The war god prince climbs the wall every night, and the princess is angry

An Jin nodded and said, "Today, the young lady is the future food restaurant, and An Jin also plans to go to the Shen Mansion."

"Oh?" Shen Qionghua raised her eyebrows slightly, becoming more curious.

She knew Zhou Lingyi very well.

Born in a marquis's family, his aunt was a royal concubine second only to the emperor in the palace, and he had been arrogant since childhood.

This time, the Yongning Marquisate was demoted from Marquis to Earl, which was a great humiliation for Zhou Lingyi. She should have stayed in the Marquisate at this time and not go out to make others laugh at her. How could she come to Shiding Tower, where so many people gathered?

An Jin paused before saying, "Actually, this is the second time Miss Zhou Er has come to see An Jin. She already came once yesterday."

"Ms. Zhou Er seemed very interested in the owner of Shi Ding Lou. She asked indirectly about who the owner was, but An Jin rejected her every attempt."

A hint of surprise flashed across Shen Qionghua's eyes when he heard this.

Hasn't Zhou Lingyi always looked down upon merchant families? Why would he be interested in the owner behind Shidinglou?

This happened at a critical moment when the Yongning Marquis' Mansion became the laughing stock of the capital.

"What about today?" Shen Qionghua asked slowly, tapping her fingertips as if she was thinking about something.

"Miss Zhou Er came today and said directly that she wanted to meet with the owner of Shi Ding Lou." An Jin replied respectfully.

"Then how did you respond to her?" Shen Qionghua asked.

"An Jin said that she would convey her request to the boss. If the boss agreed to meet, she would send someone to the Yongning Earl's Mansion to inform her and ask her to wait patiently."

An Jin paused at this point, a hint of mockery flashing in his eyes, "Miss Zhou Er was quite unhappy when she heard that she had to wait for a reply."

When you go out of your way to ask to see someone, you naturally have to see whether they are willing to see you. This is basic etiquette. But this Miss Zhou Er acted so condescending, as if others owed her something if they didn't see her.

Shen Qionghua chuckled when she heard that, and retracted her slender fingers, "If it weren't for the special circumstances right now, she would definitely have had an attack if you said that."

Zhou Lingyi has been arrogant since childhood. Although the Yongning Marquisate is now reprimanded by the emperor, it has not really affected her. At most, she will be ridiculed for a while, but she will just turn a blind eye to it. Therefore, she is still as noble as ever.

Now that she was willing to lower her head and take the initiative to ask An Jin, a female shopkeeper, to meet the owner of Shidinglou, she must have suffered a great humiliation in her eyes.

As a result, An Jin still acted arrogantly and asked her to wait for a reply, which really made Zhou Lingyi very angry.

When An Jin saw Shen Qionghua's relaxed expression, he knew he had done the right thing.

Even though the young lady had never told her in detail about the feud between the Yongning Marquis' Mansion and the young lady, she could still guess it almost exactly from the rumors outside.

An Jin was bought into a brothel by her own uncle, so she particularly hated those relatives who were hypocritical and had a good mouth. In addition, Shen Qionghua was her savior, so she naturally stood on Shen Qionghua's side.

Therefore, when Zhou Lingyi came to see An Jin these two days, An Jin did not have the same patience as he did with other guests. He was very blunt and said whatever he thought, deliberately hitting on the sore spots.

An Jin looked at Shen Qionghua tentatively and said, "Miss, do you want to see her?"

Shen Qionghua shook her head and said, "No, there's nothing to see."

Having said that, Shen Qionghua almost guessed why Zhou Lingyi wanted to meet the owner behind Shidinglou.

Apart from Prince An, there is no one else who can allow Zhou Lingyi to go out under such circumstances.

Only Xie Qian'an had the ability to make Zhou Lingyi grit his teeth and swallow the injustice he suffered.

Shen Qionghua could guess a little bit about Xie Qian's purpose of wanting to meet the owner of Shidinglou.

Seeing that the Shen family was unmoved by any persuasion and that he could no longer control them and make any money, he changed his target and set his sights on Shidinglou, and wanted to use bribery to persuade the owner of Shidinglou to obtain financial support.

