When they saw Qu Moying come in and saw her appearance and behavior, they immediately knew that she was the fourth young lady of the Qu family.
Eye disease is the most obvious sign.
Everyone gathered outside and turned the topic to Miss Qu Si. As they were talking, they suddenly saw Nanny Miao and Yu Dong come out, wiped a table at the door clean, and put some cakes on it.
He also placed some incense sticks and some yellow paper money in strings. He intended to offer sacrifices to the dead to get rid of the bad luck. This was indeed an unlucky thing. It was common for shop owners to do this. Many people who had been involved in lawsuits would have the same experience when they returned home. The only difference was that what was in front of him was a shop, not a person.
This kind of thing is common in the capital.
It is also said that the cakes that have been removed of mold can also remove mold after people eat them, so more people saw the scene here, stopped and waited.
Aunt Miao and Yu Dong solemnly burned paper and lit some incense and candles, then pointed to some cakes on the table with a smile and said to passers-by, "Everyone can have them."
Then step aside.
The crowd watching took up the pastries piece by piece.
Although the Qu family prepared a lot of cakes, there were even more people watching, and they were all taken away in a short time.
Aunt Miao was tidying up the table with a smile on her face. Someone with a curious mind came over and asked, "Is that your fourth young lady inside? Will she be in charge of this shop from now on?"
"This was originally our late madam's dowry shop. Our fourth young lady lived in the farm before. Now that she is back, it is natural that the shop should be under her control." Nanny Miao looked like a gossipy old woman and she told everything as soon as she opened her mouth.
Many people who were about to leave stopped.
"Your late wife passed away a long time ago, right? Who was in charge of this shop before?" someone else asked.
"It was under the care of the Second Madam, and now it has been returned to our Fourth Miss." Nanny Miao continued to clean up without even raising her head.
"So is this also what you mean by changing the brand now?" The passerby pointed at the store name and asked.
"When our late wife was here, it was called 'Yueyi Pavilion'. She was the daughter of the Yue family in Jiangnan. When she married and moved to Beijing, all the shops were named with the word 'Yue' at the beginning. Now that it is in the hands of Miss, she will not change the name of the late wife's shop. Otherwise, it would be unfilial and ungrateful."
Aunt Miao said righteously.
This made sense and made passers-by understand the meaning behind it. It turned out that this shop had been in the hands of the current Mrs. Qu Er for so many years, so the name of the shop was changed. If you think about the meaning carefully, everyone will understand that it is obvious that the current Mrs. Qu Er took a fancy to this shop and wanted to embezzle money, so she changed the name of the shop.
"Then...was it someone's deliberate act that sold the store this time?" Someone asked, his eyes turning as he immediately thought of the previous fraud case.
"This... As a servant, I really don't understand. I just know that this shop has been returned to our Fourth Miss and will be under her management from now on. It has nothing to do with the mansion." Madam Miao shook her head and answered clearly.
The details of this matter were not something that she, a commoner, could know. Even if others asked her the most, she would be clueless.
Seeing that the woman really didn't know, a passerby suddenly pointed at the name of the shop next to her and asked, "Is this shop also the dowry of the second Madam Qu? Why did it change its name? Could it be that this shop has not yet been returned to the hands of the fourth Miss Qu, and has been embezzled by others?"
This kind of thing is very easy
It is easy to associate with what Aunt Miao said before and the current name of the store, all of which explain this matter.
After hearing what the passerby said, many people immediately looked at the shop next door. It was still early and the shop was not open yet.
Aunt Miao looked up at the shop next to her and seemed confused. She looked at the name of her own shop, then at the name of the shop next to her, and said to herself with some confusion: "Wasn't this shop called 'Yue Jinge' before? Why did it change its name now? Could it be that... the owner has changed?"
"Isn't this shop owned by your family?" someone asked, hearing something in the tone.
"It's not ours. It's the dowry of the late Madam's sister." Miao Ma explained, "But it wasn't called that name a few days ago."
The second wife of the Xianqu Mansion was surnamed Yue, and her elder sister's surname was naturally also Yue. The two shops looked the same and both started with "Yue", so it was obvious that they were from the same mansion.
"You can ask your daughter to go and have a look. Maybe this family has also been embezzled." An uninformed person kindly reminded.
"Yes, it looks similar to what happened in your house before. Could it be that the lady of this family did not leave anything to her children, but instead let other people take it away? Now even the name of the store has to be changed. It looks like that." Someone else responded.
“No way…” Nanny Miao pointed hesitantly at the shop next to her, her face changed drastically, and she went in without finishing her words, leaving Yudong alone to clean up the dust on the ground.
"Mrs. Qu Si's mother, Mrs. Yue's sister... isn't she Mrs. Ling Anbo?" Someone was looking at the signs of the two families, and suddenly realized something and exclaimed.
"What?" Some people still don't understand the relationship here.
"It's the Crown Princess' mother." Someone else reminded in a low voice.
