Chapter 174: Trouble at the Cloth Shop
After the beginning of the dog days, the weather became hotter and hotter, and Yun Huangye felt more and more sleepy.
While embroidering clothes, she was always yawning and very sleepy.
Yun Xiangye became a little more energetic after hearing the embroiderers chatting about the rumors in Chang'an City.
"The Prince of Chu and Miss Wei are really in love with each other. The weather is especially hot this year, and ice is very expensive. I heard that the Prince of Chu bought a thousand taels of ice to cool Miss Wei down."
Yun Xiangye was surprised and asked, "Is ice very expensive this year?"
The embroiderer said, "Yes, the ice this winter is not thick enough. Summer came early this year, and the weather is very hot. Ice is very expensive, especially a whole block of ice, which costs almost one penny."
Yun Xiangye looked at the ice cubes in the embroidery room. Gu Yan delivered cartloads of ice cubes, but Yun Xiangye never asked about the money.
After all, when she was in Jiangnan, she had an ice cellar at home, and the ice she bought in the winter was enough for her use in the summer.
In this case, the ice that Gu Yan sent alone was worth nearly several hundred taels of silver.
Yun Xiangye originally believed that she would not miss out on taking advantage of Gu Yan, and ice cubes were not a rare item, but now that she knew the price, she couldn't help but be shocked.
"The Prince of Chu also bought a set of red coral headwear for Miss Wei Er. At the banquet held by the Wei family a few days ago, who could not help but admire Miss Wei Er's outfit?"
"The second young lady of the Wei family is blessed."
Yun Xiangye was embroidering clothes when she saw Run'er coming hurriedly, "Miss, Wei Xi has come to our embroidery workshop."
Yun Xiangye couldn't help but chuckle. Speak of the devil, the devil is here. "She's here, so why are you so panicked?"
Run'er whispered, "That Wei Xi obviously came with bad intentions. She was very picky about our clothes. Many rich girls stopped buying clothes after hearing what Wei Xi said."
Yun Xiangye arrived at the clothing shop nearby. The sun was strong today, but it was almost dusk and not as hot as at noon. There were quite a few wealthy girls who came to the embroidery workshop.
Inside, Wei Xi was very picky about the clothes handed to her by the maid.
"The waist of this dress is so wide, and the moonflower embroidered on it is also very stingy..."
Yun Xiangye listened to Wei Xi's words and said, "Yue Jianhua is not stingy. This dress is mainly eggplant green, which is a very rare dye. Miss Fu Anran also has this dress. It looks noble and generous when she wears it, and it makes her look more beautiful. Princess of Chu, you will definitely look more elegant when you wear this dress."
When Wei Xi saw Yun Xiangye coming out, she wanted to see sadness and loneliness on Yun Xiangye's face and the look of a resentful woman after being abandoned by Gu Yan, but there was none at all.
Yun Xiangye had a faint smile on her face, without any of the self-pity of a woman in the boudoir.
The hatred in Wei Xi's eyes gradually welled up in his heart. Why could Yun Xiangye still live so comfortably after the divorce?
And she...
Ever since getting married, I have been living alone in my empty room.
She could only live by spreading rumors about how much her husband loved her.
Wei Xi said, "The Five Colors Embroidery Workshop that is famous in Chang'an these days is just like this. Even if you give me money to wear this kind of clothes, I will never wear them. They are all rags."
Yun Xiangye stared at Wei Xi for a while. Wei Xi looked at Yun Xiangye's scrutiny and asked, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Yun Xiangye whispered, "Wei Xi, you are not pretty enough but you think you are beautiful. Your appearance is not enough for me to give you money to buy clothes."
Wei Xi angrily slammed the table and said, "Yun Xiangye! How dare you talk back to this prince's wife? Come, slap her in the face."
"Miss." Run'er walked up to Yun Xiangye and stood in front of her.
When Yun Xiangye saw Wei Xi's maid about to slap Run'er in the face, she grabbed Wei Xi's maid's wrist and frowned, "How did I contradict you, the Crown Princess of Chu? You are indeed not pretty enough for me to spend money to let you wear clothes from my embroidery workshop. Do you think you are as beautiful as a fairy?"
Wei Xi frowned and looked at Yun Xiangye and said, "You! How dare you speak to my consort like that? Today I will teach you a lesson, you ignorant merchant girl!"
The other rich girls who were buying clothes nearby looked at each other in bewilderment when they saw this scene.
Yun Xiangye chuckled and said, "Run'er, go to the prefect of Chang'an and report to the authorities. Tell them that the Crown Prince's Consort of the Prince of Chu wanted to punish me because I said she wasn't pretty enough..."
Wei Xi said angrily: "Yun Xiangye! What nonsense are you talking about?"
Yun Xiangye still smiled and said, "I am not talking nonsense. There are so many outsiders in the embroidery workshop today who can witness it."
