Aunt Chai was dissatisfied with Feng Guanjing. She felt that Feng Guanjing gave her too little. For a daughter-in-law as stingy as this, Aunt Chai thought that the person Liu's mother had chosen was not good enough.
"Before the New Year, I can always have someone make clothes for you." Liu Yanyuan said.
"That's great." Aunt Chai said. If she didn't say more, these people would not know how to be filial to her.
Feng Guanjing was feeling unhappy, and business had not been very good in recent days, with not many customers, so she went to find Su Qiuya.
When Su Qiuya saw Feng Guanjing coming, she asked the maid to look after the shop for a while, and she sat with Feng Guanjing for a while.
"These people are just like that," Su Qiuya said. "There's no need for you to be angry."
Su Qiuya wondered how clever these concubines could be. They all thought they were powerful, but in reality, they were all very stupid. They were so busy, not even considering that they would need their daughters-in-law to support them in their old age.
When they were old, Su Qiuya thought that she would not be so mean to Qing Yi Niang on the surface. This kind of thing, if done behind closed doors, might leave traces.
"I don't want to be angry, but I am," Feng Guanjing said. "She knows the situation at home, and yet she still made such beautiful new clothes. One of her clothes is worth several of mine."
Feng Guanjing believes that winter clothes only need to keep you warm, and there is no need to make such fine clothes.
Concubine Chai is so old, and it is impossible for her to remarry. So who is she dressing up for? Why does she still do it?
"When we tried to persuade her, she said we were unfilial," Feng Guanjing said. "Does she think our business is easy? It's always difficult."
"It's difficult," Su Qiuya said, "The restaurant across the street is still open."
Su Qiuya saw the boss of the restaurant opposite and An Hongkang quarreling, and she suspected that they were doing it on purpose to show her. Mrs. Su was a shrewd person. Mrs. Su always liked to do all kinds of things and do them perfectly.
These people thought that An Hongkang deliberately pretended to quarrel with the restaurant owner, so she would not go to Mrs. Su to ask for compensation.
Haha, this matter was started by An Hongkang.
Su Qiuya couldn't let them go so easily. She also knew that Master Su had asked Bai Shi to help manage the household. Bai Shi had been a housekeeper and had also done some business. Su Qiuya thought that Bai Shi would definitely be able to find the problems with the account books.
However, based solely on those account book issues, I'm afraid it wouldn't be enough to completely knock Madam Su out of favor. After all, Madam Su is Master Su's principal wife and has children. Such a person wouldn't be easily brought down.
Su Qiuya thought that as long as Mr. Su didn't trust Madam Su that much, and she could erode that trust bit by bit, that would be enough.
"Our business hasn't been picking up in recent times." Su Qiuya said, "Just take it as a break. We've been busy for a while, so it's good to take a break now."
"Are you still taking medicine?" Feng Guanjing asked.
"Yes, I'm still taking medicine." Su Qiuya looked at Feng Guanjing's belly, "Since you are already pregnant, take good care of it. Don't be angry, don't get yourself hurt by anger."
Su Qiuya envied Feng Guanjing, who had suffered a miscarriage before and was now pregnant again. Su Qiuya hadn't gotten pregnant yet, so she could only wait.
At this time, Liu Yuqin went to her own house. When she passed by, she happened to see Aunt Qing looking after the child.
"Mother," Liu Yuqin complained to Aunt Qing, "Those people aren't good people at all. They can barely read and only know how to talk nonsense. Giving them things won't stop them from talking. I gave them things, but Liu Yulian didn't, and yet they're all so respectful to her."
"That's different." Aunt Qing thought about the rewards she gave to the maids and servants. Didn't those maids and servants listen to Mother Liu more?
What Liu Yuqin is doing now is just like what Aunt Qing did in the past. Aunt Qing cannot change those people.
They were just some gifts… Aunt Qing knew they were useless. Many people gave gifts to their superiors, but not all of them got promoted. Besides, Liu Yuqin was giving gifts to ordinary people.
"Don't waste money on giving them gifts from now on," Aunt Qing said. "Those people will never listen to you. Giving them gifts will be a waste."
