Chapter 224 3/3

Wooden shopkeeper recently opened those two shops specifically to compete with him. Is it related to Mrs. Li Qingzhi? He still couldn’t confirm, but the wooden shopkeeper, relying on Jin Ye Embroidery Workshop, has earned quite a bit of money!

At that moment, Prince Yan already held a grudge against Li Qingzhi!

Later, he saw the book written by Li Qingzhi in Jiang’an Province.

Li Qingzhi praised Guo Tongzhi so much, and also praised Magistrate Zhang. It is said that Magistrate Zhang values him a lot, and Jiawei Zhai sends food to Magistrate Zhang every day.

Li Qingzhi is probably under Magistrate Zhang’s influence!

If he’s under Magistrate Zhang’s influence, then he’s under Lu Qingxi’s influence.

Prince Yan has been targeted by Lu Qingxi recently and has been holding back a lot of fire. Naturally, he wants to make trouble for Li Qingzhi.

But he’s always cautious… Prince Yan said, “Inform the Crown Prince of Li Qingzhi’s situation.”

It’s best if the Crown Prince causes trouble for Li Qingzhi, and then he can help Li Qingzhi and win him over.

Such a scholar, he doesn’t want to give up.

Moreover… Li Qingzhi, a scholar, shouldn’t want to become Lu Qingxi’s lackey?

After thinking this through, Prince Yan left his residence and went to attend a reading meeting organized by a scholar in the capital.

During this time, he had been in contact with many scholars in the capital.

Because he is approachable, many scholars already have a good impression of him, and his reputation in the literary circle is getting better.

Although Prince Jin told people that he was responsible for the loss of the disaster relief silver in Yuxian during the flood, Prince Jin had no evidence, and he was still very young at that time, so everyone thought what Prince Jin said was false.

Now, the scholars in the capital hope that the Emperor will appoint him as the crown prince.

Thinking of this, Prince Yan’s mood became very good.

However, when he passed by the jewelry shop and rouge shop opened by Penny Fugui, these two shops were deserted, almost no one came to buy anything, while the shop opened by the wooden shopkeeper was just the opposite!

The jewelry shop was crowded with people, and there was also a lively atmosphere in the rouge shop. There were too many carriages at the door of the shop, and some of the carriage drivers had to leave and wait elsewhere.

Prince Yan’s mood immediately worsened, unable to help but curse a few words, “Vulgar.”

Li Zhu arranged these two shops according to Li Qingzhi’s advice, and according to Li Qingzhi’s suggestion, hired some women to serve as assistants in the shop.

These days, the assistants in the shop are basically men, but the assistants in the two new shops opened by Li Zhu are all women.

Moreover, in the rouge shop, she also hired a makeup artist to help with makeup.

As long as you buy rouge or soap worth five taels of silver in the rouge shop, you will receive a stamped small silver coin. This small silver coin is made of silver, weighing exactly one penny, and can be used directly for spending or to get makeup and hairstyling services in the shop.

The jewelry shop also gives out silver coins, but you have to buy something worth ten taels of silver in the jewelry shop to get one. Afterward, you can also use that small silver coin to get makeup in the rouge shop.

Because of this, the business of these two shops has become even better. Plus, these two shops are spacious, and female clients can enjoy free tea and snacks… Some ladies in the capital have made visiting these shops their daily entertainment.

After entering the palace, Lu Mingshan’s message was passed on to her by Lu Qingxi, so she didn’t have to look for anyone.

Li Zhu was much easier and put all his thoughts on his two new shops.

Today, she came to the rouge shop.

The shop was crowded with women, some drinking tea and chatting, some looking at the rouge and soap in the shop, and some sitting there having their makeup and hair done by the makeup artist.

Ladies from wealthy families usually don’t let outsiders do their makeup. Some of them do their own makeup, and some let their maids help with their makeup.

But now… they just want to have their makeup done at the rouge shop.

“These makeup artists are getting better and better.” Li Zhu sighed as she saw the makeup done by her makeup artists.

These makeup artists were hired by her, but their skills weren’t that good at first.

As for why they could attract people to do their makeup… Li Qingzhi told her about eye makeup.

After her makeup artists learned it, they could make people’s eyes look very beautiful.

Plus, Li Qingzhi remembered some other makeup techniques… These makeup artists’ makeup may not be perfect, but it’s definitely above average!

Plus, Li Qingzhi drew some tools suitable for styling hair, allowing them to style better hair… Ladies and young ladies in the capital naturally flocked to them.

“Nowadays, ladies and young ladies in the capital are competing to have their makeup done here.” The woman next to the wooden shopkeeper said.

The wooden shopkeeper said, “You can recruit more women and teach them how to do makeup and hair styling. In the future, we can charge for makeup and even go to customers’ homes to do makeup.”

“Okay.” The person next to the wooden shopkeeper noted down.

The wooden shopkeeper looked at the rouge shop and then went to see the jewelry shop.

The jewelry shop was very crowded.

Jin Xiaoye brought jewelry from the capital, and it was sold out early. Fortunately, Jin Xiaoye brought a lot of glass, and she also found many craftsmen to help make jewelry. The jewelry in the shop could still be supplied.

The most sold in the shop are ordinary silver hairpins with glass inlaid. These silver hairpins are quite simple to make, and polishing glass can be done by inexperienced people without a master spending time on it.

“These jewelries are so beautiful.”

“This glass is so pretty.”

“I didn’t expect that glass isn’t all green, I wonder if there’s red, it would look nice if there was red.”

“The key is not only beautiful but also cheap. Other gems are not as cheap as this!”

“The styles of these jewelries are also good. I heard that even Imperial Concubine likes them!”

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