Rebirth of the Merchant Woman's Revenge

He walked up to the stage with a square step, showing off his slightly protruding belly, and said with a smile, "I am very honored to be invited by the owner of Wangyulou Bai to host this fragrance tasting competition. After the first round of tasting, all the perfumes of the balm and ointment category have been tasted."

After he finished speaking, three maids holding incense boxes stood in front of the left side of the platform, holding the incense boxes respectfully in their hands.

He walked past the three maids one by one, took the incense from the incense box, smelled them one by one and said, "Well, all three incense are top-quality. From my personal point of view, I prefer..."

He paused, hesitated for a long time, and finally shook his head helplessly, and then said, "This is a difficult decision. Let's take a look at the choices of the tasting masters first."

His words obviously whetted everyone's appetite, so everyone saw a row of maids file onto the stage, one standing in front of each master taster and four reference tasters, and at the same time, they all raised the papers in front of them.

"Wow...Oh..." Everyone couldn't help but exclaimed when they saw that the choices of the four tasting masters were surprisingly consistent, and they all chose "B".

With such a result, the choices of the four reference tasters seem less important, because their choices are purely based on their own preferences, and two of the four of them chose "B".

"Yi, who is Yi from?" Everyone in the audience couldn't help but ask out loud. Even Lian Jue in the waiting room nervously asked the servant beside him.

However, the servant beside him could not give him an answer and shook his head helplessly.

Qian and Xie Cheng'an in the audience were also staring nervously at the incense box with the word "乙" written on it. Qian clasped her hands together and prayed silently, hoping that the incense box contained incense from Yaxiangzhai.

Elder Yang stroked his beard, smiled and nodded, "To be honest, I also chose B just now, hahahaha..."

His words amused himself first, but everyone in the audience fixed their eyes on the incense box with the word "乙" written on it, and the maid holding it.

When Lord Yang found that no one agreed with his joke, he put away his smile in boredom and reached out to take out the incense from the incense box himself.

"Oh, it's the incense from Wangyu Tower." Someone in the audience shouted, full of surprise.

Then, more people recognized the incense in Yang Ge Lao's hand from the packaging they saw when the three shopkeepers put the incense into the incense box. It was the one that Wang Yu Lou had just put in, with a bright red packaging with emerald green twined branches pattern.

Qian was the first to turn pale. She turned around to look at Shopkeeper Li who was standing on the stage. Seeing that his face was also pale and cold sweat was oozing from his forehead, Qian knew that it would be difficult for her to win the competition in Yaxiang Pavilion this time.

"Hmph, Gu Xunwei, this... ignorant businesswoman, actually thought she could win. We were foolish to have believed her stupid words." Xie Cheng'an shouted angrily. Although he was mentally prepared for this, he still found it difficult to accept the result when he saw it.

"Yes, it's all that bitch's fault. She swore to me that she could win, but it turned out that she was simply not as skilled as her opponent." Qian stroked her chest and started to make up stories about Gu Xunwei's faults.

The mother and son both turned their eyes to Gu Xunwei who was standing at the door of the waiting room, and saw that she was also looking at the incense in Yang Ge Lao's hand on the stage in disbelief, with Bai Zhi supporting her from behind.

"Impossible," Lian Jue saw it first and walked onto the stage from the waiting room. Although he was reckless, he still knew to salute Elder Yang in advance before continuing, "Elder Yang, I am Lian Jue of the Lian family. The goose pear tent incense of my Lian family has always been well-known. This time, the incense was personally blended by the master chef of my Ruixiangzhai. There is no way I can lose."

Not only was Yang Gelao not angry, he looked at Lian Jue with admiration, and then said, "Xiao Lian, since you don't believe it, then come and check it out for yourself."

As he spoke, he handed the incense in his hand to him and asked him to try it himself.

Lian Jue didn't hesitate to take the incense and opened the lid. Immediately, a fragrance lingered in his nose with a subtle sense of layering. At first, it was the brightness and freshness of the fruity scent, followed by the depth and warmth of the woody and resinous scent, and finally left a faint, almost elusive aftertaste.

He was born into a family of incense makers, so he naturally knew how to appreciate incense and was very clear about the quality of incense. The Goose Pear Tent Incense made by Wangyu Tower was indeed much better than his own. It was no wonder that the four tasting masters all chose the incense made by Wangyu Tower.

"How is this possible?" Lian Jue was shocked. Manager Liu also came to Lian Jue's side, took the incense and waved it in front of his nose twice, his eyes also became full of disbelief.

Ning Xiangzi stood up on behalf of the four tasters and said, "The fragrance from Wangyulou is the Goose Pear Fragrance. It is better than the fragrance from the Lian family. Not only is the fragrance light and long-lasting, but it is also more rare. The fragrance is stable, fresh and elegant. It also incorporates the essence of several other spices, such as the warmth of sandalwood, the calmness of agarwood, and the spiciness of cloves. These aromas are intertwined to form a complex and harmonious flavor. It is the best I have seen in all these years."

The people in the audience were amazed after hearing this. They never thought that the same fragrance could have such a big difference.

At this time, someone in the waiting room screamed, and it turned out that Gu Xunwei had fainted.

Bai Zhi and Chen Xiang were immediately frightened and hurriedly helped Gu Xunwei onto the Xie Mansion's carriage. They left the competition venue without waiting for everyone to react.

Their performance for today has ended, and the rest is left to Manager Bai and the others. I should find a place to relax and watch their next performance quietly. When I return home later, I will inevitably have to face the shameless faces of those people from the Xie family.

"What a disgrace, what a disgrace..." Mr. Xie shouted in a low voice, and without caring about the expressions of the mother and son, he turned around and left the venue.

Qian no longer had the mood to continue watching, so she said something to Xie Cheng'an and went back.

The Xie family has been completely emptied out. It seems that I have to find a way to get Gu Xunwei to make up for it from her parents' side.

Naturally, no one on the stage paid attention to Qian and the others, but they saw Gu Xunwei's situation. Although they could understand her reaction, everyone on the stage still waited until she left before continuing with the show.