Back to the day I married my second wife, I turned around and married my ex-husband's uncle

The moment he met her eyes, Lu Qingheng's heart tightened, he clutched the quilt tightly, and his back felt cold.

How did Jiang Ningwan know this?

"No! I don't know what that medicine is!" Lu Qingheng hurriedly explained, and wanted to get up but fell down too weakly.

Jiang Ningwan knew she wouldn't admit it, so she said coldly, "Which doctor wrote the prescription? Should we ask him?"

"Whoever dares to tamper with your pregnancy-preserving medicine is so audacious that he must be apprehended and brought to justice!"

Hearing this, a hint of nervousness flashed in Lu Qingheng's eyes.

"I..." As soon as she said this, she suddenly felt unbearable abdominal pain and fainted.

Qin Beihuang stepped forward eagerly, "Qingheng!"

Doctor Xu also hurried forward to check and said, "Mrs. Lu is fine. She must have caught a cold and fainted due to the excitement."

Qin Beihuang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Jiang Ningwan sneered, "You fainted just in time."

"Qin Beihuang, can we ask the doctor who prescribed the medicine to come and ask who tampered with the pregnancy-preserving medicine?"

In fact, at this point, no doctor is needed to know that the pregnancy-preserving medicine could not have been tampered with by her. The only possible person is Lu Qingheng himself.

Otherwise, why would he faint before he could explain?

Qin Beihuang frowned, his eyes darkened, and his mood was extremely complicated.

He didn't want to doubt Qingheng, but Jiang Ningwan was so righteous and confident, so the result of the investigation must be as she said.

But why did Qingheng do this?

Qin Beihuang gritted his teeth, picked up Lu Qingheng, and walked out the door, "Doctor Xu, please come back to the General's Mansion with me."

Seeing him leave with a guilty conscience, Jiang Ningwan was somewhat disappointed and shook her head, "I thought you had the courage to get to the bottom of this. Are you scared now?"

"I'm really curious why Sister Qingheng cares about me so much. She even aborted the baby in her belly in order to frame me. It's such a pitiful waste of a life..."

Qin Beihuang's palms clenched slightly and his face looked very ugly.

But she couldn't find any words to refute Jiang Ningwan, so she could only leave in embarrassment. Looking at Lu Qingheng, whose face was pale in her arms, she felt heartbroken and angry.

Li Chun watched them leave in silence, feeling extremely happy. She could only exclaim, "Mrs. Lu is willing to use her own child to frame the young lady."

Jiang Ningwan withdrew her gaze calmly, "With her body, she couldn't keep the child anyway, so of course she was willing to give it up."

Thinking of Qin Beihuang's ugly face, Jiang Ningwan felt a little relieved.

The child was gone, and it was the one he loved who aborted it herself, which was doubly painful. —

The next morning, Aunt Xu came to tell her the news.

"Madam, yesterday the whole palace was in turmoil. Princess Yi learned that her child was gone, and she was so angry that her headache came back. The general and Madam Lu also had a quarrel."

"In the middle of the night, Madam Lu suddenly decided to check my accounts. She said there was something wrong with my shopping expenses and she deducted a month's salary from me!"

"He must have known that I had been to the Jiang residence and thought I was the one who snitched."

Jiang Ningwan was doing horse stance. When she heard this, she knew what Aunt Xu wanted. "Thank you for your hard work. I'll give you this month's wages."

"It's not hard to work for Madam, and I'm not complaining. I just want you to be at ease. I will keep a close eye on the General's Mansion for you!"

Lichun brought some silver to Aunt Xu, and Aunt Xu left happily.

"They have started to deduct Madam Xu's wages. It seems that the General's Mansion really can't afford the money. The weather is so cold, it must be hard to endure." Li Chun felt happy.

The harder times are yet to come.

"Have you bought everything I wanted?" Jiang Ningwan asked.

Li Chun nodded. "The ice cellar is almost full, but I don't understand why the young lady suddenly stockpiled so much rice and flour?"

"Not only food, but also medicinal materials need to be stocked up."

Jiang Ningwan returned to her room to change clothes, saying, "It's almost the end of the year, so it's time to go inspect the shop."

