Chapter 553: Mutual Complementation and a Clear Conscience
Chapter 553: Mutual Complementation and a Clear Conscience
Chapter 553: Mutual Complementation and a Clear Conscience
Ye Wenyan shook his head, "I don't plan to spread it, but it has nothing to do with family disgrace. I don't care about family disgrace. If it were up to me, I would definitely make this matter public. But my grandfather knew all these things when he was alive, but he chose to swallow his anger. How can I expose these things after he dies and slap him in the face?"
"What should we do? Should we just let this go?"
Ye Wenyan still shook his head, "We can't just let it go like this, otherwise the old lady will become even more lawless, and feel that the Ye family owes her, and that she should do this, and that the Ye family is in the wrong and has no right to blame her.
Family disgrace cannot be made public, but it does not mean that it cannot be made public internally. Isn't the clan leader coming soon? If I am not mistaken, there should be more than just the clan leader coming from the old family. There will definitely be someone from the Ye Family Law Enforcement Hall coming with them. When the time comes, we will explain the matter in front of the clan leader and the Law Enforcement Hall, and see how the clan will make the decision and how to punish him after the decision is made. "
With her arrangement, Miss Ye Si should be satisfied, right? Ye Wenyan sighed secretly. If she was still not satisfied, there was nothing she could do. She couldn't arouse the anger of the old general's ghost just to appease Miss Ye Si. If she was to be killed by Shangxiangxiangduan, what would happen? Would there be a normal person in the Ye family?
Ye Chulian felt that this arrangement was a good idea. The Ye family’s affairs should be decided by the Ye family, which was fair to everyone.
But after the breakup, the Ye family no longer had a second branch, and her father's family would officially move out of the First-Rank General's Mansion. It would be fine if they never saw each other again, but if they did, she would have to learn from her second brother and call that father "Second Uncle".
People who give birth to children but do not raise them are hateful, but people who give birth to children and raise them but do not truly raise them are even more hateful.
The jewelry shop in the outer city has been opened for business, with a large number of customers coming and going every day. The jewelry made by Ying Nantian is worn by more and more people, and is also bought by more and more merchants and sold to various places in Northern Qi.
When Ye Wenyan arrived, there were already many people following her. They were all the people who had seen her come to the outer city and followed her silently.
People followed her all the way to the entrance of Xuanmai Jewelry, and when she stood still, someone bravely called out to her tentatively, "Fourth Miss Ye? Is it Fourth Miss Ye?"
Ye Wenyan turned around and looked at the people who followed him. Finally, a smile appeared on his face: "You didn't even know if I was a savior, but you followed me for several blocks? My dear, are your legs and feet okay? The last time I saw you, your bones were all broken, with only some skin left. I see that you can walk around now and there's nothing wrong with you. How are you? Are my medical skills okay?"
The young man was immediately happy. "The fourth young lady's medical skills are unparalleled in the world. She is definitely able to bring people back to life. We are all rough people. We saw the fourth young lady coming to the outer city from a distance, but we didn't dare to rush forward to greet her. We didn't want to miss the opportunity to say hello to the fourth young lady, so we could only follow her from behind. I hope we didn't disturb the fourth young lady, otherwise it would be our fault."
"Yes, Fourth Miss, we all missed you very much. We heard that you became the Empress. We are all happy for you and want to congratulate you in person." The man knelt down as he spoke, and as soon as he knelt, all the people who followed him knelt as well.
People kept bowing their heads to the ground, shouting, "Congratulations to the Fourth Miss for becoming the Empress. May the Fourth Miss live a long life!"
It would be a lie to say that she wasn't excited when faced with such a scene. Even though Ye Wenyan had been worshipped by tens of thousands of people after the earth dragon flipping incident, she was still moved by the simplicity of the common people in the outer city and their sincere blessings to her.
She walked forward a few steps, reached out to help an old lady who looked very old, and then raised her voice to say to everyone, "Hurry up, this is a street, not a palace, we don't need to mobilize a large force to perform this grand ceremony. Also, I am not married to the Emperor yet, so strictly speaking, I am not the empress. From now on, you can just call me the Fourth Miss as before."
After they got up, they were all happy. Some girls even showed her the jewelry they had just bought: "These are the earrings we just bought from the fourth young lady's shop. They are really beautiful. Although we saved up money for a long time to buy them, my mother said that such good things can be used as dowry when we get married in the future. It is worth it even if it is a little expensive."
She started this, and others followed suit. Many people showed off the things they had bought at Xuanmai Jewelry, some made of gold, some made of silver, some made of jade, and some made of gold and jade. All the jewelry was of later styles, completely different from this era, and could not be bought anywhere else except at Xuanmai Jewelry Shop.
Ye Wenyan was very satisfied with the result. She didn't sell these things to make a lot of money, so in addition to high-end and precious gold and jade articles, the store also made silver articles. The price of silver jewelry was relatively much cheaper, and these young girls in the outer city could afford it as long as they saved a little money.
