Rong Qingqing was taken aback for a moment, then said awkwardly, "In that case, Your Excellency should rest early. I will take my leave now."
Xie Jingrun pursed his lips, said nothing, took his clothes, and slowly walked into Qingxing Garden.
Rong Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief. Thinking of the ghost incident last time, she didn't dare to stay any longer and quickly returned to Qinfang Garden.
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The business of Jinxiu Clothing Shop has become a sensation in high society circles since its opening day, thanks to the help of Feng Xin and Shangguan Yanran in creating buzz. Every day, customers flock to the shop to buy or order custom-made clothes.
However, the shop currently only has five embroiderers, and since everything is done by hand, mass production is impossible. Therefore, Rong Qingqing had to change her strategy.
Jinxiu Clothing Shop has always been a high-end brand, with each garment costing one tael of gold. Therefore, Rong Qingqing decided to limit the sales, meaning only five pieces would be sold per day.
As a result, the ladies of high society became even more eager to buy clothes from Jinxiu Clothing Shop, no matter how much time and money they had to spend.
This is somewhat similar to modern-day scarcity marketing.
Since the shop was going to stay open, the five embroiderers in the shop were far from enough, so she asked Manager Liu to hire ten more embroiderers who were good at needlework to make clothes for the shop.
Fortunately, Jinxiu Clothing Shop is large enough. When the shop was being renovated, she separated the first and second floors. Now, the first floor sells clothes, and the second floor is reserved for the embroiderers to make clothes.
The embroiderers are all carefully selected, and their handiwork is exquisite and skilled. They can make about ten garments a day.
After a few days, Jinxiu Clothing Shop was on track. With Manager Liu managing the shop, Rong Qingqing no longer had to manage it. She would only occasionally draw patterns and send them to the shop for customers to choose from.
She took all the fabrics left by Lan to make clothes in her shop, which saved her a lot of money on purchasing fabrics.
As time went by, the day of the autumn hunt finally arrived.
However, Xie Jingrun never gave Rong Qingqing a definite answer as to whether he was willing to take her there.
And she never saw him again after that night.
She knew that, given her current status, it was inappropriate for Xie Jingrun to take her along, as doing so would certainly attract criticism from others.
But the thought of what might happen during the autumn hunt made her uneasy.
Just as she was thinking about whether she should shamelessly ask Xie Jingrun to take her along, Emperor Zhaojing suddenly issued an order that officials of the third rank and above could accompany him, and their families could also go along.
Shangguan Yanran immediately told her the news.
She was pleasantly surprised; it was like a godsend.
But she always had a feeling that Xie Jingrun must have done something to make Emperor Zhaojing issue such an order.
But regardless, she was still very happy, as she had finally resolved a major issue that had been weighing on her mind.
Last time at Wangchun Tower, Emperor Zhaojing was assassinated. Although the assassin did not harm him, the person in the shadows will not let it go.
In the original book, Emperor Zhaojing was poisoned during the autumn hunt and would die soon after. Although he made a will to pass the throne to Xie Jingrun, the empress was already on guard and Xie Jingrun could not get the will.
The reason she was so eager to go on the autumn hunt was to help Emperor Zhaojing escape this calamity.
Only if Emperor Zhaojing is well can Xie Jingrun have more leverage to fight against the Empress's power.
The next day, just as dawn was breaking, Rong Qingqing got up to wash and get ready.
Before long, she was ready and left Qinfang Garden with Xiaotao.
Unexpectedly, Changlin had already prepared a carriage and had been waiting for a long time outside the mansion gate.
She glanced around instinctively, but didn't see Xie Jingrun.
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