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Ji Yunxi had never read the book she was reading.
Years ago, Yang Weitian broke off the engagement with her. She had this dream when she went to Ci'en Temple to relax and think of a solution.
In her dream, she was flipping through a book, and the stories she was flipping through were about this world.
Ji Yunxi was not a genius with photographic memory. Her dream was hazy and she could not remember many details after waking up, but she was deeply impressed by the entanglement between the male and female protagonists.
Because after the fifth prince ascended the throne, most of the book was devoted to the tragic love affair between the two.
Xing Shuyue's parents died at the hands of the former Dali Temple Minister.
The former Chief Justice of the Dali Temple is the Crown Prince's man on the surface, but secretly the Fifth Prince's man.
The fifth prince's biological mother, Concubine Zhen, died in the cold palace. Since childhood, the fifth prince has been determined to ascend the throne and avenge his mother.
As a prince, he seemed to live a life of luxury and wealth, lacking nothing. But in reality, he lacked everything, especially money.
Among the four major merchants in Dayu, the Ji family belongs to the prince, so the fifth prince will naturally not choose the Ji family.
After weighing various considerations, the fifth prince chose the Xing family.
Xing's parents are kind and well-known good people.
And they have only one daughter, Xing Shuyue.
Xing Shuyue has been smart since childhood and has a talent for business.
Eight years ago, the fifth prince secretly ordered the Supreme Court to set up a scheme to involve Xing's parents in a murder case, and they were executed not long after.
Without the two heads of the Xing family, the Xing family business is in danger.
Ji Yunxi has always been interested in the cloth shop business.
At that time, she didn't know the twists and turns behind it, and when she saw the business opportunity, she naturally stepped forward to grab it.
When Xing Shuyue was busy dealing with internal and external troubles, the fifth prince appeared to help her.
Ji Yunxi was preoccupied with family matters at the time and had no time to take care of any business.
The Xing family survived the crisis, and the cloth shop and inn were getting better and better under Xing Shuyue's management.
After spending time with Xing Shuyue day and night, the Fifth Prince fell in love with her.
He was afraid that what he had done would be exposed. After realizing his love for Xing Shuyue, he decided to go all out and personally set up a plan to kill the former Shaoqing of the Dali Temple.
From this point on, there was no witness to this matter. The Fifth Prince wanted the truth of the matter to be buried forever.
This incident in the book was not revealed until the fifth prince ascended the throne.
Then begins a series of sadomasochistic plots of imprisonment, escape, revenge, and regret, culminating in a happy ending.
Ji Yunxi knew about this matter years ago before she married Wu Weian.
But she never mentioned it, nor did she try to check it herself, or ask Xing Shuyue for advice.
As the matter was linked to the entire body, she pretended to know nothing until a month ago, when she told Wu Weian and asked him to investigate.
The trump card in your hand should naturally be kept for the best time.
If you play your cards too early and fail to hit the king, you will be trapped and lose everything you have.
"October will be in half a month." There was an osmanthus tree in the yard, and there was no movement at the moment. Ji Yunxi looked at it, "Every year in early October, Sister Li holds an osmanthus banquet. Xing Shuyue should also be there. You should sort out those clues for me."
Ji Yunxi paused, curved her lower lip, and said softly, "I'll give her a generous gift."
It was rare for her to speak in such a gentle tone. She always spoke coldly to him.
If she could talk to him like this in the future...
Never mind, he might not be able to handle it.
This woman, the softer she is, the more deadly she is.
Wu Wei'an finished eating the eggs and clapped his hands: "Of course you can."
Ji Yunxi withdrew her gaze and looked at him quietly, waiting for his response.
"However, in order to investigate this matter, my people spent a lot of money."
"Ask Manager Yuan to find Baofu, and I'll talk to him."
"Uh, can't you just give it to me?"
Ji Yunxi yawned slowly: "I'm a little sleepy, I'm going back to sleep."
Wu Wei'an: “?”
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Before the incident with the noodle shop family happened, there were many vague rumors in various places in Shangjing City.
"The clothes at Dongyun Cloth Shop are so luxurious. How many young ladies and gentlemen would spend all their money just to buy a piece of clothing? If this trend of extravagance and comparison is not stopped and allowed to continue, the Dayu Dynasty will probably be destroyed!"
"How can a woman from a brothel and a man from a brothel make a living in a respectable place like a cloth shop? It's totally immoral! No way!"
"Dongyun Cloth Shop is really too expensive. How can clothes be sold at such a high price? Isn't this going to cost us ordinary people our lives?"
“…”
And so on and so forth.
Ji Yunxi's style of doing things does not take other people's opinions into consideration at all, but when it comes to business, she always pays attention to the public opinion, so she always asks her subordinates to keep an eye on it.
The customer base of Dongyun Cloth Shop is not ordinary people at all, but powerful families from all over the country.
Ordinary people can just go to Xiyun to buy it.
However, these statements do not mention the other three cloth shops at all, only mention Dongyun, and avoid the topic altogether.
Generally speaking, ordinary people would not say this. Someone deliberately spread the rumor in an attempt to use the masses to attack Ji Yunxi's cloth business.
If the noodle shop owner died tragically and such rumors spread everywhere, Ji Yunxi's cloth shop would never be able to open again.
His Majesty will not allow it.
But now that Ji Yunxi has closed the store herself, this voice has naturally disappeared, and has been replaced by completely opposite remarks.
Everyone started saying that the clothes in Ji's Cloth Shop were really cheap and beautiful, and the shop assistants were kind and handsome.
Dongyun is expensive, but the fabrics they use are of the best quality, and the embroidery workmanship is also top-notch, so it's worth the price.
Unfortunately, it’s too late to say anything, the store has already closed.
The more this happened, the more curious people who had never bought clothes from Ji's Cloth Shop became.
Under such circumstances, seven days later, Ji Yunxi announced to the guys in the cloth shop that the shop would reopen the next day.
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