The Eighth Wise King became addicted to eavesdropping on the silly princess' thoughts

Yun Yi returned to the prince's carriage and reported in a low voice.

"My Lord, I have sent someone to contact the princess and the others. When the time is right, the armor, strong bow, Zhuge crossbow and warhorse can all be given to the princess."

The King of Qin nodded, "Well! The price is a bit high. Anyway, this spendthrift woman has plenty of money."

Yun Yi was stunned!

[Didn't the prince originally tell me to find a way to send weapons to the princess? I was thinking of selling them to the princess at a low price in case it would reveal too many flaws, but has the prince changed his mind again and wants to take a bite out of the princess? ]

"As you command!" Yun Yi clasped his fists and bowed to receive the order. ...

Everything went incredibly smoothly today, and Luo Li and the others were in an especially good mood.

Seeing that it was getting late, we quickly turned back.

When passing by a place where many shops are gathered, a shout came over: "Freshly slaughtered good beef for sale! ..."

After hearing this, Luo Li lifted the carriage curtain and asked the driver, "Where can I buy good beef?"

The driver pointed to the back of the car and said, "Sir, there is a butcher's shop behind. Just now the butcher's clerk shouted for beef."

"Stop the car! Fresh beef is a rare treasure."

Ruhua smiled and quickly jumped out of the car. When her young lady heard about the delicious food, she couldn't move her legs.

A butcher's shop had two men at a stall outside, cutting up a head of beef.

Luo Li pushed through the crowd and walked closer, "This beef is good! It looks like fat and tender calf."

The butcher of the nearby butcher shop greeted him with a smile, "This young man has a very good eye! This cow is only one and a half years old. It accidentally fell into a deep ditch while working and broke its leg. The owner of the cow was so cruel that he sold it and slaughtered it."

In order to protect agricultural production, the Song Dynasty law prohibited the casual slaughter of oxen. It really takes luck to buy fresh veal like this.

Luo Li asked, "How much is this beef?"

Seeing that Luo Li looked like a sincere buyer with plenty of money, the shopkeeper stepped forward and said, "Good beef is thirty-six cents a pound, beef bones are twelve cents, and beef heads and offal are also twelve cents."

This price is not cheap. A strong man can only earn more than 30 coins for a day's work. Ordinary people are generally reluctant to buy a pound of beef. When they want to satisfy their cravings, they usually cut some cheap pork to eat.

But there were many wealthy people in Bianjing City. A fortune of ten thousand guan was nothing. There were also many wealthy people with a fortune of one hundred thousand guan or one million guan. So the people watching in front of the beef stall were not all poor people who just wanted to watch the fun.

Luo Li nodded, "I want both the beef and the bones! Ask the waiter to remove the fat from the bones and leave more meat on the bones. I'll charge you 20 cents per pound."

"Okay! Sir, please wait a moment, the meat will be slaughtered for you right away!" The shopkeeper was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling.

I thought it was too late and I was afraid that the cattle would go bad if I couldn't sell them all after slaughtering them. Unexpectedly, I met a big buyer who bought the whole thing by himself.

Some of the onlookers who wanted to buy meat refused to do so!

"Hey! Sir, you bought so much meat in such a hot day. Aren't you afraid it will go bad?"

: "You bought all the good meat by yourself. We have been waiting for a long time. Can we only buy offal?"

"That's right! How can you buy meat from a whole cow? Isn't this a loser?"

Luo Li looked back, turned around, took out her folding fan, opened it with a "swish" sound, and shook it.

"I am rich, so I am so willful and arrogant! What's wrong? Is it not okay?"

Yang Yanqi and Gao Ruoying also came to the meat stall. Seeing Luo Li's ostentatious behavior, they both laughed so hard that their brows were squeezed into a ball.

Gao Ruoying smiled and shook her head, "What a spendthrift woman! Aren't you afraid that the meat of this cow will go bad in such a hot day?"

"It's so hot today. If we eat it tonight, we'll have to throw it away tomorrow!"

Ruhua and Yingchun said in unison from behind, "There is an ice cellar in the mansion!"

Gao Ruoying asked curiously, "The ice cellar is used to store beef. Will there be a strange smell in the house when using ice to cool down?"

Ruhua replied: "The ice that has been used to store meat will no longer be used to make ice basins for cooling off. It will all melt into water and be poured away."

: "That ice isn't cheap either!" Yang Yanqi still felt that Luo Li was wasting too much money just because of her stuttering.

The two guys moved quickly, and in the blink of an eye, they had slaughtered a whole head of beef. According to Luo Li's request, a lot of meat was left on the bones.

Luo Li directed them, "Cut these front and hind legs into large pieces of more than ten pounds, and pack these back meats separately. Hey! Put this ox tail separately for me, I love to chew on ox tails the most."

After the guy finished his work, he weighed them one by one.

More than 300 kilograms of beef and more than 200 kilograms of beef bones.

Ruhua hurried over to pay the bill.

Luo Li looked back at the carriage. Although the meat was bought, it couldn't hold all the meat!

Judging from the driver's expression, it seemed that he was unwilling to load the bloody beef into the carriage.

“Give each of these two ladies twenty pounds of beef and load them onto the horses.

Brother coachman, I will double the fare today. I will load half of the beef bones onto your carriage. Don’t forget the beef tail. I want to eat it tonight.

Shopkeeper, please find a car to take the remaining beef and bones to Luo Xueshi's residence. I will pay for the car fare."

Luo Li completed the distribution quickly. It is easier to get things done if you have money!

