Favoring the concubine and killing the wife? She divorced the concubine and lived with her concubine

The clothes in Mr. Zhu's hand were custom-made by Xiao Lan.

"how you said that?"

The butler took over and said, "You said this material was sold to our master alone. Today, a restaurant owner wore the exact same material!"

"This material comes from Beijing, and we can't guarantee that others don't have it. But we only sell it to you in our store, so there shouldn't be our store's logo on his clothes." Xiao Lan didn't expect these problems to arise so quickly. She remembered that Xiao Zongshan said that these materials were not available in Nancheng for the time being.

"What's the use of logos? I think the material is the same!" Master Zhu stepped forward and threw the clothes to Xiao Lan. He had suffered a loss here today, so he would never be so easy to talk to.

Fang Qingqing heard a commotion outside and rushed out to see what was happening. She saw Mr. Zhu causing trouble again, but County Magistrate Su had disappeared. She couldn't help but complain that the magistrate had left at such a bad time.

"Miss Qing, please bring out the documents that Mr. Zhu used when he bought the materials." Xiao Lan knew that these disputes would always arise. Most deals worth hundreds of taels of silver required signed documents.

Mr. Zhu keeps coming to my house to cause trouble, so I will definitely not be able to do business with him in the future. But I have to sort things out with him now to prevent him from talking nonsense in the future.

"What document do you have? What can that document prove?" Mr. Zhu naturally remembered that he had signed it, but now he was just looking for trouble and would not admit anything!

"It's clearly written in black and white on the document that this kind of material in our store will only be sold to you, and the finished garments will have our store logo and mark as a guarantee of genuine quality and service. I'm afraid it's really inappropriate for you to casually accuse me of cheating." Xiao Lan's expression was not as good as before. She took the document handed to her by Fang Qingqing, spread it out and put it in front of Mr. Zhu.

Mr. Zhu reached out to grab it, but fortunately Xiao Lan was quick and took it back in an instant.

"What? Still want to rob? You're feeling guilty! You're causing trouble here without any evidence. I'll report you to the police and have you arrested!" Fang Qingqing became more and more annoyed with Mr. Zhu. His arrogant and rogue appearance was simply the behavior of a gangster.

"You took a piece of tattered material and sold it to me as if it were a unique piece for five hundred taels! You, a shady shop, are right!"

It was afternoon, and the streets were still quite crowded. Soon, a crowd gathered around to watch the excitement. Some had bought bargains at nameless shops and were curious about the luxurious decorations of the cloth shop in the north of the city. Now, when they heard that a piece of material cost five hundred taels, their mouths dropped open in surprise!

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"This rich man is incredible. Five hundred taels for a piece of fabric? That's enough for me to live for several lifetimes!"

“This is a shady shop!”

"What do you know? This is limited edition material, and the store only sells it to one person!"

"What if someone else wears the same thing?"

"If they're the same, then they're the same. Isn't that a copy?"

"Why do you say it's a knockoff if it's made of the same material?"

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Everyone began to murmur, and the street became noisy. Several scholars who were planning to come to the cloth shop in the north of the city to buy fabrics were also watching the excitement at the door.

"It seems that it was our fault for selling this material to Mr. Zhu. Miss Qing, go and get the five hundred taels to return to Mr. Zhu, and then take out the batch of materials that Mr. Zhu had ordered before and give them to Mr. Zhu, as an apology for making Mr. Zhu unhappy." Xiao Lan knew that Fang Qingqing would definitely not agree, so she winked at Fang Qingqing when she said this.

Fang Qingqing was naturally unhappy. Why should she return the money and give back the cloth? It was clearly Mr. Zhu who was causing the trouble. But Xiao Lan's eyes clearly told her not to say a single "no."

She was helpless, as she could never keep up with the boss's ideas, so she had to go back and get the silver and cloth.

Mr. Zhu felt that Xiao Lan was in the wrong and admitted his mistake, so he laughed.

"Look, you're quite sensible, if you kneel down and apologize to me in front of so many people, I won't have to return the five hundred taels!"

Xiao Lan gathered the hair hanging by her ears, adjusted her mentality, took two deep breaths, and then spoke slowly.

