In my previous life, I killed my whole family. In my next life, I killed the royal family.

Qi Wan's face was bare, but still beautiful, like a lotus emerging from the water. She was wearing a water-blue dress, with fluttering sleeves that seemed to blend into the sky. The water-blue fabric was as soft as flowing water, gently brushing against her skin. She was wearing a dark blue cape with fox fur trim and embroidered pink plum blossoms.

She wore a cap with a few light blue flowers on the brim, which matched her dress perfectly. Under the cap, her hair fell like a waterfall, gently brushing against her fair cheeks.

She had a white ribbon tied around her waist, which fluttered in the wind, making her figure more graceful. She was wearing a pair of deerskin boots.

Qi Wan was followed closely by Wu Yi, and behind them were several maids, servants and two shopkeepers.

"Who is this from the Qi Mansion? Why are so many people following him?" someone asked.

A woman said, "Looking at her attire and the people following her, she must be the eldest daughter of the Qi Mansion."

"Didn't something happen at the Qi Mansion? Where did this young lady go?" someone was very curious.

Everyone followed curiously to watch the fun. When they met someone familiar, they would greet them, "Let's go and see where Miss Qi is."

Qi Wan did not change into men's clothes. She knew that the Lu family was targeting her and was deliberately making things difficult for the Qi family.

She wants to resolve the provocation from the Lu family herself.

When Qi Wan heard from Manager Wu that the Zuo family would come in the afternoon, she went to the cloth shop first, where people were already gathered to watch the fun and talk in low voices.

Seeing someone coming from the Qi Mansion, Qi Wan took the initiative to make way, walked into the cloth shop and sat down in the hall.

"Someone from the Qi family is here to see how to deal with this matter." A shopkeeper came to watch the fun.

Someone came up and asked, "What happened?"

Someone who knew the situation said, "As soon as the Qi family opened their doors, the Lu family came to buy 100 pieces of Shu brocade."

"Oh my god, how much silver does one hundred pieces of Shu brocade cost?"

"The Lu family is not short of money." Someone said, "The silver shop and tea shop over there are all theirs."

The Lu family sat on the second floor of Cuixiang Tea House drinking tea. They looked towards the cloth shop opposite and saw a group of people walking into the cloth shop. They laughed and said, "Let's see how the Qi family can conjure up a hundred pieces of Shu brocade."

Lu Fengyun and Lu Fenghui heard the news and rushed to persuade their mother, "Don't do it anymore. Qi Ze is still the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue."

Cheng looked at Lu Fengyun and became even angrier. "My son is talented and beautiful. Only a fairy can be worthy of you. The Qi family still dares to refuse the marriage again and again. Do they think Miss Qi is a fairy? Humph! I must vent my anger."

Lu Fengyun tried to persuade her kindly, "Mother, I know what you are thinking, but if the marriage doesn't work out, you can't make a fuss about it. Prime Minister Pei has relatives in the Qi Mansion."

Lu Feng would look worried, "We Lu family members can't do things like this, it will damage the reputation of the Lu family. They will say that we are adding insult to injury."

Zhou encouraged her eldest sister-in-law, "Why should we be afraid of the Prime Minister? We are not robbing or stealing. We are just doing business and buying cloth."

With the support of her younger brother and sister-in-law, Cheng said confidently, "Yes, we just bought cloth, and we didn't hit or scold anyone." She stood up and led people downstairs.

Lu Fengyun and Lu Fenghui looked at each other, at a loss as to what to do and could only sit at the window and look down.

Lu Feng would ask: "Is that Miss Qi the one who just came in?"

Lu Fengyun nodded, "It's her."

"She came in person? I'm afraid she's not as weak and incompetent as the world says."

"That's right, that's why I've always wanted to marry her."

Lu Feng would shake his head, "Alas, after today's incident, you can forget about marrying the eldest daughter of the Qi family."

Lu Fengyun also sighed and shook his head, "I don't know who my mother and second aunt listened to to cause such a scene."

