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While recuperating from her injuries, Du Yaoyao began to manage the dowry shop under her name.
After resolving the life-and-death crisis, the next step is to plan how to save money.
If you rely on mountains, they will fall; if you rely on people, they will run away. No matter how powerful the Chen Jie and Du family are, it is better to have some economic income of your own.
The managers of the four shops all came from Qingzhou and mostly obeyed Du Qing's orders. Last time, the original owner had an unpleasant quarrel with the Yongning Marquis' Mansion because she climbed into her cousin's bed. Du Qing threatened that if she didn't come to apologize, he would cut off her source of income for the shop.
Du Yaoyao first ordered people to spend money to find several talented people, and placed them in the shop to learn. When the time was right, they would directly replace the position of shopkeeper and send the old people back to Qingzhou to free them from Du Qing's shackles.
Two shops sold pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and the other two sold umbrellas and fans, with average profits. Du Yaoyao has been flipping through the account books loudly in recent days, thinking about changing her career and starting some business to make money.
Sure enough, her every move could not escape the eyes and ears of Shen Jie. That night, Chen Jie came over and said straight to the point with a smile: "I heard that Yaoyao's shop is hiring?"
Du Yaoyao rested for a few days and her waist injury was much better. She poured a cup of tea and handed it to Chen Jie, "You know, several shopkeepers in my shop are from my father's side. I want to train a few people who I can use." She did not hide it from him and spoke frankly.
Chen Jie pondered, "Are the people we find outside reliable? I also have some shops under my control, and some of the managers are quite smart. If you want, I can assign a few to you?"
Is there any difference between using your people and using my father’s people?
If I make you angry one day, you might do the same as Du Qing and use threats and inducements to cut off my financial support.
Du Yaoyao was complaining in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face. She smiled sweetly and said, "I want to do something on my own, without relying on you and my father. Why, do you think I can't do it?"
"How could that be? Yaoyao looks very capable." Chen Jie glanced at her frivolously and took a sip of tea.
He sounded serious in his words, but Du Yaoyao always felt that he was taking the opportunity to do something dirty.
It was still early in the night, and I didn't want to get too deep into the flirting. She changed the subject and asked, "Have you found out anything about my cousin falling into the water?"
There is no doubt that the mastermind is Prince Chen. What Du Yaoyao asked was how Prince Chen reached into the Lin Mansion and forced Zhang Yu and Qiuyue to work for him.
Chen Jie said, "The servant's son was tricked into a gambling house by the Prince's men and lost tens of thousands of taels of silver. If he can't pay, he will definitely have to pay with his life. So the servant and the maid had no choice but to obey."
Du Yaoyao thought deeply, "The gambling house should be opened by the Prince of Chen?"
"Well," Shen Jie added, "the arm under the maid's bed was the Prince's deterrence against the two for not obeying his orders at the beginning."
Du Yaoyao guessed it. She shuddered as she thought of the rotting, smelly bones in the black jar. Chu Xun is a man with sinister intentions.
"Yaoyao, don't think about it." Shen Jie noticed Du Yaoyao's fear and leaned over to hug her, "I won't let you be in danger again."
Compared with Chu Xun, Chen Ji is ruthless but can distinguish right from wrong and will not kill innocent people to achieve his goals. The prince is also a refined and wise monarch in the book.
Although Du Yaoyao had many dissatisfactions with Chen Jie, she still approved of his stance in her heart.
Their clothes touched each other and she could smell a faint scent of blood on him. My eyes looked around curiously and I saw a stain on his cuff, which looked like blood.
"What is this?" Du Yaoyao asked, pointing there. This flaw is really conspicuous on the dark blue bamboo-patterned fabric.
"Hmm?" Chen Jie lowered his head, suddenly realizing something, his expression a little cold and stern, "Today at the spring hunting ground, Prince Chen openly provoked the Crown Prince in front of everyone!"
Normally, Du Yaoyao should have stopped talking after hearing this. In ancient times, the harem was not allowed to interfere in political affairs. As a small official, it was not appropriate for her to get involved in the topics of the princes' fighting.
She has a special identity and is related by blood to the Yongning Marquisate. To put it bluntly, broken bones are linked to tendons.
Perhaps he was disgusted with Chu Xun's actions, or perhaps he sympathized with the bloodshed and sacrifice of innocent civilians. She chose to ask, "How do you say provocation?"
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