Ye Youlan's daily life of traveling through time

Xiaomei grumbled, "Every time Rongji's store launches something new, other stores copy it, stealing a lot of business. It's really annoying."

"We are taking the mid-to-high-end route."

"But when other ladies spend one tael of silver to buy something that's the same as something they bought for a few dozen coins, they'll feel like they're getting a loss by buying our things."

Ye Youlan encouraged Xiaomei: "That's why innovation is so important."

Xiaomei urged: "Princess, hurry up and draw something new."

"Let's go to the jewelry store."

"No, the prince has ordered that you can't go anywhere without him accompanying you during this period of time."

"Will you listen to me or the prince?"

"I will obey the prince on this matter. Princess, you can't be willful. You know how much pain everyone in our palace went through during your coma, and how pitiful the prince was!"

"Okay, stop playing the victim and just ignore what I said."

Ye Youlan came up with a good idea, or more accurately, a good idea: "stringing beads."

"Beads?"

"We prepare all kinds of small beads, made of stone, wood, agate, gold and silver, and arrange them in different categories with prices marked on them. We let the girls choose what they like and string them together. At the end, we calculate the total price. There are words engraved on each bead, such as the Hundred Family Names and various people's names. For example, if my name is Ye Youlan, I can find beads with these three words and then string them into a bracelet with other beads. This way, I can wear them in different styles and have a sense of participation."

"That's a good idea. I'll arrange it right away. Princess, please think of other good ideas. The other stores also need to make money."

Ye Youlan rolled her eyes: "Xiaomei, you are Huang Shiren."

Xiaomei was surprised: "Princess, my name is Huang Xiaomei, and my father is Huang Shiren. How could you know my father's name?"

Ye Youlan was so shocked that she couldn't help but look at her: "No way, it can't be such a coincidence?"

"Just kidding, my name is Feng Xiaomei."

Ye Youlan patted her chest and said, "You are such a joke girl, but to be honest, I call you Xiaomei Xiaomei every day, and I didn't know your real name was Feng Xiaomei."

Xiaomei forced a smile and said, "I don't blame you. When the old woman sold me, I didn't even have a name. It was Madam who gave me this name."

Ye Youlan recalled the memories of the original host. It seemed that Xiaomei came to her when she was seven or eight years old. Ten years passed in a flash.

The autumn examination began, and all relevant personnel in each department were busy. Li Zong was also busy, and Qin Yurou took care of the affairs of the mansion. Lan Comeau seemed to be forgotten, and no one mentioned her anymore. Only occasionally a maid came to report some situations.

Jinbao was surprised by Mr. Zhang's death and rested at home. Ruoyun hired a doctor to visit him. After this incident, Aunt Chen was no longer as troublesome as before. She knew that she could not protect the child with her own ability. It would be beneficial for Jinbao to be closer to his sister. She also realized that although her master was the Minister of Revenue, he was not worth mentioning in the face of absolute power. Ruoyun had a good relationship with Princess Youlan, so the prince and princess would naturally take care of Jinbao for Ruoyun's sake.

Aunt Chen changed her attitude according to the situation. Sometimes she would go to talk to Mrs. Jin and listen to Buddhist scriptures with her.

Mrs. Jin couldn't help laughing when she saw how uncomfortable she was. She told her that she didn't need to please herself, but just serve the master well and not cause trouble for her daughter.

Only then did Aunt Chen leave in embarrassment.

The autumn examination lasted three days for each session, and a total of three sessions lasted nine days.

After the end, Li Zong finally felt a lot more relaxed. When he came back that day, Xiao Bao advised him to go to the young lady's room and sit down. Feelings require communication. How can there be feelings without communication?

"What if she doesn't let me in?"

Xiao Bao laughed: "Isn't the young master the best at playing rogue?"

Li Zong raised his hand to hit Xiaobao, but Xiaobao cleverly dodged.

After dinner, Li Zong came to Yu Rou's courtyard. A maid was sweeping the yard, and Xiao Hong was pruning branches. Seeing the young master coming, Xiao Hong hurried over to stop him: "The young lady is angry!"

"I'll go in and comfort her."

"The young lady won't let you in."

Li Zong laughed: "I won't go in. Do you want your young lady to be a widow?"

Xiaohong's face was as red as a ripe persimmon and she no longer tried to stop him. Li Zong walked in proudly. When he lifted the door curtain and walked in, he put away his smile, his brows were sad, as if he had a thousand knots in his heart.

Yu Rou was sitting on the couch looking at the account book. When she saw Li Zong come in, she didn't even raise her eyelids, but just said lightly: "What are you doing here?"

Li Zong stepped forward and pleaded, "Yu Rou, I know I was wrong. I'm here to apologize. What do you want me to do in order for you to forgive me?"

Yu Rou rested her arms on the table and looked at Li Zong with disdain: "Tell me what you did to offend me?"

Li Zong whispered, "Actually, I told you that day that Lanzhi was sent here by the county magistrate while I was taking a bath. He wanted my father to change his position. It was all because of my father who insisted on writing him a letter asking him to take care of me."

Yu Rou sneered: "Continue."

"Ren Yue is eight years older than me. She threatened me with Lan Zhi's matter, so I had to obey. If I didn't care about you so much, I would have left you alone like my father did. But I was afraid that you would be disappointed in me after you knew about it and would leave me, so I had to deal with her. If I had known that the truth would eventually be exposed, I might as well have told you the truth from the beginning."

Yu Rou chuckled twice: "To put it bluntly, there is no difference between you and your father."

"How is there no difference? My father and mother don't love each other. My father doesn't care about my mother's feelings when doing things. I am restrained by others because I like you."

Seeing Yu Rou remained silent, Li Zong continued, "You are the mistress of the household. No other woman can replace you in my heart. Besides, all men in this world are the same. My father has other women, but your father also has a concubine, doesn't he? Ruoyun's father, Lord Jin, also has a concubine who gave birth to a son."

Yu Rou smiled bitterly, "But they all got married one after another, so why didn't the Seventh Prince, Zhang Liang, Li Chuang, and Chen Su have these messy things?"

Li Zong disagreed: "It's not that there isn't, it's just that you don't know about it."

"What do you mean?"

To clear his name, Li Zong decided to drag others into the scandal: "Think about it, the Seventh Prince has been in brothels for two years, seeing so many beauties every day. Do you really think he's a gentleman?"

Qin Yurou was stunned. To be honest, she really didn't believe it. She had never seen a cat that didn't like fish.

"But Chen Su, Li Chuang, and Zhang Liang should all be clean, right?"

Li Zong also chuckled: "Actually, for the sake of their reputation, there are some things that I have always kept in my heart. That Chen Su has a group of friends who like painting. They used to go to Jingui Fang to drink, communicate and paint. It was the Seventh Prince's favorite place. Do you remember Song Wen? He was the one who was beaten by Chen Xiaoling."