Rebirth of the Merchant Woman's Revenge

Xie Cheng'an was also waiting anxiously in Jianjia Courtyard, secretly thinking in his heart that it would be a great thing if they could really bring back some good things.

Unfortunately, Qian came back soon with a look of shock on her face. Xie Cheng'an knew that things would not be as smooth as he had imagined.

Soon, Gu Qiongsi also came back. She took a look at the expressions of the two people and said in a somewhat disappointed tone, "See, now we can't rely on anyone else. We can only rely on our own efforts to run the incense shop and then we can turn the current situation around."

Xie Cheng'an couldn't help but secretly rejoice in his heart that they had gone to such great lengths to finally steal Gu Xunwei's recipe, otherwise there would be no hope at all now.

"You haven't come back in the past few days. What's the situation at the incense shop?" Xie Cheng'an stood up, walked up to Gu Qiongsi and asked.

"We have already produced some incense products for daily use, and we will arrange to open the store in the next two days." Gu Qiongsi said simply. In fact, she felt that the time was not yet ripe. After all, for such a large store, they had only produced five basic incense products.

But there is no way. The money in hand is really limited. If I don’t think about getting some of the money back, I will have no money to buy the raw materials for the subsequent development of incense products.

"Oh, that's great. My mother and I will go to the shop to support it." When Xie Cheng'an heard her say this, he immediately said to Qian excitedly.

"No need. If I earn enough money, I will have someone send some daily necessities back home. You just stay at home and stay out of the spotlight for a while." After Gu Qiongsi finished speaking, he went to look at Xie Rui who was sleeping peacefully in Nanny Li's arms, then he put on his veil and went out.

"Ang'er, it's been several days, are they still talking about you? Could it be that Gu Qiongsi just made up an excuse to brush us off?" Qian was puzzled. She had also heard the discussions in the taverns and teahouses a few days ago, but it had been several days now.

Isn’t it said that there is always no shortage of topics to talk about in Beijing, and the topics that everyone is discussing will soon be replaced.

Xie Chengan nodded, "Maybe."

There are so many things that can be discussed about their affairs, especially with his status as the top scholar, which attracts even more attention. It is not easy to get away from the limelight.

After hearing this, Qian also felt a little depressed, but fortunately now she had money for daily expenses, so she didn't think it was so difficult anymore, so she decided to just hide away.

After Gu Xunwei came back from Louwailou that day, she arranged for Nighthawk to keep a secret eye on Gu Qiongsi's movements. After only two days, he reported to her a piece of news that she could never have imagined.

She looked at Yeying in disbelief, and even a carefree girl like Baizhi blushed after hearing this.

"Are you telling the truth?" Gu Xunwei confirmed again.

Nighthawk nodded, his cheeks a little hot. This Gu Qiongsi was really crazy. He could actually do such a thing.

Chen Xiang, who had been standing behind Gu Xunwei without saying a word, couldn't help but sigh, "Ding Xiang was treated like this, it was all her own fault, alas..."

There was a lot of loneliness in her words. After all, she and Dingxiang grew up together, and she still had a lot of feelings for her.

After hearing this, Gu Xunwei was shocked, but more importantly, she didn't understand Gu Qiongsi.

What Nighthawk reported to her just now made her feel that it was impossible for Gu Qiongsi to do such a thing.

But she did just that.

She actually knocked Dingxiang unconscious and brought her to the courtyard rented by Gu Ziheng and others, and then found a man to do those despicable things, and she would earn a lot of money every day.

In fact, she had heard of this kind of thing before. It was called "secret prostitutes". Different from the women in brothels, they had their own channels to receive customers, and their prices were no lower than those of the women in brothels.

After all, those high-ranking officials and playboys, who have been to brothels too many times, also want to change their taste. These girls from decent families, or girls from poor families, who do this kind of business because they can't make ends meet, are very popular among those people.

However, living in Liuzhou and always living in the backyard of a deep house, Gu Qiongsi had often met and played with Gu Xunwei in the past ten years. How could she, Gu Qiongsi, accept such a thing?

Moreover, she was able to convince Gu Ziheng and three others to help her do this.

"It's been several days, and Dingxiang didn't notice anything at all?" Gu Xunwei asked puzzled.

"Maybe she feels something is not right, but from what I see, she doesn't seem to think too much about it. After all, she is lazy during the day and no one bothers her, so she is happy to be idle."

After listening to Ye Ying's words, Gu Xunwei still had all kinds of thoughts running through her mind, but she couldn't make any sense of them.

I think when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Louwailou asked me to pay more attention to Gu Qiongsi, he must have discovered this matter.

Bai Zhi was so angry that she saw that Gu Xunwei stopped talking, so she said directly, "Young Madam, why don't I think of a way to expose this matter and make them all lose their reputation?"

Gu Xunwei shook her head. "The time has not come yet. Let's wait a little longer. Exposing it now will not bring us any benefits. It's better to keep this from happening for the time being."

"But, if Gu Qiongsi stopped later, wouldn't we miss the opportunity to expose this matter?"

Gu Xunwei just smiled at Bai Zhi's words, and before she could answer, Chenxiang helped her clear up the confusion.

"Their incense shop is in need of a large amount of capital investment right now. They have no other way to make money except this, so they will not stop for a while."

Bai Zhi thought about it and it made sense, so she didn't say anything else.

So they calmed down again and waited patiently for a better opportunity. Prince An Li Junze had been waiting for two days since he came back from his grandfather's house last time, and now he could not calm down any longer.

He had to call Wen Jiaxiang and the other two over again.

"Have you been trying to find out any information these days? About Jian Liangce?" Li Junze asked straight to the point.

Cao Xingwen is a cautious person on weekdays, and even more so at this time, so he has arranged people to find out the situation outside in the past few days.

So when he heard Li Junze's question, he was the first to stand up and said with a bow,

"Your Highness, I have asked someone to secretly investigate this matter, but the results were minimal. The only thing we know is that Jian Liangce has not yet met the emperor."