At the beginning, I was a rich female prisoner

The dancers of Jiaofangsi have been trained to have good dancing skills since they were young. Yu Yunxin first tailored several sets of dance costumes for them, and then choreographed two dance styles for them, Huxuan dance and ancient style pole dance.

As for the music, it was difficult, especially for Qu Yan, who was used to singing sad songs. Yu Yunxin gave her a few sad songs, but she lowered the pitch of all of them, as if she had slowed the music down ten times, and the good tune was sung terribly by her.

"Miss Qu Yan, the eldest princess taught you, so you should do your best. Why do you lower the tone so much? Don't you feel uncomfortable listening to it?" Yu Yunxin said helplessly.

"Princess, but I always sang like that before?" Qu Yan said unconvinced.

"What do they do when you attend those aristocratic gatherings?" Yu Yunxin wondered if people of this era had such bad tastes, so she asked.

"Appreciating flowers, chatting, and some ladies like to compare clothes and jewelry. They will even deliberately design their opponents to make them look foolish in front of everyone and become the joke of the party." Qu Yan said, seriously recalling every banquet she had attended.

"That's right. The women in the harem are always vying for favor and competing with each other. Even if you play a few times casually, they will feel that you play well. As long as the master is happy, they will reward you with more money. Music has always been a foil for the intrigues of those ladies. They don't care what song you play or sing. They have no intention of listening at all." Yu Yunxin analyzed.

"But after all, how can the humble around us take over the reins?" Qu Yan asked.

"It's not about stealing the show. It's about making them respect your music, forgetting about the comparisons and the fighting in the harem and just listening to your music. Otherwise, one day they will use you as a tool to vent their anger." Yu Yunxin said.

"I understand." Upon hearing this, Qu Yan immediately felt that she might have misunderstood the princess's meaning yesterday and thought that she was embarrassing her yesterday. She nodded and continued to look at the music score carefully and began to practice seriously.

There were two singing girls listening to the song, and they immediately woke up and nodded. One of them was singing a love song suitable for sweet talk, and the other was singing a simple song suitable for the public. The three people had different styles of music, which was exactly what she wanted.

Two days later, Pang Jinhua was almost ready. She covered the jewelry shop's sign with a red cloth and prepared firecrackers on both sides.

"Princess, today is the most suitable time for us to open our eyes," Pang Jinhua asked.

Yu Yunxin nodded and said, "Don't worry, Madam Mu! This is the day and time chosen by Taoist Xuanyi of Yanyu Manor that is most suitable for the opening of our jewelry store."

When Pang Jinhua heard this, she waited for the time with peace of mind. There were already many people watching outside, especially the noble ladies invited by Yu Yunxin that day. They had been waiting for several days and finally they could match their new clothes.

When the time came, Yu Yunxin and Pang Jinhua together pulled open the red silk cloth on the plaque, revealing three large golden characters "Hui Yuxuan".

This was followed by bursts of firecrackers. After the firecrackers stopped, many people could not wait and rushed into the jewelry stores, like a group of people rushing to eat, to choose jewelry that suited them.

Pang Jinhua is really good at talking, especially when it comes to matching. People were so moved that they bought several sets.

Yu Yunxin also helped to recommend various jade accessories.

These jade ornaments are even more sought after by noble ladies after being processed by skilled craftsmen in the capital.

"Princess, this jade hairpin is of such good quality and cheaper than others. Won't you be at a disadvantage?" asked a noble lady holding the jade hairpin.

"Today is the day our new store opens, so of course we have discounts. Each of these jade ornaments is unique, so don't regret it if you miss out." After Yu Yunxin finished speaking, many people came here to look at them and began to scramble to choose. It was like grabbing cabbage at a discounted price in the vegetable market.

Lin Qian and Li Wan saw the busy situation here and ran over from the other side to help.

The happiest person was Pang Jinhua, as she had sold several pairs of jewelry at home. She no longer had any desire for the jewelry, but making money was the most important thing. The key was that even though the selling price was twice as expensive as she bought it, there were still people willing to buy it.

Mu Yihe felt very proud when he looked at his mother in the teahouse. He secretly modified several parts of the jewelry so that his mother would not suffer any loss. He did not expect that it was so popular.

"Look at this silver chain and the rabbit pom pom underneath the emerald petals. It's prettier than what the girls wore at the fashion show the other day. I happened to buy that white mink coat, and it will look even better with this." said a woman.

Another group of people looked at and sold different pompom jewelry, the cheapest ones with the highest profit. They were sold out in a short time.

No one would have thought that this winter, women would be wearing these pompom jewelry on the streets, becoming a beautiful landscape in the capital.

Yu Yunxin also saw the pompom jewelry that were sold out, so she immediately hired more craftsmen to create more different styles of pompom jewelry.

