Ye Youlan's daily life of traveling through time

Feng Xiaoyu pretended to cough and covered her mouth with a handkerchief: "I feel much better, so I came out to relax."

Xiaomei asked Qiao Ling, "Who is this?"

Qiao Ling introduced: "This is Mr. Song's wife Feng Xiaoyu, and this is Xiaomei, the female steward of the palace."

Xiaomei blushed. Qiao Ling was really good at praising people. She quickly corrected him, "I'm not the headmistress. I'm the steward who helps the princess run her business. I'm a lot different from a headmistress!"

Xiaomei let Mrs. Feng go in and choose whatever she wanted, and she would give her a 15% discount.

Then she took Qiao Ling to another store. On the way, she asked Qiao Ling, "Mrs. Feng looks ordinary. She is so lucky to marry Mr. Song."

Qiao Ling nodded: "Her father was the magistrate of Yangcheng County and is now the Minister of Works. I used to feel that she was not worthy of Mr. Song, but now I find that she is more than worthy of Mr. Song."

Xiaomei heard something behind her words and became curious, so she asked her to speak.

So Qiao Ling told everything about Mr. Song, including the fact that Mr. Song had kept her hanging, without reservation.

"Does Guard Li know?"

"I know, I didn't hide it from him."

Xiaomei shook her head: "You have to change your habit of falling in love with every girl you meet. Guard Li is an honest man, you must not let him down, otherwise my Li Yi will be the first one to not forgive you. He is the most powerful martial artist in the palace."

"Sister Xiaomei, what are you talking about? I'm not a fickle person, don't worry about that. My husband treats me well and is also good to my parents."

Xiaomei returned home and told the princess about her encounter with Feng Xiaoyu on the street. Ye Youlan guessed that there must be something wrong, otherwise Feng Xiaoyu would not have refused to see her.

Unfortunately, she doesn’t have a golden finger now, and she still can’t figure out these newly appeared characters.

The Seventh Prince came back and told her that he had found some clues about the assassination outside the palace.

"who is it?"

"I found out about it in the casino. A down-and-out martial artist took a job and earned fifty taels of silver. He didn't want to cause a murder, so he just fired an arrow into the air."

Is there such a weird thing?

"It was Agui, a servant under Song Wen, who found this person in the casino. He will be paid 100 taels if the job is done, with 50 taels as advance payment."

Ye Youlan smiled: "Agui probably doesn't have any experience, but where's that martial artist?"

"Give him thirty lashes, and send him to the barracks after he recovers."

"What operation is this?"

"I checked his background and it's clean. Accepting a murder order like this is illegal, but he has some integrity and didn't cause any harm. It would be a shame to jail him or kill him. We should find him a place where he can make use of his skills and make amends for his mistakes."

"Should we send someone to keep an eye on Song Wen? I have a feeling he'll do something shady again."

The Seventh Prince nodded slightly. "I heard that Song Wen bought the courtyard of Li Zong's family and is renovating it. Feng Xiaoyu bought a lot of servants from the broker, and I've got a few of my people sneaking in."

Ye Youlan asked, "How many thousand taels should that house be worth?" "How could Song Wen be so rich? Could he have embezzled money from Gucheng?"

"The position of a schoolmaster is a low-paying one, with no real benefits. If he embezzled money, it must have been from the gentry of Linzhou and Qingzhou. I want to send my child to Gucheng Official School, so I will definitely give him a lot of benefits.

Another possibility is that he and his father-in-law made a lot of money from the mines in Yangcheng."

“Isn’t it undeveloped?”

"The government hasn't developed the mine, but there are signs of private mining. I think the reason County Magistrate Feng reported this to the court was because he could no longer conceal the illegal mining."

Ye Youlan had another question: "Could it be that Song Wen married Feng Xiaoyu because he knew that County Magistrate Feng was illegally mining? The question is, how did he know that?"

"I'm going to the Prime Minister's residence tomorrow to talk to my father-in-law."

"I'll go as well."

The Seventh Prince hesitated for a moment and said, "Go to the gold shop tomorrow, maybe you'll find something."

Ye Youlan understands that where there are many women, a lot of information will be revealed.

The next day, Ye Youlan took Dingxiang and Qiao Ling shopping, visited a cloth shop, and then went to a gold shop. There were many women buying things, and she heard a lot of gossip, but it was not what Ye Youlan wanted to hear.

Qiao Ling suddenly pointed at the cosmetics shop across from the gold shop and said, "Let's go over there and take a look!"

So the three of them came to the cosmetics shop. As soon as they entered, they saw Feng Xiaoyu choosing cosmetics. Ye Youlan pointed to the inner room, where they sold small items for women, such as handkerchiefs and purses.

The three of them went in. Dingxiang and Qiao Ling were concentrating on choosing, while Ye Youlan was paying attention to the movements outside.

"Madam, please choose this powder. It will brighten your skin tone and look really good. This one is very popular."

The clerk enthusiastically tried to sell something, but Feng Xiaoyu didn't even raise her eyelids and said, "I'll buy it."

Caiwei asked the guy if he had that kind of body lotion?

The guy didn't hear clearly and asked her to say it again.

Caiwei blushed: "Just apply it on the skin to make it extra moisturized and smooth to the touch."

The guy kept saying, "Yes, yes, I'll get it for you."

Feng Xiaoyu asked Caiwei how she knew all this?

Caiwei whispered, "I heard Dingxiang mention that the princess always puts lotion on her body every time she takes a bath, so she smells good and the prince will pamper her."

Really?

When Ye Youlan heard this, she couldn't help but look at Dingxiang. This girl is really talkative, she needs to remind her.

The waiter brought over the same bottle and asked Feng Xiaoyu to choose. Feng Xiaoyu asked Caiwei, which one is the fragrance of Ye Youlan?

Caiwei smelled them one by one, pointed to a bottle and said it seemed to be this smell.

Feng Xiaoyu took it and smelled it, and it looked a bit like it.

"Then buy two bottles!"

After they finished shopping, Feng Xiaoyu said, "Let's go to Qingfeng Teahouse. Mother must be waiting anxiously."

Qingfeng Teahouse is their own business. When Ye Youlan and the other two arrived, they quickly sat down in the private room next door.

Qiao Ling wanted to share her shopping experience with Ye Youlan, but Ye Youlan signaled her to be quiet.

Qiao Ling was surprised when she heard the conversation between the mother and daughter next door. Isn't this the voice of Feng Xiaoyu and Mrs. Feng?

"Yu'er, you don't have to take the fortune you drew at Xiangguo Temple to heart. We'll donate some money to the temple and pick a good day to draw again."

"Mom, I don't believe in these things in the first place. Drawing a good fortune is just to make myself happy. What makes me sad is that my husband doesn't have me in his heart."

"Yu'er, you're just imagining things. A woman shouldn't be too greedy. Your husband is handsome, and he can write and paint. Even if he wants that person, he can't get her. Why bother to be so petty? Besides, with your conditions, marrying him is like finding a treasure. People should be content."

"I know it's normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines. I'm happy to give Caiwei to him, but I feel uncomfortable when he has someone else in his heart."

Madam Feng chuckled: "You have your parents to support you, you don't have parents-in-law to serve, and your husband has no other women except you. You are the mistress of the house, what else are you dissatisfied with?