Chapter 556: Spirit Spring System in the Qing Dynasty (7)

Xie Yang did not take the purse: "Thirteenth Uncle, I just told the Main Wife that the Immortal Grass was bought from a merchant from the Western Regions, but it has all been made into pills. There are a few seeds left, though. If Thirteenth Uncle is interested, you can take a few to try, only these seeds are not easy to grow..."

Before Xie Yang could finish, Yinxiang happily slapped his palm: "Seeds are best! Thirteenth Uncle will go find a farmer... no! Find a medicinal herb farmer to cultivate them! I will certainly have them cultivated with care! Once they grow, I'll share a few stalks with you, and how about you help Thirteenth Uncle refine some pills while you're at it?"

Xie Yang smiled and answered, "Okay."

Shisanye left happily with the Immortal Grass Seed given by Xie Yang, insisting on giving her the purse before he left, saying it was just money to buy the seeds.

Xie Yang looked up at her cheap father, and seeing him nod slightly, Xie Yang accepted it as a matter of course. Who would turn away from Silver?

After Shisanye left, Yinzhen began to speak about being kept behind by the Emperor after the morning court session today, looking at Xie Yang:

"Haiyin, your Imperial Grandfather is concerned about the condition of your brother Honghui, and kept Father behind to ask a few more questions, and incidentally asked... cough, are there any extra pills?"

When Xie Yang went to get the Immortal Grass Seed earlier, she had brought a small jade bottle along, and now she handed it to her cheap father together with the seeds in the sachet:

"There were twelve pills made in total. Before the new year, I caught a cold while admiring the plum blossoms and was alternating between hot and cold at night. Mother was pregnant at the time and I didn't want to disturb her, so I swallowed one. After taking it, I slept until morning and felt much better, which is why I dared to bring it for brother Honghui yesterday... The remaining ten are all for Father."

Once these words were out, both Yinzhen and Si Fujin wore expressions of relief.

Then, the couple each stuffed a wooden box into her hands.

Returning to her small courtyard, changing back into a light and breathable shirt, and drinking a bowl of Job's tears Mung Bean Soup sent by the main kitchen, Xie Yang dismissed the maid, lounged on the daybed, blew on a silent mini fan, and opened the wooden boxes to see what Si Fujin and her cheap father had given her.

The one from her cheap father seemed to be a rosewood box specifically for holding banknotes. Sliding open the lid, a small stack of banknotes lay inside, the largest denomination being one thousand taels and the smallest one hundred taels, totaling five thousand taels.

This meant her cheap father spent five thousand taels to buy ten Rejuvenation Pills and a small pinch of Immortal Grass Seed from her.

This price, honestly, was cheap in the Great Ye Dynasty. Rejuvenation Pills produced by Shenyi Valley were fought over even at one thousand taels apiece.

But this plane lacked the brand endorsement of Shenyi Valley. That her cheap father could give her five thousand taels, rather than just tossing her a few dozen or a hundred taels because she was his daughter, a concubine-born daughter, was not bad at all.

Looking at what Si Fujin gave... Xie Yang was stunned for a moment.

Si Fujin also gave five thousand taels, but it was—gold notes.

One tael of gold is worth eight taels of Silver.

This light, fluttering note was worth forty thousand taels of Silver!

Could this be Si Fujin's dowry money kept at the bottom of her chest?

However, since she had already accepted it, she did not intend to return it.

Later, she would find an opportunity to have Honghui drink some Spirit Spring Water, help Si Fujin look after this boy, and let him grow up safe and sound; in any case, she would not let Si Fujin spend these forty thousand taels in vain.

As for Shisanye, the purse he gave her actually contained a five-hundred-tael banknote. There were also a few small Silver Ingot and a few gold melon seeds, adding up to about fifty taels.

He was currently still a prince without a title; five hundred and fifty taels was probably more than half a year's salary for him, right?

