Chapter 279: Rumors And Slander
“Prince, why are you here?” Li Xi’er sat in the horse carriage, looking at the pair of soul-stirring eyes in front of her that were focused on her, and uncomfortably picked up the back cushion to lean back a bit!
This person came out of nowhere to show his presence, not knowing that with him spreading the word like this, Uncle Dong, who had been exchanging normally with her, would immediately start nodding and bowing to her?
“This prince saw that it was already dark, Bu Wei said you hadn’t returned to the residence yet, and anyway, there’s nothing to do upon returning now, so I came by the way to check on you!”
He was afraid something might happen; although Dong Wen had agreed last time, he worried he might go back on it midway and cause trouble.
Actually, he had been waiting outside for a long time, read a book for a while but got really bored and worried, so he sent someone to report! Just to let them know she had someone protecting her!
“How is it, have things been handled?” If they dared to engage in deceitful compliance or have ulterior motives, he wouldn’t mind personally going in for a visit.
Li Xi’er didn’t know the intention behind his grand display and rubbed her temples, saying with relief,
“Starting tomorrow, Glazed Ware Company will close its doors to thank guests and hire people for renovation. I need to figure out a way to recruit people quickly here!”
“Don’t worry, for renovation, if you can’t find a suitable foreman, I can help you think of something! As for recruitment, if you have needs, this prince is at your service anytime!”
“No need, Uncle Dong can handle the renovation; the people he knows are no fewer than yours. As for recruitment, let me think about it some more!”
“Good!”
Feng Qingcheng touched his chin, appreciating her confident demeanor. Li Xi’er thought he was too narcissistic! This pose was a killer to other women, but she felt nothing!
“But Senior Brother Prince, have the princes all gone back?”
“Mm!”
“Alright then! Let’s head back to the residence too!”
“No rush, this prince has morning court early tomorrow, and there’s still some time. Accompany this prince to the restaurant to eat something!” Feng Qingcheng acted like a child who hadn’t grown up and whined coquettishly! Li Xi’er rolled her eyes to the sky!
“Ah, you know I’m losing weight!”
“What nonsense are you saying? You’re already perfect; what weight loss!”
“Feng Qingcheng!!!”
“Alright, alright, I know. Then going to Huirui to get silver should be fine, right? You’re not planning to give that generator to Senior Brother for free, are you?”
“In your dreams!”
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Wang Zhangsong held the twenty-seven taels of silver in his hand, hiding in the distance watching their horse carriage leave, his eyes flashing with malice. “Pah! Just a rabbit lord, who do you think you’re looking down on?”
Originally, after Wang Zhangsong came out, he wanted to wait until Li Xi’er was alone to scare him a bit, but unexpectedly the Third Prince actually came!
He had no choice but to leave dejectedly!
Before leaving, he spat a mouthful of saliva viciously at the doorway of Glazed Ware Company!
Dog leg relying on power, twenty-seven taels, who do you think you’re looking down on? Sending off beggars?
Thinking back to how wherever he went before, people fawned over him and curried favor, calling him Master Zhang, Master Zhang—those people who wanted to get new goods from him at low prices quickly were not few in sending him gift silver, and every time on delivery he took a kickback!
But now it’s not the case anymore!
Those lackeys at Glazed Ware Company, who didn’t nod and bow to him when they saw him before, but today not many spoke up for him! That Yang lackey’s cold attitude in driving him away just now chilled his heart!
Thinking about it now, this glassware circulating in the market is actually pretty good.
Since he had mastered quite a bit of technology and had a customer group, why not open his own shop to sell to them at that time?
Actually, he had long been planning this privately; he didn’t know the materials clearly before, but later when procuring plus secretly learning, he got some idea!
But opening a factory is not simple; just the large sum of silver gives him a headache. He still needs to find some sucker for investment and cooperation!
Wang Zhangsong’s eyes flickered, and he secretly made a vicious oath: Heng Can Glazed Ware, huh?
Wait and see, whether his Wang Zhangsong glassware sells well or your Heng Can Glazed Ware sells fast!
I, Wang Songzhang, am determined to make your Heng Can Glazed Ware disappear from this market forever!
As for you, Li Xi’er, by then will you have to beg him like a dog? By then, well, just roll back to his nest of pleasure and be his pet!
Walking along and pondering, his heart started to feel irritated again now; having lost this position, probably all those previous customers would avoid him!
Sigh, he needs to think of something to let them know it wasn’t someone else who fired him!
But that he was plotted against by the new owner without technical expertise, that unmanly little person!
