Destroyed outside, gold and jade inside

Chapter 372 Shooting yourself in the foot

Chu Yun shook her head, "The general was wrong, it wasn't the second prince who sent me to the capital, but the first prince who sent me to the capital!"

"You won't tell the truth?" Yu Miao narrowed her eyes.

"I'm telling the truth." Chu Yun lowered her eyes.

"Using torture tools, I don't believe that his mouth is so hard, he can't speak the truth!" Gongsun Lan shouted from the side.

Chu Yun grinned and looked up at Gongsun Lan, "Little lady is so domineering and mighty! This journey really made us lose all our energy!"

Gongsun Lan snorted angrily, and was about to strike.

But Yu Miao held her hand and shook her head at her, "It's fine if he doesn't want to say it."

"How can it be?" Gongsun Lan stared.

Holding his big hand in her soft little hand, her face couldn't help but feel a little hot, and her heart was trembling slightly. The instrument of torture in her hand seemed to be unsteady. His palm was warm and firm, and she wanted to Withdrawing his hand, he felt nostalgic for the warmth.

Yu Miao didn't notice the uneasiness on her face. Seeing that she was no longer rushing forward, she withdrew her hands, turned around and walked out.

Gongsun Lan's face was hot, and her heart felt weak. She threw the instrument of torture in her hand aside and hurriedly followed Yu Miao out of the torture room tent, "Wait for me."

"Do you think he's telling the truth?" Gongsun Lan asked while lying on the table in Yu Miao's tent.

Yu Miao nodded, "It's the truth."

"Then what do you think he didn't say?" Gongsun Lan asked again.

Yu Miao looked up at her, "He didn't say, how would I know?"

"Then how can you be sure that he has hidden something and has not said anything?" Gongsun Lan stared. Didn't he have guesses and doubts in his heart that made him so sure that he hid something and did not say it?

"Will it take two months to kidnap you?" Yu Miao asked indifferently.

Gongsun Lan was tongue-tied, "You...you, why do I feel that your words are full of contempt?"

Yu Miao hooked the corners of her mouth, "It's just telling the truth."

Gongsun Lan remained angry.

However, Yu Miao sent a letter into the capital to King Qi.Gongsun Lan didn't see the contents of the letter.

Shen Xinniang also didn't know that Yu Miao and Fang Yan had been exchanging letters all the time, which was related to the government, Fang Yan didn't say anything, and she didn't ask much.

Fang Yan just told her that Gongsun Lan was found and was rescued by Yu Miao, but she refused to come back and decided to stay in the Northwest, where she is now in the camp of the Northwest Army.Shen Xinniang was relieved and concentrated on taking care of family affairs.Concentrate on taking care of your son.

Her business in the capital and outside the capital are now taken care of by capable people around her, and she doesn't need to worry about it, only things that the subordinates can't handle will be reported to her.

"My lady, Mrs. Ye said that there is a Hu merchant who has taken a fancy to Xinfang Spring Grass and wants to pay a high price to buy a batch of Xinfang Spring Grass." Dan Xin said.

Jin Xiang heard the words from the side, and immediately said: "Isn't there a restriction on the purchase of new houses in Chuncao? This is a rule, and you can't let a Hu businessman break the rules! This kind of thing, Mrs. Ye can talk about it in front of her?"

Dan Xin gave her a sideways glance, "Ms. Ye said, that Hu businessman seems to have a lot of background and a lot of money. Those who open the door to do business always welcome and see off customers with smiling faces. How can they take the initiative to offend customers?"

Jin Xiang seemed to be very disdainful, she shook her head repeatedly and said: "I think it's because the lady has made you all tired and lazy, and you don't want to worry about anything and make up your own minds, report it to the lady, and if the lady tells you how to deal with it, you should deal with it accordingly." , if you make a mistake later, you can have an excuse to say that it was the master's order!"

Dan Xin pinched her waist and stared at Jin Xiang, "Jin Xiang, are you running on Miss Ye, or are you running on me?"

Jin Xiang smiled and sent the stack of folded diapers to Shen Xiniang's hand, shook her head and said, "No, no, how dare I run on Sister Danxin? My lady can listen here, don't frame me!"

"Miss, look at her!" Dan Xin stepped forward, pouting, and said aggrievedly.

Shen Xinniang nodded, "What Jin Xiang said is very reasonable. I leave the outside affairs to you to take care of yourself, just to save yourself from worrying. If you ask me everything, I might as well take care of it myself?"

"Miss...you still help Jin Xiang to speak?" Dan Xin became more and more aggrieved, "Didn't they make up their own minds about the daily affairs, only those who can't make up their minds will disturb my lady..."

"My lady is not helping me! What my lady speaks is the truth!" Jin Xiang stuck out her tongue at Danxin with a smile.

"But there is nothing wrong with what Jin Xiang said. Jin Xiang thinks that this matter does not have to be brought before me, and you can handle it on your own." Shen Xinniang said.

Jin Xiang hurriedly nodded at the side, "That's right."

Shen Xinniang said again: "I think you don't have to think about this matter, and you don't have to make it difficult for Lady Ye. Let Jin Xiang handle this matter."

"Just..." Before the complacency on Jin Xiang's face faded, her eyes widened, her voice swallowed, and she stared suspiciously at Shen Xinniang, "Mother, what did you say?"

"I'll leave this matter to you." Shen Xiniang said, "Two principles must not be violated, one must not break the rules of Yunxiang Cloth, and the other must not offend this well-established Hu businessman."

