Chapter 498
Xia Zhou came to Zeng's house and told Yuan Jing: "Fourth brother, Miss Liu agreed, we have signed the contract, and we will be in a cooperative relationship in the future. I didn't expect that Fourth brother really won. Do you know why?"
Yuan Jing said calmly, "You all treat her as a country girl who has not seen much of the world. That is underestimating her. Zeng Yuanxin is the same. Zeng Yuanxin thinks that as long as he gives Miss Liu the status of his legal wife, it means that he loves Miss Liu deeply, so taking two concubines will not shake Miss Liu's position in his heart at all. But Miss Liu wants more than that. She is not at the point where she has no way out yet, so of course she will think more about herself."
"This is the way out you gave Miss Liu. Of course she chose you."
Xia Zhou said he didn't understand, so Yuan Jing tried to explain: "In Zeng Yuanxin's eyes, he is the prince of the Bo family. Although he loves Miss Liu, he actually knows that Miss Liu is a village girl and her status is much lower than his. Although Miss Liu is a village girl, even if Zeng Yuanxin is a prince, in Miss Liu's mind, she and Zeng Yuanxin should be on an equal footing, and neither should be inferior to the other."
At this time, Jing Lie walked in and said with a smile: "Will any of you look down on me? Will you ask Yuan Jing to find a few servants to serve him?"
Xia Zhou was so scared that he quickly waved his hands and shook his head. Are you kidding? If they really dared to do that, Jing Lie would definitely make them pay for it.
Yuan Jing burst into laughter upon seeing this.
Xia Zhou also scratched his head and laughed, but gradually he came to his senses and felt surprised, and at the same time a little curious and expectant. How much could such a unique Miss Liu achieve in the end?
After Xia Zhou left, Yuan Jing and Jing Lie began to discuss with great interest how far Liu Yiyi could go in the end, and how she would feel when the Bo's Mansion and Zeng Yuanxin found that they could not get any advantage at all.
They look down on the current Liu Yiyi. Even Zeng Yuanxin feels that giving Liu Yiyi the position of legal wife is already a great honor to her. Unfortunately, Liu Yiyi is different from the woman at that time after all, and she is also a different type of person from Han Miao.
Thinking about the situation in the plot, it is estimated that Liu Yiyi had to go to that step out of necessity. In that case, she would either hold on to Zeng Yuanxin's heart tightly so that he would not have any second thoughts, or she would guard her own heart and raise her child wholeheartedly. Whether Zeng Yuanxin lived or died had nothing to do with her.
Yuan Jing felt that the latter situation was most likely the case.
With the investment from Li Yan and his two companions, Liu Yiyi suddenly felt wealthy and powerful. She bought a farm on the outskirts of the city and built a proper workshop. Li Yan and his two companions also recommended a number of workers to Liu Yiyi. They came from the same source as most of the workers in Jing Lie's cloth shop workshop, that is, disabled veterans who had retired from the battlefield.
Knowing the backgrounds of these workers, Liu Yiyi not only had no objection, but also felt more at ease with them than using other people.
Compared to Zeng Yuanxin who was going to the border to gather the connections and power left by the old Marquis Yongyi, Yuan Jing who stayed in the capital city did it quietly. At that time, the workshop needed to recruit workers, both male and female, and the number needed was not small. Buying people alone could not solve the problem. The intentions of Zeng Kang and his son at that time reminded Yuan Jing. After discussing with Jing Lie, he felt it was just right, so he found a group of disabled veterans who were living in poverty through the old people left behind by Yuan Jing's father.
By settling these disabled veterans, Yuan Jing did not deliberately gather his original network of contacts, but he also made friends with several military officers with whom he had good relations. Although these military officers did not hold high positions and were not conspicuous in the capital, Yuan Jing and Jing Lie believed that these connections would come in handy, and it was better to do it in a low-key manner so that people would not notice their actions.
Liu Yiyi discovered that with Li Yan and the other two as her backers, in addition to expanding production, everything she did became smoother. As long as she mentioned her title as the grandson of the Dukedom of Zhengong, she would not be obstructed in doing anything. At this time, Liu Yiyi was even more glad that she had chosen to cooperate with Li Yan and the other two.
The Yiliu brand was finally created by Liu Yiyi. This is a brand that belongs to him, Liu Yiyi. Yiliu soap, Yiliu facial cleanser, Yiliu facial mask, lip balm and facial cream were all launched one by one. The Yiliu shop was also upgraded to a large two-story shop in the center of the capital. Liu Yiyi also got in touch with many noble ladies by relying on her own means. She really opened up the situation in the capital.
During this period, Yuan Jing also sent several prescriptions to Liu Yiyi through Li Yan and others. They were all about beauty, such as whitening, skin rejuvenation, freckle removal, and anti-inflammatory and swelling. Li Yan and others used the excuse that they were good things they got from the imperial doctors. Liu Yiyi did not doubt it at all. Li Yan was the grandson of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion. It was not easy for him to get these things. These prescriptions first worked on her, which amazed her. She no longer dared to look down on the ancients and corrected her attitude.
Of course, these prescriptions also made Liu Yiyi get the shares of Li Yan and the other three. She couldn't take these good things for free.
