After He Qiu and his men left, Song Ning went back into the house and closed the door.
Wang Qiuhua was huddled in a corner of the inner room, trembling with tears streaming down her face. She jumped in fright when she heard someone come in.
Song Ning quickly stepped forward to help the person up and comforted them, saying, "It's alright, the person is gone."
Song Ning was also staying here temporarily and didn't have any other clothes, so she gave her a change of clothes that she had brought with her.
Wang Qiuhua changed her clothes and sat for a while before finally calming down. However, her complexion was not good. She thanked Song Ning.
"Thank you, Miss Song. If it weren't for you today, I'm afraid... I'm afraid..." she said, about to cry again.
Song Ning didn't know what Wang Qiuhua had gone through today, but the fact that she was so frightened and that Yao Shi came to arrest her in the middle of the night meant it wasn't a good thing.
"So you've figured it out now?"
Wang Qiuhua nodded repeatedly: "I understand, Miss Song. I'm willing to go with you. I will work hard to earn money and pay back the money my aunt gave me."
"How much money did the Yao family actually give your family?"
Wang Qiuhua lowered her head and after a long while spoke, "Five...five taels of silver."
Song Ning sighed. What a foolish girl. Five taels of silver was enough to make her sell herself.
"Don't worry, I'll help you solve this problem if you're willing."
She certainly won't need to pay for the repayment; the Lin family and Madam He will definitely be able to handle it.
What could be resolved with just five taels of silver was no problem for the Lin family.
The next morning, Song Ning told Madam He about the matter, and Madam He immediately sent someone to give her ten taels of silver without saying a word.
“Miss Song, you are truly a great benefactor to our Lin family. Here is ten taels of silver. Apart from the five taels I returned, the rest is my additional gift to the Wang family.”
Before they even left the main courtyard with the money, He Qiu arrived with Yao Shi.
Yao changed out of her usual colorful clothes and into simple clothes. With her head hanging low, she was pulled in front of Song Ning by He Qiu.
“Miss Song, I have brought people here today to apologize to you.”
He Wanying, who was standing next to Song Ning, stared wide-eyed, surprised and a little excited.
Yao was glared at by He Qiu, and then slowly stepped forward.
“Miss Song, what happened last night was all my fault. Please forgive me, I promise I will never do it again. Miss Song, I kowtow to you.”
After saying that, he was about to kneel down when Song Ning quickly helped him up, saying, "Please don't."
She really couldn't stand it. Couldn't people in ancient times change their habit of kneeling at the drop of a hat?
Although she didn't like this Yao woman, she was, after all, Lord He's concubine. If she really knelt down to her, what kind of behavior would that be?
"Lord He, I didn't suffer any loss last night, so there's no need for an apology. As long as she doesn't cause me any more trouble or harm the Wang family, you can rest assured that I won't mention this matter again."
The implication was that if anything happened to the Wang family, they would come to her, Yao Shi, first.
It was just the infighting among the women in the inner quarters, but she happened to witness it last night.
He Qiu said many kind words before leaving with Yao.
Song Ning is becoming increasingly curious about what Xie Linzhou said to He Qiu that could make such a high-ranking official as He Qiu so humble in front of her.
He Wanying took her arm and laughed loudly: "Sister Song, you are really my role model. This is the first time I have seen that Yao Shi get the short end of the stick. You are really amazing."
Song Ning chuckled dryly. It wasn't that she was amazing, it was that Xie Linzhou was amazing.
Lin Wenlu's matter has been resolved, and it's time for Song Ning to take over her shop.
He Wanying was afraid that she would suffer a loss, so she brought people to embolden and support her.
As Song Ning and He Wanying entered the restaurant, the same waiter greeted them immediately.
Song Ning stood in the lobby and called out, "Is your manager here? Have him come out to see me."
Xiao Er was taken aback, but seeing He Wanying beside him, he didn't dare to ask any more questions and quickly went to the backyard to call for help.
The man they called was the middle-aged man with shifty eyes who had greeted them when they had dinner last time.
As soon as she came out, she gave a slight bow: "Miss, you've arrived. Please have a seat. Is there anything you need?"
He Wanying waved her hand impatiently and said, "Alright, stop with the nonsense. The one who came here today isn't me, it's her."
Song Ning smiled and asked, "Are you the manager here?"
"Indeed, may I ask who you are, young lady...?"
"I am the owner here. Effective today, you are fired. Pack your things and you can leave."
Everyone in the shop was taken aback. The shopkeeper looked her up and down, then sneered, "Young lady, you have quite the nerve. Who doesn't know that this restaurant is owned by the prefect? You must have come to the wrong place."
“It did belong to the prefect’s family before, but it’s mine now. Didn’t the prefect tell you? He’s already given me the land deed for this restaurant.”
The shopkeeper scoffed, "Heh, if that's the case, then produce the land deed. If you can't, you're causing trouble, and if you try to leave, you'll end up in jail."
Song Ning took out the land deed and showed it to the people in the shop: "Take a good look, this is the land deed for Ziyun Restaurant. I am the owner here, and I am here today to take over this place."
"Alright, now that you've looked at the land deed, shouldn't you be leaving?"
The shopkeeper's face darkened, and he frowned, ready to renege on his promise: "You say it's true? How can you prove it's real? Maybe you forged it!"
Song Ning laughed: "Look, don't you know this lady next to me? She's the prefect's daughter. What, you don't even trust her? If you still don't believe me, then I'll have the prefect come and tell you himself."
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