Chapter 116 The Legal Wife and No Concubine
"The old lady is very open-minded." Jun Lie's eyes deepened slightly as he said, "Miss Xiao has the old lady's wholehearted protection. She will definitely find a good match in the future."
"Yes, it doesn't matter if her status is not noble. The main thing is to let Yue'er be the principal wife and not allow concubines!" Old Madam Xiao echoed, emphasizing the pronunciation of the words "principal wife" and "not allowed to take concubines".
"Grandmother, I won't get married in the next few years. I'm still young anyway." Xiao Jiuyue quickly spoke up after hearing this, saying, "Your Highness, you've had a hard time traveling. I've already had a room prepared for you to rest."
"Yu'er is right. Your Highness, go and rest." Old Madam Xiao said with a smile. To show her importance, she specially said, "Mother Jiang, please see Your Highness off for me."
"Third Prince, please come this way." Mother Jiang bowed and invited Jun Lie out.
As soon as Jun Lie left, Xiao Jiuyue turned her head to look at Old Madam Xiao and said, "Grandma, you..."
Old Madam Xiao had clearly advised her before that it was normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines. It was rare for a man to have only one wife like in the Xiao family.
He changed his words now. Was he deliberately mentioning his wife and concubine?
Before she could finish her words, Old Madam Xiao looked at her and said, "Tell me, how did you run into the Third Prince? He went out and changed his clothes. Jia Yuan arrived an hour and a half later than usual. It was so hot that he had to wear light clothes, and he even had a scarf wrapped around his neck."
"Grandma." Xiao Jiuyue didn't bother to ask whether Old Madam Xiao brought up the matter of marriage on purpose. She was only thinking about how to conceal what happened today.
"Madam, the Third Prince has been settled and has been provided with suitable personnel to serve him." Mother Jiang came to reply.
Xiao Jiuyue quickly stood up and said, "Grandma, I suddenly remembered that I have something else to do, so I'll go take care of it first."
Xiao Jiuyue ran away as if escaping. Her grandmother had clearly not left the house, but she was acting like a fortune teller. She could only deal with it half-truthfully, otherwise, her grandmother would be so worried that she couldn't sleep again.
"Huh." After Xiao Jiuyue left, she went straight to find Xiao Jiayuan. Xiao Jiayuan was eating some jujube flower pastry. When he saw Xiao Jiuyue coming, he asked happily, "Sister, do you want to eat some?"
Xiao Jiuyue looked at the two empty plates next to him, and Ji Fu said, "Young Master has been eating since he came back. He has already finished two plates."
"Jifu." Xiao Jiayuan smiled and explained as soon as he heard it: "Sister, Jifu also ate it. I didn't finish it all by myself."
Gifford lowered his head.
"Ji Fu." Xiao Jiayuan winked at Ji Fu quickly. Ji Fu lowered his head and pretended not to see anything. Xiao Jiayuan's winking look made Xiao Jiuyue laugh. This kid can't even lie!
"How is the wound?" Xiao Jiuyue lifted his chin. There were still crumbs of jujube flower crisps at the corners of his mouth. She chuckled and pretended not to see it. Her gaze moved down to the wound on his neck.
Fortunately, the wound was not deep. It was a shallow wound, and although it looked scary, it did not have much impact.
"It doesn't hurt at all." Xiao Jiayuan grinned, with red date paste still on his teeth. She chatted with Xiao Jiayuan for a while, and seeing that Xiao Jiayuan was carefree and not scared at all, Xiao Jiuyue left.
As soon as Xiao Jiuyue left, Xiao Jiayuan pulled Ji Fu and said, "Hurry up, come and see my horse stance, okay?"
"Okay." Ji Fu helped Xiao Jiayuan to do horse stance. The young master who used to be lazy whenever he could was extra diligent today.
South Courtyard.
When Xiao Jiuyue walked to the South Courtyard, the small courtyard of the second house was very lively. Xiao Jiachen was reciting the poems he had learned in the academy today. His crisp words and clear reading voice gave people a feeling of prosperity.
Xiao Yurong sat aside mending shoes. She embroidered handkerchiefs during the day and mended shoes at night. She rarely went out, and her skin became even whiter.
Aunt Lan was embroidering flowers under the candlelight. When she saw Xiao Jiuyue, she quickly put down the needlework basket in her hand and said, "Miss."
"Sister, you're here?" Xiao Yurong was particularly enthusiastic when she saw Xiao Jiuyue. She walked forward and said, "Sister, you've come just in time. I made a few new handkerchiefs for you."
Xiao Yurong picked up the folded handkerchief beside her and said, "Originally, I wanted to give it to you tomorrow."
"Thank you, I like it very much." Xiao Jiuyue took the handkerchief and looked at it carefully. It must be said that Xiao Yurong's needlework was very good. The handkerchief was embroidered with her favorite plum blossom!
The plum blossoms in various expressions are pleasing to the eye.
"Sister, if you like it, I will embroider it for you next time." Xiao Yurong was very happy to get the affirmation.
"Sister." Xiao Jiachen called out crisply. Xiao Jiachen remembered what happened today in his heart. In his heart, sister is the most powerful, bravest and most admired sister.
"You've memorized the book well," Xiao Jiuyue praised, and then explained the purpose of her visit: "Auntie Lan, may I have a moment with you?"
"Miss, please come in." Aunt Lan immediately gestured for Xiao Jiuyue to come in.
Xiao Yurong took Xiao Jiachen to the yard to recite and embroider handkerchiefs.
"Your brother said before that he wanted to cooperate with me to sell cloth?" Xiao Jiuyue went straight to the point.
Aunt Lan was brewing tea and handed a cup forward: "Yes, my brother said that the eldest lady's purple dye is particularly good and everyone likes it very much."
"If that's the case, why is there a lack of cooperation?" Xiao Jiuyue asked again.
Aunt Lan paused and said, "For so many years, brother's cloth has only been sold in Yizhou. He used to think that their cloth would be easy to sell, but when the Xiao family got into trouble, he realized that without the Xiao family, merchants would not be able to sell their cloth!"
"My brother thinks that the eldest lady has a talent for business, so he wants to cooperate with her to sell the merchant's cloth to other cities!" Before Aunt Lan got married, she was quite talented in business. After she entered the Xiao family as a concubine, her identity was looked down upon by the Fan family, who mocked her as a lowly merchant's daughter!
Gradually, Shang Lan lost interest in doing business.
"Write a letter to Uncle Jiachen and tell him that the cooperation is done!" As Xiao Jiuyue finished speaking, Aunt Lan excitedly said, "Miss, you, you agreed?"
Previously, the eldest lady clearly refused this!
"Yes." Xiao Jiuyue nodded. "I will tell you how to sell cloth. The profit from selling cloth will be split 30% to 70%."
"Okay." Aunt Lan agreed without thinking.
Xiao Jiuyue glanced at her and said, "Don't agree so hastily. Ask your brother first."
"Brother will definitely agree." Aunt Lan's eyes narrowed with smile, and the two dimples on her cheeks made her look particularly sweet.
Xiao Jiuyue's eyes flickered slightly: "Tomorrow, I will give you an agreement, and you can send it along with the letter."
"Okay." Aunt Lan agreed happily. After Xiao Jiuyue returned to the house, she began to draft the agreement and contract. Even though she couldn't sign the agreement and put her fingerprints on it in person, Xiao Jiuyue believed that unless Shang Ting was crazy, he would never forge anything in this regard!
Didn't the Fang family own a cloth shop? She was going to take over the Fang family's business and make them regret their decision today!
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