The style of the Queen Mother in Qing Dynasty is different

For the emperor, today was another day when Qi Qige made him speechless.

Sure enough, Qiqige was favoring his granddaughter-in-law again, the emperor could tell at a glance that those few pearl bracelets were of high quality, none of his concubines or nobles in the harem had ever worn them.

It's okay to be eccentric, but after being discovered, she actually snatched the jewelry back!What a shame!

Everyone greeted each other, and the emperor asked Si Fujin and Wu Fujin to go back first.

When the two granddaughters-in-law left, the fifth elder brother jumped out and shouted. "Ha! I caught the imperial grandmother's eccentricity!"

Qiqige pointed at him and cursed: "You jump again, I'll call your fourth sister-in-law and your daughter-in-law back, and let them see your ugly face!"

The fifth elder brother was honest immediately, he hid behind the emperor and asked his emperor ama to stand up for him.

Looking at the silly son hiding behind him, the emperor couldn't help but sigh.

He asked Qiqige: "Mother, it's not that I'm stingy, nor that I'm reluctant to give good things to my daughter-in-law, it's just that as elders, shouldn't we make a bowl of water fair?"

It is impossible for a bowl of water to be level, even in this lifetime.In Qiqige's eyes, girls have always been in a weak position and need her protection.Brothers can go out with the army and participate in government affairs, while princesses can only do small business.

Although it is very hard for the elder brothers to go to war, and it is also very tiring to go to court every day, it cannot be denied that they have more opportunities than the princesses.Princesses were deprived of the right to participate in the government from birth.

It's even more pitiful for Fujin who married into the royal family. They want to compete with Fujin for favor, and the son born to the concubine will inherit a lot of family property, and Qi Qige feels aggrieved for them.

Facing the emperor's doubts, Qiqige quibbled: "Who am I doing this for? Not for these unworthy grandsons! Look at their incomprehensible wooden appearance, I have to win Fujin over for them. Even if Fujin will get tired of them in the future, for my sake, Fujin will make do with them."

The fifth elder brother was not convinced, "Grandmother thinks of me too incompetent! I'm a majestic man, can't I still win over my daughter-in-law?"

Qiqige asked: "When you celebrate Fujin's birthday, what do you plan to give?"

Fifth elder brother thought for a while and said: "Let the kitchen make a delicious meal, and invite a troupe to be lively."

"That's it?"

Brother Wu thought for a while and added, "One more piece of jewelry."

Qiqige made a mocking voice of 'tsk tut tut', "That's it? That's it! Who doesn't have a good birthday meal, and it's no big deal to hire a troupe. Not to mention jewelry, your wife seems to be short of jewelry People? Alas! There are no surprises at all."

Fifth elder brother was not convinced, "Then what do you say?"

"I don't have a wife, why should I advise you!"

Fifth elder brother: "..."

The emperor shook his head and laughed. Fortunately, the empress dowager has a high status. If she was born as a commoner, she might not be able to live with this personality.

The emperor said: "Emperor Niang, we are talking about partiality, why did you turn the topic to gift giving?"

"It's not that I changed the subject, it's that your son is too stupid. Fortunately, he is a prince. If he is placed in an ordinary family, he will definitely not be able to marry a wife." Qiqige exposed the emperor's old background, "You went to patrol outside the Great Wall and you knew that you would give it to Concubine Yi." Bring gifts, send love letters! You are so smart, the fifth child is not following you at all!"

The fifth elder brother stared at the emperor in surprise. He didn't expect that the emperor would write love poems behind his back with thick eyebrows.

There was a trace of blush on the emperor's face, and he complained in his heart that Qiqige spoke regardless of the occasion.The fifth child is still here!How could he tell his boudoir secrets in front of the children?

Qiqige raised her eyebrows triumphantly, hum, Jiang is still hot, no one can beat her!

The emperor asked Qiqige to argue, but finally failed.The fifth elder brother, a small complainant, was kept by Qi Qige, and was beaten by the emperor's grandmother's love.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, which is a festival of reunion, and the palace is busy again.

Qiqige is also busy, and every quarter the ledgers of the pharmacy and theater will be sent to the palace for Qiqige to review.After reading the account book for this quarter, Qiqige was very dissatisfied.

"Why did revenue drop so much compared to the previous two quarters?"

Qiqige closed the ledger and looked at the princesses.

"If the business is profitable, it will lose money. I can understand, but this quarter's revenue has just reached half of the previous quarter. There must be a reason for this?"

The sixth princess sighed: "The imperial grandmother has been living in the palace this year, so you don't know. This year, many medicine shops have opened in the capital. The shops are large, there are many doctors, and the medicinal materials are cheaper than ours. I also lowered the price. Who knows what they do?" I also lowered the price. I was going to fight them, but my fourth sister advised me not to be impulsive."

The fourth princess said: "It is impossible for one family to be the only one in business. Our pharmacy has the strength to fight against them. Other small pharmacies don't have such a strong family background. We fight back and forth to lower the price of medicinal materials, disrupt the market, and harm everyone. My shop hasn’t turned yellow yet! Other small drugstores turned yellow first, isn’t that killing people’s lives?”

Qiqige nodded approvingly, "The fourth princess is right. We don't have to worry about food and drink. It doesn't matter if the shop makes money or loses money every day. The small drugstore is a small business, and the whole family counts on this business for a living. The sixth princess Well done, we would rather lose money than do that immoral thing."

The sixth princess sighed. After hearing what the fourth princess said, she didn't match up with those shops, but she felt very unhappy.

