Chapter 405 Are You Right?
Shen Qing felt that this secret return could be a big deal or a small matter. If it was a favored child returning home, it would be a surprise for his parents!
My parents were so happy that they wanted to pile all the delicious food and drinks in front of them.
But isn’t Ling Yi’s situation special? He has no biological mother, only stepmothers, and there’s more than one. The stepmothers have their own children. As a mother, which one wouldn’t protect her own biological children?
Others have stepmothers and stepfathers, but he is better off and gets it done directly in one step. His biological father is not that good either.
In this case, his coming home would not be a surprise but a shock, and his father might even regard it as a troublesome thing, something out of his control.
She then asked, "How is your business at the border?"
If you do things well, your father will give you some face because you are capable of making money, even if you are not favored. Not all parents are good. Some are very realistic. Their love and attention to their children are adjusted according to their success and ability.
Ling Yi said with certainty: "I have completed the task my father entrusted to me very well, but I cannot leave Blackwater City without people. If I return rashly, I am not afraid of being punished, but I am afraid of bringing trouble to my mentor.
Hiding in Blackwater City, I am indeed safe, but if my mentor needs advice and there is no one available, and my mentor and his family have to suffer in the wilderness, how can I feel at ease? "
Shen Qing pondered, carefully recalled the various ways to deal with palace fighting and house fighting, and suggested: "How about you write a letter?
Don't go and tell your father in person. Firstly, your father only wants you to do business in Blackwater City. Your return will affect his income to some extent, which will be unpleasant on the surface. He might even listen to you with annoyance."
When people are annoyed with someone, even if they know that what he says is true and right, they still don't like it. This is why many loyal ministers do not end up well.
"Secondly, if you show up at home, others will be wary of you and start looking for trouble or taking turns saying bad things. People are naturally influenced by their environment and what others say. If you say too much, how can your father not take it to heart?
When writing a letter, you can clearly express everything you are embarrassed to say or have omitted;
My opinion is that you shouldn't talk about feelings for your mentor. Think purely about your father, the family's development, and the benefits the tools can bring to your family. Everything is for the good of your father and your entire family!"
Ling Yi said that his mentor was wronged. No matter whether it is true or not, it is true to Ling Yi's father!
Ling Yi's father didn't distinguish right from wrong and didn't investigate the truth. This showed that he either didn't care or didn't like Ling Yi's mentor. He found an excuse to send him to a barbaric land. What's the point of talking about friendship with such words? Only the most important interests can move him!
What Ling Yi needs to do is to break down this benefit and explain it clearly, repeatedly letting his father know how important it is and how great the benefits are. Then his father will transfer the person back without anyone saying anything good about it.
Even if someone says something bad, in the face of huge benefits, what does this little bit of bad talk mean? Maybe it even has ulterior motives.
Ling Yi took a long breath. To be honest, when his aunt first said that, he was still thinking about giving it a try, but now he didn't want to try it at all!
His aunt asked him to break it down and explain it clearly to his father. In fact, didn’t his aunt also break it down and explain it to him?
"Aunt, I know what to do. I'll write a letter when I get back."
Seeing that he was a man who listened to advice, Shen Qing felt relieved and lifted the curtain of the car to look at the lively scene outside.
Rouge, powder, alcohol, calligraphy and painting services, various small vendors, street performers... The capital is worthy of being the capital, the streets are packed with people, and the city is bustling and prosperous.
It’s full of fireworks and looks really beautiful!
Amidst the noise, she heard a deep voice coming from behind her: "Thank you, auntie. You are the only one who can seriously analyze with me how to deal with this and what is best for me."
His mentor was good to him, but he was born a military general and was too upright. He never bothered to engage in intrigue and was unwilling to guess other people's thoughts. Whenever he taught him, he had to be sincere and frank. In time, his father would know how good he was.
But my mentor forgot that he is the father and the emperor. There are too many people around him and too many voices. Being sincere and frank is good, but you can't rely on it alone, because before long they will be gone...
Shen Qing waved his hand nonchalantly: "Why are you being polite? It's just a few words."
Even saliva is not wasted, after all, who doesn't talk? It's not worth a special thank you.
It's almost June now, and I don't know how A Bing's grandparents are doing.
I wonder if Ah Bing's grandfather listened to her idea? If he did, the blueprints for that thing should have been sent to the capital by now, right?
I just don't know if there's a chance to get it into the palace, before the emperor...
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The donkey cart was inconspicuous in the capital city where powerful people were everywhere. The figures driving it moved slowly forward.
The car arrived at the familiar street that Shen Qing had visited many times. Looking at the shop outside that she had looked at countless times, her heart began to lift.
Don't panic, don't get excited!
The bustling streets are all in the best locations. Maybe he was just passing by. Not only would she be happy for nothing, but it would also easily embarrass Ling Yi and others.
The donkey cart moved slower and slower until it slowly stopped.
Yingyi lifted the carriage curtain and said respectfully to Shen Qing, "The cloth shop next to it is the master's shop. It is currently rented out and the annual rent is three hundred taels.
Madam Shen, what do you think? "
Before the master called her aunt, they could still follow Feng Meng and others and call her aunt, but after the master called her aunt, Shen Qing was equivalent to the master's elder, and her status was noble to them!
When Shen Qing heard three hundred taels, he thought he had misheard. His eyes widened and he asked in disbelief, "You're not wrong? Three hundred taels a year in rent?"
She walked up and down this street countless times! She inquired about the size of each shop, what they did, and even the rent.
"Not only does your cloth shop occupy a large area upstairs and downstairs, it also has a yard with several side rooms. The entire street is almost the same layout, some are big and some are small, but yours is the biggest among them!
Others with very small businesses can make six or seven hundred taels a year, so yours must be at least a thousand taels. I heard from other sources that the annual rent for a shop like yours is around twelve hundred taels."
It was normal for a big shop in a prosperous area of the capital to earn one hundred taels of silver a month, which was more than three taels of silver a day in rent. After all, this was the capital where the powerful and wealthy gathered, so a piece of precious material could earn the money back.
Even if the cloth shop's business is not doing well, it shouldn't affect the rent so much. A reduction of two or three hundred taels is already the most. How come it's almost reduced to a fraction?
When Ying Yi and Ying Er heard Shen Qing's words, their faces darkened.
They knew that the maids sent by the palace were not loyal to their masters, but they didn't expect them to be so cruel!
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