Quickly wear salted fish, she won by lying down

Now Concubine Wang came to Linlang again to talk about upgrading Linlang. She probably thought that since she helped Linlang last time, Linlang should trust her. So it should be useful to promise Linlang a big deal. Even if she couldn't help Linlang this time, at least she could make money again. If she succeeded, it would be even more amazing. People in the mansion might have confidence in her again and come to flatter her. In other words, no matter whether she succeeded this time or not, she could gain benefits from this matter. This was the reason why Concubine Wang came to Linlang now.

Linlang didn't care whether she could become a concubine or not, but she didn't want to offend Concubine Wang and bring trouble to herself, so she couldn't refuse forcefully. So after listening to Concubine Wang's words, she sighed and said, "I'm afraid I can't afford the price that the queen wants."

When Wang Concubine heard Linlang say this, she secretly thought to herself, this stingy person, she didn't know her? Everyone has a son, during the New Year, they receive red envelopes everywhere, how could they not have money, a few hundred taels of Fang Linlang should be able to take out.

But she also knew that she couldn't ask for too much, otherwise what if the other party was unwilling to give it to her? After all, what she was doing was just a big promise, and she didn't dare to say that she could do it, just to cheat the other party out of money. After all, she was not as confident about the rank of concubine as she was when she was choosing a concubine.

If her aunt was still alive, she would run to her aunt and tell her, and her aunt would then tell her cousin, and maybe it would be of use.

Even if she said it herself now, her cousin might not listen.

So in the final analysis, she was just making empty promises to Linlang in order to defraud her of some money, just like other people who flattered her and gave her gifts, and she made empty promises to them, but in the end failed to get anything done. She was also making empty promises to Linlang now.

Linlang knew what Concubine Wang was thinking, so she didn't respond to her.

Seeing that Linlang seemed uninterested in her proposal, probably because she thought that the concubine could not get it, Wang Concubine was afraid that she would not be able to make any money from Linlang, so she prepared to lower the threshold, thinking that if she failed, she would make money; if she succeeded, she would get it back from other people.

So when the concubine saw Linlang said she couldn't afford the price she was offered, she smiled and said, "Give me a hundred taels, no, eighty taels, and I'll help you talk about it and try."

Although she had a lot of private money, she had no other income except the monthly salary and annual allowance. In order to save trouble, she neither bought land nor houses, nor lent money. She just kept the money around her. Naturally, it couldn't make money from it. This was also the reason why the concubine wanted to increase her income and make more money. After all, if the money was just around her and couldn't make money, it would be easy to eat up all the money.

The reason why she didn't mention the red envelope for her son was because her son was already grown up and every year when he received the red envelopes, he would keep them for himself and not give them to her. Therefore, her income was only the monthly salary and annual allowance, nothing else.

Her monthly salary plus her annual allowance amounted to nearly five hundred taels a year.

It seems like a lot, but compared to those who easily earn tens of thousands of taels a year, it is not much. If Linlang is willing to give her eighty taels, it is almost 20% of her annual income, which is not a small amount of money for her.

When Linlang heard the concubine say that it only cost eighty taels, she was willing to help her talk. She wanted to continue to find excuses to refuse, but then she remembered that her original body had saved up a lot of fabric, so she changed her mind and said, "Can I use the fabric as collateral? It just so happens that your son is about to find a wife, and the cloth and clothes in the betrothal gifts will all require fabric. Even if you don't want this from me, you will have to buy it. If Your Majesty is willing, I will use the fabric as collateral. As for the money, I really don't have enough. I have written down the red envelopes for the children and will give them to them in the future, so it is not easy for me to use it. And I only have so little money a month, and it will be gone after a little spending, so I can only use this as collateral to give to you." She was sure that she could not use any of the gold, silver and copper coins, real money, for such a thing.

But these materials can be used.

These materials are of no use to Linlang at the moment, so giving them to Concubine Wang is to prevent her from causing trouble to herself if she is unwilling. Although she is not afraid of trouble from Concubine Wang, it is better to have less trouble than more, so she uses these things to fool her; secondly, it is a good way to make good use of the waste. If Concubine Wang agrees, and then really convinces Prince Qingjiang to agree to let her become a concubine, then this waste can be regarded as making a difference and bringing her huge benefits.

If using some waste can bring such great benefits, then it means the investment is small and the return is high, so you're definitely worth a try.

These materials were accumulated by the original body during his many years of living in the mansion.

The original body sent back some of the coarse cloth she had saved when she was a maid to her parents' home. Later, she kept the silk and satin she got when she became a concubine. After all, if these things were sent back to her parents' home, common people could not wear them. Of course, her family members had to work in the fields, so they were not suitable for wearing. So she originally wanted to keep them and make clothes for herself or her future daughter-in-law in the future, so she kept saving them.

The child is so young, so she needs to save these things for when he gets married, and don't let them go to waste. So Linlang thought about giving these things to the concubine at a discount. This way, they won't be wasted and may even bring some benefits to herself.

From the time I was with Prince Qingjiang, to now when our child is over two years old, I have been Prince Qingjiang's concubine for almost four years. During these four years, the mansion not only gave her clothes and jewelry, but also some fabrics.

The original body was thrifty and wanted to save the cloth and clothes from the betrothal gift for her son's future, so she basically did not use some of the good cloth and only used some of the bad ones. Currently, there were about thirty pieces of silks and satins of various colors - many of which were given by Concubine Song and Prince Qingjiang when Linlang's son got into trouble, and some were given to Linlang after she became a selected concubine. The original body probably saved about fifteen pieces.

Since the original owner left behind only good materials, the materials obtained after Linlang came were not bad either, so the price of thirty pieces was about eighty taels.

"…………" After hearing this, the concubine was speechless. However, it was true that her son had grown up and was about to get married. These cloths were indeed useful and could be used as money. However, if Fang Linlang said that she had spent all the money, no one would believe her. Although it was true that social interactions and rewards for servants in the mansion cost some money, and sometimes if she wanted to eat something that was not available in the mansion, she would have to buy it at the market outside, which also cost money. However, Fang Linlang now had five taels of monthly allowance and sixty-two years of allowance. She didn't believe that she would spend all her money.

Believe it or not, but when Fang Linlang asked for thirty rolls of silk and satin in exchange for her help in speaking well of her, Concubine Wang thought about it and decided to agree. After all, as Linlang said, if she didn't want to, she would have to buy cloth and clothes for her son.

The concubine agreed to the exchange. (End of this chapter)