I just want to live a good life

Chapter 502: What did you do?

Su Nuan was always the one who gave gifts to the empress dowager. This was the first time the empress dowager gave her something, and Su Nuan was somewhat looking forward to it. Everyone knew that there were many treasures in the palace.

Unfortunately, after a short while of waiting, Su Nuan saw clearly the brocade box that was held in front of her.

It is indeed jewelry, but the quality is much worse.

Not to mention compared with the batch taken out from the emperor's private warehouse, even compared with the goods in Duobao Pavilion, it can only be considered upper-middle quality.

Su Nuan lost interest after just a quick glance.

At this time, the Queen Mother spoke up, "Hurry up and pick two pieces you like. These are all given to me by Yun Yi as a gift, but I think this style is what you young people like. Yun Yi is a filial son. Since he took over the Ruiyin Building, he has sent me some jewelry every few days, but the quality of the jewelry is getting worse every time."

Su Nuan pretended to choose jewelry and did not respond to the Queen Mother's words.

The Queen Mother didn't care and continued, "I know Yun Yi is not cut out for business. Ever since you left Rui Yin Building, the business of Rui Yin Building has plummeted. I'm keeping you here to talk today because I want to give you some jewelry and also to pass on a message from Yun Yi. He wants you to teach him how to do business."

Su Nuan laughed and said, "The Second Prince doesn't need to do business himself. He can just find a capable shopkeeper to look after the shop for him."

"That's true, but Yun Yi is a stubborn kid who only wants to make money on his own. The business owner found a few for him, but he was not satisfied with any of them, saying that their skills were not good enough. After choosing and choosing, Yun Yi still thinks that he can learn a lot from doing business with you."

Su Nuan sneered in her heart. Mu Yunyi was really cunning. He kicked her out of the Ruiyin Building when it was doing well. Now that the business is going down, he wants her to teach him how to do business. Does he think he looks like a silver ingot? Everyone has to revolve around him.

"What the Queen did with the previous incident at the Ruiyin Building was indeed inappropriate. Of course, it was not right for Yun Yi to follow his mother's wishes, but their original intention was to hope that you would focus all your attention on the Crown Prince and give birth to a child as soon as possible to consolidate your position in the Crown Prince's Mansion. In the final analysis, it is all for the good of you and the Crown Prince."

"I know you have a problem with Yun Yi, but if you want to blame someone, blame the Queen. If she hadn't been partial to Yun Yi, you wouldn't be in this situation today."

The Queen Mother stopped talking here.

Su Nuan's curiosity was aroused. She wanted to know what the Queen had done, but seeing that the Queen Mother had no intention of continuing, she did not ask any further.

The queen has only two sons, and it is obvious who she favors. As for what she did, you can ask someone and you will find out.

"Grandmother, it's not that I don't want to take the Second Prince to do business, but I have lost a lot of money in business recently. If I take the Second Prince to do business with my level, what will I do if I lose everyone's money?"

"Really? I heard that your Duobao Pavilion's business is booming."

The Queen Mother looked indifferent when she said this, and her enthusiasm just now had disappeared.

Although Su Nuan had never admitted in public that she was the owner of Duobao Pavilion, anyone who was interested would know that Duobao Pavilion was hers. Now that the Queen Mother mentioned it, it was difficult for her to deny it.

"It's true that Duobao Pavilion's business is good, but the profit is not much. Not long ago, the shopkeeper was cheated again and lost most of the income for half a year."

Su Nuan was not lying. The price that Manager Chen received was 40,000 taels of silver notes, which was equivalent to the income of Duobao Pavilion for most of half a year. As for saying that Duobao Pavilion made little money, that was just a matter of personal standards.

"Is there such a thing?"

The Queen Mother was surprised, and then she consoled him, "Doing business means you have gains and losses. Fortunately, Duobao Pavilion is well-known, so it's easy to make money. I heard that the shop still sells colored glaze, so the business will definitely get better and better in the future."

Su Nuan frowned slightly. She didn't even know that Duobao Pavilion was selling colored glass, so how did the Queen Mother know about it?

"I'm afraid the Imperial Grandmother has some misunderstanding. Duobao Pavilion doesn't sell colored glaze. The colored glaze of our Nanzhao Kingdom is all in the official kiln. How could Duobao Pavilion have colored glaze for sale?"

"Oh? But I heard that Prince Guang'an bought a colored glass lamp in Duobao Pavilion."

"Then he probably remembered it wrongly, and mistook the items he bought from somewhere else for those from Duobao Pavilion."

"How could I remember this wrongly? Now Duobao Pavilion has surpassed Ruiyin Pavilion in reputation and has become the number one silver shop in the imperial city. Even if Prince Guang'an is foolish, he would not put things he bought from other places in Duobao Pavilion. That colored glaze lamp must have been bought by him at Duobao Pavilion. Although the court does not allow people to make colored glaze privately, it does not prohibit the sale of it in shops."

The empress dowager did not say anything else, but what she meant was that as long as the court had not forbade the sale, you did not have to refuse to admit that you were selling colored glaze in your shop.

Su Nuan regretted not going to Duobao Pavilion after leaving Guang'an Palace. Now she didn't understand the situation and couldn't deal with the Queen Mother.

"Duobao Pavilion has no source of goods and does not sell colored glass. Even if it occasionally sells it, it must be someone who has left it there to sell it on their behalf. I just heard about Prince Guang'an buying colored glass lamps. I will know the details after I go back and ask the shopkeeper of Duobao Pavilion."

To sum it up in one sentence, it means not admitting it and not knowing it.

After hearing this, the Queen Mother didn't care. She picked up the teacup, took a sip, and slowly said, "There is still a source of colored glass. I can provide you with one. Manager Xue of the General's Office is my nephew. After the New Year, ask him to go to Duobao Pavilion and bring you some colored glass. If it sells well, ask him to supply you in the future."

An alpaca was running through her mind, and Su Nuan wanted to curse. This old woman's abacus was making such a loud noise that the beads were about to hit her face.

She even pretended to speak for Mu Yunyi. If she really loved her grandson, why didn't she take Liuli to Ruiyin Building to sell it? Isn't it because she was worried that Mu Yunyi was a bad person and Xue Qian wouldn't be able to get the upper hand from him?

Although she was extremely unwilling, Su Nuan did not intend to reject the Queen Mother immediately. After all, she herself had said that this matter would be done after the New Year, and time would bring about changes. Besides, selling the colored glass in Xue Qian's hands might not be a bad thing. Maybe she could use his name to cleanse the colored glass in Zhu Mingliang's hands. If anything went wrong, the Queen Mother and the Imperial Household Department would back her up, so she had nothing to be afraid of.

"Duobao Pavilion will not open for business until after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Manager Xue, please go there after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month."

This meant that she agreed to Xue Qian's taking the things to sell. The empress dowager was delighted and a smile immediately appeared on her face.

"Okay, okay, I'll tell him to go on the 16th day of the first lunar month."

The serious business was discussed now. Su Nuan left the Empress Dowager's palace on the pretext that the palace banquet was about to begin. She was thinking about the feasibility of Xue Qian's proposal. She had already come up with designs for new glass products in her mind, but she didn't know whether Zhu Mingliang had the ability to make them.

I was a little reluctant about the Queen Mother's arrangement just now, but now the more I thought about it, the happier I was. I could sell glass products openly and earn another income.