si-mexico Chapter 64 Has she gone mad?
Chapter 64 Has she gone mad?
Just as Liu Mingyue was relieved after hearing Lin Liuyi's explanation, someone came to report that the manager of her glass shop had sent someone to find her.
They said something had happened at the shop and told her to go check it out immediately.
Liu Mingyue remembered that the shop was fine when she went there a few days ago; it was bustling with people, and the trinkets in the shop were selling very well. How could something have happened?
Liu Mingyue stepped into the Liuli Pavilion. "Manager Hou, what's wrong? Is there something wrong at the shop?"
"Princess, something has indeed happened at the shop." Manager Hou came down from the second floor with a worried look on his face.
“A few days ago, Princess Jiayan ordered a hairpin with glass beads from our shop, saying it was a gift for the Princess. But after the hairpin was made and delivered to the Princess's residence, Princess Jiayan claimed that the glass beads on the hairpin were substandard. We clearly sent the best quality ones. Now Princess Jiayan has come to our shop with the glass hairpin, accusing us of deceiving our customers. She's upstairs right now demanding an explanation from us. What should we do?”
Liu Mingyue was also surprised. Princess Jiayan? The girl who had switched identities with her.
"Manager Hou, you must be mistaken. How could it be Princess Jiayan?" Liu Mingyue remembered this older sister. She was quiet and didn't like to talk. Why would she cause trouble in her shop?
"Oh dear, it really is Princess Jiayan. Your Highness, you should go up and take a look."
Liu Mingyue went upstairs with a skeptical attitude.
At this moment, the maidservant beside Princess Jiayan on the second floor was advising her, "Master, this is Princess Changning's shop. It wouldn't be appropriate if the princess found out we came here."
“What’s wrong with her shop? What’s so scary about it? My mother will find out. It’s clearly her shop that sold inferior goods. I’m the victim. She’s the one who should be blamed.”
Liu Mingyue never expected that these slightly sarcastic words would come from the mouth of this quiet and elegant older sister.
She paused for a moment as she went up the stairs, then pretended not to hear anything and went up to the second floor.
"Sister, what brings you to my shop?" Liu Mingyue greeted Jia Yan politely and asked the shop assistant to bring some more fruit platters and candied fruit.
"No need, sister. You should think about how to handle this. If your shop, which is so big, were to sell inferior goods and cheat customers, and if the ladies and young women of other families in the capital found out, you might as well close your shop."
Upon hearing this, Liu Mingyue began to truly examine this older sister.
She sat upright on a mahogany chair, dressed in a moon-white silk dress. The hem of the dress draped naturally, and the dress was embroidered with delicate orchids, each one lifelike, as if one could smell its faint fragrance.
However, her expression was not as elegant and noble as that of an orchid. Liu Mingyue suddenly realized that she could see a trace of jealousy on her face.
Jealousy? Liu Mingyue couldn't understand it. If it was because of their backgrounds, it shouldn't be like that. It's been so long. Besides, the princess's mansion hasn't announced her true identity. She's still the princess's daughter.
"Sister, what are you saying? Our shop has always operated with integrity and would never do anything to ruin our reputation," Liu Mingyue replied calmly.
Princess Jiayan sneered, "Then what about this hairpin? The hairpin I bought from you a few days ago, the glass looks murky and is obviously a substandard product!"
Liu Mingyue looked at the hairpin, and from a distance it looked like the work of her own shop.
She had her maid bring it forward, and then picked up the hairpin to examine it carefully.
After a moment, she made up her mind and said, "Whether this hairpin belongs to our shop or not, the county princess knows best."
Princess Jiayan's expression changed. "What do you mean? Do you think I'm deliberately trying to extort you?"
“I didn’t say that,” Liu Mingyue said calmly. “But if the county princess insists on this, I can only ask Her Highness the princess to judge as well.”
Liu Mingyue was certain that Princess Jiayan had done this without telling her mother, the princess.
As expected, after Liu Mingyue said that, she fell silent.
Finally, Princess Jiayan, realizing she was in the wrong, glared fiercely at Liu Mingyue and slunk away with her maid.
"This is all thanks to your skill, Princess! It's fortunate you were here, otherwise this old servant wouldn't have been able to handle this!" Manager Hou breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Liu Mingyue had resolved the matter so easily.
Liu Mingyue didn't breathe a sigh of relief. This time, she was still grateful that she had been told before Children's Day to put labels on her belongings to prevent anyone from extorting money from her.
Unexpectedly, the first person to try and stage an accident was her half-sister, whom she couldn't understand, as the two of them didn't have much interaction.
Did I do something to offend her recently?
Liu Mingyue wouldn't be able to put her mind at ease until she figured this out.
"Manager Hou, keep a close eye on the shop these next few days and watch out for anyone causing trouble." Liu Mingyue knew this wasn't over. This time, Princess Jiayan had suffered a loss, and who knew what might happen next.
Just as Liu Mingyue had predicted, in the following days, there were incidents of people deliberately disturbing customers on the first floor, people accidentally breaking glass ornaments, and even someone dumping swill at the entrance one day. The number of customers in the shop decreased significantly.
"Did you find out? Was it the work of the county head of Jiayan?" Liu Mingyue was furious. What was this older sister trying to do? She was like a toad that didn't bite, but she was here to disgust people.
If the guards still can't find the person, she'll go to the palace to ask her uncle, the emperor, for help.
"Your Highness, the matter has been investigated. According to those people, a maidservant did indeed give them money and instructed them to do it." The guard hesitated for a moment, "The maidservant is the daughter of the matron of Princess Jiayan County."
"It really is her! She's gone mad! Why would she do this?" Liu Mingyue gritted her teeth in anger.
What have I done to deserve this disgusting behavior?
No, this matter must be resolved, otherwise who knows what dirty tricks she might pull later? What if she throws some excrement in front of her shop one day? Will she still be able to do business?
The thought that such a thing might actually happen sent a chill down Liu Mingyue's spine.
Go, go now. Set off for the princess's residence; she wants to get to the bottom of this.
In the princess's residence, Princess Jiayan also learned that those people had been arrested. She knew all along that these little tricks could not harm Liu Mingyue at all, but she couldn't help herself.
Why is Liu Mingyue so lucky? Why does she have to come and compete with me for status? Why does even that person's eyes fall on her? Why does she receive so much love from so many people?
She couldn't control her jealousy, and Princess Jiayan thought to herself that she didn't want things to be this way.
While she was feeling down, she was unaware that Liu Mingyue had already arrived at the princess's residence.
"Granny Song, you don't need to see me off. I just came to talk to my sister." Liu Mingyue first paid her respects to her princess mother before going to see Princess Jiayan.
"Li Jiayan, come out here!"