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Chapter 7 The daughter of the Yao family

The shopkeeper learned this morning that the shop had been given to someone else by King Kang. When he heard Yao Qingshu calling this young Captain Ye, he naturally realized that this was his future boss. He hurried over to salute and told the cause of the matter.

It turned out that Miss Yao happened to come to visit nearby today, so she went into Quyu Pavilion to see if there was anything new. As a result, as soon as she entered the marquis's house, she followed her and headed straight for Yao Qingshu. She wanted to buy whatever Yan Yue wanted. It was not until the two of them fought for this jade hairpin that Yao Qingshu couldn't help but start arguing with her.

Seeing that the shopkeeper nodded and bowed to Ye Wan, Yan Yue also realized that the boy who Yao Qingshu called "Secretary Ye" was the master of this Juyu Pavilion. She smiled and said, "Since the boss is here, just so I'm going to wrap the hairpin for me. I'm willing to spend fifty taels to buy your hairpin." After that, he stretched out his hand and handed it to Ye Wan, signaling her to take it and wrap it up.

Ye Wan glanced at the hand that was stretched in front of her, and did not pick up the hairpin, but said with a smile: "I have heard that the lady in Yanjing is generous, dignified, innocent and lively, but this is a bit too lively."

"My surname is Ye, what do you mean?" Yan Yue Xiumei twisted her eyes, raised her phoenix eyes and put away the smile that had been barely hung up just now, with a coquettish look on her face.

Ye Wan glanced at the three people behind him who were watching the show, raised her eyes and glanced at Yan Yue, curled her lips and said, "Isn't it? If Miss Yan hadn't been innocent and lively, how could she have treated Guyu Pavilion as her own territory so thick-skinned?"

"You!" Yan Yue finally realized that the boy in front of her was not here to help her, but to make things difficult for her. She was so angry that she stretched out her hand to the maid beside her, and took the soft whip she always liked to carry and acted to slap Ye Wan.

Ye Wan calmly took her seemingly grand but actually soft whip with her bare hands, and said with a smile: "Ms. Yan is really worthy of being a tiger girl in the Marquis. This is unreasonable and is of the same virtue as Ling Zun. You should be more at ease. Not to mention jade jewelry, even if I smash a table and a bench in my shop, I have to come to my house to ask for compensation in person."

Duan Hongyang and Zhou Jian rolled their eyes silently afterwards. Brother Ye is here. Can this delicate lady’s embroidered legs touch the tables and chairs in this building? If you want someone to pay for it, just say it!

Yan Yue was extremely angry and threw the whip and attacked Ye Wan, looking like she was dying with Ye Wan.

"Miss Yan, don't hurt yourself. Ye Wan is a rough man. He has never understood how to be kind to the beauty. If he bumps into it, I can't explain it to the outside world." Ye Wan dodged Yan Yue's attack lightly, while also pissing Yan Yue's words to death. He was speechless in the eyes of the people next to him.

Sure enough, after a while, Yan Yue screamed in pain, covered her waist and glared at Ye Wan fiercely: "You little lieutenant dares to stand up for Yao Qingshu. If you offend me, you don't even know how to die!" She neglected to practice martial arts, and just gestured like this for a few times, she was frustrated in front of her rival. She was really embarrassed.

Yan Yue's maid hurried over to support Yan Yue, muttered and scolded a few words, and threw the jade hairpin that the lady had just thrown to her for a fight, so she helped her master leave unwillingly.

Ye Wan took the jade hairpin, looked at her back as she ran away in panic, and chuckled and handed the jade hairpin to Yao Qingshu: "If Miss Yao is unhappy in the Quyu Pavilion, I will just treat it as a pity and give it to the lady."

Yao Qingshu shook his head and said worriedly: "Although Marquis Xianjun is only a second-rank Wuhou, the Marquis is the third daughter of the Zeng family and the sister of Zenghou. Speaking of which, Yan Yue is also Zenghou's niece. Although I would like to thank Captain Ye for this matter today... it is really inappropriate to offend Yan Yue for the sake of Qingshu."

