In the evening, the man who had knocked out the young prince of Zhennan Palace and the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister's Palace in the Princess's Mansion during the day came to the Duke of Yingzhou's Mansion and reported to the Duke of Yingzhou what had happened today.
Gu Qingxuan nodded and said, "Okay, I understand. You can go back now. You did a good job today. You must ensure the safety of Princess Yongjia in the future."
The man bowed and said, "Yes, master." Then he returned to the Rongchang Earl's Mansion.
It turned out that this person was the shadow guard that Gu Qingxuan placed beside An Ning to protect him, named An Wu. After An Wu left, Gu Qingxuan closed his eyes. It seemed that his fiancée really had a secret, but as long as she didn't want to say it, he wouldn't explore it.
Gu Qingxuan thought that he hadn't seen his fiancée for several days. The wedding date was approaching, and it was time for him to find his fiancée to improve their relationship. He decided to go find An Ning after finishing the work at hand.
It was not until the next day when An Ning went to check on the progress of the shop's renovation that she heard the people's discussions on the street and realized that the person who had fed the young prince of Zhennan Palace and Zhang Wenhuai yesterday was actually that kind of medicine. She couldn't help laughing out loud and said in her heart, "Serves him right." But who exactly was this person? An Ning didn't figure it out, so she gave up.
Yesterday, Hongyu was injured, so An Ning let her rest in the house. Today, it was just her and the driver. The two of them went around several shops and were tired, so they ran to the teahouse to listen to gossip. I didn't expect that the gossip of the public was so strong. The story had been spread beyond recognition and there were details. If An Ning didn't know what was going on, she would have believed it. An Ning drank a pot of tea, listened to the gossip, and went home.
Time passed quickly, and a month later, An Ning's hot pot restaurant officially opened for business. The temperature at that time was neither cold nor warm, so it was not the best time to open a hot pot restaurant. However, An Ning could not let the store be idle for such a long time, so she chose to open it on the first day of May. At the same time, the grain store and the perfume shop also opened.
Because the wine shop workshop had just been built and the first batch of wine had not yet been brewed, the opening of the wine shop was temporarily postponed. On this day, An Dashan and Shangfeng took a day off and came back to help An Ning with the opening matters.
People in the capital were well-informed and had long known that the shops that opened at the same time were from An Ning, so many people came to support them.
The ladies and young ladies had already known about the perfumes made by An Ning at the eldest princess's flower-viewing banquet, so when the perfume shop opened that day, many of them either came to buy in person or sent their servants to buy them.
Most of the perfume, lip balm, soap and other items prepared for a month were sold, and a lot of rouge and powder were also sold.
As for the hotpot shop, most of the people who came to support it were ministers in the court or sons of various aristocratic families. Even the crown prince came with his officials from the East Palace to support it.
An Dashan is in charge of the hot pot restaurant, An Ning is in charge of the perfume shop, and the grain shop is handed over to Butler An.
At night, several people sat together and counted today's income. They found that Ding An Ning's perfume shop made more money. An Ning couldn't help but sigh that it was still easier to make money from women!
An Ning said to Butler An, "How is the progress of our winemaking workshop and oil pressing workshop?"
Steward An said, "My lord, the oil press has been in operation for a few days, and the oil has been taken away by people sent by the Lin family."
An Ning nodded. She had a talk with Mr. Lin last time. Mr. Lin had already lowered the price of soybean oil. Although the price had been lowered, the profit of soybean oil had not decreased at all. Many ordinary families had also started to consume soybean oil.
Butler An added, "Over at the winemaking workshop, the first batch of wine has been brewed. The quality of the wine is indeed much better than ordinary wine. Once two batches are brewed, the wine shop can start business."
An Ning nodded and said, "Butler An, you have worked hard these days. You should go down and have a rest first! You can go to the accounting office later to get two more months' salary." Butler An thanked him and went down.
After Butler An left, An Ning said to An Dashan, "Dad, how is the situation at the Royal Farm?"
An Dashan was delighted when he mentioned this and said, "Ningning, the corn you gave me has grown. The seedlings are very strong. I think we can have a good harvest."
An Ning nodded and said, "Well, the corn seedlings on our farm are growing well. My mother is still on the farm and doesn't want to come back."
An Dashan thought that his wife grew up in the countryside and might prefer to stay there, so he said, "Don't worry about your mother. Let her stay for another two months. She will come back naturally before you get married."
An Ning nodded. The capital city was indeed not as free as the countryside.
An Ning and An Dashan talked for a while before going back to their rooms to rest. The next day, An Dashan went back to the imperial farm to tend to the corn, while An Ning stayed in the capital.
Because several shops had just opened, An Ning had to inspect the situation of each shop every day. After a few days, each shop gradually got on track, so An Ning had time to do other things.
Because Hongyu wanted to make perfumes and other things, An Ning had no one useful around her for the time being, so she sent Ziyu to Zhuangzi to serve Gao and transferred Biyu back.
Although Biyu was a slave, she was also an official slave. Her family was also an official family in her early years, so Biyu was also educated. An Ning called Biyu back for her own reasons. She had many books in her space, but because they were all in simplified Chinese, she could not present them directly to the emperor. However, she did not want to write so many words, so she thought of letting Biyu do the hard labor.
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