Chapter 119 Reporting to the Police
Qin Xiu either brought the latest news from Lingnan or told the prince's party about the clues.
Or he could analyze the weirdness of Wei Zhai and Lao Fu with Jiang Qingning, and discuss how to dig a hole to lure the snake out.
Qin Xiu's attitude remained focused and serious, even with a hint of official seriousness.
But Jiang Qingning could keenly feel the unmistakable heat and concern in the depths of his eyes as he looked at her.
Jiang Qingning's panic had not completely subsided.
Love is like a battlefield, you need to proceed step by step carefully and not allow any impulsiveness.
She saw and felt Qin Xiu's sincerity, but she still needed more observation.
But the tree wants to be still but the wind does not stop.
Jiang Qingning wanted to handle business affairs in a low-key manner, but someone just didn't let her do so.
This day.
Jiang Qingning took Zi Su and several capable managers to Ningxiang Pavilion, located in the most prosperous area of West City, to check the accounts.
Ningxiang Pavilion is one of her most profitable businesses, mainly engaged in rouge, powder, spices and essential oils.
With its unique formula and superior quality, it is deeply loved by the ladies and girls in Beijing and has an excellent reputation.
The audit went smoothly, and both the shopkeeper and the accountant were very respectful.
"Master, take care."
"Um."
Jiang Qingning nodded and prepared to leave. When he reached the door of the store, something strange happened.
A woman wearing coarse clothes and with her head and face wrapped in a cloth suddenly rushed out from the crowd.
She held high in her hand a white jade rouge box with the Ningxiang Pavilion logo printed on it, cried miserably as she rushed in front of Jiang Qingning, then fell to her knees with a thud.
"Miss Jiang, please be kind and save me. Please give me a chance to live."
The woman cried heart-wrenchingly, attracting passers-by to stop and watch.
Jiang Qingning paused, her brows furrowed slightly. "Who are you? What's your grievance? Stand up and speak."
Having said that, she already had a plan in mind.
Instead of getting up, the woman started to kowtow, and the force was so strong that red marks soon appeared on her forehead.
Then she yanked off the headscarf covering her face.
"Ah! How disgusting!"
There was a sudden gasp of fear all around.
The woman's face was covered with dense, horrible rashes that were red, swollen, and oozing pus.
Some parts even began to fester and emit a foul odor. The whole face was almost disfigured and it was a horrible sight.
"That's it. I used your Jade Skin Peach Blossom Powder."
The woman pointed at the rouge box in her hand, her voice filled with despair, "I have been frugal and saved money for three months to buy this box of the most expensive rouge from your house, just thinking that it would make me look better..."
"Who knew, who knew, after only three days of using it, my face has become like this? Wow, the doctor said it can't be cured. My face is completely ruined. How am I going to live in the future?"
"Miss Jiang, your rouge is poisonous. You need to give me an explanation, compensate me for my loss, and compensate me for my life!"
The woman's shrill accusation instantly ignited the crowd of onlookers.
"Oh my god, is the rouge from Ningxiang Pavilion poisonous?"
"Oh my God, that face... it's so scary, how can it be okay?"
"No way? I've been using Ningxiang Pavilion's stuff for several years, and it's always been good, right?"
"You can only know a person's face but not his heart. Who knows what dirty stuff is added to it? Haven't you heard that it is the most expensive? The more expensive it is, the more deceptive it is!"
"That's right. The Jiang family had just been expelled from the family tree, and their reputation was already bad. Now this kind of thing has happened..."
"Tsk tsk, it seems that Miss Jiang is not honest in her business dealings!"
"Pay compensation! You must pay compensation! And report it to the police!"
The crowd was talking and pointing, and their gloating eyes shot towards Jiang Qingning like sharp arrows.
The owner and the clerks of Ningxiang Pavilion were all terrified and their faces turned pale.
Zi Su was so angry that she was shaking all over. She stood in front of Jiang Qingning and shouted, "Don't talk nonsense! The rouges in Ningxiang Pavilion have all been strictly inspected and there is absolutely no problem. You must have used something unclean, or you have a special body condition. Don't even think about slandering our young lady!"
"Slander?" The woman wailed even more fiercely. "My face is the evidence. Everyone, look at how Ningxiang Pavilion harms people!"
"Jiang Qingning, you black-hearted profiteer, you have disfigured me. If you don't give me a way to live, I will die in front of your store today!" As he said this, he was about to crash into the stone pillar next to him, but was stopped by the quick-eyed and quick-handed onlookers, and the scene became even more chaotic.
Jiang Qingning stood there, his face as cold as ice.
Her eyes quickly swept over the rouge box held high by the woman, and the faces of several people around her with flickering eyes and deliberately inciting emotions.
Jiang Qingning sneered in his heart.
This was not an accidental allergy at all, but a carefully planned frame-up against her and her industry.
The purpose is to completely ruin her reputation, making it impossible for her to gain a foothold in the capital, and even potentially affecting other industries of Ningge that have just started.
The mastermind behind this...
Jiang Qingning's mind raced as he had already come up with a plan.
She raised her hand, signaling Zi Su and the excited shopkeeper to be quiet.
Her voice instantly drowned out the noise at the scene: "Silence!"
The crowd involuntarily quieted down, all eyes focused on her.
Jiang Qingning looked at the crying woman, his eyes calm, but with an invisible pressure.
"You said your face is from using the Jade Muscle Peach Blossom Powder from Ningxiang Pavilion?"
"Yes! That's it!"
The woman held up the box and said it with determination.
"good."
Jiang Qingning nodded. "Ningxiang Pavilion is open for business, and reputation is paramount. If it's really my Rouge's fault, I, Jiang Qingning, will not shirk responsibility. I will pay the compensation and provide treatment, even if it means I'm bankrupt."
She changed her tone, her voice suddenly becoming stern. "However, if someone deliberately frames me and tries to use such despicable means to destroy my reputation and my property..."
Her gaze swept across the woman and the agitators in the crowd as if it were real.
"I, Jiang Qingning, am definitely not a soft persimmon that can be manipulated by others. I will definitely find out the mastermind behind this and make him pay tenfold or a hundredfold the price."
The woman and several instigators felt a chill in their hearts and their eyes flickered when she glanced at them.
"Right and wrong will be judged by justice." Jiang Qingning said loudly, "Perilla!"
"Miss!" Zi Su stepped forward immediately.
"Immediately report to the Jingzhao government office and tell them that someone has maliciously framed me in front of Ningxiang Pavilion and is defaming my reputation.
Please ask the prefect to send a coroner and a medical officer to examine the case, and also invite several highly respected and well-versed doctors in the capital to come for a consultation."
"Let them examine the rouge box and the scars on the lady's face.
What exactly is going on? Let's investigate it clearly in front of the government and all the neighbors!"
"yes!"
Zi Su took the order and turned to leave.
"No, you can't report it to the police!"
When the woman heard that they had reported the matter to the police, her face turned pale as paper and her eyes were filled with extreme fear.
Jiang Qingning paused and turned to look at her: "Oh? Auntie is injured, but she doesn't want to report it to the police?"
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