A concubine enters the mansion? Reborn, three matchmakers and six engagements to marry the Prime Min

Su Shunci did not panic. She stood up and said to Su Qingyu, "Sister, please sit down for a moment. I will go out and see what is going on."

Doing business means meeting many people and encountering many things. At the beginning, she panicked every time she encountered such things. Later, Lin Wuchen taught her that the more panicked she was, the harder it would be to deal with such things, and people would think she was guilty.

Later, under Lin Wuchen's instruction, she gradually understood the intricacies of the matter. So now, no matter what happened in the shop, she could calm herself down quickly and deal with it calmly.

Su Shunci turned around, lifted the curtain separating the small flower hall and the shop, and walked out calmly.

Su Qingyu also stood up and stood by the door, looking outside through the gap. She recognized the person who came, Liu Qianning, the daughter of Liu Chen, the Junior Secretary of the Zhanshi Mansion. Previously, when the prince held a banquet in the other courtyard outside the capital, Su Shunci had made Liu Qianning lose face.

Su Shunci walked slowly to Liu Qianning. Because she was half a head shorter than Liu Qianning, she looked up at her.

"Miss Liu is such a rare guest. If you have anything to say, just tell me directly. There's no need to shout so loudly. If someone doesn't know, they might think a country bitch has come to our shop."

Su Shunci's calmness formed a sharp contrast with Liu Qianning's ferocious expression.

Liu Qianning's expression froze. Although Su Shunci was clearly looking up at her, she inexplicably felt a sense of oppression as if a dark cloud was pressing down on her head.

"You...you are the shrew. Tell me what to do with this material first?"

As he spoke, he placed the material in his hand on the square table beside him.

He then explained to the people watching outside, "Please judge for yourself. My maid bought a piece of brocade a few days ago. I had it cut yesterday. But when I cut it open, I found that the material was not brocade at all. It is much thinner than brocade and it breaks when it is torn. Even with this material, they want to sell it for thirty taels of silver per piece. This is a shady shop."

When Liu Qianning said this, a look of grievance appeared on her face.

"You may not know, but my father was a minor official who passed the imperial examination and was admitted to the capital from the countryside. My mother was not in good health, and my father's salary was all used to buy medicine for her. I bought this fabric originally to make clothes for my mother's family as a birthday gift. Now the fabric is ruined, and I don't have the money to buy more fabric."

"Even the money I used to buy the material was saved bit by bit from my embroidery work. Now, it's all gone."

Liu Qianning was originally a daughter of an official family, and the common people did not think much of Su Shunci's accusations before. But the following words directly narrowed the distance between her and ordinary people.

Someone whispered.

"It turns out that the daughter of an official family also has to endure the bullying of these profiteers."

"That's not true. It's not easy for a minor official to come to the capital from the countryside."

Su Shunci was pushed to the opposite side of the people and became a black-hearted businessman who would do anything to make money.

Liu Qianning's lowered eyes were full of smiles. She didn't take a little girl of thirteen or fourteen seriously.

The words of the onlookers did not affect Su Shunci's mood. She knew these people too well. They were just fence-sitters who spoke without thinking.

Su Shunci walked to a table nearby and picked up the remaining half piece of fabric.

"Did Miss Liu buy this in our shop? On what day? At what time? Who bought it?"

Liu Qianning was stunned. She thought Su Shunci would drive away the onlookers and curse at her hysterically.

But I didn't expect Su Shunci to be so calm and asked three questions in a row.

Liu Qianning was speechless for a moment, and replied casually: "Of course I bought it in your shop. My maid came to buy it the day before yesterday morning."

Su Shunci suddenly smiled. She had a baby face before, and her two dimples were particularly cute when she smiled. In the past six months, she gradually became more like a girl, and when she smiled, her profile was bright and lively.

"Miss Liu, do you want to think about it again? Was it really the morning before yesterday?"

Liu Qianning looked at Su Shunci suspiciously. Why did she ask that? Then she thought, there are so many people coming and going in this shop every day, she didn't believe Su Shunci could remember everything. She was probably asking her this to be mysterious.

Then he said firmly, "Of course, I remember it clearly."

Then he asked, "Shopkeeper Su is not going to default on his debt, right?"

Su Shunci laughed twice, "How could that be? If it was really bought here, I will definitely give Miss Liu an explanation."

"It's just that my mother caught a cold the day before yesterday, so I didn't come to the shop this morning. One of the two shop assistants took a leave of absence, and the other had diarrhea. We didn't even open the shop the morning before yesterday."

After saying that, Su Shunci turned around and looked outside. "All of you uncles and aunts often walk around this street. Someone must remember that we didn't open the door the morning before yesterday."

"If you can't remember anything, we can ask the neighbors. They can also testify."

At this moment, someone in the crowd suddenly spoke up, "I remember that Huajin Pavilion was indeed closed the morning before yesterday."

Then, someone else followed suit.

Liu Qianning looked flustered. "Then I remembered it wrong. It was the afternoon of the day before yesterday. Yes, it was the afternoon of the day before yesterday."

Su Shunci ignored her words and picked up the half piece of cloth and looked at it carefully.

Liu Qianning looked anxious, wanting to say something but afraid of saying the wrong thing. Seeing Su Shunci looking at the material she brought seriously, she became even more unsure.

"What happened? Why is Sister Qian Ning here?" Su Xiangling suddenly walked in from outside. "I was just passing by and saw so many people gathered here, so I came in to take a look. What happened to you guys?"

When Liu Qianning saw Su Xiangling coming in, the corners of her lips couldn't help but rise.

She explained what happened in a wronged manner, and then said, "Sister Su, I'm not here to cause trouble. It's just that my family doesn't have much spare money, and I can't bear the fact that the material I spent so much money on was wasted like this."

"Sister Su, you don't know. When the tailor was making the dress yesterday, he didn't say the material was bad at first. Then the material just broke with a slight pull."

"There were other people in the mansion at the time, and my mother and I were completely humiliated."

"I came here today just to ask Miss Four to give me an explanation. If nothing else, I also want to give an explanation to my mother."

Liu Qianning's tone was gentle and sincere, just like a powerless girl from a poor family who was bullied by unscrupulous businessmen and had nowhere to complain.

Su Xiangling immediately comforted her, "Don't worry, Sister Qian Ning. Although Fourth Sister is no longer a member of the Su family, if it is really her problem, our Su family will not stand idly by."

She looked at Su Shunci again and said gently and warmly, "Don't worry, Fourth Sister. If you can't pay the money, I will help you."

As he said this, he took out the purse from his waist and actually wanted to compensate Liu Qianning with silver.

It seemed as if it directly confirmed Su Shunci's mistakes, and she became a sensible and polite sister.