Rebirth of the Merchant Woman's Revenge

However, he did not notice the flash of guilt in Nanny Li's eyes after she finished speaking.

Gu Qiongsi forced himself to sit up, his face and lips were equally pale, "Sanlang, no matter what, we are all in the same boat now. If you trust me, I still have a way to get the silver."

Xie Chengan looked at her in confusion. Before he could speak, Qian had already yelled, "Shut up! Rui'er has been harmed by you. What else do you want to do?"

Yes, Xie Cheng'an just remembered that Xie Rui's fever seemed to have subsided a little, but he was obviously different from before. Fortunately, he no longer cried and made a fuss like before, but just lay there quietly, neither crying nor making a fuss.

"Mother, I am also Rui'er's mother. How could I harm him? I just, I just had other things in my mind, so I couldn't take care of him." Gu Qiongsi defended herself with difficulty. She felt very uncomfortable seeing Xie Rui become what he is now.

"You are still quibbling. We are already in this situation now. Don't make trouble anymore. How can we live like this if you continue to make trouble?" Qian didn't listen to her at all and directly rejected her idea.

"No trouble? Does mother want us to keep living like this? Living under someone else's roof and depending on others' wishes? The yard where you lived before is just across the wall. Don't you want to go back?"

Although Gu Qiongsi's tone was calm, there was a hint of sarcasm in her expression. She knew that her words hit right into Qian's heart.

As expected, the other party paused for a moment, and looked hesitantly at Xie Cheng'an who was standing beside him. The other party also had a conflicted look on his face, which immediately reduced Qian's anger by half.

"You, where are you going to borrow it?" Qian asked.

"Don't worry about this, but I have conditions." Gu Qiongsi did not answer her question, but stated his own requirements.

Xie Chengan and Qian's faces did not look good. At this time, Gu Qiongsi still had the nerve to put forward conditions. The key was that they had no other choice.

"My house is too messy. I need to move to the shop to study the incense recipe. You must have someone to help me take care of Rui'er. I don't want him to get hurt again."

Gu Qiongsi couldn't help but look at Xie Rui, who was now sleeping in Nanny Li's arms, a rare occurrence.

"I'll move with you and I can help you. It's early days now and we're short of manpower." Xie Cheng'an didn't think her request was excessive.

Qian was a little angry. They all moved out, and they, the old and the young, were the only ones left. How would they live?

"Young Master, I...I will go with you." Ding Xiang saw that Gu Qiongsi did not raise any objections, and thought that she was about to agree, so she hurriedly said.

"No need, Sanlang. It's better not to let too many people know about our relationship with the incense shop. After all, Gu Xunwei is still in the capital." Gu Qiongsi finally rejected their request once again.

"Then, what should we do? Just wait at home?" Xie Cheng'an still didn't give up, his brows twisted into the shape of a "川" character.

"There is so much news about us outside now. Sanlang should just stay at home and write poems these days. Who knows, it may be of great use in the future." Gu Qiongsi did not take his question seriously at all. He just said a simple sentence and then continued,

"When I'm out and about, I need someone to follow me around. Do you think I should let Dingxiang follow me, or should I let Nanny Li? Or should we buy another maid?"

Ding Xiang immediately looked at Xie Cheng'an nervously. Among these three choices, even she herself felt that following her was the best option. But she was a concubine now. Did she have to continue to be a maid?

As expected, Xie Chengan thought for a moment and said, "Madame Li and mother should take care of Rui'er together, and let Dingxiang stay with you. This way I will feel more at ease."

Ding Xiang was about to raise an objection, but when she saw Xie Cheng'an's disapproving look, she swallowed back all the words in her mind.

It was not until the evening, after the two had made love in the room, that Dingxiang turned her back in anger, refusing to talk to Xie Chengan face to face.

Xie Chengan knew that she was unhappy, so he put his sweaty arms around Ding Xiang's waist and said, "Ding Xiang, don't you understand why I let you follow her?"

"I don't understand. I used to be a maid. In the young master's heart, I will be a slave for life." Dingxiang said angrily.

Xie Chengan patted her shoulder gently and said, "I used to think you were smart, but now you have become stupid."

"Master?"

"Alright, alright, I won't tease you anymore. If you follow Gu Qiongsi, isn't that the same as me following her? Her incense recipe, incense making method, and all her movements are under our control, aren't they?"

Seeing that Ding Xiang was about to get really angry, Xie Cheng'an quickly explained to her.

Gu's incense recipes have always been Xie Cheng'an's goal, but after getting the recipes, he found that many of them were incomprehensible, so he had to rely on Gu Qiongsi to run the incense shop.

"As a concubine, no matter how big her incense shop is, it will eventually belong to the Xie family."

Xie Chengan's words made Ding Xiang turn around immediately and looked at Xie Chengan with burning eyes, "Yes, Master is still a person who thinks things through. I was so busy getting angry that I forgot about this."

After saying that, she put her arms around Xie Chengan's neck and was about to put her lips on him, but Xie Chengan had already patted her back and said, "It's late today, go to bed early, and you can follow her tomorrow."

After hearing this, Dingxiang had no choice but to give up, but still fell asleep with a smile on her face.

Meanwhile, Xie Cheng'an couldn't fall asleep for a long time. It was because he had suffered a huge blow in front of Gu Xunwei today.

He and Gu Qiongsi had always thought that Gu Xunwei had been deceived by them and was carrying out their plan step by step. They did not expect that Gu Xunwei had seen through their plans so early.

Or maybe it wasn't her, but her shrewd father who discovered the clue.

Now looking at the furnishings and renovation of the front yard, he really underestimated the financial resources of the Gu family.

I always thought that as the top scholar, Gu Xunwei should come to me and be humble and obedient to me. Looking back now, my thoughts at that time were so ridiculous.

Just by looking at the front yard, he could almost imagine what the backyard was like. If it weren't for his self-righteousness, perhaps all of this would have become his by now. Why would so many people, three generations of young and old, have to live in such a small yard?