Prince! The political conspiracy is not a play, the show is real

"That's right! The Second Miss can't default on her debt!" "Yeah, how can we let go of something we've agreed on..."

The eighteen people all echoed each other, and it seemed that they would not give up until they had exposed Tao Yao's true identity today.

"Stop, stop, stop! Who said I was going to default on my debt?"

Tao Yao looked at the crowds of people surging on the street not far away. A shop with a long queue was particularly eye-catching. But she saw a plaque covered with gold powder hanging on the shop, with four large characters in ink:

Fuxiangzhai.

Judging from the name, this shop probably makes incense. It seems to be quite famous in the capital, with long queues of people from all over the world lining up in front of the shop to buy incense.

Tao Yao suddenly had an idea and pulled Huai Ling towards Fuxiangzhai. Without even turning back, she said to the eighteen debt collectors, "Just go back to the mansion and wait! Don't let the master find out."

A closer look revealed that Fuxiangzhai lived up to its reputation. Two majestic stone lions guarded the entrance, two glazed doors stood ajar, and an intricately embroidered carpet stretched from inside the shop to more than ten feet outside. Its extravagance rivaled that of Chunfenglou.

Tao Yao struggled to squeeze to the door of Fuxiangzhai and peek inside. As a result, she was constantly jostled by the crowded queue next to her. Many people shouted, "Hey! You're breaking the rules! Get in line!"

What's worse, some people even pushed over unreasonably and tried to fight, causing chaos and shoving.

Most of the guests that Fuxiangzhai receives are martial arts heroes. One or two of them carry swords and weapons on their backs, with ferocious expressions on their faces. They look like people who are not easy to mess with.

At this moment, the two half-closed glazed doors suddenly opened a little, and a handsome young man emerged from the crack. He looked at Tao Yao with a serious expression and asked, "Miss, is there anything urgent? If not, please queue up at the back."

Tao Yao waved her hand. "I don't have any urgent business. I just wanted to ask if you guys are still hiring helpers. I see the line outside is so long, you guys must be overwhelmed. I'd like to recommend myself. I'm an expert at making incense, and I can make it cheaply. Just give me half a day's wages, and I'll get started right away."

The handsome young man didn't have the patience to listen to her any further and replied in a distant and cold tone, "Miss, we don't lack manpower. If you want to buy some incense, please wait in line at the back."

While talking to him, Tao Yao poked her head out and secretly peeked at the scene through the crack in the door.

Although the door was ajar, Tao Yao could clearly see that there was no one in the store, only four or five well-dressed people sitting in the middle drinking tea and chatting.

Tao Yao immediately turned around and shouted to the long queue behind them, "Brothers and sisters! There's no one in Fuxiangzhai at all. They just don't want to receive us! Don't wait any longer, let's go!"

The handsome young man's face immediately turned pale. A bald man with a machete on his back rushed over, pointed at his nose and cursed, "Damn it! I've been queuing for a whole day just for this piece of crap, and you dare to mess with me!"

Seeing this, several men in the queue at the back also rushed forward, raising their swords and questioning.

Tao Yao took advantage of the situation to add fuel to the fire: "Fuxiangzhai is clearly idle, yet they're keeping their doors closed and not doing business, leaving so many customers waiting outside. Putting aside Fuxiangzhai's politeness in their interactions, it seems they're not really serious about doing business, are they?"

The handsome young man was speechless, but he still tried to appease everyone hesitantly: "Everyone, please be patient and wait a moment. The owner of the house is entertaining a very important guest. Once this guest is settled, he will open the door and welcome everyone."

Tao Yao then added fuel to the fire: "Important guests? So all these guests outside are not important? Is this the extent of your vision at Fuxiangzhai?"

The handsome young man had no more words to say to her. The group of chivalrous knights in line could no longer bear it and rushed forward to force open the door of Fuxiangzhai.

The door of Fuxiangzhai was made of fragile colored glass, and was smashed to pieces in an instant when dozens of strong men rushed into it.

The situation inside the Fuxiangzhai store was instantly exposed to everyone. The shelves on all four sides were empty, without a single piece of goods.

