Chapter 89: Damn Fu Chenan.
When the box was opened, Xiao Yingchun fell silent: This is a tea set.
The bright yellow teapot is a diamond-shaped four-sided one, with plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum patterns on each side. It is very exquisite, and one teapot is also equipped with four teacups.
The four teacups are plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum patterns.
This design is good, as it can ensure that tea drinkers don't take the wrong cup. It
is really beautiful.
But it is also really useless.
This bright yellow thing was given to Fu Chenan, and Fu Chenan only dared to put it up on a board for display.
It really is another practice of the emperor's "flashy but not practical" truth.
"And this..." Fu Chenan opened the small box again, "This is what His Majesty the Emperor gave me last time."
In the smaller box, there is a set of four treasures of the study.
Xiao Yingchun looked at the bright gold-painted dragon pattern on the ink stick and the bright dragon tail on the inkstone, and sighed again: How much does the emperor dislike Fu Chenan?
Things like these that clearly indicate "the emperor's personal use" are of no use to Fu Chenan.
Would Fu Chenan dare to use them?
He wouldn't!
Fu Chenan wouldn't dare to sell them either.
He couldn't sell them and couldn't use them... He even had to find a special place to store them carefully.
Fu Chenan seemed to have no idea that he was being targeted by the emperor, and he happily explained.
"You said before that people of your generation like things with the emperor's personal use logo the most. Today I took the soap and the new lip balm and went to the palace."
"His majesty the emperor rewarded me with a set of tea sets he is currently using."
"He probably thought it would be of no use to me, but he didn't know it would be of great use to me... Hahaha!"
After laughing happily, Fu Chenan gestured to Xiao Yingchun to keep them: "I recently bought two sets of rosewood furniture at the pawnshop. They are really good stuff..."
There are many aristocratic families in the capital, and many wealthy families were willing to buy these high-end furniture during their heyday. Once their families fell into decline, they had to sell or pawn them.
Fu Chen'an, a "poor man suddenly rich," had recently made some money and immediately became very excited. He openly sent someone to the pawnshop to buy two sets of the finest rosewood furniture.
Not only did they have tables, stools, and coffee table footstools, but they also had rosewood cabinets and beds...
Fu Chen'an said cheerfully, "I had them brought to my east guest house, but they won't install them. I'll bring them to you later and install them one by one."
Xiao Yingchun was extremely surprised: rosewood furniture was not an ordinary price!
She thought for a moment and said, "Don't rush to bring it to me. Wait a few days until I have everything ready for you, and then you can bring it to me."
Otherwise, the warehouse was so small, how could the rosewood furniture fit in?
Fu Chen'an was happier than anything when Xiao Yingchun smiled. "Alright! I'll do as you say. Let's eat first?"
Xiao Yingchun then joined him for dinner...
Afterward, Xiao Yingchun searched online for red sandalwood auction prices. Seeing a pair of ordinary red sandalwood square stools going for over half a million, Xiao Yingchun lost her composure.
"General Fu, you could just bring some smaller pieces like this. They'll be cheaper and less conspicuous, and I'll sell them discreetly."
Fu Chen'an paused for a moment, then slapped his thigh in regret.
"If I'd known small items could fetch such high prices, I would have just bought them!"
Those small pieces were indeed much cheaper, and they were not uncommon in pawnshops. For the price of a set of red sandalwood furniture, you could easily buy all the small pieces in all the pawnshops in Beijing.
Hearing Xiao Yingchun's words, he quickly excused himself and left.
Fu Chen'an, the butcher, went back to figuring out what to acquire.
The next morning, Fu Chen'an rode out of the city again, picking up two large boxes of mirrors at the Yudai River wharf and another order for frames from another side.
Mule carts rolled along, with Fu Chen'an leading the way, personally leading the team to bring the goods back to the Marshal's Mansion.
The handsome man with a jade face sat on a tall horse, followed by three loaded mule carts.
As they passed, the eagle-eyed could recognize him: this was General Fu of the Marshal's Mansion, returning from another round of purchases from Western merchants.
It looks like he's going to make a fortune again!
Ever since Fu Chenan's goods came back in large quantities and could be wholesaled to the six aristocratic families, the attention paid to Fu Chenan by various families in the capital has reached a new level.
He is a key figure who can cooperate with Western merchants and supply goods to the shops of the six aristocratic families!
Unfortunately, this person is not yet engaged.
If this person can be captured, the goods of the six aristocratic families will all belong to the Yue family, and they will definitely make a fortune every day!
Everyone looked at Fu Chenan as if they were looking at a moving God of Wealth!
Fu Chenan seemed to be unaware of it and led the team forward slowly.
Unexpectedly, just as Fu Chenan led the team to the bottom of a teahouse, a woman suddenly fell from the second floor of the teahouse! The
woman in a pink dress fell from the sky, and the landing point was about half a meter away in front of her. A scream suddenly rang out: "Miss!"
Fu Chenan immediately stopped his horse.
The woman looked at Fu Chenan in horror and reached out to grab her, but she was a little far away and couldn't catch her.
So the woman fell face down, right next to the horse's head!
"Bang..."
Everyone: "Wow..."
Someone also shouted: "Someone fell!"
"That's Dongsheng Teahouse, how could someone fall down?"
"Oh my, I'm afraid she's hurt..."
Everyone gathered around in an instant, pointing and talking.
The road was blocked.
Fu Chenan had to get off the horse to see.
The woman's forehead and nose hit the ground, bloody.
She raised her head in embarrassment and looked at Fu Chenan with tears in her eyes.
When the others saw her appearance, they all gasped!
Not to mention that her face was covered with dust, there were scars on her forehead mixed with blood...
There was also dust on her nose, and under her nose... two streams of nosebleed gushed out!
This scene had nothing to do with being pitiful, but only made people feel embarrassed.
The master and servant never expected that Fu Chenan would suddenly rein in the horse!
Seeing a woman in bright clothes falling from the upstairs, shouldn't the man's normal reaction be to take two steps forward and catch the person?
Damn Fu Chenan!
Fu Chen'an's eyes were calm as he turned to glance at the guards who had also followed him. The two of them exchanged glances, a flicker of understanding flashing across their eyes.
This was a setup.
However, Fu Chen'an had anticipated this from the beginning and simply didn't participate.
The onlookers were already offering suggestions: "There's a clinic over there, go get a doctor!"
The maid had already scrambled down, looking at the young lady's horrific fall, bursting into tears and pointing at Fu Chen'an.
"You, you saw someone falling, and why didn't you catch her?"
Everyone looked at Fu Chen'an: Exactly!
This young man in brocade clothes looked tall and strong, why didn't he offer a helping hand?
Fu Chen'an, however, took two steps back with a look of horror on his face: "This general is unmarried. If I catch a woman who falls on the street, what if I ruin her reputation?"
"What if they hold me responsible?"
"This general is not a casual person!"