Ranxiang Inn quickly delivered the prepared spices, all placed in separate sandalwood boxes.
This time, Qin Yuan did not make incense pills but simply mixed the spices delivered according to proportion, added mugwort, and instructed to light them at each courtyard's gate and main house.
Instantly, the mansion was filled with a strong and pungent medicinal aroma.
Old Madam Gu urgently ordered that Sixth Lady Gu hurriedly gathered all the tokens and account books and had Nanny Zhao send them to Wutong Garden.
Nanny Zhao, with a solemn expression, said, "Madam, once you hand them over, it might be difficult to get them back."
"I am reluctant too," Sixth Lady Gu said, heart aching, gritting her teeth, "If only I hadn't gone to Fengxuan Pavilion to speak, who knew that wretch would run away, wretch, truly a wretch."
Mentioning that woman made Sixth Lady Gu deeply resentful.
Her own daughter's face and body had already developed many pox marks, crying incessantly.
