Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress
Chapter 371 Opening a Shop in the Capital (3)_1

Chapter 371: Chapter 371 Opening a Shop in the Capital (3)_1

"Hehe, Young Master, indeed, Young Miss Biao is an exceptionally beautiful woman. However, when this old servant was at the inn, I heard a bit of a rumor about Miss Biao..."

"What rumor?"

When Du Yu Lang heard his cousin was an exceptionally beautiful woman, his blood boiled with excitement. He was interested in beauties, as well as the gossips associated with them.

"Cough, this old servant heard that Miss Biao has a very fiery temperament. Although she is beautiful, she lacks the gentle and obedient nature that a woman should have. Just think, a girl, instead of staying in her boudoir embroidering and sipping tea, is out there all day, making a business, what kind of image is that?"

However, Steward Cao’s discrediting did not affect Du Yu Lang’s mood for chasing beauties, but rather stoked his interest even more.

"Hehe, such a lively beauty is fun! Those women who stay and do embroidery or play chess all day, they are everywhere and all the same, boring indeed. I just wonder what kind of woman my little cousin is..."

He squinted his eyes, touched his chin and began to daydream...

Seeing this, Steward Cao got a shock and quietly withdrew. He sent someone to spread the news to Cao Jin’s residence, then went to the inn to deliver the message.

Upon hearing the message brought by Steward Cao, Cai Wei laughed and said, "Our business makes close to two thousand taels a month. Please reply to my maternal grandfather if he can provide us a family stipend of one thousand taels a month, we would quit our business. Otherwise, it would be best not to hinder us."

Steward Cao sucked in a breath of cold air, never expecting Miss Biao to be so audacious.

The expenses in the mansion are distributed according to their share, even the large master’s family only receives about one hundred taels a month, and the two illegitimate sons only have a monthly allowance of twenty taels. When Fourth Miss returned to the mansion, the monthly money her family received already matched that of the illegitimate sons, which was a generous favor in itself. To have the audacity to fantasize about receiving a thousand taels a month is simply preposterous!

The financial state of Duke An’s mansion has been declining, it’s not like it was in the past. In recent years, the silver money coming into the mansion was less and the expenditures more, and the young men in the family, who were accustomed to living lavishly and are not frugal, have only made things increasingly difficult.

Madam oversees the central distributions and is well aware of the household’s situation. Despite her repeated pleadings for the family to live frugally, it has been to no avail. If this continues, it will not take two years for the household to be unable to make ends meet.

As for the thousand taels of silver Miss Biao spoke of, not to mention Duke of the Country, even Madam would never agree to it.

Smiling awkwardly, Steward Cao said, "Miss Biao, please wait a moment, this old servant will immediately return to the mansion and convey the message, to see what the Duke of the Country has to say, hehe..."

He politely excused himself, knowing very well that Miss Biao’s request would inevitably be turned down.

On his return to the mansion, he found Young Master Huo visiting and currently having tea and chatting with Duke of the Country in the Flower Hall, with a few masters accompanying him.

Although Young Master Huo was born into a merchant family, there isn’t a person in the entire Great Jin Nation who would dare to belittle him. Not because his family is the imperial merchant of the Great Jin, nor because his family is the richest in Great Jin, but because he has a favored Virtuous Consort cousin and a nephew in King Jing who is deeply loved by the Emperor.

Moreover, Young Master Huo himself is highly respected, and his morals and aspirations are not looked down upon by others in any way.

Therefore, in the Great Jin Nation, whether they are Imperial Relatives and Nobles or Dukes and Aristocrats, they all have to be polite and give him some face upon meeting Young Master Huo.

Duke An’s mansion is no exception. As soon as Young Master Huo arrived, Duke An called out several of his sons and a few of the older legitimate grandsons to accompany him, to show his importance.