The farce at the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion at the time made the whole capital city excited. In fact, they were not optimistic about the country girl brought back by Zeng Yuanxin. How could a country girl be a match for the Song family of the Marquis' Mansion? It would be as easy for the Song family to control her as it would be for an ant. But who would have thought that this country girl would actually do big business in the capital, making many people look at her with admiration.
"I never thought that the prince of the Yongyi Marquis's mansion would actually bring back a treasure bowl. Judging from the people coming in and out of the shop, the daily income is not low, and the items in it are not cheap."
"Yes, we all underestimated her at first, thinking she was just a country girl. We didn't expect she would be a Midas Touch."
"If you want to talk about the golden hand, it's the glass shop opened by the fifth prince. A palm-sized glass mirror costs one hundred taels of silver."
"He is a prince. Can Shopkeeper Liu be compared with the Fifth Prince?"
"That's true, but it's not appropriate for a girl to show up in public all day. The Earl's Mansion didn't agree with the marriage between Shopkeeper Liu and the Prince in the first place, and they won't agree now."
"Tsk, isn't it good for Shopkeeper Liu to have his own money and live a comfortable life? If he really goes to that mansion, he might get poisoned again one day and die without knowing how."
Song learned about the good things Liu Yiyi had done outside from her sister-in-law. She was angry but also surprised. Even her sister-in-law was muttering that her future daughter-in-law from the countryside would be able to earn money. With such a big shop, she might be able to earn a thousand or eight hundred taels of silver a month.
Song didn't believe it at first. Later, she went to the shop herself and took a look around. She almost had a conflict with the people in the shop. It was the clever clerk who brought up the title of the grandson of the Duke of Zhenguo, which made her reluctantly take her people away. She turned around and called her son to her. She had two purposes. One was that Liu Yiyi should not show her face in public. What kind of business would a daughter do outside? The Bo's Mansion would not let such a woman enter the mansion. The second meaning was to let Liu Yiyi hand over the shop to the servants in the mansion. For a family like theirs, how could the master run the shop personally? They would just hand it over to the people around them.
Zeng Yuanxin actually listened to Song's advice and went to find Liu Yiyi, which caused a violent conflict between the loving couple in the plot.
When Liu Yiyi heard Zeng Yuanxin say proudly that his mother finally agreed to their relationship, but asked Liu Yiyi to stop showing up in public and hand over the shop to his mother's people to manage, Liu Yiyi almost fainted.
She hadn't expected that the Song family would be so shameless. They were jealous of the profits of her shop and wanted to snatch it away, so they came here openly, but they used such an excuse, which made her so disgusted that she almost vomited. Now that her business has grown and she has contacts with many ladies, Liu Yiyi is more and more confident that she can gain a foothold in the capital without relying on the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion. There is no need to compromise to please that hateful woman, and she has given up the idea of marrying Zeng Yuanxin.
Now she has brought all the people of the Liu family to the capital, and the family is living a comfortable and harmonious life, but Zeng is here to cause trouble.
"First of all, my shop belongs to Liu, not Zeng. Why should I hand it over? Secondly, my shop also has shares from the grandson of the Duke of Zhenguo, the young master Zhao Yu of the Marquis of Yiyang, and the young master Xia Zhou of the Xia family, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue. You want me to hand over the shop. Have you asked for their consent? As long as they agree, I will hand it over immediately."
Didn't she know that the Song family was a bully who only cared about the strong and the weak? Li Yan's name alone was enough to intimidate the Song family and make them dare not move. She was jealous of the profits of her own shop and didn't even ask why no one dared to touch her shop until now. Did she really think that it was under the protection of the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion?
"When did you hook up with them? No wonder your mother doesn't approve of you showing up in public."
"What kind of person am I? You knew it when you first met me. I have always earned money with my own hands, and I spend it happily. Do I expect others to make a living by squeezing money out of my fingers?"
"You...you have changed. How could you become so unreasonable? Come back with me. From now on, you are not allowed to show your face in public again."
"What do you want to do? Let her go!" Xia Zhou arrived at the critical moment. Liu Yiyi did not expect Zeng Yuanxin to dare to attack her directly. She quickly broke free and hid behind Xia Zhou. This action hurt Zeng Yuanxin's eyes. The beautiful woman in his mind became a fickle woman at this moment. She left after saying some harsh words.
Liu Yiyi was so angry that she was shaking all over. She had thought Zeng Yuanxin was different from other men of this era. It turned out that he was no different from those men. Did she become a fickle person just because she showed up in public and met other men? Even if Zeng Yuanxin didn't say it, she understood the look in his eyes.
"Miss Liu, are you okay? You should keep a few more people around you in the future." Xia Zhou said worriedly.
Liu Yiyi tried to calm her anger, and said with a smile, "It's okay. Thank you, Mr. Xia, for arriving in time. By the way, I want to tell you three that the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion wanted to take over this shop and give it to someone in the mansion to run, but I refused. I don't know if they will come back again."
"Don't worry about that. Just tell me Li Yan's name. The people in the mansion don't have the courage to do that."
Liu Yiyi was amused, but at the same time she felt sad. If Li Yan and the other two hadn't appeared, what would her situation be like now? She would probably be isolated and helpless and could only let the Bo's family manipulate her.
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