Reborn to marry, the short-lived prince lived a hundred years

The red marks on Meng Tingyue's neck could be covered with rouge and powder at home, but they would be exposed if she went out.

You can only go to Renxin Hall after two days for the red marks to fade away.

"Have someone keep an eye on Doctor Guo and come back in two days."

Nanny Qin was puzzled. "If the Crown Princess wants to see Doctor Guo, why not ask Doctor Guo to come to her house instead of going there in person?"

Meng Tingyue was carefully identifying the herbs in the box, recording the years and names of the herbs in a book. Upon hearing this, she raised her eyes and said meaningfully, "If you have something to ask of me, it would be more sincere to visit me in person."

After finishing the recording, Meng Tingyue asked Qingdian to take the things away and hide them well.

"Give me the booklet my uncle gave me."

The booklet records several locations that Xiao Huaifeng investigated, all of which are shops that have recently had poor revenue or are interested in renting out their shops.

Nanny Qin had stayed in the Xiao family in Jiangnan the longest, and through what she had seen and heard, she knew a thing or two about doing business.

She saw a point recorded in the booklet, and surprise flashed in her eyes. "Jinhua Street in the south of the city is so prosperous, how could a shop here also have poor revenue?"

"We already have two shops on Jinhua Street, the Embroidery Shop and the Zhenbao Hall. If we can open another shop on Jinhua Street, it will be a hundred benefits for the Crown Princess."

Qingdian was sincerely happy.

Meng Tingyue's fingertips brushed over the dark words on the booklet and shook her head slowly. "Jinhua Street only has the Embroidery Shop and the Zhenbao Hall, which is enough."

After she became the fifth prince's consort in her previous life, she planned to open a shop, and this shop on Jinhua Street was the one she chose in her previous life.

Although this shop later made her a lot of money, it caused her a lot of trouble when she first took it over.

In this life, she was not as short of money as in her previous life, so she didn't have to take on that trouble.

……

Jinhua Street.

It was bustling with people and very lively.

After Meng Qingjiao came out of the palace, she led the maids to Jinhua Street.

Several people stood in front of a shop. Ziqing looked at the shop name and whispered, "Gu Bao Zhai, does the princess want to buy something?"

Meng Qingjiao's eyes were burning with excitement and she couldn't wait to enter the store.

In her previous life, Meng Tingyue made a lot of money from this shop, so she wanted to seize the opportunity in this life.

The shop assistant came forward to greet him, but Meng Qingjiao glanced at him, clearly looking down on him, "Where is the shopkeeper?"

When the shopkeeper appeared, she got straight to the point, "I heard you don't want this shop anymore, I want to buy it."

The shopkeeper looked Meng Qingjiao up and down, noting her noble appearance and arrogant temper. He glanced back and saw many guards outside the shop. He smiled deeply and said flatteringly, "Please come in, my dear."

Meng Qingjiao was very pleased and walked into the house with her head held high, attracting curious glances from the guests in the store.

A curtain falls to isolate the prying eyes of outsiders.

After the waiter served the tea, the shopkeeper asked tentatively, "Madam, are you planning to buy my shop?"

Meng Qingjiao suppressed her impatience and nodded gently, "Just state the price."

The shopkeeper drank his tea slowly. The hot tea blurred his eyes and hid the calculating gleam in them.

After putting down the teacup, the gleam in his eyes faded. "I dare not hide it from you, Madam. I do want to sell this shop, but I have to wait until I sell the goods in it."

The implication is that there is no need to act in a hurry, which is also human nature, but Meng Qingjiao cannot wait until that time.

She was worried that Meng Tingyue would set her eyes on this place. She didn't have as much money as Meng Tingyue, so she might not be able to rob Meng Tingyue.

"What if I really want it?" Meng Qingjiao's face turned cold.

The shopkeeper looked embarrassed: "This..."

Ziqing, the maidservant beside her, said angrily, "Do you know what Madam's status is? My Madam is the Fifth Prince's consort. It's your great fortune that our Madam has taken a fancy to your humble little shop."

