Qu Moying took Yu Dong and Madam Miao and went to Yueyi Pavilion again. Although the reorganization work inside was done well, the previous shopkeeper Aunt Yang asked her to take a look. The goods from the Jiangnan area had not arrived yet. Qu Moying had written a letter before, but there was no response yet. There should be a response within these few days.
When we arrived at Yueyi Pavilion, we saw that the Yuejin Pavilion next to it was also being renovated. The store name was changed to Yuejin Pavilion again. When it was placed together with the Yueyi Pavilion in Qu Mansion, it became more and more obvious that they were originally one company.
Everyone in the capital now knows that these two shops are indeed from the same family. They were the dowries given by the Yue family of Jiangnan to their two daughters who married into the capital. It's just that the Crown Princess has passed away, and now the Yuejinge has been returned to the eldest wife of the Ling'an Marquis's Mansion. The eldest son of the eldest wife owns the shop under the name of the Yue family, and he also took over these shops.
Standing outside the two shops, Qu Moying raised his head and looked at the two cards above, smiled silently and coldly, and walked into his own shop.
This time, Ji Youran not only failed to steal the chicken, but also lost the rice. He must be very depressed.
Crown Prince Pei Luoan will definitely be reported to the emperor. Even if he reacts immediately, the matter will definitely be reported to the emperor. The crown prince has many secret enemies, so how could he let go of such an opportunity
Pei Luoan suffered such a huge loss and was even reprimanded by the emperor. Needless to say, he would vent his anger on Ji Youran.
"Hello, young lady." Aunt Yang was already waiting at the door. When she saw Qu Moying coming, she hurried forward to salute, extremely respectful.
"Excuse me, Aunt Yang. How's the recruitment going?" Qu Moying asked as she walked in. Most of the shop assistants had run away, so they had to recruit more people during this period of time.
"Miss, don't worry. It's almost done. I've only looked for people who were honest in the past. None of those who have anything to do with money, nor those who are cunning and treacherous." Aunt Yang introduced with a smile, leading Qu Moying inside.
"How is the preparation of the goods going?"
"The goods are almost ready. We just need the goods from Jiangnan and the embroiderers to come over. There is no rush for the embroiderers, after all, such things are hard to come by. But we have to keep an eye out. If there are any coming, we should recruit them immediately. But we can't miss the goods from Jiangnan."
Aunt Yang said.
Qu Moying knew what she meant and nodded. She decided not to rush into reopening the store and would just prepare everything first.
Following Aunt Yang, he went up to the second floor, which was more exquisite than the first floor. No matter whether it was the goods for sale or other goods, Qu Moying stood in front of the counter and looked at them one by one. If he saw something particularly outstanding, he would take it out and comment on it specially. Qu Moying was very knowledgeable about the fashionable styles in Beijing when he was in Ji Hanyue.
Suddenly, when she saw a pair of buckles, she stopped and frowned: "Where did this come from?"
As she spoke, she reached out and took the pair of clasps from Aunt Yang's hand. They were a pair of very delicate clasps, exquisitely made, and inlaid with a pair of rubies. They were exquisite and eye-catching, and people liked them at first glance.
Qu Moying's gaze moved to the several embroidered handkerchiefs that were previously pressed underneath. The delicate embroidered patterns and the extremely beautiful laces all showed that these embroidered handkerchiefs were extraordinary.
I reached out and picked up a piece, touched it, and it was indeed a fine product, smooth and thin.
"This is a piece of material." Qu Moying looked at it and said lightly.
The way.
Aunt Yang nodded and said, "Fourth Miss, these are some of the samples that were left behind that my subordinates found."
"You said before that although there wasn't much, there was still some left. Is this all that was left?" Qu Moying raised her eyes in surprise. She thought that when Aunt Yang said there was some left, there should be at least several pieces of fabric, otherwise Aunt Yang wouldn't have been able to remember something for so long.
"Originally, there should have been more left. Although I don't remember it clearly, I remember one thing very clearly. At least there should have been a few different pieces of satin left. But I searched for it and couldn't find it. I clearly remember that they were put at the bottom, and when the later stocks were pushed up, I was thinking that it was a pity to waste the few pieces of material at the bottom. I didn't expect that when I looked it up again according to my memory, it was gone. Could it be that I remembered it wrongly?"
Aunt Yang touched her head and felt very confused. It was really hard to explain this matter. She clearly remembered that there were some more.
"Where did you find these?" Qu Moying ran his hand across the tent and the clasp.
"No, I found this by accident when I was searching somewhere else. There was nothing in the place I had identified before." Aunt Yang said puzzledly, her voice filled with a bit of self-confusion, "I clearly remembered it before!"
On the one hand, she felt that she had remembered it wrong, but on the other hand, Aunt Yang felt that she was not wrong.
Even she herself can't figure it out now!
