SFS Chapter 184 Gambling
Chapter 184 Gambling
Facing their displeasure, Yu Jiuer didn't care, but instead warned them more arrogantly: "I have arranged guards to supervise the work you are doing. If you dare to cheat or play tricks, you will be severely punished!"
"You are so arrogant, aren't you afraid that someone will poison your things?" someone replied bravely.
Yu Jiuer sneered, "Then the guards are watching, do you think they are blind? Also, I will soak the things you make into your food and feed it to you. If you are not afraid of poisoning yourself, just go ahead and vote! Also, if you don't complete your daily tasks, you are not allowed to eat!"
Humph, fighting with her? You're a little naive!
She is in urgent need of manpower now, so she has to endure it for now and wait until the tea party is over. She will then "destroy the bridge after crossing it" and then smash the bridge to pieces!
With this arrangement, the entire palace immediately fell into intense production.
Those who failed to complete their tasks really had no food to eat. As a result, all the servants in the mansion had to work hard to complete their daily workload in order to fill their stomachs.
Butler Feng Guangcai was so busy buying ingredients for moisturizer that he had no time to rest.
Three days later, more than a thousand bottles of moisturizer were produced.
Yu Jiuer took Yu Tao and five servants from the yard to the store to stock the goods.
Yu Tao couldn't help but sigh: "There really is strength in numbers. This time, there will be enough moisturizer in the store before the tea feast!"
"It's still uncertain whether it's enough! Don't underestimate those women in Beijing who have so much money that they can bite their pockets. Starting tomorrow, you can start your trial operation!" Yu Jiuer's eyes were full of gold.
Yu Tao smiled and replied, "Yes! Look how anxious you are! I might as well just live in the store. Originally, half of the second floor of this store was used to receive VIPs, and the other half was used to store goods. I can just clear out one room and live there."
"That's good! It's not convenient for you to sneak in and out of the palace!" Yu Jiuer thought for a moment and said,
"There's nothing to store on this half of the second floor, so just occupy it and call the three servants around you to serve you! Fortunately, the three people serving you have not been touched by Rong Wan'er. Ask Wei Zheng to send a few more guards to protect you!"
Everything was arranged properly, and Yu Jiuer could finally go back to continue giving birth.
That night, the originally smooth production chain was broken.
The reason was that one of the servants couldn't stand the sudden increase in workload and reported Yu Jiuer.
Jun Mo looked at the servant kneeling at his feet with a sullen face and asked sternly, "You said Concubine Yu treated you harshly? How did she treat you harshly?"
As he said this, he glanced at Yu Jiuer who was sitting next to him and drinking tea leisurely.
Yu Jiuer also pricked up her ears. She also wanted to know how harshly she treated these servants.
The first person to speak was the daughter of Jun Mo's wet nurse, who relied on the identity of Jun Mo's deceased wet nurse to trip up Yu Jiuer several times.
Fortunately, the harm was not serious, so Yu Jiuer ignored it. At this moment, she seemed to have gathered allies and began to explode.
"She assigns us a lot of work every day, and we won't get any food if we can't finish it! I've been hungry all day. Woohoo, if my mother knew about this, she would be heartbroken!"
The other person, the girl's husband, the housekeeper in charge of purchasing, also complained confidently: "I don't know what the concubine Yu Gui is doing in secret, which has made the house a mess and everyone is complaining! She broke the rules of the house, please punish her, Your Majesty!"
"Everyone?" Jun Mo raised his eyebrows.
The dozen or so servants behind them immediately kowtowed and said in unison as if they had practiced well: "Yes! We have suffered greatly from this!"
"So it's time to take care of it!" Jun Mo picked up the teacup, lowered his eyes and took a sip, then raised his head and asked Yu Jiuer slowly, "My dear concubine Yu, do you plead guilty?"
Yu Jiuer stood up suddenly, walked slowly to Jun Mo, and suddenly sat directly on Jun Mo's legs, hooked her arms around his neck, kissed him on the lips in public, and said in a fatherly voice:
"I just can't stand the servants in the mansion being lazy all day long, so I'm just trying to discipline them on behalf of the prince! I will accept any punishment the prince wants!"
Jun Mo's eyes flashed with a smile, but his face remained serious. He glanced at the servants kneeling on the ground and ordered in a cold voice: "Butler Feng, these servants are lazy and are the first to complain. They wronged my woman. Send them all to the farm to farm!"
He cooperated with Yu Jiuer and portrayed the image of a man obsessed with women to the fullest.
Everyone was stunned.
The nurse's daughter still didn't give up and crawled to Jun Mo's feet, crying bitterly: "My Lord, how could you be seduced by this vixen? If my mother knew about this, she would be so disappointed!"
"Don't you know how much your husband has made from the mansion? If the wet nurse knew that her daughter was lazy and her son-in-law was greedy, she would be so disappointed! For the sake of the wet nurse, I will not sell you out for the time being. If you still insist on not changing your ways, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
As he said this, he picked up Yu Jiuer and walked towards his room. Since everyone said that he was seduced by a vixen, how could he let them down?