He also didn't want the Lu family to be enemies with the Qi family. Even if the Qi family's military power was taken away, they still had the support of the Pei family.

At this point, we are in a dilemma and can only take one step at a time.

The two brothers sighed face to face.

Cheng walked into the cloth shop with a group of maids and old women. She saw Qi Wan sitting in the hall drinking tea and was stunned for a moment.

She had long heard that the eldest daughter of the Qi family was outstanding in appearance, but she was still amazed when she saw her with her own eyes today. Qi Wan was slender and graceful, with skin as white as snow, eyebrows and eyes as picturesque, and a faint smile on the corners of her mouth. She looked generous and extraordinary.

Qi Wan also noticed Cheng's arrival. She raised her head but did not stand up to greet her. She just looked at Cheng. Their eyes met in the air and sparks flew instantly.

Qi Wan read deep hostility and provocation in Cheng's eyes.

Cheng could tell from Qi Wan's eyes that he was neither surprised nor afraid.

Cheng snorted inwardly, straightened her body, raised her voice and said, "Boss, how many pieces of the best Shu brocade do you have in your store? I want 100 pieces!" She emphasized the number "100 pieces" to give Qi Wan a warning. After all, it was rare to find a family in the capital that could buy so much Shu brocade at once.

Qi Wan heard this, but she was not afraid. Instead, she found it a little ridiculous. She looked at Cheng with a scornful smile on her face.

There was a cry of surprise from outside: "How much silver does one hundred pieces of Shu brocade cost?"

Someone calculated, "Now a piece of Shu brocade is sold for 25 taels of silver, 2,500 taels of silver, which is nothing for the Lu family."

Zhou heard this and said loudly, "Our Lu family doesn't lack this little money, but the Qi family may not be able to come up with so much Shu brocade."

Qi Wan asked: "What if I can take it out?"

"We bought them all." Cheng said loudly.

Qi Wan smiled and thought to herself: You want to buy a hundred horses, and I will give you a hundred horses? I have to cheat you to feel relieved!

Qi Wan sat still and said, "Since you, the Lu family, are clearly here to cause trouble, I have a condition. The price of a piece of Shu brocade is no longer 25 taels, but 50 taels. If you want it, I will pay you first, then the goods."

Many of the onlookers were shop owners in the West Market, and they thought what they heard made sense.

If you are not here to cause trouble, you can just pay a deposit to the cloth shop first and agree on a time to pick up the goods.

He suddenly came to buy a large quantity of goods and wanted them delivered on the same day, which was clearly making things difficult for the cloth shop.

Cheng's eyes widened in shock. "How dare you ask for it? You raised the price by double."

"Yes, will the Lu family pay for it? The price will double in half an hour." Qi Wan said calmly, and raised her eyebrows provocatively, "If the Lu family can't afford it, just leave."

Cheng was so angry that she almost fainted. How dare she say that their Lu family couldn't afford to buy anything!

Seeing Miss Qi so calm, Zhou secretly felt something was wrong, and hurriedly pulled Cheng to comfort her, "Forget it, sister-in-law, it's really not worth paying a few thousand more taels of silver."

However, Cheng was convinced that the other party was deliberately raising the price because they could not afford 100 pieces of Shu brocade, and gnashed his teeth and said, "They definitely cannot afford it, so they are asking such an exorbitant price."

Cheng was full of confidence in her judgment. She thought she had figured out the Qi family's background and knew that they could not possibly come up with so much Shu brocade.

So, she ordered without hesitation: "Go to the silver shop and get five thousand taels of silver for the cloth shop." At the same time, she also announced: "I want one hundred rolls of Shu brocade now!"

Hearing this, an old woman hurried out to get the silver.

At this time, Uncle Ding leaned against the wall, barely supporting his body. He was panicking, his heart was pounding like thunder, and his legs were weak. He complained to himself: "Oh my God, where can we find a hundred pieces of Shu brocade?"