Chapter 1303 Rumors are spreading (5)
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Caiwei also left the palace early in the morning. Now that the release of people in the palace is coming to an end, the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver she saved have almost been spent. She came out early this morning and went to various shops. Go to collect cash, check the accounts, and more importantly, wait to meet Xiangyun, gossip about her family affairs, and help her share her worries.
When they inspected Mi Fang Zhai, the shopkeeper of Mi Fang Zhai saw the Empress arriving and hurriedly invited Cai Wei upstairs. After serving tea, he respectfully took out a contract and asked Cai Wei to read it.
When Caiwei picked up the contract and looked at it, she saw that it was a share transfer contract. It stated that Miifangzhai would be divided into four and six, Caiwei would occupy four and Shopkeeper Wen would occupy six.
Suddenly there were three more shares. Of course Caiwei knew it was not easy. She put down the contract with a smile and said, "What are you doing, shopkeeper Wen? Why did you give me three shares so smoothly? What is shopkeeper Wen's plan?" If you have any requests, you might as well tell me directly. "
Shopkeeper Wen didn't expect the Queen to be so straightforward. He thought this matter had to be expressed in a tactful and tortuous way. Now that the Queen has asked, he has no choice but to say it out loud.
"Your Majesty, I want to be an imperial merchant who supplies rouge and gouache to the palace. I hope your Majesty will fulfill my wish!"
Caiwei smiled and said: "As far as I know, even if you don't have the title of Huangshang, most of the concubines in the palace are using our Mi Fang Zhai powder. Why do you need to do so?"
Shopkeeper Wen said: "Your Majesty, if the name is not correct, then the words are not correct. Although the concubines and concubines in the palace often use our Miufangzhai things, the people in the world do not know about it, and some colleagues even maliciously framed them, saying There is no queen in the palace using our Xifangzhai things. It is us who are putting money on our faces and bragging. Therefore, I want to solidify this matter so as to stop the greedy appetite. A full little man's mouth."
Nowadays, the rouge and gouache in the palace are purchased by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and then distributed to the concubines of each palace. The quality of the rouge and gouache purchased is not bad, but it is ridiculously expensive. It can be seen that the Ministry of Internal Affairs always takes kickbacks.
Since anyone can buy it, and the quality of Mifangzhai Rouge is of the highest quality, Caiwei is of course willing to accept Shopkeeper Wen's suggestion. At that moment, she signed the contract without hesitation and joked with a smile: " Nowadays, only a few princesses and I use rouge in the harem, and the Queen Mother, concubines, and concubines don’t use it very much. Shopkeeper Wen only sells so many boxes of rouge for three stocks, don’t you think you will suffer a loss?"
Shopkeeper Wen said with a smile: "As long as you have the name of Huangshang, you can sell more than thousands of boxes of rouge. Not to mention that the rouge sold to the palace still has money to collect. Even if you don't have any, it's still very cost-effective!"
Seeing how shrewd he was, Caiwei also smiled happily. She likes to cooperate with smart people, and she even prefers people who are visionary and far-sighted.
It was such a happy decision!
Caiwei and Liu Xi left Mifangzhai with satisfaction, and went back to her parents' home while it was still early.
Her mother, Mrs. Du, will give birth in a month. Caiwei has already arranged the best female doctors in the palace, Po Wen, to the Mu Mansion in case of emergency. Even so, Caiwei has to come back every few days. Take a look, otherwise she won't worry.
When I got home, my father, Wen'er, Wu'er and Fei'er were not there. Only my mother, Du Shi, was sitting on the kang with a big belly, directing a few girls and women to rummage through boxes and cabinets to find things.
Seeing that Caiwei was back, she smiled and said, "You girl, you just came back a few days ago. Why are you back today? You are the mother of a country now. You must pay attention to everything you say and do. Don't always run to your parents' house if you have nothing to do. , if someone sees it, it will be bad if they say you don’t abide by the palace rules!"
