It wasn’t until the end of August that Li Chenzhi agreed to meet Feng Liangji.
However, the location was not the Li Residence, but the Li Family’s textile factory outside the city.
At this moment, Feng Liangji had no energy left to quibble over this detail; after being given the cold shoulder for more than twenty days, he was just glad that Li Chenzhi was willing to meet him.
Feng Liangji was led into the textile factory.
Looking at the scale of the Li Family’s textile factory, Feng Liangji felt envious. The military uniforms for the soldiers of Xiliang were produced by the Li Family, surely earning them a hefty sum of silver each year.
Moreover, the quality of the cotton grown in Xiliang was very high, and the cotton fabric produced was popular in many places. The Li Family’s silk and satin store in Zhongzhou sold this locally produced cotton fabric, and the sales were exceptionally good.
The Feng Family also wanted to order cotton fabric from the Li Family, but unfortunately, they were directly refused by his father-in-law.
Thinking of this, Feng Liangji’s heart skipped a beat, suddenly realizing that the Li Family’s dissatisfaction with him had actually run very deep.
"Third Uncle!"
Seeing Li Chenzhi coming out from the workshop, Feng Liangji quickly reigned in his emotions, hastened his steps, and greeted him with a bow and a forced smile.
Li Chenzhi gave him an indifferent look and continued to talk with the butler about this year’s cotton purchase.
Seeing that Li Chenzhi was ignoring him, Feng Liangji, though infuriated inside, did not dare to interrupt at this time, but only cautiously stood by.
After Li Chenzhi finished giving his instructions and gestured for the butler to leave, he then turned his gaze to Feng Liangji.
Feng Liangji was just about to say a few words to ease the tension, when he heard Li Chenzhi’s blunt questioning.
"I hear you’ve taken another wife outside?"
Feng Liangji’s face froze, seeing the unpleasant expression on Li Chenzhi’s face, he quickly denied: "Third Uncle, what are you talking about? My only wife is Zixuan."
Li Chenzhi let out a cold laugh: "Is that so? However, as far as I know, during your business travels, there’s always a ’Madam Feng’ accompanying you."
Feng Liangji’s heart lurched, realizing that Li Chenzhi was referring to Sun Jiayue.
The fact that Sun Jiayue introduced herself as Madam outside was indeed his fault, but he did so to make conducting business more convenient.
While traveling for business, interacting with others was inevitable; he could meet with male clients, but for the female clients, it had to be Jiayue. Presenting a concubine as the host would sound unseemly, so he tacitly allowed Jiayue to refer to herself as Madam Feng.
Feng Liangji tried to explain: "Uncle, there seems to be a misunderstanding..."
Li Chenzhi cut him off directly: "Misunderstanding? Your concubine seems quite pleased with herself, directly claiming to be Madam Feng in front of the Princess Consort of Wei Yuan. If it hadn’t been for the Princess Consort telling me about this, our family would still be in the dark because of you."
"Feng Liangji, ask yourself, how much has the Li Family done for you since you married Zixuan? And yet you treat Zixuan in such a way, it’s utterly outrageous!"
"In the past, for Zixuan and your four children, as long as you didn’t go too far, we would turn a blind eye. But now you’ve crossed the line, blatantly passing off a concubine as your wife outside. Do you not consider Zixuan your wife anymore, do you not have the Li Family in your eyes at all?"
Knowing he was in the wrong, Feng Liangji had the intention to defend himself a few words, but Li Chenzhi didn’t give him the chance.
Li Chenzhi looked at Feng Liangji coldly: "Feng Liangji, you’ve certainly got guts. Even my Li Family wouldn’t dare to act recklessly under the name of the Prince Residence, and yet you’ve had the audacity to call yourself a relative of the Wei Yuan Prince Residence upon arriving in Bamu Town. Who gave you that right?"
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