Rebirth of the Merchant Woman's Revenge

"What? Aunt Gu left the house alone?" Qian looked at Xie Cheng'an with a look of disbelief.

"Yes, mother."

"Ang'er, you are so confused. Doesn't Aunt Gu know her duty as an aunt at all?" Qian started to criticize Gu Qiongsi regardless of the consequences.

"I'm already a concubine, how can I go out so casually like this? It's still night time, do you still need to follow the rules in the backyard..."

"Mother, my son agreed to let Si'er go out. You'd better stop saying that. She went out to do something for my son." Xie Cheng'an said with some displeasure, but he couldn't say what she was going to do.

"..." Qian opened her mouth, but finally said nothing else. If she said anything else, she would be losing face for her son.

But in his heart he had already cursed Gu Qiongsi several times.

At the same time, in Xunxiang Courtyard, Bai Zhi knocked on the door of Gu Xunwei's incense-making room with an anxious look on her face.

There was no sound from inside. When she was about to knock again, the door creaked open and Gu Xunwei asked her to come in and talk.

"Young Madam, a maid from Rongde Courtyard came here to report that Aunt Gu went out alone just now. The young master allowed it." Bai Zhi couldn't stand still, so she quickly reported the situation.

Gu Xunwei was very surprised after hearing this. What was the relationship between the two of them? Xie Chengan always followed etiquette, so how could he allow Gu Qiongsi to run out in the middle of the night?

"You and Zhu Da, the two of you should follow Aunt Gu for the next two days and make sure to find out what she goes out to do. Be careful." Gu Xunwei instructed Bai Zhi without thinking too much.

"Yes." Bai Zhi said and walked out.

Just as Gu Xunwei was about to close the door, she heard a scream from outside the door, and Dingxiang's somewhat angry voice rang out, "Chenxiang, what are you doing?"

She had to walk out of the incense-making room again, and saw Dingxiang and Chenxiang standing opposite each other. Dingxiang was holding a tea tray in her hand, but the tea had been knocked over and spilled all over the tray.

"The young lady is making incense. No one is allowed to disturb her." Chenxiang said in a low voice.

"You, you and I are both the young lady's maids, don't I know? I saw the young lady open the door just now, and I was afraid that her tea would get cold, so I changed it for her." Dingxiang had already glanced at Gu Xunwei not far away, so she suppressed her anger but still explained to her.

But Chenxiang remained unmoved and still stood there motionless.

"No need, the young lady will tell you if you need anything."

Gu Xunwei felt a pain in her heart. It was just like this in her previous life. Dingxiang was good at reading people's expressions, so she liked her very much. However, Chenxiang was inflexible and spoke stiffly. She would even say things that she didn't like. But now that she thought about it, it was all for her own good.

Unfortunately, in the previous life, I was blind and trusted the evil person.

"Lilac," Gu Xunwei said.

Dingxiang knew that Gu Xunwei must have heard their conversation, so she walked around Chenxiang and came to Gu Xunwei, bowed and said, "Madam, I will change your tea for you."

"Let Chenxiang and Baizhi serve in the house from now on, and you just work in the yard." Gu Xunwei did not say what Dingxiang guessed, but directly demoted Dingxiang to a second-class maid.

"Young... Young Madam, did Dingxiang do anything wrong? If I did something wrong, you may punish me. Please let me know clearly." Upon hearing this, Dingxiang immediately knelt on the ground and said with tears in her eyes.

These days, she clearly felt the young lady's alienation towards her. She never took her with her when she went out or did anything, and just let her guard the yard.

However, she hadn't done anything these days. She couldn't figure out why the young lady disliked her.

The reason why Gu Xunwei kept Dingxiang was because she wanted to give Dingxiang to her good cousin. She was not worried about them joining forces, but wanted to let them fight each other.

"If you want to go, go by yourself. If I tell anyone, the master-servant friendship between us for so many years will be gone." Gu Xunwei gave her a cold look and turned to go into the incense-making room.

Ding Xiang was left kneeling there in a daze. Did the young lady discover what happened between her and Aunt Gu? However, she did nothing. It must be because she spoke for Aunt Gu that night. That was not right. She had spoken for Miss Si'er before.

Although Ding Xiang made various guesses, she felt that none of them were right...

Gu Qiongsi returned to Xie's house from the back door at the end of the night with her veil on. Although she was exhausted, she still said to Xie Cheng'an who was waiting in her yard, "Don't worry, Sanlang. It's too late today. I... I will go again tomorrow. Mr. Nanshan has agreed to meet me."

"What? Mr. Nanshan? You went to visit Mr. Nanshan?" Xie Cheng'an asked in surprise.

Gu Qiongsi nodded, and Xie Chengan excitedly held her hand.

It's no wonder that Xie Cheng'an was excited. Mr. Nanshan was a famous scholar in the capital, and his disciples were spread all over the court. More importantly, Hu Er had mentioned before that Mr. Nanshan also had channels to recommend talented people to the court.

"If you, my noble friend, knew about this, would he think that I had defected to someone else?" After being surprised, Xie Cheng'an began to worry again.

"Don't worry, as long as the noble lady doesn't abandon my husband, we will eventually return to the side of the third... noble lady." Gu Qiongsi said confidently.

"Well, that's great. However, Mr. Nanshan has always been aloof, and even my mentor cannot meet him. How did Sier get him to agree to meet you in just one night?" Xie Cheng'an asked curiously.

He had always known that Gu Qiongsi was not an ordinary person, but he never thought that she had such abilities.

You know, she had been living in Liuzhou before and was not familiar with the connections in Beijing.

"I wrote a new poem and gave it to Mr. Nanshan in the name of my husband. After reading it, he decided to meet me." Gu Qiongsi's eyes were a little evasive.

"Hmm, Si'er's poem? It must be very well written to win the favor of Mr. Nanshan."

Gu Qiongsi took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Xie Chengan.

He opened the paper with a smile on his face and saw a poem written in neat handwriting on it.

Climb high

The wind is strong and the sky is high, the monkeys are howling sadly, the sand is clear and the white birds are flying back.

The endless fallen leaves are rustling down, The endless Yangtze River is rolling in.

Wandering With Melancholy, a century on stage alone and sick.

I am suffering from hardship and bitterness, and my hair is turning white. I have just stopped drinking.

"Oh, Si'er, did you write this poem? It's really wonderful..." Xie Cheng'an couldn't help but exclaim after reading it.