Chapter 117: The Cat Substitutes for the Prince



The fat proprietress thought about it for a moment and then said to Qian Ruoyu.

"Here! If you need more, I will take care of it right away. I will send a pigeon to deliver the message all the way. With the help of the post station along the way, it will only take three to five days to inform them to send the things over quickly."

After hearing this, Qian Ruoyu felt that although it was troublesome, it was already the fastest speed.

The fat proprietress definitely has people in the Western Regions, and if the letter is transmitted by manpower, it will take at least one and a half months.

Even if riding a horse, it would take nearly eighteen days, not to mention transporting it from there, crossing mountains and rivers, the whole time would probably be nearly four months!

Four months later, even the daylily business was gone, let alone my own cosmetics business.

Qian Ruoyu has decided to sell some high-quality rouge and powder through the fat proprietress. As long as the first batch can be sold, the subsequent orders will be endless.

Not only his own palace, but even the courtyards of several dignitaries around and the imperial palace, Qian Ruoyu could find ways to sell some goods.

This is definitely a big deal in the long run!

Even more profitable than pharmacies.

Qian Ruoyu nodded immediately.

"Very good. If that's the case, send a pigeon to send a letter right away. After you're done, come to the back door of the palace and ask for Yan'er. Yan'er will give you the silver. Don't worry, we have plenty of silver in our palace!"

Listening to what Qian Ruoyu said, even the fat proprietress smiled a little embarrassedly.

"Hey... Princess, what are you talking about? You are the Princess, and the prince is the god of war. How could he be short of money? I never worry about money!"

"If that's the case, I'll send a letter right away, asking them to quickly prepare some goods. I wonder how much you need, Your Majesty..."

Qian Ruoyu just thought about it for a moment and then directly extended a slap.

“Five times!”

"This time, the things we need are more than five times the amount! Aren't those things worth more than one hundred taels of silver? If you can get them to deliver a batch of goods within a month, I am willing to give you two hundred taels of silver. Since it is five times the amount of goods, I and you will directly give you one thousand taels of silver!"

Qian Ruoyu's words immediately made the fat proprietress very happy. She smiled and nodded, then ran to her backyard.

As expected, rich people make ghosts work. When the fat proprietress heard about the one thousand and two taels of silver, she didn't even mention the three months, as if the things could be delivered within a month.

However, Qian Ruoyu did not have one thousand taels of silver on hand. It seemed that she would have to work hard to make money in order to afford the cost of this silver.

Afterwards, Qian Ruoyu brought Yan'er back to the palace, and Qian Ruoyu brought the two boxes of cheap rouge and powder to the door of the palace's treasury.

Just after Qian Ruoyu brought Yan'er to the palace for protection, Zhou Zhubu immediately saw Qian Ruoyu.

"Princess!"

Zhou Zhubu hurried to the door to greet Qian Ruoyu, "Welcome to the princess!"

Although he is old, he is full of energy.

Seeing that Zhou Zhubu was so energetic, Qian Ruoyu also said with a smile.

"Master Zhou, I never thought you would be so energetic. It seems that you are getting younger and younger. There is hope that you can live to be a hundred years old."

Qian Ruoyu's words immediately made Zhou Zhubu laugh happily, and he touched his white beard.

"Hahaha, please forgive me for making fun of you... It is such an honor for me to receive such a blessing from you!"

Qian Ruoyu didn't waste any words and pointed to the two boxes behind him.

"Zhou Zhubu, on the day of my wedding, a batch of rouge and powder was delivered here, right?"

Zhou Zhubu thought about it and nodded immediately.

After all, he was the chief clerk of the palace treasury, and he knew almost everything in the entire palace treasury.

Therefore, as soon as Qian Ruoyu mentioned it, he immediately thought of it.

Qian Ruoyu said after seeing him nod.

"Take me to have a look. Those were once dowries for marriage. I want to see what's inside to see if they are what I thought they were."

Hearing this, Zhou Zhubu took Qian Ruoyu into the treasury without any hesitation and let Qian Ruoyu see the box of rouge and powder.

The rouge and powder in the box were all wrapped in red cloth. Qian Ruoyu slightly opened one of the small porcelain bottles and saw a bottle of red inside.

Qian Ruoyu wanted to open Zhou Zhubu beside her, but quickly reminded him.

"Princess Princess... this..."

Qian Ruoyu smiled slightly.

"Master Zhou, it's okay. These things were originally my dowry. Can't I even touch them?"

"Besides, they are all out of sight outside. If I touch them a little, they shouldn't notice anything unusual, right?"

After hearing what Qian Ruoyu said, Zhou Zhubu nodded.

Qian Ruoyu also lightly touched the powder in the porcelain bottle and found that the powder was also extremely fine and did not look inferior. Moreover, it was sent to the treasury of the royal palace for custody, so it was definitely not bad stuff.

It was for this reason that Qian Ruoyu became more determined to exchange these things.

It's your own thing, why can't you use it?

Therefore, Qian Ruoyu once again brought Zhou Zhubu to the door of the royal treasury and pointed to the two boxes on the ground.

"Master Zhou, it seems that my guess was correct. That box of things was mixed up with these two boxes. These two boxes were the betrothal gifts I prepared on the day of my wedding."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhubu was stunned for a moment.

Then he opened the two boxes and saw that they were filled with various kinds of rouge and powder.

“This…this…”

Qian Ruoyu knew that whether it was Zhou Zhubu, the two servants in the palace's treasury, or Prince Chu Mobai, none of them could tell the difference between these cosmetics. Even if they were replaced, they would not know.

Only women can see through this trick of replacing the prince with a cat!

"Yes, I guess you couldn't have imagined that, right?"

"These two big boxes were my original dowry. Otherwise, how could there be more than the box inside?"

"It was all the fault of the servants who were packing the things. They were not careful enough and mixed up the three boxes. I only discovered it a few days ago. What do you think we should do?"

Zhou Zhubu stood there in a daze, not knowing what to do for a moment.

Qian Ruoyu gave a slight reminder.

"I'm afraid it's not a good idea to tell the prince about this?"


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