Destroyed outside, gold and jade inside

Chapter 136

The attendant opened his mouth, then slowly closed it again.

There were footsteps approaching outside the door, slow and steady.

The impatience on Qin Ran's face subsided a little, and he closed the folding fan with a snap, stood up and looked at the door.

The master of the Qin family stepped into the door, looked up at Qin Ran with a smile, "Are you in a hurry?"

Qin Ran cupped his hands and saluted, "Father."

"It's not surprising to be anxious," the master of the Qin family said slowly, "Actually, I am also anxious."

Qin Ran looked up in surprise.

"But compared to a little lady, how can you lose in patience?" The master of the Qin family looked at Qin Ran deeply.

Qin Ran's face burned, "Father said so."

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With Fang Yan's instructions, Tie Zhu and his party rushed back on the imperial boat with high-quality cloth.When Ye Guiniang saw the cloth brought back by Qingniang, she felt that her eyes were not her own, and she wanted to touch the smooth cloth with trembling hands, but she was timid as if she was afraid of breaking it.

"It's really more beautiful than Liuyun brocade! If it is dyed, what will it look like?" Ye Guiniang said happily.

"Originally there would have been more, but the people on the imperial cargo ship insisted on buying ten horses, saying it was a congratulatory gift to the palace!" Qingniang said.

"Send a gift to the palace, and give it so blatantly? What kind of gift is this?" Ye Guiniang asked in surprise.

Qingniang shook her head, "I don't know, they gave presents in advance, is it going to be a holiday?"

Ye Guiniang shook her head, her attention had been completely taken away by the cloth, she couldn't care less about it, let alone think deeply.

Shen Xinniang does know what festival is going to be.Because the invitations for the festival in the palace have been sent to her.

"Longevity Festival?" Shen Xinniang narrowed her eyes slightly.

"It's the Holy Majesty's birthday!" Jin Xiang explained, "It seems that because of encouraging merchants to build Nanshi, the imperial court not only invited important ministers this Halloween, but also invited merchants who bought land in Nanshi. The lady is naturally the first to bear the brunt. Invited!"

Shen Xinniang held the exquisite invitation card in her hand, the words on the invitation card were very charming, the golden invitation card was carved with flowers, birds, fish and animals, which was quite exquisite.

Fang Yan did not play chess in vain that time. It seems that the construction of Nanshi has brought him a lot of benefits?Shen Xinniang slowly stroked the invitation card in her hand, this is called mutual benefit.

"Will the lady go?" Dan Xin asked.

"Go, why not?" Shen Xiniang paused for a moment, "What is Si Niang embroidering recently?"

"Si Niangzi has learned double-sided embroidery, and wants to embroider a bigger four-fold screen for her." Dan Xin said with a smile.

"Let her rest, she hasn't entered the palace yet, right? Didn't the invitation say that you can bring your family?" Shen Xinniang said slowly.

The large frame is parked at the gate of the palace.

A jade hand took out a delicate golden invitation card and shook it.

Seeing the invitation, the guard at the gate of the palace immediately stepped forward, took it with both hands, opened it, and handed it back with a smile.

A large bag of reward silver was thrown from the curtain of the car and fell into the arms of the guard.

The guard took it with a smile on his face, "See, big businessman! It's a generous move!"

Dan Xin clapped her hands and smiled, "It turns out that rewarding people with money is so good!"

Shen Siniang, who was also sitting in the carriage, was still a little dazed and couldn't recover, "Is this considered entering the palace? Have you already entered the palace gate?"

Jin Xiang nodded again and again, "Yes, I have already entered the palace gate, so I have already entered the palace!"

Shen Siniang stretched out her hand and pinched herself, "Oh, isn't it a dream?"

Dan Xin and Jin Xiang laughed together.

Because they were female guests, before the banquet, Shen Xinniang and her party were invited to Chaohua Palace to wait.The underwear of Chaohua Palace is full of fragrant temples, and there are clusters of flowers.The weather was already warm, and potted plants were placed outside the hall. The early-blooming azaleas were bright red, and the pots were full of green onion, blue and white.The fragrance of carefully cultivated jasmine overflows.

