Chapter 132: Inviting Ningyuan Houfu to Join

in the palace.

After the palace banquet, the seventh prince went to see his mother, Concubine Qi.

Concubine Qi lived in the remote Qinghui Palace, which sounded lonely and no one came to visit her on a regular basis.

Concubine Qi, who is already in her thirties, has a thin figure, and her once radiant face now has fine wrinkles, like an apple that has lost its moisture, with a shriveled skin.

Her appearance was incomparable to that of the young concubines who had just entered the palace. The emperor had long forgotten her existence and had not been to Qinghui Palace for several years.

If Concubine Qi had not given birth to the Seventh Prince, her life would have been completely hopeless.

Concubine Qi was happy to see her son today. Now that she was back in her own palace, she could finally talk to him.

Concubine Qi looked at her thin son and asked: "Did Xu'er send a gift to Master during the Mid-Autumn Festival?"

The Seventh Prince bowed, respectfully yet distantly: "When my son went there yesterday, he gave Master a jade ring and a few boxes of mooncakes."

The mooncakes were not worth much, but the jade ring was extremely expensive. He spent three hundred taels of silver from his own pocket, plus the two hundred taels given by his mother, to buy it.

Following the Seventh Prince's words, Concubine Qi nodded, and then reminded him worriedly: "Your master is very capable, you need to learn from him seriously."

"My son knows."

"In Master's Marshal's Mansion, you need to practice hard and get closer to Master."

"My son knows."

"After leaving the Marshal's Mansion, remember not to deliberately approach Master when you are outside, and don't appear too close. Just be polite and decent."

"My son knows..."

Although the Seventh Prince kept saying "Son knows" and seemed extremely submissive, Concubine Qi still felt alienated.

There was no way. After she fell out of favor, she was no longer qualified to raise the prince personally.

The Seventh Prince was raised by a wet nurse in the Prince's Residence, and she could only see the child two days a month.

Over time, even if she wanted to develop feelings with her child, she couldn't.

She had thought she would just accept her fate in this life, but suddenly one day, she heard that the Seventh Prince was injured and almost died!

At the critical moment, it was Fu Chenan from the Fu family army who saved him.

Thinking of the situation of the Fu family father and son, she seemed to have found a life-saving straw, and immediately whispered to the Seventh Prince: Do everything possible to catch Fu Chenan.

Otherwise, he will have to live his whole life with his tail between his legs.

Fortunately, the Seventh Prince was obedient. When His Majesty the Emperor came to see him, he took the initiative to ask to become a disciple of Master Chen An and learn martial arts to strengthen his body.

His Majesty the Emperor agreed.

This gave Qipin hope...

If the Seventh Prince, who is ignored by everyone, could one day ascend to the throne... I would really be able to turn things around!

Concubine Qi's salary in recent years has not been much. She has no support from her natal family and has to take care of everyone in the palace, so she really can't save much money.

The two hundred taels given to the Seventh Prince were from her savings...

Watching the Seventh Prince say goodbye and leave, Concubine Qi sighed inwardly: I hope that this decision will not be a futile effort.

That night, Xiao Yingchun slept soundly, but many people could not sleep.

……

When Xiao Yingchun woke up early the next day, he had a headache due to a hangover.

She made herself a cup of black coffee, which rarely happened, and drank it, which made her feel refreshed.

On the coffee table in the living room, there is a box quietly placed, which contains a century-old ginseng.

Looking at the roots winding and coiling and fixed in a box, even if Xiao Yingchun didn't know anything about ginseng, he knew that this thing must be worth a lot of money!
This should be what Fu Chenan put here for him last night.

In the following days, Xiao Yingchun dealt with the demolition workers who came to work one after another, while supplying Fu Chenan with goods one after another. The goods were still the same, but Xiao Yingchun made some small changes from time to time.

The colors and types of lip balms are constantly increasing.

Moisturizing, matte, colorless lip balm...

The shape and scent of soaps change from time to time.

Rose scent, lemon scent, orange scent...

Pink, green, orange...

Mirrors are also slowly getting bigger in size and shape, and slowly getting more expensive…

Pearls were originally only for the nobility, but now are mostly shaped pearls that ordinary people can afford.

However, these special-shaped beads, which only cost a few cents each, could be purchased for a necklace at shops in the Daliang Dynasty for ten taels of silver.

Earrings and small beads are also for sale. Some people who have some spare money at home are willing to buy a few and make them into eye-catching decorations for earrings and hairpins...

Gradually, "Do you have the latest Tao Tao Ji products?" became one of the topics of competition among the noble ladies in Beijing.

While making a fortune, Fu Chenan began to slowly fade behind the scenes, becoming increasingly inconspicuous.

When delivering goods to noble families, he no longer personally handed them over every time. Instead, he would secretly leave the city through the tunnel, then go to the ship in advance to load the goods, and then have the ship go to the dock to deliver the goods...

After only two times, Fu Chenan realized something was wrong.

When two noble families went to pick up the goods, the steward suddenly wanted to increase the order quantity, so he told the captain of the personal guard in charge of delivery, "I have already talked to General Fu about it."

The captain of the personal guard was not aware of the situation and actually thought that he had already discussed it with Fu Chenan. Moreover, the other party had paid enough money for the goods, so the captain of the personal guard paid the amount requested by the steward.

When he came back to report the bill and hand over the silver bill to Fu Chenan, he found something wrong.

"The orders from these two companies before were not so large. Why did you give him 20% more goods at the last minute?"

When the captain of the guard heard this, his expression changed and he told the whole story.

Fu Chenan sighed: "Stop supplying these two companies. I won't supply them anymore."

The captain of the guards didn't understand: "General, why is this?"

Since they have paid, wouldn’t it be better to ask for more goods?
Fu Chenan looked at the captain of the personal guards and said, "People who pretend to obey but actually disobey, and who just say whatever they want, are unreliable."

"He may cheat you today to get an extra 20% of the goods, but how do you know if he will use my name to cheat others in the future?"

"Once I'm tricked into it, it will be too late to regret it."

"You know, the Fu family in Beijing has no backers."

"If someone finds out about our loopholes and reports us to the emperor, we will probably be devoured without leaving any bones behind."

The more Fu Chenan spoke, the more frightened the captain of the guard became.

It seems like a simple business, with goods delivered and payment made on the spot, but there could be such a huge hidden danger behind it!
It's really terrible!

"Here!"

Fu Chenan asked someone to deliver the message to the old lady of Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion.

The carriage of the Ningyuan Marquis's Mansion left the city in the afternoon, saying that the old marquis' wife was going to Lingyun Temple in the suburbs of Beijing to pray for her injured young son.

In an inconspicuous villa, Fu Chenan, dressed in brown shorts, met the old marquis's wife, who was dressed in maid's clothes.

In order to be less noticeable, the old marquis's wife wrapped her hair with a brown scarf and dressed up as an ordinary woman together with the nanny who followed her all year round.

As soon as they met, they both smiled: they both tried their best to avoid being seen.

Fu Chenan said succinctly: "Boss Xisi has removed two unrealistic partners and wants to add one or two more partners."

"The first person I thought of was the old marquis' wife. I wonder if the mansion is interested in this?"

(End of this chapter)