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Chapter 49: Please obtain a precious item personally made and given to you by Consort Liu Chen, as a token of your love.
"The price will be seven or eight times, or even more than ten times, of what it is now."

"Dad, this is a great opportunity to make money, we can't miss it!" Tang Xiyue's eyes shone brighter as she spoke.

"Yueyue, are you telling the truth?"

"Father, it's absolutely true!"

"Okay, okay."

As a wealthy landowner who was a businessman, Tang's father naturally knew how to make money.

If what Yueyue said is true, Cheng'an Prefecture will experience severe flooding in October.

Therefore, the prices of food, medicinal herbs, and other commodities will certainly continue to rise rapidly.

If he were to stockpile large quantities of grain and medicinal herbs at low prices now, and then sell them at high prices in October, the price difference would be enough to make him a fortune.

"Father, the family that will become the future empress's maternal family must be as wealthy as possible," Tang Xiyue suggested.

"Yueyue, I understand this principle, I understand."

"Alright, I'll listen to you. Right now, I'll take out half of the family's silver, no, sixty percent, to stockpile grain and medicine."

"Dad, 6% isn't enough. This is such a rare opportunity, you shouldn't have gone all in. Anyway, we'll make back 8 or 10 times the money."

Mr. Tang was also very interested, but...

Finally, he gritted his teeth and said, "8%!"

"Father used eighty percent of the family fortune to stockpile grain and medicine."

Tang's father was still somewhat cautious and wanted to leave himself some options.

“…Alright then.” Tang Xiyue knew that this was the limit her father could do.

"Then Father must get it done as soon as possible, and also, don't let anyone know."

"Don't worry, Dad understands that."
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Daqing Imperial Palace Qiwu Palace

A beautiful woman in palace attire is carefully fiddling with something by the window.

If you look closely, you can see that what she is holding is a delicate little boat.

The small boat was only the size of a person's palm, yet it was carved with great detail and exquisite craftsmanship.

The small boat is clearly already finished.

The beautiful woman in palace attire was applying paint to the small boat, coloring it one by one.

"Your Highness, please have some food. It'll get cold if you don't eat soon," the head palace maid, Qingxue, suggested softly.

The palace beauty, Consort Liu, shook her head without raising her head. "Wait a little longer. I'll be done soon. Just a little more coloring here."

Half an hour later, Liu Chenfei finally put down the paintbrush in her hand and said, "Okay."

"Qingxue, look."

The small boat was in Consort Liu's palm, a tiny boat, as if it had been cut out of a painting.

The hull is intricately carved from golden nanmu wood, with silver threads outlining water ripples between the wood grain, giving it a warm and lustrous sheen.

Eight glass lamps hung on either side of the ship's gunwale. Each lamp was only the size of a thumb, yet it was carved into the shape of a lotus flower. Inside the lamp wick was something that could emit light, so that it glowed faintly even in the daytime.

The boat's canopy was woven from cicada wings and seemed to be embroidered with a picture of the Penglai fairyland. A gilded mast, about half a hand's height, stood at the stern...

"Your Majesty, the little boat you made is so beautiful. Is it a gift for His Majesty?"

Consort Liu was taken aback for a moment, then shook her head, "No, it's for Princess Fuqing."

"Qingxue, do you think Princess Fuqing would like it?"

Consort Liu was always grateful to Princess Fuqing.

Her life was saved by Princess Fuqing.

It was also Princess Fuqing who single-handedly refuted the rumors about her being a wicked concubine. Consort Liu was a grateful person.

From that day on, I have been thinking about how to repay Princess Fuqing.

Unable to think of anything else, she decided to make something herself and give it to Princess Fuqing.

After thinking it over, Consort Liu decided to make a small boat.

There's a reason why they chose to make small boats.

Consort Liu was able to enter the palace not through the imperial concubine selection process.

Instead, it was a peasant girl whom Emperor Xuanhe met during his southern tour.

Mr. Liu was a shipbuilder with superb shipbuilding skills. Thanks to his shipbuilding skills, he lived a good life with his wife and two children.

When she was little, Liu Shu's favorite thing was to be held by her father, watch him build a boat, and listen to him explain how to build a boat.

Little Liu Shu was also taught by her father to build some pretty good little boats.

Unfortunately, these good days did not last long.

When Liu Shu was 8 years old, a plague broke out in their hometown.

In the Liu family, apart from Liu Shu, her parents and younger brother are all dead.

Later, the clan decided that Liu Shu would be raised by her aunt's family.

From that time on, Liu Shu's life became difficult.

As Liu Shu grew up and her stunning beauty began to emerge, she attracted the covetousness of her uncle and cousin.

If Liu Shu hadn't been clever enough to evade them several times, she might have already fallen victim to their cruelty.

It was during one of Liu Shu's escapes from her cousin's clutches that she happened to encounter Emperor Xuanhe, who was on a southern tour.

After that, she entered the palace.

From a lowly concubine to the current Consort Liu.

Everyone only saw the huge age gap between her and His Majesty, but they didn't know that His Majesty was her hero, who saved her from the abyss and gave her, a peasant girl, a prosperous life.

How could she not be grateful?

So when she was wrongly accused of being a wicked concubine, she was willing to die so as not to put her emperor in a difficult position.

Unexpectedly, Princess Fuqing's appearance saved her.

Therefore, Consort Liu was naturally grateful to Princess Fuqing.

She had no special skills, except for building a small boat. She built a beautiful little boat and gave it to Princess Fuqing.

“Your Highness, the little boat you made yourself is so beautiful and exquisite. Princess Fuqing will surely love it.” Qingxue had been watching her mistress work day and night to carve the little boat.

This little boat took her mother a lot of thought and effort to make.

"Qingxue, go to Yaoguang Palace and ask if Princess Fuqing is willing to see me. If she is, then we'll go there."

His Majesty has decreed that no concubine may disturb Princess Fuqing without being summoned.

"Yes."
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So, Princess Fuqing, who was curiously looking at the kaleidoscope that Yue Jinyu had given her, heard Furong say that Consort Liu Chen wanted to see her.

"Is she Consort Liu's niece-in-law? Great, great, let her come." Sui Sui readily agreed.

Just then, the system's voice rang out.

[Ding! Detected that the host is about to come into contact with Consort Liu again.]

[Mission issued: The host has successfully rescued Consort Liu and earned her gratitude. How can you not further cultivate a closer relationship with this most favored concubine of Daqing? Please obtain a precious item personally made and given to you by Consort Liu as a token of your love.]

[Difficulty Rating: Passing the Shu Road Level. Consort Liu's heart belongs only to Emperor Xuanhe. Her family suffered hardship in her childhood, leaving her alone and mistreated by her aunt's family, who also coveted her. Gaining Consort Liu's trust is extremely difficult. The host must obtain a precious gift from her in full view of everyone to pledge their love. One wrong move, and Emperor Xuanhe could find out, accusing the host of adultery and leading to eternal damnation.]

(End of this chapter)