"What was Brother An doing? Why hasn't he come yet?" At this time, Master Xie didn't want to see Xunwei crying anymore, so he changed the subject.

Shuangrui, the servant beside Xie Chengan, came in at the right time and said, "Master, the young master went to thank his teacher with a few classmates early this morning."

"Hmph, look at the good son you taught. He is becoming more and more outrageous. After becoming the top scholar, he even forgot to greet you in the morning?" Mr. Xie flicked his sleeves and left the main room. He didn't even need breakfast.

Qian was helpless, and quickly asked Nanny Li, who was standing behind her, to follow Master Xie out to explain, while she continued to persuade Gu Xunwei, "Wei'er, Brother An has just won the first place in the imperial examination, so there will definitely be more trivial matters. Don't take it to heart, let's eat first."

Gu Xunwei sneered in her heart. Xie Chengan did have a lot of trivial matters to deal with, and with her help, there would probably be more and more of them in the future.

Just counting the days, Xie Rui's birthday is April 5th, which is just over a month after her marriage. So by now, Gu Qiongsi must be about to give birth.

She still needs to put some thought into exposing their affair.

Seeing that Xunwei was still unhappy, Qian lost the desire to continue comforting her. After all, she was just a merchant's daughter, and any words of advice were given only because of the dowry she brought with her. If she continued like this, it would be shameless.

So she brought the topic to the housekeeper, "Although you have just gotten married, I think you have a good reputation among the boudoir. It is said that the daughter of the Gu family is the best at managing the household. I will ask Nanny Li to hand over the housekeeper's key to you in a while, and I should also take good care of my old age."

Gu Xunwei glanced at Qian and knew that she had been holding back on this for a long time, so she could only nod obediently, "My daughter-in-law has asked Dingxiang to go to the South Lane to look for a house. My husband has already won the first place in the imperial examination, so it may be inconvenient for us to live here any longer."

"Yes, yes, you've thought it through right. Just take care of these things. I'm at ease leaving them to you." After hearing this, Qian smiled so hard that she couldn't stop, but she never mentioned anything about money.

After the meal, without saying a few words, Nanny Li couldn't wait to give the housekeeper's keys and account books to Gu Xunwei.

At this time, Xie Cheng'an came back from outside and entered Qian's room. Seeing Gu Xunwei was also there, his face suddenly became a little ugly.

"Hello, husband." Gu Xunwei walked up to Xie Cheng'an and saluted in a proper manner, but she couldn't suppress the hatred she felt for him in her heart.

Thinking about what this man had done to her and her parents in the previous life, she really wanted to just kill him without caring about anything. However, no, it would be too easy for him if she killed him now.

The other party ignored her, and was unable to detect the surging hatred in Gu Xunwei's eyes. She said directly to Qian, "Mother, I need one hundred taels of silver to entertain several classmates tonight."

Qian nodded and said, "I have handed over all the household expenses in the mansion to Wei'er now. You can go to the official account to get them later."

Although Xie Cheng'an was displeased after hearing this, he still glanced at Gu Xunwei and was about to walk out.

"Husband," Gu Xunwei was already standing next to Qian, and after calling Xie Cheng'an, she said, "There is no money left in the public account, and there is still a lot of debt from yesterday's banquet. I'm afraid..."

"What?" Xie Cheng'an would never have thought that Gu Xunwei would say this so bluntly. He naturally knew that there was no money in the public account, so he came all the way to inform her.

Could it be that this merchant woman wanted me to beg her before she would take out her dowry to help me?

Humph, that's just wishful thinking.

"Why, is this how you manage the household? I'm already tired enough outside, do I need to worry about these things too?"

He was about to lose his temper, but Qian stopped him in time, "Ang'er, go to the study first, you can get it later."

Qian naturally understood that there was no money left in Xie's account, and the account books given to Gu Xunwei were all in deficit.

The daughter-in-law can only use her own dowry to supplement the public account if she wishes. The Xie family cannot say a word about it. Otherwise, if outsiders find out, they will be criticized and it will affect Xie Chengan's reputation.

"Hey, Wei'er, the Xie family has always lived a hard life. They are not like the Gu family, which is a merchant family. An Ge has just won the first place in the imperial examination. They will inevitably have to take care of things. You are a couple, so if he is well, you will be well too, right?"

Qian's words were very clear, and seeing Gu Xunwei smile, she said,

"Mother, I understand what you said. I will borrow some from my dowry first, and then pay it back when there is money in the official account in the future. Otherwise, if this matter is known to outsiders, my father and mother will be ashamed."

Qian was almost mad at her, but she suppressed her anger and stood up from her chair. "Well, I'm glad you understand. I'm tired, so go ahead and do your work."

After returning to the east wing, Gu Xunwei roughly looked through the thin account book of the Xie family. With a few acres of thin land and two cloth shops, the monthly income was only a few dozen taels.

However, during these three months, Xie Cheng'an spent twenty taels of silver at the end of every month, but he did not tell where it went.

When Chenxiang came in, she saw Gu Xunwei leaning on the beauty couch and looking through the account book. The bronze mirror reflected the light from outside the room on her body, giving people a sense of tranquility. She felt that the young lady seemed to have grown up overnight.

"Young Madam, Butler Liu is here to get the silver." Chenxiang was displeased, but still spoke up to interrupt Gu Xunwei's thoughts.

What kind of family is the Xie family? My wife has just been married into the family for one day and she has to take out money to supplement the household expenses. I knew that the Xie family was poor, but I didn't expect them to be so stretched.

"Well, take the two hundred taels and put it into the public account. Remember to ask Butler Liu to write an IOU." Gu Xunwei didn't even raise her head.

"Okay, okay." Chenxiang felt relieved when he heard the IOU. He agreed and went to the inner room to get the silver bill and went out.

Two hundred taels of silver, except for the one hundred taels that Xie Cheng'an needed, was not enough to pay off the debt from yesterday's banquet.

Gu Xunwei knew that the IOUs would become larger and larger, but she was not afraid. In her previous life, she had supported them so much and it had never drained her financially. Instead, her dowry became more and more generous.

In this life, she doesn't mind becoming the biggest creditor of the Xie family.

If she wants to avoid the tragedy of her parents' previous life, she needs to accumulate wealth quickly, but she has to transfer the wealth in public to the dark. She needs to accumulate enough strength to compete with the third prince.

She also wanted to make sure that Xie Cheng'an, Gu Qiongsi, as well as Qian, Mr. Xie, Xie Rui and other people who had deceived her all her life and sucked her blood all died a miserable death.

Therefore, she had to quickly find a way to get rich secretly and build up her own strength without making a fuss.

Before noon, Gu Xunwei took Chenxiang out in a carriage.

The Gu Mansion was far away in Liuzhou, more than 200 miles away from the capital, and it took a day's journey by carriage, so my father gave me two very profitable incense shops in the capital as a dowry.

The owner of the incense shop was named Li. He was a reliable man who had always been loyal to me in my previous life. Unfortunately, more than two months before my death, he was killed while collecting medicinal materials.

Originally, Gu Xunwei did not think that it was Xie Cheng'an and others who harmed Manager Li. However, after Manager Li was killed, Xie Cheng'an did not even discuss it with her, and arranged a man named Hu Da to replace Manager Li. Now that she thinks about it, Manager Li's death must have been caused by them.

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