"I'm just thinking that my husband can get promoted sooner and become the director of the research institute." Liu Yuqin thought that if Liu Yulian could become the director of the research institute so quickly, then her husband could do the same.
Liu Yuqin didn't think about how many people have been county magistrates their entire lives, and how many have been promoted. To get promoted to a higher level, it is definitely not a simple and easy thing.
"How can it be that easy?" Aunt Qing knew Liu Yuqin's aspirations, but this was really not an easy task. She didn't think her son-in-law was that powerful. Her own son was only a scholar.
"Mother, you are only boosting others' morale and destroying your own prestige." Liu Yuqin said, "Liu Yulian is just a woman."
“…” Aunt Qing didn’t say much.
Aunt Qing always felt that her daughter was overthinking things. As for Liu Yuqin's son-in-law, that man was brought from the northwest by Liu Yulian. Aunt Qing was worried that Xiao Dayu would be kicked out of the research institute before they could figure out anything.
"Don't worry, it should be fine in two years at the latest," Liu Yuqin said. "I heard the emperor's health isn't very good."
Liu Yuqin thought that after the emperor's death, the prince might not attach so much importance to Liu Yulian. Perhaps the prince would want to let someone else be the director of the academy, after all, Liu Yulian was a woman.
"..." Aunt Qing frowned. What does the emperor's health have to do with people like them?
In the capital, at the Cen family, Old Madam Cen had long known that Old Master Cen had some spies. She knew a few of them, but she just didn't say much.
Recently, Madam Cen discovered that some people were not arrested. Madam Cen did not contact those people. She was just an old woman, so how could she possibly go to find those people?
"Be at peace." Old Madam Cen summoned Concubine Cen and told her not to think about following the Third Prince any longer. "Those people your grandfather left behind were dug out. That must have been what the Third Prince said."
Old Madam Cen thought it over and over again and felt that it was the Third Prince who had leaked the information. The Third Prince had always been timid and fearful. The Emperor was in poor health, and the Third Prince was worried that if the Emperor died, the Crown Prince would embarrass him after ascending the throne. Therefore, the Third Prince gave the Emperor the list of those people in advance.
Old Madam Cen couldn't say that the Third Prince was wrong, she herself didn't care about these things. As long as these things didn't affect her, Old Madam Cen had to ask Concubine Cen to pay more attention.
"What's going on?" Concubine Cen originally thought that she might be able to use those people, but who would have thought that those people would be dug out.
"What else could it be? The Third Prince wants to keep everything he has now." said Old Lady Cen.
"Why is he saying this for no reason?" Concubine Cen gritted her teeth.
"What do you think?" Old Madam Cen said, "A new emperor chooses new ministers."
The emperor was seriously ill, so the third prince had to make plans, and Old Lady Cen couldn't say anything bad about the third prince. The third prince didn't like to fight, and after the fall of the Cen family, the third prince had been trembling with fear.
"Don't even think about going back." Old Madam Cen said, "As long as there's a place to stay, that's all that matters."
"What's so good about this?" Concubine Cen said jealously, "It's better to get married again."
"Why marry again? Just leave it at that." Old Madam Cen said, "As long as you are still the Third Prince's concubine, at least you will have a monthly allowance and can still make a living. If you follow someone else, will they want you?"
Old Madam Cen didn't think the men in the capital would want Concubine Cen unless she left the capital. If she left the capital, the probability of her living an unhappy life would be even higher.
“…” Concubine Cen felt very difficult. How could things turn out like this?
At the Jingning Marquisate, Liu Yulian made white sugar, which was sweeter and purer than the sugar sold outside. She even had some delivered to the palace, along with the recipe.
The emperor was seriously ill. Liu Yulian believed that no matter the emperor's health, the court was not without people to do things. As long as there was someone to do things, she would hand over the recipe for white sugar. She extracted sugar from sugarcane and made the raw sugar into a finer sugar.
Liu Yulian would also be able to do some things in the future, not just cooking. In the future, these methods are available online. Liu Yulian's life skills are maxed out, and with the help of the cheat, she can make fine sugar even faster.
