What Mr. Ma was more afraid of was that Dongfang Shuyuan turned out to be the only daughter of the Crown Prince!
Now he is the prince overseeing the country!
I hate that my short-sighted wife, who had already befriended Dongfang Shuyuan, actually personally pushed this betrothed nobleman out of the house...
I had a backer...when I didn't know it.
It's useless to say anything now. I can only hope that my stupid wife will stop being stupid and offend Chen Qingshan and his wife and Chen Tianqiu and his wife...
Therefore, Master Ma asked Ruyun to take special care of the midwife along the way, just because he was afraid that the midwife would say bad things about him when she arrived at Chen Qingshan's house.
Mr. Ma first sent the midwife to Qiao Chu's house, and then gave the things from the Changping Marquis Mansion in the capital, the things from the fifth prince's concubine, and the things from the crown prince... all to Qiao Chu and Dongfang Shuyuan.
Then he took Ruyun home.
Mrs. Ma was ready at home, ready to make a fuss about her husband-in-law taking his concubine on a long trip without her. However, the first thing Mr. Ma did when he came home was: "Close the door!"
Several servants closed the door and stood in two rows inside and outside the door to seal the door.
Mrs. Ma was startled, and the rolling pin in her hand trembled: "You... what are you going to do?"
Mr. Ma looked at his wife who had shared weal and woe with a complicated expression: "You come in with me, Xiaoyu and Houde come in too. Ruyun stays outside."
Ma Houde is Mr. Ma's son. He is still young, only seven or eight years old.
Mrs. Ma thought she wanted to settle accounts with the Queen, and a fire arose in her heart: I still want to settle the accounts with the Queen!
So with the thought of a dead end, I led the two children into the house.
After the door of the house was closed, Mr. Ma told Mrs. Ma in detail what he had learned during his trip to the capital.
Mrs. Ma and Xiaoyu: "!!!"
"It's not a mistake, is it?" Mrs. Ma was so frightened that her voice weakened.
She has been dealing with the world all her life, and the biggest official she has ever seen is the county magistrate. Where has she seen the county mistress? A rich lady?
But who knew that in that ordinary courtyard, there actually lived a county mistress, who thought she was the rich daughter of the prince's family?!
He even betrothed the rich lady?!
I still desperately want to give a concubine to the county mistress and the daughter-in-law’s husband?!
Swallowing her saliva, Mrs. Ma suddenly felt something was wrong: "Don't you want to take this opportunity to scare me? Do you want to divorce me?"
Mr. Ma was so angry that he slapped his hand on the table: "Can you have a normal mind? If I want to divorce you, I need to wait until now?"
"Then what do you want?" Mrs. Ma really didn't have enough brains.
Mr. Ma then lost his voice again: "I won't say anything else. In order to preserve our family's business and to be virtuous, I have to wrong you..."
In the afternoon of that day, Mrs. Ma and Xiao Yu were sent to Ningyuan City, the largest city in the frontier fortress. Mr. Ma bought a house there.
Before leaving, Mrs. Ma said she wanted to apologize to Qiao Chu and Dongfang Shuyuan, but Mr. Ma refused to let her go: "You can't speak, don't make things worse, let's go first! Wait until I finish it.
Let’s wait until the relationship between the two parties has eased…”
Mrs. Ma led Xiao Yu and left with tears in her eyes.
But within a month of going back and forth, Ruyun became the de facto mistress of the horse house in the frontier fortress market.
When Qiao Chu heard the news, he had to admire: This is really a master of the back house!
When Chen Qingshan and Ah Qiu came back to cut wood and sell horses, Master Ma took Ruyun to visit them.
This time Chen Qingshan and Ah Qiu did not turn anyone away. After all, Ruyun was sent there personally by Ah Qiu.
When the two parties met, they both nodded and smiled tacitly.
When Mr. Ma came here this time, in addition to apologizing, he also had another important thing: he wanted to cooperate with Tianxiangfang.
Qiao Xiaofu's Tianxiangfang is making a lot of money every day, which is an eye-opener for Mr. Ma!
Mr. Ma stayed in the capital for a few days and heard that the backer behind Tianxiangfang turned out to be His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!
Now that the Crown Prince supervises the country, if he can reach cooperation with Tianxiangfang, wouldn't that be equivalent to relying on His Highness the Crown Prince?!
Therefore, Mr. Ma was very excited, and when he came back, he persuaded the troublesome woman to leave, just to express his determination to Chen Qingshan and his wife and Aqiu and his wife.
"Where do you want to open Tianxiangfang? Have you discussed it with Xiaofu?" Qiao Chu asked slightly surprised.
"Of course it can't be in this market. There are too few people here. I want to open Tianxiangfang in Ningyuan City." Mr. Ma explained and talked about the situation in Ningyuan City.
As the largest city in the frontier, Ningyuan City already had a garrison of the Xu Family Army, and wealthy households with a radius of hundreds of miles were also concentrated in Ningyuan City.
Even the government offices and so on are all in Ningyuan City.
Therefore, if you want to do this balm and powder business, you can only do it in Ningyuan City.
Mr. Ma wanted to talk to Qiao Xiaofu about this matter, but he couldn't.
On the one hand, Qiao Xiaofu is indeed very busy.
Another reason is that Qiao Xiaofu didn't get any warning from Qiao Chu about this in advance, so he didn't dare to believe Ma Ye easily.
So the first thing Mr. Ma did when he came back was to send Mrs. Ma away, and the second thing was to come to apologize and discuss the possibility of cooperation.
After listening to Mr. Ma's idea of Tianxiangfang opening a branch in Ningyuan City, Qiao Chu didn't object.
After thinking about it, Qiao Chu asked solemnly: "What do you want to get from this cooperation?"
Master Ma was horrified and looked at Qiao Chu. He didn't know what to say or what to say for a moment, so he subconsciously looked at Chen Qingshan.
However, Chen Qingshan didn't answer Ma Ye's eyes at all. He just looked at his wife and frowned slightly: Apparently it was because Ma Ye took up the time of their husband and wife's reunion.
Mr. Ma then interpreted it as: Colonel Chen listened to his wife on this matter.
That's not wrong.
After thinking about it, Mr. Ma wiped away the non-existent sweat: "I heard that the backstage of Tianxiangfang is His Highness the Crown Prince, I think... I think..."
Gritting his teeth, Master Ma said: "I want to serve the prince."
Logically speaking, it seems very unreliable to tell a woman this kind of thing.
But Ma Ye has been traveling in the world for many years, and based on his intuition, he felt that Qiao Chu could help with this matter.
"Then what benefit do we have?" Qiao Chu raised his eyebrows and asked.
Mr. Ma hurriedly said: "I don't need to make any money in this business, as long as I maintain my capital..."
"..." Qiao Chu didn't speak, just looked at him quietly.
Not satisfied with this?
Mr. Ma thought for a while, gritted his teeth and said, "I can't afford to lose even a little bit..." It won't work if I lose a lot, I can't hold on!
"..." Qiao Chu still didn't speak, and still looked at him.
Mr. Ma was unsure: "Then...ma'am, please draw up a charter?"
Qiao Chu waved his hand: "I don't have the articles of association. You have to talk to Xiaofu about the specific profit sharing and cooperation. I will never interfere in such things. Tianxiangfang, Xiaofu has the final say."
Mr. Ma: "..."
Although people outside say that Qiao Xiaofu has the final say in Tianxiangfang, Master Ma doesn't believe it.
How can a child of no more than ten years old manage such a large Tianxiangfang?!