Who doesn't love money?

She was just a stepmother with several children to support, unlike the domineering parents and grandparents of a powerful CEO who would come with tens of thousands of taels of silver and say, "Leave my son."

If that were the case, Gu An'an vowed that she would not haggle and would leave as soon as she got the silver notes.

Unfortunately, she never got the chance to have such a windfall.

Gu An'an was filled with mixed emotions. Looking at the young general who had become famous at a young age, she felt that he looked too serious and not as cute as the silver ingot in his arms.

Yes, money is still the cutest.

Chen Yuan had no idea what Gu An'an was thinking. He only remembered what Chen Bei had said: "Where is that Scholar Cao's family? I'll go find him."

Upon hearing this, Gu An'an felt that the person in front of her was only slightly less valuable than silver. "There's no need. He won't dare to cause trouble again. Thank you for your concern, General Chen."

Upon hearing this, Chen Bei felt that the two, who had been having a pleasant conversation, suddenly felt more distant, and the person in front of him began to become estranged again.

"Madam Gu, there's no need for such politeness."

"That's not it. It's just that I don't want to trouble two people with the same thing. Young Master Lin helped me, so it's not appropriate to bother General Chen as well."

Chen Yuan didn't find anything about Young Master Lin in the letter, but that didn't stop him from knowing who this Young Master Lin was. "I didn't expect Manager Gu to be acquainted with Lin Zixing."

"It's nothing special, it's just that Young Master Lin is patronizing my family's business."

She had barely finished speaking when she heard a commotion outside. "Be careful! If you break this, can you afford to take responsibility?"

Some diners in the restaurant asked, "Madam Gu, who have you offended?"

Who did Gu An'an offend?

It's all because she made some money from her shop that she attracted jealousy. Instead of seeking treatment herself, Su San Niang took revenge.

Do you really think she's easy to bully?

Gu An'an was furious inside, but she still had a smile on her face. "Maybe the store is doing well and it's bothering someone."

"Then you'll have to think of something, otherwise how am I supposed to bring my family to eat here in the future?"

Gu An'an quickly agreed, "Don't worry, we haven't opened yet. I'll take care of it later."

The customer nodded. "Then you'd better handle it well, otherwise there's a brothel right next door, and I really won't be able to come over."

"Definitely, definitely."

Chen Yuan looked at the smiling man seeing the guest off, his expression turning serious. "Who have you offended?"

"Who else could it be?"

Gu An'an chuckled. Su San Niang was an embroiderer, not a madam. Even if she had some savings, it didn't necessarily mean she could find those girls.

He had only gone to Su Sanniang that day to warn her not to cause any more trouble, but he hadn't expected to anger her so much that she went and cooperated with Bai Qiaoyin.

Seeing her like this, Chen Yuan said, "But you don't need to worry about anything, the one next door can't open."

"Is General Chen going to cause a scene at the brothel?" Gu An'an teased with a smile. "If Madam Xie and your wife find out, you'll be in for a world of trouble."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yuan calmly replied, "I cannot marry."

This surprised Gu An'an. The eldest son of the Chen family had become famous at a young age and was now over twenty, yet he was still not married and settled down.

Chen Yuan regretted his words as soon as he finished speaking. What did it matter whether he got married or not? Was it necessary to explain to her?

"I just want to say that I won't go next door and cause trouble. But they shouldn't have done that."

Gu An'an's curiosity was piqued by him. "General Chen means..."

Have you ever seen any brothels in the county town?

Gu An'an shook her head, "I've never heard of any brothels in Anping County... This is not right."

Something's not right.

From the time Guan Zhong founded brothels, where in cities large or small did not there not be such flesh trade?

But Anping County doesn't have that.

“Anping County is unique in Anzhou and even the entire thirty-two prefectures of the Great Ye Dynasty. It is the fiefdom of General An.”

Gu An'an knew, of course.

General An was deeply favored by the Longqing Emperor, who set a precedent in the dynasty by granting him Anping County as his fief.

Every blade of grass and every tree on the fiefdom belongs to General An.

This general was also an interesting person; he did not collect taxes from the people in his fiefdom.

Perhaps the disappearance of brothels in Anping County is also closely related to him.

"After His Majesty granted Anping County to the General earlier, he explicitly forbade such flesh trade within the fiefdom. It seems your neighbor is quite bold, disregarding General An's orders."

Perhaps it's due to boldness, or perhaps it's due to a muddled mind.

Regardless of the reason, Gu An'an wanted to see how the neighbors would handle the situation.

Just as she was about to thank Chen Yuan, she suddenly heard a diner next door exclaim, "What is this? A scorpion? How come there's a scorpion in this dish?"

Now it was Gu An'an who frowned.

She rushed over to deal with it, and Chen Yuan, seeing this, also went to the next room, which was brighter and had more people than this place.

They're all gathered over there now.

"Madam Gu, I've eaten here at least eight or ten times. I'm a loyal customer and I've always patronized your business. You can't just become careless because your shop is big and business is good. If there's a scorpion in the dish today, what will happen tomorrow? Maybe there will be a poisonous snake or a centipede?"

The other diners also started discussing this amongst themselves.

"I don't have that in my dish."

"I didn't either. I've never found anything in it before. Madam Gu is very generous in her business dealings, so it shouldn't be like this."

The regular customer who found the scorpion in his food was displeased upon hearing this. "Are you implying I'm lying? Would I go that far? What would I gain from lying?"

"Brother Li, don't be angry. Did you find the scorpion in the sweet and sour pork?"

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