Chapter 264: Has His Identity Been Discovered?
Du Wanchun sensed something was wrong, strode over to Aunt Zhou, shielded her behind her, and said to the shopkeeper of the rouge shop, "Shopkeeper, this lady saw the rouge first, so let her buy it first."
Seeing that the women looked strange, the shopkeeper didn't dare to speak for a moment and replied softly, "Yes, Boss Zhou."
The noblewoman, who had been staring at Granny Zhou, finally came to her senses and said, "Oh, so you're not dead!"
Aunt Zhou shivered and pulled Du Wanchun, saying, "Wanchun, let's go quickly."
Du Wanchun lowered her head and asked her, "Mother, who is she?"
Aunt Zhou quickly replied, "She is the wife of Lord Chang from the capital. We were quite familiar with each other before she got married."
Du Wanchun then realized that it was an old friend from the capital.
Now that the two had met, leaving now would be like protesting too much. She smiled and turned to Madam Chang, saying, "Madam, you may have mistaken me for someone else."
Madam Chang composed herself and looked at Aunt Zhou again, and found that she was indeed somewhat different from before, and began to wonder if she had mistaken her for someone else.
Upon hearing Du Wanchun's words, Aunt Zhou played the part of a shrewish peasant woman, pointing at Madam Chang and cursing, "What did you just say about dying and coming back to life? I never expected you to curse me to death over a piece of rouge!"
She deliberately widened her eyes and grinned, looking completely different from when she was in the palace.
Madam Chang looked somewhat dazed.
The shopkeeper of the rouge shop stepped in to smooth things over, saying, "Ladies, please don't be in such a hurry. I have plenty of rouge here. Why don't you come and take a look together?"
Madam Chang snorted coldly and said, "I don't like the things here."
After saying that, she turned and left the rouge shop.
Seeing that she didn't insist on bothering her, Aunt Zhou figured she probably didn't doubt her identity anymore.
Du Wanchun reassured her, saying, "Mother, don't worry, even if she has guessed who you are, she won't spread this information."
Aunt Zhou nodded slightly, "Okay, let's go back now."
After buying the rouge, the two immediately returned to Changliu Village and told the Third Prince about it.
Upon hearing this, the Third Prince immediately asked, "Madam Chang saw you?"
Aunt Zhou nodded and said, "Yes, I really didn't expect to see her in Cheng'an County."
The Third Prince quickly said, "I also received news a few days ago that Lord Chang passed away due to illness. I guess Madam Chang came to Lord Chang's old residence with her child."
"Is Lord Chang's old residence here?" Aunt Zhou asked in confusion.
The Third Prince nodded. "That's right."
Aunt Zhou suddenly realized, "I think she doesn't seem to recognize me completely. Don't worry, I don't think she'll spread the news so quickly."
The Third Prince stood up and said, "I'll go to the Chang family later to check things out and test them."
Aunt Zhou quickly said, "If you go, won't you expose your identity here?"
The Third Prince waved his hand and said, "It's alright, she's just a woman, she can't make things difficult for me."
Aunt Zhou breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.
Du Wanchun wasn't in a hurry about this matter. Judging from the Third Prince's expression just now, she seemed to have noticed something different.
She pulled at Aunt Zhou to divert her attention, saying, "Mother, did you see that rouge shop today?"
Aunt Zhou replied, "I saw it, what's wrong?"
Du Wanchun said, "The owner of that rouge shop is preparing to leave Cheng'an County to make a living elsewhere. He asked me before whether I wanted the rouge shop or not. If I did, he would sell the shop to me and also sell me some of his family's old rouge-making recipes."
Aunt Zhou thought for a moment and asked, "How much silver?"
Du Wanchun smiled and said, "It's not much. The shop and the rouge recipe only cost a little over fifty taels of silver in total."
Aunt Zhou was delighted. "It's really not expensive, and the location of his shop is quite good."
Du Wanchun nodded. "Yes, the shopkeeper urgently needs money, so he's selling at a low price."
Aunt Zhou smiled and said, "Then let's buy it. It just so happens that we make some beauty and skincare balms to sell together with the rouge shop."
Du Wanchun had the same idea, "Yes, Mother."
With the matter of the rouge shop settled, Aunt Zhou immediately forgot about Madam Chang's affair.
She, along with Aunt Du and Aunt Wang, and the two young wives of the Qiu family at the edge of the village, began to prepare rouge and perfume.
The business of Zhou's Incense Shop is now very stable. There aren't many customers, but they are regulars, and the required spices can be made on time.
The Zhou family's main business is still Du Wanchun's rice shop.
People need food as their most important thing, and rice is something that every household needs. Now that there are many shops open, the daily income is more than that of incense shops.
If the rouge shop reopens now, things will be busy again.
Meanwhile, the Third Prince had already taken a carriage to the Chang family's old residence in Cheng'an County.
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