Chapter 119 Sister, Have We Offended the Queen Mother?

Su Wan'er was stunned, not understanding what her elder sister meant.

The people around were naturally stunned and curious. Does "A gentleman does not rescue" mean that he will not save people?

Thinking of this, some of them frowned, thinking that this young lady was so beautiful but had such a cold heart. It would be fine if you didn't save her, but you stopped her even though she was willing to spend money to help others.

Su Changan smiled and rubbed Su Wan'er's head: "Do you have some calluses on your hands because of sword practice?"

Su Wan'er blinked and looked down at her right hand holding the sword. Although it didn't look obvious, a thin layer of callus could be felt.

Su Changan continued, "Look at that girl's hand again."

Su Wan'er turned her head and looked at the pitiful girl's hands.

The girl also heard Su Changan's words and couldn't help but look at her hands.

Although her hands were a little dusty, her fingers were slender and her skin was delicate and tender.

However, the girl seemed to understand it all of a sudden, and immediately put her hands away and glared at Su Changan.

Not only she saw it, but the people around her also saw the pair of delicate and tender hands, and they were all suddenly enlightened.

If they were really from a poor family, how could the hands that had been helping with the work be like this? !

Immediately, everyone looked at Su Changan.

Some were stunned, some were even more surprised.

Su Changan looked at Su Wan'er and said, "Our Wan'er is so old that she already has calluses on her hands. That girl claims that she has worked hard on the farm since she was a child and her hands are more delicate and tender than yours. Do you understand?"

Su Wan'er lowered her head and clasped her hands. She suddenly understood what was going on and then looked at Su Chang'an and nodded.

Su Changan smiled, holding Su Wan'er's hand and about to leave, "A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. You know this sentence, right?"

Su Wan'er nodded: "Mr. said that this sentence is to take precautions before it happens, to be aware of potential dangers in advance and take preventive measures. Second, if you find yourself in a dangerous situation, you must leave in time."

Su Changan said: "It is also true that a gentleman should not rescue. You should first see if you need to help, then look around carefully, and then decide whether to rescue. And before rescuing, you should also consider whether rescuing people will put yourself in danger. A gentleman is not a pedantic person."

Su Wan'er nodded as if she understood, "Then be more careful when you're alone next time?"

Su Changan said: "When you have your master's ability, you should be able to save people at will."

Just as he finished speaking, Yan Ruyu on the side said, "If you want to stop, my mother said that you should mind your own business when you are in the state of stopping. If you mind half of the business when you reach the state of stopping, you can defeat her, and you can mind anything in the world."

After hearing this, Su Changan thought about it and felt that Aunt Yan was still an experienced person, because this was indeed the truth.

Su Wan'er listened and nodded vigorously: "Then I will try my best to the end!"

Yan Ruyu smiled and nodded.

Su Changan was helpless, but didn't say much.

However, the crowd at the back, including some scholars, took a deep breath after hearing what Su Changan had just said.

After savoring it carefully, everyone's faces suddenly understood, and looking at Su Changan they felt only admiration.

But at the same time.

Some people thought that the girl who sold herself to bury her mother was a liar, but when they looked back, they found that the girl was gone.

"Where are the people? Arrest this kind of person and send him to the authorities."

“Not necessarily just now.”

"How could a living person suddenly disappear from everyone's sight?"

"Thanks to that girl for seeing through the scam, otherwise I would have been planning to help."

"That girl is so pretty."

…

The people behind were saying this, so Su Changan and the others could naturally hear it.

Su Wan'er, however, was listening to what the people behind her said and looking at Su Chang'an with eyes full of admiration.

Su Changan looked at Yan Ruyu and asked, "Is that woman a martial artist?"

Yan Ruyu nodded: "It should be, but I don't know the exact grade until I make a move."

Su Changan said "Oh", but didn't take it seriously. He just thought it was a small episode. After all, scammers can be found everywhere in Luoan City.

but

Just on a covered bridge far behind Su Changan and the others, a woman glared at Su Changan's back with an unhappy look on her face.

