Chapter 510 512. Humiliation
Gu Yuanshui stopped and looked at him, "Le Jia, you are actually one of the smarter ones among you brothers, but it's a pity that you don't use it in the right way."
Gu Lejia, "What about Fourth Uncle? He was making a fuss about going to Lucheng before. Doesn't he have other thoughts?"
"Oh, look at me, you know how to bully others at home.
Fourth Uncle is thinking of going to Lucheng. He has his own little ideas. He wants to rely on your Seventh Uncle to make some money. I dare to say it out loud, but do you dare?
You are the most cheerful one among the kids in the family, and it’s all because of this secret recipe of tofu.
Do you think you can make a career out of it if you get the secret recipe?"
Gu Lejia lowered his head and said nothing.
Gu Yuanshui, "Given your wife's tendency to think about her parents' feelings in everything, do you think we can still keep the tofu secret recipe?
Don't say anything either. Let me guess what you want to say? Are you trying to say that I can hide things from my wife just like your father and the others?"
Gu Lejia said stubbornly, "I don't think so."
"It doesn't matter whether you want it or not. Anyway, it's impossible for this tofu recipe to be passed on to you without ten or twenty years."
The brothers had already discussed it and realized that this matter could not be kept secret forever.
Under the premise of being known by outsiders, they naturally want to earn more for themselves.
"I heard that your wife and her brothers from her mother's side have started communicating with each other again recently?
Listen to my uncle, before you and her have a child, you'd better be on guard."
After saying this, Gu Yuanshui patted his shoulder and left with his hands behind his back.
Gu Lejia did not go back directly, but stood outside for half the night.
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Naturally, no one could hide from Hua Shunming what Jin Qianqian was doing with maritime trade.
At this moment, he had just finished reading the secret report and was lost in thought.
He didn't know what happened in the previous dynasty, but he remembered that when the previous emperor was in power, several major business companies had partnered to do something like this.
Perhaps there was no route map or they encountered a storm on the way, and unsurprisingly, the ships that went out never returned.
It was also because of that huge loss that these merchants backed off.
He had always known that there were foreign merchant ships at the port, but these people were cunning and kept everything secret. It was said that there were people who came to him with large sums of money to ask for advice, but it was a pity that these people would not listen to any advice or persuasion.
"Le San, how can the Gu family couple be so bold?"
Le San, "…I don't know."
"That's right, you're a eunuch, how could you possibly understand?
Do you think they will succeed this time?"
Le San, "...I don't know." Your Majesty, it is a bit unnecessary to ask this question to a eunuch who knows nothing.
"It's really boring. Let's go to the harem and see what new tricks the queen comes up with today."
Le San, "..." It seems that His Majesty has been seeing the Queen quite often recently. If this continues, those people from the previous dynasty will probably spread rumors that the Queen is the exclusive favorite.
As soon as Hua Shunming arrived at the back garden, he saw the queen sitting there, sipping tea leisurely and watching the young ladies from various mansions dancing there.
"She knows how to enjoy life better than I do," Hua Shunming was envious at the moment. He was working so hard to review memorials, while the queen was still here enjoying singing and dancing.
Le San: "..." Your Majesty will say later that this is all for the purpose of training a qualified princess.
"Welcome to the Holy Emperor," Le San had just finished speaking when the singing and dancing stopped immediately.
Queen Zhou quickly brought a group of concubines over to pay their respects.
"Everyone, get up, Queen, what are you busy with?"
Empress Zhou said, "Your Majesty, the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon. I will let them practice their talents. It will be good for you to see that I am really dedicated to training the future princesses.
They may represent the face of our Rong Dynasty in the future, and we cannot let them bring shame to His Majesty."
Hua Shunming took the queen to the main seat and said, "The queen has worked hard to help you raise your daughter. I see that the queen has lost weight recently."
Concubines, "…" Your Majesty, are you blind? The Queen's face has become rounder, and they are the ones who are really tired and thin.
Empress Zhou picked up her sleeves and covered her mouth with her hands while laughing, "Your Majesty, the ones who are truly suffering are you sisters.
In order to train the young ladies into qualified royal ladies, they have been teaching them everything from music, chess, calligraphy and painting these days.
If this continues, His Majesty may have a few more talented adopted daughters."
Miss Zhu, "..." Can you refuse?
Of course not. If they don't learn well, not only will they have to follow a lot of palace rules, but they won't even be able to rest at night and will have to serve in various palaces.
I think they are the pampered daughters of the mansion, so how could they be willing to do such menial work as serving others?
Therefore, no matter how unwilling they were, they had to work hard to learn from the concubines.
Hua Shunming looked around and said to the concubines below, "My beloved concubines have all worked hard. The Queen and I will never forget your contributions. The Queen will give them some rewards when the time comes."
Queen Zhou: “…” I guess you are the most stingy person in history. If it’s a reward, why don’t you just take the thing out? Why push it to me?
"Your Majesty, I obey your order," Empress Zhou stood up and bowed, "Your Majesty, since you are here, would you like to see the results of their studies during this period?"
Hua Shunming, "Go on!"
The singing and dancing continued, but Hua Shunming started whispering to Queen Zhou in front of all the concubines.
"Does the Queen think this trip is feasible?"
"I don't know, but Your Majesty knows. Before, I had been with my father at the border, and then I came to Beijing and entered the harem. I know very little about these maritime trade matters."
"But General Zhou invested 100,000 taels of silver."
"This is impossible," Queen Zhou widened her eyes.
"Oh, how does the Queen know it's impossible?"
Empress Zhou lowered her eyes, and when she raised them again, they were already filled with tears. "Before I entered the palace, my elder brother had already handed over all the savings in the mansion to me. The most he has now is the income from the farm in the past one or two years, or maybe even less."
Hua Shunming frowned, confused. Could it be that the people under him didn't investigate it clearly? It clearly said that General Zhou invested 100,000 taels of silver.
"The news may be wrong," Hua Shunming stared at the performance below. He came here today to reveal this news, and also wanted to release a message, that is, every move of Lucheng is under his control.
How could Queen Zhou not know this? She wanted to use her to make the Zhou family behave themselves and not challenge the emperor's bottom line.
But when Queen Zhou thought about the fact that her brother was being watched by the emperor's people, she couldn't feel happy at all.
With a smile on his face, his fingernails were almost digging into his palms.
"Your Majesty, what do you think of the songs and dances performed by the ladies? Can they win first prize at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet?"
The young ladies from the Zhu families who had already stopped and were waiting on the side lowered their heads to hide their emotions.
In their eyes, the Queen's action was humiliating them by comparing them to the dancers in the palace.
(End of this chapter)
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