Chapter 76 Finding Faults
The Marquis's wife was very concerned. "What do you think? Miss Xu is also kind-hearted. I think you have met her. She even went to distribute porridge to the victims of the disaster outside the city. Lord Xu is a noble person. His first wife is the younger sister of the current queen. I think his daughter is well-educated."
Ye Yunchu put down the teacup and answered after a while: "It's up to mother to arrange."
The Marquis's wife finally smiled with satisfaction, and chatted with Ye Yunchu for a while before letting him go.
Ye Yunchu did not return to the East Courtyard, he was out.
Li Runrun went to bed early at night because she was really tired. Mainly because she felt that the prince had made trouble during the day and she would not have any needs at night.
She didn't need to be accompanied every night. Firstly, she wanted to live a few more years and she really couldn't bear it. Secondly, she couldn't be too favored, otherwise she would be called to the Marquis's wife to set rules.
The prince may not care, but she cannot be ignorant.
Li Runrun turned off the lights early, but she was worrying too much. It was not until the next day that she found out that the prince had not returned at all.
He probably ate and drank too much somewhere and fell asleep.
Or maybe he's busy.
Because the dividend ratio has changed, Li Runrun and Ye Qiaoqiao will go to the Su embroidery shop today to check the accounts and then make a new account book.
The accounts cannot be messed up, they must be reported to the Crown Prince.
So the two of them dressed up as men and went to the shop to check the accounts.
Li Runrun sat in the private room on the second floor, checking the accounts with Ye Qiaoqiao. After her hands-on teaching, Ye Qiaoqiao could now read the account book properly.
She is not as fast as Li Runrun, she is slower, but she can also check the accounts.
Li Runrun settled the previous accounts, made a new account book, called the shopkeeper over, and gave him some instructions.
After the shopkeeper left, Li Runrun gave a wink, and Li Bai and Cui'er carried a box of gold and silver ingots to exchange them for silver notes.
Come back and give Li Ruanruan.
Li Ruanruan and Ye Qiaoqiao each split it in half.
Ye Qiaoqiao held the banknotes, feeling a little sad: "I won't be able to earn that much in the future. All this silver will go into Big Brother's pocket."
Ye Qiaoqiao lay on the table: "I'm so sad."
Li Runrun was very content and kept the banknotes close to her body. She had found a good place to hide the banknotes in the ear room to ensure that the prince would not be able to find them.
"You should be grateful. The prince was summoned by the Marquis's wife yesterday morning."
Ye Qiaoqiao shuddered, sat up straight and looked at Li Ruanruan: "Big brother, have you solved it?"
Li Ruanruan nodded.
Ye Qiaoqiao breathed a sigh of relief: "Big brother is really reliable. Okay, let's just split 10%. When the business gets bigger, we'll still make a lot of money."
Li Ruanruan patted her head: "It's good that you understand it."
After lunch, she went to see the progress of the embroiderers. Seeing that they were now embroidering quite well, Li Runrun was very satisfied.
After giving them some more guidance, Li Runrun and Ye Qiaoqiao prepared to go back.
As they went downstairs, Ye Qiaoqiao whispered, "Looks like we'll be able to open a branch store soon."
As soon as the two men walked out of the shop, they were stopped by several guards.
Ye Qiaoqiao frowned.
The guard with the knife said, "Our young lady would like to invite you two girls upstairs for a cup of tea."
The other party immediately saw through the fact that they were women disguised as men, and Li Runrun instinctively felt that they were acquaintances.
She looked towards the teahouse opposite, but saw a cold and beautiful face sitting by the open window, turning a cup of tea between her fingers, and casually glancing down at her and Ye Qiaoqiao, as if looking down on everyone.
Li Runrun was sure that she didn't know her, but she felt that her face was somewhat familiar.
Just when Li Runrun was confused, Ye Shuang looked out of the window on the other side out of boredom. After noticing Li Runrun's gaze, he smiled sarcastically.
