Chapter 69 Secret Words (3rd Update)
When they returned to Wuyou Pavilion, the gifts from various mansions had all been delivered. Yuan Ziyu asked Qingying and Qingzhi to take care of them, sort them into categories, and lock them in a small warehouse.
"Second Miss!" Qingying came in holding a large wooden box and asked, "How should we place the gift from Prince Xuan?"
"Oh, right!" Yuan Ziyu patted his forehead: "I almost forgot, bring it here, let me take a look first!"
"yes!"
Qingying placed the wooden box on the table, gently lifted the lid of the box, looked down and exclaimed in surprise.
"What's wrong?" Yuan Ziyu walked forward in confusion, looked into the wooden box, and was a little stunned!
In the wooden box was a slightly smaller yellow pear wood flat box with carved patterns and gold inlay. In addition, on top of the carved and gold inlay were the prizes of the three beauty lanterns in Yanxiangzhai during the Lantern Festival - Duan inkstone, gold-painted Hui ink and purple-hair Hu brush.
After thinking about it, Yuan Ziyu understood. When Shopkeeper Hu said that day that these prizes were given by a noble person, he must be Xuan Shaoqing.
Well, it was what he deserved after all, so Yuan Ziyu asked Qingying to put the three items into the small warehouse and took out the square flat box.
In the flat box was a light golden short-collared bodice, which did not feel very soft. In addition to the bodice, there was also a letter!
Yuan Ziyu put down the vest and unfolded the letter to read.
The letter was naturally written by Xuan Shaoqing. After a long time, Yuan Ziyu sighed softly, put the letter down, and looked at the vest with a complicated expression!
Xuan Shaoqing said in the letter that this vest was made of gold thread and thousand-year-old rattan branches. It was extremely strong and invulnerable to swords and spears. It was a special gift for Yuan Ziyu, so Yuan Ziyu should not refuse it!
However, Yuan Ziyu felt that this gift was a bit too hot to handle!
Too expensive!
I’m afraid there are only a few of them in the entire Dali Dynasty!
"Oh, Second Miss!" When Qingzhi came in, she saw the bodice and asked curiously, "Who gave you this bodice? It's really not very pretty!"
Yuan Zitong couldn't help laughing at Qingzhi's words, so she put the vest into the box and handed it to Qingzhi, saying, "Put it away first, and remember to put it in the secret compartment!"
"Oh!" Although Qingzhi didn't understand why her second daughter kept such an ugly piece of clothing so secretly, she always followed Yuan Ziyu's lead and didn't say anything. She went to the small warehouse and put it away carefully.
For three consecutive days, Xunxiangzhai was crowded with customers, and the dim sum sold increased day by day. Even from the fourth day onwards, when they stopped giving away dim sum, there were still many people coming to Xunxiangzhai to buy dim sum!
Xunxiangzhai's daily turnover was getting better and better. In just five or six days, Xunxiangzhai's net profit had reached eight thousand taels of silver.
Not only Liu, but even Yuan Ziyu himself was a little surprised!
"Rosewood, what's the current situation of the second girl's shop?" In Zihua Courtyard, Ning leaned on the chaise longue, fiddling with her nails while asking!
"Madam!" Rendong lowered her head and replied softly, "I hired a maid to watch over the shop every day. After a few days, there has been a constant flow of people buying snacks. If what the maid said is true, I think we can still make seven or eight hundred taels of silver every day!"
"What!" Ning's hand trembled, and she accidentally broke a small piece of nail. Regardless of the pain, Ning looked up at Rendong in surprise: "How much water do you say you have every day?"
"I think it's about seven or eight hundred taels a day!" Honeysuckle said again hurriedly! "I heard that a pound of snacks costs three taels of silver."
"So many!" Ning murmured and was about to get up. Rendong hurried forward and gently helped Ning up.
Ning paced back and forth in the room with a cold expression. She thought that Yuan Ziyu's plan to open a snack shop was just a small matter. At Yuan Ziyu's age, no matter how hard he tried, he wouldn't be able to do anything special!
But who would have known that the dead girl had somehow received a reward from the Empress Dowager, who personally bestowed upon her a plaque. The plaque was simply a golden signboard and a rake for collecting gold. In just a few days, she had earned several thousand taels!
I'm afraid that all the industries in the Yuan Mansion combined are not as valuable as this shop!
Ning felt like she was being scratched by a cat, and everything now made her upset!
It seemed that ever since Yuan Ziyu fell into the water, everything was gradually out of her control. This feeling made Ning extremely uncomfortable.
Thinking that Yuan Zitong was still in solitary confinement in Tongxiangyuan, she thought about it over and over again and tried hard for a long time, but she couldn't make the old woman change her mind and release Yuan Zitong from confinement. As for Yuan Ziyu, she had Prince Xuan to help her block the knife, won the favor of Princess Linyang, opened a shop and received rewards from the Queen Mother, and the money was flowing into her hands like water.
Thinking about the huge difference in their situations, Ning felt so angry that her teeth itched.
"Honeysuckle!" Ning gritted her teeth and said bitterly, "I won't accept this, I won't accept this!"
"Madam!" Rendong came forward and held Ning's arm: "You are tired, take a rest!"
"Honeysuckle!" Ning grabbed Honeysuckle's arm and said, "I won't accept this. I won't accept this. Do you understand?"
"I understand!" Honeysuckle said softly!
"But what should we do?" Ning, supported by Rendong, sat on the chaise longue. "It seems that there will be no place for us, mother and daughter, in this house!"
"You still have the second master, madam!" Honeysuckle hurriedly advised!
"Hmph, don't mention that bastard!" Speaking of Yuan Qilei, Ning was even more furious. She was no different from a widow now. Ever since Yuan Qilei came back on the night of the 30th, he had come to Zihua Courtyard several times in the past month or so. "He doesn't even care about us mother and daughter anymore. He only cares about accompanying that vixen!"
"Madam, I'm going to say something I shouldn't!" Honeysuckle said softly, "You can't be so aggressive with the Second Master. Even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about the eldest lady!"
"What do you mean?" Ning turned to look at Rendong.
Honeysuckle smiled and said, "Madam, think about it, what do you want most?"
Ning pondered for a while, then looked up and down at Jindong several times: "So what you mean is..."
"Madam is a smart person, I think there is no need for me to explain it clearly!" Honeysuckle smiled!
Ning gave Rendong a deep look and said, "I underestimated you!"
"Madam, I will never forget your life-saving grace!"
Ning nodded and said, "You should go out more often these days. If you find an opportunity, you can let Bo'er and that girl have some connection. Can you do it?"
"I'm willing to give it a try!"
"Don't be in a hurry, take your time, that girl is very smart!"
"yes!"
"Lindong, I'm relying on you now!" Ning picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea.
"Madam, you are too kind!"
The next day, Rendong found an excuse to leave the house. When she was about to approach Xunxiangzhai, someone hit her shoulder from behind!
Honeysuckle was startled and was about to make a move when she heard a familiar voice behind her, which was deliberately lowered: "It's me!"
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