After rebirth, she became the prince's favorite

"Okay, stop talking. Keep sending people to look for him. We will definitely find him. Madam, tell the people in the mansion to keep their mouths shut. Anyone who dares to reveal the fact that Zishu was kidnapped will be beaten to death."

Yang Daoling didn't want to be disturbed when he was enjoying his meal, so he interrupted the women's conversation.

In the backyard, Dong Yuanyuan sat on the bed, waiting for her cousin to arrive.

The candle was almost burned out, and Yang Daoling didn't come. She felt so aggrieved that she burst into tears.

She just knows that men are all cheap. They feel exciting and happy when they sleep with each other secretly, but once they really get what they want, they don't know how to cherish it.

Yang Daoling said he loved her, but he loved himself from beginning to end.

In her heart, she cursed Yang Daoling and Zhou Yueran's ancestors for generations.

Not long after, Nanny Shen, who had followed her for many years, walked in with a serious look on her face, "Madam, something happened in our shop."

"What happened in the shop?" Dong Yuanyuan immediately put aside her romantic feelings and started to care about her own interests.

"Most of the herbs our herbal medicine shop bought this time are moldy and cannot be sold at all. However, the herbal medicine shop has lost more than 20,000 taels of silver."

Dong Yuanyuan's heart ached so much that it was bleeding. Tears burst out all at once. "How could this happen? Didn't we cooperate well with the vendors who supplied us with medicinal materials before? Why did such a big mistake happen this time?"

"In addition to the herbal medicine shop, even the rouge and powder shop had a lot of bugs growing in the perfume powder they sold. The ladies who bought the spices from our shop had their faces rotten. The incident was a big deal, and now the rouge and powder shop has closed down. Some customers of high status threatened to make the ladies look bad."

"And the rice in our rice shop is old and moldy, with worms and a foul odor. When we unloaded the rice, many people saw it. Now the whole capital knows that we are selling fake rice, and eating it can be fatal."

"There are also silk and satin shops that sell inferior goods as good ones. The fabrics I buy will rot immediately after I buy them."

Nanny Shen said with a stiff upper lip, "Madam, have you offended anyone?"

Dong Yuanyuan was struck by lightning, her head buzzed, and she couldn't help shaking. "It must be that vicious woman Zhou Yueran. It must be the Duke Rong's Mansion behind her who did it."

"She wants to kill me, I won't let her go."

Her years of hard work were destroyed just like that. Would she still have money in the future? What was she going to do?

"Let Butler Li go and try to find a way to turn those moldy herbs into pills and powders, and then use some spices to cover up the smell and sell them. We must not let this money go to waste, otherwise how can we make money?"

Dong Yuanyuan wiped her tears with a handkerchief and soon calmed down.

She would never be defeated. Zhou Yueran wanted to kill her, but she refused to accept it!

"The batch of herbs was seized by the government tonight. It was said that someone reported it to the government. When the herbs were delivered to the store, the smell was so strong that the people thought there was a dead body hidden inside."

"Later, the government officials came and took away all the herbs. I guess they were burned."

"What about the rice and silk we brought in? Were they deliberately exchanged for moldy old rice? The rice and silk should not have been taken away."

Dong Yuanyuan's heart was in her throat. She must find a way to earn the money back and would never let others take advantage of her.

"The rice and silks are still there. Steward Li said we should find another shop to sell the silks, but it's hard to deal with the moldy rice because many people have seen it. Our Tongzhou Rice Shop has a bad reputation and no one will come to buy rice."

Nanny Shen also lost several thousand taels of silver and was in great pain.

I wish I could force the people to buy all the rice and silk. It doesn't matter if I make less profit, I can't lose money.

"Then find a way to dry the mold off the moldy rice, and then make the rice into cakes or rice flour, and add some spices to cover up the smell. I don't believe those people can smell it. Moldy rice won't kill people, and we can't let others lead us by the nose."

Nanny Shen nodded, thinking of something, and said, "Butler Li said he wanted to see Madam. Let's see when Madam can arrange a time to see him. He needs to report the account book matter to Madam."

"Wait a couple of days, I'll go see the housekeeper when I'm free." Dong Yuanyuan was angry and anxious, and she wished she could chop Zhou Yueran into pieces.

She knew that the vicious woman didn't have such good intentions. She let her into the Marquis' Mansion so easily. It turned out that she was waiting for her here.

"You go back first. I will do what you tell me to do and try to minimize the losses."

Not long after Nanny Shen left, Yang Daoling came over to accompany his beloved cousin.

Dong Yuanyuan sat on the edge of the bed, wiping her tears constantly, looking extremely pitiful.

"Cousin, what's wrong with you? Who provoked you? Why are you crying so sadly?" Was she unhappy because he didn't accompany her for dinner?

But concubines in the mansion were not allowed to eat at the same table with the master of the mansion. They had to stand behind the mistress to serve the food. He did nothing wrong.

"Cousin, my nanny came over just now and said that there are problems with several of my shops. All the goods I bought are either moldy or have been added with substances that are harmful to the body. All my hard work has been ruined."

Yang Daoling was shocked. "How could that be? Aren't your shops doing very good business and the goods you sell are of high quality?"

Dong Yuanyuan's eyes were red. She hugged the man's waist and her tears dripped onto the back of his hand.

"Cousin, don't you see that it's so obvious? I've been tricked by someone. That person wants all my shops to go bankrupt and make my life miserable."

Yang Daoling's mind flashed back to Zhou Yueran's cold face. "You mean, the Madam has taken action against your business? She wants to kill you."

Dong Yuanyuan cried even harder, "Cousin, I have always lived a secluded life and rarely offended anyone. If I have to say who I have offended, it would only be my wife. She hates me to the core, and she is the one who wants me to live a life worse than death the most."

"It's all my fault. If I hadn't loved my cousin sincerely, my cousin's wife wouldn't have been jealous. Now, tens of thousands of taels of silver have gone down the drain. How am I going to live in the future? Ying'er is going to marry the prince, and she won't have a dowry. It's me, her mother, who is holding her back."

Yang Daoling's anger surged up. Zhou Yueran was really capable of taking crazy revenge.

That woman is really crazy, isn't it just him taking a concubine? She is so jealous that she has to put people to death, Zhou Yueran is such a vicious woman!

"Cousin, wait here. I will vent your anger for you and make sure you get back your losses."

"But my cousin's wife has such a bad temper, how could she let it go? Cousin, don't go. She won't compensate me. I accept this loss."

Dong Yuanyuan pretended to pull her cousin's sleeve to stop him.

However, Yang Daoling was so angry that he had lost his mind. He had been suppressed by Zhou Yueran for too long and could not bear it any longer. He went to settle the score with his wife with murderous intent.

"Zhou Yueran, you vicious woman, how long are you going to make trouble? Are you not satisfied until you kill Dong Yuanyuan?"

After being scolded, Zhou Yueran took the cup of cold tea on the table and poured it on Yang Daoling's face.

"Please keep your mouth shut. What did I do to your beloved cousin?"

Yang Daoling wiped the water stains on his face with his sleeve, and his resentful eyes seemed to want to tear his wife to pieces.

"All the goods in Dong Yuanyuan's several shops have problems. Do you dare to say it's not you? Zhou Yueran, do you think it's fun to be so cruel to others?"

"Yuanyuan is a weak woman. All she can rely on are those few shops. If you destroy her shops, what good will it do you?"