Bamu Town.
Elder Fang and Elder Du stood at the entrance of the Governor’s Office full of anticipation, waiting for Feng Liangji.
Elder Fang: "I hear that there are quite a few shops available for lease this time. What a pity that you and I have no connections here. Otherwise, we could open a few more shops and earn some extra silver."
A look of envy appeared on Elder Du’s face: "In my view, the Feng Family is really lucky, after forming ties with the Li Family, they directly climbed up to the Yan Family."
"Now that the Yan Family is flourishing, and they even have a Princess Consort, Prince Weiyuan managing all affairs in Xiliang, the Feng Family will soon be able to secure their footing in Xiliang by leveraging their connection with the Prince Residence."
Elder Fang was also very envious: "If there’s anyone to blame, it’s just that you and I weren’t as astute as old Feng back in the day." At the time, the Li Family’s business wasn’t even as big as our two families.
But look at the situation now, we’re not on par anymore!
Before long, Feng Liangji emerged from the Governor’s Office.
Elder Fang and Elder Du hurried forward, but as they got close they saw Feng Liangji’s face full of worry: "Dear nephew, were you able to lease any shops?"
At this moment, Feng Liangji had no interest in dealing with the two, but remembering the ten thousand silver note they previously gave, he perfunctorily said: "The shops available for lease this time have all been rented out."
Elder Fang and Elder Du’s faces changed drastically, pulling Feng Liangji and asking: "Dear nephew, can we still lease a shop? You promised us before that you would help us lease one."
Feng Liangji, already irritated, said impatiently: "All the shops have been leased out, I can’t do anything, not even I could lease a single shop for myself."
Elder Fang and Elder Du felt disheartened, seeing Feng Liangji’s terrible expression, they quickly said: "Dear nephew, this is not the place to talk, shall we go back to your shop first?"
Feng Liangji also wanted to return to his shop to think about what was going on. After all, when he last met with Bamu Town’s chief Ma Teng, the man had been courteous to him, but now he was being dismissive.
The shops he had reserved earlier were also directly claimed to be unavailable.
What went wrong?
...
Fangji Silk and Satin Shop.
Sun Jiayue was happily instructing the maids to pack up the goods bought from the merchants of the Western Regions: "Send all of these back to the Feng Family."
Maid: "Miss, aren’t you going to send some of these to the Master and Madam?"
Sun Jiayue smiled, "My elder brother will be coming soon, he can buy something for father and mother. My husband has promised to help my brother secure the tea selling rights, I should also show my filial piety to my father-in-law and mother-in-law."
The maid smiled: "The Master is really good to the Miss, I’ve heard that the right to sell tea is very difficult to obtain, but as soon as Miss mentioned it, Master agreed without hesitation, showing how dearly he holds Miss in his heart."
Sun Jiayue enjoyed such talk, glanced at the maid with a smile, and was about to say something when she heard Feng Liangji’s voice coming from the front, and her face immediately lit up with joy: "My husband is back!"
She then quickly walked out.
Just as Sun Jiayue reached the front, she saw Feng Liangji dismissing Elder Fang and Elder Du with a displeased look: "Husband, why are you back so early? Didn’t you say you had leased a shop and needed to take a look at it?"
Feng Liangji waved his hand: "Don’t mention it, I didn’t manage to lease a single shop this time."
Sun Jiayue’s face changed: "How could this happen? Didn’t you say the town chief had promised to reserve a shop for you?"
Feng Liangji furrowed his brows: "I’m also trying to figure out why. My meeting with Chief Ma this time, his attitude towards me was completely different than before."
He then looked at Sun Jiayue.
"Jiayue, help me think, did I unintentionally offend him during this period?"
Hearing this, Sun Jiayue’s heart skipped a beat, and the memory of the encounter with that Madam while purchasing the tapestry came to mind.
"During this time, you have been busy with the shop’s business, you wouldn’t have had the chance to offend Chief Ma, right?"
Feng Liangji shook his head: "Chief Ma wouldn’t be ignoring me without reason, there must be something going on." After speaking, he summoned a servant boy to go out and gather information.
Watching the servant boy leave, Sun Jiayue’s heart suddenly started pounding, quickly recalling the day she bought the tapestry.
The servant bit the bullet and said: "A few days ago, Prince Wei Yuan was accompanying the Princess Consort for a stroll to ease her mind, and they happened upon Madam Sun."
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