Changping had no idea that his secrets had already been exposed, so he left the Liu family and came to Yulou.
Porcelain was thrown around, "If you can't do your job well, there are many others who will do it!"
The shopkeeper of Yulou yelled and yelled in front of others, but he still had to be servile in front of Princess Changping, "Princess, it's not that I don't want to, I had already asked the Liu family's embroidery building not to sell the beauty fan, and I pushed Liu to the point of no return. But who knew that the Ninth Prince would come out, I'm just a businessman, how dare I go against the Ninth Prince, he insisted on protecting that girl, there was nothing I could do!"
Princess Changping said, "He's just a sickly person, why should we be afraid of him?"
The shopkeeper of Yulou didn't dare to say anything and just smiled bitterly.
Changping did not continue to talk about this point. After all, no matter how much she despised the short-lived sickly boy, he was still a prince after all, and was especially favored by the emperor because of his illness.
She closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, she said, "Since she can't come openly, she can always do it secretly. To open an embroidery shop, you always need material. If she can't buy the material, how can she run this embroidery shop?"
Princess Changping said, "I will find some friends and order a hundred or so fans from her. Then you can tell them not to sell any of Quancheng's brocade or cloud brocade to her."
The shopkeeper of Yulou couldn't help but praise it.
"Why don't you do it?" Princess Changping said.
The shopkeeper said yes and went down quickly.
"It's all garbage." She has to come up with all the ideas.
"Princess, I see that although the Liu family's embroidery shop makes some money, it is only a little bit for the ladies. Two thousand taels is a bit too much." The maid had been with her for a long time, so she naturally understood that her princess never did business at a loss.
"Of course I give more." So she was also very surprised that Liu rejected her.
"Who would want that little thing in the Liu family's embroidery building!" From the beginning, it was not the fan in Liu's hand that attracted her, but Liu herself. Although Liu was not young now and had a daughter, some people liked her. Moreover, once Liu dressed up, it was not an exaggeration to say that she was extremely beautiful.
The maximum profit that a woman like this can bring her is 20,000 taels?
She had been trying to please the prince during this period, but who knew that Wang Qingluo had learned a fan-turning technique from Liu and stole her favor. She had suspected Liu, and after investigation, she found that it was this woman. Since she came to the door herself, and those people in Yulou were idiots, she had to do it herself!
When she gets it, the Prince of Suzhou admires her beauty, so she can be given to him to play with for a month or so.
A beauty like Liu cannot be given away directly. Keeping her in your hand and winning her over is the proper way to do it.
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The Liu family's embroidery building had long been prepared for Princess Changping to take action. With Shen Qingqiu in charge, they felt at ease.
In addition, Tu Jiu and his brothers lived in the big bunk bed in the backyard of the Liu family. Sometimes, more than a dozen men would get up in the morning and see them practicing martial arts and washing their faces shirtless, which was not something they were used to. But now they felt particularly relieved. At least they were not afraid that Princess Changping would use any tricks to deal with them.
But after waiting for half a month, the princess did not make any move. Instead, she received dozens of orders.
Moreover, the number of orders increased as time went on. Although there were many noble ladies in the capital, they were not so extravagant as to change a pair every day. Even if the family was pampering them, they would at least buy one for half a month or a month.
"Don't answer it for now, this is a bit weird." Shen Qingqiu said to Jin Cai.
Jin Cai nodded. She was happy at the beginning when she had a lot of orders, but now there were only more than a dozen a day and even Hei Ming would not be able to finish them all night.
"It's no longer available! All the silk and brocade in the city are out of stock!" Mother Chen shouted anxiously, dragging her fat body.
She ran back, panting as she touched the cabinet. Not long after, Ah Xiu came back. She took a horse carriage to a nearby town and shook her head, looking dejected. "All the goods nearby are out of stock."
Jin Cai became anxious. She was in charge of delivery and orders. "The previous batch is about to arrive. If we delay, we will have to pay compensation. Can we use other materials instead?"
"We can't buy good materials around here anymore. Those coarse cloth materials are fine for making clothes. I can feel the difference when using them to make these things. Those ladies have such delicate hands, how can they not feel the difference?" Mother Chen shook her head. She would rather delay than lie.
Otherwise the trouble will get bigger and bigger.
"Silk and satin are not like those ordinary fabrics. Every household and every industry can make them. Now we can't buy them anywhere. Someone must have given the order." Shen Qingqiu said: "They said it has been quiet for half a month. It turns out they are waiting here."
If they have no material, they won’t be able to make embroidery at all.
"What can I do? The orders I've received these days are almost a hundred. If I can't make them, I'll have to pay three times the amount. Many ladies ordered the best ones and paid seven or eight taels of silver. If I lose all this, I'll have to pay almost a thousand!"
Mother Chen was so anxious, especially since the lady had rejected the Marquis and had no way out. The family's expenses in the future all depended on the embroidery shop. Now they had the family background to pay for the loss, but if they didn't have the material in the future, would they still be able to do this business?
