Reborn as the Crippled King's Beloved-Chapter 31 - : Old Madam Personally Comes to Ask Her for Money

Chapter 31: Chapter 31: Old Madam Personally Comes to Ask Her for Money

What Murong Jiu had instructed Manager Chai to do was to open a large Colored Glaze Workshop.

In Great Yan, colored glaze was no longer considered a rare novelty, but it was expensive, and not many people could afford it.

Moreover, wealthy people preferred pure natural jade, so colored glaze was not easy to sell.

That’s why Manager Chai was stunned when he heard Murong Jiu’s words.

She not only wanted to buy the workshop on the outskirts but also to expand it substantially and to produce various styles of colored glaze aggressively within half a month.

Manager Chai advised, “Princess Consort, the cost of colored glaze is not low, and you want beautiful styles too. This… This is a huge investment, yet you have not even made your money back on the grains. Would this be too risky…”

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“You needn’t worry. I am not short of silver. Just do as I say, and in half a month, we will earn back several times what we spent.”

How could Manager Chai not worry? No matter how much silver one had, it wasn’t to be spent carelessly.

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There was indeed hope of making a profit from the grains, as it had been raining for four days without signs of stopping.

Perhaps, as that eccentric adept of the Princess Consort had said, the rain would last for half a month and affect the harvest of the crops.

But he really couldn’t see what use opening a colored glaze workshop had. Colored glaze was sold for such a high price, and few people bought it, so he feared they might not even make back the capital invested.

He didn’t even dare to think about earning several times the investment.

But since the Princess Consort was determined, he could only comply with the arrangements and do his best for her.

“Is Young Master Lou’s leg getting better?”

After giving her instructions, Murong Jiu asked with concern.

“He is much better now. At the moment, he is studying in his room. You told him to stay in bed and recuperate, so he didn’t come out to meet you.”

“Take me to see him.”

Behind the shop there was a backyard, where Manager Chai and Lou Zixi lived.

Murong Jiu went in to examine Lou Zixi’s leg. He had recovered quite well over these days, but as the saying goes, ‘injury to the muscles and bones takes a hundred days to heal’, so he still needed to continue resting.

“I’ll have a craftsman send over a wheelchair for you later, so you don’t have to lie down all day. Reading like this is also bad for your eyes.”

“I am very, very grateful, Princess Consort.”

Lou Zixi said with a blush on his face.

Since men and women should not touch each other, the fact that the Princess Consort had just touched Lou Zixi’s leg kept his face red.

Murong Jiu teased him, saying that scholars were not accustomed to joking.

The current him was not like his previous life’s frustrated melancholic youth.

After giving her instructions, Murong Jiu was ready to head back to the mansion with Chun Tao.

Before she could board the sedan, she suddenly saw a carriage rushing through the rain curtain.

She narrowed her eyes, which turned cold.

The Marquis Mansion’s carriage.

They had found her here; it seemed she was being watched all the time.

Murong Jiu stood on the steps, watching coldly as Murong Man’s maid opened an umbrella and first helped Murong Man out of the carriage, then assisted the Old Madam.

The rain increased, and as the wind blew, the Old Madam’s clothes became half soaked.

She glared at the maid holding the umbrella, “What kind of umbrella holding is that? You can’t even do that properly, what use are you, just a waste of food!”

Tsk, it was evident the Old Madam was in a foul mood these past few days.

After scolding the maid, the Old Madam looked up and saw Murong Jiu appearing to smile, which made her even angrier.

“Xiao Jiu, now that you have become Princess Consort Ling, do you not regard me at all?”

“What is Grandmother saying in this torrential rain? Seeing Grandmother, I almost thought I was seeing things.”

Her sarcastic tone made Old Madam’s expression even uglier, wishing she could scold her like she used to.

“Grandmother, let’s head up before our clothes get completely soaked.”

Murong Man said gently.

Standing below like this, having to look up at Murong Jiu, Murong Man disliked this feeling—it gave her the illusion that Murong Jiu was looking down on her from a high position.

No matter whether it was in the past, now, or in the future, she should be the one Murong Jiu looked up to.

In her eyes, Murong Jiu was nothing more than a village girl who would be discarded after being used.

As they ascended the steps and headed towards the shop, Murong Jiu stood at the doorway and asked with a smile, “Grandmother, Sister, are you here to buy rice?”

“Hmph! I heard that you spent one hundred thousand taels of silver to hoard grain. I must see what exactly you’ve hoarded!”

Murong Jiu wasn’t surprised as she had not hidden anything; Manager Chai’s purchase of the shop and hoarding of grain were all done in her name, so it was normal for Old Madam and the others to know about this.

“Didn’t Grandmother just say it was about hoarding grain? What else could it be besides grain?”

Old Madam was choked by her words, her face turning blue. She was of course not here to check the grain; she was here for the money!

Murong Man quickly tried to smooth things over with a smile, “Xiao Jiu, don’t be agitated. Grandmother is just worried you were deceived by others. We are about to have the autumn harvest, and she is concerned that you might not be able to sell the grain.”

Manager Chai was wondering whether to invite these relatives of the Princess Consort for tea, but understanding the situation better now, he realized why the Princess Consort was not warm towards them.

“Grandmother need not worry, the silver was given by my master. Even if I lose it, I won’t mind.”

Murong Jiu said this on purpose.

If her master heard this, he would probably twist her ear off.

But in her previous life, she had so much silver that nearly all of it ended up in the Marquis Mansion, squandered away like water by those parasites.

In this life, no one would take even a single coin from her!

Old Madam’s face became uglier, “You are grown up now, why are you still so willful? You are now Princess Consort Ling, and countless people are watching you. Aren’t you afraid of causing embarrassment to Prince Ling?”

“But Prince Ling supports me too, otherwise why would he send guards to protect me?”

Old Madam was left speechless by her retort.

Murong Man, unaware of when she became so sharp-tongued, didn’t want to waste more time and said to Old Madam:

“Grandmother, your health isn’t good, and you should avoid the cold. Let’s go inside and chat with Ninth Sister.”

She didn’t want outsiders to see them asking Murong Jiu for money.

“Chat about what? I have urgent matters to attend to back at Prince Mansion now, or perhaps you can come with me to Prince Mansion to chat?”

They were reluctant to go with her to Prince Ling’s Mansion to ask for money, especially if Prince Ling was present, as it would make it difficult for them to speak up.

Murong Man hastily said, “Ninth Sister, we just want to talk for a bit. It won’t take much of your time. You know, father injured his hand because of you, and he still can’t use it. I need to go back and take care of him.”

She was playing the family card with her.

Too bad Murong Jiu had already learned that Marquis Murong wasn’t her father, otherwise, she wouldn’t have hurt him.

“Princess Consort, Prince Ling is waiting for you to return.”

At that moment, the coachman suddenly shouted loudly, very appropriately.

Murong Jiu laughed inwardly, thinking that Jun Yuyan’s subordinates were quite interesting.

“Prince Ling is already anxious. I should head back to the mansion now. Grandmother, Sister, are you sure you won’t come?”