The people kneeling on the ground looked incredulous. Was this still their dignified and noble Prince Jing?
The servants who were instigated to file a complaint began to angrily complain about grandma's daughter: "You are so blind! You have kicked the board now, haven't you? You have killed us..."
"Who knows why the prince suddenly changed his nature? He must have been bewitched by a demon. You did it voluntarily, how can you blame me?"
A group of people started to fight each other.
Butler Feng ignored their conflicts and sent these people to the farm overnight.
The next day, Yu Jiuer came out of Jun Mo's room, supporting her sore waist.
It's not easy to appease a hungry wolf and focus on your career at the same time.
After a few busy days, the tea banquet finally arrived.
With Concubine Duan taking the lead, the tea banquet was indeed packed.
Yu Jiuer also sent an invitation to Shang Buqun.
As expected, he didn't come.
However, an unexpected guest arrived, who was the mysterious "merchant" that Yu Jiuer met in the store that day.
"I am Shang Buqun's elder sister, Shang Buhui. I came here uninvited when I accidentally saw your invitation in his house. You won't be unwelcome, right?"
Yu Jiuer grabbed her hand, her face full of excitement: "Sister Shang, what are you talking about? You are doing me a favor by coming here, I couldn't ask for more! Come and sit over here!"
Yu Jiuer led Shang Buhui to the pavilion to drink tea with them.
"This pastry is good, soft and delicious!" Shang Buhui couldn't stop eating the cake that Yu Jiuer taught the kitchen to make.
Yu Jiuer smiled and said, "If Sister Shang likes it, ask a cook to come over and learn how to cook it for you when she gets home!"
"Then my trip was really worthwhile!" Shang Buhui was a frank person. He quickly got into a conversation with Yu Jiuer and even felt that they had met too late.
"I have a lot of new things here! I feel really good after using this moisturizer. If you don't mind, I'll give it to you!"
Seeing that Concubine Duan had already started praising the moisturizer among the ladies, Yu Jiuer quickly took advantage of the situation.
Before long, Yu Jiuer's moisturizer named "Qingyu" immediately attracted the attention of all the women in the venue.
But Yu Jiuer wants to do more than just promote the moisturizer. The real purpose of hosting this tea-tasting party has not been achieved yet!
When Concubine Duan was about to play the next game, Rong Wan'er lived up to Yu Jiu'er's expectations and pointed the finger at her directly:
"Aunt, I, your concubine, must have something extraordinary to be able to catch the eye of Cousin Mo. As the only mistress of Prince Jing's mansion, shouldn't you lead everyone in a talent show?"
"This..." Concubine Duan looked embarrassed and began to perform as she and Yu Jiuer had agreed. "This prize is only a jade hairpin. I'm afraid it's not good enough for the competition, right?"
Rong Wan'er and her group of noble ladies smiled at each other and jumped into the trap: "How about we use all our private money to compete?"
Yu Jiuer pretended to be shy and said, "I don't have much private money, so why don't you take it?"
Shang Buhui, who was standing by, took out a stack of banknotes from his pocket and said, "Don't be afraid, my dear concubine Yugui. I support you!"
Yu Jiuer concealed the light of success in her eyes. This Sister Shang was simply sent by God to save her.
Originally, she just wanted to make these noble ladies bleed a little.
This time, things get serious!
Yu Jiuer went with the flow and cast a glance at Rong Waner and the other noble ladies: "Sister Shang, you are joking. How can they compare to you in terms of money? If they lose, won't they lose all their money and face?"
"Don't be so arrogant?" Rong Wan'er took out all the banknotes from her pocket and said, "Ten thousand taels, do you dare to compete?"
"Aren't you insulting Sister Shang with just 10,000 taels?" Yu Jiuer continued to set the trap, "If you don't have 200,000 or 300,000 taels, don't embarrass yourself here!"
"Two or three hundred thousand taels? You are so arrogant!" The other noble ladies were shocked.
Even Shang Buhui's smile was about to fade away, and he leaned close to Yu Jiuer's ear and whispered, "You are so arrogant, are you confident that you can win? I have no shortage of money, but I can't fight for your face!"
Yu Jiuer patted her hands gently under the table to comfort her.
He smiled contemptuously at the ladies and said, "Why? You don't dare to compete? There are so many of you, and you are afraid of even a Yinshan person like me. If this gets out, you will be embarrassed, right?"
This successfully made the group of noble ladies furious. More than a dozen people gathered in a circle to discuss for a while, and then said to Yu Jiuer in a sinister tone: "If we want to gamble, let's just gamble big, five hundred thousand taels!"
"Compete for what?" Yu Jiuer stood up excitedly upon hearing this, and shouted in her heart: The people of Yinshan thank you!
These five hundred thousand taels are enough for the people of Yinshan to survive until the spring plowing season, and also to buy raw materials for factory production.
Once the factory is up and running, will she still worry about them going hungry?
This time, she would make these noble ladies lose everything, not even their dowries would be left!
The gambling was so big that even the men's guests came over to join in the fun.