Her elder sister steals her husband? She marries the God of War and is pampered beyond measure!

Chapter 259 Woman Blocks the Street

There are about ten ways to dress up for Su Mo's party, and this time they chose a more elegant and beautiful one to dress up the Seventh Princess.

"How is it? Manager Liu, what do you think?" Su Mowan stopped and asked the Seventh Princess to turn around so that she would face a group of embroiderers.

Manager Liu breathed a sigh of relief and exclaimed, "Wonderful! It actually looks quite beautiful!"

After turning around, the Seventh Princess touched the pretty knot that Su Mowan had tied, "Of course, how could it not look good on my face?"

Princess? !

The embroiderers were so shocked that their eyes widened, and they all stood up to kneel down and pay their respects, their faces filled with panic.

The Seventh Princess quickly waved her hand, "Sit down! I'm just here to have some fun, you can all do your own thing."

Manager Liu already knew Su Mowan's identity, so he wasn't too surprised by the appearance of the Seventh Princess. In fact, he immediately guessed the Seventh Princess's identity.

"Seventh Princess, although this looks good on you, you should change it. This material is not good."

Manager Liu gave the two embroiderers a look, and one of them quickly went to the back where the fabrics were displayed, picked out a fine silver-red soft gauze, and carefully carried it back to the group with both hands.

The soft gauze comes in four colors: sky blue, autumn fragrance, pine green, and silver red.

Not exactly rare, but extremely expensive. The material is light and soft, perfect for late autumn.

The embroiderer chose a silver-red piece of silk, which perfectly matched the Seventh Princess's light purple silk dress.

Following the steps just taken, the embroiderer carefully cut the fabric, minimizing waste.

Originally used as a shawl, the soft gauze now has an additional purpose, making it even rarer.

The Seventh Princess touched the fabric; it was soft and smooth, and she was immediately very satisfied, her face beaming with joy.

Practice makes perfect. With the experience from last time, the cutting speed was much faster this time. In just a few strokes, he cut out a piece exactly the same as the previous one.

Before the embroiderer could hand it over, the Seventh Princess snatched it away, then turned and handed it to Su Mowan, urging her with an expectant look, "Hurry up and tie it on for me!"

Su Mowan took off the inferior one from her neck and put the new one on, this time in a different style, not the same way as before.

Having finished, Su Mowan tidied up the details for her, and finally said with a hint of pride, "Everyone, take a look, what do you think?"

Manager Liu nodded first, his face beaming with joy. The embroiderers also showed happiness, but were more reserved than Manager Liu.

Manager Liu had witnessed Su Mowan's new ideas several times; every new idea meant a lot of money.

So at this moment, Manager Liu was extremely excited. When he saw that Su Mowan had used two different techniques to tie the Seventh Princess's hair, he asked, "Do you have any other techniques? So that when customers come, we can ask someone to teach us."

"Of course."

Su Mowan smiled and said, "We'll talk about that later. Let's talk about the production process first. Take a look at what suitable materials the shop has and make the order based on the quantity. Anyway, you have experience now. As for the price, it will remain the same as before, with a tiered system."

This means that there should be both good and bad, and one cannot only do the luxurious.

Manager Liu nodded knowingly, indicating that he understood.

Su Mowan gestured to the embroiderer, first making one long strip, one square, and one rhombus shape, then had Yinshuang carry them downstairs.

Manager Liu called over the two girls who were helping on the second floor. Su Mowan used Yinshuang as a model and demonstrated several different ways of tying the knot to the two girls, and then the way of tying the knot for each shape was different.

Su Mowan's demonstration wasn't fast, but the two girls were still a bit confused, so she had to do it twice more. After watching the two girls practice a few times, she gave a satisfied approval.

"Manager Liu, let's leave it at that for now. When customers come to buy, let the two girls pick two ways to tie it and teach them. Oh, and let the two girls tie it too, it'll also be a good way to promote the business."

So of the three that Yinshuang had taken down, two went around the necks of the two girls, and Yinshuang held the last one in her hand.

Yinshuang is currently dressed in men's clothing, and the scarf's color is too bright and inappropriate, so she gave the remaining one to the Seventh Princess.

The Seventh Princess happily told the palace maid to quickly put it away, and then pestered Su Mowan, saying, "Sister-in-law, shall we go for a stroll in the street later? I see that the streets are slowly getting lively."

Su Mowan still needed to go to the restaurant, so she said they could stroll along the way, but they couldn't deviate from the route.

The seventh princess pouted, but the thought of eating delicious food at the restaurant instantly cheered her up, urging them to set off quickly.

This should be the last time Su Mowan goes to the restaurant before going to Jiangnan, so Su Mowan will not be able to see the new young manager tomorrow.

It took quite a while to get to the restaurant with the Seventh Princess. There weren't many people in the restaurant, since it was past breakfast time and there was still some time before lunch.

Manager Qian was frantically clicking away at the abacus beads behind the counter, his movements so nimble that he didn't look like a man in his seventies at all.

Sitting next to him was another man who was slightly younger, and looked younger than Steward Luo of the Prince's Mansion, probably in his early fifties.

Manager Qian was busy working on his abacus and didn't notice Su Mowan and her group entering. However, the person next to him saw them first and quickly tugged at Manager Qian's sleeve. The two of them then came out from behind the counter to greet him.

