Chapter 342: Treat each other with courtesy
"Do you think that the emperor's doing this has something to do with the sudden return of King Cheng?" Liu Qingshao's eyes narrowed slightly.
"That's right, in fact, I deliberately tested his attitude towards King Cheng in front of the emperor before, but the emperor asked me not to meddle in this matter!" Xiao Hanyin had already guessed about this matter.
However, the emperor has been hiding from everyone, so that Xiao Hanyin has no choice but to investigate Cheng Wang again.
He must abide by the emperor's will, not to mention that he can detect that the emperor has no malice in this matter......
"He only arranged for people to keep an eye on us and the prince, but for the others, everything is as usual, this matter is indeed strange!" Liu Qingshao also felt that the emperor might have received some news in advance.
However, the emperor didn't want to say it, and they couldn't guess out of thin air.
"Ah Yin, is the emperor suspicious of us, so he specially ordered someone to follow us and want to find evidence?" Liu Qingshao asked casually.
"No, that's what I thought at first, but it wasn't until he imprisoned me in the prison and then removed the Ouchi guards who had been staring at us that it proved that the emperor didn't doubt our loyalty!" In fact, they had imagined this possibility before.
However, the emperor has always hidden this matter very deeply, and he also explicitly forbade them to investigate anything related to King Cheng.
"Forget it, I don't want to!" Liu Qingshao felt a headache and simply put everything aside.
No matter what the emperor wants to do, they can only wait and see what happens, as long as things don't affect them.
The two discussed for a while, but in the end nothing came of it.
Liu Qingshao simply gave up, anyway, they couldn't leave the imperial city right now, they could only take one step at a time......
However, the emperor attached so much importance to this matter, Xiao Hanyin did not dare to take it lightly, he secretly increased the guards in the mansion, and also found many people to protect Liu Qingshao.
Their current situation is actually very bad, the king is not good, the emperor is unfathomable, and they can only maneuver around.
After all, they all hold high positions, and it's not something they can refuse and avoid.
King Cheng took the initiative to find them, and this matter may be related to them, otherwise it would be impossible for someone like King Cheng to do this.
Xiao Hanyin and Liu Qingshao became more and more reluctant to go out in the following days, and they even pushed off some banquets on the grounds of physical discomfort.
Liu Qingshao hardly goes out, and everyone doesn't know if she is really sick.
The people in the court all looked for Xiao Hanyin to test them, but they were dismissed by him in a few words.
After all, Liu Qingshao is his wife, and she never gets involved in the affairs of the court, but is a businesswoman.
Even if everyone wanted to take advantage of this time, they couldn't find an excuse to deal with Xiao Hanyin secretly.
Liu Qingshao behaves modestly, and Xiao Hanyin is the man who loves his wife the most in the imperial city.
Now that she is sick at home, with the importance he attaches to Liu Qingshao, it is normal for him to return home every day.
They couldn't get the news from Xiao Hanyin, so they stopped obsessing about it.
Xiao Hanyin and his wife are not easy people to deal with, and they don't want to grudge against him because of this.
Just a few days after the peaceful days, Princess Cheng came to the door in person......
When Liu Qingshao heard the report from the next person, her face instantly turned cold.
What the hell is going on with this husband and wife, King Cheng has only come to test them, and now that his wife has come again, why can't he let them go?
The ups and downs of the imperial city, they originally didn't want to get involved, but these people had to pull them into it, and Liu Qingshao was in a very bad mood at this time.
However, the other party is the princess of Cheng, even if she doesn't want to, she has to be respectfully invited in.
"See Princess Cheng!" Liu Qingshao saluted.
She has not been ordered so far, and the other party is a princess, and her identity is very different.
Liu Qingshao must follow the rules, so as not to leave a handle on people.
"Excuse me!" Princess Cheng secretly looked at her carefully and said, "I heard that you can make custom dresses in your shop?" ”
"Yes!" Hearing this, a trace of surprise quickly crossed Liu Qingshao's eyes.
She was still guessing why Princess Cheng came, but she didn't expect her to take the initiative to mention the ready-to-wear shop she opened.
Liu Qingshao did open a shop in the imperial city before that she could customize clothes and jewelry.
Although she already has a place that specializes in selling clothes and jewelry, in order to distinguish between the two, she deliberately found another shop and renovated it.
The shop is only in the business of customization, and does not greet other customers unless someone comes to the door to make clothes in person.
Liu Qingshao thought about it, some people might like the dresses she designed and hung in ready-to-wear stores, but those who didn't lack silver might not necessarily like those clothes and jewelry.
What they prefer is uniqueness, so many noble girls in the imperial city, if they all buy clothes on Liu Qingshao's side, they will inevitably bump into each other.
It would be rude if both of them happened to wear the same dress to a banquet hosted by a lady or noblewoman.
Liu Qingshao grasped their thoughts, so she deliberately opened such a shop that could take into account their wishes.
Since the opening of the shop, business has been very good, and people go to her shop every day to order clothes.
However, Liu Qingshao is only on her own, and she can't be busy at all.
