Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress
Chapter 1166 - 1171: Zhao Yun’s Thoughts (1)

Chapter 1166: Chapter 1171: Zhao Yun’s Thoughts (1)

Five days later, on the commercial street of Northern Ridge, one after the other, more than a dozen shops celebrated their openings, including pawnshops, inns, a Medical Center, jade shops, ginseng shops, ready-made clothing shops, rice shops, branches of Zhenbao Pavilion, barbecue restaurants, hot pot restaurants, spicy hot pot restaurants, and so on.

Each shop had a grand promotional event with prizes, which brought unprecedented bustle to the whole commercial street. Coupled with the popularity of the shops opened by Cai Wei, the commercial street had become much more lively and prosperous than before!

Besides the existing shops, Cai Wei had been planning and implementing targeted strategies based on the diverse talents of the people sent by Nangong Yi. It was estimated that dozens more shops would open one after another within the next month.

However, she couldn’t afford to wait until all those shops were opened. Having left the Capital for seven or eight days, she could already imagine the expression on her man’s face; she needed to hurry back.

In fact, according to the original plan, she should have returned yesterday, but because of Zhao Yun, her trip was delayed by a day.

Knowing that Young Prince Tuoba Liang was very kind to Zhao Yun, she wanted to find out exactly what his attitude was towards Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun had no relatives, and Cai Wei felt she had to look out for her, but during Cai Wei’s first few days there, Tuoba Kui, the Great Han of the Meng slaves, had taken the aristocrats of the Meng slaves to pay homage to their God Kalun on Tianlun Mountain (known to the people of the Meng Slaves and Liaodan as Kalun Mountain). It was not until today that they had returned.

As soon as Tuoba Liang returned to King City, he couldn’t wait to find Zhao Yun and even brought her two pieces of exquisite black fox skins, claiming that he had hunted them himself and was saving them to make coats for her to wear in the winter.

Those two pieces of skin were oily and shiny, with even and neat fur, making it obvious at first glance that they were among the finest in fur coats; one could be sure that making them into coats for winter would be very warm.

However, Zhao Yun refused the offer. In a courteous yet distant tone, she said, "I have coats to wear in the winter, there’s no need for the Young Prince to trouble himself."

Undeterred, Tuoba Liang said, "The coats you wear in your Great Jin might suffice for a winter there, but in our Northern Ridge, if you wear such a coat outdoors in the winter, you wouldn’t survive a mile before freezing to death. During winter, we, the people of the Meng Slaves, usually wear coats inside and fur overcoats on the outside. You shouldn’t refuse; just take it!"

Saying so, he stuffed the two fox skins into Zhao Yun’s hands. As Zhao Yun was declining and said, "One should not accept rewards without merit. What virtue or ability does Zhao Yun have to deserve the Young Prince’s gift?"

Tuoba Liang laughed and said, "We are friends, we are confidants. Do friends and confidants need to be so formal when gifting a couple of skins? Besides, you’ve helped me a lot before. The signs for my shops were all written by you. Isn’t this a suitable reward for your help?"

Yet Zhao Yun still refused to accept them. She put her hands behind her back and said decisively, "The Young Prince is overestimating me. Zhao Yun is merely a servant and dare not claim to be friends with the Young Prince. You are our Miss’s business partner, and it is Zhao Yun’s duty to help you, not worthy of your reward."

On the side, Cai Wei could see clearly that Tuoba Liang was eager, but Zhao Yun simply did not have feelings for him. Not only was she not interested, but she was even resisting him—just that she didn’t dare to reject him harshly because of their difference in status.

Seeing that Zhao Yun had gone to the extent of declaring herself a servant just to reject him, Tuoba Liang felt quite displeased. He left those two skins behind and said with a frown, "Gifts given by me have never been taken back. If Miss Zhao Yun does not wish to keep them, she can give them away or throw them out!"

After saying that, he left frowning.

Once he was gone, Cai Wei curiously laughed and asked, "Sister Zhao Yun, they say the hardest thing in the world to find is someone who truly cares for you. I think Young Prince Tuoba Liang is a very good person. For him to like you in such circumstances, he must truly care for you. Sister, why refuse someone who is a thousand miles away?"