Chapter 79 The Silly Princess is a Pixiu who only eats but does not poop
Lin Xianer returned to Qiongfang Pavilion in anger and depression. After entering the room, she complained to her mother with tears in her eyes.
"Mother, that silly princess is just a greedy person.
I went to her to buy a few pieces of Sichuan brocade, but she only agreed to buy two pieces. Spending a little money is like cutting off her flesh. She is such a miser, and petty!"
Mrs. Lin asked puzzledly, "Last time, the blood bird's nest, century-old ginseng, pearls and Tianshan snow lotus I asked for were worth six thousand taels of silver, and she agreed to it happily.
This time, buying a dozen pieces of Sichuan brocade is only more than three thousand taels of silver. Why is she making things difficult for you?"
Lin Xian'er's tears of grievance flowed out, "She...she said that there is a cloth shop in the Qin Palace, and cotton cloth is transparent. "It's very comfortable and comfortable. If we buy fabrics from other people, we'll lose face for the Qin Palace."
Mrs. Lin's face flushed with anger, and she angrily scolded, "This ignorant fool! People of our status all wear silk and satin. If we wear cotton cloth worn by lower-class people, we will lose face for the Qin Palace!"
Lin Xian'er complained and wiped her tears with a handkerchief, "That's right! She is so stupid that she doesn't know etiquette and doesn't care about her status and image. She also wants others to be the object of ridicule and mockery?"
Mrs. Lin looked at the box in Ai Cao's arms and asked, "Xian'er, did you buy perfume and soap from the silly princess again?"
: "Yes! Mother, although she is stupid, the spices and products she made are rare and good things.
These perfumes, shampoos, soaps, etc. are extremely useful. When her shop opened, they were all snapped up by the ladies of various families.
There is not much stock, so I bought some more to avoid not being able to buy them in the future."
Mrs. Lin smiled approvingly, "Not bad! This matter has allowed us to get the upper hand. Others who want to buy them have money but no goods.
How much did you spend? Where is the remaining banknotes?"
Lin Xian'er's pretty face suddenly blushed!
: "We spent more than one hundred taels of gold and more than one hundred taels of silver. Mother needs to take out the money and let Chunmei deliver it."
: "Didn't you just ask for three thousand taels of silver? That idiot refused to accept the silver?"
Lin Xian'er lowered her head in shame, "No!... Mother, I... I played a few rounds of mahjong in Ning Xinyuan, and the money... all the silver was lost!"
Mrs. Lin was furious!
"Xian'er! You lost more than 1,600 taels of silver in Ning Xinyuan in half a day last time, why are you still playing mahjong with them?
At this rate, the more than 200,000 taels of silver I have in my hands will be enough for you to squander for several days!
Now that my housekeeper power has been taken away, is it easy to get money again?!"
Lin Xian'er's pretty face flushed with shame and anger, and tears fell down. Hesitating and making excuses, "They... the silly princess wants to play cards when she sees me, how can I refuse?
...I don't know why? Whenever you and I play cards, we always win. But I don't know why those maids in Ning Xinyuan are so good at playing cards and have such good luck!
I can only bear the loss when I lose money, for fear of losing face and being looked down upon by them. ...Mother, I will never play cards with them again next time." Mrs.
Lin's anger at her daughter's crying gradually subsided, and she asked in confusion, "How could this be? With your extraordinary intelligence, how could you lose so badly twice?"
Chunmei said with a loyal and sincere face, "Madam, Miss, I was watching those maids playing cards from the side. "They kept scratching their ears
and rubbing their cheeks while playing cards. Is there something wrong with them?" Mrs. Lin asked in confusion, "Why would they scratch their ears and rubbing their cheeks while playing cards? Could it be that they were infested with bedbugs and fleas?"
Lin Xian'er raised her head in surprise. She was smart and understood immediately, "Mother! I understand! They must be scratching their ears and rubbing their cheeks when playing cards as a secret signal! They
agreed on the secret signal in advance. Whoever wants a certain card can touch that place, and the others will give her that card. How can three people not eat up every last bit of the person when they team up to plot against him? !"
Mrs. Lin was also puzzled, and her face turned pale with anger!
"That stupid princess actually knows how to plot against others? Is this the kind of stupid cunning child that the old people talk about?"
Lin Xian'er was so angry! She always prided herself on her intelligence, but she was tricked by a fool! If this gets out, won't people laugh to death?
She glared at Chunmei with her beautiful eyes! "Don't say a word about what happened today!"
Chunmei lowered her head in fear, "I dare not say anything more!"
When Ai Cao saw that the cousin's eyes turned to her, her face turned pale with fear, and she quickly opened her mouth to assure, "I dare not say anything more!"
But she was secretly happy in her heart.
Qiutou and Baihe didn't wait for the lady to look at them, and quickly expressed their loyalty, "I dare not say anything more!"
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Yang Yanqi and Gao Ruoying went to the Qin Palace together. After hearing the identities of the two, the doorman ran to report to the princess.
When Luo Li heard that the other two idiots had come to visit, she jumped up from her chair with joy, "Let's go! Go and greet Yang Gao and the other idiots."
