Upon hearing Hong Xiaoduo's tone, the female owner of the clothing shop was also taken aback. She sold ready-made clothes, and the young woman and her children were dressed quite well.
As the saying goes, when you open a business, everyone who enters is a guest and should be treated the same. However, the one who is angry now is the young lady of Lord Wu's family!
Lord Wu is the prefect of Dawu Pass, holding the rank of fifth grade.
He was the highest-ranking official here besides the military camp. The Wu family members came from the shop, so everyone treated them with utmost respect and deference. Who would dare to displease them? Therefore, even though the female shop owner understood what had just happened, she didn't dare to say anything fair for the children.
Seeing that Hong Xiaoduo's tone was firm, and there was no way to deal with the female shopkeeper, she could only be even more forceful: "Sorry, I own this shop. Since you don't want to wait outside, I don't want to do business with you. Get out of here."
Hong Xiaoduo was also quite angry: "Even if I looked like a fairy wearing clothes sold by someone like you, I wouldn't buy them. And you make us wait outside? Is your family the only one selling robes?"
After saying that, Hong Xiaoduo gave the maid who had pushed Tianxuan a cold look and led the children out.
"How dare you glare at me! You stop right there!" The maid was intimidated by Hong Xiaoduo's gaze, but when the other woman turned around, she noticed that the maids of other young ladies beside her were all looking at her with mockery. She was both ashamed and angry and shouted at the person who was about to step out the door.
Upon hearing the voice, Hong Xiaoduo raised her eyebrows in satisfaction, stopped, and slowly turned around.
Quan Jinghuai, who walked out of the shop first, was also angry, but since the other party was a young woman, and seeing that Hong Xiaoduo did not intend to argue with her, he did not dare to speak up.
Hearing the noise behind him, he turned around and saw the smile on Hong Xiaoduo's face, which made his heart skip a beat.
I just felt that she wasn't the type to just endure things and let things go, or to take a step back and see the bigger picture. Sure enough, the other party didn't want to disappoint her!
Quan Jinghuai then looked at his junior disciples. Apart from Tianxuan's somewhat guilty reaction, the other six all had the expressions of watching a shadow puppet show.
As Hong Xiaoduo turned around, the maid who had spoken had already stepped forward, pointed at Hong Xiaoduo, and said, "Believe it or not, I'll gouge your eyes out?"
Hong Xiaoduo didn't respond to her words, but looked at the hand pointing at her. It seemed that Tianxuan had been pushed with this hand just now, right? She suddenly reached out and grabbed the finger and bent it in the opposite direction. The maid was in so much pain that she couldn't break free. She screamed and bent over to relieve the pain.
“My child accidentally bumped into you just now, and you violently shoved him. I was originally thinking of letting it go. But you just had to keep provoking me? Believe me or not, I’ll cripple your hand right now,” Hong Xiaoduo sneered.
In just a short while, the maid was already sweating profusely from the pain: "How dare you? Do you even know who my mistress's father is?"
"No matter who your wife's father is, that's no excuse for your arrogance. A servant without freedom is a pitiful person, but you are a wicked servant who bullies others by taking advantage of your power."
"Once I cripple this hand of yours, let's see if your master will still leave you crippled!" Hong Xiaoduo said, making a move to increase the force.
"My lady, save me!" The maid looked at the person in front of her and felt that what she said didn't seem like a threat, so she quickly begged her mistress for help.
The girl who had just called out to the female shopkeeper stepped forward with a stern face: "I advise you to let go right now, otherwise..."
"Otherwise what?" Hong Xiaoduo asked with a cold laugh as she walked toward the girl while still pinning the maid down. The maid gritted her teeth, her face pale, and had no choice but to back away.
The young girl had never seen anyone like this before. Although she was also a woman and younger than herself, she exuded a wicked, roguish air. A bandit-like air?
Hong Xiaoduo's reaction frightened the other girls as well, and they hid behind their maids and servants.
"Don't do anything reckless. Her father is Prefect Wu, Lord Wu," a girl hiding behind the last girl warned.
"Oh? No wonder this maid is so arrogant and domineering. So that's the reason. I wonder if Prefect Wu knows that his servants are acting like dogs relying on their master's power outside?"
What's wrong with the prefect? Officials are the people's officials, protecting the people. They can't just get angry and throw us into jail because a child accidentally touched one of his maids, can they?
"Even officials care about their good reputation, right? Does this Prefect Wu not care about such things just because he's far from the emperor?" Hong Xiaoduo retorted with a cold smile, and in just a few words, she had already pressed the girl in front of her.
"What nonsense are you talking about? My father is a good official who loves the people like his own children. My maid was wrong just now. Wu Jinyao apologizes to you on her behalf. Please don't hold it against her." After the girl finished speaking, she gave Hong Xiaoduo a slight bow.
Hong Xiaoduo was impressed; this young lady from the official family reacted quite quickly.
Looking down at the maid in front of her, who was crying from the pain, Hong Xiaoduo smiled and let go of her hand. The maid immediately collapsed to the ground, supporting her hand that was too painful to move with her other hand, not daring to even look at Hong Xiaoduo.
“Since this lady has spoken, then let it be. Let me offer a word of advice: since your father holds a high position, you should be even more careful in disciplining the people around him, lest they tarnish your father’s good reputation by abusing his power.” With that, Hong Xiaoduo walked out with her hands behind her back.
She walked up to Tianxuan, put her hand on his small shoulder, and walked out with him.
Tianxuan, who had initially felt guilty, lowered her head, pursed her lips, and smiled as they walked out together.
"I thought you were really going to cripple her hand," Quan Jinghuai asked with a smile as they reached the door.
Hong Xiaoduo glanced at him and said, "Am I that kind of ruthless person?"
Quan Jinghuai hurriedly said, "Of course not, I can tell. You just wanted to scare them and teach them a lesson."
Hong Xiaoduo smiled but did not respond. The seven children all looked at their master, thinking to themselves, "Master, your initial judgment was actually the most correct."
Seeing that there was another clothing store diagonally across the street, Hong Xiaoduo led the way to that store.
"Boss?" The shop assistant, who was busy in the clothing shop, saw another large group of customers entering the shop and quickly called out to the boss who was watching the commotion from the doorway across the street.
The short, stout owner hurried over and ran up to Hong Xiaoduo, smiling broadly as he said, "Please come in, young lady. My clothes are very well made."
We have all kinds of materials, take your pick, and we guarantee you the lowest price.
Hong Xiaoduo was caught off guard and mistook the other party for a lecherous old man, almost making a move.
Now I understand, so it's this shop!
"But you have quite a lot of guests. Won't we crowd your important guests if we go in?" Hong Xiaoduo asked with a smile...
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