"On the contrary, your pharmacy has only been open for a few years. How can it compare with those well - established ones?"
Mu Fengqie could tell that they were determined to achieve their goal. They wouldn't give up until they ruined her pharmacy.
"Really? It seems to me that your young lady looks as if she's been weakened by diarrhea from eating croton," Mu Fengqie retorted without mincing words.
"You... You're spouting nonsense... You're really a heartless merchant," the maid said, her face flushing with anger.
"I see that you're people of means. Since you're ill, why don't you go to that century - old pharmacy? Why come to my small shop?"
"It's none of your business. We can go wherever we like," the maid said menacingly.
"Alright, stop talking so much. I've already said it's not this pharmacy's fault. Why don't you believe me?" The young lady finally spoke up, but her words were a rebuke to her maid.
"Miss..." The maid stamped her foot, unconvinced.
"I've failed to discipline my maid properly. Please don't take offense," the young lady said as she helped her maid up and bowed to Mu Fengqie.
Mu Fengqie didn't respond directly but instead asked, "May I ask your name, miss?" She had never seen this woman in the capital.
"I'm Feng Qiao, the eldest daughter of Prime Minister Feng," Feng Qiao said gracefully.
"So you're the eldest daughter of Prime Minister Feng," Mu Fengqie looked at her, showing no particular emotion in her eyes.
But the people around them started to buzz. "She's actually the daughter of the newly - appointed prime minister."
"Oh my god. Did we just offend her?" someone said nervously.
"Probably not. Look, this young lady is very magnanimous," someone beside them comforted.
Mu Fengqie looked at Feng Qiao. She seemed to remember Jing Xuncha saying that the daughter of the newly - appointed prime minister in the court was engaged to the young master of the Wu family.
"Miss Feng, you'd better go see a doctor quickly. Don't let your illness get worse," Mu Fengqie reminded, lest they pour more blame on her pharmacy.
"Thank you for your kindness, madam. I'll remember that," Feng Qiao said. Then she glanced at her maid and slowly turned away.
People thought that Miss Feng was magnanimous, considerate, and kind.
But what they didn't know was that the expression on Miss Feng's face completely changed after she got into the carriage.
"Forgive me, miss. I failed to handle the matter well," the maid who had been so haughty in front of others was now kneeling at Feng Qiao's feet, trembling all over.
"Get up. This isn't your fault this time," Feng Qiao said. She hadn't expected Mu Fengqie to show up. She was so close to driving this pharmacy out of business, but Mu Fengqie had come.
Her mother's family was in the pharmacy business, and the largest pharmacy in the capital belonged to them. They had seen this newly - opened pharmacy rising and wanted to take it over.
But the owners refused to transfer the pharmacy to them, and they found out that it belonged to Mu Fengqie. So she came up with today's plan.
She had planned to drive the pharmacy out of business while Mu Fengqie was away, but unexpectedly, Mu Fengqie came today, and their plan was ruined. Damn it!
"Then what should we do next, miss?" The maid had been with Feng Qiao for many years and knew her well. She knew that Feng Qiao would never give up after this failure.
"Let's go back first. Remember, you mustn't let Wu Yue know about this. Otherwise, I'll pull out your tongue!" Feng Qiao threatened menacingly.
"Don't worry, miss. I'll keep my mouth shut and won't breathe a word of it," the maid knew Feng Qiao's temper well. If she leaked Feng Qiao's plan, she would surely be tortured worse than death.
After Mu Fengqie settled the matter here, she gave a few instructions to Shopkeeper Wang and then left. She had walked around enough today and it was time to go back.
"Junior sister, where have you been? I've been looking for you for ages," Mu Fengqie was startled when her senior brother suddenly appeared in front of her.
"Senior brother, do you need something from me?" Could it be about discussing medical skills again?
"Junior sister, you're overthinking. I'm not here to discuss medical skills this time. I'm here to tell you that I'm going back to the Pharmacist Valley. My father sent me a message saying he has something to talk to me about," her senior brother said.
"When are you going back, senior brother?" Mu Fengqie felt relieved looking at her senior brother. As long as it wasn't about discussing medical skills, she was fine. She was really afraid of being pestered about it.
"I'm leaving right away. I just came to say goodbye to you," he said.
"Okay, I see. Please give my greetings to father and the three uncles when you get back," Mu Fengqie knew that there must be something urgent for him to leave in such a hurry.
But the Pharmacist Valley hadn't sent her a message, so it shouldn't be anything too serious. So Mu Fengqie saw him off without worry.
"Zhu Fei, go and check on the Feng family for me," Mu Fengqie always felt that Feng Qiao had ulterior motives. There must be something wrong, so it was better to check.
"Miss, do you mean the Feng family from the prime minister's mansion?" Did they provoke the miss? Were they asking for trouble?
"Yes. Focus on checking on Feng Qiao," Mu Fengqie was sure that Feng Qiao was up to no good.
"Okay, miss. I'll go right away," Zhu Fei thought. If she didn't dig out every bit of information about the Feng family, she wouldn't be Zhu Fei!
Mu Fengqie smiled as she watched Zhu Fei leave with an indignant look on her face. Zhu Fei was a great girl, but she cared too much about Mu Fengqie. According to Zhu Yan, Mu Fengqie was Zhu Fei's top priority.
Mu Fengqie couldn't help but smile at this thought. She wondered how jealous Lou Ming would be in the future.
"Master, this is today's homework. Heng'er has finished it. Please check it," Heng'er came to Mu Fengqie with a book in his hand.
Since Heng'er was recognized by the princess of the Jin'er Kingdom as their own, they had found a tutor for him to teach him about state governance. Once, Mu Fengqie had a chat with the tutor, and the tutor found that Mu Fengqie had rich experience in governing a country.
At that time, the tutor had said, "If you weren't a woman, you would surely make a great achievement in the court. What a pity... It's really a pity."
After Mu Fengqie read Heng'er's homework, she explained the problems he had encountered in the book and then let him leave. She returned the homework to Heng'er.