Less than two days later, good news came from Xu Yingke.
During the palace banquet, Concubine Ling wore a gorgeous dress made of shining silk and a pair of gold and silver hairpins made of iris, lily of the valley, and gold and silver hairpins. She won the favor of the emperor and is now favored by her.
The concubines in the palace all use Concubine Ling's clothes as a standard.
Since treasures like the Yaoguang Ling can no longer be obtained, the iris, bell orchid hairpin is always easy to obtain.
For a time, hairpins made of iris, bell orchid became popular in the palace.
What has gone before has followed the example. Nowadays, even women in Tongcheng are proud to own an iris-headed hairpin or a lily-of-the-valley hairpin.
Yu Weiyin had been prepared earlier, and taking advantage of this season, he had ordered Cui Niang to set up a hairpin jewelry section in the embroidery workshop, and posted a sign in front of the shop: Anyone who purchases hairpin jewelry at Yuji Embroidery Workshop can be counted.
Input points, the more you buy, the higher the points will be, and when the points reach a certain range, there will be rewards.
In one day, Yu Ji's embroidery workshop was surrounded by water, and the money kept pouring in like running water.
The money kept coming in for hundreds of silver, but within three to five days, the money gained completely offset the money lost.
The business was so booming that every day before dawn and the embroidery workshop was not open, there would be many women waiting outside the workshop, just to buy a coveted hairpin.
The accumulated fabrics were swept away. In order to meet the needs of the guests, Yu Weiyin ordered Cui Niang to lead the embroiderers to make 3,000 more hairpins with haze-colored fabrics. They were still highly sought after by the ladies.
As for Liang and Yu Chutian.
They also set up an area for handkerchiefs and brocade handkerchiefs in the workshop. Although the fabrics were inferior, the lotus patterns on the handkerchiefs were delicately embroidered and the Guanyin statue was delicately embroidered. It took too long, so the price was set much higher.
Yu Weiyin's hairpin, the gold hairpin is priced at twenty taels of silver, and the silver hairpin is priced at ten taels of silver. If it is just a copper hairpin and not decorated with jade or other precious ornaments, it will only cost two hundred cents.
Therefore, whether you are a commoner woman or a rich lady, you can buy a hairpin that suits you.
The embroidered handkerchiefs on Yu Chutian's side were all priced at twenty taels of silver each.
The girls thought it was not a good deal, so they all just took a look at it and went straight to Yu Weiyin's hairpin jewelry section without even touching it.
Liang and Yu Chutian were so anxious that they couldn't stop jumping.
Finally, a woman came to inquire about the price. When Mrs. Liang saw that her clothes were not very expensive, she didn't want to greet her, but she was her first customer after all, so she smiled like Maitreya Buddha.
"Miss, look at how exquisite the embroidery work is. They are all made by an old woman who has been doing embroidery for thirty years! You can't buy it at ordinary stalls."
The woman only touched the rough fabric with her hand, her brows furrowed and a sardonic smile appeared on her lips.
"It's really like a flower stuck in cow dung. No matter how skillfully embroidered the fabric is, it's just a waste of the embroiderer's energy."
Throwing away the embroidered handkerchief, the woman walked straight to Yu Weiyin's hairpin jewelry section without taking another look.
I saw that Yu Weiyin's side was selling very enthusiastically, but on my side, after several days, not a single handkerchief was sold.
Yu Chutian was aroused by her words, and her anger immediately surged into her brows. She shouted from behind, "What nonsense are you talking about? She's just a village woman. If you can't afford it, don't touch her!"
The sneer on the woman's lips grew even louder, and she suddenly took out a bulging money bag from her sleeve.
When it was poured out, it was filled with yellow golden leaves.
"Wrap one of each style of hairpin here for me. Remember, pick the most expensive and best one."
Mrs. Liang and Yu Chutian looked at it, and their jaws almost dropped. Until the woman stepped out of Yu Ji Embroidery Workshop with her dowry, they still couldn't come back to their senses.
