Chapter 15 Supporting Her
With Ye Qiaoqiao's help, Li Runrun found a doctor for her brother, and his condition was relieved.
Li Runrun remembered Ye Qiaoqiao's kindness and went to express her gratitude the next day.
Ye Qiaoqiao hurriedly asked the maid to invite her in. Seeing that Li Ruanruan was still standing, she quickly gestured: "Hurry up and sit down. I was just saying I was going to look for you, and here you are."
Li Ruanruan was still a little embarrassed, so Ye Qiaoqiao stood up, pressed her shoulders and asked her to sit on the chair: "Why bother with these empty formalities, Cui'er, serve tea."
Not long after Li Runrun sat down, the maid brought her a cup of tea.
Ye Qiaoqiao asked, "Is your brother feeling better?"
"Much better now. He can wake up and eat now. I think he'll be able to get out of bed in a few days."
"That's great. By the way, your embroidery is selling very well and for a good price. The shopkeeper asked if you have any more."
Ye Qiaoqiao signaled with her eyes, and the maid put down a purse.
Ye Qiaoqiao pushed in front of Li Ruanruan.
Li Ruanruan took it and weighed it, and was shocked. She quickly opened it and took a look: "So many."
Then she was afraid that the prince would find out, so she wanted to ask him not to sell it to young ladies from prominent families, as the risk of being discovered was too great.
But then she thought again, the prince would be away for a year or two and wouldn't be back, so what was there to be afraid of? She was just too nervous yesterday.
There should be thirty taels of silver here, which is a huge sum of money. Li Ruanruan took out twenty taels and pushed them to Ye Qiaoqiao: "These are all for the second young lady."
Ye Qiaoqiao took a look and only took out five taels from it: "This is what I lent you. I'll take it back, and you can keep the rest."
Ye Qiaoqiao pushed it back again, but Li Ruanruan quickly refused: "No, these are for the Second Miss. Thanks to the Second Miss, otherwise we wouldn't be able to sell so many."
"Alright, you need money more than I do. Dad and brother are both sick. You should dress up a bit. As the concubine of your elder brother, you can't be too shabby."
“But, but…”
"Don't worry, I'd like to learn your embroidery pattern, but I wonder if it would be convenient for you to teach me?"
Seeing that Li Runrun was still refusing, Ye Qiaoqiao stood up, put the silver into her purse, tied it tightly, and stuffed it into her arms: "Don't push it away. If you push me again, I will be angry."
It was the first time for Li Runrun to hold so much silver, and she felt it was a little hot. She was also used to being cautious.
Hearing Ye Qiaoqiao wanted to learn, she nodded and said, "I can teach you, but this embroidery method..."
Li Runrun thought about it.
Ye Qiaoqiao saw it and asked, "But what are your concerns?"
Li Ruanruan nodded, and then whispered: "I think the second lady has also realized that this embroidery method can make money."
Ye Qiaoqiao immediately said, "That's fine. I won't learn it. I'm just a little curious, but I don't really need to learn it."
Li Ruanruan quickly said, "No, that's not what I meant. I meant that it can make money. Miss, you can learn it, but remember not to show it to others casually or give it to others. There are many interests involved, and it's easy for people to take advantage of it."
Ye Qiaoqiao understood instantly and nodded quickly: "I understand. In that case, maybe we can do this business together in the future."
Li Ruanruan looked at Ye Qiaoqiao, and Ye Qiaoqiao blinked at her: "Don't you want to make money?"
Li Runrun clenched the silver in her hand. Yes, silver. If she had enough silver, she could redeem the indentures for her father and brother, and they would no longer have to be slaves.
Li Ruanruan's heart was moved, but she was also very nervous. Finally, she said carefully, "Let's observe for a while."
Ye Qiaoqiao was bold and daring: "We can embroider a batch first and sell them to save some money."
Seeing that Li Ruanruan was still hesitant, Ye Qiaoqiao said, "Give it a try first. It might improve your life. I've been eyeing a set of jewelry for a long time, but I don't have the money to buy it."
Li Ruanruan immediately handed over the purse, but Ye Qiaoqiao refused: "I want to earn it myself, I don't want yours."
