Chapter 281: The Lady of the Marquisate vs. the Younger Prince 24
Inside Linglong Pavilion.
The old lady looked at the set of red gold head ornaments placed in the velvet brocade box, her eyes shining, and said to the waiter beside her: "Pack this for me too!"
The waiter looked embarrassed, but he didn't dare to say anything too harsh, so he could only gently remind her, "Madam, you haven't paid for the things you just packed."
The old lady was followed by two maids, carrying valuable gold and silver jewelry on their shoulders, in their hands, and hanging around their necks. They acted like robbers, taking whatever good stuff they saw without any courtesy.
The old lady picked up a silk-wrapped, pearl-studded gold hairpin and put it on her head. She looked at herself in the bronze mirror and said cheerfully:
"Only such good things are worthy of my status as a lady. You are so ignorant, what's the point of talking about money? This shop belongs to me. I have never heard of paying for something that belongs to me."
The guy had never seen such a shameless person. Fortunately, Sister Shiqi had already gone to find the boss, and he just had to prevent the old lady from taking the things away.
He winked at the people at the door, signaling them to keep a close eye on the place and not let the two maids take advantage of the situation and steal the things away.
The old lady also hung a red gold dragon necklace on herself. This thing was heavy and must be worth a lot of money. He also took a fancy to the jade bracelet locked in the glass cabinet, so he instructed the clerk next to him:
"Open it and take it out for me to see."
Of course the clerk refused to open it. If he did, the shameless old man would snatch it away. He smiled and said:
"I'm really sorry, I'm just a waiter, I don't have the key to this cabinet, I have to wait for the boss to come before I can open it."
The old lady said impatiently, "What a hassle. Hurry up and ask your boss to come over. Your boss has to kowtow and serve me wholeheartedly when he sees me. What's the big deal if I take a few things?"
The clerk laughed dryly. This old lady was quite old, but her manners were so vulgar. Could she be some distant poor relative of the boss? It was ridiculous that she acted so arrogantly in the boss's shop by relying on her seniority.
The old lady had already collected all the valuable things in the store. She then wandered to the east side of the store, where rouge and powder were sold. They were worthless and she looked down on them.
A young girl was holding a brocade box with the Linglong Pavilion logo on it. She took out the red gold and kingfisher-inlaid Ruyi hairpin inside and showed it to the sisters next to her, which aroused a burst of admiration.
"This dot of jade is really well done, with bright colors and lifelike appearance, and it is a new flower pattern I have never seen before. Only Linglong Pavilion can have such craftsmanship."
"The things made by the Treasure Pavilion across the street are too clumsy. I don't like them. I like this kind of delicate and elegant ones. Even though the hairpins are not big, they are more expensive than those made of pure gold."
The old lady rushed over and snatched the hairpin from the guest, playing with it in her hand, "So this thing is so valuable, then it belongs to me."
The young girl was shocked. "I was the one who saw this hairpin first. How could you snatch it away? You...you are unreasonable!"
The old lady also snatched the things from the other girls. They were all small and light jewelry. She put them directly into her arms and said in a rough voice:
"Have you paid? If you haven't paid, then the things in this shop are still mine. Why can't I take them? I tell you, everything here is mine!"
Several young girls were frightened and screamed as they hid back. The waitress from Linglong Pavilion came over, comforted them, and took them to the second floor for tea and snacks.
The old lady was contented and bought all the good things on the first floor. She also took all the money from the counter.
The clerk wiped the sweat from his forehead. Fortunately, he had hidden all the large-denomination banknotes, otherwise they would have been snatched away by the old man.
The old lady walked out arrogantly with two maids. Naturally, the shop assistants refused and stood in front of the old lady.
The old lady glared and said angrily, "How dare you stop me? Does Xuanwu Marquis Mansion know? I am the old lady of Xuanwu Marquis Mansion, and this shop belongs to me!"
The clerk remained unmoved. "I am ignorant and don't know the Xuanwu Marquis' Mansion. Although I have never met the owner, old lady, you said that the shop is yours without any evidence. I don't dare to believe it."
The old lady gnashed her teeth and said, "Your boss is Ji Yunhuan! That bitch dared to tell me that she had no money. She opened such a big shop and made a lot of money, but she watched her husband and mother-in-law suffer. She didn't care about the whole family and only cared about her own happiness!"
"What's wrong with me taking something? It's only natural for a daughter-in-law to be filial to her mother-in-law. Even the gods can't stop me. This thing is mine!"
As soon as Ji Yunhuan came in, he heard the old lady's loud voice and frowned in displeasure.
Shiqi's violent temper is unbearable!
In the Marquis Xuanwu's Mansion, the old lady is the sky, suppressing her and leaving her no way to escape. Once she leaves the Mansion and is in the eldest lady's territory, she is not afraid of the old lady.
The eldest lady is well-educated, so it is better to let someone as uneducated as her deal with a scoundrel like the old lady.
Shiqi's voice was even louder than the old lady's. She shouted crisply, "There is no one in the world who is more filial than the lady. She serves us three meals a day and six meals a day, and she orders us around with servants and money. When has the old lady ever given our lady a smile?"
"You are just taking advantage of our Madam's soft temper and good nature. You are always looking for trouble. Not only do you torture Madam, but you are also always thinking about Madam's dowry."
"If this gets out, it'll be hilarious. A dignified Marquis's family has to rely on our wife's dowry to support them. What's the difference between the Marquis and a gigolo?"
The old lady was so angry that her face turned red. "You...you are so outrageous! You mean slave! I...I will tear your mouth apart!"
Shiqi was not afraid at all. He hid behind a group of servants and shouted loudly, "I am not a servant of the Marquis' Mansion now. I am the manager of Linglong Pavilion. Marquis Xuanwu is just a gigolo and he doesn't allow people to say anything."
Ji Yunhuan took off the veil on her face. Although she often came to Linglong Pavilion, many of the employees did not know that she was the boss. Today was the first time they met.
"Before I got married, I had already started running Linglong Pavilion. Every flower, tree, bottle and jar here were carefully designed by me. From the layout of the entire building to a pattern, they all embody my hard work over the years."
"Every new hairpin that the customers like is designed by me with great effort and forged by the best craftsmen. Old lady, you brought people here to make trouble. Do you want to destroy Linglong Pavilion? This is my Linglong Pavilion. I won't let anyone destroy it!"
"Someone, come here! Take back the things in Linglong Pavilion and drive out the people from Xuanwu Marquis Mansion!"
The two maids at the Xuanwu Marquis's mansion screamed, kicking and biting, and refused to let the servants take back the jewelry. The servants were afraid of breaking the expensive jewelry, so they did not dare to use too much force.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the old lady rushed to the door, lay down on the ground, and started howling.
"It's so unfair! It's so lawless! The daughter-in-law beat the mother-in-law! How can there be such a daughter-in-law in this world? She is forcing me to have no way to survive. I'd rather die!"
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