Old Madam Cui raised her eyes suspiciously and glanced at Mrs. Li.

Mrs. Li gritted her teeth and laughed resentfully, "If she is not the daughter of our family, how can she enter our door?" Besides, if she is really not the daughter of the Yang family, she is a bully! ”

Old Madam Cui's eyebrows stretched slightly, gritted her teeth and said slowly: "I don't believe it, she has committed the crime of bullying the king, and the Queen Mother can still tolerate her like this!" After Mrs. Cui finished speaking, she reminded Mrs. Li again: "We must wait for this matter to pass, otherwise, we will be passive!" ”

Because of the relationship between the grain and oil shops, the Yuguo Mansion has almost become the laughing stock of the entire Luoyang. Because they come to the door to ask for accounts every day, most of the people who come to visit the New Year during the New Year's Festival are less.

In the second year of junior high school, Mrs. Chu took the children of the third room and the third master back to live in the mansion of the Duke of Suguo.

Yang Fu was anxious about the shop, and took Mrs. Li into the palace on the morning of the second day of the first year of junior high school, and asked Yang Qiqi how to deal with the grain and oil shop.

"Father, I can only temporarily fill in some of the holes in the palace from the shop in Chang'an and fill the holes in the palace. I really can't do anything better. If you don't want to lose five, or go to the former big shopkeepers and ask them to help buy at a high price. In this way, it is better than losing five to one. Otherwise, it is to let Li Yuanzhong think of another source of goods, without a source of goods, this grain and oil shop will no longer be able to sell cotton sugar in the future. Actually, it's okay not to sell cotton candy. It's just that, because of this incident, the shop is discredited, and I'm afraid that it will be difficult to do anything in the future. Yang Qiqi said, sighing: "It's a pity that those two good shops." ”

What Yang Qiqi said was reasonable, well-founded, and extraordinarily sincere, Yang Fu couldn't see what moisture was in it, and he couldn't think of a more thoughtful way, so he had to nod.

Mrs. Li was still a little unwilling, and said, "You have no other way?" That shop also has your hard work. ”

Yang Qiqi's expression darkened, and he slowly lowered his head, "Mother, I am also very distressed and unwilling. But what can be done? ”

Mrs. Li said: "Who will accompany the silver?" You're going to give this money? ”

Yang Qiqi snorted coldly and said quietly: "Mother, there are always losses and gains in business. I want to give you this money, but I really can't help it. I've even given you the most profitable shop. You can't let me sell the grange that my second brother gave me to pay back, right? ”

Mrs. Li raised her eyebrows, nodded as a matter of course, and said, "What's wrong with this, it wasn't your second senior brother who compensated me for 300,000 taels of silver, why did I want your shop?" ”

Yang Fu naturally didn't know that Mrs. Li took money to Yang Qiqi to go out to do business, and when he heard this, he immediately frowned and asked coldly, "Three hundred thousand taels of silver?" Where did you get all this money? ”

Mrs. Li's face stiffened slightly, and she explained in a low voice: "Isn't this all my dowry, the amount of money I save on weekdays, and the subsidy money in my family!" ”

Yang Fuqi's forehead was slightly raised, pointing at Mrs. Li, he didn't know what to say, raised his hand and nodded, and said, "You are really ......"

Mrs. Li pleaded in a panic: "Master, you don't know how much we spend on the house on weekdays. Relying on those tenant businesses, I can barely have some surplus. But now that the children have reached the age of marrying relatives, we must buy more for them, right? Moreover, in the past, when the houses were moving, the silver was sprinkled out like flowing water. ”

Yang Fu glared and asked Mrs. Li, "Then how much silver do you have in your own private treasury?" ”

Mrs. Li replied in a low voice: "It's just more than 200,000 taels left, and there is no more." ”

Yang Fu looked like he didn't know what to say, stood up with a wave of his sleeves, and said, "The silver will be made up with your own private treasury first, and the silver in the public will not be moved without my permission." ”

Mrs. Li looked very aggrieved, and she didn't dare to say anything more, so she stood up and left with Yang Fu.

After that, Yang Fu really did what he said, asked Mrs. Li to take out the silver first, and sent Li Yuanzhong to find the big shopkeepers who were driven away by him, and buy the goods in those people's hands at a high price. When Li Yuanzhong drove these people away, not to mention being arrogant, it didn't take much time now, and when he turned his head and begged others, he had to bite the bullet and beat himself down.

spent 50,000 taels, but barely added a few small orders. For example, big restaurants and restaurants such as Guijin Lou and Baixilou refuse to use grain and oil shops.

Once the credibility of the merchant is discredited, it will be difficult to buy and sell again.

In the end, Mrs. Li still had to fill the 600,000 taels of silver during her lifetime. Not to mention all her own private vaults, she also secretly pawned a lot of jewelry. As a last resort, I opened my mouth with Yang Fu.

Old Madam Cui was very unhappy in her heart, originally she blamed Yang Qiqi for this mistake. But when I heard that Mrs. Li had a private treasury of nearly 600,000 taels of silver before and after, it was inevitable that she would have doubts in her heart. It is suspected that Mrs. Li's private treasury came from greedy for money from the ink princess.

This mess in the middle is too trivial to mention.

It took five days for the grain and oil shop to settle the matter thoroughly. If it weren't for the three hundred quintals of cotton candy that Yang Qiqi moved back from Chang'an, the Yuguo Mansion would not have been able to end safely.