The Seventh Princess had been here twice and was quite familiar with the place. She immediately said to Manager Qian, "Manager, quickly tell the staff to prepare some food. I'm starving."

Su Mowan glanced at the Seventh Princess and said, "You're not hungry, you're just craving something. Manager Qian, just give her some candied fruit."

"No!" the Seventh Princess protested unhappily. "I'm already tired of candied fruit. There's plenty in the palace. Give me something that we don't have!"

"Yes, yes, yes." Manager Qian instructed a waiter to go to the back kitchen.

Su Mowan told the Seventh Princess to sit and wait, and then told Manager Qian that a new person would be arriving tomorrow. Manager Qian immediately said that he would take care of it and would make sure the person was well-trained before leaving.

Su Mowan nodded and then asked how his voice had been over the past two days. Upon hearing this, the joy on Manager Qian's face faded somewhat.

"There have been fewer customers these past two days, not as many as last month, and our profits have also decreased."

Su Mowan was somewhat surprised, her brows furrowing slightly. "Why is that? Are you tired of the variety of dishes at the restaurant? Or has a similar restaurant opened?"

"That's not true."

Manager Qian shook his head. "I guess it's because it's been cold lately, so there are fewer customers."

"So this is ah."

Su Mowan touched her chin, frowned and thought for a moment, and finally tapped the table with her finger.

"If it's because of the cold weather, you could have someone buy a batch of stoves, put smokeless charcoal in them, and place one under each table. Don't open the windows completely, but don't close them completely either. Put two more in the private rooms, and remember to tell the guests not to close the windows completely, but to leave a gap."

Manager Qian didn't quite understand why it mattered whether the windows were closed or not, but this idea made his eyes light up. He rubbed his hands together and replied, "Great idea! Let's do it this way! This way, the guests won't feel too cold! But the charcoal we burn every day will be quite expensive!"

Upon hearing this, Su Mowan smiled and was about to speak when Manager Qian immediately interrupted, "Oh dear, that's short-sighted again! Your idea is right; we need to think long-term! Alright, alright, I'll have someone go and arrange it right away!"

Just then, a few guests entered the building. Su Mowan glanced at them sideways and saw that they were just insignificant people.

The Seventh Princess was happily eating from two plates. Su Mowan glanced at them; one plate contained red shrimp, and the other contained snails.

Those snails were a bit difficult to eat. The Seventh Princess held the bamboo skewer and poked it into the shell with all her might. It took her a long time to get one out.

Su Mowan found it amusing and was about to ask the Seventh Princess if she didn't mind that the snails were dirty, when she heard voices coming from the street.

Then came a few soft hoofbeats.

The Seventh Princess also heard the commotion and immediately threw the snail in her hand back into the plate. Then, she quickly wiped her hands with a silk handkerchief handed to her by the palace maid behind her.

Seeing the Seventh Princess stand up and about to run out of the building, Su Mowan couldn't help but ask, "What's the rush?"

"It must be the parade that's coming!"

The Seventh Princess shoved the used handkerchief into the maid's hand and tried to pull Su Mowan away. "Sister-in-law, get up quickly! Let's go outside and see what's going on! I thought I wouldn't see her here, but I still bumped into her! Thank goodness!"

"..."

Su Mowan was speechless. They were just a few new candidates for the imperial examination. Why were they so excited? Besides, it wasn't like she hadn't seen them before. The Seventh Princess had met all of them.

Seeing that she couldn't pull her, the Seventh Princess said coquettishly, "Come on, sister-in-law, aren't you on good terms with that Shangguan Qingqi? Let's go see what kind of coward he is when he rides his horse through the streets, so we can laugh at him later!"

"..."

It's really not easy to make fun of Shangguan Qingqi. She's probably going to steal the show today. Out of the five, she's the best looking and has the worst reputation.

But at the same time, it is also the most popular.

That's the contradiction.

As soon as Su Mowan got up, she saw that the street outside the restaurant was already crowded with people, mostly young women, including daughters of officials and commoners.

"Wow, there are so many women in the capital."

Su Mowan looked at the dense crowd, and all she could see were people with hair adorned with various hairpins.

Most of the daughters of officials were followed by maids and servants, which immediately made the street extremely crowded.

"Sister-in-law, hurry up and go! You'll be out of sight soon!"

The Seventh Princess panicked when she saw the crowd growing larger and larger, flooding the street like a tidal wave.

Su Mowan grabbed her arm. "What's the rush? We can't squeeze in now anyway. Let's go upstairs and take a look."

"Yes! That works too!"

The Seventh Princess turned around and pulled Su Mowan upstairs. Seeing how anxious she was, Su Mowan let her go first and went up slowly by herself.

The Seventh Princess rushed up to the second floor and headed towards the row of private rooms facing the street. She opened each door and went in to test the view. Finally, she stopped in a room slightly to the right of the middle and called out to Su Mowan, "Sister-in-law, come here quickly, you can see better from here!"

Before she could finish speaking, the Seventh Princess had already leaned her entire upper body out of the window.

Su Mowan was afraid that she would fall because she was too excited, so she quickly went over and pulled her up. Just as she was about to tell her to be careful, she saw out of the corner of her eye that the middle of the street had suddenly become quiet.

The seventh princess exclaimed in surprise, "Who is that?"

Su Mowan turned her head and her heart skipped a beat.

A woman dressed in a red wedding gown stood in the middle of the street, blocking the front of the parade.