Rebirth of the Merchant Woman's Revenge

Gu Qiongsi was naturally extremely happy to hear this. He didn't have to spend money to buy the shop, nor did he have to pay rent. Such a good thing actually happened to him. The key was that he had the support of King An. So how could he worry about his business in the future?

They walked for about an incense stick of time and arrived at a large pawnshop called Chengxinfang.

Someone had already called the door in advance, so someone had already opened the door, waiting for the two of them to enter.

When Gu Qiongsi got off the carriage, his eyes were attracted by the dazzling array of items in the pawnshop, and he couldn't help but look around.

The shopkeeper was an old man in his fifties. He immediately ran out to greet Li Junze when he saw him, but he didn't even glance at Gu Qiongsi, who was looking around and seemed to have never seen the world.

"I'm here to greet His Royal Highness Prince An. I wonder if you have come here so late at night. Is there something urgent?" the shopkeeper asked carefully. Prince An had never come here so late before, so something urgent must have happened.

"Well, have you heard about the news in the city today?" Li Junze walked into the reception room and found a seat to sit down.

The shopkeeper nodded, "I heard that, especially at night, all kinds of news were flying around, and those who were curious were speculating which mansion these things came from. It was quite lively."

After he said that, he also felt what Li Junze meant. They came here just for this information.

"Your Highness, please tell us what you want us to do. We will do our best to find out." He thought Li Junze wanted them to find out the source of the news.

"Shopkeeper Niu, there is no need to inquire about anything. I have some news here that I need you to spread. It must be arranged tonight." Li Junze asked Gu Qiongsi to hand over the written pages to Shopkeeper Niu.

Shopkeeper Niu looked down at the papers for a few seconds, then frowned and said, "There's a lot of news flying around in the city right now. I'm afraid our news won't attract much attention if we throw it in."

Gu Qiongsi bowed to Shopkeeper Niu and said, "Just do your best. Your Highness has other arrangements besides this."

After hearing this, Shopkeeper Niu nodded and put away the letter. "Does the scholar know about this?"

When he asked this question, he was actually overstepping his authority. His Highness had already come to see him, so even if Scholar Wang knew, he would definitely not say anything, and the information did not involve the affairs of the current dynasty at all. However, Shopkeeper Niu still asked about it.

There was no other reason. They had done something like this before. They did it with all their might as His Highness had ordered them to do. However, when the scholar found out, he criticized them harshly, saying that they were following His Highness Prince An in making trouble.

Li Junze remembered what his grandfather had told him to keep calm. How could he keep calm this time and allow Li Junhao and others to spread the news about the affairs in the back houses of his officials at will?

Before he could figure out how to answer, Gu Qiongsi spoke first, "Manager Niu, don't worry. This matter must have been the result of our discussion. Just execute it."

She did not directly answer Manager Niu's question, but her words implied that everything had already been discussed.

After hearing this, Shopkeeper Niu felt a little relieved. "If that's the case, I'll go and arrange it right away."

Li Junze stopped him and said, "Mr. Qingzhu will contact you about the follow-up arrangements for this matter. Just cooperate with me."

Shopkeeper Niu nodded in agreement repeatedly, then bowed and sent the two men out of the pawnshop. Without even taking a breath, he went to arrange related matters.

Gu Qiongsi took Li Junze's carriage to Jianjiayuan, and then the carriage set off back to Prince An's Mansion.

Xie Cheng'an paced back and forth in the yard anxiously. He also discovered something wrong in the teahouse this afternoon. After returning, he wanted to tell Gu Qiongsi about the situation, but he didn't expect that she had already been taken away by the people from Prince An's Mansion.

He waited until so late, and came back just when it was almost midnight. When he heard some noise, he quickly ran two steps to the door and saw Gu Qiongsi getting off the carriage.

Moreover, this time he really saw that His Royal Highness Prince An actually lifted the curtain of the carriage and whispered a few words to Gu Qiongsi before leaving.

Although I didn't hear what was said, I can be sure that it must be related to the various information events that are currently causing a stir in the city.

After the carriage had left, he hurriedly walked over to greet Gu Qiongsi, "Si'er, what's going on? Why did you come back so late?"

Gu Qiongsi looked at the lights in the courtyard which had already gone dark. There was only a dim lantern hanging under the eaves that was swaying constantly. He couldn't help feeling unhappy. He was still running around outside so late, but Qian and the others were resting on their own.

"You should know what happened in the tavern. Something unexpected happened, so His Highness asked me to go over and deal with it. I still have to go there early tomorrow morning."

"Oh, but do you need Sanlang to go with you?" Xie Cheng'an asked cautiously. He also wanted to contribute to this matter so that His Highness would have a better impression of him.

Gu Qiongsi's steps towards the house suddenly stopped, and he turned back to look at Xie Chengan's face, "What's wrong, Sanlang, is he losing his temper?"

Xie Chengan denied it immediately, because he knew that Gu Qiongsi looked down on those who lost their temper. "No, no, how could that be? I just saw that Si'er was having too much trouble, so I wanted to help."

Gu Qiongsi then let her hair down and walked into the room. "It's getting late, Sanlang, you should go to bed early."

Xie Cheng'an watched Gu Qiongsi walk into her room. Before he could finish his words, the door was slammed shut.

"This woman, does she really think she can rise to prominence by hooking up with Prince An? She's so arrogant now, won't she be even more arrogant in the future?" Xie Cheng'an muttered softly, flicked his sleeves and went back to the house.

Gu Xunwei did not rest either. When she heard Yeying coming to report Gu Qiongsi's whereabouts tonight, she knew in her heart that Gu Qiongsi had already started serving Prince An, and those things must have been her ideas.

Sang Mo was also anxious after hearing this, "This Gu Qiongsi is really a person who can't calm down for a moment. It seems that he didn't suffer enough in prison this time."

Gu Xunwei didn't take it seriously. "The Chengxinfang Pawnshop should have its own way of spreading news. Let's see what news they are spreading this time."

"Also, Chenxiang, go there tomorrow morning before Gu Qiongsi leaves and tell her that I have promised Dingxiang to be my concubine. Now that such a long time has passed, let's do it tomorrow and go to the government to get a concubine document."