I Was a Crooked Merchant in Ancient Times

This novel is complete. My next novel will be His Cat Is Adorable and Charming. Please follow my upcoming novel, I Can Reach the Stars. Blurb: One morning, everyone in the Marquis's household discovered that their foolish legitimate daughter was no longer foolish. Lin Qianqian thought transmigrating here meant she'd be getting revenge and fighting the other women in the household. But after two days of it, she realized that scheming against the household was exhausting. She threw in the towel and stopped fighting. Instead, Lin Qianqian focused on building a business, determined to become financially independent and move out. By selling all kinds of gossip and rumors, Lin Qianqian made so much money her fingers cramped from counting it. Just as Lin Qianqian started thinking she could help develop the information industry of this era, one day her gossip accidentally made its way to Crown Prince Zhao Jingyi, and the story she broke was a scandal. The only problem was, the public loved it... Shocking! The Eastern Palace has no consorts or concubines to this day. The shocking truth behind the Crown Prince's dedication is... (Includes a portrait of him entering a brothel arm in arm with a certain man.) Zhao Jingyi was stunned. He pounded the table in anger. "I'll dig three feet underground if I have to, but I will find the mastermind behind this!" So, while Lin Qianqian was thriving under her secret identity, she was caught at a consort selection ceremony in the Eastern Palace. The handsome, cold-faced Crown Prince pointed at her and said as casually as if picking out a cabbage, "You." Selected as a consort, Lin Qianqian clutched her money and began to anxiously consider three things: Had her secret identity been exposed? Had Zhao Jingyi figured out who she was? And had she actually come here to take the palace-intrigue route? Reading guide: 1. This is fiction. Everything in the plot serves the story. 2. One-on-one romance, happy ending. 3. Daily updates at 9:00 p.m. See you then. Also, my fantasy romance novel, His Cat Is Adorable and Charming, is currently updating next door. Please give this little cutie a look. Love you all, meow~ Blurb: Jiang Keli became a cat. She was lucky enough to latch onto a rich man, but in the blink of an eye, he got rid of her by passing her secondhand to another man. She then ate and slept with this man, sharing his bed for months. That wasn't the scary part. The scary part was that after spending so long surviving by sacrificing her "charms" and acting cute, Jiang Keli gradually gave in to her fate and started enjoying it. It doesn't matter if the rich man won't keep her. His younger brother is just as good (*/ω\*) Theme: Be independent and build a better future together.