After the divorce, I was adorned in a phoenix robe, while my ex-husband's entire family dug up

A magnificent carriage with gold-threaded crane patterns was parked in front of the Marquis's mansion. Its extravagance made the surrounding commoners hesitate to approach.

Wei Jiaruo recognized it at a glance; it must be the Seventh Princess's carriage.

She bowed respectfully.

The carriage curtain was slowly lifted, revealing a person inside with rosy lips and white teeth, and youthful eyes and brows, yet the oppressive feeling remained undiminished.

Pei Ran looked down at Wei Jiaruo with a hint of disdain in her eyes, clearly looking down on her.

"I have come today to warn you."

Wei Jiaruo sat in her wheelchair, her back stiff and seemingly at a loss.

Pei Ran continued, "As the younger sister, don't go too far in trying to steal your older sister's husband. Wei Zhaoning is living like a widow. You're alienating Marquis Yongxin from her. If she does something irreversible when she goes out, it will damage the reputation of your Marquis's mansion."

Wei Jiaruo's eyes darted around as she carefully analyzed Pei Ran's words.

"Do you understand what I'm saying today?" Her voice was cold, a stark contrast to her youthful and delicate appearance.

Wei Jiaruo lowered her eyes and said meekly, "Yes, Seventh Princess."

Pei Ran rolled her eyes at her, had the maid draw the carriage curtain, and rode away.

Wei Jiaruo stood there stunned in the wind for a long time.

She quickly figured it out.

The Seventh Princess's words today, seemingly meant to warn her, were actually aimed at Wei Zhaoning!

She remembered that Wei Zhaoning had stayed overnight at the Prince's mansion the day before and had not returned home. She figured that the Seventh Princess must not like Wei Zhaoning and had some ideas about her.

The poor Seventh Princess had no idea that the Regent had never married in his previous life and spent his days with a man named Xiao Heng.

The Seventh Princess, as the Regent's own sister, couldn't even see through this little thing!

But that doesn't matter. As long as she has a problem with Wei Zhaoning, she can use it.

She narrowed her eyes. Wei Zhaoning, you've really messed with someone tough this time.

She has no power, but there are plenty of people who do.

*

In recent days, Wei Zhaoning noticed that Lu Ze was beaming and looking very pleased with himself.

"Miss, the Second Young Master has been acting very strangely these past few days. Is something wrong with his mind? I even saw him laughing alone against the wall." Dongxu's face turned pale, as if she had seen a madman.

This second young master already has a bad temper; if he really has a problem with his brain, who knows what earth-shattering things he might do.

Wei Zhaoning chuckled, "Perhaps he's struck it rich."

Dongxu exclaimed, "Miss, you don't know what's going on outside. They're saying that the jasmine in the Second Young Master's spice shop smells like... shit."

They all say that they go to the Second Young Master's place to spend money in order to curry favor with Young Master Bai.

The longer it went on, the stronger the smell became, and I couldn't stand it anymore, so I haven't been going there recently.

Wei Zhaoning seemed to be deep in thought.

"Then let's wait and see, maybe something good will happen."

That day, Lu Ze returned from the shop looking disheveled.

He wouldn't say what happened no matter who asked, he just had a gloomy face.

Wei Jiaruo took the lead, considering her brother-in-law's feelings, and pestered his personal servant for a long time before she finally found out some information.

It turned out that something had happened at the shop, and government officials had come to investigate.

The incident began when a young woman went missing, and the authorities suspected she had been murdered, so they began investigating the clues.

One day, someone reported that a pungent stench was emanating from the stables of Lord Liu's house in the north of the city, making people vomit uncontrollably.

When the authorities came to investigate, they even took Lord Liu to the Dali Temple and detained him for two days.

The investigation later revealed that the stench was not coming from the corpse, but from a spice purchased from Lu Ze's spice shop.

The government officials went to Lu Ze's shop and, after investigating the matter, released Lord Liu.

Lord Liu was furious about this and gathered a lot of people to cause trouble at Lu Ze's shop, no longer caring about Lord Bai or anything like that.

Lu Ze was summoned to deal with the matter. He bowed and scraped, paying Lord Liu a large sum of money, and only when he had completely lost face was the matter considered closed.

He wanted to seek help from Bai Yunxiao, but Bai Yunxiao claimed to be ill and refused to see him, leaving him feeling extremely anxious and uncertain.

When Wei Jiaru heard this news, she felt like she had been hit on the head. Why were there so many obstacles in this life?

She clearly remembered that Lu Ze was very good at perfume making in her previous life. Not to mention his signature intoxicating fragrance, even his other unremarkable fragrances were made by Lu Ze and sold very well.

Could it be that Lu Ze forgot the recipe?

She comforted him, saying, "Aze, I think gambling is fine, but you shouldn't neglect your important business. You've been spending every day at the casino these days, so you might have become a little lax."

Why don't we re-examine the prescription?

Lu Ze felt a surge of shame and indignation when he recalled being pointed at and insulted on the street earlier that day.

In his past life, even if Wei Zhaoning was the one who created the Soul-Stirring Incense, he learned all the other incense recipes from his master. They were all the same formula, so how could there be a mistake?

He felt that Wei Jiaruo made sense; one should be down-to-earth in life.

He remembered his past life clearly, but in this life he might have mixed up one or two ingredients.

However, Master Zhang was instigated by Wei Zhaoning to dislike him.

Huh? That's right!

Lu Ze recalled that in his previous life, Master Zhang only played a guiding and recommending role, which helped to make the shop famous.

He learned all the other incense from a master surnamed Tang, who was a recluse and hard to find; Wei Zhaoning found him.

That master was patient, and unlike Master Zhang, he wasn't difficult to talk to and was aloof.

"I understand, sister-in-law. I'm going to find a teacher surnamed Tang to teach me. Don't worry." Lu Ze regained his enthusiasm.

Wei Jiaruo knew this Master Tang. During the five years of her faked death in her previous life, the old lady would send a letter to Lu Zhufeng every now and then.

It details the recent situation of the Marquis's residence and mentions Master Tang, who was found by Wei Zhaoning.

She lowered her eyes, having made up her mind.

After she left, Lu Ze fiddled with a jade pendant and gave instructions to the servant as if it were a trivial matter.

"Have someone relay what happened at the shop today to Wei Zhaoning."

The servant was taken aback. Did this matter even need to be publicized? The whole capital probably already knew about it, and the Lady of the Marquis certainly knew as well.

"The Lady of the Marquis might know," the servant said cautiously, glancing at Lu Ze.

Lu Ze said confidently, "She absolutely doesn't know. Just go when I tell you to, and stop talking nonsense."

If Wei Zhaoning knew, he wouldn't need to say anything; he would definitely beg to come up and flatter him, and introduce him to Master Tang.

He didn't care at all; he was determined to win.

He opened a bottle of strong liquor and drank it by himself. Bai Yunxiao's avoidance of him was already enough to bother him.

Fortunately, Wei Zhaoning was very accommodating and helped him solve the problem with just a flick of his finger.

We just kept waiting.

By the afternoon of the second day, Wei Zhaoning still hadn't come.

"Second Young Master, I have already sent no less than ten maids to the gate of the Lady of the Marquis's courtyard to tell her about this, but the Lady of the Marquis doesn't seem to react much. She's just playing around with her maid in the courtyard."

Lu Ze, who already had a headache from drinking, exploded upon hearing this and smashed the bottle!

The servants were so frightened that they ran far away.

What's wrong with Wei Zhaoning today?