The results of the competition are obvious.
After these few days, everyone inside and outside Yuji Embroidery Workshop secretly admired Yu Weiyin's intelligence and strategy, and treated her as the head of the embroidery workshop, with all respect.
But Yu Weiyin was waiting, waiting for his father's approval and an explanation.
It was a clear and sunny day.
The wind of early autumn takes away the heat of summer and brings a rare coolness.
The leaves of the green tung trees, Albizia julibrissin and Luan trees in Yu Mansion are gradually turning yellow, passing by with the wind, fluttering and covering the marble floor tiles with a thin layer, like dead leaf butterflies, trembling slightly in the wind.
Tonight is a rare family banquet. Yu Song had mentioned it early in the morning and said that something would be announced at the banquet.
Everyone naturally guessed what happened.
But some families are happy and some are sad.
The banquet was held in the Boxin Pavilion near the lake. The late lotuses were not withered in the lake, and the red petals and golden stamens reflected the green and shiny lotus leaves, which made people feel relaxed and happy.
There is a faint fragrance of lotus flowing in the air, mixing with the fine wine and food to create a unique fragrance.
Yu Song looked happy and proud of his daughter's talents as a merchant. He drank three large glasses at the table and announced:
"Yinyin made all the fabrics she had accumulated into hairpins and sold them out. In just five days, she bought three thousand taels of silver! On the side of Yi Niang and Chu Tian, they sold less than five silk handkerchiefs and bought less than a hundred taels of silver.
The fabric has not changed at all, and the winner has been decided. You have handed over the seals and other items, and from now on, Yin Yin will take over the Yu Ji Embroidery Workshop!"
Liang and Yu Chutian knew that there was nothing they could do to save their lives, but they still felt unwilling to do so.
Especially Liang.
Since taking over the embroidery workshop, she has made a lot of money out of it. Now that she is asked to hand over the power, how can she just let it go?
If Yu Song had treated the mother and daughter with awe before, but in recent days, she had blown enough wind on the pillow, and the bed was catering to him everywhere, so his heart was much softer than before.
Thinking of this, Mrs. Liang's eyes couldn't help but turn red. Holding the orchid silk handkerchief in her hand, she wiped her eyes and shed tears, sobbing endlessly.
"Master, are you really so cruel? You want to drive both my mother and daughter out of the embroidery workshop? Even if it doesn't work, we can help Yinyin in the embroidery workshop!"
As long as you can continue to stay in the embroidery workshop, why worry about not finding a reason to withhold money?
Mrs. Liang had a wishful thinking in her mind. When she saw Yu Song frowning and thinking deeply, she thought he was trying to change his mind, so she couldn't help but give her daughter a look.
Yu Chutian understood and begged pitifully: "Dad, Chu Tian is also your daughter. You can't just favor your sister and ignore me! No matter how stupid your daughter is, she has a heart to study upward. Given time, she will be able to learn from her sister.
So powerful! Dad, please give your daughter a chance!"
The smile on Yu Song's face gradually disappeared, and he looked at Liang's mother and daughter with a serious look.
"No need to say more, I have made up my mind. If you lose, you must be willing to admit defeat."
The thin book was hidden in his sleeves, and even now, he was still thinking about leaving some thin pages for them.
But how did Ms. Liang know that the booklet was in Yu Song's hands? She was still acting coquettishly, pretending to be weak and helpless, and shed a few tears, "Master, at least you should also think about my good deeds...
...Without credit, there is still hard work! The money we lost is not too much, why should I care about it so much..."
If she just gives up when she sees fit, the anger in Yu Song's heart will be suppressed.
But Liang was still chattering and mentioned the loss of silver.
When he thought of the mother and daughter not only falsifying the accounts, but also purchasing valuable items from outside, he became furious and violently threw out the booklet, then slapped Mr. Liang's ears hard.