Rebirth of the Merchant Woman's Revenge

Qian was a little anxious. She naturally thought of what Xie Cheng'an said. The only thing she could do now was to give it a try.

"I also asked someone to investigate those two incense shops. The monthly income in the past few months was about two thousand taels. It would be a pity if we lose the competition like this." Although Xie Cheng'an was still a little hesitant, he had decided not to give up the two incense shops.

However, around dinner time, the housekeeper went to report to several people with a worried look on his face. Although some people had come to see the old house and the cloth shop, the prices they offered were too low. They only offered four hundred taels for the old house and five hundred taels for the cloth shop.

This price is far from the market price.

"If we are not in a hurry to sell it, we can definitely raise the price a little more, at least another four hundred taels." The housekeeper said with concern.

Qian was also distressed and said cautiously, "How about we wait a little longer and take a look tomorrow?"

Xie Chengan shook his head helplessly. The time was indeed too tight. If it was any later, even if Gu Xunwei got the money, she would not have enough time to purchase spices.

If that were the case, wouldn't it be a waste of time and effort?

"Mother, this is to be expected. Even if we wait one more day, there won't be much improvement."

Qian felt heartbroken after hearing this, "We spent no less than 600 taels to buy that old house. Selling it for 400 taels is really a huge loss."

She didn't say that the cloth shop actually suffered a lot of losses, but because it didn't make much money, she didn't feel so bad about it.

Mr. Xie looked at Qian, then at Xie Cheng'an, and finally said what he had been holding back for a long time, "Yu'er mentioned a pawnshop owner when she came here last time. If that's the case, why don't we put the house and the shop in the pawnshop first, and then redeem them and sell them slowly when we have money in the future. This way, the loss will be smaller."

"Yes, Yu'er has mentioned this matter before. They are familiar with each other, so I think they can offer a good price, which can also solve our urgent problem." Qian also thought of this matter and thought it was very good.

The price given by the pawnshop should be calculated according to the market price, and the key is that it can be redeemed and then sold.

"Oh, there is such a thing? Then let the butler go and ask first." Although Xie Cheng'an was suspicious, he still nodded, hoping that he could get a good price.

Despite these bad things, Xie Cheng'an was in a good mood today, because when he went out in the afternoon, he heard some children in the teahouse and on the street reciting those catchy poems. These were all from Gu Qiongsi, and he had memorized them all.

I believe that as more and more of these poems appear, they will surely attract some people's attention and will surely help me reverse my current disadvantage.

Naturally, this matter could not be hidden from Gu Xunwei. After listening to Bai Zhi's report, she fell into deep thought.

Some of those poems she had heard in her previous life, but many more she had never heard of before. However, without exception, the wording and ideas of all of them were very good.

If she said it came from Xie Cheng'an, she could still believe it a little, but if she said it came from Gu Qiongsi, she wouldn't believe it at all.

After all, Xie Cheng'an had been studying hard all these years, but what about Gu Qiongsi? She was just a girl in the back house, and her second aunt's family had never found any private school for her to attend, let alone any teacher to guide her. This was too unbelievable.

However, how is it possible that all these poems came from Xie Cheng'an? If he really had such talent, why would he have fallen to this point after so many years?

"Baizhi, ask your brother to collect all these popular poems in the next two days. Collect them all without missing a single one, and then hand them over to me." Gu Xunwei gave the order. She had almost finished researching incense making, so she had time to study these poems.

"Yes, I will go and deliver the message right away." Bai Zhi was about to walk out, but after taking two steps she stepped back. "The young lady was in the incense-making room just now, so I didn't go over to disturb her. The master sent a message."

As she spoke, she took out a small bamboo tube from her arms and left.

Gu Xunwei took the small bamboo tube in her hand and opened the lid. Inside was a small note with her father's handwriting on it. "My dear daughter, I have developed a new kind of golden osmanthus fragrance. The smell is more distant and makes people happy."

Gu Xunwei smiled happily. This was her father showing off to her. He developed the new golden osmanthus fragrance in just a few days. Naturally, he improved the production process based on Gu's fragrance recipe, so that it had a different taste.

Haha, is my father afraid that I will forget the six-month agreement between us? He urged me not to slack off and work harder.

But my father didn't know that the three major types of incense sold in Wangyu Tower were all made after her dedicated research. Not only did she improve the production process, she also adjusted the formula of Gu's incense. So even if you are used to Gu's incense, you won't feel the incense products of Wangyu Tower are the same when using them.

I wonder if my father would work harder to make incense if he knew about this.

Chen Xiang saw a rare smile on Gu Xunwei's face, so he also smiled and asked, "Young Madam, did the master say anything happy?"

"Well, father made a new incense." Gu Xunwei told the truth and saw Chenxiang's happy smile as she wished.

"Let's go. We can't fall behind. We have to make a splash in the incense tasting competition the day after tomorrow." Gu Xunwei said as she put away the letter and bamboo tube and went into the incense-making room with Chenxiang.

Afterwards, the Xie Mansion seemed to calm down, but Sang Mo in the East Palace was a little frightened.

Because the Crown Prince in front of him had a really ugly expression on his face.

"Are you sure?" he asked Sang Mo with a cold face.

"Yes, I led 300 people to patrol the river bank three times day and night, but did not find anything abnormal. It is quite solid." He answered truthfully, but felt a little scared in his heart.

Li Junhao pondered over two possibilities: either Gu Xunwei was trying to help him, or the dam burst was man-made.

Both possibilities made him very angry. He suppressed his emotions and said, "Send a thousand elite soldiers to Xiangyang City secretly to prepare for any emergency."

Sang Mo agreed and was about to leave, but then he heard His Royal Highness the Crown Prince say, "You stay in the capital to handle the affairs, and let Lieutenant General Li go over there. Come and report anytime if there is anything."

Sang Mo nodded, clasped his fists in salute, and left.

Xiao Fuzi saw Sang Mo coming out of the hall and asked with a smile, "Chief Sang, is His Highness okay?"

Look, even Xiao Fuzi, who follows His Royal Highness the Crown Prince every day, feels a different smell outside the palace. It is difficult for her but she has to face it personally.

Sang Mo shook his head. "They say a woman's heart is as deep as the sea. The heart of our Crown Prince is...tsk tsk..."

He had only said half of his words, and needless to say, Xiao Fuzi had already understood what he meant and served him even more carefully today.