"How could Princess Changping be so vicious? She wants to kill people!" Mother Chen stamped her feet in anger.
"I have a piece of satin, let me use it for emergency." Jin Cai gritted her teeth, "It was originally the dowry my mother prepared for me, it's just an emergency." If she had to pay compensation, she would lose her share.
Liu had already rummaged through her boxes for her own materials. She had quite a few silk clothes, but if she used them to make embroidery, those noble ladies were more discerning than each other and would be able to spot the needle holes on the handkerchief. Moreover, the beauty fan required a single-color brocade, which she would not be able to make at all.
Without silk, nothing can be done, but the days pass quickly.
The women who received the order from Princess Changping came to pick up the embroidery at a certain time. When the Liu family embroidery building couldn't get the embroidery, they came to cause trouble every day. Fortunately, Tu Jiu and the men stood at the door and didn't do anything more excessive. But if it continued like this, the embroidery building could no longer be opened.
"Shopkeeper Liu." A voice came over.
Liu turned her head to look, and found the shopkeeper of the Jade House. The shopkeeper of the Jade House still remembered the Ninth Prince, and did not dare to be too rude at this moment, especially when he saw Shen Qingqiu who was tilting his head and looking at him on the chair beside him, and he also greeted with a smile, "Little shopkeeper."
"What are you doing here today, looking for trouble?" Shen Qingqiu asked.
Tu Jiu, with his big body, stood aside, as if to say, "If you say it's you, I'm going to chop you up."
The shopkeeper never expected that Tu Jiu would leave Yulou and go to Liu's house. He didn't dare to offend such a scoundrel, so he quickly begged for mercy, "Master Tu Jiu, how dare I trouble you, but you should know that I am just an errand boy after being in Yulou for so long. I can make decisions on small matters, but it's not my turn to deal with big matters."
Then he heard Tu Jiu say to Shen Qingqiu: "What he said is not wrong. Don't look at him as he acts arrogantly and bossily. When the real master of Yulou comes, he is just a dog."
The shopkeeper's face darkened, but he couldn't get angry with someone like Tu Jiu.
Liu gave Jin Cai an excuse and told her to "bring tea to the shopkeeper." She then added, "What's the matter? Just tell me."
"You've seen that business is not easy these days. If we delay any longer, we will lose all our capital. You, an orphan and a widow, will have a hard time in the capital." The shopkeeper said, pushing out a thick stack of banknotes. "It's not easy for a woman like you to open an embroidery shop. Why don't you merge it into our Jade Shop and become a small manager there?"
"This will not only solve your urgent problem, but also provide security for your future life, don't you think?" Although what the Yulou shopkeeper said made sense, those who didn't know the truth still thought it was just some driftwood floating on the river.
But now the entire Liu family knows that Yulou has the support of Princess Changping, so how could they not know that the shopkeeper has bad intentions?
"Did Princess Changping ask you to come?" Shen Qingqiu asked.
The shopkeeper's eyes widened immediately. Not many people knew that the person behind Yulou was the princess. He looked back at Tu Jiu. His son had promised that if he leaked the secrets of Yulou after entering Yulou, he would have to pay! But after seeing Tu Jiu's eyes widened, the shopkeeper dared not even mention the word "pay".
"We're all working here, so it doesn't matter which store we go to?" the shopkeeper said with an effortful smile.
"Ridiculous!" Shen Qingqiu said, "She hired someone to buy out all the silk in the city, and now she's trying to be a good person? The silk she bought out alone must be worth more than 20,000 taels, right?"
Shen Qingqiu smiled coldly, "Even if my mother's little Liu Family Embroidery Shop keeps making money for ten years, it can only make a few tens of thousands of taels. May I ask what she wants this embroidery shop for? Is it a losing business?"
"Okay, shopkeeper, you don't have to say anything more. I won't go to either the Jade Tower or the Princess' Mansion."
Let's not talk about whether the Princess's Mansion is a scam or not. Even if it's not a scam, she won't go there even if she doesn't get paid. She finally got free, who would be willing to be a slave again? "Anyway, I've brought it to you. Since you don't want to accept Manager Liu's toast, you can drink a penalty drink--"
"Who won't accept a toast and drink a forfeit?"
Everyone looked back and saw that Gu Yong was wearing tight clothes, without a crown on his head, only his hair was tied up, his pair of black eyes were bright and sharp, and he looked more like a warrior.
Although the shopkeeper had never seen Lord Gu, he recognized the flags hanging on the carriage and stretcher at the back. They were the flags of the Gu family.
"Master Gu, you're here!" It was Mother Chen who said happily from behind: "Master, wait a moment, I'll go get you some tea!"
The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment. A man named Gu, who was a marquis, was the only killer in the whole capital? No, it couldn't be him, right? The shopkeeper looked at him again, and saw Gu Yong looking at him with his dark eyes, and asked, "What do you mean by refusing to accept a toast and drinking a forfeit?"
The shopkeeper knelt on the ground with a thud, "This humble servant greets the Marquis!"
"I'm asking you a question." Gu Yong repeated.
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