After clarifying the messy things in Beijing, Ye Wan also knew what Yan Yue was. She just couldn't stand Yan Yue, and she couldn't say she was making a name for Yao Qingshu. Ye Wan shook her head and said, "Ms. Yao is worried too much. Ye opened the door to do business. Although it was money to seek it, she could never lose her credit. Since it was the thing that Miss Yao chose first, it was naturally Miss Yao. Is there any problem?"

Yao Qingshu was stunned. She was talking about the interests of the Captain Ye, but he told him about his business affairs, and he had no intention of taking Yan Yue's affairs in his heart. She was really a wonderful person. She smiled and said, "What Captain Ye said is very chess, put away the hairpin, but don't forget to send someone to the Cuiyu Pavilion to send silver."

Ye Wanyangyang said curiously: "What's the magic of this hairpin that can be loved by Miss Yao?" She did not refuse Yao Qingshu's behavior of insisting on paying. Her current identity is a male general, and even if it is to apologize for a Jade Hairpin of Shangshu, it is worth criticizing.

The Yingying jade hairpin was being held in the palm of the maid Qi'er. I saw it all green and a lifelike jade butterfly flying at the tail. Yao Qingshu smiled slightly, held the bottom of the jade butterfly with his left hand, and pinched the jade hairpin with his right hand and gently rotated it. The jade butterfly's wings actually slightly gathered together with the rotation! It turned into a small butterfly living.

"Wow..." Duan Hongyang and Zhou Jian, who were not interested in jewelry, couldn't help but be amazed when they saw it. Dayan's craftsmanship is not very developed, and they have never seen such exquisite and unique jewelry.

"I wonder if Captain Ye has heard of such a small mechanism?" Yao Qingshu pursed his lips and smiled, and he was a little shy. "My father likes to study various mechanisms and props. There are many ancient books in the study. I have been obsessed with these things since I was a child. I want to take the hairpin home and take it apart... So I just made a joke in the store, so I would like to ask Captain Ye not to be surprised."

As the daughter of the Minister of Works, Yao Qingshu's preference for uniqueness is not a strange thing. Ye Wan, who is used to seeing various modern high-tech magical things, was just a little surprised by the ancients' skills, and shook his head and smiled: "Ms. Yao is kind and kind, and has a delicate mind. How could he be a joke?"

"Person Ye praised it. But yesterday, I had the honor of seeing the extraordinary charm of Captain Ye. I was really as graceful as a stunning geese, like a dragon..."

The two of them compliments each other without any pain. When Yao Qingshu mentioned yesterday's palace banquet, Ye Wan couldn't help but feel sore. She really drank too much and forgot what she did. She just heard the people discussing this matter in the teahouse in the outer city. If the content of the people's discussions still contained exaggerated words, then this statement would definitely be true from Yao Qingshu's mouth.

Ye Wan suddenly felt embarrassed. Yao Qingshu had never been good at socializing with others, and he felt very embarrassed after saying that.

The two of them met their eyes and laughed out loud at the same time.

Even Ye Wan is an excellent general who is as handsome as Chu Hui in the eyes of officials or civilians, and in Yao Qingshu's eyes, she is still a beautiful and friendly young man. She is devoted to studying mechanisms and numerology on weekdays, and does not like to date those daughters in the boudoir. She only thinks this young man is interesting. She smiled and said, "It seems that we are not very good at saying these scenes, so it's better to be more natural."

Ye Wan also nodded: "It's getting late. Miss Yao will go home early after shopping to avoid worrying about Shangshu Yao."

Yao Qingshu knew that Ye Wan came here for no reason to say a few words to him, so he was very busy with something. He nodded slightly to Ye Wan and took his maid Qi'er away from Cuiyu Pavilion.

