The thing fell at Shen Yuexi's feet and rolled around. The red satin at the mouth of the bottle was washed open, and the milky white liquid inside sprayed onto the corner of Shen Yuexi's skirt.
Shen Yuexi took two steps back, her eyebrows slightly raised, and a hint of displeasure and sharpness flashed across her eyes.
She raised her eyelids and looked around at the man in front of her.
The other party was arrogant, with his hands folded in front of him, his chin raised, and he almost stared at Shen Yuexi with his nose.
Seeing this, Liu Qiu and the guys from Yanzhi Pavilion all showed anger, stared at each other with wide eyes, rolled up their sleeves and were about to step forward.
"Don't move." Shen Yuexi whispered.
She pointed to the bottle on the ground and said, "Liu Qiu, take a look and see if it's something we sold in our store."
Liu Qiu glared at the man fiercely, agreed, picked up the bottle and examined it carefully.
At the same time, Shen Yuexi inquired about the man's identity.
According to the man himself, he was a butcher on East Street and his surname was Zhu.
Following him was his recently married wife, Cuixiang.
A few days ago, Cuixiang bought a bottle of skin care lotion at Yanzhi Pavilion and spent two taels of silver.
As a result, not long after I bought it and used it, small red rashes appeared all over my face. Not only that, my whole face was swollen like a pig's head, red and big.
Zhu the butcher spent a lot of money to marry such a beautiful bride, but before he had time to get close to her for a few days, she became like this.
Zhu the butcher was furious, so he went to Yanzhi Pavilion specifically to ask for an explanation.
While Zhu the Butcher was explaining the whole story, Liu Qiu had already finished checking the bottle.
She walked to Shen Yuexi's side, gave Zhu the butcher a fierce look, then leaned close to Shen Yuexi's ear and whispered, "Madam, this bottle is indeed something that our Rouge Pavilion took out, but what's inside is not something from our Rouge Pavilion."
Shen Yuexi nodded slightly and raised her hand, and Liu Qiu immediately stepped aside.
"Cui Xiang." Shen Yuexi turned her head to look at Cui Xiang, "Have you ever changed the contents of this bottle since you bought it?"
Cuixiang's eyelids tightened and she glanced at Zhu the butcher cautiously.
She looked at Shen Yuexi cautiously and was about to speak when Zhu the Butcher glared at Cuixiang coldly.
The latter immediately lowered her head, pursed her pink lips, and shook her head slightly: "No... no."
Just as he finished speaking, Zhu the Butcher pulled Cuixiang behind him and looked at Shen Yuexi unhappily: "What do you mean by that? Could it be that we switched things to frame you?"
"Since Cuixiang bought this thing, let her speak for herself."
Without even looking at Zhu the Butcher, Shen Yuexi leaned forward, looked at Cuixiang, and continued, "Since you said you bought this from our Rouge Pavilion, do you remember which waiter sold it to you?"
Cuixiang lowered her head and tightly grasped the corner of Zhu the Butcher's clothes with her right hand. The veins on the back of her hand were bulging and it was still trembling slightly.
"I'm telling you!" Butcher Zhu raised his finger and pointed at the tip of Shen Yuexi's nose, "Don't try to fool us with these nonsense."
"Anyway, I bought this thing from you. It's your responsibility that my wife's face is ruined!"
Butcher Zhu raised his chin and glanced at the items displayed in the store, finally stopping his gaze on the cream area.
He pointed to the shelf and shouted, "Isn't that it?"
As he said that, Zhu the Butcher took advantage of Liu Qiu's inattention and snatched the bottle from her hand.
Butcher Zhu raised his right hand, holding the bottle high above his head, and shouted to the people inside and outside the Rouge Shop, "Everyone, come and see! Rouge's cream has ruined my wife's face. Rouge is a big bully and they're trying to shirk responsibility."
"How can we, the little people, survive?"
As Zhu the butcher finished speaking, several women who were originally looking at cream in the shop put down their things, pulled each other, and hurried away.
Not only that, the women in other areas were also worried about getting into trouble and immediately left the Rouge Pavilion.
Crowds of people gathered outside the store to watch the fun.
Butcher Zhu was still refusing to give in and was shouting even louder.
"It's not easy for ordinary people like us to earn a little money, but now these unscrupulous and black-hearted people have made money and ruined our reputation."
"Everyone, please judge for yourself. My wife is a woman. How can she live in the future if she is disfigured?"
"Are we ordinary people supposed to put up with their behavior when we have nowhere to turn to?"
Zhu the butcher kept shouting, causing the onlookers outside the store to point and talk at Shen Yuexi inside.
Seeing this, Liu Qiu felt anxious and quickly stepped forward to block Shen Yuexi: "Madam, I will have someone drive this scoundrel out right away."
Just as Shen Yuexi was about to stop him, Zhu the Butcher yelled at the top of his lungs, "What? Kick me out?"
"Everyone heard it! It's clearly their stuff that's problematic, and now they want to kick me out?"
"Is there any law here? Is there any justice?"
Liu Qiu saw that he had caused trouble for Shen Yuexi, his face became increasingly red, and he stamped his feet in anger: "You, you, you... I'm the one who wants to kick you out, what does this have to do with my wife?"
Butcher Zhu doesn't care about that.
He relied on his loud voice and sturdy build, like a natural trumpet, and kept shouting loudly.
Liu Qiu was petite and had a low voice, so she was unable to stop Zhu the Butcher at all, and instead made the situation worse.
When Yanzhi Pavilion opened, prominent families from all over the capital came to show their support.
[Everyone in the capital knows that the person behind Rouge Pavilion is absolutely not to be messed with.]
[But this butcher Zhu is so brazen as to come and cause trouble. It's obvious that he either has no status or position at all and just wants justice for his little wife.]
[Or maybe he's relying on someone's backing to act so recklessly.]
After figuring this out, Liang Yuyu blinked her eyes and looked around.
But Cuixiang was seen huddled aside, trembling, with her arms wrapped around her body, not daring to look at Zhu the Butcher at all.
Judging from Cuixiang's appearance, she and Zhu the Butcher are certainly not a loving couple. So, Zhu the Butcher is not seeking justice for his beloved wife.
Liang Yuyu was lying on Shen Yuexi's shoulder. She was taller than ordinary people, and she deliberately stretched her neck to look around.
Soon, Liang Yuyu saw a sedan chair parked outside Yanzhi Pavilion.
Judging from the appearance of the sedan chair, it looks like the sedan chair from the Cen Mansion.
[It seems that the person behind Zhu the Butcher is Minister Cen.]
Shen Yuexi followed Liang Yuyu's gaze. Although she didn't see the entire sedan chair outside, she saw a familiar face in the crowd.
She thought for a moment and sneered.
The butcher Zhu in front of him was still holding a bottle and shouting loudly.
Shen Yuexi strode forward and snatched the bottle while Zhu the Butcher was not paying attention.
Butcher Zhu opened his eyes wide and looked at Shen Yuexi angrily: "What? Do you still want to kick me out?"
Shen Yuexi raised the corner of his lips and sneered indifferently.
Then, before Zhu the Butcher could come to his senses, Shen Yuexi raised her hand and slapped him hard in the face of his hideous face.
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