The five-color brocade is indeed sold in Yueyi Pavilion at the best price, because it has the help of the Yue family in the Jiangnan area to manage it, and the goods it purchases are also the best.
For the same batch of materials, only the best ones are sent to Yueyi Pavilion. In this respect, Yueyi Pavilion is indeed a must-visit place for many people who love five-color brocade.
Many young ladies from wealthy families in the capital have been here.
Yueyi Pavilion’s business is indeed very good.
"Manager Yang, can I ask you who often comes to you to order a batch of five-color brocade, but not for commercial use. They also like small embroidered handkerchiefs and the like. Almost all of them are ordered from Yueyi Pavilion." The maid asked, reaching out from her sleeve to take out a small purse and quietly stuffing it into Aunt Yang's hand.
His attitude was very kind, completely different from his previous arrogant look.
"This... this is embarrassing." Aunt Yang declined.
"Boss, I'm sorry to trouble you with this matter. Our master hasn't been in the capital for a long time. If we can't find her, we'll really miss her. In fact, following the master's sister is a distant cousin of mine, who is about the same height as me." The maid gestured her height.
Her height was similar to the two maids standing by the door before, and she looked a little taller than the average maid.
If the master is not tall, a maid with a slender figure can easily suppress her.
Aunt Yang glanced at the master sitting on the chair and thought that the master should not be short when he stood up, and might be about the same height as the maids. No wonder there were so many tall maids around him.
The maid was taller than the average person, and liked to use large quantities of five-color brocade and embroidery from the Jiangnan area, as well as some Jiangnan accessories. Aunt Yang thought about it, but really couldn't think of any. As for the height, it's not that there weren't any, because she knew those tall ones, so there was no way she couldn't find them.
Among those who are married, which one of them is not from a wealthy family? How could there be a reason that they don’t know where they got married and can’t find it for a while
This reason doesn't seem likely.
"This... I really can't think of it." Aunt Yang didn't want to get involved in this kind of thing, so she pushed the purse back.
"Boss, can't you really remember?" The maid's face looked a little ugly, and she looked at Aunt Yang with a scrutinizing look.
"Can't remember?" Aunt Yang shook her head.
"Are there any unmarried ones?" The maid's face drooped and the smile on her face faded.
"Unmarried?" Aunt Yang was stunned. This gap was a bit too big. She had just refused to get married before. Now she refused again. Judging from the maid's expression, it was not a good idea.
"Yes, there are a few, all of them are daughters of wealthy families." Aunt Yang said vaguely, unable to say no again. But she couldn't do it again. They are in business, and they believe in making money through harmony. How could they really offend such a distinguished guest
"Then please trouble the shopkeeper to tell us!" The maid said lazily, looking like she was looking for trouble. Asking about this young lady from aristocratic family seemed like she was just talking casually.
His expression was unfriendly, as if he was about to turn hostile.
People who do business believe that harmony brings wealth. He has just refuted what the other person said and even handed the purse back. This is not in line with the business belief that harmony brings wealth.
Aunt Yang laughed quickly and picked out a few big customers to talk to. There were married and unmarried people among them, but they were all young ladies or ladies from wealthy families.
Seeing that she had understood much better, the maid's face became better, and she smiled, and stuffed the purse back to her: "Thank you, shopkeeper. This... is nothing, just a little gift from our master. If you have anything good in the future, please keep it for our master. For example, if you have a particularly good embroidery, you must not forget our master."
"Of course, of course." Aunt Yang took the purse this time. If she didn't take it again, she would be considered inconsiderate.
"Thank you, shopkeeper." Seeing that she was understanding, the maid smiled and said, "Shopkeeper, accompany me to take a look. I know our master's vision best."
I want to go down and choose it myself.
Aunt Yang agreed with a smile and went downstairs with her maid. Only two servants who had delivered fabrics and brocades were left in the private room upstairs.
There are fine products downstairs, as well as some ordinary ones. The things in Yueyi Pavilion are basically all good, and there is a place for finished products in the back. When the maid sees something she likes, she asks Aunt Yang to go upstairs and report to her, while she will first select here to see if there is a style that her master likes.
Aunt Yang left the maid behind and went upstairs to report to Princess Qia. She then brought another maid with her. When she came down, she saw that the previous maid was already talking enthusiastically with an embroiderer there.
The two maids discussed it for a while, picked out a few pieces of cloth, and asked the embroiderer to measure the size of their master and make clothes for her.
After all the hustle and bustle, they finally counted the money and found out that it was a large sum of money. It turned out to be a distinguished guest.
Except for the beginning when the maid asked questions a little aggressively, the two sides got along well afterwards. She even made an appointment with Aunt Yang to come back in a few days to see the new products.
Aunt Yang personally sent the person to the door of the store. She watched the large carriage leave before she put away the smile on her face.