Wei Xi looked at the people in the embroidery workshop and said coldly, "Just wait!"
After Wei Xi finished speaking, she left in a grand manner with her maids and servants.
Yun Xiangye frowned slightly. This Wei Xi was indeed difficult to deal with. She had already divorced Gu Yan. Why did Wei Xi come to her embroidery workshop to cause trouble today?
However, Yun Xiangye was not afraid of Wei Xi, after all, she was doing the right thing.
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In late June, in the afternoon, a loud thunder broke through the sky.
Nuonuo was so frightened by the thunder that she quickly hid in Yun Xiangye's arms and cried, "I'm scared."
Yun Xiangye comforted her softly, "Don't be afraid, Nuonuo. Mother is here."
After all, she became her own parent.
Yun Xiangye touched Nuonuo's little head.
When the thunderstorm stopped, Run'er hurriedly led the wet Ye Zhimiao into the house.
Seeing Ye Zhimiao in such a state of distress, Yun Xiangye hurriedly asked, "Miaomiao, why did you come out in the rain?"
Ye Zhimiao said, "Sister, someone came to our cloth shop to cause trouble, saying that they had rashes after wearing our cloth, so a group of people came and smashed our cloth shop. All the silk that my father had just bought for more than 2,000 taels of silver was thrown into the rain by them..."
Yun Xiangye frowned and said, "How could such a thing happen? Have you reported it to the police? I'll follow you and take a look."
Ye Zhimiao said: "We didn't report to the police. Those people are obviously not easy to deal with. I heard from the people next to us that they have a noble person behind them. I don't know which noble person would bully us like this."
Yun Xiangye asked Run'er to take Nuonuo to Gu Yan. She was afraid that the matter would be difficult and she would not be able to come back for a while. She would be scared if Nuonuo was gone at night.
Yun Xiangye followed Ye Zhimiao to the Ye family's cloth shop on West Street. It was a mess inside and a lot of cloth was wet. Ye Yuan was shaking with anger and his aunt was crying silently beside him.
Yun Xiangye asked, "Uncle, aunt, have you offended anyone?"
Ye Yuan said: "We came to Chang'an City and opened this cloth shop. We did business honestly and didn't dare to offend anyone. But who knew that a group of people would come to our door to smash and destroy things."
Yun Xiangye frowned slightly and said, "Uncle, aunt, don't worry. I will definitely seek justice for you. Let's go to the Chang'an government office to report it first."
The rain outside had just stopped. Yun Xiangye went to the gate of Chang'an government office and beat the drum for a long time before a yamen runner came out and asked, "Why are you beating the drum to complain?"
Yun Xiangye said, "Sir, my uncle's shop was smashed by ruffians, and more than two thousand taels of silver worth of cloth were destroyed."
The yamen runner asked, "Do you know the names of those ruffians?"
Yun Xiangye shook her head, "I don't know."
"I don't know how our government will manage it. Go away, the Chang'an government has a lot of affairs to deal with. If your business is smashed, it must be because you are not doing business honestly."
Yun Xiangye heard what the official said and frowned, "My uncle is an honest businessman..."
"Go, go, go." The official waved his hand and drove Yun Xiangye away, saying, "The government office is an important place, it's not the place to take care of the affairs of cats and dogs."
Yun Xiangye could only frown and leave after hearing this.
Ye Zhimiao on the side said: "This official is too arrogant. Sister, why don't I go and ask the Prince of Xiang for help?"
Yun Xiangye said: "No matter who you ask for help, you can't ask the King of Xiang. I will ask Gu Yan to help."
Ye Zhimiao looked at Yun Xiangye and said, "But sister, haven't you and Gu Yan already divorced?"
Yun Xiangye said, "So what if they divorced? We can't just die without any contact after being wronged. Besides, as an official appointed by the court, he should work for the people and seek justice."
After Yun Xiangye finished speaking, she first sent Ye Zhimiao back to the cloth shop on West Street.
When they entered the cloth shop, Su Zhan was inside and Xu Mengqi was comforting Aunt Ye beside her.
"Cousin." Yun Xiangye said to Su Zhan, "Why are you here?"
Su Zhan said, "Xiang Ye, I have already found out the origins of those troublemakers. They are the family of the steward's brother-in-law of the Duke of Wei's Mansion. He used to rely on his brother-in-law who was the steward of the Duke of Wei's Mansion to have a group of bad friends."
Yun Xiangye recalled the look on Wei Xi's face that made her wait a few days ago. She frowned slightly and said, "Uncle, Aunt, I am sorry for you."
Ye Zhimiao said angrily, "Sister Yun, how could it be you who let us down? It was clearly that unfilial daughter Ye Wanhe who let us down. She has become a daughter of the Wei family. She probably thought that sooner or later her identity would be exposed by us in Chang'an, so she asked the Wei family to attack us and force us to leave Chang'an City."
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