Yu Yunxin chose Yu Mansion for tonight's opening banquet, and she had barbecue and hotpot today.

In the kitchen of Yu Lao's mansion, the fat butler Wang, who is the nephew of Wang Yuanxiang, looked at Yunshan and Yanluo with his fat round eyes. He originally wanted to take advantage of them, but he didn't expect to miss out. His fat body rolled twice in the kitchen and went straight into the stove hole, with soot all over his face.

Made the whole kitchen laugh.

"Butler Wang, please don't make trouble here. The master and people from General Lin's mansion are coming here as guests today. You'd better change your clothes quickly!" A cook in the kitchen said with a smile.

Yunshan and Yanluo looked at each other and laughed. If anyone dared to have feelings for them, she would not be so easy to deal with.

Butler Wang ran to the backyard in a panic. His fat body made him walk like a fat gorilla.

When she saw Wang Yuanxiang, she rolled over to him and cried, "Aunt, please help me! The two maids of the eldest lady are bullying me."

"What! Didn't her people move to the Princess's Mansion? Why are they still in the mansion?" Wang Yuanxiang asked.

"I don't know what the eldest lady is thinking. She arranged a group of people to work in the kitchen. I went forward to ask something, and then I heard that the master and people from General Lin's mansion would come to our house as guests today." Butler Wang said.

"Why didn't you inform me of such an important matter? Although I am a concubine, I am also the only mistress of the Yu Mansion. I have to go and reason with her." Wang Yuanxiang said and was about to leave the house.

When Yu Yunxuan heard this, she followed them. Today, when they came back from the Imperial Concubine's palace, the Imperial Concubine gave them a lot of good things. The Imperial Concubine said that even if their mother beat their eldest sister, it would be okay because she could support them mother and daughter.

Everyone in Huiyuxuan saw off the last batch of guests and prepared to take a break. Unexpectedly, Wang Yuanxiang and Yu Yunxuan rushed in angrily.

"Yu Yunxin, although you are a princess, I am still your elder. How could you host a banquet for General Lin's mansion without telling me, the mistress?"

"You are a concubine, so how come you became the mistress of the Yu family?" Yu Yunxin asked as she walked out of the counter.

“My Wang family has the support of Grand Tutor Wang and the Imperial Concubine. How dare you, a princess, disobey your elders?” He was about to slap Yun Xin in the face.

She had wanted to fight for a long time, and today the imperial concubine said that even if she beat the princess to death, the imperial concubine would still help her.

Yu Yunxin watched Wang Yuanxiang slap her. She didn't know where Wang Yuanxiang got the nerve to attack her, the legitimate daughter of a princess.

Just as Wang Yuanxiang was about to strike back, a bright yellow figure flashed and clamped Wang Yuanxiang's hand.

"Stop it! How dare you hit someone in front of me?"

"Your Highness the Crown Prince!" Yu Yunxuan called out like a crazy fan.

Yu Yunxin didn't expect that it would be the prince who helped her. Was he so busy today that even the prince didn't notice?

"Princess Xingguo was a second-rank princess conferred personally by my father. She is so noble. How dare you, a concubine, slap her?" the prince asked Wang Yuanxiang.

Wang Yuanxiang immediately knelt down upon hearing this and said, "Your Highness, I know I was wrong."

"Get out of here!" the prince said coldly. Wang Yuanxiang and Yu Yunxuan immediately walked out of Huiyuxuan.

When Yu Yunxuan walked out the door, she looked back at the prince and saw an unknown look on his face.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, why are you here?" Yu Yunxin asked.

"I've been here for a while, but I saw you were busy so I didn't disturb you. By the way, I know that you're opening a new shop today, so I specially gave you an opening gift!" After saying that, he asked the guard beside him to take out a brocade box.

The guard walked up to Yu Yunxin and opened the brocade box. Inside was a yellow coral ornament with the words "attract wealth and fortune" engraved on the plate.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, this gift is very thoughtful." Yu Yunxin said as she took the brocade box.

When Yu Yunxin handed it to Chunyu, Chunyu immediately placed it on the counter. Everyone was shocked when they saw it.

"The sky is an extremely rare yellow coral. Yellow represents wealth. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is so kind to Princess Xingguo."

"Can this prince visit your house today?" The prince ignored the gazes of others and asked Yu Yunxin.

"It is an honor for our family that you can come to our home, Prince." Yu Yunxin asked.

Some guests were about to leave, but when they heard that the Crown Prince was also in Huiyuxuan, they immediately came back and secretly watched His Royal Highness the Crown Prince from afar.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is so handsome and elegant." The women whispered from a distance.

Seeing so many people looking at her and the prince, Yu Yunxin immediately took the prince back to the Yu Mansion.

