【Quick Wear】My Years as a Mother-in-law

Chapter 185 The Queen Mother who picked up the bargain is very upset 31

In the afternoon, Yun Xi taught the two children while stepping on the water. She would put the children in the water and splash around to see if they could get up on their own. She would only help if they couldn't.

The children were also very brave. They were not afraid of being face down in the water. They played in the water with their little hands and feet. Yun Xi picked them up, and Chen'er was laughing so hard.

"Grandma, I want to go in the water!"

Yuyang also wanted to break free, not to mention Huolun, who was like a small cannonball, very strong and a good weightlifter.

"Can you breathe? Look at grandma, she takes a deep breath, exhales slowly in the water, and then immediately surfaces to take a quick breath..."

Yun Xi did not let go and held the three jade dolls tightly.

The three children watched their grandmother's demonstration quietly. They saw their grandmother take a deep breath, bury her face in the water, stand up quickly after a few breaths, take another deep breath and go back into the water.

After several demonstrations, the three children seemed to understand a little and had fun playing in the pool.

After a few days, the children learned to swim without any instruction. Yun Xi did not let them swim in the big lake, saying that they should wait until they were older.

When Nanny Yue heard the maid's report, she said, "Master, the wife of the Marquis of Shouning wishes to see you."

"Oh? Please come in." Yun Xi clapped her hands and put down the book.

Not long after, Wei Runiang rushed in with a look of joy on her face, "Your Highness greets the Empress Dowager. May the Empress Dowager live a thousand years and a thousand thousand years."

"Hurry up and get up! Is this because you successfully developed the glass?"

"Yes, Madam! We have recently developed a more transparent and stronger glass." Wei Runiang was so excited that she could not contain her excitement. She waved and looked outside the hall, "Hurry and bring the things in."

Yun Xi nodded to Nanny Yue with a smile, and only then did Nanny Yue dare to let the person in.

Three babies wandering around in the hall saw a group of little maids coming in one after another, two in a group, carrying objects covered with red silk. The three of them were very curious and slowly came over.

Wei Runiang smiled at the three children, bowed, and then opened the red silk cloth one by one. Square pieces of glass appeared in front of everyone. The three children opened their mouths wide and exclaimed in surprise.

The light is clear and radiant like autumn water, while the color is bright and ethereal like clear smoke.

Wang Qi's poem vividly depicts the situation at that time.

Yun Xi looked at the pieces of glass and felt a little nostalgic.

Wei Runiang pointed to a round piece of glass and said, "My Lady, is this the mirror you were talking about?"

Yun Xi held Chen'er and moved closer. The bright and clear glass reflected their faces, and their pores were clearly visible.

"Wow! Does this look like water?" Lian Chen put his hand on the mirror and touched it curiously.

You should also watch the jade sheep and the fire wheel jumping around.

"Yue'er, take the mirror and take them out to play."

Nanny Yue was just wondering, but she nodded and took the three children out to play, taking the people in the hall with her.

Wei Runiang saw that the time was right and took out something.

"Your Highness, this is the revenue from the glass we made in the first half of the year. Back then, glass wasn't quite as clear, so I had it made into exquisite ornaments in various colors. Each set sold for fifty taels or less. We sold a total of three hundred and fifty thousand taels, for a profit of three hundred thousand taels. All of this is deposited with Nianfeng Silver Shop. Here's the receipt."

Yun Xi picked up the jade certificate and took a look at it. "Take what's yours, and leave the rest to Yue'er."

She felt that she was generous enough. In her last mission, she sold the medicine herself, and the emperor only played a supporting role, and ended up taking 80% of it. This time, she gave the formula and was willing to support it, but only took 70%.

Wei Runiang said embarrassedly, "Your Majesty, I heard that Your Majesty is short of silver, so I want to donate my share to Your Majesty."

Yun Xi was surprised, "That's ninety thousand taels of silver, you don't feel bad about it."

Don't be fooled by the fact that the silver she handled each time was thousands or tens of thousands of taels. That was because she was the empress dowager. In fact, twenty taels of silver were enough for an ordinary family to spend in a year. A third-class family like Shouning Marquis, which was not even comparable to the Jia family, only spent a few thousand taels of silver a year. Ninety thousand taels was the expenditure for more than ten years.

"I don't understand so many profound principles, but I do understand that the country comes before the family." Wei Runiang blushed and said embarrassedly, "Besides, when Lingfeng grows up, he won't have a title to inherit, so I want to pave the way for him."

Wei Runiang thought that her son should not be short of money when he grew up. Since her husband had difficulty in having children and he was the only child in the family, the Shouning Marquisate would belong to him in the future. She wanted to train her child to be a man of both civil and military talents, and also wanted to pave a good way for His Majesty so that His Majesty would not forget him. It would be even better if the child could earn a title by himself.

Think about the eldest prince, Princess Yuyang, and Prince Hulun who were born in the same year as Lingfeng. They all have titles and can rest easy in the future, but Lingfeng has nothing.

"Yes, it is an honor for the Xiang family to marry you. You are virtuous and generous. Don't worry, the emperor and I will not forget your efforts. When you donate 500,000 taels of silver to the emperor, I will ask him to grant Ling Feng a sixth-rank lieutenant of the Fengguo."

The titles of the Lian Dynasty are divided into titles of royal family and titles of meritorious officials and relatives of the emperor. The titles of meritorious officials and relatives of the emperor are duke, marquis and earl. It is impossible to make a child an earl, so it is barely acceptable to give him the lowest title of royal family. The annual salary of the lieutenant of Fengguo is only 200 shi, which is not a loss at all.

Wei Runiang was stunned for a moment, then ecstatic, and finally worriedly said: "Wouldn't this be bad? If other nobles knew about this..."

"If they are willing to spend so much money to buy a low-ranking title, why can't the emperor and I do the same? Don't you think so?" Yun Xi said meaningfully.

Wei Runiang suddenly realized, "That's true."

Leaving behind a variety of glass products, including ornaments, cups, mirrors, etc., Wei Runiang left happily.

Yun Xi ordered glass and replaced the windows of Renshou Palace. She also discussed the pricing with her sister-in-law. She sold the ornaments at double the price, and sold the glass at 200 wen per piece. The other items were also priced high. Her main goal was to not take money from the poor.

"Yue'er, there are 300,000 taels of silver in this voucher. It is in Nianfeng Money House. You take people to get it back, and 90,000 taels of it should be sent to Ru's mother's home." Yun Xi arranged.

"Yes!"

Nanny Yue was so shocked that she took the certificate and went to do her business, and did not come back until dusk.

"Why so late?"

Yun Xi walked out of the inner hall and asked in a low voice.

Nanny Yue's face turned pale. "At first, Nianfeng Bank kept refusing to let me withdraw the money. Later, they made all kinds of excuses, such as not having cash, etc. I had Yun Yi call dozens of people to withdraw the money."

"Go and find out who's behind this. If you encounter something like this next time, just use my name. Don't worry too much. I don't care. But tell Runiang not to patronize this bank in the future." Yun Xi soothed him, "Go get the money and give two taels of hard work to everyone who helped you today. Don't let them feel disappointed."