East Street.

As the year draws to a close, this street becomes even more lively. Shops big and small are doing brisk business and are bustling with people.

Jiang Ningwan and Li Chun, both wearing veil hats, first came to an antique shop.

"Miss, what would you like to see?" the waiter came over to greet her.

Jiang Ningwan took out a jade token from her sleeve. The waiter was startled when he saw it and quickly gestured for her to come in. "Please come to the back."

When we arrived at the inner room, the waiter served tea and said, "Please wait a moment, young lady."

After a while, the shopkeeper came in holding an exquisite wooden box. "Miss, you came a little late this year. I have already prepared the rent for this year."

The shopkeeper placed the wooden box on the table and opened it, revealing a stack of banknotes. "Please count them."

Jiang Ningwan slammed the wooden box shut. "No need to order. I trust you. I have somewhere else to go, so I won't bother you anymore."

Picking up the wooden box, Jiang Ningwan stood up and left.

"Take care." The shopkeeper saw him off warmly.

Then the two of them went to the next store. All the shopkeepers were very generous and had prepared the rent early. In less than half an hour, they had collected rent from most of the street.

Sitting in the carriage, Jiang Ningwan rubbed her shoulders. Li Chun quickly stepped forward to give her a massage. "Miss, this year's rent is really easy to collect. It's not like previous years where you had to talk a lot."

Jiang Ningwan smiled and said, "Because the rent of the shops on West Street has increased, and ours hasn't, of course they paid it readily."

The rent will increase even more in two years.

Although the rent collection process went smoothly today, it was already evening when we collected the rent for the entire street.

After putting the money into the bank, Jiang Ningwan went to Dengque Tower.

In the spacious room in the inner courtyard, the charcoal fire was warm. Jiang Ningwan sat at the head of the conference table, drinking tea casually.

"Miss, this is the account of Dengque Tower for this year. Please take a look first." Old Huo handed the account book to her and put a plate of snacks on it.

Jiang Ningwan flipped it open, took a look, and nodded, "This year's profits are not bad."

Old Huo said confidently, "When our restaurant opens next year, the profits will at least double!"

Jiang Ningwan smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

Soon, footsteps were heard outside, and people entered the room one after another to greet Jiang Ningwan, "Miss!"

"Everyone, take a seat."

Everyone handed in their account books one after another. Jiang Ningwan checked them one by one and was not surprised.

"All the major shops have made a lot of money this year. Thanks to the excellent management of the shops, we will increase the dividends by another 10% this year."

As soon as these words came out, the dozen or so shopkeepers in the room were all extremely surprised, "Really? Miss, you are too polite!"

"Yes, we can do this business thanks to the eldest lady."

Jiang Ningwan glanced calmly at everyone. Some of them were smiling, while others had no expression on their faces.

And Old Shen from Gu Fengxing sneered.

She knew that although these shopkeepers appeared polite, few of them were truly convinced of her.

Especially led by Lao Shen.

After all, she had only taken over Qianqiu Trading Company for two years. Although she had learned a lot of business skills from her mother, she was still just an inexperienced girl in front of these old foxes.

In her previous life, she had to work hard to completely control the Qianqiu Chamber of Commerce.

"Old Shen, will the grain store still be buying rice from the south next year?"

Old Shen replied reluctantly, "Yes."

Jiang Ningwan spoke slowly, "Next year, we'll switch to rice from Jinlan County in the north. Huainan is suffering from floods right now, and grain prices will definitely rise next year. They won't even have enough to eat themselves, and the procurement cost is too high."

Hearing this, Old Shen sneered, "Miss, you don't understand. Huainan is suffering from floods, but not the entire south is suffering from floods. I have already ordered rice from Xinan, and the purchase price will not increase."

Everyone present could hear how disdainful Old Shen's attitude was. Doctor Hong couldn't help but scold him: "Old Shen, how can you talk to a young lady like that?"

Jiang Ningwan, however, remained calm and resolute, "That's fine. I'm putting my word here. Next year, we must switch to rice from Jinlan County in the north."

"If you don't change the rice, I will change you."