Rong Sheng turned back suddenly.

I saw a handsome man in a white embroidered robe, holding a jade fan, walking towards me calmly.

She quickly searched through her memories of both lives and vaguely felt that she had seen this person before, but she couldn't remember who he was.

The man slowly came to her and bowed, saying, "My name is Gu Boyan, and my father is Gu Qingshan, the owner of Gu's company. I wonder which family you are from, and why you are here?"

Hearing "Gu's Company", Rong Sheng couldn't help but widen his eyes. He is Gu Qingshan's legitimate son Gu Boyan?

The past as Shen Yunshi once again flooded her mind.

When Gu Qingshan founded the Gu Company, she was not even 15 years old in her previous life.

One time, her father took her to the Wei Mansion to become an apprentice, and they happened to meet Gu Qingshan who came to the Wei Mansion to ask for the hand in marriage of Wei Ying, the third daughter of the Wei family.

At that time, Master Wei was still alive. At first, he was not very satisfied with this marriage. He thought that Gu Qingshan was just a merchant and was not worthy of the Wei family.

But when he saw that Gu Qingshan was not only handsome, but also well-spoken and exuded a strong scholarly aura, he changed his mind.

After several conversations, I learned that Gu Qingshan's father was a local official in the southern region. He later died of an acute illness and the family fell into poverty.

As the eldest son in the family, Gu Qingshan also studied hard and wanted to take the imperial examination.

But after his father passed away, the family became financially tight and had to support the whole family, young and old, so he had to give up.

Finally, he decided to move his family to the capital to seek a glimmer of hope.

At that time, the most profitable business in Dazhen was selling salt.

The government was semi-open to merchants selling salt.

Gu Qingshan decided to give this business a try.

So, despite his mother's opposition, he pawned many of his family properties, some of which were very valuable and were passed down from his ancestors.

After raising a large sum of money, he began to go from one merchant to another to open up channels.

After many twists and turns, they finally got the secret location of the salt mine and the salt making process from a salt merchant.

He had a good memory and a sharp mind at that time.

After returning home, he shut himself in to study for three days and three nights, and finally produced salt with a higher purity than the salt currently circulating on the market.

He began to sell small batches of salt in the street market.

After a while, many people praised the Gu family's salt.

They all said that the salt made by Gu Qingshan had fewer impurities, unlike the salt from other merchants which always had a sour taste in it, so they all started rushing to buy it.

As if he had found the key to wealth, Gu Qingshan began to work day and night with his entire family to make salt.

Gradually, his business grew, and a steady stream of money flowed into the Gu family.

The government saw that the Gu family had become rich overnight and was growing rapidly.

He was afraid that his family would grow stronger and pose a threat to the imperial court.

So he made a hard request to Gu Qingshan who was going smoothly at that time.

That was to require the Gu family to provide long-term financial assistance to the court in transporting official grain and military pay, and to begin to impose restrictions on the amount of salt sold.

Although Gu Qingshan chose to go into business, his scholarly bearing and sense of justice were not lost.

Even though he knew that this was a restriction imposed by the government, he still fully complied with the court's request.

Not only that, he also took the initiative to present many treasures and silver to the palace every year.

Perhaps God also saw Gu Qingshan's diligence and kindness. Under his operation year after year, Gu's business made great strides and gradually expanded into many other businesses, such as jewelry, silk fabrics, and restaurant and teahouse businesses.

The current Gu's business can be said to be rich enough to rival a country, and no one can match it.

Later, Gu Qingshan, whose business was flourishing, finally married the third daughter of the Wei family as he wished.

In his previous life, Shen Yun also went to a wedding with his father and had a chance encounter with the young boy Gu Boyan.

Thinking of this, Rong Sheng gradually came back to his memories and stared at the tall and handsome man in front of him.

I thought that time passed so quickly, and Gu Boyan has now grown from a naughty boy into a gentle and elegant gentleman.

"girl?"

After Gu Boyan introduced himself, he looked up and saw Rong Sheng staring at him in a daze. He couldn't help but wonder in his heart, am I, Gu Boyan, already so handsome?

Why didn’t any young lady look at me like this before?

Hearing this, Rong Sheng lowered her eyes and nodded to Gu Boyan, saying, "So it's Master Gu. I'm sorry for being so rude. I came from the Rongguo Marquis's Mansion. I was attracted by the scenery in the mansion, so I wandered around alone. But the palace is so big that I got lost and ended up here."

"Oh..." Gu Boyan nodded in understanding. "I have been to this palace many times. It is getting late. How about going to the main hall with me for tea?"

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Master Gu."

Rong Sheng responded respectfully and followed Gu Boyan politely. Before leaving, she did not forget to look back and take a deep look at the rockery.

There is definitely something wrong with this rockery. It is really inconvenient to move around now. Let's wait until late at night when everyone is asleep to find out what's going on.

After a while, Rong Sheng and Gu Boyan returned to the main hall in the back garden, which was now full of guests and friends.

After exchanging a few pleasantries with Gu Boyan, Rong Sheng walked away.

At this time, Liu Ling was standing in the corner. Seeing Rong Sheng coming towards her from the door, she hurried to meet him and helped him to his seat.

Rong Sheng subconsciously glanced around but did not see Rong Jin and Liu Rufeng.

"Liu Ling, do you know where Rong Jin went?" she asked in a low voice.

"My lord, I haven't seen the second young lady yet. Maybe she changed her clothes in the guest room and took a rest there."

Rong Sheng nodded silently, continued to sip the tea in his hand and admire the decorative ornaments in the hall.

"what--"

"Um--"

Suddenly, a faint moaning sound from outside the hall reached Rong Sheng's ears.

She frowned slightly, pricked up her ears and listened carefully for a moment.

I just felt that the voice was so familiar.

This is--

The voices of Rong Jin and Liu Rufeng?

Her pupils shrank sharply and her forehead twitched slightly.

Listening to this sound, could it be that the two of them are...

After recovering from the surprise, Rong Sheng couldn't help thinking, although Rong Jin is as snobbish as Lu, as a noble lady of the Marquisate, she still has some reserve in her heart. She would never do such a thing in front of so many guests, could it be...

She couldn't help but think of the tricks Liu Rufeng used to plot against her by using drugs in the inn, and she suddenly understood.

I put my coat on Rong Jin at that time just to see if Liu Rufeng would mistake Rong Jin for myself and whether he would really have any tricks up his sleeve.

However, judging from the current situation, Liu Rufeng's way of taking revenge on her is probably to humiliate her at this banquet and force her to marry into the palace.

Ha, a hint of sneer appeared at the corner of her mouth. He is the prince of Jing'an Palace, but he likes to use such despicable tricks to deal with women. He is really shameless.

However, although Rong Jin was tricked, it can be seen from her jealous eyes just now that she is the one who really wants to marry into Prince Jing'an's Mansion. In that case, she might as well go with the flow and completely tie Rong Jin to the scumbag Liu Rufeng.

Thinking of this, she looked up at the guests who were chatting happily at the moment.

Perhaps because of the noisy voices in the hall, no one except Rong Sheng noticed the sound coming from outside the house.

Rong Sheng's eyes flashed with inspiration. He suddenly stood up from his seat and said to Liu Ling in a loud voice, pretending to be curious: "Liu Ling, there seems to be a strange sound outside the house. Did you hear it?"

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