Li Ruanruan had no choice but to say, "Then I'll teach you."
Li Runrun taught Ye Qiaoqiao for two days, and she was very talented and could embroider quite well. During the conversation, Li Runrun learned that Ye Qiaoqiao's mother was a famous embroiderer, so her embroidery skills were naturally good.
Ye Shuang came back from riding a horse outside and took off her veil. A maid quickly handed her some tea that had been set aside, and Ye Shuang drank a lot of it.
A servant came running over and whispered something into her maid's ear.
The head maid came close to Ye Shuang and said a few words.
Ye Shuang put down her teacup and said, "What are they doing together? She's the second daughter of a marquis's mansion, and she's not afraid of losing face by getting together with a lowly servant."
Then Ye Shuang slammed the table and said, "Oh, I forgot. Brother is out. I had such a good opportunity, but I forgot to deal with her. If I don't teach that concubine a lesson, brother will be back soon. Let's go to Ye Qiaoqiao's place."
Without waiting for anyone to report, Ye Shuang rushed in with her maid and guards.
"Second Miss, the eldest lady is here."
Cui'er saw someone and shouted inside, but was kicked to the ground by Ye Shuang.
Ye Qiaoqiao was shocked and quickly took down the handkerchief they had just embroidered from the embroidery frame and tried to hide it.
Li Runrun took it and chopped it into pieces with scissors. They couldn't bring Ye Shuang into this business, otherwise they would be the only ones to be exploited.
While she was cutting, Ye Shuang had already reached out to snatch the handkerchief away. With the help of Ye Shuang's maid, the handkerchief was torn into two pieces, but was still snatched away.
"What shameful things are you embroidering? Let me see, what good things can you, an unmarried maid, embroider with a rotten concubine?"
Ye Shuang raised the handkerchief in her hand as if she had grasped something, and then her eyes changed: "It's actually Su embroidery."
You know, Suzhou embroidery is very popular outside. Ye Shuang went out today because her best friend showed off to her and she went to buy it, but she didn't find it and was very angry.
But I didn’t expect that Li Runrun would use scissors to cut something that couldn’t be bought outside.
Suddenly, he became even more furious: "You embroidered it?"
Ye Qiaoqiao immediately said, "We bought it."
Ye Shuang breathed a sigh of relief: "I told you that you couldn't embroider it. Your embroidery skills are not even as good as mine. How could you embroider such priceless Su embroidery?"
There was a hint of mockery in Ye Qiaoqiao's eyes.
Then Ye Shuang's eyes changed again, but she remembered why she came today, and immediately started looking for an excuse to target Li Ruanruan: "Su embroidery is expensive nowadays. How can you, who are so poor, afford it? Look at this, isn't this the handkerchief I lost? I spent one gold to buy it from the Jade Clothing Pavilion! Well, it seems to be stolen!"
Ye Qiaoqiao didn't expect that she would confuse right and wrong like this. This was clearly embroidered by them, so when did it become hers?
He immediately argued: "We bought this, how can it be considered stealing from you?"
Ye Shuang pushed Ye Qiaoqiao away and said, "Of course you didn't steal it. You are the second daughter of the Marquis's Mansion, how could you do such a thing?"
Ye Shuang grabbed Li Ruanruan's wrist and said, "You stole it. You're so dishonest and you still want to stay with my brother as his concubine? Come on, tie her up and sell her off!"
"It's not me, I didn't—"
Li Runrun was so scared that she knelt on the ground, but she was still beaten and tied up.
Ye Shuang ordered someone to capture Li Ruanruan and walk out, intending to sell her to a human trafficker, and then give the human trafficker some money to kill her quietly.
There was a cruel look in Ye Shuang's eyes, but when she went out, she happened to meet Ye Yunchu who had just returned from outside. He hadn't even gotten off the carriage yet.
Ye Yunchu frowned and looked at his little concubine who was tied up and looked extremely miserable.
He had only been away for two days, yet how could she have gotten herself into this state? Her injuries hadn't healed yet and she looked miserable again. It was both heartbreaking and infuriating.
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