Chapter 2563 Interception
Bai Erlang was picking cherries. He was stunned for a moment when he heard this and said, "Princess Danyang? I think I know her..."
Everyone turned to look at him, and Zhou Man said, "Princess Danyang also sent gifts when you and Mingda got married."
Bai Shan said, "Prince Consort Xue has been in the capital for the past two years. You should have seen him in the palace."
Princesses in the capital usually attend family banquets with members of the royal family.
Bai Erlang scratched his head and said, "I mean, I seem to have seen Princess Danyang in that miscellaneous bookstore. It was about the princess and her husband."
Of course, he didn't remember Princess Danyang very well. He had too many relatives in the royal family, not to mention the emperor's sons and daughters, but also the sons of the previous emperor, which was too many.
Chang Yu's eyes lit up and he became excited. "I know, I know about this. Is it about how Aunt Danyang didn't want to sit at the same table with Uncle when she first got married?"
Bai Erlang nodded repeatedly, his eyes sparkling. "Yes, that's exactly what happened. I just don't know why it's not in your Majesty's diary, but instead is tucked away in the miscellaneous book room, just a few pages."
When Mingda came over, they were talking excitedly. She couldn't help but smile and asked, "What are you talking about?"
Bai Erlang: "We are talking about Princess Danyang."
The late emperor had many daughters, nineteen in total. Of course, not so many are still alive.
But the reason why Bai Erlang knew this aunt of so many princesses was because she appeared in the library.
But the things recorded in the miscellaneous books were not as exciting as the gossip that Changyu heard in the palace, so she lowered her voice and quietly shared her own gossip.
Because it wasn't a bad thing, everyone listened quietly.
"Aunt Danyang is beautiful and talented, and she prides herself on her own abilities. My uncle is actually not bad either, just a little behind the other uncles. I didn't say that, it was an aunt who said that," Chang Yu said. "Although my uncle comes from a military family and has made contributions, he's still a step behind the other uncles."
Just look at their respective achievements and you will know.
Of course, this wasn't the most important thing. Chang Yu felt that the most important thing was, "Uncle Xue looks too honest."
If she were prettier, she felt that Aunt Danyang wouldn't care about this.
Wei Yu couldn't help but turn his head to look at her.
Chang Yu saw it and said, "Don't look at me, you are better looking than your uncle, and you have literary talent..."
Her father is Wei Zhi, otherwise she wouldn't be so happy.
Wei Yu didn't know what mood to use, anyway, it was still a little sweet. He suppressed the joy in his heart and said calmly: "Don't talk nonsense."
In front of everyone, aren't you ashamed?
Chang Yu ignored him and continued to whisper to them, "Uncle Xue looks too honest. Someone told my father that he was too rustic. When my aunt heard about it, she was furious and even more unwilling to sit at the same table with him."
After her marriage, the princess did not sleep in the same bed with her husband, nor was she willing to sit at the same table with him for several months, so all kinds of gossip spread, and then spread to the palace, and naturally reached the ears of the emperor.
When the emperor heard that his sister had a quarrel with her brother-in-law over such a thing, he couldn't help laughing. After laughing for a while, he simply invited all his brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law to the palace, of course, as well as his sisters.
The emperor took a group of princes-in-law to hold the spear. No matter how capable he was, the emperor defeated all the brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law. Then when he competed with Prince Xue, he deliberately lost to the other party. In front of everyone, the emperor praised Prince Xue.
The emperor took him to drink, play pitch pots, and talk at the banquet, making Xue Fu Ma the focus among all the Fu Mas.
Princess Danyang's knot in her heart was instantly resolved, and she and her husband returned happily together. For more than 20 years, the couple has maintained a good relationship.
Even though Prince Consort Xue had few opportunities to go on military expeditions in recent years and his official position was no longer comparable to that of the other princes consorts, the couple were getting along better and better. They were happy every day and their relationship was getting more and more harmonious. So this was considered a good story, and the palace did not really stop such gossip.
Manbao pondered for a moment and asked, "Does Princess Danyang like it?"
"You like it, right?" Chang Yu said, "Is there anyone in this world who doesn't like to eat it?"
Food is the most important thing in a person's life.
No one could say anything to object, because no one present could say they didn't like the food. Even the frugal Wei Yu had to say, "Food is the most important thing for the people."
Changyu raised her head proudly and said to Mingda, "At this rate, it won't be long before all the shops on this street are rented out. It will definitely be bustling then."
Mingda, however, was not so optimistic. He shook his head and said, "My uncles and aunts are helping me out because they see how hard it is for me. They probably can't bring many people with them. I prefer to rent it out to business travelers."
Because they are the ones who are serious about business and will rack their brains to attract people.
Manbao nodded in agreement, "They won't be in a hurry to open. We don't know how long it will take to decorate and attract customers. And they have a great location."
Some people wanted to help Mingda because they thought it was difficult to rent her shops in Xincheng, so they rented one or two of them as a token of their appreciation. But some people wanted to take advantage of her.
Ever since Zhou Man fought against Censor Chen for Princess Changyu at the grand court meeting, everyone knew that the population of Xincheng was not large. In order to attract population for Princess Mingda, Princess Changyu even opened a treasure pavilion herself.
Many people thought that with the endorsement of the two princesses, the business of this new city would be huge in the future, so they sent people to rent a house. However, after renting the house, he did not use it himself, but wanted to rent it out again.
When Mingda checked the accounts, he felt confused and thought that these people had rented too many shops.
After Bai Er followed her on the inspection, he discovered that the shops had not yet been renovated. Instead, some people brought in business travelers who came here, as if they wanted to see the shops. He became a little angry and said to Mingda, "They want to rent them again."
Mingda was puzzled, "And then?"
"Then there might be something wrong with our steward." He said, "Why don't the merchants who come to rent a shop directly from our steward, but rent a second-hand shop from these people? Is their rent cheaper than ours?"
That's impossible. If it were cheaper, wouldn't they have to add more money? What's the point?
Remembering Mingda's words about the steward trying to bully Zhou Man last time, Bai Erlang said unhappily, "Let's replace him now."
Bai Erlang's pillow talk was still very powerful, so Mingda thought seriously and nodded after a moment, "Okay, but who should we replace him with?"
The reason she didn't change before was because she had no useful people. She was not like Zhou Man, who had so many brothers behind her. She basically just had to focus on one place, and she would have a group of brothers and nephews behind her to help her. When you count it this way, Manbao has more people than her.
Bai Erlang thought for a moment and said, "Let's fire him and select someone from the imperial farm. If that doesn't work, we can just pass the orders down one by one. We're only in charge of this one imperial farm now anyway. The most important thing now is to figure out how to snatch the merchants who want to rent the shops from those people."
That’s right, Bai Erlang wanted to snatch the person away directly, but he couldn’t do it too obviously, otherwise it would be bad for Mingda’s reputation if it got out.
Mingda was also in deep thought. The couple thought about it all night but couldn't come up with a good solution.
The next day, when they entered the palace, they happened to meet Bai Shan and Man Bao who were about to go to the palace to work. Bai Shan heard what they said and said, "Just issue a notice."
Manbao's eyes lit up as he said, "Have someone write two large notices and post one at the main entrance and one at the end of the street. Merchants interested in renting a shop will naturally come to you without you having to snatch them away yourself."
Bai Erlang, who was planning to secretly send someone to intercept, suddenly had his eyes light up.
See you at 2 p.m.
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
