Eldest daughter

Chapter 450
On the Dragon Boat Festival in May, Emperor Jing offered sacrifices to the God of the River and the Dragon King again, and gave a palace banquet in the Hall of Supreme Harmony to eat with all the officials.

During the banquet, Wang Yuan'er found an opportunity to personally serve Empress Qing Rongyi to change her clothes. When she returned to the banquet, Empress Rongyi's complexion was as usual, but her eyes were dark and deep, and she couldn't tell the depth. If you look carefully, you will find that the corners of her eyes are a little light red.

The palace banquet ended soon, Wang Yuaner followed Cui Yuan back to Cui's house, first went to the main room to greet Ann, Cui Yuan then went to the old man's side to ask Ann to talk, and Wang Yuaner went back to his own courtyard.

Wang Yuan'er was holding her son to nurse, a little absent-minded, she was still thinking about what she said to Qing'er today.

Yes, Cui Yuan asked her to tell Qing'er about the mountain torrents in Changle Town, and asked her to find an opportunity to ask the emperor to temporarily relocate the townspeople of Changle Town.

She still can't forget Wang Qing'er's eyes, what kind of eyes they were, shocked, unbelievable, frightened.

That's right, it's still a matter of nowhere, how can people believe it?

If Wang Yuan'er hadn't lived her whole life to know this, someone suddenly told her that they lived in a big place since they were young and would be destroyed by mountain floods. How could people believe this?
But the fact...

Wang Yuaner sighed.

"Second Grandma." The nanny walked in and glanced at Chu Ge.

Only then did Wang Yuan'er realize that the child had fallen asleep, so she handed him to the nanny, and then sat on the dressing table in a daze.

There was the sound of footsteps, Wang Yuan'er looked over through the bronze mirror, put down the ivory and jade comb in his hand, and greeted him.

"I'm coming back this time mainly to report to the emperor, and to tell you about the previous incident. Tomorrow, I will go to Tongzhou and Yunzhou, and I will let people watch over there in Changle Town. When I go out this time, I guess This time will be longer. While you take care of Brother Chu at home, don't forget to take care of your body, don't think about anything." Cui Yuan said while taking off his clothes.

Wang Yuaner felt a little uneasy, and when he heard that he was going to control the water again, he felt even more uneasy.

"Can't you not go?" She pulled his sleeve pitifully.

Cui Yuan was taken aback for a moment, seeing the uneasiness on her face, he said, "Don't worry, didn't I come back safe and sound this time?"

Wang Yuan'er bit her lip and said nothing.

Cui Yuan pulled her to the side of the bed and sat down, said: "If you feel uneasy, go and say hello to Empress Rong Yi and talk more, or take my sister-in-law and uncle to stay with you for a while, how about it?"

Wang Yuan'er leaned on his shoulder, and said: "I have a sense of proportion, but you, remember to bring Chen Shu and Qiu He by your side, and you can't leave even one step."

"I know, I know." Cui Yuan hugged her, patted her on the back, and took a long black box from under the pillow and handed it to her, saying: "I wanted to spend time with you." I went out again on my birthday, but the emperor also gave me a mission. I must leave tomorrow, so I can only feel sorry for you. From now on, I will accompany you on your birthday. This is what I give you , look, do you still like it?"

"I don't ask you to accompany me on my birthday. I just ask you to take care of yourself and be safe." Wang Yuan'er glanced at him and opened the black box. Inside was a red coral bracelet, each of which was the size of a peanut. Crystal moist, very precious.

"It's so beautiful." Wang Yuan'er wrapped it round and round on her fair and round hands, and taking advantage of the smoother skin, she was happy in her heart and kissed it proactively.

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The ninth day of May was Wang Yuaner's 22nd birthday, and because of the weather, she had something on her mind, so she didn't celebrate her birthday either.

Qiuyue and the others cooked a bowl of longevity noodles early in the morning, picked a long piece of noodles for her to eat, and asked Chu Ge to kowtow to her, which was considered to be her birthday.

But when the time was right, Empress Rongyi in the palace still managed to send someone to bring gifts and rewards, and in the house on the other side of Bali Hutong, several younger brothers and sisters came to pay her respects, have a meal together, and congratulate her on her birthday.

After Cui Yuan left, Wang Yuan'er put on the bracelet he gave him, so Yuan Dazhi and others were always paying attention, and if there was any news, they would immediately report it.

Fortunately, there was no unfortunate news in the newspaper except for small floods in various places.

On May [-]th, there was heavy rain in the capital for three consecutive days, and the price of charcoal in Beijing suddenly rose to a high price. Many shops were out of stock, and many people could not buy charcoal even if they had money. This charcoal fire suddenly became a rarity. Son, had to be shipped from the south.However, due to continuous torrential rains in many places, the water level of rivers soared, and the transportation roads were blocked in many places. Because of the rain, most of the charcoal transported over by land were already wet. .

Under such circumstances, the charcoal fire of the Cui family gradually became tense.

"This chapter's mama is too much. Today, I only sent two small baskets of charcoal. Our young master's diapers are about ten a day, and there are small clothes, grandma's clothes. How can two baskets of charcoal be enough?" Qiu Yun said angrily. Hastily found Wang Yuaner to file a complaint.

Wang Yuaner frowned, put the brush in his hand on the pen stand, and said, "Didn't you tell him that Brother Chu's diapers are often changed?"

