Accidentally dressed as an empress

Yunxiu felt that although Zhong Yi was a bit of a dramatic person, he was able to come up with ideas and had the talent to be a househusband.

She decided to leave all the affairs of the mansion to him and just be a hands-off boss who signed the documents.

Zhong Yi prepared the purchase list for the banquet for her, and she checked them one by one.

Yunxiu now feels a little poor.

She was given 30 dan of rice every month, which was her monthly salary. Her father died young, so she did not have his dowry.

When she was still in the palace, she ate and lived in the Queen Mother's house, and apart from tending to social relationships, she didn't have to spend any money. Now that she has left the palace to build her own residence, the Queen Mother has only given her a house. She wants to be independent.

Now, she had nothing but the gold and silver she had been rewarded with when she was a princess. She had saved up some of the new brocades the palace had given her every season, which were a hard currency, costing ten taels of silver a piece, but she couldn't bring herself to sell off the palace's wares.

When she was the Crown Princess of the Eastern Palace, Aunt Cui took care of everything, so Yunxiu never had to worry about money. Recently, in order to hold a banquet, the gold and honeysuckle she had saved up were like water, and she felt sad.

No, she wants open source.

What kind of business should I start? Or should I buy land and farmland?

She couldn't afford to buy the land herself, and Su Qing wasn't good at accounting, so she was afraid of being ripped off. Housekeeper Li had been hired from the Lingyun City labor market, and her character wasn't clear, so she didn't dare entrust such a major task to her.

Yunxiu said in distress, "System, please grant me a business genius. Nobles must learn the six arts. Zhong Yi should have learned arithmetic, right?"

[I have learned. But Zhong Yi is also a son of an aristocratic family. He only knows how to spend money, not how to make it.]

"Well, I still have to figure out a solution myself." Yunxiu supported her chin.

Jongsuwon Study

Zhong Yi noticed Yunxiu coming back from the morning and started sighing in the study.

Zhong Yi held the embroidered handkerchief in his palm and walked to her desk and asked, "Your Highness, what are you worried about?"

When Yunxiu saw Zhong Yi, her brows relaxed. "Nothing, why should I be troubled?"

Since she didn't want to talk, he didn't ask. He placed the square-wrapped silk handkerchief on the table and said, "Your Highness's handkerchief is old. Would you like to change it?"

After giving the gift, Zhong Yi went out.

Yunxiu stared at the magnolia pattern on the handkerchief and realized it matched the pattern on his clothes. Zhong Yi actually knew how to embroider. Honestly, it was a very practical skill.

Yunxiu suddenly had an idea and slammed the table, saying, "I have an idea. I can sell the handkerchiefs he embroidered. The servants in the mansion can embroider handkerchiefs. I will provide the materials and they will do the labor, and we can embroider the handkerchiefs and sell them for money."

Yunxiu solemnly called housekeeper Li and asked her to gather all the guards and servants in the mansion together.

Yunxiu asked, "Who among you can embroider a handkerchief, and whose handkerchief has the best pattern?"

A dozen people looked at each other and shook their heads, and only four people stood up. Yunxiu looked carefully and found that they were the only four men in the original East Palace Guard.

Yunxiu found herself naive again. To learn embroidery, one must first be able to paint, or have a talent for painting.

How can ordinary people have access to such an elegant pleasure as painting?

Yunxiu asked Su Qing to register the names of several people, then dismissed everyone and returned to the study.

When Zhong Yi heard about this, he went to the study and asked, "Your Highness, would you like to find someone to do embroidery work?"

Yunxiu nodded and said, "I want to open a handkerchief workshop."

Zhong Yi took out all his stock, "I still have four handkerchiefs here, which I embroidered casually in the past."

Yunxiu's face lit up with joy. "Yours is still the most beautiful. Such an exquisite handkerchief will surely sell well."

With Zhong Yi taking the lead, her handkerchief workshop now has five employees.

Yunxiu imagined her handkerchief workshop expanding from a small, five-person operation to a large-scale operation, capturing the entire Yun Kingdom market share. Yunxiu asked the system: "Plain silk is 100 coins a foot. The handkerchief should be priced at 200 coins to avoid losses."

There are too few employees now and it is impossible to train their skills, so output is the biggest problem.

Yunxiu asked, "How long does it take you to embroider a handkerchief?"

Zhong Yi hesitated a bit and said to Yunxiu, "It's a simple pattern. I should be able to embroider it in half a day."

"After two days, each person must give at least five handkerchiefs. Is that okay?"

Zhong Yi nodded awkwardly.

Yunxiu instructed him, "Ayi, just take charge of the management. Draw the embroidery patterns and let them embroider them. Don't overwork yourself. The money for purchasing materials can be paid from the public treasury."

"They don't have to be on duty these days. They will be rewarded fifty coins for each handkerchief they complete."

"Yes."

Yunxiu immediately embraced Zhong Yi in her arms and said, "I'm sorry to have asked you to do this. Actually, you don't have to participate. I'll let others take care of it."

"It is my duty to manage the household affairs for His Highness. I will support whatever His Highness wishes to do."

Yunxiu took out the handkerchief he had embroidered and asked, "Can you give all of these to me?"

Zhong Yi lowered his head, "As long as Your Highness likes it."

Yunxiu held him and sat him on her lap. Zhong Yi struggled with red cheeks, but found that he couldn't get free at all.

Yunxiu smelled the fresh scent on him and asked, "What kind of incense are you wearing?"

Zhong Yi refused to say.

As they hugged, beads of sweat formed on Zhong Yi's face. It was quite hot to be pressed together in the summer heat, so Yunxiu let him go. He scurried away like a rabbit, saying goodbye to her.

The system simply couldn't bear to watch the poor little fool being completely bewitched by this terrible woman.

Seeing Zhong Yi fleeing in panic, Yunxiu's mouth curled up in pleasure.

The system asked, [Host, are you tempted?]

Yunxiu flatly denied it, "It was just to win his heart."

Zhong Yi brought four apprentices with him. He drew the simplest primrose pattern. The five of them spent two and a half days to finish the work, and each of them embroidered five pieces.

After the handkerchiefs were embroidered, they were given to Yunxiu, who was very satisfied. The quality was good and the patterns were uniform, and they were indeed suitable for mass production.

Zhong Yi was so tired that he saw double everything.

Seeing him staggering, Yunxiu picked him up, laid him on the bed, and closed his eyes. Yunxiu poured some hot water, wrung out a hot towel, and applied a warm compress to his eyes.

Seeing that Zhong Yi had a few more wounds on his fingers, Yunxiu carefully wiped his fingers and applied medicine.

Yunxiu reflected on whether she had been exploiting cheap labor. As soon as she opened her mouth, the people under her ran around in panic.

Her conscience only lasted a split second, and then she quickly reconciled herself. She was working for me anyway, so how could it be considered exploitation?

The next step was to sell it, and the task was given to Butler Li and Su Qing.

The morning of the third day

The housekeeper and Su Qing went to the shops on the street together and walked around. They wanted to sell one piece for 200 wen, but no shop was willing to buy it.

The raw material of handkerchiefs is silk, which ordinary people cannot afford, and nobles are not willing to buy them. They already have their own and do not care whether the pattern is exquisite or not.

Since the shops refused to buy them, they decided to sell their products themselves.

But after half a day, they didn't sell a single handkerchief. They also had to hide from the people from the City Patrol and walked around the streets, which took a lot of time.

The two were at a loss. Steward Li sighed and said to Su Qing, "How are we going to report back?"