The rather strange Mr. Zhao was actually in the crowd, standing under a shop with his hands behind his back, watching the carriages moving slowly on the street.
Looking at his upright posture, it was hard to believe that he also came to watch the fun. He must have come by chance and was stuck in the same traffic jam as me.
"Mr. Zhao?" Yu Dong saw her stop moving and looked over.
Qu Moying nodded, took two more glances, then turned and left.
After going downstairs and getting on the carriage, it moved slowly forward with the flow of traffic. The outer layer of the window curtain had been lifted before, and the inner layer was made of gauze. One could see outside from the inside, but one could not see clearly inside from the outside.
As I walked along, I looked at the passers-by on both sides and didn't feel bored.
I saw that Master Zhao again, but he passed by in a flash and I didn't see him clearly. This Master Zhao seemed to be talking to someone, not a servant. He looked quite tall. Such a tall figure should be a strong man. Such tall and strong people are rare in the capital. Fortunately, this Master Zhao looked taller than ordinary people, but it didn't seem abrupt.
Qu Moying thought casually as the carriage continued to move forward. Finally, at the next intersection, it turned a corner and the traffic became smooth immediately.
When they arrived at the door of Yueyi Pavilion, Aunt Yang had already received the news and came to greet them immediately.
Seeing that there were many people in the store, Qu Moying waved his hand, indicating Aunt Yang not to disturb others.
Aunt Yang understood and just bowed slightly without saying much. She led Qu Moying to a private room on the second floor.
After entering the private room, Aunt Yang greeted Qu Moying again.
"Aunt Yang, please pick out some small and beautiful accessories. The young lady will need them to match her coming-of-age clothes." Yudong said with a smile. Aunt Yang understood as soon as she heard this.
"Miss, it just so happens that a batch of goods from Jiangnan just arrived. They are all very good products. I haven't sorted them out yet and haven't officially started selling them. Would you like to pick some first?"
"good!"
Qu Moying nodded.
Aunt Yang went to instruct the shop assistant to pick out the best of the new goods that had just arrived and send them over.
All kinds of purses, sachets, fan pendants and some small accessories are available.
It took three waiters to carry all of it in and place it on the table in the private room, which was full to the brim.
"Miss, please take a look at these. Is there anything suitable? Do you need me to help you pick some more? I didn't expect there would be so many and you may not be able to see them all at once." Seeing such a large pile, Aunt Yang smiled.
Although she had asked someone to carefully select the best ones before, she didn't expect there were so many.
There were so many that Qu Moying really felt she couldn't pick one out. She was dazzled by the sight.
"Thank you, Aunt Yang." It would be best if Aunt Yang could help me pick out some of them.
Aunt Yang agreed with a smile, and then asked about the colors and styles of the clothes to be matched, and cleared out many of the relatively inappropriate ones.
Let two guys take away the extra ones.
With so many fewer items at once, it was much easier to choose. Qu Moying stood up, walked to the table, and started to select carefully.
A waiter suddenly stood at the door and winked at Aunt Yang inside.
Aunt Yang looked at Qu Moying who was selecting carefully, and then looked at Yu Dong who was standing aside.
Yudong noticed that Aunt Yang was looking at him. He looked up and saw her pointing outside the door and nodded silently.
Aunt Yang went out for a while and came back, standing behind Qu Moying again. From time to time, she helped Qu Moying to come up with ideas and choose the right one.
After leaving the selected items behind, Aunt Yang asked her servants to come and take away the rest.
The guy had just walked a short distance from the door when he was stopped by someone.
"Aren't these things said to have not been sorted out yet? Why can others choose but we can't?" A maid blocked his way in a domineering manner.
"This... this is different." The waiter explained helplessly that Aunt Yang said not to spread the news that the boss was coming.
"What's the difference? We all pay to buy things. If they can sell them, our lady can sell them too. Are they afraid that our lady won't pay?" The maid said angrily, with her chin raised high.
"These haven't been selected yet. Wait until they are selected and officially put on the shelves in two days. Wouldn't it be nice for you to come back then?" the waiter said in embarrassment.
"No, they can choose, and so can our lady. Do you know who our lady is?" The maid put her hands on her hips and had no intention of letting the waiter go over.
"Aunt Yang, can you go outside and take a look?" They were right at the door. The noise was so loud, how could the people in the private room not hear it? Seeing Aunt Yang's anxious face, Qu Moying raised his eyes and spoke.
"Just now someone said he wanted to buy these things, and said he saw the clerk carrying them over, so he stopped the man. My subordinates asked someone to explain, but we didn't expect that the young lady would still be disturbed." Aunt Yang said.
"I'm fine, go and take a look. Don't make things awkward for everyone." Qu Moying said gently.
Aunt Yang bowed to Qu Moying and hurried out to resolve this inexplicable matter.
When the goods arrive at the store, they usually have to be selected and appraised before the new ones are put in. This batch of goods has just arrived and has not yet been officially put in.
