Chapter 271 – Who’S Your Master?
Chapter 271 Who’s Your Master?
They watched Qu Moying enter the shop. Judging by her appearance and bearing, they could tell who she was.
Her eye disease was the most obvious sign.
The crowd gathered outside and switched the topic to Qu Moying. As they were talking, they suddenly saw Granny Miao and Yu Dong coming out. After wiping the table at the door, they put so pastries on it.
They also put so incense sticks and strings of paper money on the table. It seed that they were going to worship heaven to dispel the bad luck. It was indeed an unlucky thing, and it was normal for the shop owner to do so. Many people would worship heaven after getting out of lawsuits. But the one who was involved in the lawsuit was a shop but not a human.
It was normal to see such things in the capital.
It was said that if one ate the pastries that were used to dispel the bad luck, one’s bad luck would also be dispelled. Therefore, many people stopped and waited for the pastries when they saw the scene.
Granny Miao and Yu Dong burned the paper and lit the incense sticks. Then they pointed at the pastries on the table with a smile and said to the passersby, “Guys, you can eat them now.”
Then, they stepped aside.
The onlookers picked up the pastries one by one.
Although Qu Mansion prepared many pastries, quite many people were watching. All the pastries were taken away in a short ti.
Granny Miao tidied up the table with a smile. A busybody ca over and asked, “Fourth Lady Qu just went inside. Is she going to take charge of this shop?”
Granny Miao looked garrulous, and she was indeed so. She answered the person quickly. “This shop was our ex-Madam’s dowry. Our Fourth Lady was in the village before. Now that she has co back, the shop should naturally be under her charge.”
Many people who were about to leave stopped.
“Your ex-Madam has passed away for a long ti, right? Who was in charge of this shop before?” Soone else asked.
“Second Madam was in charge of it. Now, it is returned to our Fourth Lady.” Granny Miao continued to tidy up things without raising her head.
“So, that’s why you changed the shop na?” A passerby pointed at the shop na and asked.
“The shop was nad ‘Yue’s Clothing Pavilion’ when the ex-Madam was alive. The ex-Madam was from Yue Family in the South. When she married into the capital, her shops’ nas all started with ‘Yue’. Now that the shop was returned to our miss, she would naturally resu the original na. Otherwise, she would be unfilial and forgetting her origin.”
Granny Miao said righteously.
What she said was reasonable, and the passersby realized that this shop was renad because it was under Second Madam Qu’s charge before. Thinking about it, they could know that Second Madam Qu had changed “Yue’s Clothing Pavilion” to another na because she wanted to have the shop for herself.
Soone imdiately thought of the previous case of deception and asked, “So… did soone sell this shop on purpose?”
Granny Miao shook her head and replied in confusion, “I… I am just a servant. I don’t know about the case, but I know that the shop is now returned to our Fourth Lady, and it will be under our Fourth Lady’s charge in the future. It has nothing to do with the mansion.”
As a servant, she really didn’t know the details of this matter. No matter what questions they asked her, she could hardly answer any of them.
Seeing that she really did not know about the case, a passerby suddenly pointed to the shop next to Yue’s Clothing Pavilion and asked, “Is this shop also the ex-Second Madam Qu’s dowry? Why was its na changed? Could it be that this shop has not yet been returned to Fourth Lady Qu and has been occupied by others?”
It was easy to connect these things together. What Granny Miao had just said and the previous na of the shop all led to his question.
Hearing this passerby’s words, many people imdiately looked at the shop adjacent to Yue’s Clothing Shop. It was still early, and the shop had not opened yet.
Granny Miao looked up at the shop next to Yue’s Clothing Pavilion. She was also very confused. She looked at the two shops’ nas and muttered to herself with confusion, “Wasn’t that shop called ‘Yue’s Gold Pavilion’ before? Why did it change its na? Could it be that…it has a new owner now?”
Soone realized sothing and asked. “Isn’t that shop your mansion’s?”
“It doesn’t belong to our mansion. It is the dowry of the ex-Madam’s elder sister. But it had a different na a few days ago.” Granny Miao explained.
The ex-Second Madam Qu’s surna was Yue, and her elder sister’s surna was naturally Yue. The two shops looked similar, and their nas both started with ‘Yue’. It was obvious that they belonged to the sa mansion.
“Let your miss check it up. Perhaps this shop should also be hers, and soone took it from her.” Soone kindly reminded Granny Miao.
“Yes, this shop is similar to your mansion’s other shops. Perhaps the owner of this shop failed to keep the shop for her own children and others took it away from her. Its na was changed now. It seems to be the case.” Soone echoed.
“No way…” Granny Miao pointed at the shop by the side hesitantly. Her expression changed drastically. She suddenly went into Yue’s Clothing Pavilion without saying anything, leaving only Yu Dong to clean the ashes on the ground.
Looking at the two shops’ nas, soone suddenly realized sothing and exclaid, “Isn’t Fourth Lady Qu’s mother’s elder sister the wife of Earl Ling’an?”
“What?” Soone could not understand what it ant.
“She was the ex-Crown Princess’ mother.” Soone suggested in a low voice.
