Rebirth of the Merchant Woman's Revenge

When Gu Qiongsi heard Xie Chengyu's mother-in-law say this, her heart was immediately lifted. Xie Cheng'an's work for Prince An and her running of the Yipinxiang Shop were all done in secret. How could this woman in the backyard hear about it?

Who did she hear that from? Was it his son?

Or, do people on the street already know about these things?

The more Gu Qiongsi thought about it, the more frightened she became. She winked at the housekeeper, who first closed the courtyard gate to isolate the crowd who were watching the excitement. Then she walked forward and stood beside Qian.

"Sorry to interrupt, but I wonder where did you hear all this, madam?" Gu Qiongsi spoke in a calm tone, attracting everyone's attention to her.

"This must be Aunt Gu, haha, shouldn't you be paying attention to what your eldest sister has done? Why are you asking all these irrelevant questions?" The other party did not answer her question at all, but retorted and made fun of Xie Chengyu.

Xie Chengyu lowered her head in embarrassment, not daring to look at her husband and her mother-in-law.

"You guys came here today to make a scene, didn't you, just to get back the original betrothal gift? If Madam is willing to tell me where you heard this news from, I will return the money to you."

Gu Qiongsi still spoke indifferently. She tried hard to pretend that she didn't care much, but in fact she was very confused about the source of the news.

"Really?" Xie Chengyu's mother-in-law perked up when she heard Gu Qiongsi say that. "Two days ago, I attended a flower-viewing banquet hosted by a lady, and several ladies mentioned this matter at that time."

What, ma'am? How is this possible?

There is no way she and Xie Chengan would publicize this matter, and His Royal Highness Prince An would do so even less. Could it be... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?

Could it be that he saw Xie Cheng'an in Prince An's mansion that day and thought that Xie Cheng'an must have defected to His Royal Highness Prince An, so he spread the news?

No, no, first of all, regardless of whether His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would do such a thing, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn’t know that I’m running Yipinxiang.

Gu Qiongsi guessed all kinds of possibilities in his mind, but in the end he denied them one by one.

"Why, Aunt Gu, you don't believe it?" Xie Chengyu's husband also spoke at this time, and he said sarcastically, "Don't mention those ladies, the husbands of those ladies must also know about it. Why, Aunt Gu, do you still want to investigate this matter again?"

Gu Qiongsi raised his eyes and glanced at the other person. He looked like a villain who had succeeded in his career. It was obvious that he would never achieve anything great. No wonder Xie Chengyu chose someone else.

"Here are four hundred taels of silver notes. You can take them and leave. From now on, you will have nothing to do with the Xie family. Let's go our separate ways and be happy. Please do as you wish."

Gu Qiongsi didn't even look at it, and took out a silver note of four hundred taels from his sleeve and asked Ding Xiang to hand it to them.

"Aunt Gu's demeanor is truly extraordinary. Being a concubine is really a waste of her talent." Xie Chengyu's husband took the banknote, then bowed to Gu Qiongsi, looked at her twice with malicious eyes, and then left with a group of people.

When Qian saw them leave, she finally breathed a sigh of relief, but she said, "Gu Qiongsi, how could you do things like this? Why don't you persuade your brother-in-law and the others to take Yu'er back home? That's the right thing to do."

Gu Qiongsi curled her lips and said, "Persuade, can this kind of thing be persuaded? Why don't you give it a try, mother?"

Qian thought about how Gu Qiongsi had just taken out four hundred taels of silver to help them without saying a word, and she didn't want to make things difficult for her, so she stretched out her hand and twisted Xie Chengyu's arm hard.

"Evil girl, how could you do such a shameful thing, huh?"

"Mother, mother, I..." Xie Chengyu was still kneeling on the ground and didn't dare to get up. He touched the place where Qian Shi had twisted it just now, and then he said hesitantly,

"My daughter has no other choice. Ever since An Ge'er's official position was stripped, his family has simply stopped treating her as a human being, beating and scolding her at every turn. My daughter really has no other choice..."

Xie Chengyu cried so hard that he was out of breath, but what he said offended everyone in the room.

Not only Qian, but even Gu Qiongsi hated her. She had committed a mistake, but she still insisted on getting involved with Xie Chengan. It was really disgusting.

But Xie Chengyu still didn't realize there was anything wrong with what he said, and continued,

"Shopkeeper Xie felt sorry for me, so he comforted me. Later, we gradually became familiar with each other.

Mother, I don't ask for their forgiveness for what I did, I just ask them to let me see my child, and you can go and talk to them."

How could Qian have the face to beg others? Moreover, even if she did, they would definitely not agree.

"Just shut up. You've caused such a thing for no reason. Aren't you embarrassed enough?"

Gu Qiongsi was too lazy to watch the drama between mother and daughter, so she turned around and was about to walk out, but was stopped by Qian.

"Si, Si'er, it was really thanks to you just now. Now that your elder sister is back, I'm afraid the ten taels of silver she sends every three days is not enough. Do you think it can be changed to twenty taels?"

Qian had no other choice but to ask this question with such a thick face.

After all, as Xie Chengyu's mother-in-law said just now, Yipinxiang's business is now very good and it should have made a lot of money.

Gu Qiongsi almost laughed out loud. She had worked hard to earn money to support their family, and now she even had to pay for the support of her sister-in-law who was divorced and sent home?

"Mother, you must be joking. Yipinxiang is in need of money right now, so we'd better be frugal at this time." Gu Qiongsi rejected the other party's request calmly.

"If everything goes well, my husband will get a large reward when he returns from Jinzhou, and then our family will be much better off."

After she finished speaking, she saw the resentment in Qian's eyes and knew that the other party did not agree with what she said at all. She did not want to say anything more and was about to walk out with Dingxiang.

But his eyes saw Xi Cui standing at the door. She was standing there timidly without even raising her head.

"It seems that mother is not short of money. This must be Xi Cui who was just bought, right?" Although Gu Qiongsi did not come back, how could Qian and others' actions be hidden from her eyes and ears.

Before leaving, Xie Cheng'an went to Yipinxiang in person to tell himself that his mother wanted him to take another concubine, but he was no longer in the mood for that. At that time, his mind was full of crazy and passionate thoughts about being with Gu Qiongsi.