Rebirth of the Merchant Woman's Revenge

"I'll go get the medicine now." After getting the medicine, Nanny Li followed the doctor out.

For a moment, only Gu Qiongsi and Xie Chengan, mother and son, were left in the room.

Before the two of them had time to speak, Gu Qiongsi had already walked up to Xie Cheng'an and said, "Sanlang, we need to prepare for this early. If something else happens later, I'm afraid even Mr. Nanshan won't be able to help us."

She made the matter sound more serious because she was afraid that Xie Cheng'an would not make up his mind. "Mr. Nanshan admired your talent very much after seeing those poems this time. He has already said that if nothing unexpected happens, he will meet with you in five days and will personally introduce you to His Royal Highness Prince An."

"Is this... true?" Xie Cheng'an was so happy that he stood up and quickly shook Gu Qiongsi's hand. "Si'er, you are really amazing. You can change the situation so quickly."

At this time, Qian finally understood why her son liked Gu Qiongsi so much before, and she also understood what she had gone out for a few days ago. But in the final analysis, she still felt in her heart that it was very inappropriate to let a concubine show up in public and go out to do these things.

Unlike Xie Chengan's happiness, Gu Qiongsi's face did not show any happiness. Instead, she said with a worried look, "Sanlang, don't be too optimistic. Si'er doesn't know whether what happened in today's fragrance tasting competition will have any impact on Mr. Nanshan's thinking."

"Oh, what should I do?" Xie Cheng'an's heart was in ups and downs. Hearing Gu Qiongsi's words, his mind couldn't help but think of the thing they had just discussed.

If Gu Xunwei could never recover from her illness, she would probably not bring any negative impact to herself and the Xie family in the future.

"An'er, don't hesitate any longer. Let's be careful and there will be no problem. How much trouble can a merchant girl like her cause?" Seeing that Xie Cheng'an was still hesitating, Qian added fuel to the fire.

Gu Qiongsi also continued, "You may not know that Wei'er has had an extraordinary sense of smell since she was a child. She is extremely sensitive and can detect even the slightest difference in taste. Therefore, the usual methods will not work at all."

This is also because Gu Qiongsi grew up with Gu Xunwei and she accidentally heard this from her aunt. Otherwise, she would not know it until now. It is also Gu Xunwei's fault for hiding it too well.

"There is such a thing?" Qian was shocked. Fortunately, she did not act on her own. If she had done it secretly, Gu Xunwei would have discovered the flaw immediately.

"I do know a friend who bought a very strange potion from a witch doctor in a foreign country. It is colorless and tasteless. As long as she takes it for a month, even if a great immortal comes, they won't be able to see any problems. It will be exactly the same as a normal death."

When Gu Qiongsi saw Qian's expression, he quickly guessed what she was thinking and gave her some advice.

"Can you... ask him to buy that potion? But will he know what we are thinking?" Qian asked immediately.

"Don't worry, mother. He has so many rare and strange things and many customers come every day. I will purchase a few more items and this potion will not be so conspicuous." Gu Qiongsi said with a smile.

After she finished speaking, Xie Chengan and Qian fell silent.

After a short silence, Xie Chengan spoke first, "Okay, let's do as Si'er said. After getting the potion, we still have to find a way to make her drink it every day. And Si'er, are you sure about the recipe you mentioned?"

Gu Qiongsi nodded, and then said, "Don't worry, Sanlang, Si'er knows everything."

At this time, Nanny Li came in again with a prescription and a worried look on her face. "Madam, Master, this prescription requires five taels of silver. The housekeeper said that there is not even one tael of silver left in the account. What should we do?"

She raised the prescription in her hand and said, "I asked the doctor. There is a tranquilizer in it that is a bit expensive, but it is very effective. If the effect is slow, you can switch to a cheaper medicine."

Her words made everyone look unhappy, especially Qian, who slammed the bed and stood up, saying, "So much money in our house was wasted by her. We can't just let this go. Madam Li, go to Xunxiangyuan and see if there is any money left."

Xie Chengan waved his hand. Since they were going to attack her, her things and silver would be his sooner or later. "Don't worry, mother. I still have some silver here. Madam Li, take it and get the medicine first."

As he spoke, he took out the only ten taels of silver he had on him and handed it to Nanny Li.

After Nanny Li left, Gu Qiongsi asked with a bad face, "Sanlang, that potion is very expensive, and we will need to buy some other items. Where can we get the money?"

All their plans were based on the premise that there was money available. If they didn't even have one or two ounces of silver now, they would be unable to accomplish anything.

"How much silver do you need?"

Xie Chengan asked with a frown. He really felt that his body was hollowed out and his pockets were also hollowed out.

"Eighty taels should be about right." Gu Qiongsi said a number hesitantly and made an "eight" gesture with his hand.

"You stay here and take care of mother first. I'll go out and borrow some. I have a few classmates and mentors who I'm close with. I think they should be able to lend it to me."

After Xie Cheng'an finished speaking, he stood up tiredly. Unknowingly, the Xie family had reached the point where they had to borrow money from everywhere. It was really sad.

Gu Qiongsi nodded and obediently sat beside Qian, gently patting her on the back. After Xie Chengan turned and left, when there was no one else around, she looked at Qian with impatience in her eyes.

The two people on the roof had a look of disbelief on their faces. Before Bai Zhi could say anything, Sang Mo had already pulled her away from the roof of Rongdeyuan and sent her to the door of Xunxiangyuan under the cover of night.

"What does this mean, Chief Sang? You were not on duty in the palace, so why did you run to the roof of our Xie Mansion?" Bai Zhi asked angrily.

She was lying on the roof of Rongdeyuan just now, watching the three people in the room enthusiastically discussing how to deal with her young lady, when she suddenly found that there was another person beside her. She almost scared herself to death at that time.

That person was Sang Mo. He made a gesture to him to keep quiet, and then watched the performances of the following people with great interest.