coobybook Chapter 278: Not answering means you have already answered
Chapter 278: Not answering means you have already answered
"I cannot use the Crown Prince's gift to exchange for Father's reward. That would be too shameless."
Su Nuan said, shaking her hand.
"I will allow you to be thick-skinned for once this time."
Su Nuan pointed to the hairpin on the dragon desk and said, "Then change it to a small reward. I dare not give more."
The hairpin had already fallen into the hands of the emperor, and Su Nuan knew that she could not get it back. Since she could not get it back, she would maximize its value, exchange it for something else, and at the same time shut the emperor up.
She just didn't believe that the emperor had the nerve to force her to change if she didn't agree.
The emperor took one look at the hairpin on the table and felt unwell.
This daughter-in-law is a reckless person. I heard that she almost overturned the Empress Dowager's Yongshou Palace.
It is unlikely that she will be reasonable.
But how could the emperor be willing to let this bastard take such a huge advantage of him?
After the initial shock, the emperor narrowed his eyes slightly.
This is a dangerous signal. People who are familiar with the emperor know that when the emperor shows such an expression, he is thinking of punishing someone.
But Su Nuan was not familiar with the emperor, and she was not afraid at all.
And His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who is familiar with the Emperor, is now fascinated by his fearless little wife.
The emperor picked up the hairpin on the dragon desk and asked Su Nuan, "What do you want to exchange this jade bracelet for?"
Su Nuan thought for a moment and replied, "I want to exchange this hairpin for a few thousand-year-old ginseng whiskers."
Liao Xinyi said that she had lost a lot of body weight due to her injury and needed tonic, so she wanted to ask for two ginseng whiskers to make chicken soup.
She had never thought about the whole ginseng root. That kind of thing was used to keep dying people alive. She shouldn't need it. A few ginseng roots would be enough.
The emperor never thought that Su Nuan would exchange the jade hairpin for such a thing. As if he was afraid that Su Nuan would go back on her word, he quickly asked someone to fetch a thousand-year-old ginseng and personally broke off a few whiskers and gave them to Su Nuan.
Su Nuan happily put it into her sleeve pocket.
The next person who came to the imperial study was Doctor Lu from the Imperial Hospital. Doctor Lu was the director of the Imperial Hospital and was specifically responsible for treating the emperor.
He carefully examined Mu Yunting's wound and asked him a few questions.
"Does Your Highness feel dizzy?"
Mu Yunting nodded.
"Your Highness, can you see clearly?"
Mu Yunting hesitated for a moment and shook his head.
"Does Your Highness feel sick?"
Mu Yunting nodded.
Imperial Physician Lu felt Mu Yunting's pulse again, and then he hesitated for a long time before speaking: "Your Highness has brain damage and needs to be taken care of. I will prescribe some medicine for Your Highness first."
The emperor felt distressed and blamed himself, and immediately asked the prince to return home to rest.
Su Nuan was also very distressed. She did not doubt what Doctor Lu said at all, because she felt that if the inkstone hit her on the head, she would be dead. Mu Yunting was even bleeding, so he must be seriously injured.
On the way back in the carriage, Mu Yunting leaned weakly on Su Nuan's shoulder.
"Your Highness could have explained it clearly to the Emperor from the beginning. Why did you deliberately anger the Emperor?"
Su Nuan asked.
Mu Yunting said softly: "I will be away from the imperial city for a few days. I cannot be noticed. Pretending to be sick is the best excuse."
Su Nuan was suddenly startled and blurted out, "Where are you going?"
"To do something important."
"Can you tell me what it is?"
Su Nuan asked nervously.
In the past, Su Nuan would not have asked him what he did, but because she revealed the news that Xun Zheng was still alive, and she heard that Mu Yunting asked Lord Shen to investigate for him, she felt that Mu Yunting's departure must be related to Xun Zheng.
There was a moment of silence in the carriage. Mu Yunting didn't answer, but in fact he had already answered.
Su Nuan felt very uncomfortable and didn't speak a word along the way.
After returning to the Prince's Mansion, Mu Yunting followed Su Nuan all the way back to Duiyueju.
In order to make himself look seriously injured, Mu Yunting lay directly on the bed.
He originally wanted to ask Su Nuan to lie down with him for a while, but Su Nuan was feeling bored, so she left Mu Yunting alone in the room, making the excuse that she had something else to do.
Su Nuan took out the ginseng roots and gave them to Chun Liu, asking her to keep them. Every now and then, she would give one to Madam Wang to use to stew chicken.
Afterwards, he selected two items from the treasures that Mu Yunting took out from the emperor's warehouse and took them to find Chu Qi.
Before I walked out of the gate of Duiyueju, I ran into Chu Qi and Su Qingmo.
"Thank God, Concubine, you are finally back."
As soon as they met, Su Qingmo shouted loudly.
Yesterday, Su Nuan promised the two of them that she would take them to a place where they could work. Chu Qi had been thinking about her the whole time. He dragged Su Qingmo to Duiyueju eight times in the morning, but was told every time that the concubine was not there.
"You came just in time. I was just about to look for you."
Su Nuan said, took out two gold bracelets she had selected and handed them to Chu Qi, and asked, "Can you make bracelets like this?"
This is a single gold peony flower hollow bracelet. It is made of gold wire, and the main body is hollow. The hollow part in the middle is a peony flower made of gold wire.
This bracelet is made of ordinary materials, but the craftsmanship is exquisite, and you can tell at first glance that it was made by a master.
Chu Qi held the bracelet and looked at it carefully, and then he seemed to be in a trance and could not hear what others were saying.
Helplessly, Su Nuan could only stand aside and wait patiently.
Su Qingmo, who was bored at the side, said, "My Lady Concubine, what kind of job are you going to find for me? I'm quite good with my mouth, but I'm clumsy with my hands. I can't do the craftsmanship that Chu Qi does."
Su Nuan replied, "I'm going to send you to work in a teahouse. You can use your mouth to attract more customers to the teahouse. If you do a good job, you'll get 20 taels of silver a month. If you don't do a good job, I'll only provide you with food and accommodation, but no monthly salary. If you're willing, I'll send you there this afternoon."
Su Qingmo frowned and asked, "What does it mean to do a good job?"
Su Nuan held up two fingers and said, "Sell tea worth two thousand taels of silver."
"Two thousand taels? That's too much! If I can't sell that much, wouldn't I have worked for a month in vain?"
"You can also work as a waiter in a shop. The monthly salary is one tael of silver. Whether you buy tea or not, it's five hundred coins. But you have to serve tea and water to customers."
Su Qingmo hesitated. The monthly salary that Su Nuan offered as a waiter was twice what he earned as a waiter in Xiaomian County Teahouse. This was already a lot. If it weren't for the previous twenty taels, he would have gladly accepted it. But compared with the twenty taels, the monthly salary of one tael of silver was not enough.
Twenty taels were enough for him to travel around for two months.
Seeing him hesitate, Su Nuan continued, "Two thousand taels may sound like a lot, but this is the imperial city, and there are rich people everywhere. Some wealthy families spend hundreds of taels of silver on tea a month. I'm not asking you to make that much money by selling it for two thousand taels. It's actually not that difficult."
Su Qingmo was somewhat moved by what she said.
Su Nuan continued to increase the offer: "I will give you 20 taels for every 2,000 taels of silver you sell."
"really?"