This day is the seventh day of the first month. According to the practice of previous years, the relatives of the emperor, courtiers and nobles will enter the palace to attend the palace banquet on this day.

In Dayan, there is no such thing as parents keeping filial piety to their children. After Yang Jingji's first seven years, he sacrificed his life for the country, and there were not so many taboos. Therefore, Yang Fu and Mrs. Li naturally wanted to attend.

After taking a nap, Yang Qiqi groomed in the mirror on one wall, and complained to her on the other wall: "Girl, follow me." You shouldn't care about that thing, let the palace blame it, the second lady can't eat and walk around. ”

Yang Qiqi's slender fingers, picking the yellow flowers in the small makeup niche, said in a manly voice: "Don't just look at the front of you, I do this to put a long line to catch big fish." For such a big drama, just make up for one Li, it's not enough for me to bother and work hard! ”

Zhu Yi smiled and said, "Simply, we earned back 300,000 taels from here." It's also a girl, you are smart, and you have found out the second lady thoroughly. ”

"Speaking of which, one is to blame her for not believing me, and the other is to blame her for being insatiable. I was also sure that she would never keep my original shopkeeper and would give it to her when she said she wanted it. ”

"Really, the girl didn't know it in advance, and the slave is really distressed!"

This big pit was dug by Yang Qiqi since Mrs. Li opened her mouth to ask for a shop, just waiting for Mrs. Li to step into the trap by herself. After replacing her people, she transferred them all to the small shop that she had secretly opened before. He also asked Guijinlou and Baixilou to give Li Yuanzhong a big order, and sent someone to take the list in the palace for transportation. With this trap and a trap, she ruthlessly cut down the grain and oil shop in Luoyang, just so that Mrs. Li could fall deeper and deeper, and finally had to start the idea of Qinling Gold Mine. At that time, even if Murong Shi was cautious and did not be dragged into the water, he would inevitably get dirty.

Yang Qiqi picked a silver flower at random and put it on his forehead playfully.

As he was dressing up, Zhuzhi entered the door and said, "Girl, the second lady and the third girl have entered the palace and went directly to Concubine Li's Xianzhu Courtyard." ”

Yang Qiqi smiled and said, "Mother has entered the palace, we should also go to Xianzhu Courtyard." ”

After greeting the Queen Mother, Yang Qiqi took Zhuzhi, Zhuyi and others to Mrs. Li.

When I arrived at the Xianzhu Courtyard, I saw the eunuchs and palace maids outside standing in a row, guarding outside. As soon as I looked at it, I knew that it was inside and then spoke. Seeing Yang Qiqi coming, Ming Chun, the palace maid of Concubine Li, saw that it was Yang Qiqi who came, and hurriedly smiled with her: "Girl, wait, the slave maid will go in and report it." ”

Yang Qiqi smiled and bowed his head, but when he saw Ming Chun turn his head, he gave a look to the palace person next to him. The palace man moved his body slightly without a trace, just in front of Yang Qiqi. Soon, Ming Chun returned with a smile and invited Yang Qiqi to enter the door.

At this time, the Li family and Yang Yurao came out, and Murong Shi was still sitting in the main hall. When everyone saw Yang Qiqi enter the door, they had different expressions. The disgust and hatred in Yang Yuyan's eyes flashed, and she barely smiled, and this smile was full of resistance.

Mrs. Li also had a very unwelcome look on her face, although it was faint, and others might not be able to understand it, but in Yang Qiqi's eyes, it was clear.

Murong Shi smiled earnestly and said, "Why did the seventh cousin come over?" ”

Concubine Li also said politely: "Sit down, Mingchun, go and get the spring tea that Your Majesty appreciated two days ago, Qiqi likes to drink this the most." ”

Ming Chun hurriedly responded and retreated respectfully. When Yang Yuyan heard this, she was very unhappy, but she felt that Concubine Li had never treated her like this.

Yang Qiqi didn't need to look any further, she could see that before she came, several people must have been discussing something. What can these people discuss when they sit together?

If it is Yang Yuyan's marriage, Yang Yuyan will not be present. She thought about it, only Qinling's business.

The hall was quiet for a while, and Mrs. Li coughed uncomfortably, obviously having something to say. It can be seen that she came at an inopportune time and interrupted the conversation of several people.

"Guifei Niangniang, think about it again, this kind of thing is really something that can be encountered but not sought."

As soon as Mrs. Li said this, Yang Qiqi was even more sure that it must be Qinling's business.

Li Guifei's eyes lit up, and she was obviously a little moved. But because Yang Qiqi is here, he has no intention of saying more. only greeted Mrs. Li and said: "Now that you have entered the palace, Qiqi is now by the side of the Queen Mother, and you have been taken care of for so many days, you should really say hello to her old man first." ”

Mrs. Li also followed Concubine Li to get up and said, "I'll go by myself, I'm afraid that the Queen Mother will be lazy to see me, so I came to Xianzhu Courtyard first." Mrs. Li said, beckoning Yang Qiqi and said, "Let's go." ”

Yang Qiqi got up unhurriedly and slowly followed behind Mrs. Li, Li Guifei and others.

Murong Shi walked at the back, and at this time, he leaned over and approached Yang Qiqi, and said with a smile: "Seventh cousin, the Duchess of Yuguo seems to have seen something, and I don't believe you very much." ”