I originally wanted to come to the capital to do some business and kill a few fat sheep, but I didn't expect to be seen through. Humph, you are so beautiful, don't let you fall into my hands. But since you have a master around you, I will let you go today!

As she said this, the woman looked at Yan Ruyu with some fear.

At this moment, a man came over from the side with a frown on his face: "Junior sister, Uncle Master has been looking for you."

The woman glanced at the man and asked coldly, "It's not going to be done in the next two days, why are you in such a hurry?"

The man frowned, but hesitated to speak, and finally said: "Junior sister, you should go back first. Master told you when you came here that you should listen to Uncle Master and not make any unnecessary troubles."

The woman didn't even look at the man, but still planned to leave along the corridor bridge. However, as she walked, she glanced at Su Changan and others and snorted coldly.

…

The location of [Dian Jiang Chun] has been changed. Su Liheng planned to use the former store to open a mutton hotpot restaurant.

The new store is located at Siyuefang. This market is full of luxury goods. The dignitaries in Luoan City, or the foreign businessmen who come to Luoan City, mostly buy things here.

Su Zifeng originally intended to use the location of the new store to open a silk shop. Later, when he learned that Su Changan opened a rouge shop, he directly gave it to Su Changan.

Later, Su Changan heard from Su Liheng that Su Zimu and his wife also spent some money to buy the shop next door, making the store much larger.

Walk all the way to Siyuefang.

When I passed by the study and the theater on the way, I heard people talking about "A Dream of Red Mansions" inside.

As for the study rooms, theaters and teahouses, not only were they packed with people, but many people were just lying outside to watch.

Su Changan was impressed by "Dream of Red Mansions"!

At the same time, he naturally heard a lot of words like "When will Miss Chang'an come out?" Su Chang'an pretended not to hear these words.

However, Su Changan could understand such scenes. After all, Su Zifeng wrote to tell him that 10,000 copies were printed, which was the result of many people working day and night, but he did not expect that they were sold out in less than two days.

Of course, Su Changan mentioned the issue of piracy to Su Zifeng.

But Su Zifeng smiled and asked back, "Do you think anyone would dare to pirate and print the Queen's book?"

Su Changan suddenly realized that he seemed to have asked unnecessary questions.

However, what really made Su Changan happy.

From time to time along the way, I would hear people talking about his love with the empress.

Although some people probably made up some stories for the sake of sounding nice, saying that he and the empress had been childhood sweethearts, and now they were in love with each other and it was a natural match.

There is also a story from before that people still talk nonsense about today, which is about a village girl who fled all the way and was rescued by the empress. However, here it is changed to Su Changan, as the eldest daughter, who got lost in the palace and was rescued by the empress, and the two have been together since then.

Anyway, in order to sound better, people say all kinds of things, and each story is better than the other.

To this

Su Changan silently cheered for them.

But I was thinking about whether I should write another love poem and publish it in a journal, because I heard others talk about their love stories, especially when they mentioned the Empress.

Su Changan really wanted to hear it.

certainly

Along the way, Su Changan discovered some of the carts that he had previously told Su Liheng about, as well as a scene of a person wearing clothes with the words "Dian Jiang Chun" written on them running hurriedly with a brocade box in his arms.

I know that Su Liheng has already started doing this.

Just walking along the way, Su Changan saw several cars, which made Su Changan frown.

Because this matter requires coverage of a large area, I went to four or five markets along the way, but ended up with only a few cars, which was too few.

So I thought I would talk to Su Liheng about this later.

The closer he got to Siyuefang, the more Su Changan noticed that there were more martial artists or scholars wielding swords and sabers.

According to Yan Ruyu, these people are all trying their luck here, hoping to be noticed by those dignitaries, so that they can take a shortcut and climb up the tree to become a phoenix.

Either they are chosen and taken into the palace to do work, or they are considered to marry directly.

In short, it’s the word ‘shortcut’ in life.

Su Changan understood.

Although Siyuefang was visited by many nobles, there were also many commoners. Cars were coming and going, and the place was still crowded.

It's not much better than outside.

