Chapter 12 Xie Jia Zhaohua

The older one is the beautiful wife of old Marquis Yangling when he was in the frontier, and the younger one is the child they conceived together, who is now Mu Linyuan, Marquis Yangling.

The old vows became empty words, and Mrs. Yanglinghou, who had waited for sixteen years, was heartbroken and passed away not long after.

Lao Yanglinghou was granted the title of Marquis for his outstanding achievements, and his beautiful wife became the official wife of the Marquis Mansion, and for a time she was in the limelight.

However, because of the long experience in the frontier, Meijuan's health was not very good, and she became bedridden within a few years. Lao Yanglinghou 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 Yanglinghou Mansion.

The power of the Marquis Mansion was gradually weakening, and because of the incident with Madam Lao Yangling Marquis, it became a problem for Mu Linyuan to marry a noble daughter when he got married.

In the end, it was only the Lin family, who was the eighth-level county magistrate, who came to propose marriage that saved Mu Linyuan from much criticism.

However, life is still difficult.

Because of the shortage of money and few servants in the mansion, many things even required Yanglinghou and his wife to do it themselves.

It was not until the old Marquis Yangling became increasingly weak due to the death of his beloved wife and asked the late emperor to pass the title to Mu Linyuan that things gradually improved in the following days.

Therefore, even if all the aunts he later married were of higher status than the Lin family, Mu Linyuan never had any intention of shaking the main wife.

After listening, Chanyi fell into deep thought. Although old Marquis Yangling defended his family and country, it was admirable, but Mrs. Marquis Yangling was also innocent. Although Mrs. Lin, Marquis Yangling's wife, accompanied Mu Linyuan through the difficult years, her heart was tenacious. It is obvious, but this is not the reason for her to arbitrarily embarrass Shen Qin.

"Miss, are you ready to tell the Marquis what your wife has done?"

"No preparations yet, let's go out for a walk while it's still early."

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Shen Qing took Chanyi to visit the eight shops under the name of Yanglinghou Mansion. Among them, the best business was the jewelry shop and clothing shop in the city. These two shops alone had at least five shops a month. A profit of one hundred taels.

Next are the two pastry shops in the south of the city, which can also make a profit of 300 taels per month.

The remaining four are either in poor locations or poorly run, and their combined profits are less than 200 taels per month.

However, even if this is the case, plus the 200 acres of farmland in the suburbs of Beijing, the monthly profit is one thousand taels, so Mu Ziqian's annual eight or nine thousand taels is still too small. No wonder Mrs. Yanglinghou Not willing to let go.

After all this, Shen Qing took Chanyi to her own tailor shop.

The weather is getting hotter, and it's time to prepare clothes for the new season. Shen Qing has reduced the expenses of the Yanglinghou Mansion, and the quantity and quality of clothes will naturally be reduced to a higher level, so Shen Qing naturally doesn't plan to fight with them anymore. Together.

As soon as she arrived outside the shop door, Shen Qing heard a fierce quarrel inside.

"I was the first to like this piece of clothing, so naturally it belongs to me."

"So what if you came first? I am the concubine of Marquis Wulie's Mansion. Do you still want to compete with me?"

"What's wrong with the daughter-in-law of Marquis Wulie's Mansion? Do you still want to use your power to bully others?"

"I'm just bullying others, what can you do to me?"

What followed was the sound of whips, and the other party's momentum instantly weakened a bit, "You... you are simply unreasonable!"

Shen Qing opened the curtain and entered, and as expected, he saw Xie Zhaohua waving a whip in his hand and looking domineering.

The Wuliehou Mansion is a family of military generals who are stationed at the border all year round, so they have very few heirs. Xie Zhaohua is also the youngest lady in the Wuliehou Mansion. She has been pampered since she was a child, so she has developed an arrogant and domineering temperament. Whatever she likes, she must get it, even if it means robbing it.

As for Shen Qing, because of her stepmother, she also had some issues with Xie Zhaohua.

"Miss Xie, if you want to show off your power, go back to your Marquis Wulie's mansion to show off. It's not your turn to act wild in my shop."

Hearing Shen Qing's voice, Xie Zhaohua suddenly turned his head and saw her walking towards her in a red dress with clusters of flowers. As she walked, the peonies at the skirt slowly swayed, as if they were alive. .

"Shen Qing?"

Looking at another face she didn't like, Xie Zhaohua frowned subconsciously.

"Does this shop belong to you?"

Shen Qing turned his head and glanced at the shopkeeper, who immediately ran over and called "Boss".

Hearing this, Xie Zhaohua's frown became more obvious.

From childhood to adulthood, she could be said to have had everything going smoothly until she met Shen Qing.

In terms of status, Shen Qing and she are both the legitimate daughters of the Hou family, so they can be said to be on par; in terms of appearance, Shen Qing's facial features are exquisite and exquisite, and few people in Shengjing can match her, but she cannot compare; in terms of wealth, Shen Qing has a wealth of wealth at a young age. She had countless money, and she couldn't compare with it, so when the two met for the first time at the auction house, Shen Qing snatched an old ginseng at a high price.

Every time they met after that, Xie Zhaohua would feel all kinds of unpleasantness, so Xie Zhaohua always felt that Shen Qing defeated her.

"No, I like this dress, so no one can take it away, Ningzhi, pay for it."

With that said, he would take the clothes and leave first.

Seeing this, the little girl on the other side immediately became unhappy, "Is it possible that your Marquis Wulie's Mansion has money? Our Prime Minister's Mansion also has it! Hexiang, give me twice as much!"

Shen Qing also knew the little girl who spoke. She was the second daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, named Gu Tingshuang. She was also a doting master.

Seeing that the war between the two people was igniting again, the shopkeeper quickly looked at Shen Qing with a cry for help. Whether it was Wu Liehou's Mansion or the Prime Minister's Mansion, he, a little minion, was not someone he could 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's hand, "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.