Chapter 1520: Chapter 1517: Opening a Shop
Su Mei clearly saw the different ink stamps on top and didn’t worry about mixing them up, nodding to show she understood.
After Su Mei left.
Chun Xing walked in, carrying a tray with freshly made sour milk.
“My lady, look, this was sent from the main kitchen; Aunty Hu finally succeeded in making sour milk this time.” Chun Xing looked at the milk-white sour milk in the bowl, resembling jelly, with some surprise.
“Really?” Ye Muyu was a bit surprised, took out a spoon, and tasted it. The sweetness was moderate, and the flavor was just right. She squinted with a smile: “Not bad, indeed done very well. However, this sour milk doesn’t keep for long, so we need to pay extra attention when selling it in the shop.”
“Yes, indeed, no problem; it will surely sell well.”
“Has the shop been bought?” Ye Muyu, having nothing to do now, started contemplating the shop opening.
Previously, she was always worried that Duke Zheng would set traps, and it wasn’t suitable to be too high-profile, to avoid displeasing the Emperor. After all, why make more issues when fewer will do? Didn’t you see how much trust Emperor Xuanming placed in Chu Heng?
But now, there’s no need to be so wary; this time, the Liu family was raided, yet not much silver was found, which clearly seemed suspicious.
Others might not know, but Chu Heng had been investigating Duke Zheng’s actions thoroughly. The shops under his name had, over the past year or two, been gradually put under other people’s names.
And shortly before the incident, all the shops were being sold one by one, exchanged for at least five hundred thousand taels of silver. You should know, the annual tax revenue of Great Chu was only ten million taels of patterned silver.
Five hundred thousand taels of silver, gained openly from selling shops. Who knows how much more was concealed?
Emperor Xuanming was furious; the sold shops naturally had no reason to be reclaimed, but the silver Duke Zheng took away had to be recovered. This was why Chu Heng had been too busy to go home.
After this incident, Emperor Xuanming would certainly have people investigate how much property each official truly owned.
And the Chu family, amidst the noble families, didn’t stand out at all; instead, they seemed particularly impoverished. As the Emperor’s confidant, they not only handed over the immensely profitable rouge shop, but the silver earned even went to Emperor Xuanming’s private treasury. With such loyalty, how could Emperor Xuanming tolerate other noble families being so wealthy, while his confidant was so poor?
Moreover, the shop Ye Muyu opened was merely a small store, unlikely to catch the Emperor’s attention, and instead, would naturally be indulged.
In this way, Ye Muyu could open any shop she wished without hesitation now.
“It’s been bought, it’s been bought; it cost a full six hundred taels, luckily for two storefronts, fairly large.” Chun Xing was very interested in earning silver, and as she spoke, her face beamed with a smile.
“Alright, then call Steward Luo in.” Ye Muyu didn’t plan to personally deal with finding a shopkeeper immediately; she trusted Steward Luo’s abilities.
Chun Xing promptly replied and ran outside happily, not showing any sign of stability.
Ye Muyu shook her head with some helplessness.
Nuanbao was playing with toys, and upon hearing the laughter, he looked up.
Ye Muyu turned around just in time to see the little one’s action, finding it amusing, she reached out to stroke his short, sparse hair and asked, “Nuanbao, what are you looking at?”
Nuanbao looked at her quietly for a moment and then smiled, with corners of his mouth slightly curved up.
“Ah ah…” Nuanbao pointed to Chun Xing leaving outside, continuing to reveal a small toothy smile.
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