Seeing the Crown Prince come to visit again, the Qingping Hou Mansion felt like it was facing a formidable enemy.
Qingpinghou was almost surrounded by people when he came to see Qi Yunxiao, but he saw Qi Yunxiao's expression was calm: "Father, I want to talk to you alone."
Qingpinghou was also at a loss: Are you not going crazy this time?
After carefully examining Qi Yunxiao's expression, Marquis Qingping took Qi Yunxiao to the study.
The father and son closed the door and didn't know what they said. After Qi Yunxiao left, Qingpinghou went to find his stepmother and asked, "Has your Zhuangzi been sold?"
Mrs. Qingpinghou was angry: "The second young lady of Changping residence only gave eighteen thousand taels of silver! Isn't this bullying?"
"We bought this Zhuangzi for 20,000 taels of silver at the time, and later renovated it. Even if the repair money is not included, we should have paid at least 20,000 taels of silver, right?"
Qingpinghou lowered his eyes: "Someone offers 20,000 taels, will you sell it?"
Mrs. Qingpinghou was surprised: "You haven't gone out in the past two days. Who gave you an offer? How did you find the person?"
Suddenly thinking of Qi Yunxiao's visit just now, Mrs. Qingpinghou's eyes widened: "Is it that traitor? Does he want it?"
Qing Pinghou nodded: "He offers 20,000 taels, will you sell it?"
Mrs. Qingping Hou gritted her teeth: "No! He refused to give a penny to the family. Now it's better, and he wants to buy his own village? He's not afraid to tell people to poke his back?!"
Qingpinghou sneered: "Where did the money to buy this village come from? Do you want me to remind you?"
Mrs. Qingpinghou was instantly dumbfounded: "..."
"If you don't want to sell it, just keep it. When someone can afford 20,000 taels of silver, you can sell it."
"But before that, just make a living by pawning!"
Qingpinghou turned around and left without any hesitation.
Mrs. Qingpinghou was dumbfounded: What do you mean?
This bastard man actually helped his bastard son plot against the family?
He's still not happy if he doesn't agree?!
Mrs. Qingpinghou was so angry that she raised her hand and was about to throw out the tea cup at hand.
The personal nanny promptly reminded: "Fifty taels!"
Mrs. Qingpinghou's hands froze and she turned her head to glare at Mammy.
Grandma shrank her neck: "You asked me to remind you..."
Yes, if the tea cup is smashed out, the tea set will be incomplete and worthless.
Nowadays, I can only use a set of fifty taels of tea sets in my room...
In the past, high-quality tea sets, which often cost hundreds or even thousands of taels, were pawned.
Nowadays, the only top-quality tea sets that have not been pawned at home are one set in Qingpinghou's study and one in the hall for entertaining guests.
That's just for window dressing.
At this moment, Qi Yunheng trotted in and asked Mrs. Qingpinghou: "Mom, I just heard that the eldest brother is back. Did he send money back?"
"Give me some money, and I'll go on an outing with the Second Young Master of Prince Qi's Mansion."
Qi Yunheng looked at Mrs. Qingpinghou eagerly, and the anger in Mrs. Qingpinghou's heart suddenly vented.
What more backbone do you need?
If we don't sell that Zhuangzi, the whole family will be in trouble...
Mrs. Qingping Hou's straight back suddenly became deflated and slumped. She put down the tea cup and turned to the nanny behind her: "Go and report to the Marquis that the village has been sold for 20,000 taels..."
The 30,000 taels I just received were quickly spent on 20,000 taels, and were replaced by two house deeds and land deeds.
Shen Qingyu had an unreal feeling about spending other people's money, and she couldn't even imagine that Zhuangzi would become her own.
As he was about to leave, Zhuangzi still had to make arrangements for his affairs.
Shen Qingyu looked at the third princess who was helping: "Shall we go and take a look together?"
"Okay!" The third princess laughed and pointed the riding crop in her hand, "Let's go now!"
Shen Qingyu happily kept up with the pace of the third princess.
But as soon as he left the flower hall, Qi Yunxiao came over: "Want to see Zhuangzi? I'll go with you."
So Ms. Zhao Yuzhu guarded her three grandchildren at home, Long San drove the car, Shen Qingyu and the third princess took the car, Qi Yunxiao rode the horse, and the group headed to the countryside.
As soon as I came out of Xinghua Lane, I encountered two teams greeting each other, with different costumes and different ways of saluting.
The third princess explained: "The one in blue clothes is from the patrol camp, and the one in black clothes and mask is from the Dragon Guard..."
Before he finished speaking, the captain in black clothes walked over to Qi Yunxiao, came to Qi Yunxiao, and saluted respectfully: "I have met the leader!"
Third Princess: "!!!"
Shen Qingyu said nothing: these dragon guards are all going to Shenjia Village, and they will see them sooner or later.
The group of about a hundred people followed them out of the city.
The sun had been shining brightly for days, and the official road was gradually filled with dust. The third princess lowered the curtain to avoid being disgraced.
By the time we arrived at Zhuangzi, it was almost noon.
A group of more than 20 people, led by Zhuangtou, all saluted and said hello: "Young ladies have met Her Royal Highness the Third Princess! Met the Crown Prince! Met Madam Crown Prince..."
The third princess and Qi Yunxiao and his wife stood at this end, looking at the more than 20 people with incomprehensible expressions.
Among the more than twenty people, there were only five who looked like old farmers, and a dozen more were young and pretty maidservants. Several of them looked at Qi Yunxiao's face with darting eyes.
Recently, Qi Yunxiao fell in love with wearing forehead wipes or hats to cover up his birthmark, which made him look extra handsome.
Those eyes that were flying around became even more intense!
Shen Qingyu's face turned slightly cold.
Was this originally here?
Or did the stepmother specially arrange to come here because she sold Zhuangzi to Qi Yunxiao?
The third princess was smart. She looked at those people with flying eyes and Shen Qingyu's cold face. She leaned into Shen Qingyu's ear and whispered, "These are the ones that were originally there."
When she mentioned this, the third princess sneered: "Do you know what these are for?"
How did Shen Qingyu know? She shook her head honestly.
The third princess sneered: "This is for entertaining guests."
It took Shen Qingyu three seconds to understand this sentence. When he finished understanding it, he turned to look at the third princess in disbelief.
The third princess knew why she was surprised and nodded in affirmation.
Shen Qingyu: "!!!"
It’s fine if the rich don’t treat themselves as human beings. These women don’t treat themselves as human beings either, but as objects…
That’s all, times are different, and ideas must be different.
Shen Qingyu shook his head and stopped worrying about this kind of thing.
The head of the village, surnamed Qin, had just received a notice that the village had been sold to Qi Yunxiao, the prince of the Hou family.
Qin Zhuangtou is the natal family of the wife of Qingping Hou's stepmother, so she naturally disdains this.
Mrs. Qingping Hou said: Qi Yunxiao and others will leave the capital sooner or later, deal with them first, and after they leave, everything will continue as before.
The two parties recognized each other, and Qi Yunxiao led Shen Qingyu and the third princess inside.
The third princess looked like she didn't care about anything but just eating: "I'm hungry after running around for a long time. Please ask someone to get me something delicious!"
The owner's tone was respectful, but his expression was contemptuous: "I'm really sorry. I didn't know that the new owner was coming, so I didn't prepare anything, only some country side dishes..."
It actually means that he is prepared to fool him casually.