“So, this shop was the ex-Crown Princess’ mother’s dowry?” It was easy to connect these things together.
“Yes, it’s the ex-Crown Princess’ mother’s dowry. The ex-Crown Princess’ mother’s family doesn’t have many people. Is the owner of this shop changed?” Soone realized this and pointed at the na of the shop.
“How could it be? Right now, it is still the first branch, the branch the ex-Crown Princess was in, that is in charge of Earl Ling’an’s Mansion. I heard that the first branch adopted a son, and the title was given to him. Of course, these shops are also his. How can the owner of this shop change?” Soone said disapprovingly.
People in the capital talked about Earl Ling’an’s Mansion the most now. The ex-Crown Princess and Earl Ling’an had both passed away. It was said that the ex-Crown Princess’ younger sister also died. A concubine was desperate to file a lawsuit against Third Lady Ji before, and then, a son was adopted.
These things could not be considered trifles.
As they spoke, the shop next to Yue’s Clothing Pavilion opened. A manager walked out. He looked at the people outside and chased them away arrogantly. “Go away. Go away. Don’t affect our business.”
As he spoke, he pushed the crowd rudely, almost causing a few passersby to fall.
Looking at the arrogant manager, many people found him displeasing to the eye.
“Who is the owner of the shop?” Soone asked.
The manager glanced sideways at the passerby who asked the question. He snorted and raised his head arrogantly, “It’s none of your business. Does it have anything to do with you?”
He was just recruited as a manager, and Ji Youran let soone hire him. Naturally, he knew the owner of the shop was the Crown Prince’s Mansion’s Side Princess. How could ordinary people dare to talk about her?
“Who is your master?” Granny Miao ca out from Yue’s Clothing Pavilion again, took two steps forward, and glared at the manager.
It seed that Qu Moying, who was now in Yue’s Clothing Pavilion, was suspicious and had specially asked Granny Miao to ask the manager.
“It’s none of your business. Does it have anything to do with you?” Seeing that Granny Miao was just a maid, the manager beca more and more impatient. As the manager of a gold shop, he felt that he was superior to others in status. Moreover, his master was Eastern Palace’s Princess Ji.
“Of course it does. This is our miss’s relative’s shop. Why is its na changed now?” Granny Miao pointed at the shop na. “Did your master take it away from others?”
The manager was pissed off. “How could my master take other people’s shop? My master’s status is extraordinary. She doesn’t need to take other’s shop. This shop belongs to our master.”
“You’re talking nonsense. This shop doesn’t belong to your master!” Granny Miao beca even angrier.
Soone rembered what Granny Miao had just said. In addition, this shop had indeed changed its na. Looking at the manager’s domineering face, he couldn’t bear it and said, “This shop clearly doesn’t belong to your master. How did it beco hers?”
“The owner of this shop must have changed.”
“I wonder what kind of master was so an to…”
Everyone chid in. The manager didn’t know who said these words. He pointed at the crowd with a livid face and asked, “Who said that? Co out.”
No one in the crowd ca out, but there were still people speaking.
“Manager, who is the owner of the shop? Our master wants to et her. Let your master co over.” Granny Miao took a step forward and stood in front of the manager.
Seeing that Granny Miao kept provoking him and even stood in front of him, the manager couldn’t hold back his anger any longer. He suddenly pushed her forcefully and scolded, “Who the hell are you? What are you talking about? Your lowly master wants to see my master? Who does she think she is?”
His action was so rude that Granny Miao lost her balance and fell backwards, causing the few people behind her to fall to the ground together. Imdiately, the crowd began to curse the manager.
Soone helped the few people who fell to the ground up, and soone helped Granny Miao up.
Granny Miao stood up, gasping for breath and scolding the manager, “You… Which family are you from? How dare you… do such a thing?”
So passersby couldn’t stand it and glared at the manager, “Which family is he from? The granny was just asking questions. How could he be so arrogant? Who gives him the power to do so?”
“Could it be that soone from Earl Ling’an’s Mansion’s second branch stole the first branch’s property?” Soone said.
Many people knew about the matter of Earl Ling’an’s Mansion. It was a big deal before. It was said that the issue was about the stepson. In the end, the title was given back to the first branch. Although the stepson was born in the second branch, he was now adopted by the first branch, and he had to call his parents from the second branch uncle and aunt.
“Your Second Madam actually dares to take the dowry of the Eldest Madam. It is really unreasonable. Now she felt guilty, but she is still so arrogant.” Granny Miao continued to speak more and more confidently.
“How dare she? She took the first branch’s Madam’s dowry. That belongs to the first branch, and it should be left to the first branch’s young master. The second branch’s Madam could not take it away.”
“Your master stole other’s dowry. How could she be so arrogant?”
“That’s right. He really thinks that his master is great. He is so self-righteous.” Hearing all those words, people all thought that the Ji Family’s second branch’s madam took away the first branch’s madam’s dowry. Moreover, because of the manager’s arrogant attitude, they were all filled with righteous indignation.
The current Earl Ling’an’s Mansion was no longer as powerful as it used to be. Many people knew that Earl Ling’an’s Mansion had declined…
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