Rebirth of the Merchant Woman's Revenge

Gu Qiongsi was just about to have someone boil the medicine he brought for him to drink, but before he had even taken two sips, he saw the three men coming back so quickly.

Puzzled, he asked, "What happened? Why did you come back so soon?"

"Oh, don't mention it," Wen Jiaxiang sighed, and then briefly told Gu Qiongsi what had just happened.

After hearing this, Gu Qiongsi put the bowl of medicine in his hand on the table and began to think seriously.

"Is it possible that Governor Niu has been bribed by someone else?"

She suddenly said this, and several people looked at each other, as if they understood what Gu Qiongsi meant.

Even if he was not bribed, they had a way to make this thing true.

Li Junze narrowed his eyes again. He found that he was holding an exquisite jade ring in his hand, and he was rubbing it continuously.

A sinister plan gradually took shape in his mind.

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July 20th was Gu Ziyu's birthday. The whole family had been busy since early morning. Mrs. Su was so busy that she didn't even have time to drink a sip of water.

"Weier, Weier, have you informed Chief Sang? Did he tell him the specific time?" Su was still a little worried and confirmed once more.

Gu Xunwei pulled her to sit on the chair, then said with a smile, "Mother, don't worry. I've never seen you organize a banquet so seriously in Liuzhou before. This really surprised Wei'er."

"It's because we are not in Liuzhou this year. We just arrived in the capital. Your father is a man who never goes out. He hasn't made many friends in such a long time. So we can only ask Chief Sang to come and join in the fun."

Su said with a smile.

The last time she saw Sang Mo being respectful to her daughter during a meal, she really had high hopes for them as a couple.

It’s just that my daughter just got divorced, so some things are not convenient to talk about at this time.

Gu Xunwei was secretly complaining in her heart that besides Sang Mo, Li Junhao would definitely come along tonight.

In the past few days, since I told him about my delivery of disaster relief grains to Jinzhou, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince found excuses every day to go to my Xunxiangyuan to "discuss matters."

Because the grain donation was made with all the Gu family’s previous savings, it was just done in the name of Wangyu Tower, so she did not mention it to Li Junhao in advance.

I hadn't thought of mentioning it at this time, but who knows what happened when His Highness noticed something was wrong and asked a few questions.

However, it was a good thing that I told him about this matter. After all, I knew too little about official affairs, and I actually caused such a big trouble for Governor Niu because of my grain donation.

Fortunately, Li Junhao made timely arrangements, otherwise he would have regretted it to death.

"What happened? Go and check for mother to see how the dishes for the evening banquet are prepared?" Seeing Gu Xunwei standing there in a daze, Su gently pushed her and reminded her.

Gu Xunwei quickly collected her thoughts and said, "Okay, don't worry, mother. I'll go over and confirm it again."

Before she turned around, the little maid came over to inform her that Chief Sang wanted to see her.

He had actually arrived outside the courtyard of Mingde Hall at this time. Su quickly grabbed Gu Xunwei again and asked the maid to bring him in.

"Mrs. Gu, Miss Gu, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked me to deliver Mr. Gu's birthday gift." Sang Mo bowed with a smile.

The birthday gift was delivered at this time? It was only 15:00, and it was not time for the banquet yet.

Besides, she didn't remember inviting His Royal Highness the Crown Prince this time.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince is so polite. Is he unable to come tonight because of something else? What a pity." Su asked hurriedly, feeling relieved in her heart.

There was no other reason. If His Highness had not come, they could eat more comfortably. Now that His Highness had come, they had to be more formal in their speech and manners, and she was not used to it.

Sang Mo quickly explained, "No, no, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has postponed all matters in advance. He will definitely come over in the evening, but this birthday gift is a bit big, so he asked me to deliver it in advance."

After he finished speaking, he waved his hand behind him, and saw a long row of eunuchs outside, carrying several rosewood screens and walking in one after another.

It turned out to be a twelve-fold screen, which was really a big deal.

The young eunuchs put the screen pieces in place and put them together, then paid their respects and left.

Sang Mo saw the surprised looks of the mother and daughter, and then he lowered his voice and said, "Your Highness heard that Master Gu liked this, so he went back to the East Palace storehouse to look for it."

Su Shi waved her hands and said, "Oh, that's impossible. We are just an ordinary family. How can we afford such expensive items?"

Gu Qiongsi had already walked to the front of the screen and was surprised to find that the texture of the twelve-row screen was continuous. It was carved from a whole piece of rosewood.

What is even more valuable is that the screen is engraved with "Night Banquet" by the early Tang Dynasty painter Gu Hongzhong, which depicts a total of 102 people, each with a different expression, and each doing his or her own thing.

Some of them were eating, some were whispering, some were holding hands under the table, and some were helping them serve the food. Not far away were performers, all of them were beautiful women, some were holding harps, some were playing flutes, and two were playing drums.

The whole picture is harmonious and beautiful, and the carvings are extremely exquisite. The more Gu Xunwei looks at it, the more she is amazed at the carvings' ingenuity.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is very generous. My father will definitely like this top-quality screen.

Sang Mo saw Gu Xunwei's satisfied smile, and then he said to Su, "Madam Gu, please don't be polite. There is no reason to take back this birthday gift."

Gu Xunwei thought of the "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" that her father took out. It should be comparable to this one.

So she also persuaded Su, "Yes, mother, this is a gift from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to father, we can't help him refuse it, if father knew, he would definitely be angry."

Su seemed to have just remembered something and asked Madam Xiao, "Where did the master go? Why hasn't he come back yet?"

"I will go look for her right away." Nanny Xiao said, and went out quickly to look for Gu Ziyu.

Su turned around and said to Sang Mo, "Thank you for your hard work, Chief Sang. Take a rest first. We will go to the reception room in a while."

The look she gave Sang Mo was full of the kind of doting that an elder has for a younger generation, which made Sang Mo feel miserable. Just because he knew that the Su family wanted to bring Sang Mo and Gu Xunwei together, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had found all kinds of reasons to find fault with him.