Upon hearing this, everyone's minds began to wander. Even Qin, who had previously disliked Dong, came over and stared at the lip rouge on the two women's lips with curiosity in her eyes.
Xue Lingyu snorted coldly and said with a disbelieving look, "Madam Dong and Miss Chen must be joking."
Baoxiangfang has no business now, and Qiuniang is not around, so how could they possibly make new incense pills? And this lip rouge, it's nothing special to me.
Everyone knows that the new manager of Baoxiangfang is no good person. He can drive Qiu Niang away, so he can also keep the prescription from Qiu Niang.
Who knows, those newly made scented pills might have been made by Qiu Niang. If that's the case, we might as well buy them from Yan Yue Pavilion.
She hadn't even settled accounts with Baoxiangfang for the embarrassment she caused last time, but she was overjoyed to hear that Baoxiangfang had lost its business.
Regardless of whether what the Dong mother and daughter said was true or whether they wanted to help Baoxiangfang, she would not allow it.
Aunt Yun is just waiting for Baoxiangfang to close down.
If you offend her, you won't have an easy time in the capital.
As expected, many ladies hesitated after hearing this.
In the past few days, they had heard a lot about how Qiu Niang was bullied at Bao Xiang Fang. They heard that the new manager was too arrogant, which is why Qiu Niang started her own business. Otherwise, why would so many people from Bao Xiang Fang leave with her?
These women are extremely concerned about their reputation. Baoxiangfang is now despised by many people, and if they get involved with it, they might also be ridiculed and mocked.
Although Baoxiangfang was just a cosmetics shop, it was something they could use to compete with each other.
For example, Yan Yue Ge and Hui Chun Tang, which are now very popular in Beijing.
Being able to snag the latest items from these two shops is something that will make you stand out at any banquet.
Chen Feiyan was a little angry when she heard this and said with dissatisfaction: "Don't talk nonsense. Yan Yuege has been open for several months. The new manager of Baoxiangfang has only been in charge of the shop for less than a month. How could he possibly bully Qiu Niang and drive her out of the shop?"
In my opinion, these words were clearly spread by people from Yan Yuege, deliberately trying to damage Baoxiangfang's reputation.
If Qiu Niang was truly kicked out by the new manager of Baoxiangfang, why didn't she say so months ago? Why only recently? Rumors stop with the wise; Miss Xue, it's best not to be manipulated.
At first, she also believed the rumor and thought to herself that the new manager was really brainless for driving away the most important person in Baoxiangfang.
However, the moment she saw Jiang Yimian, she knew that the other person was definitely not that kind of person.
She couldn't believe that someone who could make lipstick and cut away sorrow would do something that seemed so foolish.
Even if she did it, she must have had her own reasons. It was definitely not what was rumored outside, that the new manager was jealous of Qiu Niang's talent and deliberately suppressed her, which Qiu Niang couldn't stand and thus rebelled and left.
Xue Lingyu was momentarily speechless with anger, but then suddenly realized something and said innocently, "I know that Miss Chen and Baoxiangfang have always had a good relationship and want to speak up for Baoxiangfang, but isn't this going a bit too far?"
Even when Qiu Niang was bullied and driven away, she still tried to justify herself.
Previously, Baoxiangfang's success in the capital depended on Qiu Niang's incense pills. Now that Qiu Niang is gone, they realize their own products are inadequate. Perhaps the rumors of Qiu Niang's ingratitude were just something Baoxiangfang deliberately fabricated!
She had long heard that Madam Dong and Baoxiangfang had a good relationship. In the past few months, Baoxiangfang's business had plummeted, and many customers had gone to Yanyuege. However, Madam Dong and her daughter still frequently sent people to take care of the business, which clearly showed that their relationship was not ordinary.
Baoxiangfang is dreaming of turning its fortunes around with today's banquet.
She wanted to watch Baoxiangfang close down, to let Aunt Yun know that she had offended the wrong person. She should have just followed her and blamed everything on Jiang Yimian, but instead she insisted on going against her.
Chen Feiyan just smiled and said, "If you say I'm speaking up for Baoxiangfang, then aren't you just smearing Baoxiangfang all along?"
I heard that a few days ago, Miss Xue slandered someone at Baoxiangfang. In reality, she knocked over the shelves herself but falsely accused an ordinary citizen. In the end, the truth came out and she had to compensate Baoxiangfang a lot of money.
"What, is Miss Xue now settling a personal score on official business?"
Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Xue Lingyu, some of whom were simply curious as to what was going on.
Many of them, having heard of Xue Lingyu's slander, immediately began to whisper among themselves.
"You don't know yet, do you? A few days ago, Xue Lingyu went to Baoxiangfang and deliberately knocked over a shelf to make things difficult for a commoner. Aunt Yun exposed her, and she was resentful. She used her status as the daughter of the Minister's family to intimidate the commoner, hoping to make Aunt Yun turn her anger towards that commoner."
To everyone's surprise, Aunt Yun completely ignored her, exposed her little trick, and made her sign the IOU directly.
That wasn't the end of it. When Xue Lingyu saw that the amount of money to be lost was large, she wanted the young ladies who were with her to lose money as well.
I heard that the daughter of the Grand Master of Ceremonies was among them.
I heard that because of this incident, Lord Xue confined her to her quarters for several days. If she hadn't come to attend the banquet at the Marquis of Anding's residence today, she probably wouldn't have been able to leave the manor at all!
"Is that so? Then I don't think we can trust Xue Lingyu's words either! If she can slander ordinary people, she can certainly slander Baoxiangfang as well."
"That's right, I was wondering why I didn't see the young lady from the Taichangshi family with Xue Lingyu today. They used to be together all the time."
However, the people at Baoxiangfang are truly remarkable; they don't even care about offending the Minister's Mansion.
"You don't know this, do you? I heard that Baoxiangfang has someone behind it, who knows who might own it."
The crowd got more and more excited as they talked, completely ignoring Xue Lingyu's increasingly pale face.
Seeing this, the gentle lady tried to smooth things over, saying, "Regardless of the grudges between Baoxiangfang and Yanyuege, I only noticed that Madam Dong's complexion has improved a lot, so I think the incense pills must really be effective. As long as they can really relieve headaches, why not give them a try?"
Upon hearing this, several people who were already interested in the fragrance pills and lipsticks chimed in.
"If you ask me, that makes sense. Yan Yue Ge and Bao Xiang Fang are now competitors, so they certainly won't say anything good about each other. We can buy wherever we want. I think Bao Xiang Fang's lipsticks are really good."
I'm sure there isn't a single shop in the capital that sells it.
"That's right, I also think the lipstick is very nice. Mrs. Dong and Miss Chen just mentioned it casually. Whether we buy it or not is our business. Miss Xue, you shouldn't worry about it."
After they finished speaking, everyone followed Madam Dong and her daughter into the Marquis's residence, asking them about the incense pills and lipstick as they walked.
On Xue Lingyu's side, not a single person came forward to greet her.
She was so angry that her eyes turned red. She cursed the Dong mother and daughter in secret before following the crowd into the Marquis of Anding's residence.
I was hoping to find an opportunity to see the heir of the Marquis of Anding, but to my surprise, the heir of the Marquis of Anding did not appear even when the banquet was about to end.
Throughout the banquet, everyone was talking to Madam Dong and her daughter about Baoxiangfang, which angered her so much that she went straight back to the Xue residence after the banquet.
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