"You mean, from May last year until now, it has been Qin Nanjing who has been stealing our business!" Mrs. Hu asked gritting her teeth.
"Yes, ma'am," the shopkeeper said, "We've been keeping an eye on the rival shop. Today, we saw them go to the General's Mansion together, and we confirmed that it was the eldest lady's shop."
"What Madam..." Hu roared, "She has nothing to do with the Annan Marquisate now!"
"Yes, yes, yes..." The shopkeeper nodded repeatedly, lowered his head, rolled his eyes and closed his mouth.
You're so petty to argue over a name. No wonder we're always so restricted in business. If you hadn't stopped us, we would have expanded our shop long ago!
The shopkeeper was secretly complaining.
When Mrs. Hu learned that all her current misfortunes were caused by Qin Nanjing, she was furious.
"I'd like to ask her why she keeps suppressing her own industry!"
Not to mention that the family has been divided now, Qin Nanjing had maliciously targeted her own shop when she was still in Annan Marquis Mansion. This alone is enough to make her suffer!
Mrs. Hu immediately went to the shop opposite.
"Call your boss out!"
She sat in the middle of the restaurant lobby and had someone guard the door, making it completely impossible for the restaurant to do business.
The shopkeeper quickly sent someone to the general's mansion to inform him of the situation.
It was almost noon when Qin Nanjing came slowly with her family.
As soon as the curtain of the carriage was lifted, they saw that the restaurant was surrounded by three layers of people. Mrs. Hu was inside, angrily asking why the boss had not arrived yet.
Rong Qi Wang, who was pulled over by her to save the situation, had already fallen asleep.
The people watching outside had already complained about them.
As soon as Qin Nanjing and the others arrived at the door, Mrs. Hu asked loudly,
"Qin Nanjing! What are your intentions?!"
"..." Qin Nanjing blinked in confusion, "What did I do to you?"
"Stop pretending to be innocent!" Hu stood up angrily and pointed at Qin Nanjing.
"Since this time last year, you've been arranging for several shops to oppose the shops in the Annan Marquisate, determined to bring us down. At that time, you were still in the Marquisate, yet you targeted your own family like this? What were you planning?!"
"You were planning to seize the Marquis's property from the very beginning, and then you tried every possible way to sever ties with the Marquis's family. What exactly do you want to do?"
"Weren't you the ones who tried every possible way to sever ties and drive the general out of the mansion?" Qin Nan said calmly, "You were afraid that the general would bring trouble to you in the future, so you couldn't wait to kick him out."
"In order to protect your family, my father-in-law personally announced in the Golden Palace that he had severed ties with the general. It was also you who removed our family from the family tree at Chaoxi's first birthday party..."
She stared at Hu with calm eyes, "Hu Qinglian, how come we are now the ones plotting against you?"
The incident of the Rong family breaking off the engagement caused a lot of uproar at the time. People had finally forgotten about it, but now it has been brought up again.
The people watching outside the store began to talk in low voices.
"I heard that there was news today that the Marquis's business has been suppressed by the General's Mansion. I think General Rong did this because he was angry at the Marquis's ruthlessness..."
"And I heard that the current assets of the Marquis' Mansion were built with the dowry of the previous Marquis' wife. When General Rong separated from the family, he only got half of his mother's dowry and a bunch of abandoned shops. If it were me, I would do the same. That would have been his property..."
Hu immediately refuted it with confidence.
"Speaking of severing ties, when Rong Baichuan was plotting a rebellion, did he ever think about his family? Did he ever think about the hundreds of lives lost in the Annan Marquisate? Why did my father-in-law sever ties with you? Isn't it because Rong Baichuan has his own army!"
"You are secretly storing food and training troops in a place called Huairong Village outside the city. Sooner or later, His Majesty will discover it!"
After the situation of "Rong Baichuan's rebellion" changed at the beginning of the year, the old marquis arranged for people to investigate the village that Qin Nanjing often went to secretly.
We found out that you are all soldiers coming back from the battlefield, and you are stockpiling large amounts of food and building houses.
All the young people inside were practicing military moves, and they all said they wanted to join the army to repay Rong Baichuan and Qin Nanjing for raising them.
The whole village obeys Rong Baichuan's family's orders.
If these people entered the army and reached high positions, wouldn't the entire army be under the command of Rong Baichuan alone?
He didn't believe that Rong Baichuan had no intention of rebelling.
Even if he is loyal to the current emperor, it does not mean that he will be loyal to the future emperor.
Marquis Annan had to guard against such a hidden danger.
During Chaoxi's first birthday party, he had been hesitating whether to remove Rong Baichuan from the family tree. After Rong Qiwang reminded him, he immediately made up his mind.
Although Rong Baichuan can bring great glory to the Annan Marquisate, he is also a huge hidden danger.
And Rong Shihan, the future glory, is by his side.
The old marquis was a very cautious man, which was why he was able to hold on to his title for decades and maintain a good reputation.
But others were not as cautious as he was.
"Oh...really?" Qin Nanjing raised her eyebrows slightly. "Are you sure you're training? Dongwu doesn't have a rule that says ordinary people can't learn military moves."
"Oh!" Hu sneered, "Don't try to quibble. Your affairs will be discovered by the higher-ups sooner or later!"
Qin Nanjing heard this and did not refute it. She walked closer to Hu and whispered, "You reminded me."
She smiled meaningfully at Mrs. Hu.
It seemed as if he was saying, "Thank you. I'll move to another location right away so no one can find me."
"..." Hu took two steps back, her eyes wide open, staring at Qin Nanjing in disbelief, "You...you really?"
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