"These candies are really good." Princess Zhaoyang saw the white sugar, so fine and sweet. She had never tasted such good candy in the palace before. "Why did you think of making candy?"
"I just wanted to get some." Liu Yulian said, "There's also malt sugar, which can be made. But as for white sugar and rock sugar, any amount would be fine."
In the past, when Liu Yulian was still alive, she liked to use rock sugar and red rice wine to steam eggs. First, put the rock sugar and wine in a bowl. After the contents of the bowl were in the pot for a while, when the rock sugar was almost melted, she would beat a few eggs into it.
Liu Yulian thought the eggs were delicious. She had never done that since she came to this world. When they were in the northwest, they did not use grain to make wine. The government allowed the people to make a little wine, but not too much.
In ancient times when food was scarce, the government would never allow people to use more grain to make wine.
After Liu Yulian came to ancient times, she must of course abide by the rules of that era.
"Some people lack sugar and need to eat sugar. It would be better if they have this kind of sugar." Liu Yulian said.
"You just can't sit still." Princess Zhaoyang thought that these things already existed, but the original things were not that good, and Liu Yulian was always thinking about them.
The merits of these things are not small. Princess Zhaoyang thought that after the crown prince ascended the throne, Liu Yulian would be promoted. Liu Yulian did not hide her private affairs. How many people in the world can do this?
"It's not that I can't spare some time, I just feel something is not right." Liu Yulian said, "If I know something and feel that it can bring about significant changes to the people, and I want to do it as soon as possible, it will be a great merit."
Liu Yulian was afraid that if she didn't do these things, she would feel uneasy. She could change some things in this era, so why didn't she change them?
"People like you are simply too kind-hearted," Princess Zhaoyang said. "You've read books, and if you think something is useful, you want to bring it to light."
"That's about right." Liu Yulian nodded. "If God has given me a useful brain, I must use it."
"Use it, use it." Princess Zhaoyang said. There was no way she could stop Liu Yulian from doing these things.
In the palace, the emperor had been sleeping for a long time recently. When he woke up, he saw the white sugar that Liu Yulian had sent into the palace. The emperor always ate and used the best, but even so, the emperor still thought this white sugar was better, so white and so sweet.
"Eat something." said the emperor.
The imperial concubine took a spoon and scooped some white sugar for the emperor, then put the spoon to the emperor's mouth.
"It's sweet and delicious," the emperor said. "You can try it too."
"It is very sweet." said the imperial concubine.
"It's wonderful to be able to eat something so sweet at this time of year." The emperor said, "Rongning is also stupid."
"Stupid?" The imperial concubine didn't react for a moment.
"Those people all knew I was seriously ill and that I wouldn't live long." The emperor coughed twice as he spoke. "She didn't even think to wait until the crown prince ascended the throne before bringing out the prescription."
"Maybe she can come up with other prescriptions in the future," said the imperial concubine.
"And when will it be later?" the emperor asked. "These recipes are not that easy to research. Don't be fooled by the fact that there are many important things in the world. However, not everything can be made better. Salt and sugar are extremely important, and she has already studied these two. What else can she find in the future?"
"This..." The imperial concubine was not clear.
"Such a person is simple-minded," the emperor said, "but I don't know what she will do when I am gone."
"The Crown Prince was taught by you," the Imperial Concubine said, "He will definitely remember your Majesty's teachings."
"I hope so." The emperor didn't care about so many things. Once he closed his eyes, that would be it.
In the Eastern Palace, the Crown Princess saw the white sugar and ordered people to make desserts with it.
After the prince came back, he drank the sweet soup and said that today's sweet soup was a little different.
"It's made with the candy Rongning sent." The Crown Princess said, "That candy is much better than the original one."
"Indeed." The prince nodded, "She also gave me a prescription."
"This can be considered a very good New Year gift," said the Crown Princess.
The Crown Prince did not ask much about Concubine Qin, and the Crown Princess did not say much about Concubine Qin in front of the Crown Prince.