Moreover, his birth mother died early; not only did he have to support his family, but he also had to help his two younger sisters, so his pressure was much greater than that of the other princes.

Thinking of those Immortal Grass Seed that were very difficult to cultivate into seedlings... Xie Yang rubbed her face, feeling like she had bullied an honest man.

She would see later; if the Immortal Grass Seed soaked in Spirit Spring Water could survive, she would give him a stalk.

Regardless, she finally had money in her hands that had passed through the proper channels.

Later, she would buy more strange and exotic seeds, mix in her own stockpile, including the Ice Cream Fruit Radish seeds rewarded by the Spirit Spring System... Sigh, planting medicinal herbs in a flower garden was passable, as flowers and herbs were of the same family, but planting radishes?

Xie Yang thought in a Heavenly Horse-like manner and drifted off to sleep in a daze.

Not many days later, the imperial decree for Li Shi to be promoted to Side Fujin came down.

A Side Fujin, like a Fujin, had to be entered into the clan register. Only after entering the Jade Genealogy was one a proper wife and a mistress of the mansion, no longer a concubine who couldn't be brought into the light. Her monthly allowance also increased, from the original ten taels to thirty taels.

Along with her, the daughter Xie Yang also rose with the tide, increasing by three taels. From now on, she could receive five taels of monthly allowance.

Placed among the common people, it was enough for a whole family's expenses for three to five months.

Besides the monthly allowance, she also received a wave of rewards that flowed in like water.

But rewards from the palace were not received for free. The next day, she and her cheap mother followed her cheap father into the palace to express their gratitude.

Li Shi remained as timid as ever, wishing she could finish kowtowing and return to the mansion to hide in her small courtyard and raise her son.

But fortunately, she was obedient. Whatever her cheap father told her to do, she did; whatever he told her to say, she said. Anything unrelated to that, she would absolutely not say an extra word or make an extra move.

Watching the interaction between these two, Xie Yang miraculously tasted a bit of "dog food."

She suddenly understood a little: why, apart from Si Fujin's Main Courtyard, her cheap father mostly only ran to Li Shi's courtyard. Men with chauvinistic tendencies often enjoyed the absolute obedience and reliance of a woman more, especially when this woman was as delicate as a willow in the wind and as beautiful as a flower.

It really was... the right lid for the right pot!

So much so that when Kangxi asked her, she was still digesting this solid mouthful of "dog food." She didn't react for a moment, her brain twitched, her mouth slipped, and she started chatting with the Emperor of the Ages:

"Little girl, I heard you understand herbs and can refine medicine? Have you apprenticed under any master?"

"I have never apprenticed; it is something this granddaughter explored by reading books myself."

"Oh? What books did you read?"

"Medical books; they cost this granddaughter quite a bit of Silver!"

"Haha! Is it that you don't have enough Silver to spend? Thirteenth came back and said you don't want anything, only Silver. Don't be like your Ninth Uncle, obsessed with money."

"My Ninth Uncle is smart. Which of food, clothing, housing, or transportation doesn't require Silver? Without Silver, nothing can be done; even a single copper coin can stump a hero."

"Hahaha! You little girl! Your father even said you were quiet; in my view, it is your father who is quiet."

"Imperial Grandfather is wise!"

Kangxi: "Hahahaha..."

Yinzhen: "..."

Li Shi... Li Shi was so nervous she was about to faint.

I don't know if this chat-like conversation that took place in the Imperial Study reached the ears of Jiu Ye.

That afternoon, after Xie Yang woke up from her nap and was preparing to enjoy the cold drinks and tea snacks sent by the main kitchen, she suddenly heard that a box of gifts had been sent to her from Jiu Ye's mansion.

It was a large box of Silver Ingot, each weighing twenty taels, fifty ingots in total, totaling one thousand taels.

Xie Yang: "..."

What does that mean?

Just because she happened to praise him by saying "Uncle Nine is smart" in the heat of the moment?

Then those four words are truly worth a fortune!