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And how could the husband chosen by the third lady herself be bad?
Even the queen in the palace, fearing that they would look down on Wu Weian and offend others, specifically reminded them of this.
Since these adults knew his true identity, Wu Weian was too lazy to act anymore.
He sat quietly in the corner, one hand resting on the armrest, his face hidden in the darkness. "I will contain the Fifth Prince, and Yunniang will also keep a close eye on the Xing family."
The lords immediately understood what he meant and said, "Don't worry, Lord Xiao Wu. As long as you can contain the Fifth Prince, those lords won't have anything to fear without his guidance!"
Wu Weian hummed, and left without listening any further.
These adults were doing a decent job, and he didn't need to waste his time here.
Wu Weian returned to the Wu family.
Ji Yunxi hadn't returned yet. He sat at the table, wrote a small note, and instructed the master of the house: "Give it to the old servant of King Qingwen."
When King Qingwen came to the capital this time, he stayed at the post house and he booked the entire post house.
After returning from the music hall, Prince Qingwen sighed to his most trusted servant, "I haven't been humiliated like this in decades! But I have to endure it. I feel so uncomfortable! My heart is so tight!"
Money is his lifeblood! Why would the Fifth Prince do anything else but touch his lifeblood?!
The old servant brought King Qingwen a cup of sobering tea.
This old servant was a street thug when he was young, and he did not do anything respectable. He only entered the palace twelve years ago and ran errands in the palace. Within a year, he was highly valued by King Qingwen.
Because this old servant was very much to King Qingwen's liking and could often give him some good ideas.
The same is true tonight.
The old servant whispered in Prince Qingwen's ear, "Your Highness, you want to disgust the Fifth Prince. Isn't that simple?"
Prince Qingwen said, "But my royal brother's intention is to prevent me from taking action against the Fifth Prince."
The old servant smiled and said, "Then Your Highness, please don't attack the Fifth Prince. You are his uncle, so you should pay more attention to him. I heard that the Fifth Prince enjoys the sound of the zither. Tomorrow morning, Your Highness, please bring the musicians to the Fifth Prince's residence and enjoy the music with him. In my opinion, it would be best if Your Highness could take the little group leader to stay at the Fifth Prince's residence for a month."
Prince Qingwen frowned, "I wish I could never see the Fifth Prince again, and yet you let me live in his house and see him every day?!"
The old servant explained the reasoning to Prince Qingwen in detail: "I have seen that the Fifth Prince is very scheming. He might be plotting something in the palace all day long. There may also be secrets in the palace. If Your Highness moves in, how can the Fifth Prince plot? If the Fifth Prince is restrained by you, the Crown Prince and the other princes will definitely attack the Fifth Prince's people. This is not your doing, so how can His Majesty blame you?"
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Ji Yunxi's four cloth shops will open tomorrow.
Among them, Dongyun Cloth Shop near Kaitai Manor sells the best cloth, the best embroiderers, and the best clothes. Its target customer group is naturally the powerful and wealthy in Shangjing City.
Dongyun’s store opening costs are much higher than those of the other three.
However, for this opening, Ji Yunxi’s main focus was on Xiyun Cloth Shop, which was located deep in the west neighborhood.
The families of the powerful and wealthy lived closer to the palace and farther from the city gates.
The people living around Xiyunbu Village are all ordinary people, and they don't have much money.
Five days ago, Ji Yunxi asked the beggar children in the city to go all over the capital to promote her Xiyun store.
Her four cloth shops will all open at noon tomorrow.
During its first month of operation, the first 100 customers to visit Xiyun Cloth Shop received a free piece of clothing costing less than 200 wen. After the 100th customer, every 100 wen spent received a 50 wen discount. Beiyun Cloth Shop offered no free clothing, but did offer a 5 qian discount for every 1 liang spent. Dongyun Cloth Shop, with the highest prices, offered no discounts, nor did Nanyun Cloth Shop, which specialized in clothing for servants in imperial courts and disciples of martial sects.
It was already quite late at night, and Ji Yunxi was still at Xiyun Cloth Shop.
She made one last check to see if all the clothes in the store were laid out, if there were enough of them, and if the change was fully prepared.
The clothes sold at Xiyun Cloth Shop are made of the most common linen, which is very cheap.
There aren't many embroidery patterns on the clothes, and they are all the simplest and easiest to embroider, but the stitches are very smooth and the colors of the fabrics are also well dyed.
These clothes don't cost much and the selling price is not high either.
The most expensive piece of clothing at Xiyun Cloth Shop is 500 wen, and the cheapest is 20 wen, but overall, the most common items are those priced between 100 and 200 wen.
After Ji Yunxi confirmed it, she left the cloth shop and got on the carriage parked outside.
Dayu has no curfew.
Although it is not early now, it is not too late either.
In addition to the hot summer, many people still go out to cool off.
They looked at the luxurious carriage that was leaving, and then looked at the Xiyun Cloth Shop, which was decorated with red lanterns and looked very festive, and they were all whispering to each other.
"You said this so-and-so cloth shop, the first 100 people who come in can really get a piece of clothing for free?"
"Yeah, it sounds good, but could it be a scam? I don't believe in free lunches. I've lived in Shangjing for so many years, but I've never seen a cloth shop give away clothes when it opens."
"Yeah, yeah, I've never heard of a cloth shop giving away clothes. There's a noodle shop across the street, it just opened two years ago, and they said they'd give away a side dish, but the side dish was so small, not even enough for one bite!"
"That is to say, the clothes sent by Xiyun Cloth Shop won't be too small for even my eldest grandson to wear, right?"
"But didn't they say the gift was clothes worth 200 wen? That's 200 wen!"
"No, no, no. After I heard the news, I immediately went to Xiyun's shop to ask, and they said it was within 200 wen. The meaning of 'within' is quite complex. These merchants like to do these things. It seems that we can get a great deal, but in the end, we are the ones who suffer the loss and they make a lot of money!"
"But this Xiyun Cloth Shop is owned by the Ji family. I've been to the Ji family's pawnshop a few times, and it's actually quite good. It's much more honest than the pawnshop I used to go to in the south."
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