amaotonovel Chapter 212: Don’t Fall Out
Chapter 212: Don’t Fall Out
The Seventh Prince returned to his room and sat in front of Ye Youlan's dressing table. He looked at his handsome self in the mirror and asked, "Am I scary? Am I not kind enough? Is my face like an iceberg?"
Ye Youlan put down the storybook in her hand and looked at the Seventh Prince, feeling that he was very childish.
"You have a natural kingly aura, and coupled with those rumors, it can give people a sense of oppression, like you're keeping strangers away. But in reality, once you get to know you, you'll find you're easy to get along with. But sometimes you don't need them to understand you, and distance is a form of protection for you."
The Seventh Prince sat on the edge of the bed, reached out and touched Ye Youlan's face, and said affectionately: "You still understand me. I have no regrets in this life."
Ye Youlan took his hand and said, "Those who achieve great things don't need to care too much about others' opinions. Just keep moving towards your set goals. Time will prove everything."
A hint of mischief flashed across the Seventh Prince's face. "I've been comforted by you again. How should I reward you?"
Ye Youlan sensed the danger: "Don't be impulsive."
The Seventh Prince looked cunningly and said, "It seems that you have thought about it. For the sake of the child, we have to endure it. We will compensate you well after the child is born."
Ye Youlan covered her face with the book again: "Go ask the kitchen to fry some tofu for me, and add more sauce."
"it is good."
The Seventh Prince came out and asked someone to go to the kitchen to make arrangements. Li Zhi came over and had something to say, so the two went to the study.
Xiaomei came in and told the princess about some things about the shop, and also talked about the branch shop in Jingnan Country. The Jinghua Women's Evening News is now distributed in Jingnan Country, and the mimeograph shop now needs to recruit a few familiar typesetters, but has not been able to recruit anyone.
Ye Youlan smiled and said, "If you can't recruit anyone, then let others learn. One master will lead three to five people, and each master will be rewarded with two taels of silver."
Xiaomei clapped her hands and cheered, "Why didn't I think of that?"
“Learn more and observe more. If you see some good business practices of some shops, write them down. Maybe you can find inspiration from them next time and apply them to other similar situations.”
Ye Youlan saw Xiaomei still standing there, and seemed to have something to say.
"If you have anything else to say, just tell me. There's nothing for us to worry about."
Xiaomei blushed slightly: "I just made a small suggestion, please don't be angry and don't tell the prince."
"Say it!"
"You're over four months pregnant. You'd better not spend too much time with the prince and not affect the baby."
Ye Youlan smiled: "I know I know my limits."
Ye Youlan was curious: "Why do you go back to your room every night with Li Yi? Don't you want to be together for a while?"
Xiaomei, on the other hand, was very calm, not even a hint of shyness: "We only get close to each other occasionally. Most of the time we like to count our money. To be honest, Princess, Li Yiyi and I have saved nearly a hundred taels of silver."
Ye Youlan was a little surprised: "Saving so much? Do you want to save more?"
Xiaomei nodded.
"Go buy a small courtyard near Taohua Lane. I'm guessing it'll be worth around fifty taels. Clean it up and rent it out. You'll get over a dozen taels in rent each year, and you'll have your money back in a few years. Then go buy a dozen houses near Tongluo Lane. They're very cheap there, so they won't cost much. Find someone to repaint them, and rent them out for two or three hundred wen each. Then you can become landlady and earn over a tael of silver a month."
Xiaomei's eyes sparkled with tears of excitement: "I'll ask Li Yi to do it right away."
"Don't worry, let the owner of Tongfu Inn help you take a look. The broker won't dare to cheat you."
Xiaomei ran out excitedly and almost bumped into the Seventh Prince.
The Seventh Prince's face darkened: "How can you be so flustered?"
"I will pay attention next time."
When the Seventh Prince entered the room, he could still hear Li Zhi saying that Xiaomei should not be rash.
"Why is it that Xiaomei has become less stable after getting married?"
The Seventh Prince started complaining as soon as he entered the room.
Ye Youlan's eyes were full of smiles. She asked the Seventh Prince to sit over to her. "Xiaomei is a little scared of you now. Can you stop making such a stern face and scare the child?"
"Did I?"
"Why not? Isn't it written all over your face?"
"What was she mumbling about when she came into the room just now?"
"We're talking about business."
Dingxiang called out from outside, "Princess, the fried tofu is here."
The Queen Mother didn't really want Li Zong to return the money, she just wanted to scare him. She asked the palace maids to pass on the message, asking the shopkeepers of the Ren family to behave themselves.
However, she was used to being arrogant and was unwilling to give in easily. She found someone to trip up Li Zong in the court, and Li Zong knew it was intentional but could not find any fault.
When he got home, he couldn't help but get angry, but he didn't dare to get angry at Qin Yurou. He would just go up to any servant he didn't like and curse and kick them, causing the servants to hide when they saw him and try not to appear in front of him.
The most unlucky one was Xiao Bao, who became a punching bag and dared not say much. But he knew how to show weakness, so he would take the opportunity to wander in front of Qin Yurou, covering his face or limping, which finally caught Qin Yurou's attention.
Qin Yurou only then realized what had happened, so every time Li Zong entered the house at night, Qin Yurou would beat him.
"I'm in a bad mood, so what if I curse a few times?"
"If you want to achieve great things, you can't even bear this little bit of grievance. Even if you are given a piece of fat meat, you don't have the ability to eat it. Only incompetent people will bark."
"Who are you scolding? The Queen Mother sent someone to trip me up, and I'm feeling really pent up. Can't I just let it out a little?"
"Look at it from another angle. Is the Queen Mother still asking you for 20,000 taels of silver? The quality of the goods sent by the Ren family is obviously much better now. This shows that she has given in. She can only do things secretly."
Li Zong thought, yes! His mood immediately improved. He wanted to hug Qin Yurou: "You are still thoughtful. You are smarter than me."
Qin Yurou asked Li Zong to find a way to meet the Queen Mother tomorrow. If she takes a step back, we should also take a step back and not tear our faces apart.
The next day, Li Zong found an opportunity to meet the empress dowager, and the empress dowager agreed.
When he saw the Queen Mother, Li Zong knelt down and admitted his fault, saying many flattering words, and only then did a smile appear on the Queen Mother's face. She also generously let Li Zong stand up and speak.
Li Zong came out of the Queen Mother's palace and was walking in the palace alley when a maid suddenly stopped him and said that the Queen wanted to see him. Li Zong was a little flattered and asked the maid why the Queen wanted to see him.
The maid said calmly, "You'll know when you get there."
The Queen met this man who always came to her aunt's palace in Fanghua Palace. He was indeed good-looking, and if it weren't for the flattery on his face, he would be as gentle as jade.
The Empress was the daughter of the second son of the Ren family, whose father was the Minister of Personnel. She had been in love with the Sixth Prince since childhood, but for the sake of family interests, the Ren family married her off to the Emperor. Although she held the position of Empress in the palace, she had witnessed countless intrigues and dirty tricks.
In order to survive, her hands gradually became covered in blood from her initial innocence and ignorance.
In order to save his life, the Sixth Prince chose to become a monk, and she became a victim in the deep palace. The Emperor was afraid of the power of the Ren family and did not favor her at all. She did not even have the right to have children. She had been pregnant twice and had miscarriages both times. She was extremely weak, but the Emperor pretended to give her the sons born to other concubines to raise.