After sharing a body with her husband

Xie Zhaoqing has disappeared!

Xiao Jing couldn't find her anywhere, so he had no choice but to find Shang Lingjun.

"What exactly happened that day? Why did Ah-Xuan act so strangely after returning from the Xie family? Ah-Ti, is it related to you?"

Xiao Jing questioned in a deep voice.

Shang Lingjun looked completely bewildered.

"What does this have to do with me?"

Shang Lingjun recalled that day and confirmed that she had not seen Xie Zhaoqing, so she became even more certain:

"I left early that morning for the poetry gathering, and didn't get home until evening. I didn't see her at the Xie family's house at all; I had no idea!"

Xiao Jing's face darkened, and he grabbed Shang Lingjun's arm.

"I don't believe it! No one but you could have made her so angry! Tell me, what exactly happened that day!"

I really didn't see her.

Shang Lingjun has already patiently explained.

Xiao Jing didn't believe it, and his eyes blazed with fury as he said:

"Even now, you're still lying! If anything happens to Ah Xuan, I won't forgive you!"

The next moment, Shang Lingjun swung her hand back, broke free from Xiao Jing's grasp, and kicked him.

Xiao Jing felt a sharp pain in his knee, took two steps back, and let out a muffled groan.

"roll!"

With a cold face, Shang Lingjun ordered her men to throw Xiao Jing out.

After Xiao Jing was kicked out, Shang Lingjun cursed that he was crazy, then regained control of her body. She spoke to Huo Chuan in her mind.

"Is he crazy? He actually came here looking for Xie Zhaoqing, even though we've never met her."

Xie Zhaoqing was an outsider and could only move around in the outer courtyard, so Shang Lingjun naturally assumed that she could not possibly have seen Xie Zhaoqing that night. Huo Chuan was with her all the time, so it was even more impossible for him to see Xie Zhaoqing.

Huo Chuan remained silent; he still didn't know how to bring up what happened that night with Shang Lingjun.

【actually……】

"Madam, Manager Huang has arrived and wants to discuss matters concerning the shop with you."

Liang's mother suddenly came to deliver a message, interrupting Huo Chuan.

Shang Lingjun immediately stood up. This was the important matter. Ever since she returned from the tea mountain banquet, she had been planning to open a shop similar to Honey Tea Cottage.

Her "Yunhua Room" will open soon.

Manager Huang is a woman named Huang Qiang. She is from the Xie family and was transferred to manage the Yunhua Pavilion.

Shang Lingjun thought it would be more suitable for a woman to manage the sweet drink shop.

"Let her come."

There is indeed still a pricing issue that hasn't been agreed upon.

With the height of summer approaching, she needs to speed things up.

Xie Zhaoqing's Honey Tea House currently sells ten kinds of fruit drinks and two kinds of milk drinks, including the sour plum drink that is common in Beijing. Presumably, she doesn't have the mind to research new products right now.

In order to attract customers, Xie Zhaoqing initially set prices low, focusing on affordable and discounted prices, with sour plum drink even selling for only one coin.

Shang Lingjun took the opposite approach, focusing on high-end, with luxurious decor and private tea rooms on the second floor.

Furthermore, Yunhuajian offers a wide variety of drinks, with as many as twenty-six different kinds.

Each name is beautiful, the result of Shang Lingjun and Huo Chuan's hard work: Dragon's Saliva Dew, Kumquat with Splendor, Lychee Snow with Dew, Apricot Rain with Fragrance, Pear Rain with Frost, and so on...

The price is between fifty and one hundred coins.

Among them, the signature Yaotai Immortal Noodles is priced as high as 150 coins, and only 10 servings are available each day.

Shang Lingjun remembered that Xie Zhaoqing had mentioned this tactic in her previous life as "hunger marketing." Xie Zhaoqing hadn't had time to do it yet; it was a strategy she adopted after her business grew significantly. Now, Shang Lingjun had gotten there first.

