Spring flowers

Chapter 43 Borrowing the East Wind

When Wei Yishang walked out of the back room, her cheeks were still a little hot, and the back of her ears were flushed.

The system spoke.

[Host, fire detected at your location. Please proceed to the back door to apprehend the culprit.]

At that moment, Wei Yishang smelled the simmering heat.

"not good……"

She first instructed Manager Liu and Granny An to oversee the firefighting efforts, and then, together with Cui'er and two bodyguards, headed for the back door.

At the back door, a dark figure was peering out. He was wearing a black scarf on his head and his mouth and nose were covered with black cloth.

Only a pair of eyes, which looked sharp and ruthless.

Wei Yishang signaled her guards to step forward and arrest the man. Two guards acted quickly and caught the man in black.

Cui'er removed the black veil from the black-clad man's face and was greatly surprised.

"It's you……"

The woman in black was none other than Wang Mama, the personal maidservant of Madam Lin.

"Granny Wang, your relative Wang Er was killed by Concubine Lin. Are you still willing to work for her?"

Looking at Wang Mama's expression, Wei Yishang felt that she couldn't quite figure it out.

Wang Mama was arrested, but she didn't seem to care much, and even seemed somewhat gloating.

"What the hell..."

Wei Yishang thought for a moment and realized that if she went to tell the old lady now, it might just be playing into their scheme.

“Granny Wang, my two bodyguards are skilled with their swords, but I am not…”

After saying that, she picked up a guard's knife and plunged it straight into Granny Wang's arm.

"Ouch, it hurts... Ouch..."

Granny Wang thought she would be sent back to the Wei family, but instead she suffered physical pain...

Fresh blood flowed out. When Wang Mama saw that it was blood, she became even more frightened and tried to pretend to faint.

"Someone, wake her up by splashing water on her. If one basin isn't enough, try several times."

Wei Yishang adopted the air of a boss, "Since you've ruined my business, I'll make you suffer. Although, I'm not exactly gentle..."

After saying that, Wei Yishang held the knife to Granny Wang's chin again.

"Granny Wang, tell us your plan, or else..."

Granny Wang seemed resigned to her fate, "You little slut! I won't say a word, kill me or torture me, it's up to you!"

"They are indeed very loyal, but unfortunately, the Lin family only knows how to kill to silence witnesses."

Wei Yishang understood that this old woman had served Lin Shi for a long time and was extremely loyal to her mistress. Even something like what happened with Wang Er had not shaken her loyalty.

At this moment, Ye Mingzhen walked over.

"Is Miss Wei interrogating someone?"

Ye Mingzhen flicked his sleeves and asked casually.

"Does Lord Ye have a good idea?" Wei Yishang didn't look at him. Thinking about what had just happened, she was still afraid of the awkwardness of their eyes meeting.

“There are plenty of ways to get her out of Zhenyun Guard prison. I can take her away.”

Ye Mingzhen looked at the old woman and suddenly pressed her hand hard against her wound, making her scream in pain.

He let go, then pressed again...

This oppressive feeling sent chills down my spine.

"I'll talk!...I'll talk!"

Unable to bear the pain any longer, Granny Wang spoke up.

"As instructed by Aunt Lin, if we are arrested, we should not speak, but go with Fourth Miss. Then, in the mansion, we should say that Fourth Miss used Wang Er's matter to force this old servant to frame Aunt Lin."

Thinking about this, Wei Yishang understood that the Lin family wanted to turn the tide.

Since that's the case, let's take advantage of the Lin family's influence.

"Since that's the case, I'll let you go."

Wei Yishang asked Cui'er to release the people, but Cui'er looked puzzled.

"What? Release her? Miss, aren't you going to take her to the authorities? This is arson..."

Wei Yishang shook her head. "Release them."

Ye Mingzhen, who was standing to the side, looked at Wei Yishang.

This Ms. Wei's inner thoughts are truly intriguing.

What is she thinking? What does she want to do?
“Miss, young master…” Cui’er released Wang Mama and looked at the two of them.

Thinking about how she had rashly entered the house, Cui'er felt her face flush and her heart race.

"Not the son-in-law..."

"He's not the son-in-law yet..."

The two of them said in unison.

What Wei Yishang meant was that he would never be a son-in-law, but only a business partner.

Ye Mingzhen said that he did not yet have a formal identity.

"what……"

Cui'er was dumbfounded. What was going on?

One said one thing, and the other said another.

At this moment, Li Moyu in Cui'er's mind was muttering: "Forget it, I'll just eat something good in the space. As for these two, I'll just treat it like watching a drama. Anyway, I'm not smart. As long as Miss protects me, I can live a good life."

At this moment, Manager Liu came to report.

"Boss, the warehouse was burned down, but fortunately the rescue was timely and there was not much loss."

"Okay, we'll close for the next couple of days and say we're going to smuggle fire water."

Wei Yishang yawned, wanting to go back to sleep.

"Boss, we haven't suffered any losses..." Manager Liu felt that his boss was confused and decided to continue operating the business.

"Closing the store allows us to renovate and release new models, and it also creates anticipation among customers—a form of scarcity marketing."

Wei Yishang thought of modern business logic: sometimes, bad things can turn into good things.

There was another reason why she closed the shop and made it public.

Wei family.

If the Wei family knew about this situation, they would have an idea of ​​what was going on.

This will be beneficial for what happens later.

"Boss, what is scarcity marketing?" Manager Liu asked Wei Yishang.

"Taking a few days off will allow us to accumulate some customers and also increase the value of the goods in the shop."

Manager Liu nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.

She's the boss, so she calls the shots.

Having experienced my employer's abilities firsthand, I know that I should simply listen to them and remain loyal.

Nothing happened that night.

The next day, Wei Yishang found Wei Xinluo and told him about her experience.

"Sister, my warehouse has been burned down."

"It really is true... bad people do bad things..."

Wei Xinluo asked her, "Did your sister catch the culprit?"

"No, she got away..."

Thinking of this, Wei Yishang suddenly said, "The culprit looks a bit like Granny Wang from Aunt Lin's room. Sister, could you keep an eye out for me?"

Wei Xinluo thought about it for a moment, and since it was just a matter of paying attention, he agreed.

"Thank you sister."

Wei Yishang smiled like a flower.

"You're still so childish. You're almost getting married, and you still haven't changed." Wei Xinluo tapped Wei Yishang's nose.

"It's all because my sister spoiled me." Wei Yishang smiled and sat down shyly next to Wei Xinluo.

"What does Sister think of the First Prince?"

Wei Xinluo was a little confused when Wei Yishang suddenly asked this question.

"The eldest prince is the son of the Empress and is the eldest legitimate son, but it is said that he is impotent and taciturn."

Wei Xinluo's statement is accurate, but the eldest prince is not the empress's only child; there is also the second prince, whom the empress favors.

“Sister, don’t go to the palace. You’ll marry someone like that and then have to compete for his favor…” Wei Yishang hit the nail on the head regarding Wei Xinluo.

She didn't want to enter the palace either, but Consort Sui was indeed dying and urgently needed a successor.

"Marry the eldest prince," Wei Yishang said, as if she were joking, yet also as if she were serious.

"How could I, a concubine's daughter from a vice minister's household, possibly be worthy of the eldest son of the royal family..." Wei Xinluo quickly covered Wei Yishang's mouth, afraid that someone would overhear.

(End of this chapter)