"Sister, this isn't possible. The price hasn't been set yet?" The guy outside tried to stop her, sweating profusely in anxiety. There was a commotion here and many people looked over.
"You can't even call me sister. Since there's no price, why can she sell but our lady can't?" The maid still refused to let her. She pointed to the private room behind the waiter and said, "I saw you carrying things in and out, letting people choose, but you don't allow our lady to buy. What's the logic? Are the things in your store sold only after others have picked out the leftovers?"
The maid was eloquent and pointed at the private room behind the waiter and refused to give in.
Many people looked towards the door of the private room, and some were already guessing who was in the room.
"Miss, our boss is checking the goods. Please forgive me if there is any misunderstanding." Aunt Yang came out and explained to the maid with a smile.
"Your boss? They are clearly a master and servant, and the girl is the woman." The maid looked at Aunt Yang suspiciously.
"Our boss is a woman, and she is still looking at the goods." Aunt Yang said.
"I don't believe it. I'll go check it out." The maid said arrogantly. She took two steps forward and pushed Aunt Yang aside, rushing into the private room, saying, "Don't just say it casually. You are just fooling us because you think we are easy to bully. We must see who is in the private room today."
Aunt Yang didn't expect that the maid would really bump into her. She took two steps back and almost bumped into the half-open door of the private room behind her.
Yu Dong came out of the private room and pushed the maid who rushed over to him back two steps. "Which family's maid are you from? Why are you so arrogant? If everyone is like you, rushing around when they are not satisfied, how can this store still do business?"
"You... which family are you from?" The maid stopped and glared at Yu Dong angrily.
"Didn't you say your young lady is very powerful? But I don't know which family this young lady is from, but she is forcing others to buy things and doesn't allow other shop owners to check the goods!"
Yudong snorted coldly.
So, the reason why the waiter was carrying things back and forth just now was really because the owner of the store came to check it out.
With that said, the shop owner was indeed right, and it seemed that the maid was taking advantage of her status. I don't know which lady is so rude.
With Aunt Yang’s gentle explanation before, Yudong’s angry words at this time seemed much more real.
"My girl, if the price has been raised, why don't you sell it? Shop owners believe in making money through harmony. Why wouldn't you sell it to others? Do you want your family to keep it all?" Aunt Yang stepped forward and explained helplessly.
The people around nodded repeatedly after hearing this. Whoever has goods not to sell, it's just that they are not ready yet. This maid and the lady behind her seemed much more arrogant. They started to argue with the store owner without saying a word, which seemed a bit unreasonable.
"What nonsense are you talking about!" The maid was in a weak position and started to bluff, darting her eyes left and right.
"Are we talking nonsense? You can ask your young lady to come out and talk to our boss face to face. In this kind of thing, you are a servant and I am a maid. No one can say anything. It is better for the master to explain it to our boss face to face." Yu Dong looked at the maid coldly and said in a cold voice.
"I..." The maid panicked and took a step back.
It looks like he wants to leave.
"This lady must be your master?" Yu Dong swept his eyes across the crowd, and when he suddenly saw a woman's face in the crowd on one side, he suddenly smiled and pointed outward.
Everyone turned around and saw a lovely and beautiful lady.
Seeing everyone turning around to look at her, the young lady became a little panicked. Her face turned slightly pale and she seemed a little nervous.
"It was this young lady who brought this maid here just now." The waiter had sharp eyes and remembered it immediately.
It turns out that this is the arrogant maid's master. She looks very cute and doesn't seem to be scheming. I didn't expect her to be so arrogant. I wonder which family she is from
Everyone was speculating.
Zhu Yan'er originally had no intention of speaking out, but now she had to. She secretly hated him, but she didn't show it on her face. She looked at her maid, then at Aunt Yang and everyone present, and asked softly, "I went over there to look at the fan pendant for a while... What happened?"
"Miss, you saw them bullying people just now. The big store bullies the customers." When the maid saw her master speaking, she immediately changed her expression. She was aggrieved and tears welled up in her eyes. She pointed at Yudong, Aunt Yang and others, and circled everyone in a circle.
"What's going on? I asked you to get something...but why did you start arguing with someone?" Zhu Yan'er looked at her aggrieved maid, then at Yu Dong opposite her, becoming more and more confused, as if she really didn't know what happened just now.
Originally, he just wanted to use the maid's hand to explore, but he didn't expect it to cause such a big fuss and give people a chance to catch him.
She didn't want to have the impression of being arrogant in her cousin's heart. When she separated from her cousin before, she said that they would meet here, and the time was almost here.
"Your servant greets Miss Zhu." She wanted to leave, but Yu Dong didn't intend to let her go like this. He had a sharp eye, and this Miss Zhu had behaved more innocently and lovely than other young ladies before, so he recognized her at the first sight.
This person is obviously the cousin of King Wei, Miss Zhu Luoer who had accompanied King Wei to meet his young lady before.
He took a few steps forward and bowed to this Miss Zhu Yan'er. It was obvious that this Miss Zhu Yan'er was here to cause trouble.