The women seemed to be competing with the flowers of all colors inside and outside the hall, and the fragrance of the powder overwhelmed the fragrance of jasmine.

Groups of young wives or ladies around Jiji gathered together, chirping and marveling at the grandeur of the Longevity Festival, while holding low-key but restrained faces as if they were showing off something.The voice was like birds chirping.

Suddenly there was a loud singing——the empress dowager arrived.

"The Empress Dowager is a thousand years old——" Everyone hurriedly saluted.

Holding the hand of the little eunuch, Mrs. Yu slowly walked up to the main hall, "Today is the Longevity Day, the Holy One intends to let the monarch, ministers and common people have fun together, so everyone doesn't have to be formal, just be at ease."

Yu Shi said gracefully and arrogantly, with a calm smile on his face.

"Thank you, Majesty, thank you, Empress Dowager." Everyone sang loudly, and then stood up.

The positions of Shen Xinniang and her party were arranged at the front.Yu's eyes quickly fell on Shen Xiniang, she snorted coldly, and walked towards Shen Xiniang.

Jin Xiang couldn't help being a little nervous, clenched her fists, and guarded Shen Xiniang's body tensely, as if preparing for something unexpected, she would immediately strike.

"Hey, who am I? The position is so high, but it's just a concubine who can't stand on stage?" Yu said with a smile, and the sarcasm in her words made the wives and ladies around look sideways.

Shen Xinniang stood up and blessed her, and ignored her words, with a calm expression.

"Who arranged this position?" Yu asked again.

The maid at the side quickly reported, "It's the servant of Chaohua Palace."

"It's nothing to look at! It's just a concubine's room. It's arranged here to sit with the ladies of the family, and sit in the top position. Where do you put the ladies?" Yu said coldly.

The female officer hurriedly bowed to plead guilty, "Come here, why don't you expel him?"

Yu looked up at Shen Xinniang again, "To be a human being, you need to be self-aware. Others praise you because of your status as a prince. Do you really think that you can use your status as a prince's concubine to run amok here?"

"Why did your empress drive me out?" Shen Xiniang raised her eyes and asked.

The dark eyes stared blankly at Mrs Yu, and Mrs Yu felt cold in her heart, she couldn't help but look away, "You were just brought along, do you have an invitation card, do you dare to sit in the seat?"

"Are you going to be kicked out without an invitation?" Shen Xinniang asked back.

"That's natural. This is the imperial palace. Without an invitation card, it's like not having a badge to enter the palace. Trespassing into the inner palace is a felony!" The female officer next to Yu's voice was stern.

"Then all the ladies here have invitations?" Shen Xinniang looked around.

Many noble ladies felt a little embarrassed when they heard the words, and some even lowered their heads uneasily, talking in low voices.

Most of them were brought into the palace by their husbands as relatives, in order to open their eyes and make friends with their husbands who are beneficial in the officialdom.Where will there be invitations?
"The other people are the relatives of important ministers, and the first wife is the main wife. You are just a concubine who doesn't even have a title. What are you? Can you compare with others?" Yu said with a sneer.

"The empress dowager is targeting me on purpose?" Shen Xiniang asked.

"Hmph, how can the Ai family be so careless, you are giving yourself money!" Yu said with a smile, "If the Ai family targets you, they will stand here and talk nonsense with you, and ask someone to beat you out of the palace early in the morning! "

"Does the Empress Dowager know that this year's Longevity Festival is different from the past," Shen Xinniang said again, "It is because the Holy Majesty sent an invitation card to the court to invite people who are not in the court to celebrate the Wanshou Festival together, and it is not for the empress dowager to make trouble Playing around is of great significance to encourage merchants and the people's livelihood. Is it because the empress is making such nonsense that she wants the harem to interfere in politics?"

When her words fell to the ground, there was a sudden silence in Chaohua Hall.