Yang Yanqi and Gao Ruoying saw that the driver and the shopkeeper agreed happily. Luo Li flirted at them and laughed so hard that they shook with laughter!

The King of Qin, who was several dozen steps away from the crowd, lowered the curtains of his carriage and gave an order, "Go back to the palace and wait for the beef bones and meat to be eaten!"

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Mrs. Lin sat there with an angry look on her face, watching her two personal maids slap a little maid who was kneeling on the ground!

The maid's face was already red and swollen, and the corners of her lips were bleeding. She kept begging, "Madam! I won't dare to do it again. Please forgive me this time!..."

"Chunmei and Qiutao! Find her indentures and sell her out of the palace!" Mrs. Lin's voice was full of majesty and coldness.

The little girl was so scared that she kowtowed and begged for mercy!

"Madam! Madam, please spare my life! I will never dare to do that again..."

Lin Xian'er came in through the curtain and glanced at the little girl named Ai Cao.

She smiled sweetly and said to her mother, "Mother! Don't be so angry, or you will hurt yourself. Please forgive her this time!"

Ai Cao kowtowed repeatedly in gratitude, "Thank you, Miss! Thank you! ..."

Lin Xian'er raised her delicate hand and said, "All of you go down!"

Chunmei and Qiutao hurriedly leaned over to respond, pulled up Aicao who was kneeling on the ground, and walked out.

Lin Xian'er advised gently, "Mother has been in a bad mood these past two days, so don't get angry with these servants, lest you get a reputation in this palace for being harsh to servants."

Mrs. Lin was still furious.

"Your mother has been in charge of the household affairs of the mansion for many years, and she has always been conscientious and never slacked off. That silly princess took the housekeeping power away from me just a few days after she came in. How can I feel good about this?"

Lin Xian'er smiled slightly, "Mother! That silly princess is a fool who doesn't know how to count.

Although her cousin had handed the housekeeper power back to her, the accounts of the huge Qin Palace would be messed up by her within half a month.

At that time, the stewardship will naturally be handed back to you."

Mrs. Lin looked at her intelligent and thoughtful daughter, and the anger on her face gradually disappeared.

"Xian'er! I watched Defang grow up, but this time he actually wanted to hand over the housekeeper power to his silly princess. I feel a little uncomfortable as a mother!"

Lin Xianer stood up and walked behind her mother, stretched out her two slender hands, and considerately massaged her mother's shoulders.

"Mom! I cried sadly that day, but I feel much better these past two days.

The Qin Palace had just married a princess. Although she was a fool, she was the mistress of the palace. It was only right that my cousin gave her the power to manage the household affairs of the palace.

But if she can't manage it well, then handing the power of managing the household affairs of the palace to someone else will make others unable to say anything, even Luo Xueshi's mansion will not have any complaints. "

Madam Lin patted her daughter's delicate hand and said, "That's true, but I'm afraid that silly princess will seize the housekeeper's power and won't give it up.

Didn't you see how arrogant and lawless she was, yet your cousin was still very tolerant and accommodating to her?"

Lin Xian'er gently massaged her mother's shoulders, her voice gentle, "Mother is most worried.

After all, she was the Princess of Qin, whom my cousin had married with the Emperor's permission, so it was understandable that my cousin was more tolerant and accommodating towards her.

But there is always a limit to these things. The more outrageous the fool makes a fuss, the sooner my cousin's patience will disappear.

That day she wanted to pick the white flowers in the garden. Although her cousin agreed to it in person, he must have scolded her behind her back. Didn't you see that she was so aggressive that she wanted to pick the white flowers that afternoon, but she didn't dare to touch a single one in the past two days?"

Mrs. Lin felt relieved and comfortable after hearing this.

"That's right! I deliberately ordered Housekeeper Zhao to buy a batch of precious items such as blood bird's nests, pearls, and Tianshan snow lotus on the second day after I handed over the housekeeping power to her. She didn't respond at all, and all these supplements were bought and stored today.

Xian'er, you and your cousin are childhood sweethearts, growing up together and being in love with each other. Your father died trying to save him, so you should be the mistress of this palace.

I don't know what's wrong with Defang's brain this time? He actually asked to marry such a fool to be the Princess of Qin, but you can only be a concubine in the future. It's really unfair to you! "

Lin Xian'er couldn't help feeling sad, but she pulled herself together to comfort her mother.

"Mother, although my cousin and I have been childhood sweethearts, our family background is too low to be worthy of the position of the principal wife of the Prince of Qin's Palace. It is only right for my cousin to marry a daughter of a high-ranking family as his principal wife."

Mrs. Lin sighed!

The fact that my daughter was of low birth was unchangeable. Who told her to marry a man who was a Jinshi but only an eighth-rank official?

When she first saw this prince's nephew leaving the palace and setting up his own residence, she decisively asked her husband to resign from his official position and go to the prince's nephew's residence to work as a staff member.

She also helped manage the household chores as an aunt, and her hard work paid off. She enjoyed endless wealth and prosperity during these years.

Although Xian'er's father died, he died to protect his nephew, the prince. This gave her and her mother more confidence to be the masters of the house.

Lin Xian'er said to her mother again, "Mother, the spices in our house are almost used up. I heard that the dragon's birthday incense and camphor incense in the storeroom were taken away by that silly princess. Please send someone to ask her for two boxes today."

Mrs. Lin immediately responded, "Okay! When I hear that she has returned home, I will send Chunmei to ask for it immediately.

Humph! A princess of the royal family actually dresses up as a man and goes out every day. How can this be allowed?

If she were my daughter-in-law, I would break her legs and make sure she couldn't even leave the palace!"