Thus, a brilliant smile appeared on Dong Huiying’s face, and seeing their wife’s joyful expression, several husbands of the Liang family seed influenced by this emotion, involuntarily softening their gazes.
They danced along with her emotions.
When she laughed, they laughed with her; when she was sad, they were sad with her.
Having one’s joys and sorrows dictated by another is indeed a pitiful truth, yet the n of the Liang family seed to savor it willingly.
And just as these spouses harmoniously boarded the carriage to go for an outing, on another front, sothing major happened with the Zhu family.
Here’s how it unfolded.
Yesterday, Dong Huiying returned from the Zhu family and had told Shujun that if one was to act, the act had to be thorough.
Although Dong Huiying’s real purpose in visiting the Zhu family was to plant so colorless powder on Old Lady Zhu, turning her into a transmitter, and through Old Lady Zhu, spread these poisonous powders to the Eighth Princess.
This hidden purpose, however, couldn’t be revealed, so on the surface, the Huizi Store was used as the excuse.
After learning about Dong Huiying’s true intentions, Shujun, following her wife’s instructions, imdiately issued a series of orders.
As the higher-ups acted, the entire team at the Nanling branch of the Huizi Store also swiftly responded according to the orders of the Third Master. All these actions were targeted at the Zhu family.
The Zhu family held quite a few businesses in Nanling City, but once the Huizi Store exerted its power, these businesses were the first to bear the brunt.
Zhu De of the Zhu family had once unabashedly claid that the actions of the Zhu family against the Huizi Store were ’an eye for an eye,’ and Shujun’s attitude towards the Zhu family exactly mirrored Zhu De’s words.
Old Lady Zhu had once sent people to smash those industries under the Huizi Store, so now, the Huizi Store used the sa tactics against the Zhu family, making the Zhu family taste the bitter fruit they sowed.
In short, from yesterday onwards, many people began causing trouble at the Zhu family’s shops. There were even rumors spreading, claiming that the Zhu family’s shops were involved in murder for money, such as pastries sold by the Zhu family had reportedly caused deaths, or that the food in the Zhu family’s restaurants was not clean, with tales of flies being found in their dishes.
These rumors were confird truths, which Shujun had intentionally made sure were spread around.
Simultaneously, many ordinary people who had previously suffered at the hands of the Zhu family also started divulging a lot of insider stories.
After these revelations spread, the reputation of the Zhu family plumted. And the various negative stories concerning the Zhu family spread rapidly like wildfire, sweeping across Nanling City like a storm!
The impact was truly enormous.
When Old Lady Zhu heard about this, she was nearly infuriated to the point of fainting, harboring a deep-seated hatred towards the Huizi Store and Shujun and others.
But for the Zhu family at present, rather than seeking revenge on Shujun, the top priority, one could say, was figuring out how to cleanse their already tainted and foul-slling reputation, thereby allowing the Zhu family to reverse their fortunes and rise from the ashes.
Old Lady Zhu knew that with her own power, she couldn’t turn the tables. But her family worshipped a significant patron. This so-called significant patron naturally referred to the Eighth Princess.
The Eighth Princess held a noble status, so as long as the Eighth Princess intervened, these vexing troubles wouldn’t seem so daunting.
So early today, Old Lady Zhu hurriedly went to seek an audience with the Eighth Princess.
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