The fact that Shen Qingqiu went to Yulou to cause trouble that day was ultimately not hidden from the Liu family. It was not because Tu Jiu, Shen Qingqiu's eldest disciple who had become the Liu family's guard, was the fastest, but because the owner of Yulou sent a gift of apology.
He also told Liu to forget her previous foolish words and to take care of her in business in the future. He also said that Shen Qingqiu was a heroine. What else did Liu not know?
He sent the shopkeeper of Yulou away with a smile on his face.
Just as she was about to use the family law of using the feather duster to reprimand this mischievous boy for not telling the truth, the doorman outside came to report that another customer had arrived. Shen Qingqiu pulled her ear, "Mother, go and see the customer first. He might be here to order a fan. You can beat me anytime. If the business runs away, I'll be gone."
After hearing these words, Liu couldn't help but tap her forehead.
But she didn't care about what he said. After rejecting Gu Yong, she had to rely on herself completely, so she couldn't be careless about business. So she took her daughter's hand and went to the front hall together.
When she saw the person coming, Liu was stunned for a moment.
The woman turned her head and smiled, "Why, don't you recognize me?"
Liu quickly pulled her daughter to pay her respects, "I am a humble woman and I greet the Princess Changping!" A poor man like them would kneel down to see a woman of such high rank as the Princess. The Princess Changping had always had a good reputation, so she quickly asked them to stand up, "I just came out for a stroll, there is no need to pay such respects."
Then he looked at Liu and said, "I remember I asked you to order the fan for me, but I didn't reveal my identity. How did you guess it?"
Liu said honestly, "Last time, Miss Wang, the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, came to my shop and mentioned this matter. She wanted one similar to yours." Wang Qingluo didn't say it, but among the two fans she made, the feathers for these two were sent by their own homes and ordered to be cut.
Not hard to guess.
Changping listened for a while and sighed, "This Miss Wang has some misunderstandings about me. I guess she took her anger out on you last time."
She speaks in a gentle and friendly manner and it's hard to get annoyed with her.
"Madam, I see there don't seem to be many people in your store," she said.
Liu nodded. Ah Xiu would sell some handkerchiefs in the embroidery building, but because of the three luxurious carriages of Miss Wang last time, many ordinary people thought that the prices here were too high and stopped coming. So now Liu can only accept custom orders. Although there are not many jobs, the profit is considerable.
Of course, she would not tell the person in front of her many of these.
"This business is always precarious, boss lady, you are the only one in your family, you and your daughter, instead of doing this kind of business, you might as well find a stable place for yourself."
Liu probably understood what the princess meant, but she didn't have that kind of thought. She could only pretend to be ignorant and didn't understand, and said, "It's not bad. I can save some money every day, so it's not a problem to support me and my daughter."
Changping rolled her eyes inwardly but maintained her elegance on the surface and said with a smile: "Well, let me tell you the truth. I see that you have a very good skill and it would be a shame if you work outside. Otherwise, come home with me. I will not give you less monthly salary." Changping is a princess and her father is King Xuan.
However, the princes of this dynasty were not allowed to stay in the capital. Changping was also raised in the capital since childhood because she was favored by the queen. A princess's mansion was established for her when she turned fifteen.
Liu looked at the gentle eyes of Princess Changping. Logically speaking, a stable monthly salary was a good thing for a woman.
"What kind of contract do we need to sign?" Liu asked.
Princess Changping smiled, and seeing that she seemed to agree, she asked the people around her to come forward. She had been prepared, and the contract had already been written in black and white. She had been in the Liu family's opera troupe before, so if she wanted to learn how to sing an opera, she had to learn to recognize herself, and she went through all the terms carefully.
"How can this be a ten-year contract..." A ten-year contract, one year or two years, twenty thousand silver coins for ten years.
"Why, twenty thousand silver isn't enough?" Changping raised his chin slightly, hoping that this young woman would not be ungrateful.
Liu shook her head. The ten-year death contract was equivalent to a contract to sell her body. How could she be willing to do that?
"Princess, thank you for your kindness, but even though I can't earn more than 20,000 silver coins in ten years running this small embroidery building, it's enough for my daughter and I." This was already a polite refusal. This made Changping, who was originally content, change her expression. She stared at Liu, her face was calm, but her eyes seemed to be filled with poison.
It's frightening to watch.
"Okay, since you don't want to, then I won't force you." Changping stood up, "I just hope you don't regret it."
Having said this, he left with the servants.
Liu waited for her to leave and sat down again. Mother Chen, who was serving tea, could not help but pat her chest and said, "Oh my God, how can this princess change her expression so quickly? She was smiling when she was talking just now, but suddenly she gave me a look that scared me." Mother Chen asked again, "Is there anything wrong?"
"But Madam, why didn't you respond just now?"
