Chapter 285: The Lady of the Marquisate vs. the Younger Prince 28
The old lady was pulled by two female servants, and the red gold necklace with a dragon pattern on her neck was taken off. She screamed loudly and pushed the two female servants away by scratching and biting them.
The head of the imperial guard thrust the golden dragon spear in his hand and held it in front of the old lady. "Even if you are the old lady of the Marquis' Mansion, you cannot steal things so blatantly. The imperial guards are also responsible for maintaining the law and order of the capital. If they see criminals, they can also arrest them."
"The old lady is also a first-rank imperial official. You wouldn't want the Marquis of Xuanwu to go to the Ministry of Justice to pick you up, right?"
The old woman didn't care about her face at all, but with the Golden Dragon Spear against her throat, she didn't dare to move.
The female servant came over immediately, took away the gold hairpin inlaid with silk and pearls on the old lady's head, and then searched the old lady's body, taking away the red gold and kingfisher feather Ruyi hairpin hidden in her arms and some small jewelry, and even took away the silver bills that the old lady had on her body.
The female clerk made a disdainful sound, "This little bit of silver is not even enough to compensate for the row of latest rouges that were broken at the door, not to mention the broken jewelry. Well, let's just consider it as a loss suffered by Linglong Pavilion and not bother with the old lady."
The old lady was very angry. She had all the cash in the mansion on her. The debt collectors were very aggressive and were making a lot of noise outside the mansion door. She took out the money from the bottom of her box, which she had originally intended to use to get rid of the debt collectors.
She accidentally heard Wan Niang say that Linglong Pavilion was Ji Yunhuan's property, so she came here with the debt collectors, intending to use the things in Linglong Pavilion to pay off the debts.
"You slut, give me back the banknotes!" The old lady pounced forward with her teeth bared, but was forced back by the cold tip of the gun.
The old lady didn't get any money, but lost two of her trusted confidants and even her last bit of silver was robbed. Thinking that there were people demanding repayment in the mansion, she became as anxious as an ant on hot fire.
The people in the Fugui Casino are ruthless villains who kill without blinking an eye. You can't reason with them, so you can only pay them money.
She watched Ji Yunhuan and the Third Prince flirting with each other, the two of them daring to pull each other in public, and her son was blocked in the Marquis' Mansion. She didn't know how scared he must be.
Ji Yunhuan, this bitch! What daughter-in-law is as unfaithful as her? She is so reluctant to spend any money. If anything happens to her son, she will never forgive Ji Yunhuan!
The old lady was desperate and shouted at the top of her voice: "So what if he is the Third Prince? If you have the guts, just kill me! I am a lady of the first rank, a widow of meritorious service. If you kill me, the Emperor will not forgive you!"
"He's just a prince, he hasn't even ascended the throne yet, why are you so arrogant? Even the emperor won't interfere in the family affairs of his subjects, so why should you, a prince, interfere? Or are you having an affair with Ji Yunhuan, so you're deliberately targeting the Xuanwu Marquis' Mansion!"
"Oh my God, how could you be so blind to let the Marquis's mansion marry such a daughter-in-law? I want to go to the palace and file a complaint! Can the prince bully others by taking advantage of his power? Can he flirt with a married woman on the street? Ugh! Adulterer and whore!"
The old lady of the Marquis's Mansion could indeed pass a badge into the palace, but her behavior was rude and her words were unpleasant to the ear. When the old Marquis was alive, he was afraid that she would offend people by entering the palace, so he never took her to palace banquets.
After the old marquis passed away, although Liang Wanzhou often instigated the old lady to do some shameful things, he despised the old lady for bringing shame upon herself and never let her enter the palace.
The old lady always thought that she could see the emperor once she entered the palace. It was written in the storybooks that if she went to the palace to file a complaint, the emperor would make the decision for the people.
Jing Yu's face turned pale and he wished he could tear the old lady's mouth apart. He knew he had to find a suitable reason, otherwise if today's incident got out, the spit in the capital would drown Sister Huan.
Ji Yunhuan actually didn’t take the old lady’s words to heart. She was indeed trying to hook up with Jing Yu, and the old lady was not wrong.
What is reputation? Can it be more important than life? If you lose your life, what is the use of a good reputation!
She shook her head slightly at Jing Yu, seemingly trying to comfort him, but in fact she was reminding him, "Your Highness, calm down. The old lady is a first-rank imperial concubine after all. You can't kill her at will. If you really go to the palace and make a scene, it will be troublesome and will damage your reputation."
Jing Yu waved his hand and ordered people to cover the old lady's mouth.
"People's hearts are dirty, and everything they see is dirty! Linglong Pavilion is a shop that I opened with the Ji family many years ago. The Ji family gave it to Miss Ji as a dowry. You colluded with profiteers and forcibly bought my shop. Can't I do anything about it?"
"Miss Ji took good care of me when I was young. She was my mentor and I have nothing but respect for her! Today, I just happened to pass by and couldn't stand someone making trouble in my shop. If I knew that someone was gossiping about me, I would never let her off easily!"
The old lady cried incoherently, asking to go into the palace and ask the emperor to make the decision on behalf of the Marquis's Mansion.
Jing Yu sneered, "According to the laws of our dynasty, if someone commits a crime, their imperial edict can be revoked. Mrs. Wu from the Xuanwu Marquis's mansion committed a crime in the street and robbed property. I will report this to my mother and have her decree revoked as soon as possible."
"Today's matter ends here. Considering the great contributions that the old Marquis has made to the Kingdom of Jing, I will not kill you, but will order you to be slapped in the face twenty times and thrown to the gate of the Marquis' Mansion."
Old Madam Wu was dragged away sobbing and screaming. The servants of Linglong Pavilion quickly cleaned the door and opened it to welcome guests.
When the onlookers heard that there were gifts to be given away when entering the store, they swarmed in, and Linglong Pavilion's business became even better.
"It's actually the Third Prince's business. No wonder it's doing so well. Maybe the Empress in the palace uses the rouge here. I want to buy some too."
"I don't know when the ready-made clothing shop will open. I've been waiting for a long time, but it's not my turn to go to the second floor to get new clothes made. When the place is bigger, I can always buy clothes. It doesn't matter if they are not custom-made. The clothes in Linglong Pavilion are the most beautiful."
"You think there's really something going on between the Third Prince and the eldest daughter of the Ji family? I noticed something was wrong with the way he looked at the daughter, and he couldn't even hide it..."
"Hush... Are you crazy? You don't want to die. If the Third Prince hears about this, you'll be finished. I don't think the Third Prince is a merciful person."
"If you ask me, Xuanwu Hou is really a piece of shit, and Wu is even more of a disaster! There's nothing we can do about it. Marry a chicken and follow the chicken, marry a dog and follow the dog. Which woman doesn't endure this?"
The second floor of Linglong Pavilion.
Ji Yunhuan picked up a pen and wrote a contract, signed it and put his fingerprints on it, then pushed it in front of Jing Yu with a smile.
"I can't receive your favor for nothing. This is a 10% stake in Linglong Pavilion, which includes not only this building, but also the soon-to-be-renovated Treasure Pavilion across the street. I will give your Highness a 10% bonus every month in the future."
Just as Jing Yu was about to refuse, Ji Yunhuan took over the conversation, "I know Your Highness is not short of money, and our friendship cannot be measured by money. But if Your Highness does not want this share, then the lie you just told will not hold water."
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