NOVEL SIMPLE Chapter 12 Xie Jia Zhaohua
The older one was the concubine of the old Yangling Marquis when he was in the frontier, and the younger one was the child they conceived together, that is, the current Yangling Marquis Mu Linyuan.
The oath of the past became an empty talk. The wife of the old Yangling Marquis who had waited for 16 years was disheartened and passed away not long after.
The old Yangling Marquis was awarded the title of Marquis for his great achievements, and the concubine became the official wife of the Marquis's mansion, and was in the limelight for a while.
However, because of the long experience in the frontier, the concubine's health was not very good. After a few years, she began to be bedridden. The old Yangling Marquis loved his wife so much that he stayed away from the court and began to accompany her every day.
That period was also the most difficult time for the Yangling Marquis's mansion.
The power of the Marquis's mansion gradually weakened, and because of the incident of the old Yangling Marquis's wife, it became a problem for Mu Linyuan to marry a noblewoman when he was old enough to start a family.
In the end, it was the Lin family, who was only an eighth-rank county magistrate, who took the initiative to come to the door to propose marriage, which saved Mu Linyuan from all criticism.
However, life was still not easy.
Because of the lack of money, there were very few servants in the mansion, and many things even needed to be done by the Yangling Marquis and his wife themselves.
It was not until the old Yangling Marquis became weaker and weaker due to the death of his beloved wife that he asked the late emperor to pass the title to Mu Linyuan, and then the days gradually got better.
Therefore, even if the concubines he married later were all of higher status than Lin, Mu Linyuan never had the idea of shaking the main wife.
After listening, Chan Yi fell into deep thought. The old Yangling Marquis was indeed admirable for defending his country, but the old Yangling Marquis' wife was also innocent. Although the Yangling Marquis' wife Lin accompanied Mu Linyuan through the difficult years, her tenacity was evident, but this was not a reason for her to arbitrarily embarrass Shen Qing.
"Miss, are you ready to tell the Marquis what the Madam did?"
"Not yet. Let's go out for a walk while it's still early."
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Shen Qing took Chan Yi to visit the eight shops under the name of Yangling Marquis's Mansion one by one. Among them, the best business was the jewelry store and the ready-made clothing store in the city. These two alone made at least 500 taels of profit per month.
The next is the two pastry shops in the south of the city, which can also make a profit of 300 taels per month.
The remaining four shops either have bad locations or poor management, and the total profit does not reach 200 taels per month.
However, even so, with the 200 acres of land in the suburbs of Beijing, the monthly profit is 1,000 taels of silver, so Mu Ziqian's annual 8,000 or 9,000 taels is still too little, and it's no wonder that the wife of Yangling Marquis is reluctant to let go.
After all this, Shen Qing took Chan Yi to visit his own ready-made clothing shop.
The weather was getting hotter, and it was time to prepare clothes for the changing seasons. Shen Qing had cut down on the expenses of the Yangling Marquis's mansion, so the number and quality of clothes would naturally be reduced, so Shen Qing naturally did not plan to join them.
As soon as he arrived outside the shop, Shen Qing heard a fierce quarrel inside.
"I was the first to see this dress, so it should belong to me."
"So what if you came first? I am the legitimate daughter of the Wulie Marquis's mansion. Do you still want to compete with me?"
"So what if I am the legitimate daughter of the Wulie Marquis's mansion? Do you still want to bully others?"
"I am bullying others by taking advantage of my power, what can you do to me?"
Then came the sound of whips, and the momentum of the other party instantly weakened a bit, "You... you are simply unreasonable!"
Shen Qing lifted the curtain and entered, and as expected, he saw Xie Zhaohua waving a whip in his hand, with an arrogant look on his face.
Wuliehou Mansion is a military family, stationed at the border all year round, so the offspring is very thin. Xie Zhaohua is the youngest lady of Wuliehou Mansion. She has been spoiled since she was a child, so she has developed an arrogant and domineering personality. She will get whatever she likes, even if she has to rob.
And Shen Qing, because of her stepmother, has some conflicts with Xie Zhaohua.