"This pair of buttons and the material on the handkerchief are indeed tribute." Qu Moying picked up the pair of buttons again, a hint of coldness flashing in his eyes. The tribute appearing in an ordinary shop meant something, but now even some scattered materials were missing, it seemed as if they were hidden by someone.
Is someone trying to cover up their tracks, or was it really an accident
Qu Moying believed that there was something fishy going on here, and it seemed more like it was man-made. Aunt Yang looked smart. Qu Moying had asked her about some things in the store before, and she could basically answer them even after a long time, which showed that she was a smart person.
There is no reason to suddenly forget or remember something wrong.
That's even weirder
Who was behind this, and who was the one who did it? Did the Yu family have such great ability? If it wasn't the Yu family, then who was behind the Yu family
Moreover, this person withdrew his business quickly. After only selling in this shop for a few years, he stopped working and disappeared completely.
Ji Hanyue was the future Crown Princess of the Crown Prince's Eastern Palace at that time. In order to show her favor and satisfaction with this marriage, the Queen Mother would always send a few of the new tributes to Ling Anbo's Mansion for Ji Hanyue whenever there were any new tributes arriving in the capital. Ji Hanyue was most familiar with tributes.
She could even tell which year the tribute was from, because this year's tribute was very special and different from previous years.
"Aunt Yang, are there any outstanding employees in recent years? They were very favored by Yu Qian at that time, and sometimes they even helped Yu Qian make decisions. When Yu Qian was not around, they handled emergencies in the store. Yu Qian also trusted them, but now they are gone. Have they left before?"
Qu Moying smiled indifferently and asked.
"Miss Fourth, are you asking about a year ago or a month ago?" Aunt Yang thought about it seriously and said.
"Anything is fine!" Qu Moying looked at the tribute and narrowed his eyes.
Aunt Yang thought about it seriously this time, and was silent for a while before saying, "Fourth Miss, there is indeed one. I heard that this person has some relationship with Yu Qian, and seems to be a distant relative of Yu Qian. I don't know if he has any relationship with the Second Madam, but Yu Qian trusts him very much. I once saw Yu Qian discussing something with him, and it seemed that the two of them had a very good relationship. Sometimes it didn't even seem like Yu Qian was controlling him."
"What's this person's name and where did he go?" Qu Moying's heart moved.
"This man is called Chaoyang, a young man in his twenties. He looks very smart and smiles before he speaks. He has a good relationship with everyone in the store. Everyone knows that he has a say in front of Yu Qian. Sometimes when the shop assistants make mistakes, they come to him for help. He always agrees and helps the shop assistants to plead with Yu Qian, and he always makes Yu Qian calm down."
Aunt Yang thought about it and spoke in detail: "This man later left the shop. It seems that he said that another relative came to Beijing and asked him to be the manager. Although he has a lot of power here, he is not the manager after all. When he left, many of the shop assistants were reluctant to let him go. Two of them even followed him. Yu Qian didn't say anything at the time, and even politely gave him gifts."
Qu Moying bit her lips slightly, a hint of deepness flashed in her eyes: "Is this person still in the capital?"
"I don't know about that. I heard him say at that time that he was going to leave the capital, and I never saw him again afterwards." Aunt Yang shook her head.
Qu Moying picked up a handkerchief and looked at it again: "Is this handkerchief made here?"
"No, this handkerchief was brought here as it was. Not only this handkerchief, but also this pair of buckles. When I saw it, I thought about it carefully. I didn't think that this batch of materials was used to make handkerchiefs and buckles. Moreover, the rubies on it cannot be set by ordinary craftsmanship. We have embroiderers with good embroidery skills here, but none of them can set it so perfectly like this."
Aunt Yang shook her head affirmatively. When she first saw the pair of buttons and the handkerchief, she couldn't remember what they were. Later, when she saw the fine material, she remembered that this should also be one of the tribute.
"Aunt Yang, can I take these back?" Qu Moying said gently.
"Of course it is. I originally wanted to show these to the fourth young lady." Aunt Yang nodded and handed the things in her hand to Yudong. Yudong took them and was about to put them carefully in her arms.
"Wait, what is this?" Qu Moying asked, pointing at a small and exquisite bamboo gauze box, with a strange light flashing in his eyes.
"I don't recognize this. It's just a small gauze box that holds these two things. When I found it, I thought it was unique, so I brought it here. After taking out the handkerchief and the buckle, I put the box aside. If the fourth lady hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten about it."
Aunt Yang took the bamboo gauze box that Qu Moying pointed at from the corner of the counter and handed it to Qu Moying.
Qu Moying's face became heavy. He reached out to take the bamboo box. The bamboo frame was very delicate, and then covered with a veil, so that the objects inside could be vaguely seen. This thing was very small and could not hold many things, but it was enough to hold a few handkerchiefs and a pair of ruby clasps.
She was sure of one thing, this bamboo gauze box looked like an item from the palace, an item only owned by the concubines in the palace...