Su Wan'er became a little nervous as she looked at the increasing number of people from the martial arts world, especially when she saw some of those with fierce looks. She held Su Chang'an's hand tightly and did not dare to look at those people.

Su Changan looked down at Su Wan'er, thought for a moment and asked, "How did Mr. Yuan teach you sword?"

Su Wan'er thought for a moment and said, "The teacher said that the sword is the words, the words are the sword, and the sword moves are like writing. When practicing sword, don't think about the sword moves, just think about the words. What words do you think about? You need to ask your heart. Practicing sword and calligraphy is practicing the sharpest principles in the world and the righteousness in your heart. A breath of righteousness is great."

After saying this, Su Wan'er became a little bolder, perhaps thinking of Yuan Ruxi's teachings to her.

When Su Changan heard this, he didn't expect Su Wan'er to say this. He suddenly respected Yuan Ruxi even more and understood why Yan Yunxiao said that Yuan Ruxi's path would be difficult.

Such ambition.

It’s really hard to walk.

The clothes on Su Changan and the others looked luxurious, especially Su Changan, who was good-looking. Yan Ruyu was even more heroic, Su Wan'er was petite and cute, and although Maomao was slightly inferior, she was still much prettier than those ordinary women.

Therefore, when walking in Siyuefang, he would naturally be stared at by those martial artists and scholars who were looking for shortcuts in life.

Some of them were even eager to take action and took the initiative to come up and talk.

But whenever there was such a person, Yan Ruyu would give him a cold glance.

The aura of an eighth-rank master is still very scary.

So the journey has been quite smooth.

After walking for a while, Su Changan saw Su Liheng running towards them like flying.

Looking behind Su Liheng, he saw a store with its sign covered with red cloth.

Su Changan thought that should be his own shop.

On the way, Su Wan'er told Su Chang'an that the signboard of "Dianjiangchun" was written by Mr. Shuiyun after Su Liheng begged him to do so.

The reason was that Wan'er was also Mr. Shuiyun's student. After Su Liheng found out, he shamelessly followed her.

Mr. Shuiyun knew the purpose of the visit, and he also knew that the rouge shop was Su Changan's shop, so he didn't hesitate and just wrote.

Su Liheng immediately took out a complete set of rouge and perfume prepared by Su Changan as a reward.

Su Changan didn't say much. He just returned the gift. He would thank Mr. Shuiyun when he met him one day. After all, Mr. Shuiyun's calligraphy was priceless in the market.

Su Liheng ran over and saluted towards Su Changan: "Hello, elder sister."

Su Changan smelled the fragrance on Su Liheng and asked with a smile: "Have you started to dress yourself up?"

Su Liheng was stunned for a moment, and immediately said: "Where is it? You don't know how fragrant the workshop is. Fortunately, the smell is not greasy, otherwise I really can't stay in the workshop. I just came from the workshop and have been waiting here. The smell on my body has not dissipated yet."

Su Changan smiled and looked towards a rouge shop not far away.

Su Liheng was stunned for a moment, then immediately said with a smile: "He is definitely not happy, but he has to hold it in. Otherwise, what can he do?"

Su Changan nodded. That was right. He couldn’t just watch others open a business here and not open one too.

Su Liheng continued, "Sister, let's go and take a look. I think it's pretty good, and it's completely based on the drawing you gave me. And for the gift box, I also made a package like you said, it's in the shop."

Su Changan nodded. Looking at Su Liheng, he felt that this little money-grubber had lost some weight. He was about to tell him to take care of his health, but seeing Su Liheng's excited face, he knew that making money was the happiest thing for this little money-grubber, so he didn't say anything more.

Su Wan'er said, "Fourth brother stayed at home for a while during the Mid-Autumn Festival and then ran away again. Third aunt rarely scolded him, saying that Third uncle was not at home, and Fourth brother was not at home either. They were a family of noble character, but the father and son only cared about making money. If anyone knew about it, it would only bring bad reputation to the Su family."

Su Changan smiled and said something after hearing this.

