Chapter 1535: Chapter 1534: Provoked Everyone’s Anger_1

Forgotten?

Yang Wenxiao frowned, “With your memory, you would forget?”

“Your Highness, I am but an ordinary person. With so many people at my stall every day, how can I clearly remember what each person said? My customers are not just from around the Bei Residence; anyone in the Capital City with silver flocks to me. There are so many people; how could I possibly remember them all?”

Bei Yun explained with an innocent face and then looked towards Qiao Xiaomai, “Miss Qiao’s craftsmanship is so fine that from the bottom of my heart, I wish her a long and stable life of a hundred years. If I could remember who said those words, I would lead the Imperial Guards over to capture them right now.”

“I was so busy at the time that I only half-listened and didn’t think much of it, until today when it suddenly came to mind during a casual chat.”

“You really can’t remember?” Bei Lingsu asked.

“I can’t remember,” Bei Yun shook his head, “but from this alone, we can tell that this kind of rumor has already spread among the wealthy class.”

In the last two or three years, almost all of the silver Xiaomai had earned came from the wealthy. The novel ideas she came up with were never cheap; each one was more expensive than the last, particularly the sky-high price of watermelons last year, which led to Yu Zizhou’s scheme against Tong Xingda that ended up causing him to lose Xingda altogether.

To be honest, there are only two words to describe this behavior: outrageous.

At least one point in the rumors was accurate; she gave no consideration to the original support she received from Xingda, relying on Yang Wenxiao’s backing to forcefully take over Xingda from Yu Ang.

If she could be so ruthless towards Yu Ang, what about others?

Those novel gadgets are indeed novel, but are they truly worth such high prices?

Especially in terms of food, isn’t it just a meal?

Isn’t it just a new dish, a new dessert, a watermelon?

Is it necessary to sell them at sky-high prices?

This must be ripping people off, right?

No need to even think about it; this is definitely ripping people off.

In the past two or three years, Xiaomai has been robbing them unscrupulously and forcefully extracting silver from their pockets like a bandit passing through, truly scamming them significantly.

To scam them so miserably, all this grandiose splurging, there must be a cornucopia at play.

No wonder she could be so domineering.

Bei Yun frowned, putting himself in the shoes of the wealthy class, imagining how he might react upon hearing that Xiaomai had a cornucopia, “If it were me, I would certainly pay a high price to hire an expert to steal her cornucopia.”

“And on one hand, I would resent her while on the other hand, envy her. However, with Your Highness backing her, I would still smile and greet her warmly to her face.”

Qiao Xiaomai “…”

After hearing this, Bei Lingsu said, “So Xiaomai has incited public anger, hasn’t she?”

“Definitely incited public anger. Everyone originally thought that those novel ideas were her own creations, and even though they knew they were being scammed, they accepted it because what she came up with was truly excellent. But now that they know she has achieved today’s success only because she possesses a cornucopia, they must despise Miss Qiao in their hearts to the very soles of their feet.”

“Miss Qiao comes from a peasant background, to be played by a peasant like that…”

Bei Yun stopped speaking at this point.

But the intended meaning had been clearly expressed.

The Yang Family is still considered mere bumpkins in the eyes of Aristocratic Families, let alone Xiaomai.

Yang Wenxiao has bombs and the Divine Crossbow; they are unable to deal with Yang Wenxiao.

But Xiaomai is merely a baronetess. They may not be able to deal with Yang Wenxiao, but can’t they deal with Xiaomai?