Chapter 77 Please have tea
Li Ruanruan was picking at her hairband with her hands, her long hair loose and her head tilted back.
Only Xu Wan didn't move, but the others gathered around, admiring Li Runrun's miserable appearance as if they were watching a monkey.
One hand pinched Li Ruanruan's chin, turned her face left and right, which was a little red from being pinched, and sneered: "She is not that good-looking, why did the prince fall in love with her?"
Ye Shuang threw her hand away and watched Li Ruanruan fall to the ground. She stepped on Li Ruanruan's hand and asked, "How do you think she compares to Sister Xu Wan?"
"Haha, Shuang'er, how can you compare her with Wanwan? Wanwan will be angry."
"Wanwan is so cheap compared to her."
"I heard that Wanwan and the prince are going to discuss marriage."
Ye Shuang went up and grabbed Li Ruanruan's hair, pulling her forward: "Speaking of which, as a lowly concubine, why don't you come and pay your respects to the future mistress?"
Xu Wan sat on a chair, holding a cup of tea and blowing gently. She didn't even glance at Li Runrun. It was obvious that she didn't take such a lowly concubine seriously at all.
She's just a concubine. Once she gets married, you can do whatever you want with her.
But she probably won't punish her for the time being, so as not to ruin the relationship with the prince right after the wedding, but it's only a matter of sooner or later.
Li Ruanruan was dragged in front of Xu Wan by Ye Shuang, and Ye Shuang kicked her: "Hurry up and kowtow to Sister Wanwan, otherwise if she doesn't tolerate you in the future and asks you to set the rules every day, your life will be difficult."
Xu Wan gently put down the teacup. She looked at Ye Shuang and smiled, "Who said she was going to marry into your family? Why did you ask her to come and pay her respects to me?"
Ye Shuang walked over, put her arm around Xu Wan's shoulders from behind, and said affectionately, "Sister Wanwan, if you don't want to marry my brother, who else do you want to marry?"
Someone said, "It's not impossible for Wanwan to become the Crown Princess."
Xu Wan's face turned completely red: "Okay, I told you to talk nonsense and I'll tear your mouth apart."
They were pushing and shoving each other, laughing sweetly, but Li Ruanruan was the only one still kneeling on the ground, getting bumped by one and stepped on by another.
Ye Qiaoqiao couldn't bear to watch any longer. She walked over and stood in front of Li Ruanruan. "I won't disturb you ladies. Big Brother is waiting for Ruanruan and I to check the accounts and report back. We'll leave first."
Ye Qiaoqiao pulled Li Ruanruan and helped her up, and they were about to leave quickly.
Ye Shuang blocked their way and said, "Stop! I was scared of you because you thought I was bringing my brother out. Who are you trying to scare, thinking I didn't know he was out early in the morning?"
"Checking the accounts, what are they checking?"
A lady from a prominent family scoffed, "Could it be that she's imitating that merchant's daughter and starting a business? When did your mansion become so poor that a concubine's daughter had to step out into the world?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Shuang became annoyed and argued, "You think this is just an ordinary business? Perhaps you don't know that the Suzhou embroidery that's all the rage in the capital is the business of our mansion. If it were any other business, we'd look down on the trivial things. But can you afford Suzhou embroidery?"
The woman who made the sarcastic remark looked embarrassed.
It is indeed impossible to buy it. It is said that those who can buy it nowadays are all wealthy and powerful families with connections. They can get a lot of benefits by giving it to the nobles in the palace.
If you give a gift, even a thousand taels of gold, you won't be allowed to enter the door, let alone get your business done.
But if the gift is Suzhou embroidery, then it will be a welcome with a smile, and things will be much easier.
This Su embroidery is a treasure nowadays. It can be given as a gift to elders, to superiors, as a prize, or kept for personal enjoyment. It is really very useful.
It is a rare item. People from famous families like these things. The more they can't buy it, the more they want it.
Anyone who doesn’t have one will be laughed at, just like the storybooks before, if you haven’t read it, no one will talk to you.
This is the trend.
Xu Wancai looked at Ye Shuang and said, "Shuang'er must be able to do Su embroidery, right? I bet she has some better ones. Could you show them to us all?"
Ye Shuang's expression changed, and then she said, "Of course, but those are all my treasures. Today, I will show you the Suzhou embroidery in the hands of our concubine's daughter. It will be enough to amaze you."
Xu Wan chuckled: "What a big tone! If that's the case, take it out quickly, we want to open our eyes."
"Hold on."
Ye Shuang grabbed Ye Qiaoqiao and pulled them aside: "Take it out! You've embarrassed me. Don't even think about leaving today. I'm embarrassed, and I'll make you even more embarrassed."
