Rebirth of the Merchant Woman's Revenge

Things turned out just as the little maid had expected. His Royal Highness Prince An asked for hot water afterwards.

This was done in broad daylight, and in the study, without any hesitation, which made Jinzhou Governor Niu Penghai look embarrassed.

I have never heard before that His Royal Highness Prince An is so unruly. How could he do such a thing in someone else's mansion?

"Issue a gag order for all servants who know about this. This matter involves the royal family and must not be spread out. Otherwise, they will be beaten to death." Niu Penghai ordered the butler with a grim look on his face.

The housekeeper nodded repeatedly and trotted out to make arrangements.

In the study, Gu Qiongsi was crying pitifully, her clothes in disarray, "Your Highness, ..."

Li Junze was also a little annoyed that he was too impulsive just now. However, when he saw Gu Qiongsi's current appearance, he did not regret it at all, but even had an inexplicable sense of satisfaction.

"Okay, Si'er, it was all my fault just now. Don't worry, I will be responsible for you. I will take you in after returning to Beijing." Li Junze continued to hug her slender waist, murmuring his promise.

"No, Your Highness, I am of humble status, how can I be worthy of Your Highness?"

"Si'er, don't underestimate yourself. You are a very special person in my heart, completely different from those other women."

"Really? Your Highness?" Gu Qiongsi opened his slightly red and swollen eyes wide, with a look of disbelief in his eyes.

Li Junze looked at her and felt a little nervous, but he quickly shifted his attention. After all, this was the study.

"Hurry up and pack your things. I have to go out for some work soon. You must be very tired after coming here. Just rest in my bedroom first. I will talk to you in detail in the evening." Li Junze kissed her shoulder again and hurriedly tidied his clothes.

However, Gu Qiongsi did not let him do it himself. Instead, despite her own physical discomfort, she helped him tidy up his clothes herself.

This action pleased Li Junze again. He hugged Gu Qiongsi and nibbled a few more times before saying, "I've called for hot water. You can go back to the bedroom and take a shower and rest later."

Gu Qiongsi blushed immediately, lowered her head and nodded slightly.

It was not until Li Junze left the study that Gu Qiongsi regained her usual expression. She carefully tidied her clothes and combed her messy hair before looking at her face in the bronze mirror.

Unconsciously, the corners of her mouth curled up, "Gu Xunwei, ah Gu Xunwei, what can you compare with me? You are just a merchant girl, how can you fight with me? Even if I am a concubine, I am still the prince's concubine, and I can enter the palace in the future. It is easy for me to control you."

"Since you are unwilling to take out the real Gu's incense recipe, I have plenty of ways to make you submit, hehe..."

The more Gu Qiongsi thought about it, the more excited she became. It seemed that the exhaustion from the past few days could no longer stop her thoughts from running wild like a horse running out of control.

It was not until she returned to the bedroom and took a nice hot bath that she felt sleepy like a sea, and soon she fell into a deep sleep.

Even in her dreams, she was using her status as Prince An's concubine to threaten Gu Xunwei, asking her to hand over the real Gu's incense recipe, otherwise she would get someone to attack her parents.

By the way, there is also the Chengshan Hall opened by Gu Xunwei in the west of the city. If she really refuses to agree, she doesn’t mind having someone set fire to the Chengshan Hall to let Gu Xunwei know how powerful she is.

At the same time, Li Junze was in real trouble.

Governor Niu Penghai knelt on the ground and pleaded with Li Junze, "Your Highness, refugees everywhere have heard that you are in the city, and many of them have gathered outside the city. Please consider whether to start distributing porridge."

If we were to distribute porridge, the current food reserves in Jinzhou City would not be enough for a few days, and during the few days since His Highness came here, they have been reluctant to release the silver and food for disaster relief.

This made him extremely anxious, and he didn't understand what Li Junze was waiting for.

"The relief food has not been delivered yet. I have arranged for people to go to the nearby states and counties to purchase food. I think they will be back in the next two days." Li Junze said in a low voice, sitting on a stool.

He did arrange for people to purchase grain, but as the surrounding areas knew that there had been a locust plague in Jinzhou, the price of grain had become ridiculously high, so in order to save money, he had to purchase it from further away places.

The relief grains that started from the capital should have arrived in Jinzhou long ago, but he had people tamper with them in secret, and part of them had changed their route and were bought up at high prices by wealthy businessmen in Jinzhou city.

"The grain reserves in Jinzhou City should be enough to distribute porridge for only two days. Do you think we should start arranging the distribution of porridge?" Niu Penghai continued to ask.

However, even after saying this, Li Junze still refused to nod, because he was not sure when the food would arrive, and the arrival time of the purchased food was even more uncertain.

"Close the city gates and let them gather outside the gates first. We'll see how the situation develops tomorrow." After saying this, Li Junze stood up and was about to leave.

Niu Penghai knocked his head to the ground and said, "Your Highness, we are about to harvest grain, but there has been a locust plague. These refugees have been starving for many days. If something happens outside the city gate, we will not be able to explain to the emperor!"

Li Junze glanced at him impatiently. He was so ignorant. No wonder he had been stuck in the position of prefect. He had made his words so clear, but he still insisted.

What can happen if we delay for just one day?

"Wen Jiaxiang, find a way to get in touch with the people who are delivering the relief grain and see when it will arrive."

He ignored Niu Penghai's words, but gave instructions to Wen Jiaxiang in front of him.

"Yes, I'll arrange it right away." Wen Jiaxiang bowed and walked out.

"Lord Niu, please get up. If there is news tomorrow that it can arrive within two days, I will agree to open the warehouse and distribute porridge." Li Junze turned around and said to Niu Penghai who was kneeling on the ground.

"Thank you, Your Highness Prince An." Niu Penghai fell to the ground and saluted Li Junze again. In the end, he did not achieve his wish. Tonight was destined to be a sleepless night.

Everything had been prepared, even the sedan chair was ready. We wanted to take His Royal Highness Prince An to the city gate to see the difficult conditions of the refugees outside, but it seems that this is not necessary.

He already had some guesses in his mind, including that several wealthy businessmen in Jinzhou had spread the word that they had received a large amount of grain. Although the price was higher, who would care so much at this time?

It now seems that such a large amount of food must have come from an ulterior motive.