The shop is frequented by young ladies from prominent families, who are always dignified, polite, gentle, and virtuous. Even when they curse, they do so in a very tactful way.
They wouldn't say such harsh words like Song Ning.
Although the Xu family is now in decline, both of the Xu family's wives were well-educated young ladies.
Especially Madam Xu, who is still in charge of the Xu family, when has she ever been scolded like this?
He was so angry that his hands were shaking.
"You, you, where did this wild girl come from, daring to speak so arrogantly? We are the ladies of the Marquis's mansion."
Song Ning scoffed, "The Marquis's Mansion? Didn't they say your Xu family had fallen on hard times? Is your Marquis's Mansion even considered a prominent one in the capital?"
The Xu family is not really a prominent family in the capital now. However, the old lady of the Xu family used to know Princess Jianing and would occasionally visit her at the Xu residence. But since the incident with Liu Yuelan, Princess Jianing has never visited the Xu family again.
The Xu family could disappear from the capital overnight and no one would care.
The two ladies of the Xu family pointed at Song Ning and then at Liu Yuelan, no longer pretending to be ladies from a prominent family.
"Liu Yuelan, how did you raise your daughter? She's from the countryside, how could she be so rude? If she doesn't kneel down and apologize to us today, she can forget about leaving this house!"
Liu Yuelan grabbed Song Ning's arm, not cowering behind him, but instead looked at him angrily: "We were just browsing the shops, and you had to go looking for trouble. My daughter is right, I don't care about your Xu family. We're doing much better than you now."
When Liu Yuelan visited the Xu family last time, she noticed that the entire Xu family, young and old, were now idle and lazy, with no one holding official positions in the court and no proper business to speak of.
Her daughter had given her a lot of money at the time. When she saw that the Xu family was even frugal with their meals, she was thinking of giving some money to help as much as she could.
However, the Xu family's subsequent attitude prevented Liu Yuelan from saying those words.
But since she had come all this way, and her own mother was here, she left some for Old Madam Xu.
The Xu family's reputation as a marquis's mansion is only good to talk about; they're not even as good as their own family now.
"Your Xu family members are all idle and lazy. I heard your eldest son is already twenty years old and still can't afford to get married. The cost of living here is not low. Can you afford to buy anything here?"
I must say, Liu Yuelan's insults were truly piercing.
She had long ago figured out what kind of situation the Xu family was in.
Even if she didn't go back to the Xu family, she didn't want things to get too tense, but the Xu family was being aggressive. They didn't mind scolding her, but they couldn't scold her daughter.
They never dared to scold her daughter at home, but now she's being criticized like this by outsiders.
"I'm telling you, don't let me see you again. Every time I do, I'll curse you out!"
When it comes to cursing, the two ladies of the Xu family couldn't let go of their status and were rendered speechless by Liu Yuelan's insults.
Finally, he could only manage to utter, "Fine, very well. From now on, you'll never be allowed to enter the Xu family's gate again!"
"Hey you two, things here aren't cheap. You should go home. It's embarrassing to be out here. It won't be good for the Xu family's reputation if you go out like this." Song Ning looked at the two of them smugly. This round, they had won completely.
The commotion attracted the attention of those around them. Song Ning and Liu Yuelan were not afraid, but the two ladies of the Xu family could not afford to lose face.
Seeing that all eyes were on them, they couldn't stay there any longer.
"We shouldn't lower ourselves to your level, you country bumpkins. Who are we? It would be beneath us to talk to these people."
"Then hurry up and leave. Even if you come back in the future, we won't sell you anything here."
The two left quickly with dark faces, and Liu Yuelan spat out a curse behind them.
Once the person left, everyone's attention returned to the shopkeeper, who had received the news. He came downstairs and quickly approached Song Ning, asking respectfully, "Master, has something happened?"
"It's nothing, I just ran into two mad dogs who blacklisted the Mingde Marquis's Mansion."
The shopkeeper was taken aback: "What is a blacklist?"
"From now on, we will not sell anything to anyone from the Xu family of the Mingde Marquis's residence who comes to buy things."
"Understood, Tokyo, don't worry, I've got it."
What a load of rubbish! It's a good thing it's fallen into decline, otherwise, people like that would probably be incredibly arrogant in the capital.
The mother and daughter came out of Fangcaoxuan and walked on the street. Liu Yuelan was still angry.
"Mother really regrets it. Why did we go to the Xu family in the first place? Now look what's happened, they even think we tried to extort them."
"What's there to regret? It's better to see things clearly sooner rather than later. Luckily, we didn't have any dealings with those people, otherwise, they might have been eyeing our money."
Liu Yuelan was shocked: "What you said makes sense. When I went there last time, the Xu family's daughters hadn't had new clothes made in a long time, and there was no proper business in the household. I heard that they had been living off the meager allowances from Old Madam Xu."
At this point, Liu Yuelan looked at Song Ning, somewhat embarrassed: "I left some silver for Old Madam Xu last time, you won't blame me, will you?"
"How could that be? Didn't you also say that Madam Xu treats you very well?"
“She was very good to me, but when my mother thought about how all that money ended up being spent by the Xu family, she felt uneasy.”
Song Ning chuckled: "Who cares? As long as your sentiments have been conveyed, that's enough. That money belongs to Old Madam Xu now, and it's her freedom to spend it on whomever she wants. We'll just have no further dealings with the Xu family in the future."
Liu Yuelan sighed, "I was thinking that even if the Xu family didn't acknowledge us, at least we could maintain a semblance of civility, but I never expected..."
The Mingde Marquis's mansion is full of true relatives, but unfortunately, these relatives are not as close as Old Madam Liu, who is not as close as he is.
"No wonder Yunniang doesn't want to go home. Last time, she secretly took a look at Old Madam Xu from afar. It's better not to go back to a home like this."
Liu Yuelan has lost her previous memories and has no feelings for the Xu family, but Yunniang remembers everything.
Originally, Liu Yuelan had advised her to go back and take a look, but Yunniang ultimately did not go back.
When Old Madam Xu was still in charge of the household, things were alright. But now that the Xu family has changed, and the two older brothers have gotten married and started their own families, the siblings' relationship has faded.
What good would it do to go back to a sister-in-law who is so materialistic and a brother who can't make decisions?
"Alright, let's not talk about those annoying things. Didn't we say we were going to have a good time shopping today? We haven't even visited a few shops yet."
The two strolled around the streets until dark, and then went straight back to Xiangyunlou for dinner.
As soon as he returned, Manager Du stepped forward and said, "Master, you're finally back! We have a distinguished guest."
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