webnovelfull Chapter 597 Rewards
Chapter 597 Rewards
When the beauty of April is over.
The Empress Dowager's private property in Shu was basically counted, converted into silver bills, and delivered to Fei Wan and Queen Yan.
The two men did not delay and quickly bought several ships.
The relevant personnel have already been deployed.
The big ship merchants have also been found long ago.
The fleet will be able to set sail at the beginning of next month.
The shortest route was chosen, which only traveled along the eastern and southern coastal areas, returning in three months. By around the fourth month, which was late summer or early autumn, all the energy could be converted into cash.
Although the profit is not as much as Yuanhang, the return is fast, so the goal is to make a profit quickly.
Moreover, the risk of sailing in close proximity is small, there are fewer variables, and you will not encounter strong winds and waves and lose all your money.
After spending the last sum of money for stocking up, Fei Wan and Yan Hou had half of their money gone.
The business with astonishing profits requires an astonishing amount of investment.
"I hope this boat trip will be smooth and safe!"
I met Queen Yan recently, and when we were alone, she kept talking about shipping trade.
Fei Wan was naturally worried too.
But not as obsessed with it as Queen Yan.
Because for her, this is just a part of the plan, but for Queen Yan, too much has been staked, and this is a battle that must be won.
The secret struggle between Queen Yan and Duke Zhenguo continued, and several more lives were lost.
When Queen Yan was feeling anxious, Fei Wan brought Cao Bin to Fengming Palace.
"Why are you here together?"
Queen Yan asked with a smile.
She had just finished dealing with palace affairs and was leading the palace servants to appreciate the flowers in the courtyard. There were still a few concubines who had not left and were flattering her.
I secretly thought that Cao Bin was a hidden chess piece, how could he be exposed and move around so frequently? It would be even worse if three of them appeared at the same time.
Fei Wan smiled and said, "I was in Chenqian Palace, asking His Majesty for guidance on calligraphy. I heard that His Majesty was going to give me a reward, so I came here out of curiosity to see what goodies I had. Anyway, I have a lot of gold, pearls, and jade here. If the storehouse is full, I can help you store them in the Chunxi Palace storehouse."
It turned out that Cao Bin came to deliver rewards again.
Your Majesty has been really paying attention to me recently.
Queen Yan breathed a sigh of relief.
At the same time, I also lamented again that women who use their beauty to please men will be easily abandoned. Those who rely on family background will be feared and guarded against. But if you can provide a man with what he truly needs, he will rush to coax you.
What a mutual love, a deep affection.
All the plays are lies.
If a woman wants to spend her life with a man, it is better for her to steal his money and power, which will make him pay more attention to her.
Of course, at this time, she no longer cared about his feelings.
A concubine in the courtyard heard Fei Wan's words and joked, "Noble Consort Zhao's Chunxi Palace storehouse has so many goodies that it's almost full, so she's coming to the Empress to ask for things again."
Another concubine also smiled and said, "That's right! The Imperial Noble Consort's Chunxi Palace has been renovated and is much larger. But no matter how much larger it is, it still can't accommodate the rewards Your Majesty gives us every day. We are all so envious. However, we all know that our talents are shallow and not even a fraction of what Empress Zhao can achieve. So, we can only envy her."
Now that Concubine Chen has been promoted to the position of imperial concubine, she is also trying to curry favor here.
At this time, she said, "Sisters, you are right to think so. We are not as good as the Empress and the Imperial Concubine. It is a fact. Seeing the two ladies being treated so well by His Majesty, we envy them and can only respect them even more. Sisters, you don't know that some villains don't envy you, but only feel jealous. The more malicious ones will even try to sow discord between the two ladies, hoping that the two ladies will have a rift and conflict, causing His Majesty's displeasure, so that they can take advantage of the opportunity. Fortunately, there are no such people among the sisters in front of us."
These words made the two concubines feel a little embarrassed and ashamed.
They all glanced at Fei Wan and agreed, "That's right, Sister Chen is right, we are not that kind of people."
"We have great respect for the two madams. If they hadn't kept the harem in such good order, we wouldn't be able to enjoy the good life we have now."
The slight jealousy towards Fei Wan and the intention to provoke Fei Wan after the night were revealed in his words.
Chen Pin is becoming more and more useful now.
Fei Wan smiled at her.
Chen Pin quickly responded with a big smile.
Of course, she always spoke in Fei Wan's favor.
After the Chunxi Palace was renovated, Fei Wan returned to live there. The ceremony for the promotion of Ling Zhaoyi to Ling Fei was also held on the same day. At Fei Wan's suggestion, the entire palace celebrated together. Following the promotions of the concubines in the first month of the year, this time, a lesser rank was promoted.
Logically speaking, Concubine Chen could only be promoted to Jieyushi along with everyone else, but Fei Wan said a few good words for her in front of the emperor, and she was promoted to another level and became a concubine.
Despite the difference of one level, the treatment of concubines is much higher than that of those below them.
Following Empress Zhao meant she could eat meat, so she now considered serving Fei Wan her most important priority. Accompanying the emperor and flattering Empress Yan were merely trivial matters she performed to better cooperate with Fei Wan.
Cao Bin brought the young eunuch, holding the rewards, and stood aside, bowing and smiling.
I thought to myself that these concubines and ladies were really confused.
What time is it, and you are still here trying to sow discord between the two giants in the harem.
I wonder if these two sisters are so close that they are like one family and have been secretly doing business together?
I also have a copy, so please don’t mess around here.
It just wastes our time.
So he said politely, "Ladies and gentlemen, His Majesty has instructed that the things given to the Empress this time must be viewed by her alone. No one else is allowed to see them. Please step aside for the moment."
Everyone was surprised.
"Hey, what good thing is it that makes His Majesty so mysterious?"
Empress Yan had no time to bother with them and showed some impatience: "Since His Majesty does not want others to see it, you can go back first. Linglong, give each of them a box of peach blossom cakes to take away."
She stopped Fei Wan again and said, "Stay for a while. After I accept the reward, I have something to ask you. I vaguely heard the other day that several places in the palace haven't received their monthly wages yet. I'm giving this matter to you, so you can't slack off."
"My lady, everything has been paid out. I'll have someone bring you the accounts right away."
Fei Wan cooperated and ordered the palace servants to get the bill.
Concubine Chen took the lead in taking her leave and left Fengming Palace with the other concubines.
Finally it’s quiet!
Queen Yan called Cao Bin and Fei Wan into the house.
He asked Cao Bin to open the box containing the reward to see what the strange thing was, but he didn't even let anyone see it.
Cao Bin looked a little embarrassed.
He bowed and said, "Wait for me to leave. Your Majesty, please look at it in private. This..."
Queen Yan was impatient with the delay and walked forward to unlock the rosewood box.
pat.
As the lid of the box opened, a lion popped out from inside, scaring Queen Yan.
It is a lion half the size of a palm, inlaid with gold and carved with jade, and lifelike.
Empress Yan sneered, "Although the mechanism is ingenious, it's nothing special. Why are you hiding it from people?"
But the next moment, her disdain froze on her face.