The Story of Pearl Girl Episode 24 Recap, Plot

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After the opening of Mingjing Pavilion, Duan Wu’s business flourished. Many women flocked to the pavilion to purchase jewelry. Bai Xiaoshu, noticing that the other songstresses who had participated in the competition were now helping out at Mingjing Pavilion, purposely reminded them that Mingjing Pavilion lacked support from powerful backers and might not last long. However, the songstresses were undeterred.

With the Zheng family now holding shares in the pavilion, they knew the Zheng family would not allow the business to fail. Bai Xiaoshu was left speechless. Cui Shijiu saw that Duan Wu had established herself in Yangzhou, so she quietly went to meet her. She asked if Duan Wu would be willing to join forces to take revenge on Yan Zijing, reminding her that Xiao Xiami and a few members of the merchant fleet were harmed by Yan Zijing.

Duan Wu, understanding Cui Shijiu's intentions, directly rejected her, saying that they were on different paths and had no common goal. Meanwhile, Yan Zijing was not only running his business but also investigating the whereabouts of the Li Long bandits. The bandits were preparing to sell a batch of tribute goods in secret.

These goods were meant to pass through King Ying’s hands, and Yan Zijing learned that King Ying had arranged for a precious gift for the Empress Dowager—a red leaf crown. This information was incredibly valuable, so Yan Zijing instructed Kang Ju to find a way to acquire this treasure. Late at night, while a convoy from the jewelry shop was transporting the red leaf crown, they were suddenly ambushed by a group of bandits.

These bandits didn’t harm anyone; instead, they threw the crown on the ground and stomped it into pieces. The convoy rushed to report this to Master Zheng, who was shocked. This was a tribute gift for the Empress Dowager, inlaid with rare treasures like the precious Hongya Gu, and if it couldn’t be delivered on time, the consequences would be dire. Master Zheng immediately ordered his men to retrieve the materials and recreate the crown.

While the gold for the crown was easy to obtain, the jewels inlaid in it were much harder to find—only Yan Zijing had them. Although Zheng’s merchant company typically looked down on foreign jewels, in this urgent situation, they had no choice but to approach Yan Zijing. Yan Zijing didn’t simply agree to help. He raised the price and said that the Hongya Gu had already been promised to a customer.

He told Zheng’s family that if they could raise 8,000 gold within a day, he might consider letting them take it. Zheng’s family couldn’t possibly gather such a large sum so quickly, and Master Zheng grew anxious. Someone secretly informed Master Zheng about the financial support Zheng San Gongzi had provided to Mingjing Pavilion. Enraged, Master Zheng immediately bribed some local ruffians to vandalize Mingjing Pavilion’s signboard. When the ruffians came to destroy the shop, Yue Yunxiu argued with them.

Not wanting to escalate the situation, the ruffians whispered to her, asking her to hand over any worthless items for them to destroy instead. After the first incident of vandalism, the ruffians returned to Mingjing Pavilion. This time, one of them became infatuated with the shop assistant, a plump woman named Ying Tao. The two immediately hit it off.

The ruffian was now too hesitant to damage the store, and instead, he only took some superficial items to show to his employer. Duan Wu didn’t have much capital, so to produce more jewelry, she suggested refurbishing old jewelry to attract business. Songstresses, who didn’t have much money but wanted to frequently update their jewelry, found this service useful. The cost of depreciation and the refashioning fees helped solve their problems.

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