I'm already a concubine, who wants to fight with you?

Chapter 148 Adding fuel to the fire
Seeing Xie Fei being so bold and reckless, the woman was so angry that her heart beat faster.

She roared, "Our Nishang Pavilion is the shop of the Pei family in the Marquis' Mansion!"

Xie Fei was slightly stunned.

Thinking that Xie Fei was afraid, the woman said smugly: "If you are smart, return the money to me and close this shabby shop! Otherwise, you will be imprisoned!"

Xie Fei asked curiously: "Which room is it from?"

"What?" the woman was stunned.

Xie Fei asked, "Among the five chambers in the Marquis's Mansion, which chamber does the Nishang Pavilion belong to?"

Without waiting for the woman to answer, she frowned again and muttered to herself, "First of all, it's not the fourth wife. Secondly, it should be the first wife or the second wife. The second wife is in business and has the most shops, so she is very likely. But the first wife can't be ignored either."

Lifting his chin towards the girl, Xie Fei asked condescendingly, "Tell me, which room are you from?"

Seeing that Xie Fei showed no fear at all, the woman was stunned for a while before stammering, "Of course it's the first wife! Don't blame me for not reminding you, the master of the first wife is an important official in the court, he..."

Xie Fei interrupted, "Isn't it the shop under the name of the eldest wife? The eldest wife is very wealthy and a well-known figure. There is no need for her to suppress the small shops in the same industry."

Lian Shui Huaiyu also understood and asked, "Is it someone who is related to the eldest branch of the Pei family, but not directly related?"

Xie Fei smiled sinisterly, his critical gaze was exactly the same as the one he gave the woman just now, and his red lips slightly parted.

"That's right, you are just a bully."

The woman's face turned pale instantly.

She clenched her purse and shouted sharply, "How dare you! Our shop is the property of the mistress of the Pei family! When the eldest son inherits the title in the future, our mistress will be the Marquise! If you know what's best for you, kowtow and apologize now, or I'll make you pay for it!"

Xie Fei guessed it again, slightly surprised, "Ban Sihui's shop?"

No, it should be the store owned by Ban Sihui’s family?
Seeing that she guessed so accurately, the woman was shocked and looked at her as if she had seen a ghost.

Xie Fei didn't care, and said with a veiled smile: "Since he is Mrs. Ban's man, then we are old acquaintances."

She turned to Shui Huaiyu and said, "Boss, why don't you give this lady an extra piece of embroidery? After all, we are acquaintances."

Shui Huaiyu had already packed up the embroidery she had thrown away earlier. Upon hearing this, she took out two handkerchiefs, stuffed the embroidery together, and handed it to the woman.

“Do you need home delivery?”

The woman glared at the two of them angrily and blurted out, "Who wants your dirty stuff!"

She knocked over the embroidery with one hand, staggered out of the door, and ran away without looking back.

Shui Huaiyu chased out the door, "If you don't want it, I won't return the money!"

Shui Huaiyu didn't step back until the woman disappeared from view, picked up the embroidery again and dusted off the dust.

"My dear, what should I do?"

As soon as the business opened, it got into trouble.

Xie Fei said: "If other powerful people come to cause trouble, it will be a bit difficult to deal with. But this family, it's okay."

Recently, Ban Sihui often goes back to her parents' home.

Because of Shanbao's incident, Madam Zheng strictly forbade the Ban family to enter Pei's house, so Ban Sihui could only go to the Ban family's house when she missed her family. This house was also secretly bought by Ban Sihui with her own private money, without telling anyone in the Pei family, so as to avoid her family being looked down upon.

This time, when she came back, before she even stepped into the backyard, Ban Sihui heard her sister-in-law crying.

She was worried and ran inside. As soon as she entered the room, she saw her sister-in-law lying on the table crying bitterly, while her mother, Mrs. Ban, was comforting her.

"Isn't she just a merchant woman? What is a lowly person in front of the Pei Mansion? When your aunt comes back, I will find a way to make that lowly person kneel down and kowtow to you!"

Ban Sihui didn't understand what was going on, so she stepped forward and asked, "Mom, Juan'er, what's wrong?"

When Mrs. Ban saw her, she grabbed the cup and threw it at her, scolding, "You still remember to come back! Your sister-in-law is so angry, and you, as her aunt, don't support her!"

Ban Sihui dodged the cup and said with a wry smile: "Mom, I also have a lot of things to deal with. How can I have the time to go back to my parents' home so often?"

She walked behind Mrs. Ban, gently rubbed her shoulders, and asked her sister-in-law Du Juaner with a smile, "I didn't hear everything just now when I was outside the door. Tell me, what happened?"

Du Juan'er wiped her tears and said sarcastically, "I am unlucky and have a miserable life. I have to take care of this family. I am not like you, my sister, who married into a wealthy family and enjoys a comfortable life every day.

You have already given me the responsibility of supporting my parents and taking care of my brothers and sisters. I have endured all the grievances, but what else can I complain to you about?"

Ban Sihui smiled and said, "I know that since you came into this family, you have been very filial to the two elders and have taken good care of my brothers. I am very grateful to you. Please tell me what happened that made you so sad?"

Du Juaner then told Ban Sihui about her encounter with Xie Fei and Shui Huaiyu, adding some exaggeration to the story.

"That shop is so arrogant. When I walked in, people started to ridicule me for not being able to afford it. When I told them I was from Nishang Pavilion, guess what? They said our Nishang Pavilion was poor and rustic, and would close down sooner or later!"

Du Juaner looked so angry and sad that she almost believed what he said.

Ban Sihui was surprised and asked, "How can a newly opened embroidery workshop be so arrogant?"

Mrs. Ban asked, "Juan'er, did you tell the other party that Nishang Pavilion is the shop of the Marquis' Mansion?"

Du Juan'er cried as she said, "I told you, and I specifically said it was Mrs. Ban's shop! But guess what they said?"

Ban Sihui and her daughter looked at her curiously.

She said, "People say, what's wrong with Mrs. Ban? She's just an old, ugly woman. Who knows, she might be divorced by her husband one day and become an old, ugly woman!"

Ban Sihui's face suddenly changed drastically and looked extremely ugly.

Madam Ban frowned and said, "Who is the owner of this embroidery shop? Have you met Sihui?"

Du Juan'er said: "One is an embroiderer and shopkeeper, weak and ordinary, don't take her seriously. But the other one is sharp-tongued, looks down on people in her words, and says that she is an old acquaintance of my aunt, but no one knows where she comes from.

I see that although her dress is not eye-catching, she has a very good temperament, like a dignified and decent woman from a wealthy family. She should not be an embroiderer in the shop, but probably the owner of the shop. "

Ban Sihui said angrily: "I want to meet this woman and see who she is. How dare she say such a thing!"

Du Juaner used a handkerchief to wipe away the tears on her face and hide the hint of pride at the corners of her mouth.

In the embroidery workshop, Madam Zou and others who came back late heard about what happened during the day and gathered together to discuss it.

Madam Zou said, "This Nishang Pavilion has been open for four or five years, but business has always been lukewarm. There used to be embroidery workshops and clothing stores nearby, but they were always driven away after a short time."

It was today when she was selling embroidery outside that she heard people in the teahouse talking about Nishang Pavilion.

(End of this chapter)