In Mother Chen's opinion, twenty thousand taels in ten years is really a lot! They keep the money in the silver shop, and make a few fans for the princess every month. Isn't that a good life? Shen Qingqiu, who was holding a fan in his hand and sniffing it, sneered when he heard Mother Chen say, "Mom, twenty thousand taels of silver sounds good, but it's hot to hold. Just like knowing a person's mind but not his heart, do you think this princess is a good person?"
Originally, it was similar. After all, Princess Changping had been very approachable since the last time they met.
But as soon as the lady disagreed with her opinion, her expression suddenly changed and Mother Chen shook her head.
"Tu Jiu——" Shen Qingqiu shouted. Tu Jiu, who was originally practicing in the courtyard, came in and saluted his master with his fists clasped.
"Tell Mother Chen what kind of person Princess Changping is."
Tu Jiubenjiu is from the capital. He loves martial arts since he was a child and often hangs out with all kinds of people. What these people lack the most is news. "I wanted to say something when I saw Princess Changping come in. Madam, don't be fooled by the fact that Princess Changping looks kind on the surface. She is a real cannibal!"
Liu was not frightened by Changping's eyes, but she was shocked by Tu Jiu's call of "Master".
Tu Jiu continued, "This Princess Changping looks elegant and well-mannered, but she is actually a money-grubber. The Yulou that caused trouble to our family some time ago was opened by a relative of Princess Changping." Tu Jiu did not feel at all that it was embarrassing for him to be in Yulou at that time. Instead, he said proudly, "If I had not been employed by Yulou at that time, I would not have been able to find out about these internal forces."
"Not to mention the distant past, a year ago the Zhao family's cloth shop produced a piece of fabric that the ladies love recently, and so on—"
"Yunjin." Liu said.
Tu Jiu slapped his head and said, "Yes, it is Yunjin. Princess Changping fell in love with Yunjin, and she spent a lot of money to hire someone from the Zhao family to work in her mansion, just like today. But the old man from the Zhao family was not as perceptive as our master's wife, and he saw that Princess Changping was not a good person, so he signed the contract that day and happily went to the princess's mansion with the money in his hand."
"Guess what happened?" Without waiting for a reply, Tu Jiu clapped his hands, "Old Zhao was exhausted to death in the Princess's Mansion! Afterwards, Princess Changping said that Old Zhao had broken his promise and reported it to the government. She is the Princess, and it was actually Old Zhao who left the Mansion. Not only did they return all the money to the Princess's Mansion, but they couldn't even sell the new cloth that the Zhao family had developed."
"What about the brocade on the market now?" Liu asked suspiciously.
Tu Jiu sneered, "Do we need to guess?"
He cheated others of their talents and means of livelihood without spending any money. "That old man Zhao only produced this piece of material in his life. The princess's mansion made him accompany his wife and lose his soldiers. Not long after, he died of anger. This is not the only thing. There is a wine shop to the west of Qiancheng. The wine yeast there is also a family heirloom. Not to mention the same technique, the wine brewed by that shop is damn delicious!"
Tu Jiu sneered again, "But this winery is not as lucky as the Zhao family. It was destroyed by the Princess's Mansion! The young master of the winery is only eight years old. He was destined to be rich, but now he is living on the street as a beggar!"
Mother Chen couldn't bear to hear this and felt extremely uncomfortable.
“It’s even worse than this!”
"What?"
"Five years ago, the Princess Changping was only ten years old," Tu Jiu said, "at a banquet, she met a girl from a minor official's family. The girl had bright eyes and white teeth, and was extremely beautiful. As soon as she entered the banquet, she became the focus of everyone in the place. Since then, many people have taken a fancy to her. The Princess thought it was profitable, so she tried every means to get the official's daughter. I don't know what happened in the middle, but I only know that the official's family was executed for corruption, and the girl entered the most famous brothel in the capital and became the top prostitute. It's a pity that the brothel girl doesn't even know who ruined her family. I only knew about it when I heard the owner of the Jade Tower talking."
"Outsiders have no way of knowing these things. They just think that the princess is high and mighty and gentle, but people like us, the filthy people, don't know what's going on inside."
Mother Chen was so scared that she almost lost her soul. "How can there be such a vicious woman in this world? She was only ten years old that year, no wonder her eyes were so scary, she is not a human at all?" Her daughter was also vicious, but she never towards innocent people!
"I'm not saying this for any reason, just be sure not to fall into the trap set by the princess." Tu Jiu said, "If you fall into it, you will be stripped of everything and nothing will be left."
Mother Chen was still frightened, "Fortunately, the lady didn't agree just now."
Shen Qingqiu raised his eyelids, and a cold light flashed through his eyes, "Since she will do anything for the sake of profit, she will not give up even if my mother refuses." Everyone was a little worried when these words came out, but Shen Qingqiu weighed the small knife that he always kept in his sleeve and said, "Don't be afraid, if she dares to come, I will also peel off a layer of her flesh and blood!"
As he said this, he licked his lips and started laughing, and his cute appearance suddenly looked a little weird.
Mother Chen felt relieved. No matter how vicious her princess was, her seventh daughter was an evil star! She couldn't be killed!
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