After transmigrating into the body of a widow, I became the richest man in the capital.

Chapter 147 An Unprecedented Expression of Gratitude
Tang Xiaoman started cursing at Su Xiaoxiao, which really stunned Su Xiaoxiao.

She had said she still wanted to save her, but before she could even speak up to help, she had become the villainous woman in the other person's eyes.

Su Xiaoxiao was really suppressing her anger. She looked at Prince Gong.

"This woman is named Tang Xiaoman. She is the cousin of General Pei Yuan. I know her. If Prince Gong doesn't mind, please release her."

If Prince Gong doesn't really want this woman, he should just let her go. After all, she's connected to General Pei Yuan, and you can't afford to offend her, can you?
Prince Gong was also surprised to find that this woman was actually Pei Yuan's cousin. He was stunned at the time.

"Well, since he's Boss Su's friend, let's treat this as a misunderstanding and release him!"

Prince Gong issued an order to release Tang Xiaoman.

Su Xiaoxiao continued calmly, "If Prince Gong really likes Miss Tang, he can personally go and propose marriage. After all, her family is not small, and this marriage is such an important part of the process, how can they miss it?"

Prince Gong only wanted to capture her for fun; how could he possibly marry Tang Xiaoman?

Furthermore, Prince Gong was afraid that he wouldn't be able to control such a fiery woman.

"Oh, it was a misunderstanding today. It was done by my subordinates. I had no idea about it. I will deal with my subordinates properly in the future."

Prince Gong blamed all the blame on his subordinates, released Tang Xiaoman, and even gave her a nice new dress.

They also showed Tang Xiaoman a seat and asked her to sit in the lobby.

Just as Tang Xiaoman was about to scold Su Xiaoxiao, she forced herself to shut her mouth.

Even if she were stupid, she could tell that Prince Gong had given Su Xiaoxiao some face by letting her go today.

She even dared to scold Su Xiaoxiao in front of Prince Gong, who was invited here as a distinguished guest and was a guest of honor of Prince Gong.

She was just a prisoner of Prince Gong, but now that she's been released, she's become very obedient and keeps her mouth shut.

Su Xiaoxiao didn't want to see her there, so she said to Prince Gong, "Her maid is waiting for her outside, and she seems quite anxious. I'll see her out first, and then come back to discuss the new soy sauce recipe with Prince Gong later."

Prince Gong nodded. Actually, this was for the best. It was a trade secret, and it would be awkward to have a stranger listening to it.

Su Xiaoxiao led Tang Xiaoman out of the villa gate and arrived at the gate. Sure enough, they saw the little maid Xiao Cui hiding behind a tree not far away.

When Xiao Cui saw her young mistress emerge from the villa, she noticed that she had changed her clothes and, although her makeup was smudged from crying, she appeared to be unharmed.

She was naturally overjoyed and ran over to hug Tang Xiaoman, showering her with concern.

"I've brought your young lady back to you. You should leave this place of trouble immediately."

After saying this to Su Xiaoxiao and Xiao Cui, they turned and left.

Tang Xiaoman, pushed and shoved by her maid, finally realized what was happening.

"Thank you, Miss Su."

Although her voice was as soft as a mosquito's buzz, it was indeed difficult for Tang Xiaoman to say those words. Su Xiaoxiao didn't turn around but walked away directly.

Su Xiaoxiao returned to the banquet, where Prince Gong was waiting for her eagerly.

"Mr. Su, is everything settled?"

Prince Gong asked.

"Ah."

"Now, can we talk about our business?" Prince Gong cleared his throat, pretending that nothing had happened.

He continued, "It's a pleasure to have us all gathered here today. It's really not easy for me, Qian Musheng, and Boss Su to meet. Let's get back to business. I'm very interested in partnering with you, Boss Su, to open a soy sauce workshop. What do you think, Boss Su?"

After hearing this, Su Xiaoxiao glanced at Qian Musheng beside her and said, "Since Prince Gong has taken the initiative to propose this idea, how dare we, as his subordinates, disobey? However, this matter is too big, and it is a bit difficult for a mere woman like me to make a decision. But I trust Young Master Qian, and I will follow your instructions. I will do whatever you say."

The pressure fell on Qian Musheng. Indeed, Qian Musheng and Su Xiaoxiao were business partners, but Qian Musheng was not someone to be trifled with.

Prince Gong thought to himself.

Prince Gong gained absolutely nothing from this, so he could only turn to Qian Musheng.

Qian Musheng thought for a moment and said, "That's fine. But we can discuss the details of the cooperation later. What do you think, Prince Gong?"

"Okay, let's sign a contract first."

The two signed a preliminary agreement regarding the matters to be discussed before the cooperation, as things such as where to build the factory and how to split the profits still needed further discussion.

After everyone chatted politely for a while, Prince Gong finally let the two go.

Prince Gong warmly escorted the two to the door, and Qian Musheng got into his carriage and left with Su Xiaoxiao.

Once the carriage was far from Prince Gong's villa, Su Xiaoxiao finally spoke to Qian Musheng, who was leaning against the carriage pretending to doze off.

"You can still sleep?"

"what happened?"

Qian Musheng opened his eyes and asked Su Xiaoxiao.

"Prince Gong is a wolf in sheep's clothing. You still signed a cooperation agreement with him. Aren't you afraid of being played by him?"

Qian Musheng looked at Su Xiaoxiao, smiling but not speaking, though a sly look flashed in his eyes.

"Don't worry about this matter, I know what I'm doing. We won't do anything to lose out. I will absolutely not reveal the soy sauce recipe to that old fox, but we will need Prince Gong's help with things like opening a workshop in the capital and exporting jam to foreign countries in the future."

Both sides want some of the other's interests, so the cooperation can be described as a relationship of mutual exploitation.

As the saying goes, "The righteous path is one foot high, but the evil path is ten feet high."

When it comes to doing business, Su Xiaoxiao felt she should learn more from Qian Musheng, since he was a very experienced person.

Su Xiaoxiao and Qian Musheng returned to the Qian residence, only to receive a letter from home.

It turned out that Ms. Sun wanted Su Xiaoxiao to go home early because there were things to do in the jam business, but she said she couldn't make the decision herself.

Upon seeing this, Su Xiaoxiao had no choice but to say goodbye to Qian Musheng.

We'll have to trouble Qian Musheng to help with the jam and soy sauce here.

Qian Musheng asked Xiaodengzi and Xiaozhuozi to escort Su Xiaoxiao back to Baihua Village.

Back in Baihua Village, Su Xiaoxiao went to find Sun Shi and found her helping out in the fields. In the past few days, after the spring rains, the sun had been shining brightly for several days, making the rice seedlings in the fields look listless.

Sun was busy working in her own fields until her feet were about to fall off her head, and she was stubborn, so she didn't ask anyone for help.

Wang Er was busy selling jam at a stall in town and had no time to help.

(End of this chapter)