Chapter 2038 Yanran Goes to Beijing (3)
That is to say, she gave all her shares in Mifangzhai to her sister-in-law. Mifangzhai's rouge is the most famous rouge in the Great Jin Kingdom, and it is the number one brand of rouge and powder in the Great Jin Kingdom. The concubines in the palace, Caiwei and Mingzhu mother and daughter all use Mifangzhai's rouge. During festivals, Caiwei often uses Mifangzhai's rouge to reward the eldest princess, the princesses, the princesses, and the high-ranking ladies.
Mifangzhai supplies rouge, powder and spices for the royal family. It is a royal merchant. Its reputation is well-known in the Great Jin Kingdom. Its business is booming and it makes a lot of money. Caiwei gave so many shares to Yanran at once, which shows how much she values and cherishes her!
Yanran accepted it generously. When she was young in the capital, she heard her mother say that the queen was born in a merchant family and her industry was rich enough to rival a country. Now it seems that her reputation is well-deserved. She made such a big move at once.
Knowing that the Empress was giving it sincerely, and that she could not refuse the Empress's reward, she accepted it with gratitude and moved.
Fei'er's gift to her was a silk shop called Nongfa Cloth Shop, which was the dowry of Fei'er's sister. After years of operation, it has become the largest cloth shop in the capital, specializing in selling all kinds of high-end silks, ready-made clothes, furs, silk yarn, etc., with a daily turnover of more than 500 to 600 taels, and its income is second only to Mifangzhai.
Compared with the two powerful sisters, the gift from the future brother-in-law is a little thin, just two pieces of high-quality black fox skin. The brother-in-law is still at home and has not started a family. His family has not given him any property, and only gives him 100 taels of pocket money every month. These two long skins are worth at least 200 to 300 taels, which are probably bought with the brother-in-law's own money that he saved for two or three months. Although it cannot be compared with the gifts from the two sisters, the gift is small but the sentiment is heavy, so Yanran still accepted it with gratitude.
The younger sister-in-law Die'er was not in the capital. She went to the fiefdom with her husband, King Jing, but she also sent a box of exquisite and expensive jewelry to add to the future sister-in-law's makeup.
Die'er had already given birth to a chubby little prince, who was loved by Concubine Huo like the apple of her eye. She held him in her arms all day long and was reluctant to let go. The place where King Jing was exiled was far away from the capital, and it was inconvenient to travel to the capital. The little prince was young and could not leave his mother, so Die'er did not rush back. She only picked up a box of her favorite jewelry and sent it over to express her feelings to her sister-in-law.
Mrs. Du assigned two first-class maids, four second-class maids, and eight third-class maids to serve Yanran, and arranged Yanran in the Baihua Residence where Die'er lived before she got married. It was magnificent and grand, and the pomp was greater than when Fei'er and Die'er were not married. Although Yanran tried her best to refuse, Mrs. Du would not allow it, insisting on giving the best to this beloved daughter-in-law.
In the evening, the Mu family gathered together to welcome Mu Zhongqing and his wife and Yanran. Caiwei's family of five, Fei'er's family of six, plus Mu Zhongqing and his wife, Chongwen, Chongwu and Yanran, sat in a room full of people.
Everyone was talking and laughing together, and the scene was extremely warm.
Seeing that his family was prosperous and full of children and grandchildren, Mu Zhongqing was full of emotion. He recalled that more than ten years ago, he was still a poor scholar in Mujia Village. He couldn't even feed his wife and children. In order to earn a few taels of silver to support his family, he left his family and ran to the south to do business. As a result, he didn't make a penny and almost died of illness in a chicken feather shop.
Who would have thought that today, he is a second-rank official in the court, the emperor is his son-in-law, his children are all happy, and his wife is still gentle and beautiful. With such a perfect life, he really has no regrets in death!