After Liu Yueru came out of the Prime Minister's Mansion, she went straight back to the Liu Mansion.

She handed the shop deed in her hand to Madam Yan and said to her, "Send someone to take back the Rouge Shop now and check the accounts together."

"Madam, the Prime Minister's wife just gave you these things. Isn't it too hasty for you to go and close the shop now?" asked Mother Yan.

Liu Yueru shook her head; "Hurry up, if you are slow, this shop will not be ours."

Mother Yan looked at the shop deed in her son's hand with a puzzled look on her face, and said disapprovingly, "The shop deed is in our hands, can this shop just run away by itself?"

"Think about it, that rouge shop is considered the best-performing shop in the entire capital. Why would the Prime Minister's wife be willing to hand that shop over to me? Is it really to make up for me?"

Mother Yan shook her head in confusion. "You old slave, you are stupid and don't understand why."

Liu Yueru smiled and pointed at Mother Yan and said, "Go quickly and tell Uncle Fu what I told you. He will naturally know what to do."

Upon hearing this, Madam Yan did not dare to delay any longer. She took the shop deed and quickly turned around and left, muttering, "Madam, wait until I come back and talk to you in detail."

"Slow down." Liu Yueru looked at Mother Yan's running figure and reminded her from behind while holding back her smile.

Mother Yan left not long ago.

The butler hurried back from outside and saluted Liu Yueru.

Seeing this, Liu Yueru hurriedly stood up and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Madam, please go to Prince Jin's Mansion as soon as possible. It's the master..." the housekeeper said to Liu Yueru with a serious expression.

Liu Yueru walked out of the yard. "What's going on? What happened to father?"

"The people from Prince Jin's Mansion didn't say anything in detail, but I noticed that they didn't look very well, so I asked you to go over and take a look as soon as possible." The butler followed behind Liu Yueru and explained.

Liu Yueru brought Lixia and Bailu to the door, and the housekeeper had already prepared the carriage.

Lixia helped Liu Yueru into the carriage.

Sitting in the carriage, Liu Yueru was worried and had a lot of thoughts.

If something hadn't happened to my father in Prince Jin's Mansion, the people in Prince Jin's Mansion wouldn't have been so urgent.

She lifted the door curtain lightly and said to the driver, "Please hurry up."

"Yes."

The carriages shuttled through the downtown area, raising a thin layer of dust, causing passers-by on the road to cover their mouths and curse.

Jiang Yishu turned around, shielding his nose with the ink-and-wash folding fan, and looked at the passing carriage. He asked curiously, "Whose carriage in Kyoto can pass through the busy streets like this?"

The servant following Jiang Yishu followed his gaze and replied, "This is the Liu Mansion's carriage. It looks like it is heading towards the Prince Jin's Mansion."

Jiang Yishu glanced at the old woman in the carriage and saw that she was Madam Yan who followed Liu Yueru. He closed the folding fan in his hand and asked, "Are the people in Liu Mansion very close to Prince Jin's Mansion?"

When the servant mentioned the two mansions, he looked a little proud. "General Liu of the Liu Mansion and Prince Jin are the two great generals guarding our capital. They are both well-known figures. Prince Jin is also a man brought up by Lord Liu on the battlefield. In addition, the second son of the Liu Mansion is the prince's tutor. It can be said that the Liu Mansion is relatively close to those princes."

"What about Madam Liu?" Jiang Yishu asked with a hint of alienation in his voice.

The servant didn't expect Jiang Yishu to ask this, and was stunned for a moment before explaining, "According to rumors, the young master of the Jin Palace seems to be very close to Madam Liu, like a mother and son. Therefore, we often see Madam Liu and the Jin Prince traveling together with their children, so they should be quite familiar with each other."

Jiang Yishu frowned slightly. "Didn't I hear that Madam Liu was a pitiful person, framed by her husband and his mistress, and then divorced?"

"Master Jiang, although Madam Liu is a pitiful person, she is also a lucky person. The emperor personally issued an order for a divorce, and gave her a shop and money. This can be regarded as supporting Madam Liu. Even if she doesn't remarry, she can still have no worries about food and clothing."

As the servant was speaking, he suddenly noticed something was wrong with Jiang Yishu. He turned around and looked in the direction of Jiang Yishu, asking inquiringly, "Master Jiang, are you attracted to that Madam Liu?"

Jiang Yishu retracted his gaze, his expression becoming a little calmer; "Let's go."

When the two of them passed by the No. 1 grain store, the servant said to Jiang Yishu, "Mr. Jiang, this is the grain store run by Madam Liu and Prince Jin."

Jiang Yishu walked inside without saying a word.

He looked at the single dish inside, but there were many people queuing up to buy it.

His eyes fell on the dishes in the hands of those people, which were almost the same in number, and he was a little puzzled. "Do people in Kyoto like to eat these?"

The servant looked at Jiang Yishu's face in disbelief and suddenly felt like laughing. He pulled Jiang Yishu aside and explained, "There was a locust plague in Kyoto earlier. All the food that was not collected in time was eaten by locusts, causing the price of food in Kyoto to rise exponentially. In addition, some people in Kyoto deliberately stored food, so many people can no longer afford to buy those vegetables to eat."

"All the food you see now is produced by Madam Liu's fields. In order to ensure that the people have enough food to eat, we have set a limit on how much vegetables each person can buy every day. The prices of these vegetables are also based on the previous selling prices."

As Jiang Yishu listened to what the servant said, his heart seemed to be gently brushed by something soft, making him feel itchy and numb. He became more and more eager to see Liu Yueru again.

He suppressed the throbbing in his heart and turned to look at the empty seat on the side.

Seeing this, the servant immediately explained, "This is a place that Madam Liu has specially provided for the common people. If someone's vegetables are not eaten up, the common people will take them to the No. 1 grain store to sell. Those are fresh and rare vegetables. Not only are they cheap, but they are also rarely eaten by the nobles. Therefore, as long as the vegetables there are available, they will be quickly bought up. I have been here several times, but I have not been able to buy a single vegetable."

The servant raised his hand and touched his head a little embarrassedly; "The main reason is to snatch those old women away..."

Jiang Yishu looked at the things above, his expression dazed for a while; "I have a lot of vegetables shipped over from other places in the next few days. I wonder if Madam Liu has any intention of cooperating with others?"

The servant pointed at Ye Tao who was busy not far away, and whispered to Jiang Yishu, "That Miss Ye is the personal maidservant of Madam Liu. If Mr. Jiang wants to cooperate with Madam Liu, he can go find Miss Ye to act as a middleman."

As the servant said this, he raised his foot to step forward, but Jiang Yishu raised his hand to pull him back.

Suddenly, a group of soldiers passed by the door in a hurry, as if they were rushing towards the Dali Temple.

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