Madam Pei valued the family's reputation, whether it was Wen Shi being confined to her quarters or Jiang Yao's embarrassing incident at the clan banquet.

She ordered the clan ladies and servants to keep quiet, and no one dared to disobey, so Sun Wanwan naturally had no way of knowing.

"Madam Pei's status in the Marquis's mansion is truly too high," Sun Wanwan said with a sigh, adding.

"Why does Pei Lingyu have time to ride a horse through the streets and go out to enjoy the snow today?"

"Does Madam Bo dislike Jiang Yao, and he doesn't even stay in the manor to keep an eye on her?"

This brings up the matter of Jiang Yao learning etiquette from her madam these past few days.

Because Madam Bo was holding Madam Pei's imperial sword, Pei Lingyu had no choice but to let his beloved wife learn manners from Madam Bo.

Jiang Yao was severely tormented by the Wen family in her previous life because of the rules, so she knows a lot about rules.

At least the aunt could not use this as an opportunity to torment her.

So after she was released from the woodshed, she went with her aunt to learn manners the next day.

Anyway, she basically knows all the rules, so she just goes through the motions and gets by.

"But the aunt wouldn't allow it!"

"She originally wanted to discipline the second young lady, but seeing that the second young lady's manners were not too bad, she took a different approach and made the second young lady learn female virtues and precepts."

"In the dead of winter, not only did they make her get up before dawn to recite her lessons, but they also made her establish rules while she was reciting them."

"The second young lady endured it for two days. Later, she memorized the virtues of women perfectly. Then the aunt said that she had memorized the book, but she hadn't internalized it. She looked at her mother-in-law with resentment and slapped the second young lady's hand."

"The second young lady was not convinced, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law started arguing again. This also caused the servants in the house to split into two groups, and the situation became tense, with no peace every day."

"The young master tried to persuade him for a few days at first, but he couldn't stand it anymore these past few days and has been running out of his house early every morning to escape the peace and quiet."

Qingxing said with a disdainful look.

They had overheard everything that Madam Bo and Jiang Yao had been fighting every day for the past few days.

Moreover, many of the servants in the Earl's and Marquis's mansions are related by marriage, and there is a lot of news about the Earl's mansion that people will tell her on their own initiative, even if she doesn't ask.

That's why she knows so much.

Sun Wanwan was taken aback.

"If he comes out to enjoy some peace and quiet, what will happen to Jiang Yao?"

"Since he married Jiang Yao, shouldn't he treat her well? How could he do this?"

Sun Wanwan looked incredulous.

"I always thought they were truly in love, but when trouble came, he, a man, actually ran away?"

"He has absolutely no sense of responsibility!"

Sun Wanwan was speechless.

Jiang Yao and Pei Lingyu, a married couple.

Jiang Yao is not the only talented woman in the capital.

Pei Lingyu was also the prince charming in the hearts of many young ladies in the capital, not to mention that he was the only heir of the Earl's Mansion.

He was also handsome and good-tempered; he wouldn't get angry even if a young girl bumped into him.

The phrase he always said was that women are delicate and should be taken good care of.

How can you marry your sweetheart and then neglect her?

"That's exactly what happens when you lack responsibility; you only know how to run away from problems."

"I was so wrong before!"

Qingxing was speechless at Pei Lingyu's words.

Although she was an unmarried young woman, she knew that when there were conflicts between her and her mother-in-law, the man should mediate.

How could a man run away to escape the quarrels between his mother and daughter-in-law, spending his days riding a horse through the streets, enjoying the snow and drinking wine?

Judging from how happily he was riding his horse just now, he's probably already forgotten about the two women in the manor...

"And doesn't today seem to be a day for classes at the Imperial College?"

The green apricot suddenly realized this.

She didn't even need to calculate the days, because Prince Pei Yanzhi, who was studying at the Imperial Academy with Pei Lingyu, hadn't come home.

"Is the young master skipping class?" Qingxing exclaimed in surprise.

"It's not really considered skipping class. Most of the aristocratic children who were admitted to the Imperial Academy through imperial favor didn't like studying. They would just show up briefly and then go out to play. Some didn't even show up for the roll call."

Sun Wanwan's words broadened Qingxing's horizons.

The Jiang family had never had any children who attended the Imperial Academy, so she was completely unfamiliar with it.

If the Marquis's heir hadn't been a student at the Imperial Academy, she wouldn't have suddenly remembered that today was a day for classes at the Imperial Academy.

"The young master doesn't even go to class..."

"So he's not planning to take the exam this fall?"

Pei Lingyu also holds the title of Xiucai (a scholar who passed the lowest level of the imperial examinations), but his achievement was largely due to the efforts of the Marquis's family.

Moreover, he took the exam four or five times before finally passing and becoming a Xiucai (a scholar who passed the lowest level of the imperial examinations).

Unlike Pei Yanzhi, who passed the exam on his first try at the age of ten.

Hearing them mention Pei Yanzhi, Jiang Shuwan couldn't help but give him a thumbs up.

The small business owner is promising. If she can get close to both the small business owner and the big business owner, her life will be pretty good.

As they were chatting, the carriage drove into the West Market.

Jiang Shuwan owns three shops in the West Market.

The shop was relatively small, unlike the shops on Zhuque Street which had courtyards behind them where they could store things or park carriages.

"Miss, we've arrived!"

The coachman stopped the carriage on the road.

Jiang Shuwan helped Qingxing down from the ground. Qingxing was already married and didn't care about such formalities anymore.

As an unmarried young woman, Sun Wanwan was not suited to appear in public, so she wore a veil and was helped off the carriage by her personal maid.

As soon as the two landed, Brother Nai came to pick them up.

Brother Nai is now the general manager of these three small shops. He first took Jiang Shuwan and Sun Wanwan to visit his own shop.

The three shops have been open for half a month.

At this moment, all three shops, whether selling milk tea, grilled skewers, or oden, have long queues.

Business is booming, somewhat like the long queues at the opening of a certain popular tea brand in the real world.

"Miss, our store is doing so well!"

"The milk tea and grilled skewers that the young lady taught us were quite novel and tasted great."

"Since we opened, business has been booming. People come not only from the West Market, but also from the East Market and Zhuque Street."

After saying that, Brother Nai pointed to the people in line and said that most of the residents in Xishi were of middle class.

But many of the people in line looked like servants from wealthy and powerful families.

Especially at milk tea shops, many maids and servants would buy a dozen or more buckets at a time to take back to their young mistresses.

Then word spread, and soon many young ladies in the capital knew that there was delicious milk tea in the West Market.

Some of the young ladies loved to drink, and every day they would have their maids and servants line up to drink.

Therefore, the milk tea shop is the most popular of the three shops, with long queues every day, stretching from one end of the street to the other.

To prevent any trouble, Brother Nai even hired people to maintain order.

Some shop owners were envious and followed suit, opening more than a dozen milk tea shops and barbecue skewer shops one after another.

They not only opened a shop next to theirs, but also bought food from their shop, trying to replicate their success, but they all failed.

Business is currently dismal, and they are suffering heavy losses.

"Miss, their food is no good. I think they'll have to close down in a few days."

Brother Nai didn't take these competitors seriously; he showed the accounts to Jiang Shuwan.

Wow, so much money!

Qingxing and Sun Wanwan were shocked when they saw the accounts.