Wan Ge blew a tune, slowly and gradually opening up the surroundings to him.
Feng Ji had no idea what the smell was; he was leaning against his wife, and all he could smell was her fragrance.
He wondered what kind of incense Madam usually used, as it smelled so good. What to do? He also wished he could smell like Madam. He should ask her what kind of incense she usually used.
My lady is so warm, her waist is so slender. Is this what it feels like to be close to her? What should I do? I want to possess her even more. But will she be angry? Will she hate me?
…
After breakfast, before the doctor could examine him again, a servant came to report that something had happened at the shop. Since the master and mistress were both away and the young master was ill, the manager had no choice but to approach Wan Ge.
Upon hearing this, Wan Ge immediately followed the people out. The Feng family was the richest family in Jiangcheng and also imperial merchants, so they couldn't afford any problems with their shops.
She comes from a prestigious family and, in addition to learning the art of housekeeping, has also acquired some business acumen, so she should be able to solve the problem.
After Wan Ge left, Feng Ji's face immediately darkened: "Zhui Ying, how's the matter I asked you to investigate going?"
"This time, young master, we haven't found anything unusual yet. It seems that your wife suddenly proposed a divorce to you."
"I don't believe it. Madam would never make such a decision suddenly. Investigate again."
"Yes." Zhuiying felt wronged, but he couldn't say anything more and could only obey his master's orders.
Feng Ji continued, "What happened to the shop?"
Zhuiying immediately spoke up: "The clothing store is about to launch new products, but our rival, Ni Chang Ge, launched new products before us. They must have people in our clothing store who leaked our new products."
“Take care of the person and tell the manager not to come to the madam for such trivial matters anymore. If he can’t even handle these things, he doesn’t need to stay in the Feng family as the manager anymore.”
"Yes." After answering, Zhuiying obediently left.
…
When Wan Ge went to the clothing shop, he had already heard the shopkeeper's account of the whole incident. Like the shopkeeper, he guessed that someone else must have infiltrated the staff.
Now that we've agreed to launch new products, it's more important to let customers see them than to find out who the traitor is.
It's obvious that they can no longer launch the original new product.
Wan Ge took a look, and then looked at the newly arrived fabrics. The recently arrived fabrics were quite rare, and the colors and patterns were quite nice.
Wan Ge glanced at the new products that were originally going to be launched. Before her mother got married, she had worked in the clothing bureau, and Wan Ge had been influenced by her mother's experience.
Therefore, altering clothing styles is not difficult.
An hour later, the shopkeeper looked at the clothes that had been redesigned according to Wan Ge's instructions and exclaimed, "Young Madam is indeed knowledgeable. Even in the capital, such a sample would be rare. Once such clothes are successfully exhibited, they will surely attract many ladies and young women to fight over them."
Wan Ge spoke again: "Just tell the outside world that this was made by us in collaboration with a clothing store in the capital. Besides Jiangcheng, only the capital has this. Then you have someone take these patterns to the capital."
"Understood, I'll take care of it right away. There's still an hour left until the auspicious time for the new product launch, so please come along, young mistress."
“Okay.” Wan Ge nodded, then followed the shopkeeper. She also wanted to see her results.
The shopkeeper wanted to call his most trusted waiter, but no one came after calling for a long time. Just as he was wondering what was going on, he saw one of the waiters in the shop appear, holding someone down with him.
"What's going on?" the shopkeeper asked, puzzled.
Before the waiter holding the man down could speak, the man himself spoke first: "Manager, I know I was wrong, please spare my life! I was just confused for a moment, I didn't mean it! Please forgive me!"
"What did you say?!" The shopkeeper looked incredulous.
The waiter who was holding the man down also spoke up: "Manager, I originally wanted to go to the front to tidy up the clothes, but I saw Ah Gui acting suspiciously and holding the new blueprints that Madam had revised, so I just grabbed him."
"I never expected it to be you!" The shopkeeper was incredulous. The other person had always been the one he trusted most, but now he was being told that the person he trusted most was the one who had betrayed him.
The shopkeeper felt dizzy; he really hadn't expected this.
The other person knelt on the ground, kowtowing desperately: "Shopkeeper, I was really wrong, please forgive me."
The shopkeeper didn't look at him but turned to look at Wan Ge, and immediately said, "Now that the traitor has been caught, please make your decision, Madam."
Wan Ge glanced at the other party and then asked the shopkeeper, "Has he signed a contract of servitude?"
Aristocratic families typically employed servants who had signed indentures of servitude.
However, some business owners with large businesses may only sign employment contracts.
“He signed it. He was originally a servant of the Feng family, which is why he was sent here.”
Wan Ge nodded. If no indenture was signed, she would choose to report it to the authorities, and that was the only option. But if it was signed, the other party's life or death would be decided by the master family, and reporting it to the authorities would damage her reputation, so it was usually handled according to the family rules.
"In that case, let's handle it according to the family rules." The waiter wasn't sure if the person was from the Feng family, but the manager definitely was, so the manager didn't know what to do.
"Okay." After answering Wan Ge, the shopkeeper looked at the waiter beside him and said, "Lock him up first, we'll deal with him later. Remember to send someone to watch him so he doesn't escape."
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