There aren't many such "distinguished guests" in the capital, at least Aunt Yang has never seen one.
In the capital, no matter how distinguished the guest is, when they arrive at the Yueyi Pavilion, they are still polite, especially those with noble status, who are even more polite. Only they understand the King of England's methods better, and they dare not and will not deliberately offend the King of England.
So this young lady really doesn't know, or she has been brought up in a pampered house and doesn't understand the ways of the world, so she is so ostentatious.
Although Aunt Yang had been in the capital, she was a businessman and had met all kinds of people. Thinking about what the maid had just said, she had already understood that this master was probably not a young lady, but a princess from Northern Xinjiang. It was heard that one of the people who came to the capital for the peace talks was a princess from Northern Xinjiang, and the two countries might even want to have a marriage.
This matter was related to Northern Xinjiang, so Aunt Yang did not dare to underestimate it. Her master had previously asked her to pay attention to the movements in Northern Xinjiang and report to her master if there was anything unusual.
She called the clerk who had carried the brocade and embroidery up there earlier and asked him a question, then she found the embroiderer from the tailoring department, who was chatting happily with the maid.
That maid was also a very capable one. Aunt Yang knew it from her own personal experience. That maid used both soft and hard tactics, and in the end she had to reveal some information. This showed that this maid was different from ordinary ones. The maids in other mansions would never do such a thing.
The people in Northern Xinjiang are looking for a woman... This is the conclusion drawn by Aunt Yang...
After finding out the reason for the incident, Aunt Yang called for an ordinary horse-drawn carriage and had it go to the hot spring resort outside the city.
Qu Moying is currently recuperating in a hot spring resort outside the city...
"The princess of Northern Frontier?" After listening to Aunt Yang's report, Qu Moying's long eyelashes fluttered twice and asked.
"She should be. I think so. The maids around her are all tall, and she herself is tall too. There is something slightly different in her accent. Although it is not very obvious, she is definitely not from the capital. The accent is a bit stiff and has a northern feel." Aunt Yang recalled.
"After they entered, they knew this was the shop of the King of England, but they didn't take it seriously. I originally thought they were from the Jiangnan area and liked things from Jiangnan because they left their hometown. But their accents were wrong, and other aspects were wrong too. So there was only the second possibility, they were from Northern Xinjiang."
People in the north like the weaving products in the south, and Aunt Yang naturally knows this. In the past, there were merchants who went to the north and would also buy goods from her.
Compared to going directly to Jiangnan to get it, her place is admittedly more expensive, but it is much simpler. If the price can be lowered a bit, everyone will be happy.
However, Aunt Yang preferred to sell things in Yueyi Pavilion, so she only cooperated occasionally.
"That princess... is she looking for someone?" Qu Moying understood and thought about it for a moment, and felt that it made sense.
"She should be an unmarried woman... If she is married, there are no women from wealthy families in the north who marry here in the capital. If she is from an ordinary family, there is no way she can be so generous as to become a distinguished guest of our Yueyi Pavilion." Aunt Yang analyzed.
She analyzed the whole process when she came here just now, and always felt that the focus of the maid's question was at the end. When she was speaking, although the maid seemed not to care, her attention was actually all on her.
Therefore, Aunt Yang felt that this maid was playing hard to get and was obviously mainly asking about the unmarried guest.
"There are customers with slender figures who like Jiangnan embroidery and large pieces of brocade. They used to buy them in large quantities in our store. They might also come here to have ready-made clothes. Does the store have any records of them?" Qu Moying asked with a smile.
Yueyi Pavilion does have an account book, which records the guests who come and go with special features, which can be considered as distinguished guests.
In fact, it is not just Yueyi Pavilion that has this. Yuejinge and other shops all have such a small book in the hands of the shopkeeper. There are not many customers, but those recorded in it are all distinguished customers of the store. They are generous and have a large number of transactions. The shopkeeper sees this and may give these distinguished customers discounts in the future and give them some appropriate benefits.
As a business principle, every shop owner will treat such distinguished guests well. This is not really an account book, but a list, an account of the "distinguished guests" in the shop and their ranking in the mind of the accountant.
Aunt Yang came here today specifically to explain this matter, and naturally she brought the account book with her.
Qu Moying took it and flipped through it. There weren't many people on it. In fact, there were only a few of them, and basically all of them were people Qu Moying knew. There were only a few people in the capital who could be considered generous.
Her fingers continued to flip down, but stopped at the last place. She saw a familiar name, but this name should not have appeared on this list.
The others were all well-known ladies or unmarried young ladies in the capital, but this one was not one of them. Qu Moying knew her, so she saw her at a glance. Among such a large group of ladies and ladies from aristocratic families, this one's name was extremely abrupt...
"What... does this mean?" After taking a closer look, Qu Moying pointed at the name above and asked Aunt Yang.