"It's a pity that we couldn't find any clues at the border."
Qin Wan sighed. Bai Wanyi grew up in the border area. Logically, it should be easy for him to gather information, but the information brought back by the spies was very ordinary.
Originally, he brought the two back before the New Year, saying that he knew some news about Bai Wanyi, but he insisted on going to Beijing before telling them, fearing that there would be trouble at the border.
The spies tried every possible way to bring people back to the capital, but what they brought were just hearsay and no direct evidence. After further investigation based on these hearsay, they only found one useful piece of information, but it was so long ago that not many people remembered it, and the person mentioned could not be found.
Xie Qing also knew about this, but he had other thoughts: "Did someone go to silence him?"
"Silence?"
Qin Wan was shocked. If it was a small matter, there would be no need to silence him. If it was, it must be a big deal.
What kind of major event is worth Bai Wanyi's efforts to silence the witnesses?
Qin Wan couldn't understand why Bai Wanyi would do something so evil as to kill someone. She couldn't help but think of Ping'er. She closed her eyes and recalled Ping'er's appearance in her previous life. When Ping'er was young, she seemed a bit like Lu Yan, but the older she grew, the more she looked like Bai Wanyi...
Qin Wan suddenly opened her eyes and looked at Xie Qing: "Ping'er seems to be a little bit like the fourth brother."
Xie Qing also thought of this. He nodded slowly: "If that's the case, send someone to investigate in this area."
"But even if we find out, we can't do anything to the Bai family." Qin Wan shook her head. She wanted to nail Bai Wanyi to death directly, but if she just revealed that Ping'er was not Pingyang Hou's biological daughter, she wouldn't be able to do anything to Bai Wanyi.
Xie Qing held the teacup in his hand. "Bai has left the Pingyang Marquis' Mansion and the Fourth Prince. If this matter were to be exposed, it would only allow her to stand by the Fourth Prince's side openly. Now in the Fourth Prince's Mansion, the Fourth Prince's Consort has been stripped of her title and is restrained. The Fourth Prince's Mansion is also without a mistress. With Bai's assets, it may not be a good situation for us if she becomes the Fourth Prince's Consort."
Qin Wan tapped her fingertips lightly on the table twice. "This matter still needs to be carefully considered. Or perhaps there is something major happening at the border that is unknown to the public? What is it? I just had this thought in my mind, but..."
Qin Wan forgot what she wanted to say when the words came to her lips. The fleeting thought was hard to grasp, but she felt it was an important matter. This feeling was so painful.
Xie Qing quickly comforted her: "If you can't remember, don't think about it. As long as we make every possible preparation and take every step carefully, we can always avoid risks."
Qin Wan couldn't remember anything, so she gave up: "Forget it, we can only focus on the current situation and go back first."
Downstairs, Chu Yun left, Bai Wanyi's new product launch conference failed, and Huibin Building returned to its previous state of depression, barely holding on.
Not only is Huibinlou's business bad, but the beauty shop Jinghuayuan's business is also greatly affected.
Not only do the sales of newly launched products suffer, especially the newly launched products, the sales are extremely poor, and even the original customer base has almost all disappeared.
However, it must be said that Bai Wanyi's speech this time was quite successful, because she really made these young ladies realize the importance of this matter.
But for some reason, these people found out that Revlon also sold these things, so they ran to Revlon to buy them.
Bai Wanyi looked at the customers who used to flock to Jing Hua Yuan, now entering and leaving Revlon with smiles on their faces, and his face was twisted with jealousy.
This time, Bai Wanyi also wanted to go and quarrel with Qin Wan and accuse her of plagiarism. However, not only was she unable to see Qin Wan, who was now the Crown Princess, she also had no way to accuse her of plagiarism.
Because the production cycle of sanitary napkins is very long, not to mention the soft fabric used on the surface, it takes a lot of time to make.
Bai Wanyi sent someone to buy Revlon sanitary napkins. The fabric and cotton were much better than hers, and they definitely could not be made overnight.
Bai Wanyi was not convinced, but he had no choice because Revlon's products were good and sold cheaply.
A box of twenty tablets only costs one or two taels of silver, but Bai Wanyi sells a box of ten tablets for five taels of silver.
The price difference is obvious. What's more, Bai Wanyi's fabrics were specially made by other fabric shops. For custom-made fabrics, the shop doesn't care whether it is suitable or not. Therefore, they need a large quantity at a time before they are willing to accept it. If the fabrics are not usable, they need to be redone.
However, the fabrics used to make sanitary napkins were very thin and not suitable for making clothes, so they were all piled up in the warehouse.
These are all costs, not to mention the high price of cotton. What's more, Bai Wanyi opened a separate shop for these sanitary napkins, which is another cost.
If Bai Wanyi wants to engage in a price war, she can only lower the price, but her costs are high, and lowering the price means she will make too little profit.
But there was no way. Bai Wanyi was not opening a shop for himself now, but to make money for the Fourth Prince. The new product launch conference had turned out like this, and the Fourth Prince was already dissatisfied. If he didn't make money, he would have no way to explain to the Fourth Prince.
Bai Wanyi could only lower the price to two taels of silver per box, and then offer discounts and bundled sales to give people the illusion that they could buy a lot. In fact, the final price should be one tael and eight qian of silver per box.
In addition to these, Bai Wanyi also had people spread rumors, saying that the reason why Revlon sanitary napkins are so white is because they are fumigated with sulfur, which is harmful to the body, while hers are pure natural and pollution-free.
Then, by raising a high-end banner, Bai Wanyi was able to barely revive the shop and get it up and running.
As for the ladies who were named at the banquet that day, they naturally had a hard time after returning home. Bai Wanyi had made public their hidden illnesses, which made them lose face and naturally hated Bai Wanyi.
Not only these ladies, but even the doctors at the press conference hated her to the core. Bai Wanyi said that they would go there to make a name for themselves, but who knew that they would become drowned dogs and be beaten by everyone.
Bai Wanyi is having troubles in everything and can only place her hopes on Ping'er. The county examination is coming soon and she hopes Ping'er will make a big splash.
If she could take first place in the county examination, the prefectural examination, and the academy examination, even if she was not among the top three, considering Ping'er's age, it would be enough to shock the Great Zhou. By then, wouldn't she, Bai Wanyi, be the master of the situation?
Therefore, Bai Wanyi would urge Ping'er to get up early and recite his lessons before dawn every day. She would go to the shop only after Ping'er went to school. She would also calculate the time and go to the school to pick him up when he got out of school. On the way to the Fourth Prince's mansion, she would also ask Ping'er to recite his lessons.
After returning home from the Fourth Prince's Mansion, Ping'er thought she could rest, but she had to do the homework assigned by Bai Wanyi.
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