Everyone in the Eastern Palace knew that no matter how much trouble Concubine Qin made, it would be the same. As long as the Crown Prince did not pay that much attention to Concubine Qin, there was no need for others to pay much attention to her.
Concubine Qin has ambitions, but unfortunately she doesn't have enough ability. People like Concubine Qin can only make trouble for a while and can't do anything big.
The New Year was approaching, so the prince allowed the Qin family to visit Concubine Qin.
When Concubine Qin saw Madam Qin Er, she burst into tears. Why was her life so miserable? The prince always ignored her.
"Don't be anxious." Madam Qin Er said, "Just wait."
"I don't know how long we have to wait." Concubine Qin said.
"Just wait." Madam Qin Er thought that the emperor was not in good health, so it would be better for them to be quiet. "The prince must be very busy recently."
"He's busy," Concubine Qin said. "I asked someone to find out, and the Crown Prince hasn't been to the Crown Princess's place much lately."
"Isn't this good? We didn't go over there." Mrs. Qin said.
"I don't know either..." Concubine Qin looked at Madam Qin Er. Could she become the queen?
"You'll know later." Madam Qin Er knew that Concubine Qin wanted to become the queen, bypassing the Crown Princess, and she also wanted her daughter to be the queen.
They were also trying to make the emperor think more about the late Queen Qin, but they didn't know whether this method would work.
"Yeah." Concubine Qin didn't dare to say more about this matter, for fear that others would know about it and disrupt their plans.
Second Master Qin went to the elder Master Qin's side, he wanted to make Concubine Qin the queen. He thought that if he relied on his own family alone, there would be no way, if he asked the elder Master Qin to join, maybe it would be possible.
When Master Qin heard what Master Qin said, he was shocked. If the Crown Prince had any sense, he wouldn't have made Concubine Qin the Empress. They were trying to get the Emperor to pressure the Crown Prince into making Concubine Qin Empress, which wasn't necessarily a good idea.
Let’s not talk about whether the emperor is so senile and confused. Even if the emperor is really so senile and confused, and the emperor forces the prince to make Concubine Qin the queen, how can the prince be good to Concubine Qin?
"Stupid, really stupid!" Master Qin really thought his second brother was crazy. "He wants his niece to become the second Concubine Cen. Then the Qin family will be the second Cen family."
"Not necessarily." said Mr. Qin.
"That's impossible." Master Qin said, "No matter what you're planning, I can't possibly help you."
This is what Master Qin meant. If they are to die, let Master Qin and his family die, and these people should not drag down the people from the first house.
"I know I can't convince you," Master Qin said, "If you really want to do this, then don't come here again."
"Brother," said Master Qin, "if the late queen had not passed away early, our family..."
"Shut up." Master Qin interrupted Master Qin Er, "Don't say that again."
Master Qin believed that if Master Qin continued like this, he would inevitably run into trouble. The Qin family was not a family like the Cen family, with many disciples. Master Qin really didn't know why Master Qin had such thoughts. Such thoughts were unacceptable.
“Originally, we could…”
"Don't say it." Master Qin Da stopped Master Qin Er again, "If you want me to disown you as my brother, just keep talking."
Master Qin really didn't want to hear Master Qin say any more. Walls have ears, and if someone else heard what he said, what would he do? He couldn't let the whole family accompany Master Qin's family to make trouble, that would be fatal.
"Brother!" Master Qin Er really felt that Master Qin Da was not bold enough.
"Have you done it?" Master Qin asked. He thought that it was impossible for his younger brother to have this idea at this moment. It was very likely that his younger brother had not done it and that was why he came to him.
"Just give it a try first." said Mr. Qin.
"You...you..." Master Qin pointed at Master Qin Er with trembling hands, "Get out! Get out of here!"
Mr. Qin Er didn't expect Mr. Qin Da to be so angry, so he had no choice but to leave.
Before the Chinese New Year, the relationship between the elder Qin and the second Qin fell out. When people outside learned that the relationship between the elder Qin and the second Qin had fallen out at this time, they were all very curious about why they fell out at this time.
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