Yang Yanqi, who was waiting outside the gate of the Prince of Qin's mansion, saw Luo Li rushing in and smiled coquettishly, "Luo idiot! We haven't seen each other for a few days, and we two idiots are here to meet you!"
Luo Li ran down the stairs and held the two of them in arms affectionately, "Finally, you are here! I will treat you to delicious food today."
The three idiots walked into the Prince of Qin's mansion hand in hand affectionately.
The two doormen blinked their eyes, thinking that this Miss Yang was really brave and daring! How dare she call our princess "Luo idiot" to her face?
Yang Yanqi and Gao Ruoying were admiring the scenery of the Qin Palace while chatting and laughing with Luo Li as they walked towards Ning Xin Garden.
"Luo Li, you have a good position in the Qin Palace! After we signed up, we said we were looking for the Qin Princess. The doorman agreed and ran in to report." Gao Ruoying joked.
Yang Yanqi said jokingly, "When there is no tiger in the mountain, the monkey will be the king! His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin is not in the palace today, so the Princess of Qin is the king."
Luo Li curled her lips proudly, "In this Prince of Qin's Palace, I am the tiger!"
Gao Ruoying was amused when she heard it, "Tigress? Or the roar of a lion from Hedong?"
Yang Yanqi was also very happy, "Who in the capital hasn't heard about this? The silly princess who the Prince of Qin married chased the Prince of Qin and scolded him for a divorce letter, and wanted to make a mess of the Prince of Qin's Palace?"
Gao Ruoying nodded repeatedly, "I've heard of it! There are no chickens or dogs in the Qin Palace, so the silly princess transformed the palace garden into a grassland!"
Luo Li smiled proudly without any shame! "I am known for my stupidity and bad reputation, who dares to touch my tiger whiskers in the future?"
Yang Yanqi touched Luo Li's chin, "Do tigresses also have tiger whiskers?"
The three brain-dead patients who were not serious and energetic came to Ningxinyuan with friendly jokes.
The three of them drank fragrant tea, ate several kinds of snacks and talked and laughed. Gao Ruoying was particularly fond of a plate of snacks, and her mouth and hands were full of red oil.
"Luo Li, how do you make this snack? It's so delicious! The mixture of spicy, sweet and salty tastes incomparable!"
Luo Li also stuffed one in her mouth and chewed it, "This snack is called spicy strips. It is made by steaming bean skin until it is soft, boiling vegetable oil, adding cumin powder, five-spice powder, chili powder, salt and sugar.
The cumin powder is bought from the Hu merchants in the Western Regions. What about the chili powder? Except for this lady, there is no other place. The chili here is natural. "This is a unique and delicious condiment."
Yang Yanqi also ate with a "hissing" sound in his mouth, "The food made with this chili oil is so delicious!
Luo Li, when you leave, you must bring more of these spicy strips for us."
Luo Li agreed generously, "You two are in luck. Tingting just developed these spicy strips yesterday and made two big pots. When you leave, I'll give you each a big bag and you can eat them slowly when you go back."
"How is it? How many soldiers have you recruited in the past few days?"
When this was mentioned, Yang Yanqi and Gao Ruoying's mood suddenly dropped.
: "Oh!... It's too difficult! Luo Li, the conditions you offer are so generous, but why is it so difficult to recruit this big-footed woman?
Gao Ruoying and I have worked hard for these few days, and we have only recruited more than 30 people."
Gao Ruoying was also a little ashamed, "Luo Li, maybe we are not good at speaking. After finally finding a strong and qualified big-footed woman, I was very tempted when I heard the generous conditions you offered.
But in the end, either the father or the mother disagreed, and it was all in vain after all the efforts.
You said that those parents can sell their daughters as slaves, but why are they so afraid of this good thing of being a bodyguard and getting paid and eating food?"
Luo Li was also a little disappointed after hearing this! Only more than 30 people were recruited, which was far from her goal.
"Where are you two recruiting people?"
Yang Yanqi replied, "Of course we are recruiting people in this Bianjing city. We can visit our families at any time at the doorstep, and we have a name and surname, so we don't have to worry about being kidnapped. Don't you think this should be a good job? But I don't know why it is so difficult to recruit people."
Luo Li pondered for a moment, "You two should change places and try to recruit people from the farms outside the city.
There are many people in Bianjing city who don't have enough food to eat, but if there is food to eat, parents are unwilling to sell their daughter."
Gao Ruoying asked in confusion, "We are not buying slaves, how can we sell our daughter?"
Luo Li was also unsure, but just wanted the two to try somewhere else.
: "This woman who has shown up as a bodyguard may be worse than being a slave in a rich family in the eyes of those parents, right?
You can try it somewhere else! You must be flexible and adaptable according to the other party's situation. If you meet someone who is suitable, you can change the wording to recruit people."
Yang Yanqi's mind suddenly opened up!
"Just say you are recruiting people to work in the city, not to mention being a bodyguard, maybe it will work!"
Gao Ruoying slapped her thigh excitedly!
"Okay! Let's try it somewhere else with a different wording!"