"Miss Xie, if you want to show off, go back to your Wuliehou Mansion. It's not your turn to act wild in my shop."
Hearing Shen Qing's voice, Xie Zhaohua turned her head suddenly and saw her walking in a red long dress with clusters of flowers. As she walked, the peony flowers on the hem of her skirt swayed slowly, as if they were alive.
"Shen Qing?"
Looking at another face she didn't like, Xie Zhaohua frowned subconsciously.
"Is this shop yours?"
Shen Qing turned her head to glance at the shopkeeper, who immediately trotted over and called "Boss".
Hearing this, Xie Zhaohua frowned more and more obviously.
From childhood to adulthood, she could be said to have been smooth sailing until she met Shen Qing.
In terms of status, Shen Qing and she were both daughters of the Marquis' Mansion, and they could be said to be on par; in terms of appearance, Shen Qing's facial features were exquisite and few people in Shengjing could match her, and she could not compare; in terms of wealth, Shen Qing had countless money at a young age, and she could not compare, so when the two met for the first time at the auction house, Shen Qing robbed her of an old ginseng at a high price.
Every time they met afterwards, Xie Zhaohua would have all kinds of unhappiness, so Xie Zhaohua always felt that Shen Qing was against her.
"No, I like this dress, so no one can take it away, Ningzhi, pay the money."
As she said that, she was going to take the dress and leave first.
Seeing this, the girl on the other side immediately became unhappy, "Could it be that your Wulie Marquis Mansion is rich? Our Prime Minister's Mansion is also rich! He Xiang, give me double the money!"
Shen Qing also knew the girl who spoke. She was the second daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Her name was Gu Tingshuang, and she was also a spoiled girl.
Seeing that the war between the two was ignited again, the shopkeeper looked at Shen Qing with a look of help. Whether it was Wulie Marquis Mansion or Prime Minister's Mansion, it was not something that a small fry like him could afford to offend.
Shen Qing said without thinking, "Give it to Miss Gu."
After he finished speaking, Xie Zhaohua exploded immediately, "Why, just because she paid more?"
As he said that, he took a silver note from Ningzhi, "One hundred taels, five times the price, is this okay now?"
Hearing this, Gu Tingshuang was about to continue to raise the price. The third prince and the fifth prince had been at loggerheads for a long time, and the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Wu Lie Marquis' Mansion had also been resentful for many years, so they couldn't lose out no matter what.
But Shen Qing stopped him first, "No need, the agreed twenty taels is twenty taels, shopkeeper, pack the clothes for Miss Gu."
Gu Tingshuang was stunned. She didn't expect Shen Qing to stand on her side. After thinking about it, she understood that it was probably because of the stepmother who was Xie Zhaohua's aunt. After all, she had heard before that because of Yun Yuan's death, Shen Qing didn't even stay for three days after returning home.
Little did he know that Shen Qing chose to give her the clothes because of the credit that a businessman should have. Even if Xie Zhaohua, who had a grudge against him, came first, Shen Qing would make the same decision.
Seeing Gu Tingshuang's smug face, Xie Zhaohua was immediately furious, and his eyes towards Shen Qing became more and more unfriendly, "Shen Qing, you wait."
Shen Qing smiled and replied indifferently "Oh", Xie Zhaohua became even more angry, and left angrily with a whip.
According to his previous temper, Xie Zhaohua would destroy the clothes before leaving, but the person opposite was Shen Qing, Xie Zhaohua did not dare to do so, because Shen Qing would really report it to Wu Liehou, and then let her be severely criticized by her father, and even worse, she would be confined to copy scriptures, Xie Zhaohua was really scared.
After the shop was quiet again, Shen Qing picked a few clothes for himself and Chan Yi respectively, and then turned around and went out to prepare to go back home.
After walking a distance, Shen Qing suddenly wanted to eat the osmanthus cake of Changji, so he told the driver to rush to the alley where Changji was.
Qingliu Alley where Changji was located was a very busy street. Shen Qing's identity was inconvenient, so he sent Chanyi to go there, and he waited at the corner of the alley.
Suddenly, Shen Qing saw a familiar figure walking out of the alley opposite.