Chapter 65: Plaque
The Empress Dowager’s decree!
Everyone was stunned, and the next moment they quickly knelt on the ground, shouting "Long Live the Queen Mother!"
The man who came was a middle-aged eunuch with a pale face and no beard. When he arrived at the door of Xunxiangzhai, he looked at the people kneeling on the ground with satisfaction, then unfolded the imperial edict and read in a sharp voice: "By the order of the Empress Dowager, Yuan Ziyu, the daughter of the third-rank general Yuan Qifeng, is beautiful and intelligent, with a sharp mind. Now that I hear that Yuan Ziyu has opened a new shop, I specially grant her a plaque. This is my decree!"
Everyone was shocked when they heard this. They didn't expect that this newly opened shop would have a plaque bestowed by the Empress Dowager herself.
Yuan Ziyou kowtowed and said, "Your Highness, I accept your order. May the Empress Dowager live a thousand years!"
The eunuch looked at Yuan Ziyu with a smile and said, "Second Miss Yuan, please accept the order!"
Yuan Ziyou hurriedly stood up and stepped forward, taking the imperial edict. He smiled and said to the eunuch, "You have worked hard, eunuch. Please come in and have a seat, drink some tea and have some snacks!"
The eunuch pointed to a red satin-covered plaque carried by several younger eunuchs behind him and said with a smile, "Thank you, Miss Yuan Er. I won't sit down today. Take this plaque quickly. I have to return to the palace to report to the emperor!"
Upon hearing this, Yuan Ziyou hurriedly ordered a few servants to take the plaque that the eunuch had brought over, and then smiled at the eunuch and said, "Please wait a moment, eunuch!"
As he said that, he ordered Qingying: "Go and prepare a box of snacks for Grandpa!"
"yes!"
Soon, Qingying came over with a food box, and Yuan Ziyu handed the eunuch a purse: "It's just a small token of my respect!"
The eunuch knew the origin of the plaque, and when he saw Yuan Ziyu giving him a box of snacks and a heavy purse, he immediately smiled with joy: "Second Miss Yuan, you are so polite. I will take my leave now!"
"Take care, father-in-law!"
After the eunuchs walked away, everyone exclaimed!
"My God, this shop has a great background!"
"That's right, that's right. No one will dare to mess with this shop from now on!"
"Who dares to offend? Are you trying to kill yourself?"
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Liu was delighted and took Yuan Ziyu's hand, and asked excitedly, "You'er, why did the Queen Mother suddenly give you a plaque?"
Yuan Ziyou thought about it and said with a smile: "Maybe it was Princess Linyang who helped. Mother, this is a good thing!"
"Yes, this is great news!" Liu was so happy that she was grinning and hurriedly instructed several servants to hang the plaque on the door!
He repeatedly reminded me to be careful and not to bump into anything!
"Sister You, I'm here!" Huo Wan's voice came over.
Yuan Ziyu turned around and saw Huo Wan holding the hem of her skirt and running towards her briskly, with Wu Ying and Wu Hen carefully guarding her on both sides!
"Wan'er!" Yuan Ziyu responded with a smile!
"Sister You, when I came here just now, I heard that the Queen Mother gave your shop a plaque, is that right?" Huo Wan asked with her eyes wide open.
"Yes!" Yuan Ziyou pointed at the guys who were busy and said, "Look, isn't that hanging there?"
"Wow, that's great. I'll have to take a good look at what the plaque awarded by the Queen Mother looks like later!" Huo Wan's eyes lit up and she said with a smile.
"You'll be able to see it in a while!" Yuan Ziyu said with a smile. She really didn't expect the empress dowager to bestow the plaque on her this time. She was thinking in her heart that she should thank Princess Linyang well.
"By the way, Sister You!" Huo Wan suddenly whispered to Yuan Ziyou, "Did my eldest brother give you a gift for the shop opening?"
"How old are you and you're asking these questions!" Yuan Ziyu couldn't help but blush after hearing what Huo Wan said.
Thinking of how Huo Xifei had sneaked into Yuan Mansion last night to give him a gift, Yuan Ziyu felt his face burning, and even his ears were burning.
Looking at Yuan Ziyu's expression, Huo Wan understood clearly: "Oh~~It seems that it was given as a gift!"
"You keep talking!" Yuan Ziyu pretended to be angry and tried to grab Huo Wan's cheek, but Huo Wan quickly begged for mercy: "Good sister, I won't say anything more!"
At this moment, I heard a laugh behind me: "What are you two whispering about?"
The two turned around and saw that it was Princess Linyang, Miss He Er and Miss Zhang San.
Yuan Ziyu and Huo Wan hurriedly bowed to Princess Linyang.
Princess Linyang smiled and said, "Okay, no need to be so polite!"
He looked at Huo Wan again and asked, "Is this the eighth daughter of the Xuanping Marquis family?"
"It's my daughter!" Huo Wan responded with a smile.
Princess Linyang nodded, then smiled and said to Yuan Ziyu, "How about this great gift of mine, Sister Yuan?"
Yuan Ziyou knew that Princess Linyang was talking about the plaque, so she smiled and said, "This generous gift from Princess Linyang really reassures me!"
Princess Linyang smiled and glared at Yuan Ziyou: "I've told you so many times that we're sisters. Why are you still being so polite? If you continue to be so polite, I'll ignore you!"
"Yes, sister, I've got it in mind!" Yuan Ziyu agreed with a smile!
"That's good!" Seeing Yuan Ziyu change his tone, Princess Linyang said with a smile.
The first few servants had already hung the plaque, so Xiao Ying hurried forward and bowed, saying, "Second Miss, the plaque is already hung. Shall we take off the red satin brocade now?"
Yuan Ziyou said to Princess Linyang, "Princess, please help my sister remove this red satin brocade!"
"good!"
Seeing that it was Princess Linyang who was helping the shop to unveil the red satin brocade, the onlookers were shocked and looked at Yuan Ziyu with awe.
How could it be easy to get the support of Princess Linyang and the Queen Mother?
For a moment, everyone held their breath and watched Princess Linyang walk to the plaque!
Xiao Ying respectfully handed a corner of the red brocade to Princess Linyang, then quickly stepped aside!
Princess Linyang grabbed that corner and pulled it down hard, and the whole piece of red satin fell down, revealing the plaque underneath!
I saw that the plaque was made of golden nanmu wood, with winding branches and vines carved all around it, and three large characters were written on it: Xunxiangzhai. The golden font was even more elegant and graceful, and it could be seen through the wood three-quarters of the way.
"Long live the Empress Dowager!" As the red satin brocade of the plaque was taken down, everyone knelt down and paid their respects before standing up!
After receiving Yuan Ziyu's signal, Xiao Ying smiled and said, "Everyone, please come in and take a look!"
This is a shop that was personally bestowed with a plaque by the Empress Dowager. Who wouldn't want to come in and share in the good fortune? So, before Xiao Ying finished speaking, they swarmed in, as if they were afraid of being left behind by others!
"It will be hard for your shop not to sell well!" Princess Linyang said to Yuan Ziyu with a smile!
"It's all thanks to the princess!" Yuan Ziyu said with a smile, "Please come in. Today, the second floor is only for you!"
"Oh, that's great! I must try the snacks here, Sister Yuan!" Miss Zhang San clapped her hands and laughed!
"There's also tea!" Miss He Er also hurriedly followed up!
Yuan Ziyou smiled and said, "Okay, we have everything. Let's go upstairs and talk in detail!"
Across the street, a man whispered to another man, "Find out where Yuan Ziyu has been since then!"
"yes!"
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