"I hate those messy pharmacies to death, but I can't do anything with them. I can only comfort myself in my heart. When I opened a pharmacy and robbed other people's business, there will definitely be pharmacies who will steal my business. It's the cycle of heaven!"

Qiqige smiled and said, "You're pretty good at comforting yourself."

The sixth princess sighed: "Oh, if I can't learn to comfort myself, I'm afraid I'll burn down their shop with a torch while sleepwalking."

The fourth princess picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, "The sixth younger sister's doctor in the pharmacy used to be an imperial doctor. Because of this, the business of the pharmacy will not be too bad. Unlike us, the business of the theater has been getting worse and worse recently. It used to be prosperous. At that time, the theaters were full, but now they can barely maintain, and the new plays are not very popular."

The Seventh Princess sighed: "Other theaters secretly learn operas and also sing our opera scripts. There is no way to prevent such things. The bloody operas I came up with can be written by others, even more outrageous than mine. "

Qiqige asked: "What kind of outrageous method?"

"There was a scholar who fell in love with a woman at first sight, and the two made a private decision for life. They wanted... wanted that... Wushan Yunyu, and found out that the other party was a man." Speaking of this, the seventh princess blushed.

Qiqige: "Wushan Yunyu can still be performed on the stage?"

It's amazing to spend money!Is it worth the money to see this?Why didn't the government arrest them!Not harmonious at all!

The Seventh Princess grabbed her handkerchief and hummed, "Grandmother! The point is not this! The point is that both of them are in love, and they are found to be men."

Qiqige looked like she had seen the big world, she waved her hand casually, "Hi, this is nothing special."

The Seventh Princess shook her head and sighed: "When he found out that the other party was a man, the scholar felt cheated at first. When he calmed down, he found that he still loved the other party. He went back to find him and vowed never to leave him. The other party was also moved. , wanted to become a woman. Then the two prayed to God and worshiped Buddha, and finally experienced all kinds of sufferings, and finally got married as lovers."

The fourth princess smiled and said, "Do you feel nothing when you hear this? You will know how outrageous it is after hearing the details."

The fourth princess counted with her fingers, "That's a lot of suffering, similar to Tang Monk's study of Buddhist scriptures. For example, he met a monster halfway, and for his lover, the scholar dedicated his life. Another example is that he met a ferocious goblin. The person who wants to transform feels that he can't just let the scholar suffering, he sacrificed himself again."

"Wow!" Qiqige felt an impact that went straight to the depths of her soul, and both Gong and Shou cheated, still in the name of love.Can this kind of dross really be staged on stage?Isn't this a waste of art?The patriarch will strangle those singers to death!

The Sixth Princess persuaded: "Fourth Sister and Seventh Sister, don't get angry, who would like to read such a sensational playbook! Everyone just read it for a fresh look, and when the freshness wears off, they still have to read the playbook you wrote."

Seventh Princess nodded, "I think so too. Although the playbook written by Fourth Sister and I is not very good, it is better than this kind of thing. At least it has some meaning to warn the world."

The fourth princess thinks that the sixth princess and the seventh princess are wrong, "In business, what you want is popularity. Indeed, everyone is just trying to make something new. Wait a few days, and the theater will invite a famous troupe to sing a few plays that everyone loves. These people still watch. They are used to walking, so they won’t come to our theater.”

"It's too much! Do you use any means to grab business?" The sixth princess slapped the table angrily, "It's a bad year for our sisters! Why are you here to grab business, shouldn't we go to the temple to worship?"

The seventh princess looked at the sixth princess, and then at Qiqige.She squeezed the veil tightly and nodded firmly.

"Grandmother, two sisters. I've heard some things, but I don't know if they're true or not."

The Seventh Princess looked up at Qiqige, "I heard that Ba Ge and the others opened a medicine shop outside the palace, and the one who runs the shop is Jiu Ge's milk brother. There are also people behind the theater, as for who it is... I vaguely heard that it is the eldest brother or the prince." Some people say that the business in the hands of the third sister has also been affected."

The sixth princess said impatiently: "Oh! You know they opened the shop, why didn't you tell me earlier!"

The Seventh Princess kept her head down and said nothing, and Concubine De's influence taught her to be cautious in her words and deeds.

Both the sixth princess and the ninth elder brother have the surname Guo Luoluo, they are closer by nature, and the tenth elder brother is the fourth princess's brother.As the saying goes, there is no close relationship, and the seventh princess is afraid that if she tells the truth, she will become a villain who separates the relationship between their brothers and sisters.

In addition to the eighth elder brother and the others, there are other elder brothers who are robbing the business.Brothers are poorer than princesses, they can't go out to do business, when they were young, they relied on monthly allowances and mothers to subsidize them, and when they were older, when they entered the court, someone would fawn on them and give them gifts.They spend a lot of money and earn little, and they are all jealous of the princesses' business!

These elder brothers, the Seventh Princess can't afford to offend any of them, so of course she dare not speak nonsense.

If the fourth princess hadn't said that the audience in the theater was used to running around and would not return to the original theater, the seventh princess would have to hide it!

Qiqige can understand the mood of the seventh princess. Although Concubine De is a concubine, she has a bad background, and the seventh princess is not as favored as the fourth princess in front of the emperor.The matter has nothing to do with her interests, so it is understandable for her not to speak up.

Qiqige is very angry now, she didn't expect her elder brothers to grab the business and dare to grab her head, and the methods used are so bad, she must educate these grandchildren!