Lin Sheng had already expressed his intention to help Xia Luotong. Although he still didn't know who Xia Luotong was, Xia Luotong's kindness to the Lin family was beyond his ability to repay, so for He agreed to what Xia Luotong asked without any hesitation.
After Lin Sheng handed over the compiled list to Xia Luotong, Xia Luotong perfected his original plan and made the next plan. Now he was waiting for Sun Jiaolan and Li to completely quarrel.
Sun Jiaolan and Li really did not disappoint Xia Luotong, or in other words, they exceeded Xia Luotong's expectations. Unexpectedly, the two of them started fighting so quickly, and they couldn't hold them back.
Sun Jiaolan and Mr. Li's behavior styles are different. Sun Jiaolan likes to be shady and always stirs up trouble behind the scenes, while Ms. Li is used to doing things openly and suppressing Sun Jiaolan in a big way.
More than ten years of pampering has made Mrs. Li even more arrogant. When she dealt with the Sun family more than ten years ago, Mrs. Li knew that she was coming from behind, but now she only wants to suppress Sun Jiaolan openly. It seems that this can make her feel superior and her status is extraordinary.
The more Li Shi openly suppressed and bullied Sun Jiaolan, the more dissatisfied Xia Zhihe was. However, due to Li Shi's identity and the Li family behind her, Xia Zhihe couldn't go too far openly and could only treat Li coldly. Mr. Xia Zhihe has never stepped foot into the main house since Sun Jiaolan came in.
Xia Zhihe's neglect further ignited Li's anger. The more she bullied Sun Jiaolan, the more Xia Zhihe ignored her and did not give her a good look.
Xia Zhihe's attitude also affected the choices of the people in the Xia Mansion. Seeing that Mrs. Li was so dissatisfied with Xia Zhihe's thoughts, on the contrary, Sun Jiaolan, the new member of the family, was favored by Xia Zhihe every day.
Xia Zhihe has completely lived in Sun Jiaolan's yard, so people naturally gradually tend to Sun Jiaolan.
Sun Jiaolan took this opportunity to act decisively and secretly began to bribe and win over the servants in the mansion. Without Li's knowledge, she immediately established her own manpower.
On the other hand, Ms. Li was still thinking hard about how to suppress Sun Jiaolan, but she didn't know that Sun Jiaolan had already begun to infiltrate and exclude her.
But even so, Sun Jiaolan was still weak, not only because of her status as a concubine, but also because she had no children. For Li, who gave birth to the only son of the Xia family, many servants believed that the favor Sun Jiaolan received It's just temporary, but the Xia family will still fall into the hands of Li and Xia Hongzhang.
In order to ensure that her plan could proceed smoothly and that she would have enough strength in the mansion before she was exposed to pregnancy, Sun Jiaolan hugged Mrs. Xia's thigh without hesitation.
After all, Mrs. Xia is Xia Zhihe's mother no matter what, and she is Li's serious mother-in-law. Even if the good-looking Mrs. Li makes trouble, she doesn't dare to do anything to Mrs. Xia. After all, she doesn't want to be poked in the back. I was worried that this would bring harm to the Li family and be blamed by Mr. Li.
In fact, a few days ago, the Xia family used this method to attack Xia Luotong and brought out the principle of filial piety.
But Li is different from Xia Luotong. Li has always enjoyed happiness in the Xia Mansion. Unlike Xia Luotong, she is the eldest daughter of her original wife, but she has never been recognized and is raised as a servant. In the countryside, he almost died after being poisoned for more than ten years.
In this situation, it is obvious that the Xia family has failed Xia Luotong first, so even if some people follow the trend and use filial piety to attack Xia Luotong, they have little effect, not to mention that Xia Luotong doesn't care at all.
Just when Sun Jiaolan and Li were having a huge quarrel and the whole Xia Mansion was in a state of chaos, a time-honored jewelry store in the south of the city encountered several waves of customers who came to ask for compensation. They bought similar low-quality gems, but falsely claimed that they were high-quality gems, and ended up selling them at high-quality prices.
Although the jewelry store did not admit the matter at all, customers came to make trouble one after another, and the matter gradually spread. After all, there were many customers present at the time, so they would naturally discuss it after seeing it.
This jewelry store is a time-honored one. It has been around for quite some time and has many regular customers. When this incident first occurred, not many people actually believed it. They only thought it was due to competition among peers or some short-sighted people. Wanted to blackmail the jewelry store.
Not to mention that the old customers didn't believe it, even the store manager didn't take this matter to heart. After all, this kind of thing happens several times every year.
But the shopkeeper's calmness did not last long, and he noticed something was wrong, because this situation had happened four times in the past half month, which was considered to be very frequent.
The shopkeeper felt uneasy. After all, it was a fact that they were shoddy, but it was just that there had been no problems at all for so many years, which made him very calm.
But this situation has happened frequently recently, and the profit has been affected to some extent, so the shopkeeper still reported the matter to the owner behind the shop, Mrs. Li, the wife of the Minister of Rites, Shangshu Mansion!
When Ms. Li learned the news, she was having a fierce fight with Sun Jiaolan. She was getting angry every day and her complexion was getting worse and worse. When she heard the news from the shopkeeper, she became furious on the spot. .
This jewelry shop is one of the most profitable among all Li's dowry businesses. Now that something has happened, she, who was already unhappy, will naturally get angry.
Ms. Li was very aware of the situation in her shop, and she had come up with this idea. Now that such a situation had arisen, her only thought was to suppress it.
After scolding the shopkeeper, Mrs. Li asked the shopkeeper to find out the details of those people as soon as possible and find someone to deal with those who came to the door in private. She didn't believe that anyone would dare to cause trouble again.
The shopkeeper was scolded, resigned quickly, and dealt with the matter according to Li's instructions. Although the guests who came to the door were from ordinary people and could be easily handled, the shopkeeper always felt uneasy and felt as if It seemed like something big was about to happen.
But the next few days were peaceful and nothing happened. When the shopkeeper saw this, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and secretly laughed at himself for being suspicious.
The boss behind him is Mrs. Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, a noble person from Li Ge's hometown. She has been acting like this for so many years without any mistakes, and this time will naturally be no exception.
However, what the shopkeeper didn't expect was that just when he thought the storm was over, a bigger storm was brewing secretly, and rumors about their shop being shoddy were also quietly spreading. .
