Rebirth of the Merchant Woman's Revenge

"Three hundred taels?" Shopkeeper Li looked at the banknote and took it in his hand without saying anything. Then he said to Gu Qiongsi, "Okay, then I'll give Aunt Gu another day, and let's go."

After all, they only bought incense worth eighty taels, so paying three hundred taels in compensation was not a loss.

When Jin Zi saw them leave, he immediately asked the clerk to close the door of the incense shop, and then pointed at the incense and said, "Boss, this, this..."

Gu Qiongsi also couldn't figure out what went wrong. It was obviously good when it was first made and there was nothing wrong with the taste. Why would something like this happen now?

"Are there any incense products from my first batch left in the shop?" Gu Qiongsi suddenly asked.

She thought of something even more terrifying. If Shopkeeper Li hadn't deliberately caused trouble, it was possible that there would be problems with their entire batch of incense. If that happened, it would be really bad.

Jinzi thought seriously for a while, then said, "That batch of incense products were all from the first batch of orders, there should be nothing left."

At this time, a young man beside him whispered, "Manager Jin, there should be some left in the fragrance tasting room over there. They are the first batch of fragrances."

Jinzi immediately asked him to go and get it, but when he really brought the half jar of incense in front of the two of them, their faces turned ugly.

It turned out that even without opening the lid, an unpleasant smell was already coming out, which was exactly the same smell as the incense that Shopkeeper Li had just offered.

Gu Qiongsi opened the lid in disbelief, and the fear in her heart was beyond description. "How is it possible? How could this happen? There is obviously no problem with my perfume."

That’s right, someone must have tampered with the spices she purchased, which caused such an incredible thing to happen.

"The first batch, there must be something wrong with the raw materials of the first batch of incense. Who did we sell the first batch to? You should check now. They might come here in the next few days."

Gu Qiong thought about all this and immediately arranged for Jinzi to go and check the account book. However, before Jinzi turned around and went upstairs, the door of Yipinxiang was kicked open from the outside again.

The one who came this time was a guy who was not easy to deal with. He was Yu Sicong, the tutor of the Cabinet, Lord Yu.

He was notoriously difficult to deal with. Gu Qiongsi cast a puzzled look at Jin Zi and saw that his face quickly fell.

Before they could react, Yu Sicong walked in swaggeringly, with only a servant following him. However, the people brought by Manager Li, as well as Manager Li himself, also followed Yu Sicong and went and came back.

"Is that the person in charge?" Yu Sicong glanced at Jin Zi and Gu Qiongsi before asking them.

Jin Zi whispered to Gu Qiongsi, "If I remember correctly, this Lord Yu was also on the first batch of incense purchases, and he bought quite a lot."

Gu Qiongsi's face immediately darkened. How could he have encountered such a thing?

"Sir Yu, this is me. Just tell me what you want me to do." Gu Qiongsi took a few steps forward and bowed to him.

"Oh, it's a young lady." When Yu Sicong saw Gu Qiongsi coming over, a hint of interest suddenly appeared on his face. The servant following behind him whispered something in his ear, and his face immediately turned ugly.

"Oh, it's Aunt Gu. Well, I heard that you promised to compensate ten times the price if the product is fake. Is that true?"

He coughed twice and said seriously.

When Gu Qiongsi heard his words, she understood the purpose of his visit. However, she couldn't deny this matter in front of Manager Li and Yu Sicong, so she could only bite the bullet and say,

"Replying to Lord Yu, it is true."

"Well, that's good. Come, come and see what this is." Yu Sicong asked the servant to take out an oil-paper bag in his hand, took two steps forward and handed it to Gu Qiongsi.

Holding it in his hand, Gu Qiongsi knew that the incense inside was his own perfume. He had carefully selected that small jar.

She nervously opened the oil paper package, and as expected, an unpleasant smell came out, which was exactly the same smell they had just smelled.

This also made Gu Qiongsi even more certain that there was indeed a problem with his first batch of incense, and that this problem was not small.

"Master Yu, to be honest, Shopkeeper Li just came here specifically for this matter, and I will certainly not deny this matter, Jinzi,"

As Gu Qiongsi was talking, he rewrapped the oil paper bag and handed it to Jinzi, then asked, "Go check the account book. How many incense products did Lord Yu buy from us?"

Yu Sicong suddenly spoke up at this time, "Hey, wait, what's going on here? Is it enough to just pay the compensation? Do you think I'm short of that little bit of money?"

"What does Lord Yu mean?" Gu Qiongsi was also a little confused. If he wasn't asking for compensation, what else could it be?

"Because of these incense products, the clothes of everyone in the Yu Mansion have been smoked with this unpleasant smell. Now we have nothing to wear when we go out. Can this be solved by paying ten times the price for fake goods?"

Yu Sicong's face was full of grief and indignation. The ladies in their mansion would spend a lot of money on any piece of clothing, and now they were waiting for him to compensate them with money.

There is also an old man who has been coughing non-stop because of smelling this smell, and he is still coughing now.

The servant behind him also briefly told Gu Qiongsi about the situation in the mansion. There must have been some exaggerations, but Gu Qiongsi didn't say anything else after listening.

"We are still investigating the specific reasons. Please calm down, Lord Yu." Gu Qiongsi had no choice but to comfort us in this way.

Jin Zi also took advantage of the time just now to go upstairs and take down the account book, and whispered to Gu Qiongsi, "Master Yu originally selected three kinds of medium-quality incense and purchased a total of 300 taels of incense. Two days later, he purchased another 100 taels."

Gu Qiongsi gasped. Four hundred taels, that means he needs to compensate Lord Yu four thousand taels of silver?

She felt beads of sweat oozing out of her back, sticking to her clothes and feeling uncomfortable.

"Calm down? I have never been angry, so why should I calm down? Because I have always believed that Aunt Gu will definitely give me a reasonable explanation."

Yu Sicong, on the other hand, was not in a hurry at all, which was completely different from the angry look of Shopkeeper Li just now.

However, Gu Qiongsi understood that Lord Yu was much more difficult to deal with than Manager Li.