This was clearly a Hongmen Banquet.
Ye Qiaoqiao also saw Ye Shuang. She whispered in Li Ruanruan's ear, "The one next to Ye Shuang seems to be Xu Wan, the legitimate daughter of Lord Xu."
Xu Wan.
Li Runrun suddenly remembered that Haitang had said that Xu Wan was the most likely person to become the future prince's wife.
Li Ruanruan subconsciously clenched her fingers and apologized to the guard: "Sorry, we have something else to do, so we won't go for tea."
Li Runrun thought that even if she was the legitimate daughter of Lord Xu, she would not be so arrogant as to ask the guards to drag people to drink tea in the street. What's the difference between that and raping a woman in the street.
That's how it is. The more noble the status of a legitimate daughter is, the more she values her reputation and needs face.
Li Ruanruan took Ye Qiaoqiao to the carriage and said to Li Bai, "Go back quickly."
She had a feeling that today was not going well.
Just as Li Bai was about to leave in the carriage, Ye Shuang came down with her maid. She grabbed the carriage rope and said, "Ye Qiaoqiao, I told you to go upstairs for tea. Didn't you hear me?"
Ye Shuang ignored Ye Qiaoqiao's struggle and pulled her out of the carriage. Fortunately, there were not many people on the street in winter, but that didn't mean it wasn't embarrassing.
Ye Qiaoqiao's face flushed red, and she pushed Ye Shuang: "What are you doing? I don't want tea."
"You don't give me face, and you don't give face to the distinguished guest either. Where are your manners?! Get up here!"
"And you!"
Ye Shuang asked the maid to drag Li Ruanruan, almost forcibly dragging them both to the teahouse.
He also ordered the guards to watch over the two maids, Li Bai and Cui'er, and not allow them to report the news, which made the two of them anxious and angry.
While being pushed, Li Runrun accidentally bumped into someone coming out of the private room, and she hurriedly bowed her head to apologize.
But when he saw the man's face clearly, he was shocked and froze in his place.
It’s the prince.
The Crown Prince is here, so is the Young Master here too?
This thought popped up in Li Runrun's mind, and then she was taken into the private room next door by the maid.
The prince played with the jade ring on his thumb. Gu Yuanqing stood behind him, waving a folding fan. He pointed at Li Ruanruan and Ye Qiaoqiao, who had been pushed into the private room next door, and said with wide eyes, "Isn't that Xiuzhu's concubine?"
Gu Yuanqing then said, "What a pity Xiuzhu isn't here, otherwise I could have seen another hero saving a beautiful girl."
Gu Yuanqing looked at the prince again: "Your Highness, are you going back? I want to sit for a while."
The prince coughed lightly and said, "Since that's the case, I'll sit for a while."
Li Runrun was pushed into the private room in a somewhat embarrassed manner. There were several young ladies from other families in the private room. It seemed like they were having afternoon tea together.
They gathered together to chat, and turned around when they heard the noise. Xu Wan was surrounded by them like the moon surrounded by everyone.
A rich girl took out a handkerchief and covered her mouth and nose, saying with disdain, "Shuang'er, this is your brother's concubine. How can she be so unruly, dressing up as a man and going out? How can she be so indecent."
Another person echoed: "This must be your concubine sister, how can she be so rude and unruly?"
Ye Shuang went up and tugged at Li Ruanruan's hair: "Why don't you change your hair accessories back? Are you trying to tarnish the reputation of my sisters by pretending to be a man?"
Li Runrun only felt a sharp pain on her scalp, her hairband was pulled off, her long hair was scattered, and she fell to the ground because of Ye Shuang's force.
Ye Shuang directly used the hairband to strangle Li Ruanruan's neck, tightening it so that Li Ruanruan was forced to look up. "Come and see what this vixen who climbed onto my brother's bed looks like. Aren't you curious? Come and see."
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