Rebirth of the Merchant Woman's Revenge

Gu Qiongsi immediately frowned, looked at her unhappily and said, "What's the matter? Tell me properly. Don't be so flustered. How can this be a disgrace?"

Chunxiu turned a deaf ear to what he heard, and simply closed the door and said, "Prince An's mansion has been sealed."

"What? When did this happen?" Gu Qiongsi lost his composure after hearing this. He immediately stood up and asked nervously.

"I just heard from the guest that it happened at noon today. Now there are many people gathered in front of Prince An's mansion." Chunxiu had just finished speaking when Gu Qiongsi had already put on her veil hat, paid for the tea, and came to the door of Prince An's mansion with Chunxiu.

As the rumors said, there was indeed a big seal on the gate of Prince An's Mansion. Gu Qiongsi's eyes widened immediately. He didn't expect to encounter such a thing.

Without having time to inquire about the details, she hurriedly took Chunxiu back to Xie's house and went straight to Xie Cheng'an's study to find him.

Xie Cheng'an is on vacation today, so he is busy in the study.

Shuang Rui was also standing beside Xie Cheng'an grinding ink at this time. When he saw Gu Qiongsi coming in, he immediately put down the ink stick in his hand and said, "Hello, Aunt Gu."

"Well, Shuangrui, you go out first. I have something to tell the young master." Gu Qiongsi didn't have time to ask him whether he had found where Gu Xunwei put the fragrance recipe, so he sent him out first.

"Sanlang, something bad has happened." Gu Qiongsi said anxiously.

Xie Cheng'an was thinking hard at his desk at this time. He had just written a line of a poem when he heard Gu Qiongsi's words. Without even raising his head, he asked, "What's wrong? What happened?"

"Prince An's Mansion has been sealed. What happened just now?"

Gu Qiongsi's words made Xie Cheng'an stunned for a moment, and a drop of ink dripped from the brush in his hand, staining a piece of fine rice paper.

"Oh, this..." Xie Cheng'an put down the pen in his hand in surprise, walked out from behind the desk, nervously grabbed Gu Qiongsi's hand and asked, "Have you contacted Prince An?"

He was worried that Gu Qiongsi had contacted Prince An in the past two days. If Prince An got into trouble this time and the Xie Mansion was implicated, it would be a real loss.

"Don't worry, Sanlang. Although the letter has been delivered, we have not been able to contact him. However," Gu Xunwei changed her tone after comforting Xie Cheng'an.

Xie Chengan immediately became anxious, "But what? Si'er, don't keep me in suspense. I'm almost dying of anxiety."

Nothing had gone right for him recently and he was about to see hope, but who knew he would encounter something like this.

"However, Si'er thinks this is a good opportunity." Gu Qiongsi said with a faint smile. Seeing the puzzled look on Xie Cheng'an's face, she continued, "Prince An has encountered setbacks, and most of the people who followed him in the past must have left. If you show your loyalty at this time, it will definitely be easier to gain trust than before."

"This...how can we do this? What if Prince An can never turn the situation around from now on? Even if we gain his trust, what can we do? We might even be implicated." Xie Cheng'an disagreed. He now wished he could hide as far away as possible. How could he possibly come forward?

Gu Qiongsi shook his head disapprovingly, and then told Xie Chengan what he was thinking. At the same time, he also said something that Xie Chengan would remember deeply for the rest of his life.

Gu Qiongsi said in a sonorous voice, "Sanlang, you should think like this. As long as Prince An trusts us, as long as we want, Prince An will be the next emperor."

This sentence was truly outrageous, but when Xie Cheng'an heard it, he felt that his Si'er was indeed a unique person. Not only did she have ideas and courage, she also had firm goals.

From the time they first met, Gu Qiongsi had made up his mind about his goal, which was to join Prince An and help him reach that high position.

"Si'er, actually I have never asked you, why is it Prince An?" Xie Cheng'an no longer refuted her words, but still asked the biggest question he had for a long time.

"The current emperor has seven sons and five daughters. The eldest prince died young, the second prince is the crown prince, the third prince is Prince An, and then there are the fifth, seventh, and ninth princes. Putting aside their ages, their mothers' identities and status also determine that they will not be able to achieve anything great. Moreover, the fifth prince is the crown prince's follower and obeys his orders. The eleventh prince is even younger, so there is no need to consider him at all."

"Taking all these things into consideration, we only have one choice left, and that is His Royal Highness Prince An."

What Gu Qiongsi said made sense. The situation she just described was similar to what she knew. Apart from the Crown Prince, the only one who had the opportunity to ascend to the throne was His Royal Highness Prince An.

Although the Crown Prince's mother has passed away and the late Queen has been gone for more than four years, and although the Crown Prince still has his grandfather Simaode and other supporters, Prince An also has his own sphere of influence. With the help of Concubine Yu and his grandfather's family, he has been able to compete with the Crown Prince on equal terms.

The emperor's attitude was even more obscure. Sometimes he helped the prince to suppress Prince An, and sometimes he turned around and helped Prince An to suppress the prince. His doting on Prince An was obvious to all.

"Si'er, what should we do next?" Xie Cheng'an calmed down and began to seriously ask Gu Qiongsi about her plan.

"Did Shuangrui find anything related to the incense recipe yesterday in Xunxiangyuan?" Gu Qiongsi asked this question. After all, everything still depends on the incense recipe, because the incense recipe is the prerequisite to support all their actions.

"Well, it seems that there are some clues." Xie Chengan had made some guesses when Shuang Rui reported the situation to him early this morning, and was considering how to confirm it, so he continued,

"After we left last night, Gu Xunwei asked Chenxiang to take two items. One was a sandalwood box, and the other was a scroll. However, Shuangrui looked at it and it seemed that the box was more likely to be the one."

Gu Qiongsi nodded and said, "Find a way to steal both items. We must find the incense recipe."

Xie Chengan agreed with this deeply. It was really hard for them to live without money now. They had to consider where the money would come from before doing anything.

"But what can we do with the incense recipe? We don't have a shop and spices, so how can we sell incense?" Xie Cheng'an originally wanted to sort out the follow-up matters, but found that even if they got the incense recipe, it seems that the follow-up matters still cannot be carried out.

The most critical issue is still money.

Gu Qiongsi didn't care. She smiled and said, "Sanlang, just get the incense recipe. Si'er will take care of the rest."