Chapter 289 The Origin of Fengxue Tower
Inside Chixiao Courtyard.
Song Xin, dressed in men's clothes, stood in front of Song Qingci and reported on what had happened recently in the Moon Viewing Tower.
Originally, these matters were reported by Manager Zheng. However, due to the Prince Huai's Mansion, Manager Zheng did not have time to come, so he had to let her come to report.
"Are you saying that Prince Huai's Mansion wants us to be in charge of the Moon Viewing Tower to host Prince Huai's birthday banquet this year?"
Song Qingci thought to himself, what good thing is this? Someone will send you a pillow when you feel sleepy?
"Yes." Song Xin answered very respectfully. "Manager Zheng is negotiating with the people in Prince Huai's Mansion and asked me to ask the young lady what she thinks. Should we take this business?"
Song Xin thought it was okay to take it. It was just a matter of opening a business. People would pay and we would just provide services. It didn't matter whose money we were making.
Maybe, you can earn more money from Prince Huai's palace.
However, Shopkeeper Zheng was not particularly interested in taking on this business, so he asked her to come back quickly to ask the young lady for definite answer.
"Take it! Of course you should! Why not make money if you have money!" Song Qingci waved at Song Xin, asked her to lean over, and whispered in her ear, "Go back and tell Manager Zheng to raise the price of the Huai Palace by 50%. Tell them that we have prepared special materials for the Huai Palace, so the price is a little higher."
Song Xin smiled knowingly after hearing this. He nodded and said, "I understand. I will go back and tell Manager Zheng that this matter must be handled well."
The young lady thought the same thing as she did.
Is cooking for the nobles in the palace the same as running your own restaurant? The ingredients must be replaced with more precious ones.
Since precious ingredients are used, the price will naturally go up.
"Go ahead." Song Qingci smiled and sent Song Xin away. Then he went to the study to find Shan Li.
When Song Qingci arrived, Feng Er just came out.
When he saw Song Qingci, he quickly bowed and left.
Song Qingci walked into the house, pointed at Feng Er who was leaving in a hurry and asked, "What is he doing in such a hurry?"
Shan Li heard her voice, looked up and saw that she had come in, and said casually, "Let him pick someone up."
"The people from Taoyuan County have arrived?" Song Qingci reacted instantly.
As soon as they rescued Shen Mozhu and decided to get involved in this matter, they sent people to Taoyuan County.
The purpose is to protect the person who can prove Shen Mozhu's identity before Li Yanzhi and others, and bring him into the capital city unharmed.
These witnesses are extremely important.
"Yes, the people from Fengxue Tower went to pick them up. They have already arrived in the suburbs of Beijing. Feng Er went to pick them up and was responsible for their safety during this period."
"Are you planning to arrange for everyone to stay in Fengxue Tower?" "Beijing Suburbs is very close to Fengxue Tower, isn't it?"
"There is no place in the capital city that is safer than Fengxue Tower." "It is still a few days before Prince Huai's birthday.
The closer the time is, the more careful you should be.
It was not safe to go to Beijing now. The news came back that another group of people had also gone to Taoyuan County. They had fought with those people.
Song Qingci nodded, and then thought of a question, so he asked, "What is your relationship with Master Xue Yi? Why does it feel like this Fengxue Tower doesn't belong to him, but to you?"
As Song Qingci spoke, his eyes swept over Shan Li's body, a hint of suspicion in his eyes.
No way, no way. Could these two be the kind of relationship she thought? !
Song Qingci thought that Shan Li would say something bland to evade the question, but he admitted it directly, "That's right. Fengxue Tower is mine."
"Huh?" Song Qingci was a little confused.
"Fengxue Tower was originally mine, and Xue Yi was just the person who managed it for me on the surface." Not many people knew about this matter, except for a very few people inside Fengxue Tower, and now only Aci knew about it.
"Snow Clothes... Xue Yi..." Song Qingci remembered the name of the person in Fengxue Tower, and then he realized. "So this is what Master Xue Yi meant."
Well, it turns out she’s not the only one who’s bad at naming.
"Fengxue Tower is the power I started to build when I was seven years old." Shan Li slowly told the origin of Fengxue Tower. Since he had chosen to tell it, he might as well tell it all.
"Seven years old?!" Song Qingci thought of herself. What was she doing when she was seven years old?
It seems like he is still struggling to make a living in the orphanage.
At an age when she thought it was a luxury to be alive, the man in front of her had already started to build his own organization? !
Can't compare, can't compare.
The second generation of officials really can't compare to them.
"Yes, seven years old." Shan Li was born in such a family, and as the eldest son, his fate was determined from the moment he was born.
So, Shan Li had no childhood.
Seven-year-old Shan Li already knew what his future path would be.
"At the beginning, I just wanted to have a team of people who would absolutely obey me. So I took advantage of the opportunity to go out and look for people who could help me."
"Xue Yi was the first person I met. That year, I was seven years old and he was just about twelve years old. When I met him, he was just a little beggar on the street. He was surrounded and beaten by other beggars, and I saved him."
"At first, I didn't want him to do anything. Because of long-term hunger and lack of clothing, the twelve-year-old Xue Yi looked about the same size as the seven-year-old me. If I hadn't seen his determined eyes, I probably wouldn't have saved him."
Yes, injustices happen every moment in this world.
He is not a Bodhisattva, so he cannot save everyone he sees.
It would be a kindness not to add more attention to such things.
If he saves every person he sees, then he really doesn't have to do anything else.
"What happened next?" Song Qingci was intrigued and asked.
Shan Li was also considered a big shot. What he said was the history of how the big shot made his fortune, and she was very interested in it.
"Then it was just a normal rescue. I saved Xue Yi who was being beaten up, and hid him in another courtyard. I spent money and effort to treat his injuries. I originally planned to let him leave after his injuries healed. Unexpectedly, he was unwilling to do so. He insisted on staying to repay me."
"I didn't like him at all. He was having a hard time himself, how could he help me? But his eyes were very determined. Through his eyes, I seemed to see hope. So, I let him stay."
Shan Li mentioned the eyes of Young Master in Snow Clothes several times, and Song Qingci recalled in her mind the scene when she saw Young Master in Snow Clothes.
Were his eyes so special? How come she hadn't noticed?