jdhmnovel Chapter 480 Qi Miao'er's Dowry
Chapter 480 Qi Miao'er's Dowry
Chapter 480: Qi Miao'er's Dowry
Yunyi was looking at the invitation in her hand, feeling rather annoyed. Was that old lady from the Chen family crazy? Did she have to hold a banquet for her sixty-first birthday? And she even sent her an invitation?
“This is a trap.” Gu Chengyun said with a hint of schadenfreude. “The Chen family doesn’t have many descendants. You beat up her precious grandson. No wonder this old woman won’t let you off the hook.”
"What can she do to me?" Yunyi threw the invitation on the table. "The tricks at banquets are all the same: have a maid accidentally spill the drinks, let a man in while she's changing clothes, or drug the food, or knock someone into the water, or... well, nothing new."
Gu Chengyun's lips twitched: "You really are something... Although you don't find it new, you still manage to succeed with these underhanded methods time and time again."
"Alright, I'll go take a look. Maybe this old lady has some new tricks up her sleeve." Yun Yi clicked her tongue.
"So what gift are you planning to give?"
"Just have Qingning make a birthday cake."
"You're too stingy." Gu Chengyun laughed. A birthday cake? Is that even presentable?
"My little beauty, Yunyi, you should know that's an enemy, not a relative. I'm already being generous by sending her a birthday cake." Yunyi pouted. "If she were to make the birthday cake the way I taught her, it would take a lot of eggs and flour."
"Alright then," Gu Chengyun said, both amused and exasperated. "You can decide for yourself."
"Mother, godmother!" Qibao ran over at this moment, "Eat cake!"
Because he was worried about his identity being exposed, Qibao continued to call Yunyi "mother," but called Gu Chengyun "godmother."
"Okay, godmother will make it for you." Gu Chengyun's eyes were glued to her youngest son; she got up and headed to the kitchen.
"Thank you, godmother." After all, mother and son are of one heart, and Qibao has a natural dependence on Gu Chengyun, so he hurriedly ran after her.
"This brat, he's forgotten his mother now that he has a godmother."
“Mother, I haven’t forgotten you.” Er Ya came closer.
Yunyi patted her head: "My second daughter is the best."
Er Ya chuckled.
Just then, Sang Ye rushed over in a flurry: "Young Miss, you were looking for me?"
“Yes,” Yunyi nodded, “No. 3 Changming Street in the East Market is ours now, that place…”
“Feng’s Silk Shop?” Sang Ye knew the place and immediately called out.
"you know?"
“I’ve been touring the East and West Markets these past few days, so I know about it, and…” Sang Ye suddenly sighed, “Number Two was originally part of the lady’s dowry, but it has changed hands now.”
Yunyi frowned slightly: "Do you have my mother's dowry list?"
Sangye sighed, "When Madam married into the family, she only brought the four of us and her personal savings. She didn't bring any land or property. The Earl doesn't know exactly how much money Madam brought. But after Madam got pregnant with you, she started to acquire property. She bought a lot of courtyards, shops, and estates, all of which were meant for you, Miss. But then something happened, and all of these things... were taken away by the Earl."
“I’ve been checking these past few days. Several shops have been sold and have changed owners. There are still two shops and two estates in the Earl’s hands. Sun Qingli also has one estate and two shops. In addition, some of the Madam’s jewelry is also in her hands. The red jade bracelet on her wrist is the Madam’s. Also, the gold and jade necklace I saw around the Second Miss’s neck was also purchased by the Madam.”
"These two are really ridiculous. They squander my mother's money and mistreat her daughter. There's no such thing as a free lunch." Yunyi snorted. "Aunt Sangye, you and Aunt Lingzhi should think it over carefully and make a list of my mother's things. Write down whatever comes to mind. It's time to get back what belongs to me."
“Okay.” Sangye nodded.
“Feng’s Silk Shop is now ours, and I’m handing it over to you. Also, that shop is quite large. We’ll set up a glass section on the second floor, where I’ll sell the glass products from the workshop.” Yunyi handed over the shop’s deed and the indentures of the shop’s employees. “Take a look at those people. Keep the ones you can use, and fire or sell the ones you can’t.”
“Okay.” Sang Ye reached out and took it.
“You definitely can’t handle it all by yourself, I’ll arrange a few people for you.” Yunyi glanced at Feng Yang.
Feng Yang brought over a few people, none other than Chen Qiaosheng from Qingqiao Town and his three henchmen.
Because of Fan Dadong's affair, Chen Qiaosheng became attached to Yunyi and became her underling. Yunyi threw him into the gang for a period of training, and now he has been completely transformed.
When Yunyi returned to the capital, she didn't bring many people with her, but she arranged for people to come to the capital one after another. After all, she needed manpower to do her work, and these four people were all alone, so it didn't matter where they lived.
When they were invited to the capital, the four of them were quite excited. After all, they had grown up and had only been to Longxi Prefecture a few times, let alone the capital.
“Chen Qiaosheng, Zhao Lidong, Datou, and Erdan,” Yunyi introduced. “They are all from Longxi. They can speak Mandarin. Although they haven’t seen much of the world, they are quite clever. You can trust them to do things for you.”
Sang Ye nodded: "Since it's the young lady's arrangement, you'll all follow me. Learn what you don't know, and ask questions if you don't understand. The young lady doesn't keep idle people around, understand?"
The four people said in unison, "We understand."
Yunyi also assigned Qingcao to be Sangye's personal maid to take care of her daily life, and made Fang Xiao her bodyguard. After all, Sangye didn't know martial arts, so it would be convenient to have someone who knew kung fu if something happened.
After getting to know everyone, Sangye and her group left in a hurry.
Before we knew it, it was time for Chen Huoshi's birthday banquet.
Early in the morning, Yun Zi laid out seven or eight sets of clothes for Yun Yi to choose from, and three or four sets of jewelry were placed on the table.
"I'm just going to a birthday banquet, and it's my enemy's birthday banquet, is it really necessary to make such a big deal out of it?" Yunyi was a bit overwhelmed.
"Yes." Yun Zi nodded. "I've inquired about it. These kinds of banquets invite many wealthy ladies and noblewomen. We can't let ourselves be outdone, can we?"
"The premise of dressing up is that the other party is someone I respect, and it's also for a blind date. But today, that Chen Huo is going to ruin me, so she's not worthy of my respect, and I don't need a blind date. So... just be yourself as usual." Yunyi chose a lake-blue dress, a color so subtle that even if something were spilled on it, it wouldn't be noticeable. Her hair was held up with a silver hairpin, and as for jewelry, she not only didn't wear any, but she even took off her earrings.
Yun Zi frowned: "Why did you pick them all?"
"I'm doing this as a precaution, to prevent the enemy from having even the slightest chance to frame me." Yunyi flicked the plain handkerchief in her hand. "Let's go."