"Ms. Yao is so generous and decent, many times stronger than the unruly and spoiled Yan Yue. I am Xiao Feng, and I will choose Miss Yao." Duan Hongyang looked at Yao Qingshu walking down the stairs calmly and gracefully, and curled his lips and muttered softly.

Zhen Yu glared at him: "Below the emperor's feet, be careful when speaking."

Duan Hongyang shrugged and followed Ye Wan to a private room to sit down. The shopkeeper immediately nodded and gave a pot of tea to his future employer.

"Isn't it? Those with eyes know how to choose a wife." Duan Hongyang pulled Zhou Jian down at the round table and diligently helped Ye Lang tea. "Who would marry a tigress and put it at home?"

"Oh? What do you know?" Ye Wan looked at his movements with a funny look, took a sip of tea and asked according to his words.

Duan Hongyang raised his chin proudly, spread the brocade fan he carried with him and shook it twice: "Then there is no such thing that Mr. Duan doesn't know... Brother Ye, do you want to know? If you want to know, I will tell you!" He blinked his eyes and looked at Ye Wan, looking forward to her saying some admiration.

Ye Wan played with the white jade teacup in his hand and smiled lightly: "If you don't want to say it, I won't force you..."

"No, no!" Duan Hongyang saw that she was not interested, and immediately became anxious and told the gossip she knew, which made Zhou Jian and Zhen Yu laugh helplessly.

It turns out that the daughter of Yao Shangshu is already 28 years old this year. According to the folk customs of Dayan, women and hairpins can get married, but Miss Yao has not yet discussed marriage. On the one hand, Shangshu is favored by Yao and does not want to marry her daughter so soon. On the other hand, Xiao Feng, the legitimate son of King Xiao Tianmu of Qi, has long secretly told Miss Yao not to marry her.

This Prince Xiao is also a hero in Yanjing. He is both literary and martial, and he is the future Prince of Qi. He dare not offend anyone with eyes. Although he has never said that Miss Yao is his own person in public, the powerful and powerful have long attributed Miss Yao to the future Prince of Qi.

Although no one dared to marry Miss Yao, it was not that no one dared to marry Prince Xiao, Yan Yue was the best. She was about the same age as Yao Qingshu, both in her prime and in her prime. She was not as childhood sweethearts as Xiao Feng, but she also lived in the same Yanjing world since she was a child. She met at various banquets at least thirty or twenty. It can be said that she fell in love with each other and tenderly, and she fell in love with each other at first sight.

Xianjun Hou Yanyang was a title that he immediately broke into during the late emperor, and he was also a person who could speak among the powerful. The legitimate daughter Yan Yue was naturally spoiled since childhood, so how could the person he liked was given to a daughter of the Shangshu? Therefore, since last year, he has been targeting Yao Qingshu in public and secretly on various occasions, vowing to throw away all her face and let Prince Xiao see Yao Qingshu's true face clearly.

However, it was all her one-sided run. Yao Qingshu always saw the mad dog walking around. She was not interested in Prince Xiao, she was just Yan Yue's imaginary enemy.

Ye Wan was shocked by the various thoughts of teenage girls in this era. When she was sixteen, she was probably still thinking about how to better improve her physical fitness and complete tasks? The girls here are already fighting for their lifelong marriage career.

"So Miss Yan admires Prince Xiao, Prince Xiao loves Miss Yao, who Miss Yao admires?" Zhou Jian was fascinated by the gossip and suddenly asked.

Duan Hongyang shook his head: "I haven't heard of anything about Miss Yao. Shangshu Yao is also the most low-key Shangshu among the six ministries. My father said that he was obedient to the public and law-abiding and strengthening the integrity. It was very difficult to sit in this position. He specifically told me to respect Shangshu Yao when he saw Shangshu in the future and not be stupid."

