Chapter 501 Lost a Cosmetics Shop
"Miss, it's time to get up. If you delay any longer, you will miss the time." Lianxin prepared the water for washing and put the clothes beside the bed.
"It's not even daybreak yet." Xiao Jiuyue yawned and looked outside. It was pitch black. He asked, "What time is it now?"
"Yin time." Lian Xin helped Xiao Jiuyue put on her clothes and dressed her up. She said, "Miss, if you feel sleepy, just sit down and take a nap."
Lian Xin's hands were very deft, and she tied Xiao Jiuyue's hair in no time. Xiao Jiuyue looked at the complicated headdress and frowned. Lian Xin explained, "Miss, you are entering the palace today, and your jewelry is already very plain. If it is any plainer, others will suspect that the Marquis's Mansion is abusing you."
Xiao Jiuyue usually wears a plain hairpin and rarely uses other jewelry.
"Well, all right." Xiao Jiuyue said, her eyes falling on the mutton-fat jade hairpin in the makeup box, and said, "Replace the jade hairpin with this one."
"Okay." Lianxin silently glanced at the mutton-fat jade hairpin. Hua Qing might be right. The young lady's good fortune might be just around the corner!
This is the jade hairpin given by the Third Prince.
Lianxin, Xiao Jiuyue's personal maid, knew exactly what was in her makeup box. When she met the Third Prince that day, she found this hairpin.
The young lady has never worn it before, but she put it on today specially. Is it because she wants to show it to the Third Prince?
Guessing this possibility, the usually calm Lianxin couldn't help but smile with excitement.
"Yu'er, are you still sleepy? There's a blanket in the carriage. You can sleep for a while later." Su Su saw Xiao Jiuyue yawning all the way and said, "It's really beautiful today!"
Xiao Jiuyue, dressed in a pink brocade dress and with her hair adorned with pearls and jade, looked even more noble.
"Mom is already pretty, and she looks even prettier with this outfit!" Xiao Jiuyue took Su Su's hand and got into the carriage. A lavender dress made Su Su look even more gentle and graceful.
"That's enough. I'm already old." Su Su smiled at her praise and said, "Let me sleep a little longer. There are many people entering the palace now. I'm afraid we'll have to wait a while."
"Hmm." Xiao Jiuyue yawned continuously. It had been a long time since he got up so early. He leaned against the carriage, which was shaking, and it was a good time for him to doze off.
The carriage slowly stopped, and more and more people came outside. Xiao Jiuyue stretched lazily, listened to the voices outside, and lifted the curtain. From the dark morning, the sky was already turning pale.
"Come, have some cakes for breakfast." Su Su handed over the hot cakes she had prepared and said, "It will take some time to go to the palace later."
"Mom, eat too." Xiao Jiuyue followed Su Su and her daughter to eat the pastries that had just been made in the morning. Her empty stomach felt much better.
"Madam, it's time to get off the carriage and wait to enter the palace." Mu Jin's voice sounded beside the carriage. Su Su and Xiao Jiuyue got off the carriage, and the families in the carriages in front also got off here.
"Yuer, follow your mother. If you have any problems, come to her." Xiao Fu and Xiao Jialing took different routes, so they had to separate at the palace gate.
"Dad, don't worry, you and big brother. I will follow mom well." Xiao Jiuyue couldn't help but smile when he saw that both father and son had the same worried look on their faces.
After the female relatives separated, someone they knew started talking to Su Su. Su Su had a gentle personality, so she exchanged some pleasantries. Xiao Jiuyue, who was standing aside, had not walked a few steps when she ran into an old acquaintance.
"Oh, isn't this the eldest daughter of the Xiao family? No, the eldest daughter of the Marquis' Mansion." The moment Du Ting saw Xiao Jiuyue, without Feng Yan saying anything, her heart was full of hostility.
After not seeing her for more than three years, I thought Xiao Jiuyue would become dull and become a country girl, but who knew that she was still radiant and beautiful.
"It's been a while since we last met. Miss Xiao is now a celebrity in Shengjing." Du Ting walked forward with a smile, his eyes fixed on the mutton-fat jade hairpin in her hair. He said, "Everyone says Miss Xiao made a lot of money in Hongdu. Now I see it's true. This top-grade white jade hairpin is worth a fortune!"
Du Ting recognized the white jade hairpin in Xiao Jiuyue's hair at a glance. This kind of white jade hairpin with a watery head cannot be bought with money.
"Sister Du, Miss Xiao is very generous and bought four bracelets at a time." Feng Yan was very angry these days when she thought of the two hundred taels that she was cheated out of.
Originally, with the status of the Feng family, it was impossible for them to marry the daughter of the Minister of Justice. But, who made her marry into the prince's palace as a concubine?
"I heard that Miss Xiao has quite a bit of experience in business." Du Ting and Feng Yan sang in unison, mocking Xiao Jiuyue's business.
"I do have some experience in business. After all, I make money in business."
Xiao Jiuyue didn't think there was anything shameful about doing business. Instead, she said openly, "Miss Du really needs to learn. I heard that no one has been visiting her cosmetics shop recently. I'm afraid she hasn't made any money from cosmetics and is even having to pay out money to make up for it."
After Manager Jin opened Ruyu Pavilion in Shengjing, she was able to create all kinds of rouge and powder with the help of a few prescriptions. In particular, Manager Jin had an amazing talent in business. In a short period of time, Ruyu Pavilion had become well-known in Shengjing.
Du Ting's cosmetics shop had not been doing well to begin with, and with the reputation of Ruyuge, it was losing money every day and was not far from closing.
Du Ting's expression changed, and he pursed his lips and said, "It's just a cosmetics shop, I was just joking. After all, I don't rely on the money from cosmetics to make a living."
"Yeah, your maternal grandparents are doing business in Jiangnan, right? You can learn more from your maternal grandparents. It's not a big deal to lose a cosmetics shop." Xiao Jiuyue was talking about losing the cosmetics shop on the left and learning from her maternal grandparents on the right. Du Ting felt that Xiao Jiuyue was completely mocking her.
Du Ting was angry, but she couldn't refute it. She didn't know who opened Ruyuge, which was right across from her cosmetics shop, making the cosmetics shop, which was already not doing well, even worse off.
"Yu'er." Su Su, who was chatting with Madam Jiang, the Duke of Fuguo, suddenly waved towards Xiao Jiuyue and introduced her, "This is Madam Jiang, the Duke of Fuguo. Madam Jiang, this is my daughter, Xiao Jiuyue."
Madam Jiang looked at Xiao Jiuyue and praised her, "What a beautiful girl! I've heard that Miss Xiao is both talented and beautiful. Now that I see her, I can see that her reputation is well-deserved."
"Mrs. Jiang, you are too kind." Xiao Jiuyue bowed to Mrs. Jiang. Ever since the Shang family troupe was invited by Mrs. Jiang to perform at her house, they became an instant hit.
The Shang Family Troupe and Shang Family Theater are now crowded with people every day, all of whom come to listen to the opera.
"Mrs. Xiao is so lucky. I heard that your young master is about to get married. Congratulations." Mrs. Jiang said with a smile.
"Congratulations." Su Su replied with a smile. Young Master Jiang had just had a son, and it was Old Madam Jiang's birthday, so it was double happiness.
"The Xiao family, are they planning to form an alliance with the Jiang family?" Feng Yan observed the scene, glanced at Du Ting beside him, and said, "I heard that the Second Young Master Jiang has just been transferred back to Beijing."
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