Before Ye Qiaoqiao could speak, Li Ruanruan said, "Now that we have it out, let us leave."
"no."
"Then don't take it."
"you--"
Ye Shuang seemed very angry.
Li Ruanruan looked at Ye Shuang warily, and finally threatened: "We are already in such a mess, but the young lady is still clean. If we tell you, you don't know how to embroider at all, and the young lady will not be able to face the party again in the future."
"Are you threatening me?"
"We'll give you Su embroidery in exchange for letting us go. This deal is quite good."
Ye Shuang gritted her teeth: "Okay."
She held out her hand: "Give it to me."
Ye Qiaoqiao was about to hand over the handkerchief in her hand.
But Li Ruanruan stopped her: "You have to send us away first, then we will give it to you. Otherwise, if you change your mind, what can we do to you?"
Ye Shuang sneered: "We didn't do anything to you, just look at how scared you are."
Ye Qiaoqiao also stood up for once: "Hurry up, or I will yell and say that you don't know how to do Su embroidery at all."
"You dare!"
Ye Shuang then pushed Li Ruanruan and Ye Qiaoqiao away: "They only brought a handkerchief, I told them to get better ones."
She pushed Li Ruanruan and Ye Qiaoqiao out, and only then did Ye Qiaoqiao give her the handkerchief in her hand. Ye Shuang even snatched the handkerchief from Li Ruanruan's hand, and was very proud when she saw the two Suzhou embroidered handkerchiefs.
He did keep his word. After all, these two handkerchiefs are worth a lot of money now.
Ye Qiaoqiao closed the door, walked back, and threw the Suzhou embroidered handkerchief to her: "Take it and have a look."
What Xu Wan caught happened to be the Su embroidered handkerchief that Li Ruanruan had. When she unfolded it and looked at the embroidery, jealousy and envy flashed in her eyes.
"This handkerchief is so thin, yet the lotus flowers on it are different colors on both sides, one red and one green. It's truly wonderful."
Someone came over to look at the handkerchief in Xu Wan's hand and praised it.
More people came over and said, "It's really exquisite. This is a new product, I think it's the treasure of the store. I don't think it's even on sale yet. No one in the capital has it yet. Shuang'er, you are really amazing. It's just something in the hands of a concubine. I'm afraid you have something better."
Ye Shuang was flattered by the praise: "That's nothing, I know a lot more."
When she gets home, she'll ask her mother to give her the Suzhou embroidery shop, so she can have as much as she wants.
Ye Shuang has already made up her mind.
Then someone said, "Yes, there are some. I heard from my brother that the prince had one like this. It was given to him by the concubine. Master Gu accidentally dropped it into the water and got really angry."
"Ah? Is that true? Then what about the concubine?"
"That's for Shuang'er. I only heard from my brother that the prince was very angry. He destroyed Master Gu's beloved folding fan and threw him into the water to torture him."
"Then the prince really likes that concubine."
"It is said that he is favored."
"Shh!"
Someone gave a look, and the man didn't dare to say anything more after seeing Xu Wanhan's expression.
It is easy to deal with a concubine, but if she is a concubine who is very favored by the prince, it is very likely that she will be promoted to a concubine.
That would be difficult to deal with.
Before even entering the door, there is such a huge hidden danger that must be eliminated.
Xu Wan was quite knowledgeable about some of the inner house tricks, otherwise her mother would not have had only one daughter but was able to secure the power of housekeeper in the harem, while none of the concubines, illegitimate sons and daughters could climb up.
Li Runrun walked away quickly with Ye Qiaoqiao, while casually tucking her hair.
But then Ye Qiaoqiao, who was walking in front, exclaimed, and Li Runrun hurriedly stopped.
When they looked up, they saw the prince blocking their way.
He even reached out to support Ye Qiaoqiao, who was a little dizzy from the collision, and said in a gentle voice, "Stand firm."
Ye Qiaoqiao was obviously confused.
Li Ruanruan was so frightened that her legs went limp. She hurriedly pulled Ye Qiaoqiao down to her knees and said, "Your servant kowtows to the Crown Prince."
Ye Qiaoqiao didn't know why Li Runrun was kneeling, but when she heard this, she was so scared that her limbs went limp.
He immediately knocked his head heavily on the ground, performing a great salute. His voice trembled as he stammered, "Greetings, kowtow, kowtow, Your Highness the Madam and the Crown Prince."
Gu Yuanqing chuckled behind the Crown Prince: "Your Highness invites you two in for a cup of tea. Come in."
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