Back at her residence, Zisu packed all her jewelry into a cloth bag. Then, she said to Dingxiang, "Pack up my clothes and small ornaments and move them to the garden where Madam lives. Put them by her green gauze wardrobe! Xiangli and I are going out for a while. Please take good care of Madam for me!"

After saying that, he pointed to an old woman and a maid: "You two will go with Dingxiang to serve the madam. The rest of you, stay here obediently and don't go out without my permission! Work hard and make sure this place is spotless before I return!"

Give them some work to do, so they won't cause trouble or leak information.

He then said to his wet nurse, "I'm leaving this place to you, wet nurse. I hope you won't let me down!"

The wet nurse smiled ingratiatingly and said, "Miss, don't worry, I'll take care of everything!"

Zisu nodded and smiled at her, but as she turned away, she couldn't help but roll her eyes: "Don't worry? In my past life, it was because you kept talking badly about my mother and how good my uncle's family was that I was completely fooled by them and didn't even trust my own mother!"

Zisu, along with Granny Jiang and Xiangli, went out in a carriage.

The person rushing to catch the carriage specifically requested Old Jiang, the husband of Granny Jiang. Old Jiang was a trustworthy man, much more loyal to his second wife than his own wife was to her second wife!

The group headed straight to the largest pawnshop in the capital. These jewels and ornaments were quite valuable, worth at least 30,000 taels of silver at their original price.

Upon reaching the door, Zisu instructed Old Jiang, "Uncle Jiang and Aunt Jiang, please carry the two cloth bags inside. Then, take the carriage to a secluded spot and come back to pick us up in a quarter of an hour!" She then gave Old Jiang a tael of silver, saying, "Take this and buy some food and drink."

Old Jiang and his wife did as instructed, carrying the bag into the pawnshop, then drove off in their carriage to find a secluded spot.

The shopkeeper welcomed Zisu and Xiangli into the reception room in the back hall. After inspecting the jewelry one by one, his eyes couldn't help but sparkle, and he couldn't hide the joy in his eyes: "To pawn it alive or dead?"

Zisu: "How much is it worth if I pawn it now? How much is it worth if I pawn it outright?"

Shopkeeper: "If I live, I'll pawn it for five thousand taels; if I die, I'll pawn it for ten thousand taels!"

Zisu readily agreed, "Then I'll pawn it all. Give me five thousand-tael silver notes, ten five-tael notes, and the rest all one-hundred-tael notes!"

Shopkeeper: "Alright, please wait a moment!"

Wow, I'm rich today! I've landed a big client! I can make at least ten thousand taels of silver by reselling these things!

After leaving the pawnshop, Zisu immediately went to Maoyuan Money Exchange, which was not far away, and deposited five silver notes worth one thousand taels each: password: appel. The withdrawal slip had Zisu's name signed in cursive script.

"Appel" means apple, a word Zisu learned in her dream. Before her rebirth, she had a very strange dream, in which she entered a very peculiar world. It seemed to be a future world, about a thousand years in the future. In the dream, she learned a lot of new and exciting knowledge, broadening her horizons. At this time, she understood why Consort Qian had given birth to two freaks—it was because she was the Prince's direct cousin, a case of incestuous marriage.

Maoyuan Money Shop was the most reputable money shop in the Western Liang Dynasty, and it could be used for deposits and withdrawals in ten major cities across the country.

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