Rebirth of the Merchant Woman's Revenge

When the news reached Prince An's Mansion at almost the same time, Li Junze broke another set of teacups after hearing it.

Wen Jiaxiang and his companions were so frightened that they dared not breathe loudly. Their actions had failed several times before, and they did not expect such a result this time.

Seeing that Li Junze's expression had eased somewhat, Cao Xingwen tried to say, "Your Highness, Jian Liangce is in Suzhou anyway. We can take action anytime. There is no need to rush."

"Why not, Your Highness, just stay in your house and prepare for the birthday banquet first, so as to avoid being caught by those idle censors."

Li Junze rubbed his palms lightly twice. He had used too much force when he slammed the table in a hurry just now, and it still hurts a little.

Wen Jiaxiang agreed with Cao Xingwen this time, "Yes, Your Highness, although this time the plan failed, we didn't leave any unfinished business, so let's take it slow.

Moreover, Scholar Wang sent a message saying that the situation in Jinzhou should be almost resolved, and the emperor should issue an order for you to go to Jinzhou to provide disaster relief in the next few days."

"Yes, Your Highness, the disaster in Jinzhou is very serious. It has been three days since the news reached the capital. The emperor will surely issue an edict in the next few days."

Cao Xingwen also said this, and Xie Chengan just nodded, but he didn't dare to express his opinion easily. After all, he had just come here to work, and he didn't understand the inside story of many things and was afraid of saying the wrong thing.

Li Junze was naturally well aware of this, and the only thing he could do now was to keep quiet.

But he was very unwilling in his heart, "Suzhou is such a good place, but now it has been ruined by Jian Liangce. Those officials who used to have a good relationship with me no longer dare to associate with me. This cannot go on."

It is indeed impossible. The Lian family has been exiled. If the money supply from Suzhou is cut off, Prince An will be without such a large amount of funds. He will need a lot of money to do anything.

Wen Jiaxiang thought for a moment before saying, "If that's the case, why don't we do this in secret? After all, Suzhou is not your territory. Why don't we arrange for someone to lobby one or two key officials and give them a chance to be promoted? How about that?"

Li Junze shook his head. "One or two officials? Which position can have a large amount of silver bills delivered almost every month like before? And there are other offerings every New Year?"

"I'm in urgent need of money right now. If I can't get it from Suzhou, I'll have to find another way."

When Wang Zhuo was in office in Suzhou, the road had already been paved for him. In addition, two officials there were Wang Zhuo's students, so this mutually beneficial matter was naturally easy to promote.

But now, not only were Wang Zhuo's two students found to be corrupt and demoted, but even the other officials who had clearly made it clear that they had defected to him had cut off contact with him.

Cao Xingwen hesitated for a moment before speaking, "I have been thinking about this issue for a long time. I think the Wangyu Tower that recently appeared in the capital can fill the vacancy of the Lian family. However, I have not yet found out who the main family behind it is, so I have never dared to mention this to Your Highness."

When Gu Qiongsi heard Cao Xingwen mention Wangyu Tower, he saw that Li Junze had already cast his eyes on him.

Gu Qiongsi was still dressed in men's clothes today, with her black hair tied up high. She sat quietly in the chair and listened to their analysis.

Seeing Li Junze looking over, she cupped her hands and said in a calm tone,

"I think it's inappropriate. According to my investigation, the biggest customer of Wangyu Tower is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. It is also said that Wangyu Tower has specially made a kind of incense exclusively for the East Palace. We have already lost the initiative."

"How come there is such a thing?" Li Junze was also very surprised. Although he had never paid attention to such trivial matters, he was also very surprised that Li Junhao was actually interested in making incense.

Cao Xingwen also nodded, "I have also heard about this matter, but it does not affect the owner behind it to choose to join His Royal Highness Prince An."

"Brother Cao," Gu Qiongsi felt that Cao Xingwen was doubting the information he had, so he raised his voice and said,

"Brother Cao, do you think that Wangyulou opened with such a high profile and created such a big commotion, squeezing out several major incense shops in the capital? Don't you think there is no one to support them behind the scenes?"

"This..." Cao Xingwen was speechless for a moment. He had naturally thought about this problem, but if he was told that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince supported them, he was a little skeptical.

Because, in their minds, they all knew very well that behind His Royal Highness the Crown Prince were the Minister of State and the Si Mansion, who had a lot of assets and did not need to do such a thing to make money for themselves.

However, the fact that Donggong purchased incense from an outside incense shop was something that had never happened before.

Seeing that he was silent, Gu Qiongsi said, "Even if the owner behind Wangyu Tower is not His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, he should have reached a cooperation intention with him. We should not plan to take over Wangyu Tower."

"However," Gu Qiongsi changed the subject and drew everyone's attention to her again, and she continued,

"However, we can find a way to make Wangyulou lose those big customers, and then let our Yipinxiang take over. Wouldn't this also be indirectly helping His Highness?"

Li Junze then remembered that he still had a shop that Gu Qiongsi was running. At first, he said it was a incense shop, but later he didn't take care of it much. Now that Gu Qiongsi mentioned it, he remembered it again.

"Yipinxiang? Can it take over Wangyulou's customers now?" Li Junze asked.

Ah, that’s exactly what you said. Gu Qiongsi was worried about this issue, but Li Junze still asked it.

She didn't dare to hide it, so she told him the truth, "Your Highness, it's not possible now, but Qingzhu will soon release three mid-range fragrances, and by then we should be able to take away at least half of their customers."

If it were a normal business situation, she would not dare to say so. After all, the incense products of Wangyu Tower are indeed better than those on Gu's incense recipe.

In particular, they are very meticulous in controlling the details of various scents, and Gu's fragrance recipes simply cannot reach that level.

However, if there were problems with the incense produced at Wangyu Tower, then relying on the accumulation of Gu's incense recipes over several generations and the constant support of old customers, it should be no problem for Yipinxiang to grab half of the customers.

Her Yipinxiang opened in a low-key manner and developed in secret for such a long time, just for an opportunity like this. When the time comes, it will be just around the corner for her to make a big splash.