Duan Hongyang's father was the second-rank right-rank general under Zhen Yu's father, General Zhen. His official position in Dayan, which values ​​martial arts and rather than literary talent, was even more inflated than Yao Shangshu. He could praise him, which shows that this Yao Shangshu is indeed an interesting person.

Ye Wan nodded, drank the last sip of tea from the cup, and said to the shopkeeper standing respectfully at the door: "Take the account book and I'll take a look."

The shopkeeper of Quyu Pavilion was named Zhao. Originally, Quyu Pavilion was not the property of King Kang. Xiao Yu bought it from other merchants and gave it to Ye Wan.

Manager Zhao sent the account book, and saw Ye Wan looking through the account book seriously. So what if this young man became a captain at a young age? He didn't believe that he could understand the account book of this cabinet with his experience.

Ye Wan flipped the account page casually, shook his head. He knew that King Kang was not so generous and would give him a good shop in the inner city. Although this Quyu Pavilion is located in a bustling street market and has a large area, it is a mess. The profits are almost impossible to keep up with the lost rent and the cost of jewelry in the shop. It has been one year since it opened, but it has been almost a few months in red. No wonder the original owner was in a hurry to take off the shop and let King Kang buy it.

She glanced briefly and found that most of the jewelry in the shop was very ordinary and had no special features. Occasionally, there were a few that looked good, but the price was much higher than the standard. The suckers came here to buy things, right?

The jade hairpin that Yao Qingshu bought just now is well-crafted and has unique handicrafts. Even though it is so jade-colored, it is a bit exaggerated to sell for 100 taels of silver. Some other ordinary jewelry that sells for more than 100 taels of silver is even more ugly.

"Did we have workers to buy the jewelry here, or did you collect it from other places?" Ye Wan put it in the account book and glanced at Manager Zhao in a faint way.

Duan Hongyang and Zhou Jian, who were still discussing other people's gossip, stopped talking and intuitively felt that there was gossip to see. They closed their mouths and stared at Manager Zhao with the absolute aura of a soldier.

A layer of fine sweat oozed from Manager Zhao's forehead. If these three tall officials were so imposing, Ye Wan's calm gaze made him feel even more frightened. He took a breath and said, "When he went back to the boss, most of the jewelry in the shop was made by the workers in our own workshop, and a small part was collected by the small ones."

"Let's withdraw all of it." Ye Wan said.

"What, what?!" Manager Zhao was stunned, suspecting that something was wrong with his ear.

Zhen Yu and the other two also looked at Ye Wan curiously, not knowing what she wanted to do.

"The workers in the workshop are dismissed. The shop closes the door and closes for a few days. I have other plans." Ye Wan thought for a moment and said, "By the way, where did the butterfly hairpin bought by Miss Yao just now come from?"

Manager Zhao realized that Ye Wan was preparing to rectify the store, and he was immediately anxious: "No, the boss, that workshop... that workshop has been working with us for a year, how can we just be sent to it?" He invited several workers in the small workshop, and he also bought the materials for jewelry. I don't know how much oil and water I have caught this year. After Ye Wan's tidying up, how could he still fish in the troubled waters?!

"Your ears are not good?" Ye Wan frowned her beautiful eyebrows. She could tell at a glance what this shopkeeper Zhao had done in the shop on weekdays, but no one is available now. Before she thought of a way to reopen the business, she had to let this guy stay here for a few days. "Do you still want me to change someone to do these things? Zhou Jian..."

"Brother Ye, I'm here!" Zhou Jian immediately stood up "swoosh" when he heard this, looking at the anxious sweaty Shopkeeper Zhao.

"No, no, no, the little one heard it! The little one will do it immediately!" Manager Zhao felt cold in his heart when he saw Zhou Jian's eagerness. He knew that the boy was not as easy to fool, so he nodded quickly as if he was pounding garlic.

"Wait, there's something else." Ye Wan called out to the shopkeeper Zhao who was about to run away, "Where did you get the butterfly jade hairpin that Miss Yao bought just now?"

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