When the shopkeeper heard this, a strange look flashed across his eyes and he knelt down. "So it's the Fifth Prince's Consort. It's my fault that I didn't recognize her."

Seeing this, Meng Qingjiao's face was filled with pride and smugness. "I had no intention of publicizing my identity, but I really like your shop. I hope the shopkeeper is a reasonable person."

"Okay, okay. It's our honor to be chosen by the Fifth Prince's wife." The shopkeeper stood up and personally poured tea for Meng Qingjiao.

"If the Fifth Prince's wife really wants this little shop of mine, I'm not against it, but the price is not cheap."

Meng Qingjiao looked at the shopkeeper and watched him raise a finger.

Meng Qingjiao said calmly, "It's only one thousand taels. Ziqing, pay the money."

The shopkeeper shook his head and smiled meaningfully, "Ten thousand taels."

Meng Qingjiao suddenly couldn't sit still, and the smile on her face disappeared instantly.

"Is your shop inlaid with gold or gems? You're asking for 10,000 taels! You're asking for too much."

The shopkeeper said calmly, "Fifth Prince's Consort is wrong. If she wasn't so anxious, I wouldn't have to charge such a high price once I'd sold all the goods in the store. Only five thousand taels would be enough."

Meng Qingjiao's expression turned grim. "Are you saying that the remaining five thousand taels are all for the junk in this room?"

The shopkeeper looked dissatisfied and said, "Fifth Prince's wife, what you said is inappropriate. The treasures in my shop are all rare and precious. Any one of them is worth a fortune. If not, how could it be worth five thousand taels?"

"How can this thing be worth five thousand taels? You are asking for too much." Ziqing was so shocked by the sky-high price that he couldn't recover for a long time.

A hairpin outside only costs a few taels of silver, but this shop asks for ten thousand taels, and even excluding this pile of junk, it still costs five thousand taels.

"The price is here. If the Fifth Prince's wife is interested, please bring some money and discuss in detail."

"In the Imperial City, everything is governed by reason. What do you think, Fifth Prince's wife?"

The shopkeeper watched Meng Qingjiao and others leave angrily.

"Madam, do you want to look at other shops?" Ziqing asked.

Meng Qingjiao turned around and glared at Gu Baozhai fiercely, her eyes full of determination to win.

"Go back home first."

……

"Crown Princess, these shops are not in the best locations. Why did you choose them?" Nanny Qin was puzzled when she saw Meng Tingyue circled a name in the booklet.

The first page of the booklet is the first choice that Xiao Huaifeng thinks is most suitable for opening a shop, and the second page is the second choice.

The first choice of shops were all the ones that Meng Tingyue considered when opening a shop in her previous life.

"Although these shops are well located in a prosperous area, the land is valuable. If I were to buy them, I would have to spend a lot of money. Maybe I could earn it back later, but I don't think it's worth it."

"Mammy, you know that the most important thing about this shop is the goods. If the goods are good, even if it's in a remote place, people will come to buy them."

Nanny Qin seemed to be lost in thought.

Qingdian also fell into deep thought.

Qinglan returned after sounding out the truth. Suddenly, he was confused when he heard these words. "Why would anyone come to buy in such a remote place? What if no one knows that the items there are good?"

"This requires someone to bring the goods from that place out and promote them outside. If the goods are good, people will naturally be willing to travel far to buy them."

Seeing that Qinglan hadn't figured it out yet, Qingdian listed, "If there's a bun shop in the west of the city that tastes really good, but it's very far from the Prince's Mansion, what would you do if you were craving some?"

Qinglan said without hesitation: "If I have time today and I'm really hungry, I will go there to eat no matter how far it is."

After he finished speaking, Qinglan suddenly understood.

Meng Tingyue looked at them with a smile: "That's the truth. Besides, there are many wealthy families in the capital, and they all have servants. If the master likes something but doesn't have time to buy it, he can ask the servants to buy it for him."

After thinking it through, Nanny Qin also felt that this was a good idea. Land in the capital is very expensive. If one really wants to rent a few shops on Jinhua Street, not only will it cost a lot of money, but it may not even pay back.

"Is the Crown Princess sure what these shops are selling?"