After all, although Shidinglou has only been open for a short time, its monthly turnover may not be the highest among restaurants in Beijing, but in terms of profit, Shidinglou dares to say it is the first, and no one dares to say it is second.

All of this is thanks to An Jin's dim sum recipes. He can sell a plate of dim sum for three taels of silver, considering how much the raw materials cost.

The key point is that these dim sums are not available anywhere else except Shidinglou. When customers are craving for them, they can only come to Shidinglou. The number of repeat customers is extremely high. These pastries are the biggest source of profits, accounting for nearly 70% of the total profits.

Therefore, Shen Qionghua was not surprised that Xie Qian'an would set his sights on Shidinglou.

After all, the Yongning Marquisate had been demoted and lost the credit for disaster relief. Many ministers who were about to join him began to waver again. Naturally, they were anxious, but...

A strange look appeared on Shen Qionghua's face.

These two people are birds of a feather. Since Xie Qian'an wants the support of the owner behind Shidinglou, he doesn't come himself, but puts on a high profile and lets Zhou Lingyi come to investigate the situation.

After all, Zhou Lingyi was originally a noble lady from a marquisate. In the past, because of her relationship with the Shen family, she would pretend to be nice in order to shut others up, but she did not have such good patience with the owner of Shidinglou.

These two people are obviously in urgent need of money, yet they act more arrogant than each other. Do they expect others to hold the money and beg them to accept it?

Shen Qionghua shook her head, thinking that these two people must have some mental problems. She told An Jin, "If she comes again in the future, you don't have to pay any attention to her."

"Yes, Miss." An Jin agreed obediently.

Since he was here, Shen Qionghua took the opportunity to check the accounts of Shidinglou for the past half month.

You won’t know until you see it. It’s shocking to see that the total profit of Shidinglou in the first half month of opening has reached 150,000 taels of silver, which is more than the profit during the previous Chinese New Year.

"Why are there so many?" Shen Qionghua blurted out, then he guessed the reason and remained silent.

Yes, in the past few months, due to the floods, the capital was filled with refugees, and the atmosphere in the court was extremely depressing. No one dared to offend the emperor, for fear of ending up like the Yongning Marquis Mansion.

Therefore, even during the period when Prince Rui was providing disaster relief, each family kept a strict watch over their children and did not allow them to go out and visit prostitutes, spend lavishly, hold banquets, etc.

Now that the refugees have been repatriated and the disaster relief work has been completely concluded, they have been released and after being cooped up for so long, they will naturally spend lavishly, so the profits of Shidinglou have skyrocketed.

The other shops under the Shen family's name also increased in value a lot, but except for the Treasure Pavilion, the others were not as much.

An Jin sneered, "These noble families have been so quiet these past few months, they must be suffocating. The cake and pastry bills for the banquets they've hosted in the past two weeks have totaled nearly 100,000 silver coins."

When the capital was full of disaster victims, they were not willing to spend money like this.

Even the porridge stall that was later set up to gain fame had porridge so thin that you could see people's faces.

An Jin and Shen Qionghua were happy looking at the account book, but they also felt a sense of absurdity in their hearts.

Shen Qionghua had a deep understanding of the series of banquets that An Jin mentioned. She was the Princess of Jialin County appointed by the emperor himself, and most people would send her invitations. Shen Qionghua rejected the invitations that were sent to her like a mountain.

Shen Qionghua naturally knew that most of these families did not sincerely invite her, and she did not want to go and be treated like a monkey. Besides, Luo Xiyao was not interested in these banquets.

The reason for the refusal was very simple - all her family assets had been donated to the court for disaster relief, and she had to be busy making money, otherwise she, the county lady personally appointed by the emperor, would be left with nothing.

As expected, after using this reason, there were fewer posts.

Although it was absurd in her heart, Shen Qionghua said that since they all had to spend money, she still hoped that those people would spend more of the money in the shops under the name of the Shen family.

After saying a few words to encourage An Jin, Shen Qionghua went home.

After a period of leisurely days, just when Shen Qionghua thought that she would not meet Prince An's faction again in the near future, a letter written by An Jin himself from Shidinglou made Shen Qionghua change her mind.