FID – Chapter 310

The crowd outside the lobby was overwhelmed.

Inside the lobby, the magistrate’s face was sullen, and he slapped down the wooden table in the hall, ordering the people who falsely accused them to be imprisoned for the time being. They would be sentenced after the matter was investigated.

The people who played the victim to perfection previously were now without expressions, pale and trembling all over in the lobby. 

Everything has been arranged a long time ago. When they arrived in the courthouse, they should have been a sure win party.

Who would have thought that everything would end in this manner!

The government officials came forward to drag them down. These people, amid the anger of the people, didn’t even dare to struggle and shout grievances.

This was the end of the farce for now.

After the magistrate closed the case, he retired from the hall and left.

But the hustle and bustle outside the hall never ended.

The crowd flocked toward Liu Yusheng and Qian Wanjin in the middle, that they almost couldn’t take a step on the road.

“Young Boss Qian, Ruyi County Lady, can Xinghua Village medicinal wine really prolong life?”

“The fruit wine sold by the Qians brewery is also from Xinghua Village. I wonder what the special highlights of the fruit wine are. Can Ruyi County Lady tell us?”

Liu Yusheng smiled at the crowd.

“The nourishing wine does have the effect of prolonging life, and if you can drink it for a long time, the effect will be more obvious.

After a few years, you can compare yourselves with people of the same age, and you will be able to tell at a glance if you have stamina.

As for the fruit wine, it also has health-preserving effects, but fruit wine is more effective for women. Drinking more can nourish the skin and regulate the body of women.

The two kinds of wine are considered to have their own merits.”

“What a wonderful wine. In the future I will patronize Qian’s wine shop! As long as the fruit wine and medicinal wine is on the counter, I will buy it! I’ll buy it no matter how expensive it is!”

“Yes! With the benefits of the wine alone, it’s worth spending more money!”

There was only one street away from the outside of the lobby to the place where the carriage was parked. But with the masses surrounding them, they were stuck in place for a quarter of an hour with the undiminished enthusiasm of the people.

They took the carriage back to the king’s residence, and as soon as they sat, Qian Wanjin laughed uproariously. 

“Cool, simply too cool! They wanted to sink our wine industry with a stick. Never did they expect to push us upward to another peak instead. The people behind would probably die of anger!”

“Lucky Nannan, I’ve displayed my best today, right?

You bought a cage of rabbits to test in front of me, and I didn’t say a word! Aren’t I magnanimous?

I don’t want you to repay me. How about you secretly tell me the nourishing recipe?

I definitely won’t pass it on!”

For the first time, Xue Qinglian pounced on Liu Yusheng’s leg, just short of going forward to hug her thigh and flattered with his best.

Liu Yusheng raised an eyebrow and looked at him with a smile, “Tell me first. Is what you found out really the Drunken Dragon Grass poison?”

“I said the truth,” Xue Qinglian returned, and continued to pester, “Lucky Nannan, tell me the recipe, all right? Tell me!”

He was really itchy, itching like crazy!

In the past, he never cared about the Xinghua Village wine. He was focused on developing poison.

If not for today’s experience, he would never have thought that a small jar of wine would have such a magical effect!

Rapidly detoxifying poison!

What kind of realm was that?

He spent his whole life researching, but never developed such a powerful product!

He couldn’t help but want to get closer to her, create and experience all the extraordinary with her!

As soon as he heard that a servant came to ask for help, she showed composure and confidence, making him think that in this matter, she could turn the tide into a breeze.

He had long expected the result, but when going through the process together, he was still shook time and again.

He was shocked at her calmness and wit, shocked at her control of things, by her precise means of guiding the hearts of people!

It turned out to be so easy to turn defeat into victory.

Liu Yusheng seemed to be able to turn the tide!

The hall was very lively.

Qian Wanjin’s open laughter and Xue Qinglian’s shameless fawning for the recipe filled every corner.

Feng Qingbai stood outside the hall with his hands on his back. He quietly looked at the helpless young girl sitting on the chair, and his eyes surged with pride.

He was exceptionally proud of his little girl.

Because of being obstructed, it was already too late when he received the news in the palace.

He rushed straight to the magistrate’s office, but when the carriage had just entered the street, the rumors spread into his ears.

Listening to those animated chitchats, Feng Qingbai’s tense nerves relaxed and he immediately ordered the carriage to turn around and return home.

Shengsheng was more self-reliant than he thought.

Even without him, she could solve things flawlessly.

If he had made an appearance, it would icing on the cake, he might even suppress her limelight in turn.

She was supposed to shine brightly.

And what he wanted to achieve was to make her more and more dazzling.

Feng Qingbai stared at the girl deeply and quietly left.

The dark side of this matter would be left to him to solve.

Nothing in the capital could be hidden from the sky.

On the same day, the court case in the capital’s government office and Qian’s wine shop spread all over the city.

Along with these rumors, the fame of Qian’s winery has risen to new heights.

Especially the Xinghua Village wine. The rumor eventually, in some people, almost became a divine wine.

Drink a mouthful to prolong your life; drink two mouthfuls to eliminate all diseases; drink for a long time, and you would be immortal!

After fighting the lawsuit, the business of the entire Qian’s wine shop did not decline, but became more sought-after.

The wine supply was originally limited. After everything was bought,  countless people, who failed to buy them, were still unwilling to leave the shop.

They clamored for the wine to be brought out; regardless of the price increase, as long as there was  wine to buy, the price was negotiable!

What was more, they pestered the shopkeeper so they could place orders. They made reservations for tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and even every day afterwards, asking to leave a few jars for this house and that each and paying the full amounts in advance!

The racket left the shopkeeper in a tizzy, but his Young Boss never came back after he left the court, so he couldn’t make decisions on many things. Enthusiastic customers pulled him around, and when he finally sent them away, he could no longer be painted.

Tattered clothes, lost shoes, crooked hair bun; this honorable and glorious however haunted him, and he didn’t even dare to leave the store door.

In a bedchamber somewhere in the palace was wreckage.

The ending of today’s play had been decided right from the outset. Even the magistrate’s side had been set up perfectly. It was a safe chess game.

Liu Huai, the patriarch of the Liu family, and Zuo Shurong gathered in Qingning palace to savor wine and play chess. They patiently waited for the good news from outside the palace.

As long as the matter was completed this time, the Qian family would once again sink to the bottom of the sea, and never float up.

As for the Xinghua Village’s wine, they could no longer dream of becoming the leader in Nanling and dominate the wine industry.