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She didn't want to be too tired, she would rather push out the silver that was about to arrive, and she didn't want to exhaust herself.
Liu Qingshao is such a casual person.
However, when the nobles in the imperial city learned the news, they were extremely displeased.
If Liu Qingshao couldn't make clothes for them personally, it would be useless for them to come over with silver.
But they still don't give up on it.
Liu Qingshao ignored them at all, and even planned to close the shop temporarily for this matter.
Although she is easy to draw, it is difficult to design according to the characteristics of those women and their figures.
It's a pity that those people can't feel it, thinking that she can produce four drawings a day, but Liu Qingshao only receives one guest.
They were all spoiled by their families, so they were naturally unwilling to bow to Liu Qingshao.
"The princess wants to make dresses?" A glimmer of light crossed the bottom of Liu Qingshao's eyes.
"That's right, we just came back, and there is a shortage of everything in the house, and I happened to hear that Mrs. Xiao's shop can not only make clothes, but also order some furniture and tea sets, so I plan to do it in the shop together!" Princess Cheng nodded.
Her husband is the prince, and the things in the house are naturally to be used.
However, she was not very satisfied with several furniture shops in a row, so she thought of Liu Qingshao.
"I'm sorry princess, we've been a little busy lately, I'm afraid we won't be able to spare our hands!" Liu Qingshao said apologetically, "Two days ago, the emperor ordered me to prepare some things to send to the palace, and recently there are not enough people in my shop!" ”
Liu Qingshao didn't want to have anything to do with King Cheng and his wife, so she politely refused.
Although she opened the door to do business, even if she agreed, it didn't matter.
However, the relationship between the emperor and King Cheng is very delicate, and Liu Qingshao doesn't want to rashly take over the business of Princess Cheng at this juncture.
She herself was not short of this bit of silver, and it was a good thing for her to avoid more trouble.
"That's really unfortunate, I heard that the objects made in your shop are extremely exquisite, so I thought of looking for you and decorating our palace!" Princess Cheng said regretfully.
Although she was very dissatisfied with this in her heart, she had nothing to do, after all, the reason given by Liu Qingshao made her unable to make trouble.
Liu Qingshao is an imperial businessman, everyone in the imperial city knows it, and now since the palace wants her to make a batch of things and send them in, even if she is the princess, she can only give up.
Her husband is the prince, but the person behind Liu Qingshao is the prince.
"In the future, if I have the opportunity, I will definitely design dresses and jewelry for the princess myself!" Liu Qingshao was polite to her.
In fact, she didn't want to meet them at all.
However, they will be in the imperial city in the future, and the other party is a princess, whether they attend the palace banquet or the minister's family banquet, they can meet them.
Liu Qingshao felt very annoyed in her heart, but as Xiao Hanyin's wife, some people were destined to face it......
"Okay, you'll have to make me a unique dress then!" Princess Cheng naturally knew that her words were just polite words.
"It's nature!" Liu Qingshao has always treated each other with courtesy, and has never been slack.
Even if Princess Cheng wanted to vent her inner displeasure, she couldn't find a reason, so she could only say a few words of greeting with her.
"We just came back, and we don't know many people in the imperial city, if Mrs. Xiao is free, you can go and sit with our princess!" Princess Cheng opened her mouth to invite.
"The princess personally opened her mouth to invite, I should have agreed, but I've been too busy lately, and I can only wait for a while!" Liu Qingshao neither refused nor agreed.
She can't directly fall into the face of the princess, but she doesn't want to force herself, so she can only play Tai Chi with her.
In fact, they know each other in their hearts, but they haven't exposed it.
Liu Qingshao and Xiao Hanyin have never liked to associate with officials of the imperial court, and everyone in the imperial city knows this.
They are dedicated to doing things for the emperor and the crown prince, which is why Xiao Hanyin has repeatedly contradicted the emperor and is still able to get out of the way.
The emperor appreciates not only Xiao Hanyin's ability, but also his temperament that never meets the horse.
After all, he needs an upright courtier, not a deep-minded wallgrass.
There are many people available around the emperor, but he Xiao Hanyin has always been different.
Xiao Hanyin knew this matter in his heart, so no matter how much dispute he had with the emperor, he always had a bottom line in his heart.
He knew that as long as he didn't cross that bottom line, the emperor wouldn't want his life.
However, now King Cheng suddenly returned, which made the emperor change his attitude.
Xiao Han was afraid that this matter would implicate himself and Liu Qingshao, so he simply became an idle person for the time being, anyway, according to his observation, the emperor would not let him go on an errand for the time being......
After Princess Cheng left, Liu Qingshao rubbed her temples with a headache.
This man seems dignified and virtuous, but he is not a foolish master.
Liu Qingshao went back and forth with her and rejected her proposal many times, but Princess Cheng always insisted on letting her agree to go to King Cheng's mansion as a guest.
She was made to a big head, Liu Qingshao has been in business for so long, and it is the first time she has met such a good person.
However, Liu Qingshao is not a clumsy person, but unfortunately because of the identity of the other party, Liu Qingshao can only compromise in the end.