It was as if everyone was holding their breath, and the phrase "harem meddling in politics" seemed to be echoing in everyone's ears.

This is no small crime.

Mrs. Yu snorted coldly, "You have always been eloquent, but no matter what the purpose is, what does it have to do with you as a concubine of the palace? Can you protect you by raising the banner? Tell me, Aijia questioned a concubine of the palace , how is it that the harem interferes in politics?"

Shen Xinniang didn't speak or move.

But Dan Xin beside her suddenly took out a golden invitation card from her bosom, and unfolded the invitation card in front of Mrs. Yu with an expression of arrogance.

The exquisite invitation card, reflecting the light in the Chaohua Palace, became more and more radiant, and people who were shaking couldn't open their eyes.

"Please take a look at the empress dowager! This is an invitation from my wife!" Dan Xin straightened her chest.

The extraordinarily solemn invitation card, on the gold post, is carved with flowers, birds, fish and animals.Its content was written by Mr. Chen, who is good at calligraphy in the cabinet and is honored as the No. 1 calligraphy of Dazhou.

Although the female family members around did not know whose characters it was, they were already amazed to see such an exquisite invitation card.

Yu's face was ugly, and she couldn't help being annoyed when she saw that Shen Xinniang's name was on her head.

"you……"

"Is your empress doubting the authenticity of this invitation?" Dan Xin asked with a smile.

The Yu family left in a huff, not even waiting for Chaohua Palace.

The entire Chaohua Palace was silent for a while before it became lively again.But this time, everyone didn't care about showing off, and asked about Shen Xinniang one after another.

Many young women and girls couldn't help but look sideways at Shen Xinniang, as if they were eager to come to say hello and get to know each other.

However, they felt abrupt, and when they looked closely and found Shen Xinniang's pair of dark and boundless eyes, everyone's intention to retreat became more obvious.

On the contrary, there was a little lady who stepped forward carelessly, and said with a blessing, "Little lady Gongsun, dare to ask my lady?"

"Chen." Shen Xiniang spoke slowly.

"It turned out to be Mrs. Shen. I see that Mrs. Shen's invitation card is different," Miss Gongsun said with a smile, "Could it be that Mrs. Shen is a wealthy businessman who occupies half of the ten-mile long street in Nanshi?"

"I don't dare to be a wealthy businessman." Shen Xinniang said.

"Nowadays, every inch of land and gold in Nanshi City is ten miles long, and half of it is in the hands of the lady. Isn't this considered a wealthy businessman?" The little lady Gongsun imitated the way a man saluted, and cupped her hands. "Miss Shen is so humble!"

"When I bought Nanshi, the land in Nanshi was not as expensive as it is now." Shen Xiniang said.

"Did the lady buy the land in Nanshi when the imperial court released the documents for sale?" Little lady Gongsun asked.

Shen Xinniang nodded slowly, "The price was low at the beginning, but if you buy it like this, you will also deplete your assets."

Miss Gongsun nodded repeatedly, "Now that the land price has doubled, Mrs. Shen has made a lot of money! Back then, when Nanshi was not favored by others, she was able to spend such a large sum of money and bought it without hesitation to exhaust her assets. It can be seen that the lady's vision is real Yes! Admire, admire!"

Seeing that Miss Gongsun was very interested in the topic of Nanshi, Shen Xiniang asked sideways, "Miss Gongsun also has land in Nanshi?"

The young lady Gongsun nodded repeatedly, "I dare not compare with my lady, but through my elder brother's relationship, I managed to occupy ten shops. It took only a short time, and I rented it out, and I have earned back my capital. Now I am called Mrs. Shen Rich businessmen, it’s not an exaggeration at all!”

Shen Xiniang shook her head calmly.

"Madam and Empress Dowager seem to have a festival?" Gongsun little lady suddenly asked.

Shen Xinniang glanced at her, "The fate between people is very mysterious, whether you like it or not may just be a matter of thought."

(End of this chapter)