Of course, it would be easier to reduce costs in later generations because of the abundance of materials. In addition to silver, steel and even some synthetic metals can be used. Unfortunately, in this era, materials are scarce, and if there is steel, it is made into weapons and used on the battlefield. How can people be willing to use it to make jewelry?
She stood in front of the shop and greeted everyone for a while, then thanked the customers who were willing to buy jewelry one by one. Then she took Ye Chulian and others into the shop, and then accepted a new round of kowtows in the shop.
Ying Nantian had already come out to greet them, and after she had exchanged greetings with the guests, she led them to the backyard.
The backyard is where the craftsmen work. Ying Nantian said, "Since the first batch of jewelry was made, the number of customers in the shop has increased day by day. Our jewelry styles are unique and novel, and people have never seen them before. So word spread quickly, and within a few days, the entire outer city of Lin'an knew about it.
As more and more people came to buy jewelry, Shangguan and I were already too busy. So I took the initiative to transfer five more craftsmen from the Ying family and three from the Qiqiao Pavilion. Master, please rest assured that no matter whether they are from the Ying family or the Qiqiao Pavilion, I have explained the rules to them clearly, and they have voluntarily signed the indentures and voluntarily become slaves, and handed them over to you, Master. The things are in the room, and I will give them to you later. There are eight people in total, all of them are dead contracts."
Ye Wenyan nodded and said nothing, but Ye Chulian took a breath.
The Ying family voluntarily sold themselves into slavery. How much did they approve of their fourth sister to make such a decision?
Everyone knows that the Ying family is proud and arrogant. Although they are skilled craftsmen, they are always flattered wherever they go. Now that they have signed a death contract, it can be seen that they have set their sights on her fourth sister.
Ye Chulian straightened her body. Although she did not recognize her as her master, she could not help but feel proud.
The jewelry styles of later generations are fresh, but they are mostly known for their simplicity, so it is not difficult to make them. Now, with Ying Nantian and Shangguan Xiaoya, there are a total of ten skilled craftsmen working together, which is more than enough to meet the needs of people from other cities. They even made many more batches to sell to merchants traveling outside the city and peddlers carrying loads to neighboring cities.
Ye Wenyan's arrival made everyone in the workshop excited. The Ying family knew too well what Ye Wenyan was capable of, and they were already impressed by her, even to the point of willingly becoming slaves. Now that Ye Wenyan had become the future empress, the Ying family felt that they had followed the right master. It was really a great honor to talk about such a master, and it was really not embarrassing at all.
Just like the Ji family of Quanzhou, although they are Ji slaves and also slaves, who in the world, except the emperor, would really dare to treat the people of the Ji family as slaves? They are now following the future emperor and empress, so in the future, they might become another Ji family of Quanzhou! The emperor has servants, and the empress also has servants. This is really exciting to think about.
The eight people stood in two rows and knelt in front of Ye Wenyan together - "Your servants kowtow to the master! Congratulations to the master for obtaining the throne of empress!"
Ying Nantian and Shangguan Xiaoya also knelt down and said in unison: "Congratulations, Her Majesty the Emperor and Empress."
Ye Wenyan looked at them for a while, then said with a smile, "Stand up! Since we are all family, there is no need to kneel here and there. Although it was a surprise to me that you signed the indenture, it has come to this point. If I say that I will send you back, it will be a bit sentimental. I think that after you leave the Ying family, you will be laughed at if you go back, so I can't do anything to end your life. Fortunately, Ying Nantian is here, and he will naturally tell you the rules of this shop, so I won't go into details.
I don't care whether you are loyal to the Lord or not, I just hope you don't lose your original intention as a skilled craftsman. The people of the Ying family are skilled in craftsmanship, you just need to remember your original intention. I didn't put too much effort into this jewelry store, but I have high hopes for it, so I also ask you to take good care of it, we can help each other, and I will not treat you unfairly. "
The Ying family members looked at each other, then nodded seriously. Someone took the lead and said, "Please rest assured, Master. We have a conscience and are motivated. The reason we left the Ying family is that we want to make a different path for ourselves. As a slave, we must protect our master for one day. As a slave, we must protect our master for a lifetime. We understand all this and we are willing to do it."
Ying Nantian said: "They are not from the direct line of the Ying family. Some are from concubines and some are from side branches. I will not bring out the real direct line of the Ying family. After all, I am also a member of the Ying family, and I have to leave a lineage for the Ying family. But these people are also carefully selected by me, and they have excellent skills. Master, you can use them with confidence, and even change their names and give them the surname Ying."
Everyone nodded.
Ye Wenyan shook his head, "No need to be bound by formalities. It doesn't matter what your last name is to me. I still say that since we are together, we should help each other and have a clear conscience. After all, such a fate is rare, and I am also very happy that you can come out of the Ying family and choose me."
She walked forward a few steps, looked through the drawings on the table, and then said to Nantian: "I came here today, first, to see the shop, and second, I want to draw some more drawings for you. But this batch of drawings will be more difficult, and their uses are not limited to jewelry..."
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