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Zhou Leping put down her chopsticks and stood up, "Then I'll go and ask her myself."

maidservant hurriedly stopped her, "General, please don't make things difficult for this servant. Third Miss said that he doesn't want you and Eldest Young Master to worry."

Zhou Leqi said, "We are most worried about her after she didn't say anything. What exactly happened? Why is it that when I returned, I wasn't even in the mood to eat anymore? "

The maidservant was stuttering, Zhou Leping slammed the table and bellowed, "Tell me everything in detail!"

"Today, this servant will go with Third Miss to the Jade Pavilion to retrieve the predetermined jewellery, but in the end, we ran into Miss Lin. The hairpin Third Miss had already decided upon, since Miss Lin had taken a fancy to it, he insisted on snatching it from Third Miss, and since Third Miss was not willing to give it to me, the two of them started to argue. When Miss Lin moved out of the Empress, and the shopkeeper saw that the money was already spent, so he gave Third Miss the hairpin."

"It's not like there's only one or two times where the Miss Lin was opposing the Third Miss. She relied on the Empress's support, and the Third Miss endured it so many times. In the end, she became even more fierce."

Zhou Leping's face was calm, no emotions could be seen on his face, he paused for a moment and said: "Lin Xiafu, president of the Supreme Court Lin Zheng's daughter."

"Exactly."

"Go and bring the food over to the Third Miss's room and let him eat it. I will get the hairpin back for him."

"How do you get it back?" Zhou Leqi thought that it would be better to just let things be, "It's just a hairpin, I'll buy her a better one later, there's no need to go all out just for a hairpin."

"Brother, this is not a matter of a hairpin, it's a small matter, but it concerns the reputation of my General's Estate, president of the Supreme Court's daughter also dared to bully my General's Estate, so what if I have the Empress's support? I was not here in the past, but now that I am back, I cannot have someone ride on top of us."

Zhou Leqi felt that it was not worth it, "You also have a lot of things on your mind, so let's just forget about this small matter."

Zhou Leping understood Zhou Leqi's personality, he was a good person, he did not like to fuss about things with others, and always wanted to settle things peacefully, but she could not, and this time she had to take back some face.

After the meal, she brought Qi Si to the jade pavilion, where an important guest had arrived. The shopkeeper personally went out to welcome her, and just as he was about to get close and get familiar with her, he was pushed away by Qi Si, "Why are you so close? "Go away, go away!"

The shopkeeper's smile remained on his face, "I didn't know that Chief General had arrived. If you are at a loss, please forgive me."

"No worries, this general isn't such a petty person." She looked around the shop and then asked the shopkeeper in a friendly manner, "A while ago, my sister ordered a hairpin from your shop. She looked around the shop and then asked the shopkeeper in a friendly manner," Earlier, my sister ordered a hairpin from your shop.

Cold sweat dripped down from the shopkeeper's forehead.

She had personally come, and had two vice generals by her side. This wasn't to ask for the reason, this was clearly to find someone to settle scores with.

Qi Miao waited for Zhou Leping to finish speaking, then continued, "If Third Miss does not eat, our general will not be able to eat, and if General does not eat, our soldiers will not be able to eat, and if soldiers under us can not eat, then we will not be able to rest at ease.

"If we were to lose in the future, when the issue arises, you, as the shopkeeper, would have quite a bit of responsibility."

The storekeeper trembled with fear. "This general doesn't dare say such things. This humble one cannot afford to take responsibility for such a matter."

Zhou Leping smiled warmly, "They were just joking with the shopkeeper. The reason why I came here today, is because I wanted to ask where the hairpin that I ordered for you went."

"This …" The shopkeeper stuttered, unable to speak.

"Is that a difficult question?"

"No …" "It's not hard."

"Then why can't you answer?"

"That hairpin... I was bought by the Miss Lin. "

Zhou Leping sat on the chair, crossed his legs, and tapped his fingertips on his knees, "That hairpin was something my sister told you in advance and told you guys to customize it?"

The manager wiped his sweat. "Yes."

"Since it was customized in advance, then why did it end up in the hands of the Miss Lin?"

"This... Yesterday, Miss Lin came here and also took a fancy to that hairpin, and Miss Lin was willing to offer a higher price to buy it, so … "

"You can pay a deposit when you customize the hairpin?"

"Yes."

Zhou Leping's finger paused for a moment, then laughed out loud: "That's strange, business people always have a basis for sincerity in business, the hairpin was customized by my sister in advance and paid the deposit, then the hairpin will be my sister's. Even if I did not pay the full amount, at least I considered it to be not, then there should be a first come first then, then how can I buy the hairpin that my sister set for me after Miss Lin?"

"Your Jade Pavilion is the number one jewellery workshop in the capital. Now that you've made it big, aren't you bullying the customers?"