Madam Lin had a good temper, but after all, she was the wife of a prefect, and naturally, she wouldn't believe everything she heard.
"Isn't this a bit inappropriate? If you have anything to say, please say it now."
Qiu Wen knew that what she was going to do today was not simple, so she continued, "Alright, it is like this, I have two bookstores, which are doing quite well, but recently they were wrecked by someone who claimed to be sent by the prefect's brother-in-law. As you know, my shops are small businesses. They say that commoners can't fight with officials, but people still need to eat and drink, right? What do you think, Madam?"
Madam Lin frowned deeply. She did have a younger brother, but he was usually quite honest. Besides, he worked in the government office, so it was impossible for him to rob someone's bookstore.
Lin said, "Come in and let's talk!"
Regardless of the truth of the matter, it needs to be investigated carefully.
Qiu Wen knew that the prefect's wife would not refuse.
“You all go and stand guard at the door. I need to speak with this young lady.”
"yes"
After dismissing the person, Lin looked at Qiu Wen with a somewhat cold expression.
"Say what you want to say!"
Qiu Wen didn't mind Lin's coldness and said, "It was my fault today, I disturbed Madam's shopping mood, but I do have something important to tell Madam."
"What's up?"
"I wonder if there is a concubine surnamed Wang in the Madam's residence?"
When Lin heard her mention Aunt Wang, her brows furrowed even more. Aunt Wang had failed to give birth to a son, and when she was giving birth to a daughter, she was ambushed and injured. Even though she later dealt with the perpetrator, she was unable to recover her health.
Then she watched helplessly as illegitimate sons and daughters emerged one by one. Over the years, she had spent a lot of time and energy in the inner quarters, so she naturally didn't have a good impression of those concubines, especially Concubine Wang. Because she was young and pretty, and had given birth to the youngest son in the mansion, she became arrogant and domineering, and almost didn't take her seriously.
Qiu Wen could tell from Lin's expression that Aunt Wang was definitely not someone to be trifled with. Her brother was so arrogant, she must have been willing to protect him. How could such a person be an honest person?
"What you want to say is related to Aunt Wang."
“Indeed, Madam, you are unaware of the truth. Everything that the young woman said is true, except that the man who claimed to be the prefect’s brother-in-law is surnamed Wang.”
Madam Lin scoffed, "She's quite capable, doesn't she? She doesn't even know who she is. Her brother-in-law dares to call himself the prefect's brother-in-law. She's much more arrogant than a proper brother-in-law."
Then Lin looked at Qiu Wen with a scrutinizing gaze and asked, "What do you want me to do?"
Having roughly grasped the whole story, Lin naturally understood Qiu Wen's intentions. She didn't mind being used, but only if she could gain something from it.
"Madam is truly a straightforward person."
Then Qiu Wen added, "I just wanted to ask Madam for a small favor. Recently, there have been rumors that the prefect's brother-in-law is bullying others. I would like to trouble Madam to tell the prefect so that he knows."
Lin said, "You're thinking too simply. This won't solve the problem. If you're not careful and it gets found out, you won't be able to get away with it."
Qiu Wen knew this, of course, but she received a piece of information by chance.
“I understand your concerns, Madam, but as the wife of the Prefect, you should know that there is still a distinguished person in Cangzhou, right?”
Madam Lin finally realized what was going on. Indeed, her husband might not care about ordinary rumors, but if they were too offensive and reached the ears of that nobleman, she knew that the nobleman's father was a man who couldn't tolerate any injustice, and his son was also an upright man.
After thinking for a moment, Madam Lin decided to agree, but asked, "How did you know that a distinguished person had come to Cangzhou?"
She knew it wasn't difficult, but she didn't know much about it.
Qiu Wen naturally couldn't tell her, and only said, "I just overheard someone mention it by chance, and I remembered it. I didn't think I would need it, but who knew it would come in handy."
Lin: What a coincidence!
Qiu Wen told Lin about part of the plan, but of course she couldn't tell him everything.
If this plan succeeds, Lin will be able to suppress Aunt Wang. In fact, Lin is also very annoyed by Aunt Wang. Since she couldn't give birth to a son, she naturally focuses all her attention on her daughter.
As a result, Aunt Wang, relying on her favored status, caused her precious daughter a lot of trouble. Aunt Wang was indeed quite shrewd in the inner quarters. Her husband, as he got older, became increasingly senile, and even caused their daughter to suffer.
Her daughter is getting married soon. She can decide on the dowry, but she also wants to give her daughter more assurances, since she knows there are quite a few things in the storeroom!
If Qiu Wen hadn't come to her, she would have actually taken action to punish Aunt Wang.
As Qiu Wen came out of Wu's Department Store, Luo Xue quickly asked, "Miss, how should we raise her? What did the Prefect's wife say?"
Qiu Wen said, "Don't worry, I guarantee that the guy surnamed Wang won't be able to act so arrogantly in the future."
Qiu Wen was planning to promote and popularize Wang Hailin's deeds, and had prepared a considerable amount of publicity funds for this purpose. On the other hand, Zhang Tingyu, who was somewhat interested in Qiu Wen, learned from the servant that Qiu Wen's gender and that most of those storybooks were Qiu Wen's ideas. She wrote down the outlines and then had someone polish them.
When Zhang Tingyu learned the truth, he was stunned for a moment. Were girls these days so capable? He knew that there was a sworn sister of the Empress in the capital, Wu, and he watched as Wu's Department Store became famous throughout the Qing Dynasty.
Now that another woman like this has arrived, Zhang Tingyu was quite shocked, and at the same time, he became quite interested.
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