Chapter 145: Sacrificing Proximity for Distance
Yu Qingping walked out of the store, stopped under the horse and said to Huang Ying: ”You go to the shopkeeper, and buy the phoenix hairpin at a price one hundred taels of silver higher than the price just now. Tell him not to sell this hairpin style from now on.”
Huang Ying nodded and turned around to enter the store.
He Wan Yu was still arguing with Mrs. He. “It’s not like mother’s nature to be so presumptuous. Didn’t you always teach me that people go higher and water flows lower? If the He family moves up further, it will only be to become a royal relative. Mother has been harboring a grudge over marrying father back then for so many years, if she gets lucky, won’t mother be able to straighten her back in front of grandmother?”
Mrs. He’s face tightened, “Where did you learn that I’m holding a grudge over what happened back then?”
“Last time in Ci Ning Palace, the Empress Dowager said those words that I could hear.”
Mrs. He inevitably reveals some embarrassment, followed by some irritation. Just as she was about to speak, He Wan Yu grabbed her hand, “Mother! I am your own daughter, can’t you still be of one mind with me? For the sake of my daughter, for your own sake, let’s buy this hairpin and take a chance.”
“Mrs. He, Miss He, I’m sorry, this gold hairpin is already wanted. Why don’t you take a look at other styles? We still have a lot ……”
“Shopkeeper, how are you doing business? We’re still looking at this gold hairpin, and you’re taking it away, what does this mean?” He Wan Yu stood up with the gold hairpin.
The shopkeeper arched his hand and hailed, “Miss, I’m really sorry. This time the patron is to the original price of one hundred taels of silver to buy away, so well, if you are also willing to pay the same price, then this gold hairpin or let you how?”
“A hundred taels higher?” Mrs. He also stood up, “Then how much is its original price?”
“Three hundred and eighty taels of silver, not a penny less.”
Now both mother and daughter were subdued. “An increase of one hundred taels? Isn’t that nearly five hundred taels of silver!”
“Exactly.”
Both mother and daughter of the He family stopped talking.
Although Mrs. He is the eldest grandmother of the He family, because her mother’s family was not prominent, and the process of marrying over was quite special, she was still not loved by her mother-in-law after she got married, and nowadays the second grandmother is in charge of the He family’s central feeds. Mrs. He own powerless, and nothing else into the oil and water, when the dowry or her mother’s family to make every effort to make her decent, may be when her mother’s family still have to rely on her to help, hand this money where dare to use it indiscriminately?
Being snatched away from the face of the hairpin, of course, she also held her breath, five hundred taels of silver a hairpin, she really can not be hard to say take out.
The big shopkeeper is very colorful, one side of the gold hairpin in the hand, one side with a smile and said: “This gold hairpin look carefully is also general, such as under which a few pieces better than this to give you two to see.”
After saying this, he held the gold hairpin and left.
He Wan Yu undauntedly chased out to see, only to see the big shopkeeper forwarded out is a dress is very decent maid – halfway cut off her really is a woman!
“When I know who it is, I’ll make you look good!”
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Zhao Su had something on her mind, and she went straight to find Marquis Qing Yun after she got off work.
But Marquis Qingyun wasn’t at home, he went to Zhang Yu’s residence, and Zhao Yu was there too. When asked, she realized that it was Zhang Yu’s birthday today, so she didn’t invite anyone, but invited the Marquis of Qingyun to go over for a drink, and her nephew, Zhang Huai, who lives in the residence, invited Zhao Sumi on his way.
Zhang Yu is the original text on the flower ink description of the beautiful man, boasted that he is gentle as jade, handsome peerless, after seeing the person Zhao Su really convinced of these words. She has always had a natural affection for good-looking people, coupled with Zhang Yu on weekdays to their own is also good, the impression never criticized themselves, Zhao Su will push up his sleeves in the kitchen, on the ready-made soaked lotus seeds and plum dishes made a lotus seeds buckle meat, and then from the small fire kiln to take a roast goose, cut cut cut cut in a food box, with plum sauce, and took it to the Zhang family.
Zhang Yu, they have already set up a table in the open house, and when he saw the big food box behind her, he was surprised and said, “What are you doing, Sister Su?”
“To congratulate you on your birthday, Uncle Zhang! I wish you a happy birthday every year!”
Zhao Su makes a proper bow, then puts the dishes on the table.
Zhang Yu looked at the dishes and smiled, “You have a good heart. No wonder Brother Huai came back saying that you’re an excellent cook. In that case, Uncle Zhang must also return something to you. Tomorrow you come to the Royal Gate of the Ministry of Ceremony, I will give you a good tea set.”
“Thank you, Uncle Zhang!” Zhao Su sat down next to Zhao Sum, and greeted Zhang Huai on the opposite side of the table, and saw the pamphlet beside the table, and curiously said, “Are you still deliberating?”
“It’s the regulations for the Longevity Festival.” Zhang Huai said, “There are only half a month left, and all the government offices are preparing for it. The Ministry of Rites is the busiest at this time of the year.”
Zhao Su didn’t feel much about this festival, it’s just the emperor’s birthday. However, he remembers that Fang Qingxue went to see Zhang Yu about the Flower Moon Festival, so he asks, “A few days ago, Mr. Fang should have come to see Uncle Zhang, and the affairs of the Flower Moon Festival have been blocked by Mr. He, who is the old minister, so it’s really giving people a headache nowadays.”
Zhang Yu shakes up his fan: “He did come to see me. As long as the affairs of the Flower Moon Society do not conflict with the national policy on people’s livelihood, I will not obstruct them.”
“Then can Uncle Zhang help us think of a way to solve this problem?”
Zhang Yu stops his fan, “Just like Mr. Fang, why are you also seeking for far away? Why are you asking me instead of the Emperor?”
“The Emperor? Is it useful to look for the Emperor?”
“Of course.” Zhang Yu smiled, “The establishment of the Flower Moon Society is just like building a fleet of ships to go out to sea, it’s something that no one has done before, no one knows what the outcome will be, and there’s no certainty that it won’t bring about turmoil, it’s normal for some people to object to the introduction of any new law.
“The responsibility of a minister is to maintain the dynastic program, while the one who sets the dynastic program is the Emperor. Even though the Emperor will not go out of his way to forcefully support it, the Emperor knows whether or not he himself is capable of controlling the situation in the event that turmoil arises in the future.”
Zhao Su listened to silence, but also can not be unconvinced.
But in this era of people, indeed, no one dare to guarantee that these things launched after the chaos does not occur. Even if it is Empress Dowager Lu, through so many years, set the country to the present also has more than twenty years, the status of women elevated to such a degree, she should also be unwilling to do it overnight, right?
Zhang Huai said, “It’s not like the Wan Shou Festival is coming up soon, so find a chance to beg the Emperor and ask him to give you some guidance.”
Zhao Su nodded.
Next they talked about matters in the court, she was not in a position to speak.
After the banquet was dispersed and came out, on the way back, Zhao Sum said to her, “Tomorrow morning you take a vacation and go with me to Luo family as a guest.”
Zhao Su remembered: “Luo old master returned to the capital?”
“Back, arrived the day before yesterday, asked us to go over for tea tomorrow. Originally invited father, but father has to be busy, will have to go in a few days, let me take over first.”