I specially asked the kitchen to prepare more ingredients. The prince sat on the upper right seat in the living room, sipping the tea that Yu Yunxin personally prepared and said, "Why didn't you dodge today? You let a concubine dare to show off in front of you."

"Your Highness, my sister saw you and was pretending in front of you!" Yu Yunxuan trotted over as soon as she heard that the prince was in the living room, and walked in and replied as soon as she heard the prince's question.

"Did I ask you?" The prince raised his head and looked at Yu Yunxuan with dissatisfaction.

"She is just pretending. Her maid hit me a few days ago, and today her two maids attacked the housekeeper. Your Highness, don't be fooled by her appearance." Yu Yunxuan ignored the prince's dissatisfaction with her and expressed all her complaints about Yun Xin.

"You cannot be so presumptuous in front of me." The prince said as he asked the guards beside him to take Yu Yunxuan out.

Yu Yunxin poured herself a cup of tea without saying anything and took a sip. She looked at Yu Yunxuan who was driven out without any expression. They were just clowns in front of her, and as long as she didn't do anything naughty, she would turn a blind eye.

The prince looked at Yu Yunxin calmly drinking tea without asking any more questions, his heart was full of her.

The atmosphere in the hall was broken by Yu Tinghai's return.

"I didn't know His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was in my house. I am sorry for the inconvenience."

"Sir Yu, I am here today to congratulate Princess Xingguo on the opening of her new store. Please don't be so polite." said the prince.

Yu Yunxin also poured tea for her father: "Dad, have some tea."

"How could the concubine in Lord Yu's house be so ignorant of the rules? She entered the palace to see Concubine Wang without permission and even beat up the second-rank princess appointed by the Emperor himself? I wonder how Lord Yu will deal with her?" asked the prince.

"What? Wang Yuanxiang went to see the imperial concubine? And she wanted to hit Xiner?" Yu Tinghai did not expect that Wang Yuanxiang would cause so many troubles for her today.

"Your Highness, rest assured that I will take care of our family affairs." Yu Tinghai said to the prince.

"I want to marry Xin'er as the Crown Princess. Lord Yu should understand what I mean." said the Crown Prince.

When Yu Tinghai heard the prince say this, he glanced at his daughter and replied, "My daughter is still young and hasn't reached the age of marriage yet. I can't agree to your request yet."

"I heard that General Lin's family will also be visiting our house today. I don't know if Lord Yu is considering the wishes of Old Lady Lin." The prince just finished speaking.

The Lin family also walked into the living room. Old Lady Lin heard what the prince said, sat on the chair and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince is wise and brave, handsome and extraordinary, and is naturally a good match for my granddaughter, but the Crown Princess is decided by the Emperor, and I dare not make the decision for Xin'er."

The prince smiled when he heard this and said, "Don't worry, old lady, I will ask my father to grant me marriage."

"Let's start the banquet!" Yunshan said as he brought the ingredients prepared by the mansion's chefs and cooks.

Yu Yunxin immediately stood up and said, "Your Highness, we are going to make barbecue and hot pot today. I wonder if you can get used to it?"

"Of course I will eat whatever Xin'er cooks," said the prince, motioning for the servants to prepare.

Soon Yunshan divided the hot pot into a small pot for each person. There was a small hot pot and a warm stove in front of each table. If they wanted to eat something, they could ask the servants beside them to warm it up on the warm stove on the side.

Wang Yuanxiang and Yu Yunxuan of the Yu Mansion were arranged to sit in the corner. Next to Yu Tinghai were Yu Linshan and Yu Niansi. Yu Yunxin sat next to Old Madam Lin. The two elders of the Yu family sat at a table to the upper right of Old Madam Lin. The prince sat in the seat of honor. This was the etiquette between the monarch and his subjects.

Pang Jinhua and Mu Yihe sat next to Lin Dengyu.

The prince looked at the hot pot, which he had used in the palace before, and it was not new, but the barbecue did make his eyes light up. He had eaten roast duck and roast rabbit made by Yu Yunxin in Nanling County, but today's meat and various vegetables skewered on bamboo sticks were very novel to him.

"Dad, what's so special about these?" Yu Niansi asked.

"Niansi, this is the grilled lamb kebab I ordered to be made. Try spreading some garlic sesame sauce on it." Yu Yunxin spoke first and demonstrated. Then she tasted it. She had to say that the sauce was really delicious.

Everyone was trying barbecue for the first time and they had to say it tasted great with the sauce. If it was warmed on the stove for a while, the taste would be even better.

Chunyu and Qiushuang took out the wine and started to entertain everyone. They poured low-alcohol fruit wine for the women and children.

Chunyu came to Wang Yuanxiang and Yu Yunxuan and didn't want to pour it for them, but after thinking about it, she decided to pour it for them! However, she added some Chinese medicine with sleeping ingredients, not wanting them to ruin such a good atmosphere.