Rebirth of the Merchant Woman's Revenge

"Haha, you think too much, Gu Qiongsi. Do you really think that after something like this happened, I would still allow you to go out and run the incense shop? That's simply wishful thinking." Xie Cheng'an smiled miserably. He never thought that the white moonlight in his heart would end up like this today.

"Sanlang, please, I will be careful in the future. I will never show up in public like before. I will just make incense in the Xie Mansion and help our Xie Mansion earn money, okay?" Gu Qiongsi still begged bitterly.

Xie Cheng'an was very disdainful of her words, what did she mean by helping the Xie family earn money? But Qian winked at Xie Cheng'an and pulled him into the inner room regardless of the fact that he was still angry and sad.

"Ang'er, my mother has seen the incense recipe. People who have not been exposed to the incense-making process simply cannot understand it. Even if we have the Gu family's incense recipe, we can't make incense. We still need to rely on Gu Qiongsi."

Xie Chengan's eyes narrowed slightly, his expression changing constantly, many thoughts flashed through his mind, and finally he said to Qian,

"Mother, without money, how can we make incense? What can Gu Qiongsi do with just one person?"

He originally had a chance to get three thousand taels of silver, but unfortunately, Mr. Nanshan was still imprisoned in the government office, and the silver they had agreed on was lost.

And because of this incident, Gu Qiongsi has not received the 400 taels of silver that he was promised until now.

Qian shook her head. She looked at Xie Cheng'an and said, "Brother An, you forgot that we still have this house now. We spent more than two thousand taels of silver to buy it."

Xie Chengan immediately frowned, "Have we really reached the point where we need to sell our house?"

Qian was also upset. Just as she was about to say something to comfort her son, she heard the housekeeper announce outside the courtyard,

"Manager Li from Yaxiangzhai has brought a few people to the mansion and asked to see the young lady. Please give instructions, Master, Madam, and Young Master."

Why are they here?

Xie Chengan turned around and left the room. He didn't even glance at Gu Qiongsi who was kneeling on the ground. He walked to the housekeeper and asked, "What's the matter?"

The housekeeper nodded and said, "They heard that the young lady was seriously ill, so they spent a lot of money to invite an imperial physician from the palace to come and treat the young lady."

The housekeeper did not deliberately lower his voice, after all, Qian and the others needed to hear it, but at the same time, Gu Qiongsi also heard it clearly.

Without waiting for Qian and Xie Cheng'an to answer, Gu Qiongsi knelt on the ground and shouted, "No, no, Sanlang, we can't let the imperial physician treat us."

After being reminded by Gu Qiongsi, Xie Cheng'an remembered that today's medicine was the last day for Gu Xunwei, and since they did not use the medicine according to the prescribed dosage but increased the dosage, it was very likely that the doctor would find out.

What's more, the person they brought with them today was the imperial physician from the palace, so the chance of being discovered increased a lot.

Therefore, Xie Cheng'an did not dare to delay and followed the housekeeper to the front yard. When the noisy people saw him coming, their voices became much quieter.

Shopkeeper Li left the noisy people behind and stepped forward to bow to Xie Cheng'an and said, "Xie Zhuangyuan, we shopkeepers heard that the boss was seriously ill and were very worried. That's why we invited Imperial Physician Zhang to help with the boss's treatment. Please let us in."

"Shopkeeper Li," Xie Cheng'an also bowed to him. He originally wanted to find an excuse to get away with it, such as saying that Gu Xunwei was already well again. But at this moment, Bai Zhi also heard the noise and walked to the hanging flower gate. The words that came to his lips were choked.

He had to pause and say, "Shopkeeper Li, I'm sorry to worry about you. Wei'er has already invited a famous doctor to treat her, and she has been taking herbal medicine. The course of treatment is about to end. Why don't you wait for two days? If she doesn't get better after taking this course of treatment, it won't be too late to seek treatment from the imperial physician."

"If we change the medicine we are using now, I am afraid that the efficacy of the previous medicine will be affected, and all the previous efforts will be wasted, right?"

Xie Chengan's words made sense, but unfortunately, Bai Zhi was not someone who would remain silent. She immediately walked in front of the crowd and said loudly,

"One course of treatment? Madam Young has been taking medicine for so many days, but her condition has not improved at all. Instead, it has become more and more serious. Now she is even awake less and less. Young Master still thinks those medicines are useful?"

"Bai Zhi, don't talk nonsense." Xie Cheng'an immediately stopped Bai Zhi and stopped her from continuing.

"How can this be nonsense? The so-called famous doctor has been arrested. He is obviously a charlatan. Young Master should go out and take a look when he has time. Don't be kept in the dark about what happens every day." Bai Zhi was not afraid of his scolding at all. She walked towards Manager Li.

"Manager Li, please come with me." After she said that, she was about to lead a few people in, but was stopped by Shuangrui.

Xie Chengan continued, "Once you enter here, you will be in the backyard of my Xie Mansion. You brought so many men in today, and it will be impossible to explain them anywhere. Please go back. If necessary, I will ask the imperial physician."

Bai Zhi had made it so clear, but he still insisted, which made everyone, including Imperial Physician Zhang, feel that something was wrong.

Shopkeeper Li was the first to step forward, followed by three or four strong young men who also walked forward with him.

Shopkeeper Li walked up to Xie Cheng'an and was no longer as polite as before. He said with a bad face, "Xie Zhuangyuan, we shopkeepers and clerks are all counting on the boss to get better and give us a living. It's a bit unreasonable for you to stop us from seeing the boss, isn't it?"

"You can't just enter the backyard of the Xie mansion whenever you want. This, this, this... it really isn't logical." Xie Cheng'an looked at the people behind Manager Li who had rolled up their sleeves as if they were about to take action, but he still insisted on saying what he wanted to say.

The housekeeper of the Xie Mansion had always been following Master Xie. When he saw his young master suffering a loss, he rushed over with a few servants to support Xie Cheng'an. Unfortunately, after he walked over, he found that those servants had not followed him at all. Standing next to Xie Cheng'an were only Shuangrui and himself.

After all, these people were bought by the Young Madam, and even the indentures were in her hands. The monthly salary was also paid by her. How could they possibly stand behind Xie Chengan at this moment?

After the housekeeper figured this out, he stopped worrying about it. If they didn't want to come, then they didn't have to come. As long as they could stick to their duties, Manager Li would probably not dare to cause any big trouble today.