Crazy and bad again, the princess is the best in Beijing

The shopkeeper's son is a good-for-nothing. He hangs out all day long. He has been addicted to gambling recently and has lost a lot of money.

He beat and scolded her, but with little effect.

He really didn't expect that his son owed so much money again!

He was not stupid. As soon as he saw the scene, he knew that this must be a trap set by Shi Wanwan for his son.

He then said, "Please, my Lady, for the sake of my previous dedication to the Princess, please spare my son."

Shi Wanwan asked, "What do you mean? Are you trying to use your feelings to avoid paying back the money?"

The shopkeeper looked at her and said, "You know where this IOU came from, Princess."

"I now work for Minister Shi. He is the princess's biological father. After all, we are family."

"There's no such thing as an overnight grudge among family members. Princess, please don't be too drastic in some matters, or you'll end up in a mess."

In his opinion, no matter how powerful or favored Shi Wanwan was, she could never be a match for Shi Meichen.

The shopkeeper saw clearly what Shi Meichen was up to. He didn't think the young Shi Wanwan could be Shi Meichen's opponent.

Shi Wanwan only bullied the servants. When Shi Meichen came over, she would probably not even dare to fart.

Shi Wanwan chuckled when she heard this: "I've heard before that there are many fools in this world, but now I feel like I've opened my eyes."

"Let me tell you another fact. If you don't pay back the money for your son today, you will definitely regret it."

"A slave who betrays his master will definitely be punished. If it hasn't happened before, it's simply because the time hasn't come yet."

The shopkeeper looked at Shi Wanwan and said, "My princess, why do you have to go to such extremes?"

Shi Wanwan raised her eyebrows slightly when she heard this. This guy was too stupid. There was no point in saying more to him.

In that case, there was no need for her to waste her breath on him.

She sat down on the armchair next to her and said, "You are the ones who did it to the extreme. I gave you a chance, but you didn't want it."

"In that case, don't blame me for being rude."

The shopkeeper didn't think Shi Wanwan could be rude to him. As long as Shi Meichen arrived, Shi Wanwan had to keep a low profile.

At that time, he can take the opportunity to get back the IOU from Shi Wanwan.

After all, Shi Meichen is Shi Wanwan's father and her elder. The younger generation will naturally be inferior to the elders.

Filial piety was highly valued in the Tang Dynasty. No matter how favored or arrogant Shi Wanwan was, she was still humbled by filial piety.

But it was different from what the shopkeeper had predicted. The waiter failed to call Shi Meichen, and it was Li who came instead.

As soon as Li came over, she said magnanimously, "Princess, what are you going to do now?"

"Did you spend all the money I gave you earlier? Are you coming to the shop to get more money?"

"If you need money, just tell me and I'll get it for you."

The last time Shi Wanwan went to the Shi Mansion and caused trouble, she beat people and took away things, which made Li hate Shi Wanwan to the core.

In this monthly exam, Shi Wanwan, whom she thought was a waste, achieved excellent results.

Under such circumstances, Li felt a strong sense of crisis for the first time.

She vaguely felt that it would be difficult for them to suppress Shi Wanwan, and that Shi Wanwan would suppress Shi Qingmei, whom she was proud of.

Because of these things, Li felt a little wary of Shi Wanwan in addition to hating her.

When the waiter came over today, Shi Meichen was not there. This shop was one of the most profitable shops in the Shi family, so she couldn't just ignore it.

On the way here, Li had already thought about it:

Coming here today, she just pretended to be magnanimous. She wanted to let the people in the capital see Shi Wanwan's domineering and arrogant face!

She wanted to trample Shi Wanwan's reputation, which had finally improved, into the mud again.

When Shi Wanwan saw that it was Li who came, she was a little disappointed.

But it doesn’t matter. Since Li is here today, I can’t let her go back safely.

She then said, "It sounds quite generous, but I have a question."

"In the Shi family, I'm the eldest daughter, and you're the concubine. The eldest daughter's money has to go through the hands of a concubine. This is probably unique in the capital, right?"

When Li came over, there was already a large group of people gathered here.

As soon as Shi Wanwan said this, everyone around her pointed fingers at Li.

Li's heart tightened. She said that she was Shi Meichen's concubine, but because Shi Meichen had never lived with the eldest princess, she was equivalent to the mistress of the house in Shi's mansion.

Although Shi Wanwan reminded her many times, Li still didn't consider herself a concubine.

Her status before she got married was actually not low. She was the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery.

She was originally the concubine of Shi Meichen as the legitimate daughter of Marquis Zhongyong, which caused a huge stir in the capital.

Because of this incident, her father severed their relationship.

Over the years, since the eldest princess was gone, she resumed her contact with the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery.

The reason why she became Shi Meichen's concubine was not only because she was impressed by Shi Meichen's character and talent, but also because she wanted to challenge the eldest princess.

She had been at odds with the eldest princess since she was still in her boudoir.

Although the eldest princess is dead now, she is no different from the main wife in the Shi Mansion.

But she would never be Shi Meichen's legal wife in her lifetime. Once she left the Shi Mansion, she would be a concubine.

Tian Huaijue glanced at Li and said to Lin Feiyue, "I'm from Jiangyin and don't understand the rules of your capital."

"Could it be that it's a trend in your capital to favor concubines over wives, with concubines managing the household expenses?"

Lin Feiyue immediately said: "This is not the custom in the capital, but something that some unrefined families do."

Du Feifan echoed, "That's right, my father also has concubines. No matter how favored those concubines are, they can't surpass my mother!"

The crowd watching the fun immediately pointed at Li.

Although the Tang Dynasty had an open-minded society and women could serve as officials, the system of legitimate and illegitimate children was still strict.

Now that the mistress is gone, the concubine does have the responsibility to manage the household affairs, but this cannot be done openly, and she cannot overrule the legitimate daughter.

Not to mention that this legitimate daughter is also the princess of the current dynasty.

Li said to Shi Wanwan, looking as if she was about to cry, "The princess is right. As a concubine, I cannot control you."

"But the princess is used to extravagance and acts too arrogantly, and the master is too busy, so he asked me to restrain the princess a little."

The shopkeeper immediately chimed in: "I can testify to this. The princess spends money like water, without any restraint."

"If Aunt Li wasn't watching over us, I'm afraid even if there were mountains of gold and silver in the mansion, she would squander it all."

When the people around heard this, they also thought it made sense.

Everyone in the capital knew that Shi Wanwan was arrogant, so it was understandable that Shi Meichen asked Li to take care of her.

Someone immediately acted as a peacemaker:

"We're all family. If there's anything we can discuss behind closed doors, it's better to talk it out at home. It's too ugly to make a scene like this."

"If the princess needs money, she can ask Minister Shi for it. It's not appropriate to come to the shop to get money."