Rebirth of the Merchant Woman's Revenge

Shopkeeper Li was happy to see that Gu Xunwei was very satisfied, so he continued to report, "Young Master, the interior decoration of Jinxiu Pavilion is almost done. It is really nice, divided into three floors, and the area is much larger than our two shops combined."

"Oh, so soon? That's great. How many more days will it take to be completely finished?" Gu Xunwei looked through the window at Jinxiu Pavilion opposite. The shop there had been locked and the plaque on the door had been removed.

Such a good location and such a large shop, Gu Xunwei was very satisfied no matter how she looked at it.

“Young Master, you don’t know that the decoration of this shop is already very good, especially when we were clearing out the goods, many exquisite furnishings and displays were kept, so a lot of work was saved on the interior decoration.

Gu Xunwei nodded, knowing that Sang Mo must have done it on purpose. After all, he was the master of the house, so it was not a big deal.

Seeing that Gu Xunwei was still silent, Shopkeeper Li could only ask, "What are the young master's plans for the future?"

"We don't have much time. You should finish the tasks at hand as soon as possible. Then you can start preparing for the opening of the new store." Gu Xunwei broke free from her thoughts and spoke slowly.

Shopkeeper Li was a little sad about losing the business of Yaxiangzhai and Qianxiangge, but when he heard what Gu Xunwei said, he immediately smiled.

"Go back, Young Master. We are always here to serve you. The business in these two shops has almost shrunk, and there is not much work."

Gu Xunwei thought about it carefully, and then said, "Shopkeeper Li, from now on, you can let your apprentice handle the affairs over there. When it opens in the future, you can just stay behind the scenes and try not to let people know that the shop is related to our Yaxiangzhai and Qianxiang Pavilion."

"Besides, if that shop opens, the first thing we have to do is to destroy our two shops. Do you understand?"

Shopkeeper Li nodded to show that he understood. He had already sorted out the ideas that Gu Xunwei had mentioned before very clearly, so he naturally agreed with it wholeheartedly.

The following days seemed to be very happy. Gu Xunwei immersed herself in studying incense recipes in the backyard of Xie's mansion. There was also a special small room in her Xunxiang Courtyard for her to mix and make incense, and to ensure that the fragrance would not leak out.

Baizhi and Chenxiang could only see Gu Xunwei during meals every day, and they would also briefly tell Gu Xunwei about the major and minor events that happened in the mansion.

In the blink of an eye, more than ten days passed, the weather was getting warmer and warmer, and the people in the Xie Mansion gradually began to get busy, because Xie Chengan's long-delayed housewarming party was scheduled to be held three days later.

Although he had already lived here for nearly twenty days, he had not originally planned to hold a housewarming party. However, Xie Cheng'an was having a hard time in official circles, so he had to consider holding a housewarming party to get to know some of his cronies.

Because he lost contact with Hu Er, he completely lost contact with the people behind Hu Er, which made Xie Cheng'an completely panicked.

So today he had to bring Shuangrui to the gate of Xunxiangyuan.

When Bai Zhi saw the two people coming, she immediately reported to Gu Xunwei.

She lifted the door curtain and walked out of the room, lowering her rolled-up sleeves. Then she asked slowly, "My husband, what is it that you are looking for me for?"

When Xie Chengan got closer to Gu Xunwei, he could smell the mixed fragrance on her body. He couldn't help but frowned, took two steps back and said, "We are planning to hold a housewarming party in three days. Mother asked you to host it."

Gu Xunwei didn't show any emotion on her face. She said calmly, "I may disappoint my mother. I caught a cold a few days ago, so I'm afraid I won't be able to show up."

"Gu Xunwei, a housewarming party is so important, do you want your mother to arrange it personally? Don't forget that you are in charge of all the financial affairs of the Xie Mansion." Xie Cheng'an was still the same as in his previous life, and he never spoke to her in a good tone.

"If my husband hadn't told me, I would have forgotten it. I will return the more than one hundred taels of income from your Xie Mansion's cloth shop and farm every month to my mother. My health is not good, and I'm afraid I can't afford it anymore." After Gu Xunwei finished speaking, Chenxiang bowed and went back to the house to get the account book of the Xie Mansion.

Xie Chengan was so angry that his nose was about to smoke. He had come to invite her in person, but she was still like this. It was really hateful.

"Gu Xunwei, don't go too far. In the Beijing aristocratic families, how can a daughter-in-law be allowed to run the household after she gets married? Don't make a fuss. You have to take care of the housewarming party whether you want to or not." Xie Cheng'an shouted angrily.

"A noble family in the capital? Does the Xie family count?" Gu Xunwei didn't care about his roar at all. Now, from top to bottom in the mansion, except for those people from the Xie family, all of them were her own people. She was not worried at all about what Xie Chengan could do.

"You...you..." Xie Cheng'an's current expression can be described as astonishment. After he rescued Gu Xunwei from falling into the water, she seemed to have always been submissive to him. No matter what the request was, as long as he made it, she would support it unconditionally.

Since when did she become like this? Not only did she no longer obey my orders, she even lost the most basic respect.

Was it because she was disappointed that her appointment document only gave her a seventh-rank official title, or was it because of Gu Qiongsi's incident that made her give up on herself?

This won't do. For the first time, he restrained his contemptuous look in front of Gu Xunwei and said with a forced smile,

"Wei Er, stop being angry. I know you feel that my official position is not high enough and I am sorry to disappoint you. Don't worry, as long as you and mother work together to take good care of the harem, my official position will definitely be promoted soon."

"In that case, my husband, please don't say that again. You have no background, no connections, and no money. If you say that, others will think that you have bribed someone in the Ministry of Personnel." Gu Xunwei said with a faint smile, but she kept Xie Chengan's words in her heart.

Xie Chengan was completely speechless. He tried both soft and hard tactics, but unfortunately the other party was unmoved.

"Weier, what do you want in exchange for your willingness to host the housewarming party? Just tell me if you have any requests." He really didn't expect that he had ignored the other party for so long and it would cause trouble.

"The Xie Mansion is now just an empty shell, without even a set of furniture that's worth showing off. You still want to hold a housewarming party. What do you think? You want me to host it, and let me continue to use money to buy furniture and arrange banquets for the Xie Mansion, right?"

Gu Xunwei curled her lips in disdain. When she saw Xie Chengan's eyes flickering, she knew that she had hit the nail on the head. She spread her hands and continued,

"Unfortunately, the profits of my two incense shops are very dismal this month, and I can't come up with that much money. I'm sorry to disappoint my husband."