"Of course I did." Qiu Yun said with a serious face: "But what did you say, Second Grandma, that you are that old witch? She said that Grandma should also get ready and keep dry at all times. Once Grandma There are also dry fabrics for starting. She also said that there is a shortage of charcoal now, and only two small boxes can be distributed in ten days for each house and courtyard. Ah, bah, I asked before, there are three boxes for the three rooms Tan, besides, the eldest grandma is only seven months old now, and she still has a lot of life left, but she is fawning over anxiously, who knows what is going on..."

"Shut up." Wang Yuan'er's face sank, she sternly shouted, and glared at her: "You can arrange the big grandma too? Where are the rules?"

Qiu Yun knelt down hurriedly, his face changed slightly.

"You are my dowry girl, and you will be a woman in charge in a few days. Your words and deeds represent me. If you spread your words and let people hear them, wouldn't you trap me in injustice? Say lightly If I don't discipline well, what's more serious is that I'm disrespectful to my sister-in-law?" Wang Yuan'er looked at her coldly.

"Grandma, this servant made a mistake, this servant just got angry." Qiu Yun lowered her head.

Wang Yuan'er snorted, knowing that she was arguing for herself, so she woke up after a while, and said, "Second Master is running outside, so we have to be more cautious in our words and deeds in this yard. Not only you, but also the maids and mother-in-law below, all of you You need to be careful, don't let people take advantage of us, use your tongue for a while, and provoke right and wrong for nothing, it's not worth the loss."

"I know I'm wrong." Qiu Yun blushed with shame, and asked again; "Grandma, how about this charcoal? Could it be that the woman deceived us?"

"Of course it's impossible." Wang Yuan'er's eyes flashed sternly, and he said, "Go find out how much charcoal is in the other yards. Also, quietly go to that woman's house to see how they use charcoal? Ma'am No matter how uncomfortable we are with our second room, we will definitely not be missing us on such a bright face. Now that my sister-in-law is in charge of the house for the time being, it is even more impossible. I am afraid that it is the ghost of this old woman who secretly withheld charcoal from our yard .”

Qiu Yun's eyes lit up, and said: "Your servant obeys."

"Go and call your sister Qiuyue." Wang Yuan'er said again.

Qiuyun agreed, and Qiuyue walked in quickly.

"You sent someone to call shopkeeper Bai. I want to see him." Wang Yuan'er instructed Qiuyue.

Qiuyue nodded, and didn't mention the arrangements since she went down.

Wang Yuan'er looked out the window, and saw that the heavy rain was falling on the yard, making a ticking sound. The sound of the rain made people hear it, and it was extremely irritating.

Shopkeeper Bai came soon, and Wang Yuaner didn't exchange any nonsense with him, and asked directly from behind the screen, "How much charcoal do we still have in our shop on East Street?"

"Returning to Second Mistress, the charcoal has sold well and quickly recently, and now there are only about two thousand catties left." Shopkeeper Bai said very excitedly.

At the beginning of the year, Wang Yuan'er asked him to buy a shop on the East Street, which was of no use, but let him collect charcoal, hoarded a large pile of various types of charcoal, and did not sell it.He found it strange that it was not until April that they were gradually released for sale, but now, not only has the cost of the hoarded charcoal been recovered, but it has also earned nearly four times the money.

Two thousand catties.

Wang Yuan'er frowned, and said, "For the rest, you only put [-] catties out every day, and the one with the highest price gets it. If you have a thousand catties left, you won't sell it. You have to be careful about the house in Bali Hutong, don't be short." charcoal."

"It's a small one." Shopkeeper Bai rubbed his hands and said, "Second Grandma, how did you come up with the idea of ​​hoarding charcoal?"

These were all doubts in his heart all the time. Wang Yuaner's approach was undoubtedly a rare commodity, but it was still successful, as if she had expected today.

Wang Yuan'er was a little dazed, how could she think of it? At that time, she saw Qiuyue took the wet clothes and thought temporarily that if it was a bad rainy day, she would have to dry the clothes with charcoal fire.She thought about the mountain torrents again, it must be because of the rainy weather, the mountain torrents will occur, and the clothes will definitely not be dry when it rains a lot, so she thought of hoarding charcoal, but she didn't expect that it would really make a lot of money.

"Treasurer Bai, sometimes knowing too much is not a good thing." Wang Yuan'er said plainly.

Shopkeeper Bai's heart shuddered, and he nodded in agreement.

After seeing off Shopkeeper Bai, Qiuyun had already got news, she said with a disconcerted face, "Second Grandma, you really expected it, that old witch is really haunted. There are six baskets of charcoal on the old man's side. There are also six baskets for the master and wife, and five baskets for the grandma and us. The old hag really withheld our charcoal in private, and the third-bedroom also seized one basket, and sold it quietly. You think she is selling it. Where did you go? It's our shop on East Street."

Wang Yuan'er sneered: "Let her confiscate it, let her sell it. You caught her evidence of selling charcoal, and I want her to spit it out for me, including the flesh and bones."

Qiu Yun was full of excitement: "Yes."

Wang Yuan'er pinched the center of her brows, her face was full of exhaustion and weariness.

The ghosts and ghosts inside the mansion are equally thrilling outside the mansion. I don't know what happened to Cui Yuan outside. It has been raining for a few days, but everything is going well for him?
Wang Yuan'er picked up the brush again, and before she could write two words, Qiuyue hurried in again, and said anxiously: "Second Mistress, there is news from the palace that Empress Rongyi has fainted."

(End of this chapter)