Coming out of the Tianyun Pavilion, Wei Ruo walked away quickly, Xiumei followed behind, and waited for the distance.
Xiumei breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked Wei Ruo: "Miss, why didn't you ask King Jing about the Ninth Prince?"
"It's probably not very useful to ask him. Speaking of the Ninth Prince, it is nothing more than three points: sickness, eccentricity, and cruelty. People outside say that. I have heard it countless times, and my ears are like cocoons."
"But His Royal Highness King Jing should have more contact with the Ninth Prince, maybe he will know more. Maybe he will know why the emperor gave the Ninth Prince the young lady in marriage."
"The Ninth Prince doesn't have much contact with outsiders. Since he was found in poor health, he has been recuperating in his residence most of the time. King Jing may not know much about him. As for the emperor's thoughts, I am afraid I can’t find anything. I’d better not take the risk to ask King Jing, if he notices something, the loss outweighs the gain.”
It is mentioned in the original book that the current emperor is a very deep-minded monarch. After the death of Empress Xu, he no longer trusts anyone around him, including his many princes.
This is also the reason why there has been no standing reserve for so many years.
It's a pity that there is no such person as the Nine Princes in the original work, so that Wei Ruo is still at a loss as to the existence of this person.
Wei Ruo patted Xiumei's arm: "It's okay, I won't be knocked down so easily by your miss. Even if I can't change the fact that I was given a marriage for the time being, I won't be negative and decadent because of this."
"Well, I know, miss, you will only be defeated, but not knocked down!" Xiumei replied.
Wei Ruo smiled: "Let's go, go and see my rouge and gouache shop, don't think about things that you can't figure out for the time being, and use this time to make money."
She can't change her marriage for the time being, but she doesn't want to just be idle, so she keeps busy when she should be busy.
In this way, even if she can't change her fate of marrying someone she doesn't want to marry, she can still do what she wants to do when she can live happily and earn some money for herself.
Wei Ruo named the soon-to-open rouge and gouache shop Daiyueju, and chose a relatively remote location, not in the bustling center, but in an unremarkable corner at the end of Baihu Avenue.
There is a shop in front and a large yard in the back.
It cost Wei Ruo five thousand taels of silver to buy it, which is quite a lot of money for Wei Ruo at this stage.
Wei Ruo likes this place for two reasons. One is that although the shop is a bit out of the way, it is the only way to go to the center of Baihu Avenue.
Secondly, the courtyard behind the shop is relatively large, and Wei Ruo used it as a workshop for producing rouge and gouache and as a place to settle the Zhao brothers and others.
The Zhao family brothers and the six villagers from Stone Village who came with them have been busy here for a long time.
They are currently producing four products: Skin Cream, Whitening Cream, Peach Blossom Rouge, and Blue Campanula Perfume.
Among them, the skin care cream has been sold in Tongdetang for a while, and the sales volume is very impressive. When her rouge and gouache shop opens, the skin care cream can drain her traffic and help her make a name for herself.
Wei Ruo came to the courtyard, and the originally empty courtyard and the houses on the east and west sides had been transformed into production areas and warehouses for storing raw materials.
Seeing Wei Ruo coming, Zhao Hai, who was busy chopping firewood, got up to greet him.
"Young master!" Zhao Hai smiled with excitement.
"Thanks to Shaodong's family, my younger brother is in good health and will take the exam soon. I will let him study in the back room with peace of mind." Zhao Hai replied.
"Well, let him prepare well. The exam is the most important thing. Don't worry about other things for now." Wei Ruo said.
"Thank you, Young Master, for your concern! I don't know how to thank Young Master. If it wasn't for your help, Young Master, I wouldn't be able to accompany my brother to the capital, and my brother doesn't have such a good place to study and prepare for exams." Zhao Hai said gratefully.
"I just need you to come to the capital to help me, so don't take it too seriously."
Talking about it, Wei Ruo asked Zhao Hai to tell her about the current work arrangements in the workshop, not only to understand the progress of the workshop, but also to check whether Zhao Hai has arranged the work correctly.
"Young Master, these are mortars, used to crush materials, and now Ah Fu is in charge; the big boiler over there is used to boil the mixed liquid, and the iron cover on it is used to collect the steamed perfume. Zhuang is in charge; here is the preparation of materials, fine work, A Chang is doing it, he was an apprentice in a pharmacy before, and he has experience in doing this..."
Zhao Hai looks simple and honest, but when he introduced the work arrangement in the workshop, he was not ambiguous at all, organized and accurate.
Wei Ruo smiled: "You made this arrangement?"
"This..." Zhao Hai scratched his head.
"Is it arranged by your brother?"
"I still can't hide it from you, Young Master." Zhao Hai looked embarrassed.
"It's okay, you have something you are good at." Wei Ruo said.
Although Zhao Hai is not smart enough, he is very down-to-earth and willing to work hard. If Wei asks him to be in charge, he will charge forward in everything and set an example, so he is convinced by his subordinates.
Zhao Hai became more and more embarrassed, and lowered his head with a smile.
Walking around the workshop, she made sure that everything was proceeding according to her plan, and then went to the front shop to check the progress of the renovation.
The whole shop was divided into three areas by Wei Ruo:
First of all, it is the rest area for the guests. This place is decorated like a tea room, with a warm and comfortable environment and good privacy.
Because her target customers are dignitaries in the capital, if she wants to sell them things at a high price, she must first make them feel happy.
Those ladies and ladies naturally don’t want to mix with some strangers when they enter the store to buy things. It is very important to create a comfortable environment for them so that they can use the product.
The second is the display area. Although there are not many types of products sold in the shop, all of them are high-quality products, so the introduction of the products should not be sloppy.
The shelves where the products are placed have been carefully designed. In addition to displaying samples, there are also brands with explanations next to them, explaining the source and efficacy of the products.
The last area is the checkout area, which is composed of the storage room of the cash register, and this one is nothing special.
After coming out of Daiyue Residence, Wei Ruo went to Caiyunjian again, because Wei Ruo didn't plan to open a shop selling fabrics directly, but planned to sell the fabrics in Caiyunjian for a while.
She came here today to see if she could have a chance to talk to the boss of Caiyunjian.
As soon as he entered the door, Wei Ruo heard a familiar voice...