"I'm afraid Master Zhu has misunderstood. I'm returning the money to you, not because I think I'm in the wrong. On the contrary, I just feel that Master Zhu's knowledge and insights are not worthy of the materials from my cloth shop in the north of the city!" When Xiao Lan said this, her eyes were full of indifference, as if she had seen too many scoundrels like Master Zhu and was too disdainful to argue with him.

Since Mr. Zhu became rich, where has he ever heard such words?

"You fucking bitch, did you give me the ability?"

Scholars from ordinary families read the books of sages and were particularly displeased with upstarts who were arrogant and domineering outside, looked down on ordinary people, and bullied others by taking advantage of their power. Now that Xiao Lan said this, everyone felt that it made sense.

"What rude words you said! It's disrespectful!"

"This Master Zhu always relies on his wealth to get into various places, often putting on airs in front of those elegant scholars, and saying things that are not worthy of being put on in public and insult scholars!"

"Last time, we had a quarrel, and what he said was so nasty. Mr. Yu is well-read, and he often communicates with our teacher and has also given me advice on writing!"

"Yes, yes, that's true. Mr. Yu is still very knowledgeable!"

Xiao Lan heard the voice next to him and took the opportunity to speak again.

"This fabric of mine is for the county magistrate and is worn by scholars. Without the bearing of a noble family, you can't support this fabric. You can't even tell the difference between the authentic and the imitation, so I naturally dare not sell the fabric to you again. I give you the fabric because it's the one you've worn, and I can't sell it anymore, so I want to save your face, but you don't want it!" Xiao Lan didn't even use the word "you" when he said this.

Fang Qingqing also took out the silver bills at this time, and Chi Yu followed out with a few pieces of cloth, throwing them all at Mr. Zhu and the housekeeper and servants he brought with him.

Xiao Lan picked up the clothes that Mr. Zhu had thrown to her and pointed at the "mountain" logo in front of everyone.

"Everyone, this is our store's logo. I'm sure everyone who's bought something knows this. Exclusive stores are afraid of being copied, so they always have this logo to prove that the product is from their own store. Master Zhu may not understand this principle, but you all should understand it!"

Xiao Lan then pointed to the cuffs and collar of the garment. "Please look, everyone! Five hundred taels of silver bought four rolls of material. Everything used in making the garment is of the finest quality. The cuffs are hand-sewn with silver thread, creating a subtle pattern. The orchid on the collar, representing a graceful gentleman, is embroidered with gold thread and ink-dyed silk. Every detail is made of solid materials and the craftsmanship is exquisite. I'm not asking for more than five hundred taels. I'm just trying to improve my reputation."

After saying that, she handed the ready-made clothes to Fang Qingqing and then looked at Mr. Zhu.

"The material is available everywhere. With Master Zhu's ability, he can even buy material from neighboring countries. We will never meet again!"

Mr. Zhu had never imagined that he would suffer such a huge loss in this quarrel. Now, not only did he fail to tarnish the reputation of this shop, but he became a scoundrel who was not worthy of being in a respectable place?

"What do you mean? What do you mean by that? Who wants your scraps? Give it to me..."

"What are you doing?" A loud voice came from afar, and everyone was attracted and turned to look.

As expected, it was Xue Wu, the man whose voice you could hear even without seeing him, walking over with a few constables. He was on a routine patrol, but he just liked to wander around the north of the city more often recently.

"Captain Xue!" When Mr. Zhu saw the captain coming, he stepped forward to speak to him, ignoring the housekeeper who tried to stop him.

Xue Wu walked past Mr. Zhu and pointed at the crowd, "No one is allowed to make trouble!" The onlookers hurriedly shook their heads and pointed at Mr. Zhu.

"Master Zhu? Is there something you need here?" Xue Wu looked at the servant holding the material and standing behind him, while Xiao Lan was standing at the door with his men.

Just now, when he was walking this way, he happened to run into Su Ze. Su Ze also told him to come over quickly to avoid any trouble, and also reminded him to enforce the law impartially and not to cheat or show favoritism!

"Captain Xue, this shop is bullying! They said they'd only sell me five hundred taels of material, but now a restaurant owner on the street has bought one for fifty taels!" The butler followed behind and tugged at Master Zhu's sleeve, but Master Zhu shook him off, "Why are you pulling me?"