Rebirth of the Merchant Woman's Revenge

The man was thin and small, but his face was shiny. When he saw everyone looking at him, he felt that his goal had been achieved. He raised his hands happily and continued,

"It seems you haven't heard about it. Let me tell you about it. The story here is very complicated..."

Before he could finish his words, the waiter from the teahouse came up to him with a smile on his face and whispered something. The man immediately looked out the door with an uneasy look on his face, as if someone was looking for him outside.

So he had no choice but to shut up, clasped his fists to everyone, and then followed the waiter out the door.

Gu Qiongsi immediately felt something was wrong. She paid the bill to the waiter and followed him out of the teahouse. She saw the man being taken away roughly by several guards.

"This...how could this happen?" Gu Qiongsi was horrified, thinking back to when he went to look for Jiao Dafu, Wu Feng and Wu Gang brothers just now, they were not there. It was possible that they had all been taken away by these guards.

Is it really possible for them to find those who can help them spread the news so quickly?

Gu Qiongsi's thoughts were in a mess, but thinking about the man's abrupt behavior just now, the guards would definitely be able to quickly find those who took the initiative to spread the news.

Without time to think about it, Gu Qiongsi immediately disappeared into the darkness. Seeing these situations, she had to change her plan, so she changed her route again and returned to Prince An's Mansion.

In Prince An's Mansion, several people did not rest, but continued to discuss things in the conference room.

It was mainly about some troublesome things that had happened in the Hanlin Academy recently. When they heard that Gu Qiongsi was back, they all stopped talking and asked Gu Qiongsi to come in quickly.

"Your Highness, we need to change our plan. The original channels have all been destroyed, and we need to open up new channels for information transmission." As soon as Gu Qiongsi came in, he spoke directly without even bothering to greet.

"What? What happened?" Li Junze's tone became faster.

"Ah," Gu Qiongsi sighed, and then he told everything he saw after leaving Prince An's Mansion, and then he continued,

"Looking at the clothes of those guards, they must be from the Dali Temple. They definitely didn't stop arresting people today and arrested all those who spread the news to us."

"The information channel that I have just established is probably not very useful."

Gu Qiongsi's words made them all look at each other in surprise. They didn't expect that the other party not only reacted quickly, but also did so many actions in secret.

Seeing that no one was talking, Gu Qiongsi had to continue speaking, "I wonder if Your Highness has any ready-made communication channels that can be used?"

Li Junze nodded. "I guess so. I don't use them very often. I just use them occasionally to spread some news."

He said this, but he was worried in his heart that if the Dali Temple intervened in this matter, there was no guarantee that these people would be arrested quickly.

Gu Qiongsi continued, "Don't worry, Your Highness. The Dali Temple is arresting people for making false comments about the royal family. The news we are delivering this time has nothing to do with the royal family, so it should be fine."

Li Junze also thought it made sense, so Wen Jiaxiang asked, "The news we passed on this time contains both true and false information. Will the Si family think we are slandering them?"

"The dynasty, name and place are all different. If the Si family insists on matching them, then we have no choice. However, our information does not mention a single word about the Si family." Gu Qiongsi looked at the cautious looks of the few people and had to explain patiently.

"Well, if that's the case, then use them. They are all people left to me by my grandfather. I will go with you personally this time."

After Li Junze finished speaking, he stood up and told the butler to prepare the carriage.

Although it was late at night, there were still many shops on the commercial street with their lights on, especially the teahouses where one could even hear bursts of cheering and noise.

Li Junze's carriage was very spacious, and inside it were two egg-sized luminous pearls that emitted a bright light.

There was also some nice-smelling incense burning in the carriage, which was the Lian family's famous goose pear tent incense.

Gu Qiongsi sat opposite Li Junze, lifting the curtain of the sedan chair from time to time to look outside, seeming to be a little anxious.

Li Junze looked at her. Now there were only two of them in the carriage, so he asked, "Qingzhu, if you help me accomplish this, I can make the decision to let Xie Zhuangyuan divorce his wife and make you my legal wife. How do you think?"

He saw Gu Qiongsi's ability and began to paint a rosy picture for Gu Qiongsi.

He felt that given Gu Qiongsi's current status as a concubine, what she most hoped for was for him to be promoted to the principal wife.

Gu Qiongsi lowered the curtain of the sedan chair, bowed to Li Junze, and then said with a smile, "Qingzhu appreciates your kindness, but that matter is not what Qingzhu needs to consider at the moment. Perhaps it would be better to talk about it later."

"Oh, then what does Qingzhu want to do most now?"

Gu Qiongsi lowered her head, and although she was a little shy, she still spoke, "Your Highness, my father and I accidentally found a good incense recipe. We are currently looking for a shop and plan to start making and selling incense in the near future."

"When the time comes, please support our business, Your Highness."

Gu Qiongsi's words reminded Li Junze of the Lian family again. "Okay, you guys do a good job, and then I will give your shop all the former glory of the Lian family."

Gu Qiongsi was waiting for these words, and hurriedly smiled and cupped his fist in thanks, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness. My father and I will definitely work together to run the shop well."

"Well, you haven't found a shop yet. I happen to have a grain shop in a good location among my properties. Business has been bad recently, so I plan to change the business. If you need it, you can use it. Just consider it as my investment."

After hearing this, Gu Qiongsi immediately thanked him again happily. Not only did he solve the problem of his shop, but he also solved his financial problem.

But she still asked, "Your Highness, since ancient times, brothers have always settled accounts clearly. I wonder how much of the shares Your Highness would like to take?"

Li Junze paused for a moment, thinking about his cooperation with the Lian family. He helped them get Huang Shang's share, and he paid him half of the profit as a reward every month, which was a considerable fee.

Now that the Lian family has gone bankrupt, he has suddenly lost a lot of his sources of funding, but he does not have much hope for Gu Qiongsi's incense shop which has not yet opened.

So he tapped the small table in front of him with his fingers, thought for a moment and said, "You have just opened your business, and you may not be familiar with many things. I will take 10% of the money, and I will support you."