Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

Gu Qianhan's indifferent voice sounded from above: "Are you thinking about how to repay my favor?"

Shen Wantang raised her head, looked him straight in the eye, and answered honestly, "Yes, six hundred taels is not a small sum. I feel unworthy of it."

"I need some money recently, how about you lend me some?"

"How much does the Second Young Master want?"

"A bit much."

“How much is a bit too much?”

"Five million taels!"

"what?!"

Shen Wantang's pupils trembled: "Why do you want so much?"

Years ago, Ye Chongli's corruption case shocked the court and the public. He was a county magistrate, but he had been extremely corrupt for six consecutive years. He embezzled all the money the court used to control floods and repair dams, and also accepted countless bribes, but it was only one million taels of silver!

But Gu Qianhan asked for five million taels!

What does he want to do? Can he issue a ticket?

No, that's not right. The issuing bank doesn't need so much silver. Even the national treasury may not be able to take out five million taels of silver all at once.

In a flash, Shen Wantang suddenly thought of a possibility!

Gu Qianhan wanted money because he wanted to recruit soldiers and manufacture large quantities of weapons and gunpowder!

For the survival of the Gu family, he is going to rebel!

And treason was exactly the crime that the emperor and the prince framed the Gu family with in the previous life!

Shen Wantang stared at Gu Qianhan in a daze, thoughts kept flashing through her mind, but she couldn't ask a single question.

The sunlight shone through the window onto his angular face. His facial features were undoubtedly extremely handsome, but at this moment, his handsome face did not have the familiar coldness, nor the signature indifference. There was only a faint smile and an air of indifference.

He is now full of vigor and vitality, as if he is unaware of the fate of the Gu family being massacred. This is in stark contrast to him who was tortured beyond recognition in the death row in his previous life.

At this moment, Shen Wantang sincerely didn't want him to go through the pain and torture of his previous life again. She hoped that he could survive and live as high-spirited as he is now.

After a long while, Shen Wantang finally found his voice: "Second Young Master, you are joking. I don't have that much silver. Besides, your Nine Revolutions Huanyan Pill is only worth 600 taels of silver. It's a bit unreasonable for me to lend you 5 million taels, right?"

She sympathized with him, but she was still rational and clear-headed. Not to mention that she couldn't come up with five million taels, even if she could, she wouldn't give it to him like this!

Otherwise, if his rebellion fails in the future, not only will all her money be wasted, but she may even be implicated to death by him just because she lent him the money!

Gu Qianhan smiled: "I know you don't have that much silver, how about lending me 500,000 taels?"

"Not even half a million taels."

"Fifty thousand taels? That should be enough, right?"

Shen Wantang looked at him suspiciously: "Isn't this amount a bit too low? Second Young Master, are you testing me?"

"This is not a test."

"what is that?"

"Just to tease you."

After Gu Qianhan finished speaking, he turned around and walked outside: "Let's go. The medicine was given to you as a gift, so it is given to you. You don't owe me a favor, only I owe you a favor."

Shen Wantang held the porcelain bottle and watched him leave.

Qin Xin was pleasantly surprised: "Princess, this is good, we don't have to buy medicine, we can get a bottle for free! Second Master Gu is such a nice person, he is totally different from the rumors, cold on the outside but warm on the inside! Oh, no, he is not cold on the outside, he is even smiling when talking to you!"

Du Juan's face was full of doubts: "Princess, Second Master Gu said he owed you a favor? When did this happen? Have you done him any favors recently?"

Shen Wantang shook his head: "I haven't helped recently."

Helped in the previous life.

But he still remembered it until now. He had already given her one thousand taels of gold, and now he was giving her an ointment that was so expensive that it was shocking.

Shen Wantang lowered his head and smelled the ointment, then handed it to Du Juan: "Open it, take out a few portions, and soak them in water, burn them, and soak them in oil."

Du Juan knew that this was the real business, so she responded, asked the waiter for water, fire and oil, and started testing the medicine according to Shen Wantang's instructions.

When she was taking the medicine, Shen Wantang reminded her: "Be careful, don't get it on your skin. The properties of the medicine are still unknown. If it is toxic, it will hurt your body."

Qin Xin also said, "That's right. There is no one in Aunt Chu's family who knows medicine. If she says she can make medicine, I will be the first to disbelieve it. Who knows what kind of weird things she put in the medicine? Du Juan, you'd better be careful."

Du Juan was indeed very careful: "I also think that Aunt Chu's scar-removing medicine has problems. Our Crown Prince's Consort's scar-removing medicine is already very powerful, but it doesn't have the magical effects they say. There are so many ointments with magical effects, which are not what we should have in the world. They should be immortal medicines!"

After trying several ointments according to Shen Wantang's request, Shen Wantang frowned and said, "This ointment does contain some precious herbs that can remove scars and smooth the skin, but it also contains lead and ghost bone powder, which are harmful to the body, but can quickly whiten the skin."

Qin Xin said angrily: "Mrs. Chu really has no ability. She just likes to attract attention and likes to cheat and harm others!"

Du Juan pointed at the plates and asked, "Princess, why are there blue particles in all three plates? It seems that they can neither be melted by water, burned by fire, nor damaged by oil. What is this?"

Shen Wantang was also looking at the blue particles on the plate. She whispered, "This thing is called blue gold, and it comes from Tianzhu."

"As the name suggests, it is like blue gold, not afraid of water or fire. It is only afraid of one thing, and that is vinegar."

"It is much harder than gold. Grinding it into tiny particles and applying it on the face will give you an extremely warm and comfortable feeling. It helps heal scars and relieve pain."

Qin Xin's eyes widened: "There is such a thing? Such a good thing, how come I have never heard of it?"

Shen Wantang smiled faintly: "Because this thing is a banned drug in Dafeng."

"Illegal drugs?"

"Yes, it has the same properties as opium poppy, and it can make people addicted. In fact, blue gold is even more addictive."

Du Juan was shocked: "How dare Shendantang sell this scar removal cream? Aren't they afraid of being shut down?"

"There is no problem with using it in small quantities. Haven't you seen that Shendan Hall is strictly controlling the quantity sold? Moreover—"

Shen Wantang paused for a moment, and said with a hint of sarcasm: "The Shendan Hall can become the number one pharmacy in the capital. The backers behind it are so powerful that you can't imagine. It won't be closed down that easily."

In the previous life, Shendantang made a lot of money by selling all kinds of so-called miracle drugs and killed many people.

However, until Shen Wantang's death, it was still standing, and its business even became more prosperous.

Shen Wantang had secretly investigated several murder cases, and behind them there was the shadow of Shendantang. Unfortunately, its backers were too strong, and she didn't even dare to touch it, otherwise, she would be the one to die.