The next day I went to the government to transfer the ownership, and the house next door was under Mingwei's name.
Mrs. Ji excitedly called for repairs. Not only did she want to open up the two houses, she also wanted to build a small garden in the middle, so she spent the whole day calculating the cost of the repairs with Mr. Dong.
This time Mingwei didn’t get any money.
For one thing, the Ji family could still afford the repairs. For another, if she kept paying for it, it would make the Ji family uncomfortable.
Ji Xiaowu pestered Duofu and asked questions all day long, while Mingwei sat on the porch, seemingly closing his eyes to meditate, but actually practicing.
The little white snake sat on her shoulder obediently, absorbing the magic power she released.
The appearance of an old enemy gave Mingwei a sense of urgency.
She wanted to practice step by step, but she might not be able to do it, so she had to find a way to take shortcuts.
There are two ways to take a shortcut.
The first one, like Duofu, gets mana from others.
However, such an opportunity is rare, and she cannot forcefully steal other people's mana.
The second rule is to use precious things to promote birth.
She is not short of money now, but precious things that can generate magic power cannot be bought with money.
Take your time.
The sun was about to set. Mingwei opened her eyes and saw Ji Xiaowu squatting next to her and fanning her.
As the season enters May, the weather becomes sultry.
However, Ji Xiaowu took over this job from her not because of her, but to please Duofu.
Seeing Mingwei open his eyes, he curled his lips and put down his fan: "You can really sleep. After breakfast, you sleep until noon, and after lunch, you sleep until evening. Is your life only about eating and sleeping?"
Mingwei thought for a while: "No."
"What else?" Ji Xiaowu looked at her suspiciously.
"There's more to buy, buy, buy!" She waved to Duofu and took out the list she had written. "Tell someone to go to the store to buy these medicines. If they are not old enough, don't take them."
Duofu agreed and went to the house to get the money.
Ji Xiaowu has good eyesight. When he saw the words ginseng, deer antler, snow lotus and the like written on them, he was speechless: "These are so expensive! Why did you buy them?"
"Of course...it's about beauty!" She smiled and raised her chin slightly to let him see her dazzling beauty.
"How much money does it cost to maintain your beauty?" Ji Xiaowu felt that his outlook on life was about to collapse, "I think my mother and sister-in-law just put on some ointment or something..."
"That's because the family doesn't have so much money!" Mingwei looked at him with pity, "Do you think that flowers and beautiful couples all fall from the sky? Without money, how can you be beautiful? Now you know how much your aunt and cousin have sacrificed, right?
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Ji Xiaowu squatted for a while with confused eyes and asked her: "Are you going to keep looking good like this in the future?"
"Of course. Women, if possible, must be beautiful until the end."
"..." He suddenly stood up and walked to the main hall, muttering, "I want to break off the engagement, I can't afford it, and I can't afford it even if I sell it!"
Mingwei couldn't help laughing.
Duofu came back from the outer courtyard and looked at her puzzledly: "Miss, these medicines are for your medicinal bath practice. Why did you lie to the Fifth Young Master that they are for beauty?"
Ming smiled: "Wouldn't it be a pity if he didn't entertain himself when he came to our door?"
In the main hall, Mrs. Ji could be heard scolding: "Ji Xiaowu, your skin is itchy if you don't fight for a day, right? What do you mean by breaking off the engagement? This is a marriage agreed between your father and your aunt, how can you say anything?
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Bolinghou Mansion.
Yang Shu was wearing a black brocade robe today, which made his slender figure look extra handsome. He lost the exaggerated boyishness and became more condensed and steady.
As he walked through the hall, the crown prince's wife, Mrs. Lu, came back from seeing a visitor. She saw that he was exceptionally neatly dressed and had all the accessories, so she smiled and said, "Is the third brother going to the palace?"
"Yeah." Yang Shu responded lightly.
"The third brother has a noble concubine who loves him as if he were his own son. It's really enviable."
However, Yang Shu didn't say anything and just cupped his hands: "It's late, my wife is still waiting, so I'll take my leave first."
"Be careful on the way, don't keep your Majesty waiting." Mrs. Lu watched him leave with a smile on her face.
When his figure disappeared, the smile on Lu's face disappeared without a trace.
"You little bastard, you are showing off in front of me!"
The maid next to Lu heard this and looked around in shock: "Young madam, be careful not to be overheard!"
Mrs. Lu stretched out her hand to straighten her hair and said lazily: "So what if someone heard me? There are so many people in the capital who know! What kind of aunt treats him like that if she's not my own mother?"
The maid was helpless and kept her mouth shut all the way until she and Mrs. Lu entered the house and no one else was waiting, then she said: "Young madam, your concubine is deeply favored by the Holy Spirit. If this word reaches other people's ears, they will be in trouble!"
While Mrs. Lu was changing her clothes, she said, "Okay, I know the seriousness. I see no one around me can tell me." After thinking about it, she was still dissatisfied, "I just can't get angry. He was obviously a bastard brought back, but it was his grandparents who brought him back."
He loves me so much that even his father and mother put him before him, so the prince is forced to tolerate everything."
The maid was so anxious: "Young madam! Can you just say the word bastard?"
Mrs. Lu sneered: "His surname is obviously not Yang, so why is he not a bastard in the Yang family?"
"But his surname is Jiang!" the maid blurted out.
Mrs. Lu looked at the mirror and looked at it: "Look, even you know it. But what if his surname is Jiang? With true dragon blood, the clan must be present at birth to prove it, so that it can be written into the jade certificate. Otherwise, he is a bastard.
Don’t look at his current glory, several princes have been offended by him, and they will be the emperor for a thousand years, and he will suffer the consequences!"
This is true.
"Alas!" Mrs. Lu looked at her face in the mirror and thought, no matter how strong a person is, he cannot survive.
Back then, her family wanted to ask her to enter the palace. She thought that with her appearance, she would be favored by the Holy Spirit. Who knew that Concubine Pei's light words stopped her from thinking about it.
Thinking of that woman, Mrs. Lu's face darkened.
In what way is she inferior to that old woman? Do you really think her scandal can be hidden from everyone in the world?
At first, the Pei family had only two daughters. One daughter married the emperor's eldest grandson and died in the coup. The other daughter married the Marquis of Boling and became the second daughter-in-law of Princess Mingcheng.
Not long after the princess's second son died of illness, the Hou Mansion announced that the second daughter-in-law also died of illness, and then there was an additional concubine Pei in the palace.
How long had Yang Shu been born at that time? For the sake of glory and wealth, he would abandon his infant son. It was simply vicious!
Forget it. As Yang Shu grew older, his appearance had no resemblance to any of the Yang family. Apart from concubine Pei, he also had some resemblance to the Holy One.
This is interesting.
Guess it was Concubine Pei who stole her life before entering the palace!
As an uncle, he stole his nephew's wife, gave birth to a son and gave it to his sister to raise. He brought someone into the palace to be his wife in an upright manner. Will he be listened to?
Thanks to Princess Mingcheng's generosity, her daughter-in-law was stolen by her younger brother and she actually raised her as a wild creature.