Rebirth of the Merchant Woman's Revenge

Li Junhao raised his eyes and remembered that the Minister of Personnel seemed to have recommended Xie Cheng'an to him, saying that he was recommended to be the Sima of Liuzhou, a minor official of the sixth rank, but he would need to be sent out for a year or so before being transferred back to Beijing.

"Got it. Go down and claim your reward." After Li Junhao gave a brief instruction, Sang Mo limped down.

After walking out of the main hall, Sang Mo wiped the sweat from his forehead. The young eunuch Liu Fuzi hurried forward to support him, "Guardian Sang, Imperial Doctor Li is already waiting in the side hall. I'll take you there."

Sang Mo originally did not want to publicize his injury this time. After leaving the Eastern Palace, he had to endure the pain and pretend to be normal. But when he heard that it was Doctor Li, he nodded and entered the side hall.

After all, Doctor Li is not only an excellent doctor, but also the prince's own man, so there is nothing to worry about.

"Xiao Fuzi, why do I find that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince speaks less and less? Has anything happened during the days I was away from the capital?" He asked with lingering fear as he walked.

When His Royal Highness is silent, his heartbeat will unconsciously speed up. Just now, when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was silent, he felt like his heart was about to jump out of his throat.

Xiao Fuzi shook his head and didn't want to say more. After all, he would not make any speculations about his master's affairs.

Sang Mo shook his head helplessly. The moment he saw Doctor Li, a fake smile appeared on his face. "Oh, Doctor Li, when I was out with the prince on business, I accidentally got my leg scratched by a protruding iron sheet on the car. I have to trouble you again."

As he spoke, he was helped by Xiao Fuzi to sit on a chair and placed his injured leg on a low stool.

The pants were torn, revealing a shallow but hideous wound. Doctor Li took one look and his face darkened. "Which piece of iron on which car was smeared with poison?"

"What, it's... poisonous?" Sang Mo asked in surprise. He didn't realize it at all.

"Hey, lie down quickly, lie down quickly, come on, take this detoxification pill first." Doctor Li said as he quickly took out a porcelain bottle from the medicine box, poured out a black pill and handed it to Sang Mo.

Doctor Li then skillfully cleaned Sang Mo's wound, treated it, gave him a set of detoxifying injections, and prescribed seven prescriptions for him to take daily. Then he left with his medicine box.

Sang Mo was extremely thankful. Fortunately, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince valued him enough and asked Imperial Doctor Li to treat him. If he had just cleaned it casually, his leg might have been crippled.

And there is Madam Xie. If it weren't for her help, I might not even be able to meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and it is very likely that this will cause great trouble for His Royal Highness.

Well, Your Highness, that's easy to say. You just need to work harder in the future. Just like that, I have to think carefully about how to repay Madam Xie.

On the next morning, a eunuch from the palace came to Xie's house to convey an imperial decree that the Qionglin Banquet would be held three days later. As the number one scholar, Xie Cheng'an was naturally the first to be notified.

Gu Xunwei, Qian and Mr. Gu also went to the front yard to receive the imperial edict. After kneeling down to express their gratitude, Xie Cheng'an handed a silver ingot to the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict.

Just as Gu Xunwei was about to go to the backyard, she was stopped by Qian, who gave her a serious look.

"Weier, the Qionglin Banquet will be held in three days. This is the first time that An Ge will appear in front of the royal family. An Ge doesn't have a decent piece of clothing yet. I think we should ask the people from the clothing shop to come and buy a few sets for An Ge, so that he won't lose face for our Xie family in the palace."

Xie Cheng'an's face was not looking good either. He had heard from the housekeeper early in the morning that Gu Xunwei actually had the nerve to ask the Xie family to write her an IOU, and even put two hundred taels of silver into the account.

He has so many places to spend money now, how can a mere two hundred taels be enough?

"Mother is right. My daughter-in-law asked Ding Xiang to go out early in the morning to invite the people from the clothing store. They should be here soon." Gu Xunwei replied with her head lowered.

Qian nodded with satisfaction, and then smiled and gave Xie Cheng'an some instructions. Then she stepped forward and took Gu Xunwei's arm, and together they walked into the backyard of Xie's house through the hanging flower gate.

"Wei Er, don't be angry with Brother An. He is competing with me now. He has that kind of temper. It will take a while anyway. You should be more tolerant of him."

Qian was worried that Gu Xunwei would not give the money, so she tried to appease her first.

Gu Xunwei curled her lips and smiled softly. It was the same in her previous life. Qian had been pretending to comfort her, saying that Xie Cheng'an wanted to divorce his wife, but Qian would never agree, so the two of them were angry with each other and asked her to be more understanding.

At that time, I was very grateful for Qian's persistence. I worked as the young lady of the Xie family in fear all day long, and tried my best to please them. Unfortunately, this anger lasted for more than four years, and Xie Cheng'an never gave me a good face.

In this life, how could she not guess that Qian and Mr. Xie must have known long ago that Gu Qiongsi was being kept away by Xie Cheng'an, but they could not bear to give up their dowry and wanted to have the best of both worlds.

But, what ability did Gu Qiongsi have that made Xie Cheng'an so devoted to her, and what was the reason that made Qian and others accept her so well?

But no matter what, how could she let them get their wish?

"Mother and your daughter-in-law understand. I heard from Dingxiang that a house has been chosen and it will cost two thousand one hundred taels of silver. I plan to go over and take a look this morning. If it's not bad, we'll decide on it." Gu Xunwei said indifferently.

When Mrs. Xie heard her say this, she naturally had no reason to disagree and nodded repeatedly, "Your father and I have also been there to see it. It is very nice, spacious everywhere, and there is also a large garden."

"As long as mother likes it." Gu Xunwei smiled brightly. They had to move out of such a cramped little courtyard as soon as possible. The courtyard was right outside the door, and they really couldn't adapt to it.

When Gu Xunwei took two maids out to see the house, the tailor from Xiu Luo Zhuang Garment Shop also entered the front yard of the Xie family.

Xiu Luo Zhuang Garment Shop is considered the leading garment shop in the capital. It mainly tailors clothes for high-ranking officials and dignitaries. A medium-quality garment costs at least fifty taels of silver. In addition, Xiu Luo Zhuang has a custom that it does not accept credit.

So after the tailor took measurements of Xie Cheng'an and decided on the style, Xie Cheng'an ordered three sets of clothes made of different materials, which cost more than one hundred and seventy taels of silver.

The housekeeper was sweating on his forehead. The servant just reported that the young mistress had gone out and there was only more than ten taels of silver in the public account. He had already told the mistress yesterday, but the young mistress did not come back, so it has been delayed until now.

After taking the measurements, Xie Cheng'an also went out. His two classmates asked him to go out of the city to enjoy the spring together.

He left the butler and the tailor to wait at the gatehouse while he went to look for Qian, sweating profusely.

"What?" Qian was also shocked after hearing this. How could she have forgotten about this?

There was not enough money in the public account, and her daughter-in-law was not at home. The dimensions had been measured, and she couldn't say no now, and the other party couldn't give her money on credit.