Su Liheng frowned and looked at Su Wan'er: "Nonsense! What does my mother know? My father and I are the ones who do big things! How can our family eat if we don't make money! And what is the name of my father and I? Remember our Lord Jiulang once said to me, 'Those who are good at managing money keep what comes from them, and collect what is left over.'"

After saying that, Su Liheng looked at Su Changan a little unconfidently: "Sister, there is such a saying, right?"

Su Changan smiled and nodded: "Yes, yes."

Su Liheng suddenly became proud.

Su Wan'er rolled her eyes, but even though she was young, she knew the importance of money.

However, Su Changan looked at Su Liheng and asked, "Has Lord Li Jiulang met you again?"

Su Liheng shook his head: "Except for telling me about some conveniences for our shop last time, I haven't looked for it. But Sister Xingyue came to the Su Mansion to find Zhao Xin and asked Zhao Xin about my rouge."

"So I prepared some rouge and perfume and gave them to Sister Xingyue. But don't worry, big sister. Although I am not involved in the affairs of the court, I know a little bit about it. I know some taboos. What I just said was also taught to me by Lord Li when I first met him. I thought it made sense, so I wrote it down."

Su Changan nodded: "Some things are better for you to know, but we still have to do what we should do. After all, our family can't really escape that vortex. And I heard that Yang Guofu's sister is the owner of the largest rouge shop in the city, and she also has direct connections with many merchants traveling to the Western Regions."

Upon hearing this, Su Liheng said nothing and pulled Su Changan towards the shop.

After entering the shop, Su Changan saw some servants. These people naturally knew that Su Changan was coming, and hurriedly saluted.

Then he was sent to the back by Su Liheng, and Su Liheng directly closed the door of the shop.

Su Changan looked around and found that the decoration was exactly as he had described, and the store was also very large.

The high-end luxury goods shelves on the left and front, the enclosed exhibition stands, and the shelves in the affordable area are all well done.

And just as he had imagined, there were special areas for trying on makeup and activities, etc.

Overall, it is big and spacious enough.

After looking around, Su Changan looked at Su Liheng and said, "That's about it. But we need to do some soft furnishings. Remember what I said, don't make it too fancy. The activity area and exhibition stand should be decorated with the best promotional products of the season."

Su Liheng nodded: "Sister, don't worry, I have already thought about these things, and I will start looking for someone to get chrysanthemums and other things during the Double Ninth Festival in a while. But I won't tell you about this first, it's Yang Guofu, the old girl of the Taifu family, Yang Wangshu, that woman is always playing tricks, you still remember that I told you before that someone had sneaked into the manor to steal the formula."

Su Changan nodded.

Su Liheng continued, "I cleaned up the entire manor again, and sent some people who had entered the manor in the past two years away with some money, leaving only the elderly. Then I found some people from my father to guard the manor, so the formula can be assured."

"But that gang used the power of the government to arrest a group of people who were pushing the cart you taught me and delivering goods to people's homes. I made almost a hundred carts and placed them all over Luo'an City as you said, but that gang accused me of disturbing public order and arrested sixty or seventy of them, and then there were those people who were delivering goods to people's homes that I personally trained."

"Many of those people were bribed and started to cause trouble for me, doing bad things in the name of our Su family. I simply broke their legs and drove them out. But that group of people turned to Yang Wangshu, and I heard that they are now also doing this cart and door-to-door delivery service."

"And most importantly, sister, tell me, are you and the Queen Mother at odds, or is she angry because we used her to advertise?"

Su Changan frowned slightly and looked at Su Liheng: "What do you mean?"

Su Liheng said word by word: "Among the people who defected to Yang Wangshu, I put one of my people there. He told me all the things I just said in the letter. Then he also found out that Wang Maoqing is also a shareholder in Yang Wangshu's rouge shop. Wang Maoqing is the secretary of the Secretariat and the Queen Mother's man."

"It was this man who gave the order to arrest them. He should be afraid of our family, but he should be afraid of you. Oh, no, that's not it. You can't say that. He was afraid of our family and didn't kill us all. He left some behind, but the carts are not as effective as before."

"I thought, let's just leave it like this for now, and when our shop is open, I'll think of a way to deal with this matter."

(End of this chapter)