Recalling the horse carriage that left just now, heh heh, he had an idea!
Not many days later, during the days of Glazed Ware Company’s renovation, suddenly in the Imperial City it spread that the God of War Prince had special tastes and was keeping a pretty rabbit lord in a golden house!
This rabbit lord named Li Xi’er, relying on the prince’s favor, was lawless and often committed atrocities outside!
Immediately making the women who liked the God of War Prince heartbroken, in an uproar— so that’s how it is; they still thought the God of War disdained them because he was a person who kept himself clean!
Unexpectedly he liked men and even connived at Li Xi’er committing atrocities!
Such a small matter actually alarmed even Feng Jingdi; after the ministers left morning court, he summoned Feng Qingcheng for a private audience!
“Imperial Brother, why go to such trouble?” Feng Jingdi looked at him with frustration, unable to forge steel; he thought and thought, this Feng Qingcheng must be deeply in love with that Hua Can disguised as a man…
Now probably seeing her dead, his heart turned to ashes, changed his nature and developed a strange interest in men!
Actually, he quite supported it; this greatly damaged his reputation, making him lose the chance to produce offspring and descendants, so he didn’t need to make a move himself!
But this reputation couldn’t ruin his grand plan of good relations with the Si Kingdom!
“Do you know, the Si Kingdom Princess has already set off and is halfway here; with you doing this, how to explain?”
“Your Majesty, this matter is a misunderstanding, spread by someone with ulterior motives!”
“Oh? Someone with ulterior motives? But if there was no basis, how could there be rumors from nothing?”
Feng Jingdi said very worriedly! This Third Child, last time he casually said something and immediately openly beat his spy to death; now it wasn’t easy to arrange people in anymore!
Feng Qingcheng said indifferently: “Your Majesty, to be honest, she is not a rabbit lord; she is that woman gathering herbs whom I rescued on Phoenix Mountain!”
“What? You haven’t sent her away yet? Why?” Feng Jingdi showed a trace of anger!
“Because, because she looks a bit like my junior brother, and it happened she was in a coma on Phoenix Mountain, I, I then…”
“You then hid her?” So that’s it, a substitute! Feng Jingdi, looking at the pained-faced Feng Qingcheng, finally understood why!
He thought so; turns out he took her for him!
Feng He narrowed his eyes. “Imperial Brother, this matter is suspicious; aren’t you worried she is a spy sent by an enemy country to infiltrate by your side?”
“Your Majesty, I have already sent people to check her background; she is indeed the only daughter of a barefoot doctor on Phoenix Mountain, and I have personally seen her household registration!”
“Oh, like that; then you can keep her temporarily for now. Whenever you have time, bring her to let Imperial Brother take a look too! But you must understand, your junior brother she is already dead, and previously at war with my Feng Lan! She killed many of my soldiers and is an enemy!”
“Yes!”
After Feng Qingcheng left, Feng He waved his hand grandly and summoned dark guards to investigate Li Xi’er’s identity!
And Feng Qingcheng returned to Yu Qing Palace with an ashen face; Li Xi’er was sitting on the cherry blossom tree foolishly munching a red apple.
“Prince? What’s wrong with you?”
Looking at the angry man under the tree, Li Xi’er asked curiously!
Feng Qingcheng felt extremely upset inside; back then he failed to protect his junior brother and personally killed her—could he not protect the returning Xi’er this time either?
He originally wanted to hide her away, but now she would be drawn into some troubles again.
“Nothing, just… ran into some annoying matters!”
“Annoying matters? That thing? I know.”
“You know?”
Feng Qingcheng leaped up and sat silently beside her.
“Yeah, I went out!” Today she specially went to the recruitment place to check, mainly for craftsmen and strategists!
Naturally she heard it; those rumors were simply divine!
Things like swaggering outside to swindle, bullying with power, fox pretending to be tiger!
“Sorry, Junior Brother, for letting you be insulted!”
“Why are you apologizing to me? Losing reputation doesn’t cost half a tael of flesh; this is spread by those bad people! Mainly to make me upset; if I really get upset, wouldn’t that play right into their hands!”
“Heh heh, it’s good that you can think so openly!”
“But, why did this person spread this rumor at this time? Could it be your enemy? Or someone with ulterior motives?”
“This matter probably needs a good investigation!”
“Maybe it’s not targeting you; perhaps I unintentionally offended someone, but for now, no going to settle scores with him!”
“Why?”
“Follow the vine to get the melon! Understand?”
See what he really wants to do!
