Fire is forbidden on the Cold Food Festival, so the Cold Food Banquet is a cold banquet.

Looking at the exquisite vessels, filled with all kinds of exquisite cold food, such as cold food porridge, cold food cakes, noodle swallows, snake-coated rabbit, jujube cakes, green dumplings, red lotus roots, etc.

The eldest princess really had no appetite. After Concubine Li’s enthusiastic urging, she reluctantly used a few chopsticks and then picked up the tea to take a sip.

It’s actually cold too.

Do you have to be so strict? Don't you know that we women can't eat so many raw and cold foods?

The eldest princess drank some hot rice porridge this morning.

"What's the ban on fire during the Cold Food Festival? All the rules that make you suffer should go to hell!" The rebellious princess secretly complained.

But putting aside her prejudice, she still admired Concubine Li very much.

The daughter of a bricklayer was able to gain the emperor's favor and rule the six harems, although this was mainly due to her pregnancy, but she also had many other commendable qualities.

For example, she has always taken the lead in enforcing the rules of the palace and strictly disciplined herself. She said that no fire should be burned during the Cold Food Festival, and not a single spark was allowed in the entire Chuxiu Palace.

Furthermore, she was extremely respectful to Empress Chen, who lived in seclusion in a corner, and followed the etiquette of a concubine, greeting her every day, even when she was pregnant.

With the Imperial Concubine setting an example herself, naturally no one in the harem dared to mess up, and she was able to manage the six palaces relatively smoothly.

It is said that she also asked Feng Bao to read her "Biographies of Concubines of All Dynasties" every day, and she has been learning to read and write...

In short, this is a girl from a small family who is strong-willed, hardworking, and not a bad person.

The eldest princess’s resentment mainly comes from her family...Alas, that father and son are really weird.

When the eldest princess thought of the bad things that happened during the handover a few days ago, she couldn't eat at all.

But she came here today to show goodwill, so naturally she wouldn't tell her daughter about me.

He forced himself to cheer up, displayed his best acting skills, and started chatting with Concubine Li with a smile on his face.

After all, Concubine Li had a big belly and was not suitable to sit for a long time. Seeing that she was almost warm with the princess, she got to the point:

"When my mother came to the palace to pay her respects the other day, she accidentally mentioned that the handover of the imperial store didn't seem to be going smoothly?"

"Haha..." The princess cursed in her heart, "I'm not looking for trouble, but I'm the one who's looking for trouble." But she said calmly, "This is normal. There are hundreds of royal stores, and each one needs to be recalculated and handed over separately. It's impossible to achieve it all at once."

"I heard that many stewards want to go with His Highness?" Li Guifei whispered. She cursed herself in her heart, I can't change this bad habit.

Whatever my mother told her, she couldn't help but say it out loud, even though she knew it was not good.

"Ignore them." The princess was furious and said expressionlessly, "They have been slaves of the royal family for generations, and you let them do whatever they want."

"Your Highness has misunderstood." Concubine Li shook her head gently and said, "What I mean is, if they want to leave, then let them leave. A forced melon is not sweet. Besides, Your Highness also needs people."

"Ah?" The princess couldn't help but open her cherry lips, then quickly closed them. She thought to herself, do you know how difficult it is to train a qualified steward or a capable shopkeeper?

When the employer is busy retaining employees, how can he chase them away?

"Alas, my father and brothers want to use their own servants to manage things." Li Guifei said worriedly: "I am fed up, let them be."

The princess was stunned and screamed in her heart, "That's business, Caifeng! It's different from arranging eunuchs to manage things."

The rules of the palace are there, as long as you are not stupid or dull, you can basically do the job.

But can just anyone be the shopkeeper? How can you ruin your business in just a few days?

In fact, from her own point of view, the eldest princess wished that all the shopkeepers would follow her.

They are all treasures! Even if you don't need them, you can give them to your children. In short, they will never be wasted!

But on the one hand, she couldn't bear to see the royal store she had worked hard to run for many years being ruined like this.

Secondly, Concubine Li also had good intentions.

In fact, people don't even need to inform her to replace everyone.

Now I say it, isn't it because, aren't those people she promoted?

"If you replace all of them rashly, it will inevitably lead to chaos. Your Majesty, you should keep them for a few more months to train the newcomers." The eldest princess advised.

"Well, okay, I'll listen to your Highness." Seeing that she agreed, Concubine Li said nothing more. She thought, even if Daddy is in a hurry, a few months won't be enough.

Feeling that she had gone too far again, Concubine Li quickly moved on to the next topic:

"I heard that your Highness's Xishan Coal Industry is looking for someone to buy shares?"

"That's true." The eldest princess nodded and said with a smile, "I was planning to tell you today, but I didn't expect you to know it first."

"It was the wife of the Marquis of Fengcheng who said that." Concubine Li hurriedly explained.

Because Fengcheng Hou also had the surname Li, he shamelessly connected himself with Concubine Li's father. With this relationship, his wife often came to the palace and fawned on Concubine Li in every way.

"Oh, I thought so." The eldest princess suddenly realized that the wife of the Marquis of Fengcheng had indeed bought stocks.

"Ah, it's really not easy for Your Highness to promote it personally." Concubine Li sighed, then gritted her teeth and said, "After all, I'm the one who picked the peaches for Your Highness. How many stocks are left? I'll buy them all!"

Wow! What a big favor...

The eldest princess was so unhappy when she heard this!

She did bring 1,000 shares of Xishan Coal Industry with her when she entered the palace this time, but it was not because she couldn't sell them that she came to promote them door-to-door.

It's just four or five thousand shares, and a matter of forty or fifty thousand taels of silver. The princess doesn't need to go through the trouble at all.

That day she casually organized a party, calling together the ladies she got along well with on weekdays, and talked about the matter as if they were chatting.

In this era, women were in charge of the household accounts. These ladies held the financial power of the household, and they divided up the stocks, giving you 300 yuan or 500 yuan.

The most enthusiastic one was the wife of the young cabinet minister, Ji, who bought 800 shares alone.

Then the wife of Duke Dingguo, the daughter-in-law of Duke Chengguo, and the wife of Marquis Fengcheng each bought 500 shares; the wife of Zhang Juzheng and others each bought 200 to 300 shares, and in that time all 4,000 shares were sold out.

She also planned to keep the remaining one thousand shares and give them to the Queen and Concubine Li.

Otherwise it’s just a matter of words.

Why does it become like Concubine Li is doing me a favor when it comes to her?

I won't accept your favor, okay?

The princess really wanted to take it and leave, but then she remembered her son's advice - for the future of Xishan Coal Industry, she must have a good relationship with Concubine Li. Otherwise, there will be a lot of trouble!

"Isn't it? I still have 500 shares that I haven't sold yet. I'm so worried." The princess sighed inwardly, forced a smile and nodded, saying, "Your Majesty has really helped me a lot..."

"We are all family, it's too formal to say this." When Concubine Li heard that she wanted five thousand taels of silver, she felt a pang of pain. But she still pretended to be generous and asked someone to get five thousand taels of silver and send it back to the Princess's Mansion.

As the saying goes, when the big pond has water, the small ponds are full; when the big pond has no water, the small ponds are dry. The emperor had no money, and Concubine Li was not well off either.

The princess knew that being able to come up with five thousand taels was already Li Caifeng's limit...

Thinking of this, her anger subsided a lot.

Alas, everyone is trying hard to make friends, but some people just seem awkward. What can we do?

According to Gan'er, we have different values ​​and are destined to not be friends. No matter how hard we try, it will be useless...

ps. Chapter 3, please give me monthly tickets and recommendation tickets~~