Xue Linglong frowned subconsciously.
Shen Feng's brows were furrowed even tighter than hers, and he preemptively asked, "What are you angry about again?"
"Mother said that the tea bowls and cups made in the official kiln have fixed regulations for each mansion, and it costs a lot of money to repair each set. Calculate how many utensils you have broken this month. Do you really think that the money in our Jinyang Marquis Mansion was blown away by the wind?"
It would have been fine if Chen Feng hadn't said anything, but as soon as he said it, Xue Linglong immediately flew into a rage.
"Silver from the Marquis of Jinyang's Mansion?"
She stood up and pointed at Chen Feng's nose and cursed: "How much money do you have in the Jinyang Marquis's Mansion? The day after the wedding, you handed the household expenses to me, a newly married daughter-in-law, and even gave me the pretext of letting me take charge of the household earlier."
"Bah!"
Xue Linglong spat fiercely, "It's obvious that the mansion is in serious deficit, and they want to take advantage of the dowry in the hands of a new bride like me. They also said that the mansion's storehouse was stolen. Oh, who knows if it's a real theft or a fake one? Who would have thought that your Jinyang Marquis Mansion has been poorly managed over the years, and you have already lost all the treasures accumulated by your ancestors!"
"you……"
Chen Feng's eyes widened, as if he was meeting Xue Linglong for the first time, and he pointed at Xue Linglong in disbelief.
But just as he said a word, Xue Linglong snorted and interrupted him, "You still want to blame me for the theft in the warehouse? You are just wishful thinking!"
"you……"
"What do you mean by you?" Xue Linglong slapped away Shen Feng's hand that was pointing at her, "Is there something wrong with what I said?"
That's obviously not the case.
The storeroom was robbed on the wedding day, but no one saw how it was stolen.
Chen Feng was speechless for a moment. Facing Xue Linglong's rebuttal, he felt quite angry and stamped his feet. Finally, he said angrily: "Shrew!"
“It’s unreasonable!”
"You called me a shrew?" Looking at the face that was no longer as handsome as before, Xue Linglong became more and more angry.
The anger in his heart could no longer be suppressed, and he cursed without thinking: "Coward!"
"What did you say?" Chen Feng pointed at himself, "You said I was a coward?"
"Isn't it?" Love faded away amidst the accusations. At this moment, Xue Linglong just wanted to vent out the resentment that had accumulated in her heart for several months after getting married.
"Your mother keeps saying, 'Mother says' all day long. If you don't know, you would think you are a giant baby who hasn't been weaned."
"Don't you have any ideas of your own? Why do you just listen to your mother every day?"
"I……"
Shen Feng opened his mouth, not knowing how to refute.
He simply gave up trying to refute the matter and instead accused me, "Don't just blame me. What happened to those shops you opened? Didn't you boast that you could make a lot of money? But after so many years, you're only losing money!"
Speaking of this, Chen Feng became more and more confident, "The renovation of Pingfeng Pavilion alone cost no less than three thousand taels of silver, and the daily expenses for maintaining the business are more than one hundred taels. So far, except for the opening day, when a few of my colleagues went to show their support, have there been any customers?"
"That's fine. After all, you said it takes time to run Pingfeng Pavilion, and you will be able to run it well in some time. What about those snack shops in the south of the city? They won't take time, right?"
"How come you can't even do that!" Chen Feng frowned. He came back today with a gloomy face, in fact, just for this matter. "Do you know that the things sold in your milk tea shop caused my daughter of the Shangfeng family to have diarrhea after drinking it, and she almost fainted from exhaustion?"
"It's a good thing that we are from a marquisate after all, and the higher-ups only criticized us for a few things but didn't really do anything. Otherwise, your milk tea shop would have closed down long ago!"
Shen Feng scolded him, and after that he finally felt that the guilty feeling he had just felt was gone.
But when he looked again, Xue Linglong's face had flushed red.
It wasn't out of shame and anger after being accused, but simply out of anger at these words.
After taking two deep breaths, she waved her sleeves and swept all the teacups on the table to the ground.
After a series of crackling sounds, Xue Linglong's chest kept rising and falling. She exhaled and said, "What business doesn't take time to build? Business is not good. Do you think I'm not anxious? Besides, it's obviously not my fault that business is not good. It's because the locations of the stores in your Jinyang Marquis Mansion are too bad. My good idea has been wasted!"
Xue Linglong really thought so.
Otherwise, why were these businesses so successful in the previous life, but no one is interested in this life?
Apart from these ideas, which were put forward a little earlier than in the previous life, the only difference is the choice of store location!
But how could she know that those shops in prime locations in her previous life did not belong to the Jinyang Marquis Mansion at all, but were Wei Yunlan's dowry and private property.
Seeing that Chen Feng was about to open his mouth to refute, Xue Linglong exhaled and continued to scold: "And what you just said, you still have the nerve to mention it, your colleagues are flattering you? I really don't know what kind of people you have made friends with in the City Guard Division, just eating and drinking without giving money, more than a thousand taels a night, all on your account!"
"Are you here to show your support? You are clearly here to take advantage of the rich and take advantage of us!"
"And your boss... his daughter got sick from eating something, what does that have to do with my milk tea shop? Some people are intolerant to goat's milk and cow's milk, how can you blame me for that? You even want to shut down my shop for that, it's totally unjust!"
Actually, these are not a big deal.
What Xue Linglong could not tolerate the most was Shen Feng's accusations against him.
It would be fine for others, but as her bedmate, why wouldn't Shen Feng understand her and support her!
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. Xue Linglong grabbed the account book on the table and threw it at Shen Feng's face.
"You said I wasted money. Open your eyes and take a good look. These are the bills of your Jinyang Marquis Mansion for the past few months!"
"What's wrong with me using a few of your shops? Why don't you mention that I was the one using the dowry money to fill the deficit in the mansion these past few months?"
"Take these account books back and send them back to your good mother! Whoever wants to take care of the accounts in the future can do so. Anyway, I won't serve you anymore!"
"As for the money I paid earlier, I am too lazy to argue with you. Just consider it as compensation for the storefronts. We are even!"
Xue Linglong put her hands on her hips and finished speaking quickly.
As soon as he finished speaking, a scream was heard from the gate of Qifengyuan.
"Feng'er!"
"Who hit your face and made it bleed?"
Lady Qin, the wife of Marquis Jinyang, rushed in with a look of distress on her face. She first carefully stroked Shen Feng's cheek and sighed twice, "My son."
Then she pointed her spear at Xue Linglong and angrily said with a stern face: "You shrew, you actually dared to lay hands on your own husband. As expected, you are from a merchant family and have no manners at all. You are not worthy of being the wife of the prince of Jinyang Marquis Mansion!"
"Fortunately, the title of the Crown Prince's wife has not yet been officially granted."
A hint of relief flashed across Qin's face. She held Shen Feng's arm with one hand and pointed at Xue Linglong with the other.
She let out a soft sound, "A merchant girl dares to do this in the Marquis's mansion?"
"Feng'er, divorce her!"
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