"Ah?" Jin Xiang opened her mouth, and immediately regretted that she was quick to argue with Dan Xin. The two of them have become accustomed to fighting with each other. How could they have expected that the lady would do something like this today, "My lady... , This is so embarrassing, if you don't break the rules, you will definitely offend the Hu merchants? If you want to maintain the Hu merchants...there must be an exception to the rules."

Shen Xinniang shook her head again and again, "You're wrong, I want the best of both worlds. You're right just now, it's perfectly appropriate to entrust this matter to you, let's do it."

"The servant girl still needs to serve in front of the lady..." Jin Xiang had a bitter face, wanting to cry but no tears.

"It's all right, don't worry, Jin Xiang, I'm still in front of you, my lady! I'll definitely take care of your share! You don't have to be too grateful to me!" Dan Xin immediately patted Jin Xiang on the shoulder gloatingly.

Jin Xiang wanted to slap her twice in the mouth, she knew why she teased Dan Xin!

Dan Xin stuck out her tongue at her, looked at her with a mournful face, came out of the upper room, and said with a smile behind her: "Jin Xiang, I'll wait for your good news!"

With a bitter face, Jin Xiang asked someone to prepare a carriage and went to Yunxiang Cloth Shop.

As soon as Mrs. Ye saw her, she immediately greeted her with a smile, "Sister Jinxiang is here! How can the lady make a decision, just send someone to deliver a message, and it's hard work for Sister Jinxiang to go there in person! But it just so happened , A batch of fresh fabric colors came out yesterday, and they look pretty tight, so sister Jinxiang chooses a color first and asks them to make new clothes for sister Jinxiang?"

Jin Xiang waved her hands again and again, she didn't have that kind of thought at the moment, "Mistress Ye, why don't you tell me about that Hu Shang."

"Oh, the Hu merchant just left, and has been stuck here for two or three mornings. He insisted on buying new spring grass in large quantities. But sister Jinxiang also knows that the production of our new spring grass is limited. Out of the dozen or so bolts of cloth, except for those reserved for regular customers who ordered in advance, only ten bolts are sold every day, and sometimes when the weather is bad, only five bolts are sold. How can we spare so much for him? "Mistress Ye explained.

Jin Xiang nodded bitterly.

"But the Hu businessman was hard to dismiss. He said that he fell in love with Chuncao Xinfang at a glance, and he would buy whatever he wanted. He also said that we are open for business, and we can't let us decide everything... Alas, there are too many words Anyway, it’s hard to get rid of!” Ye Niangzi sighed, and then laughed again, “But it’s good that sister Jinxiang is here, how can I show you, please tell me?”

"Huh?" Jin Xiang scratched her head.

"Huh?" Lady Ye stared at her curiously.

Jin Xiang just wanted to bite her own tongue, if she could take those words back, "My lady said, let me handle this matter."

Mrs. Ye was stunned for a moment, and immediately clapped her hands and smiled, "That's good, that's good. Sister Jinxiang has any orders, just give them, and we will all follow Sister Jinxiang's arrangements."

After Miss Ye finished speaking, the worries on her face disappeared immediately, and she cheerfully asked the shop assistants what to do, leaving Jin Xiang alone, frowning and worrying.

Jin Xiang sighed three times, had no choice but to hold back his temper, and asked Mrs. Ye about the temperament, demands, conversations and so on of this line of Hu merchants.And I had to humbly ask Mrs. Ye about the rules and connections in business dealings.She is the person who serves in front of the master, and what she needs to understand on weekdays is the master's preferences and temperament, just pay attention to the master's face.Where do you know about business matters?But now he had to bite the bullet and consider this Hu Shang, whom he had never met, as the master he had to deal with.

Early the next morning, Jin Xiang came to Yunxiang Cloth.She was teased by Dan Xin a lot last night, but today she mustered up all her strength and vowed to complete the matter beautifully, so as to regain her face in front of the lady and Dan Xin.

As soon as she arrived at Yunxiangbu shop, Lady Ye pointed her eyes at a group of people beside her.

There was only one person sitting, and the rest stood behind that person like servants. The faces of the whole group were a little red, and their faces were more than a foot wide. They were not as delicate as the people of Daliang, but they seemed to be very kind. .

Jin Xiang coughed, calmed down, and stepped forward to pay respects, "I heard that you are Hu merchants who came from afar, and my servants are polite."

The Hu merchant who was sitting on the guest seat got up immediately, bowed his hands very politely and said: "Be polite, the little lady in Daliang is really more beautiful than a beautiful woman in clothes, very good, very good!"

The whole group laughed together.

Jin Xiang's face was burning hot, she was following her master, how could a disciple dare to say that she was beautiful to her face like this!What a frivolity!

But the opposite is a barbarian and a guest.Thinking of her wife's explanation, she held back her temper, did not explode, and still had a decent smile on her face, "Much praise, my slave is nothing but the appearance of a big Liang girl."

Hu Shang immediately stared, "Humble, little lady is too modest, we have traveled all the way, but we have not seen a beauty more beautiful than you, little lady!"

Another burst of laughter.

Jin Xiang's fists were already clenched, if it wasn't for the Yunxiang Cloth Shop, if it wasn't for the wife's property, if it wasn't for the lady's confession, she wouldn't care if he was a barbarian or not, she would beat him to death with one punch. He was looking for his teeth all over the place, to see if he was still smiling!

(End of this chapter)