The burly man who led the charge to bang on the door was furious. He grabbed the collar of the fair-faced young man, lifted him up, and punched him in the fair face.

"How dare you play tricks on me! My wife has been clamoring for three months to use your incense. I traveled from Longnan for half a month to get to the capital, and you don't have any!?"

The crowd started to make a fuss again, and the hall was in chaos.

At this moment, a loud voice suddenly came from the attic: "It's broad daylight, what are you arguing about?"

Everyone's attention was drawn to the voice, and they saw a woman in her thirties or forties walking down from the attic with a graceful gait, holding an account book in her hand. It was Yun Qing, the proprietress of Fuxiangzhai.

"Yun Shao, what did I tell you? Don't let anyone else in until the prince and I have settled our accounts. How come you can't even do this?"

The man called Yun Shao was probably the handsome young man. Yun Shao was being held in the air by the collar by the burly man. There was a large bump on the corner of his mouth from the burly man's punch. He looked so miserable that he couldn't even speak.

When the burly man saw the woman, he threw Yun Shao out with a flick of his hand.

Yun Shao rolled three times on the ground before landing at Yun Qing's feet. Yun Qing sighed and helped Yun Shao up from the ground. After he managed to stand, she stuffed the account book into his arms and said, "Go, check the accounts with the prince for me first. I'll clean up here."

Yun Shao was speechless. He bowed and went up to the attic. Yun Qing bowed respectfully to the guests pouring into the shop and said, "I'm very sorry, but we're short on stock today and can't see any more customers."

As soon as Yun Qing finished speaking, the crowd's protests not only did not decrease, but became even louder.

"Fuxiangzhai is out of stock today. Why didn't they post a notice earlier so everyone wouldn't have to wait so long?"

"That's right, do you think others have nothing to do? They're too free to queue up for him!"

"Are you trying to create the illusion that the streets are packed with people just to buy a stick of incense from Fu Xiang Zhai? Madam boss, you really think we're easy to fool!"

……

Everyone was talking and arguing.

At this moment, Tao Yao pushed aside the crowd, walked to the front, and said, "Madam, everyone has come here because they heard of Fuxiangzhai's reputation. Many of these people are not from the capital. If they can't buy incense today, I'm afraid they won't leave easily."

Yun Qing glanced at her. This little girl, who seemed to have come out of nowhere, was speaking in a very arrogant tone.

"I'm very grateful for everyone's love for Fu Xiang Zhai, and I understand your difficulties. However, our shop really can't get any goods out today, so please go back."

Logically speaking, a shop as big as Fuxiangzhai must always have goods in stock, and there will definitely be no shortages or out-of-stock situations unless something unexpected happens.

After all, what businessman in this world would be willing to give up the order in front of him? Tao Yao noticed that Yun Qing had a somewhat embarrassed look on her face and guessed that something must have happened at Fuxiangzhai.

Tao Yao said, "Madam, if this incident gets out of hand today, it will have a significant impact on Fuxiangzhai's reputation, and its future operations might be affected. I have a plan, would you like to hear it?"

Yun Qing scoffed at the impetuous young girl, but to appease everyone, she had no choice but to go along with Tao Yao.

Tao Yao smiled and said, "I'm a bit proficient in some quick methods of making incense. Madam, all you need to do is tell me what kind of incense Fuxiangzhai usually sells, and assign me some staff. Within an hour, I can make a hundred items, more than enough to sell to today's customers."

Yun Qing was skeptical and asked jokingly, "The fragrance from Fuxiangzhai is no ordinary fragrance. If you can create a fragrance that's exactly like Fuxiangzhai's, Fuxiangzhai will no longer be in business."

Tao Yao smiled confidently. She was determined to take on this job today. "Boss, you can give it a try. If I do well, Fuxiangzhai won't have to lose its reputation. If I don't do well, then Boss, you can give all these incense to you. I don't think you will think Fuxiangzhai is wrong because of this. The worst option right now is to just sit there and wait for death, you see..."

"Sure." Yun Qing interrupted Tao Yao, "What are your conditions?"

Tao Yao chuckled, stretched out ten fingers and gestured:

"One hundred taels of silver."

"make a deal."

Unexpectedly, Yun Qing agreed very readily.