Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress
Chapter 904 - 906: The First Wife Enters the Capital (3)

Chapter 904: Chapter 906: The First Wife Enters the Capital (3)

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The reinstatement of Empress Jin quickly spread, stirring anxiety among many, but it did not affect Cai Wei’s mood at all. According to Brother Parrot, he had administered a potent dose of medicine to Empress Jin, and within three days, she would certainly die. Given this, why should she worry about a woman who was about to die? With that energy, she might as well look for a decent shop on the street to open a glass store!

All three shops at home had been closed. As long as Empress Jin did not die and The Prince did not fall from power, Cai Wei dared not take the risk of opening her shop, lest they fall into their traps. However, the ginseng shop had been operating as usual because very few people knew that she was the boss behind the scenes.

That day, Cai Wei finally managed to get away from the two children at home and went to the street to look for a suitable shop to open her glass store. Passing by her own ginseng shop, she made a point to go in and have a look.

Seeing the boss had arrived, Master Situ hurriedly welcomed her into the inner room and presented the account books for her to see.

Cai Wei had just passed by and entered to take a look, not specifically to check the accounts, but since she was there, it was only natural to check them.

She glanced through and found that since she took over, the turnover of the ginseng shop was quite significant, amounting to 6362 taels, and after deducting the principal and various expenses, she could earn about one thousand taels.

In just over ten days, she had earned so much silver, which also included the cost of the ginseng she had incidentally purchased from Huo Yuan when negotiating for the shop. If she were to sell the ginseng in her space, wouldn’t she earn even more?

"Boss, we have sold quite a lot of goods these days, and the shop is almost empty," said Situ Changge, "Do you think we should consider restocking soon?"

After serving tea, Situ Changge stood respectfully by Cai Wei’s side, not daring to sit down without the boss’s command.

Cai Wei put the 6362 taels in silver bills into her purse and motioned for Master Situ to sit down.

"I’ll handle the restocking. You just take care of the shop," she said.

Master Situ hesitated, wanting to speak but stopping himself. He knew many ginseng sellers who could provide good quality ginseng at a low price, but since the boss insisted on doing the purchasing herself, he simply kept quiet and let her handle the procurement.

After having a cup of tea and just as Cai Wei was about to leave, the door to the ginseng shop suddenly opened and a young lady walked in, followed by a crowd of maid servants.

The lady appeared delicate and refined, with every gesture exuding excellent upbringing, clearly coming from a distinguished family.

However, she seemed very young, scarcely at the age of marriage, and needed the support of a maid to walk, suggesting either frail health or a congenital deficiency. She wore a light blue satin beizi embroidered with peonies around the neckline, a bright red pleated skirt embroidered with peony branches symbolizing the main wife, half-tied hair that looked like dark clouds, wearing cinnabar gold ruyi step-shake, cinnabar gold pearl hairpin, cinnabar gold gem-set butterfly flower hairpin, pink Palace flowers, and earrings with a golden jade pendant of a rabbit pounding medicine, adding a sense of dignified, opulent bearing to her already beautiful appearance.

This person was Du Wanqing, the Third Young Lady of the second wife of Duke An’s Mansion, who was just thirteen this year, an age just blooming, yet married to the over-forty Duke Wuchang, Jin Dapeng, whose ill temperament and disability made life difficult for this young wife.

Nevertheless, from Du Wanqing’s current attire and the scale of her entourage, it was evident she was fairly well-adjusted as the Lady of Duke Wuchang, at least maintaining the dignity that her position demanded.

Cai Wei quickly turned around, not wanting to be recognized by her. Firstly, there was nothing much to say between her and Du Wanqing; secondly, until Nangong Yi had confirmed her identity, she did not wish to be known to be alive by more people, to prevent the opportunists from exploiting this information.