“However…” Bai Yu said thoughtfully, “Those events you mentioned when the store opened, if we need to use your strategies, we’ll need quite a few people.”
Upon hearing this, Xie Lingqin smiled faintly, her bright eyes suddenly falling on Bai Yu's face. "Doesn't Master Nie have many people? Just bring them over to use."
Upon hearing this name, Bai Yu's expression immediately faded, a mixture of resentment and embarrassment washing over her. "Well, what does that have to do with me? Go find her."
"Oh, since you don't want to go, then I'll send..."
"Forget it, the opening is so busy, I'll go instead." Bai Yu said righteously, but her ears were actually turning red.
Xie Lingqin smiled faintly and did not expose her.
It's been so long, it's time for Nie Zuier to do her part.
Three days!
Xie Lingqin tapped her fingers lightly on the table.
She wants everything to go smoothly.
"By the way, that scholar Ning, I sent someone to invite him, but he was hesitant and didn't know whether to come or not. However, he returned the ten taels of silver first." Bai Yu said, taking out the ten taels of silver ingot that Xie Lingqin had given to scholar Ning earlier.
Xie Lingqin looked at the silver ingot without surprise, and instead smiled, "You certainly have backbone."
"Should we send someone to invite them?"
As Bai Yu spoke, she added, "I've also heard about this Scholar Ning. Although he's a bit pedantic and extreme, he's truly talented. It wouldn't be a bad choice to have him as our accountant. After all, Old Master Qi is getting old, and he won't be able to manage alone as your shop grows."
Xie Lingqin nodded, "I'll take care of that. Um, have you had someone make the things on my drawing ready?"
"You mean that thing that's neither a bow nor a crossbow..." Bai Yu's eyebrows twitched, and she patted her chest. "Nobody knew how to make it, but a shop saw it and said they could. I'll go pick it up in a few days."
"good."
...
After leaving the hot pot restaurant, the three changed back into women's clothing.
Zihe and Tridacna were still unable to calm down for a long time.
"Miss, this is so delicious! I've never tasted anything like this before!" Tridacna was unusually excited. "I always thought that the food in the manor was the best in the world."
Xie Lingqin paused upon hearing this, "Look at you, so pathetic. Have you never eaten anything other than the dishes served in the manor?"
Zihe also looked at the giant clam in surprise.
Tridacna met Xie Lingqin's questioning gaze, and nervously rubbed her sleeves and lowered her head. "This servant, this servant used to live on wild vegetables, and meat was only available during festivals."
Zihe sympathizes.
Indeed, if one were from a poor family, why would they sell themselves into servitude in a mansion?
Xie Lingqin smiled, but gently took Tridacna's hand in hers. "But there are no rough marks on your hands."
A girl who had always lived a frugal life had no rough hands.
Upon hearing this, Zihe's gaze sharpened. Yes, she hadn't even noticed.
When she raised her hand and compared it to the giant clam shell's hand, her hand was rougher than the giant clam shell's.
Although she was a martial artist, her palms were clean. The calluses that had accumulated over the years were on the outside of her palms. However, this girl, Tridacna, did not have any old rough marks on her hands. Even if there were any, they were all newly added.
What does this mean? It means that before coming to the general's mansion, Tridacna must have lived a good life and had not done any heavy work.
However, those who had never done heavy work were able to work with ease in the Clear Water Pavilion without mentioning the young lady.
Tridacna met Xie Lingqin and Zihe's questioning gazes without panicking, but her aura darkened slightly. "Miss, you're right, this servant..."
"I used to come from a well-off family," Tridacna said, her head bowing even lower, her whole being enveloped in a sorrowful aura as if shrouded in the darkness of night. "But I was unlucky. My family said I would bring them bad luck, so they sent me to the mountains when I was very young. At first, they would bring me food and clothes every now and then, but later... one month, three months, six months, a year... until finally, no one brought me anymore. I spent eight years in the mountains... no one spoke to me, no one cared. Besides eating wild vegetables that I could only pick from trees to fill my stomach, there really wasn't much work to do..."
As the giant clam spoke, a tear fell to the ground with a soft thud.
As the autumn wind swept by, that tear instantly froze.
Xie Lingqin stared at the giant clam shell for a long time, then raised her hand and hugged it into her arms. "Alright, from now on, you'll be with me. You'll have a warm home and no worries about food or clothing."
"Mmm-hmm-hmm."
The giant clam nodded frantically, a faint red light flashing in its lowered eyes before disappearing almost instantly.
As darkness fell, the group returned to the general's mansion.
However, I heard that the Vice Minister's wife has already returned the carriage.
...
"General, the young lady has returned to Qingshui Pavilion and seems to be doing well." A guard reported from the study.
Upon hearing this, General Xie looked doubtful. "Did you really walk back with a maid?"
"Yes, General. I sent men to follow them before, but once they left the Dong family's residence and entered the bustling city, they disappeared without a trace. They were really hard to find. However, judging from their pace, it's about right."
General Xie nodded and then asked, "Is there anything unusual about the Zong government?"
"Reporting to the General, there is nothing at the moment. The Prefect of the Capital is still investigating the body of the man in black at the gate of the Zongzheng government that day. The young master Zongzheng has not left the mansion either, and in the palace..." The guard looked at General Xie.
"The Emperor has yet to make a statement in the palace," General Xie said thoughtfully.
However, in any case, he did not want the Zong government to get better.
Zongzheng Shao, in this life, it's not that I've wronged you...
General Xie clenched his fist, his gaze slowly shifting towards the dark room beside the bookshelf, his eyes deep and filled with hatred.
...
However, everyone thought that Xie Lingqin had returned to Qingshui Pavilion, but in fact she had already changed into men's clothing and slipped out of the General's Mansion.
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