"The dowry of the Crown Princess's mother?" It's easy to connect the dots if you put the previous and the next together.
"Yes, it is the dowry of the Crown Princess's mother. There are not many people left in the Crown Princess's family. Has the shop changed hands?" Someone else realized this and pointed at the name of the shop.
"What change of owner? The one who is in charge of the Ling'an Marquis's Mansion is still the Crown Princess's first wife. I heard that the Crown Princess's wife's wife adopted a stepson and gave him the title. Of course, these are his too. How could the owner change?" Someone said disapprovingly.
The affairs of the Ling Anbo Mansion are now the most talked about in the capital. The Crown Princess passed away, and Ling Anbo also passed away. It is said that the Crown Princess's younger sister also died. Before that, there was a concubine who desperately complained about this Miss Ji San, and then she succeeded to the Crown Prince.
All these things added together, it’s not a small matter.
As they were talking, the shop next door opened, and a manager came out, looked at the people gathered outside, and drove them out disapprovingly: "Go, go, don't block our shop."
As he said this, he pushed people out rudely, causing several passers-by to almost fall down.
Many people feel annoyed when seeing the arrogant manager.
"Who is your boss?" someone asked.
"What does it have to do with you? What does it have to do with you?" The manager glanced at the passerby who was asking the question, snorted coldly, and raised his nose, looking very arrogant.
He was a newly hired steward, or was hired by Ji Youran. Naturally, he knew who his master was. She was the concubine of the Prince's Mansion. How could an ordinary person mention her
"Who is your master?" Nanny Miao came out again, took two steps forward and glared at the steward.
It looked like the fourth Miss Qu inside must have become suspicious and had specifically asked her to come and ask.
"What does it have to do with you? What does it have to do with you?" Seeing that it was just a maid, the manager became more and more impatient. He was the manager of the gold shop and felt that his status and position were not comparable to ordinary people, not to mention that his master was the concubine of the Eastern Palace.
"Of course it is related. This is the shop of our young lady's relative. Why has it changed its name now?" Aunt Miao pointed at the sign above, "Could it be that your boss robbed the shop?"
"Would our boss rob someone else's shop?" The manager was so angry that his nose was smoking. "Who is our boss to rob someone else's shop? This shop originally belonged to our boss."
"You're talking nonsense, this shop doesn't belong to you!" Nanny Miao became more and more angry.
Some people remembered what Miao Mama had just said. In addition, the previous store had indeed changed its name. Seeing the manager's arrogant look, they were quite uncomfortable. At this time, they couldn't help but speak up to help: "This store is obviously not yours, how did it become yours?"
"It must have changed its owner."
"I don't know what kind of master would have such a method."...
Everyone was talking at once, and the manager didn't know who said it. He was so angry that his face turned blue. He pointed his hand outside and said, "Whoever said that, stand up."
No one in the crowd stood up, but some people still spoke up.
"Butler, who is the master of your family? Our master wants to meet him. Please ask your boss to come over." Nanny Miao stepped forward and stood in front of the butler.
Seeing that Aunt Miao had repeatedly provoked him and even stood in front of him, the steward could no longer bear the anger and suddenly pushed her out with force, cursing: "Where did you come from, you old woman? What are you talking about? You are such a lowly master, and you want to see our master? Don't you think you have the guts to do it?"
This time the attack was extremely brutal. Madam Miao was pushed out and fell, crushing several people behind her to the ground. Immediately, curses were heard from the crowd.
Some people helped to support others, and some people went to pull Aunt Miao who was pushed first.
"You...whose servant are you? How dare you...dare to do such a thing." After standing up, Madam Miao was panting and scolding angrily.
Some passers-by couldn't stand it and glared at the manager: "Whose servant is this? He was just asking, but he is so arrogant. Who gave him the power to do this?"
"Could it be that the master of the second branch of the Ling'an Marquis's Mansion has robbed the property of the first branch?" Someone asked again.
Many people know about the affairs of the Ji Mansion of the Ling'an Marquis. There was quite a big fuss before. I heard it was because of the step-son. Now the title belongs to the first wife. Although he is the heir of the second wife, it is registered under the name of the first wife. From now on, he belongs to the first wife and has to call the second wife uncle and aunt.
"Your Second Madam actually dared to murder Ling Anbo's First Madam's dowry. It's really unfair. And now you're still so guilty and arrogant." Nanny Miao took advantage of the situation and became more and more righteous.
"Who are you, snatching the dowry of the first wife? That belongs to the first wife. Even if they want to keep it, it should be left to the first wife's prince. How can the second wife snatch it?"
"You are so arrogant when you rob someone's dowry."
"That's right. He really thinks his master is some good person and is so self-righteous." The more he spoke, the more true it became. Everyone now felt that it was the second wife of the Ji family who had robbed the first wife of her dowry. Coupled with the attitude of the steward, everyone became indignant.
The current Ling'anbo Mansion is no longer the same as before. Many people know that Ling'anbo Mansion has fallen into decline...