Shang Lingjun's expensive fruit drinks were designed for the nobles of Shengjing. As a result, the affordable drinks sold in Xie Zhaoqing's shop seemed cheap, because the nobles were most averse to using the same things as ordinary people.

Therefore, in order to demonstrate their status, they would naturally choose the more upscale Yunhua Room.

This blocked Xie Zhaoqing's path to infiltrate the circle of wealthy women and make connections with influential people through fruit drinks!

While Shang Lingjun was extremely busy, Xie Zhaoqing was plotting to hire a hitman...

……

Outside a dilapidated temple on the outskirts of the city, Xie Zhaoqing, dressed in men's clothing and wearing a mask, looked at the masked man in black opposite her.

"I've long heard of the Wuzhe Division, the most mysterious assassin organization in the martial arts world. They don't discriminate between those who hire them or those who die; they only care about money. They're bound by contracts that lead to certain death. Is that really true?"

The masked assassin had a scar near his eye, and his cold, sinister gaze was like that of a snake. He exuded no murderous aura, yet he sent chills down one's spine.

"Who to kill?"

Xie Zhaoqing raised an eyebrow. "Could we take on the role of Shang Lingjun, the seventh wife of the Xie family, the Grand Master of Ceremonies of Shengjing, who is completely powerless and died in an accident?"

"Two thousand taels, one thousand as deposit."

The masked assassin's tone was cold and uncompromising.

"good!"

Xie Zhaoqing readily agreed and took out two five-hundred-tael silver notes from his pocket.

"I trust in the reputation of Wuzhe Si; please don't let me down."

The masked assassin took the money, turned around, and walked away. "Wait for news."

After the masked man left, Xie Zhaoqing's lips curled into a chilling smile. "Shang Lingjun, you're going to die..."

……

This day marked the first day of Yunhuajian's opening.

To attract customers, Manager Huang prepared many small red envelopes, most of which contained grains, some copper coins, and if you were lucky, you could even snag an envelope containing silver beans.

In addition, there is a tasting event at the entrance, where you can sample drinks in small bamboo cups, which I learned from Xie Zhaoqing.

We should apply what we've learned!

The opening promotion was quite good, and although the prices were high, there were still many curious and wealthy people who came in to take a look.

"Wow! Yunhuajian, that's a grand name! And the names of your drinks are quite unique too. Waiter, what's this Danli Liuxia?"

"Reporting to the fairy maiden, it's lychee fruit syrup, half price today for our opening, only twenty-five coins!"

"I tried the sample and it was pretty good, I'll go into the store and buy one."

"..."

Shang Lingjun was not in the shop. As the wife of an official, she shouldn't show herself in such a noisy place, especially since Juwenzhai was very close to Yunhua.

So Shang Lingjun sat on the second floor of Juwenzhai, drinking Yunhuajian's beverage while watching the grand opening of Yunhuajian.

"Madam, this is a printed collection of Zihan's poems. What do you think?" Manager Wang brought over a book of poems.

Shang Lingjun took it and looked through it. The poems in this collection were all copied by Manager Wang before being engraved and printed, so they were not her handwriting.

"That's great. How many have been printed already?" she asked.

Shopkeeper Wang replied, "The initial engraving process took some time, but it was just finished a few days ago. We've already printed over a hundred copies, and we'll speed things up later."

"it is good."

After enjoying the drink and some pastries, Shang Lingjun boarded the carriage to return home.

As soon as the carriage started moving, two strange men emerged from a secluded alley behind them. They stared intently at Shang Lingjun's carriage ahead, their eyes filled with malice. Then they exchanged a nod and disappeared into the crowd.

Just as they turned onto another street, Shang Lingjun and Huo Chuan were chatting idly in the carriage when they suddenly heard someone shout outside:

"The mad cow has gone berserk! Everyone be careful!"

Shang Lingjun's expression changed drastically. She abruptly lifted the carriage curtain, and then her pupils dilated in terror.

A massive, raging bull was charging wildly toward her carriage!