzhi walked over and touched it. "It's an incense burner! I heard it was used by the royal family of the previous dynasty!"
"Are you really giving it to me?" Nangong Hua looked at the beautiful furnace body and couldn't refuse.
Pu Qiongzhi nodded, not understanding why. "I have another white-glazed one, but it's too old and not very fine! It's in the warehouse."
"Ah..." Nangong Hua had witnessed the level of the super-rich.
Pu Qiongzhi rummaged through the bookshelf for a while, and finally took out a small box. "Husband, look at this!"
"This is a peerless chess manual that an uncle-in-law gave me as a gift on my birthday last year!"
"I'll lend it to you, my husband, to have a look!" Pu Qiongzhi said this frankly.
Nangong Hua didn't think she was stingy, but readily agreed, "Okay. Let me study it carefully."
"Did you write all these words?" Nangong Hua took a few steps and looked at the words on the wall, a little surprised.
He originally thought it was the work of a famous artist, but he saw that the signature was hers.
The calligraphy is wild and impetuous, yet also a bit impetuous.
However, the subsequent paintings are obviously more restrained and the brushwork is more vigorous.
"They were all written by me when I was young. But now I use regular script more often to make the handwriting clearer. The more I write, the less lively they are." Pu Qiongzhi looked at the account book in her hand helplessly.
Nangong Hua understood her melancholy and said, "It's fine like this now."
"Miss, son-in-law, if you have rested well, the master has ordered a family dinner to be prepared in the front hall, waiting for you two to come over after you have rested well." A smart maid announced with a smile.
Pu Qiongzhi opened the door and called out, "Yan'er, your Shuangxi is here to make fun of you again!"
"Madam, I will take her away right away!" Yan'er's voice came from a distance, unclear, as if he was eating something.
She ran over in a hurry and chased the little maid, and the two of them ran away laughing.
"The relationship between master and servant in your family is quite close." Nangong Hua sighed.
"The Pu family is small, and it's only with them that things get lively! We're all miserable people, and we just band together for warmth."
After Pu Qiongzhi finished speaking, she looked at Nangong Hua and said, "Are you feeling better, Master? Come and sleep here for a while."
"My father must have prepared a lot of food, which should be ready for use soon!"
Nangong Hua was also tired, so he fell asleep on her bed.
After he fell asleep, Pu Qiongzhi went to Pu Rongda's study to ask him for clarification.
"Father, what happened to the boat?"
Pu Rongda rubbed his brows and said, "I knew you couldn't hold it back, and you don't even feel tired!"
"Then I'm worried too!" Pu Qiongzhi acted coquettishly to her old father.
Pu Rongda sighed, "We were almost done, but a month ago, someone from Beijing came and snatched it away."
"Who is it?" Pu Qiongzhi was a little surprised. "Why is he so disrespectful?"
Business has its own rules. Although anyone has the right to compete before the payment and goods are settled, few people will suddenly make a move to snatch a deal that others have worked so hard to close.
"He's from the capital. I secretly sent someone to investigate, and they said his surname is Pei... Do you have any clues?"
When Pu Qiongzhi heard the surname, she felt it was strange and said, "Yes."
"The Pei in Beijing is probably the current Prime Minister, Pei Hancai. However, my daughter has been at odds with his daughter since she came to Beijing, but I haven't heard of anyone in their family doing business...or stealing business from Jiangnan."
After hearing what she said, Pu Rongda frowned, knowing that this matter was not easy to handle.
However, that person is in Jiangnan and has taken away the Pu family's business in this area. It will be difficult for them to expand their business in the future.
The sky is high and the emperor is far away.
No matter if she is Prime Minister Pei’s daughter or anyone else, seeing her behavior like this, they would probably be very cautious.
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Business is a complex subject! Merchants pursue profits and have to make many trade-offs.
What's more, who said that the Pu family would let it go so easily?
If she made his daughter unhappy, he would make her lose everything!
"I'm afraid this won't work, so don't even think about it!" Pu Rongda made his final conclusion after a while.
Pu Qiongzhi was really angry this time!
Other things are fine, but it’s not acceptable for Pei Wanqing to steal her business!
She really couldn't understand how they got from the capital to Jiangnan.
Is there really such a coincidence in the world?
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When Nangong Hua woke up, he saw that his wife suddenly looked at him coldly.
"Madam, won't you take a rest for a while?" He wiped his face with a wet towel and asked weakly.
Pu Qiongzhi put the teacup on the table with a "pa" and gave a fake smile, "Master, just take a rest. I am not tired at all."
“…” Nangong Hua froze, his brain froze for a moment, and he began to wonder what he had done wrong.
But he couldn't figure it out after thinking it over and over. "Madam, are you hungry? I seem to have slept too long?"
"Uncle is really kind-hearted. You must be hungry after waking up. Father has prepared the meal in the front hall. Just come over." Pu Qiongzhi stood up and went to the front hall.
Nangong Hua winked at Qing Xu, "What's wrong, Madam?"
"What's wrong? Aren't you taking your uncle out to dinner?" Qing Xu was even more confused than him.
I knew he was useless, but I didn't know he was so useless...
"You, alas, can't find a wife." Nangong Hua shook his head and sighed, then quickly caught up with his wife.
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