In a night with dim moonlight and silent clouds, the howling wind suddenly stopped, and a ray of cool moonlight illuminated Xian'er's tear-stained cheeks through the cracks in the window. Xia Shang and Liu Ruyan could be seen by just turning their faces slightly.
arrive.
But the two people in the conflict looked at each other, and the air was filled with a cold and heavy feeling like a world of ice and snow.
Liu Ruyan covered her face and felt the burning pain. She never thought that her man would hit her so hard!
Liu Ruyan didn't know how she felt in her heart at this moment, but she couldn't control her tears. She didn't know whether it was physical pain or psychological pain.
The sweet smell at the corner of her mouth was the taste of blood. Liu Ruyan wanted to express the grievances in her heart, but she couldn't. Looking at the man in front of her, she felt a terrifying feeling.
However, Liu Ruyan was not an ordinary person. She covered her injured face and stood up from the ground with difficulty. She tried hard to stop her tears and looked at Xia Shang without giving in. She no longer had the weakness as before, and the sparkle in her eyes was
It is a completely different perseverance than before.
"Master, I am not convinced."
Xia Shang frowned and raised his hands again: "Don't accept it? Then I will beat you until you accept it!"
This time, Liu Ruyan did not give in, remained silent, and stubbornly stretched out her face to meet Xia Shang's palm.
Seeing another hard slap, Xia Shang's hand finally stopped halfway down.
Looking at Liu Ruyan's embarrassed face, where is the scenery and beauty from before? After all, she is a delicate woman, even if she is delicate on the surface, it is pitiful. How can Xia Shang treat a woman so harshly?
After all, two slaps will never come off.
Xia Shang's sudden withdrawal made Liu Ruyan unexpected. Xia Shang's unbearable moment seemed to have touched the tenderness in Liu Ruyan's heart. Her tears rolled even harder and she said tremblingly: "Young master hits the slave family, the slave family deserves it."
, but the young master said that the slave family is acting, and the slave family just refuses to accept it! The slave family is wholeheartedly for the young master, for this family, can’t the young master see it? "
Xia Shang sneered: "Ha! Good for the Xia family! Do you think your acting skills are very good? Perfect? No one can see it? I tell you, no matter how deep you hide it, no matter how good your acting is! Even if you lie
Even if you have passed everyone, you can’t deceive me!
Let me ask you, if you had no idea, why did you bring the 80,000 taels of silver notes with you in advance? When Xian'er told you about your crimes, you could prove your difficulties on the spot. Don't forget, you were wearing summer pajamas.
, what do you mean you want to have a child, just for one night? You came to me to have a child with 80,000 taels of silver notes? Are you waiting to be discovered by me?
I would rather you did all those things behind my back, just like Xian'er said, than see a woman with no tricks sneak into my home. Do you know why I didn't expose you on the spot? Because I'm afraid
Huairou will blame himself for what happened to you. More importantly, I think you really have some difficulties."
After hearing Xia Shang's words, Liu Ruyan was stunned.
To be precise, Xia Shang's analysis is absolutely correct. No one is perfect, and no matter how calculating a person is, there will be loopholes. Liu Ruyan always thought that his plan was perfect, and asked the maid to put on her own
Yi Shang lured Xian'er to the Zen room, and at the same time created evidence of his alibi. He even used Xian'er's mouth to tell what he had done, which was part of the plan.
Liu Ruyan knew early on that what he did in the Xia family could not be hidden, and it would be a matter of time before he was discovered. In this case, it was better to give him a chance to explain through others, and this explanation was also carefully prepared.
Liu Ruyan once thought that after the young master knew about her difficulties, not only would he not blame her, but he would actually pity her.
However, all plans were disrupted because of this small mistake.
Liu Ruyan's expression said everything, Xia Shang's expression was cold: "Now, do you have anything to say?"
"Yes! The slave family admits that they have plotted against Miss Xian'er. However, this does not mean that the slave family is unfaithful to the young master and has misbehaved with the Xia family. The slave family's difficulties are real. On the one hand, the mother who gave birth to me and raised me, on the other hand,
He is my young master, and if he has to deal with both of you, the slave family is in a dilemma."
"Would I believe what you said?"
"The slave family does not expect the young master to believe it, but the slave family will prove it to the young master."
"Okay! Since you want to prove it, then prove it well. In the next time, you just stay in the room for me and you are not allowed to go anywhere."
After saying that, Xia Shang turned around, slammed the door and walked out.
Leaving Liu Ruyan alone in tears: "My tears are not fake"
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Xian'er left, Ruyan hid in the house and never went out. Xia Mansion suddenly became much deserted.
Early the next morning, an invitation was sent from Prince Yong's Mansion, saying that it was Prince Yong's 40th birthday banquet for Yangzhou celebrities.
The invitation was accepted by Qin Huairou. She found Xia Shang with the invitation and was still unsure whether to go.
Xia Shang read the invitation and thought for a moment: "I definitely have to go, but I can sell the cassock at a good price before I go."
Qin Huairou didn't quite understand, and Xia Shang didn't explain. He asked Xiaoyue to send the imitation cassock back and asked the shopkeeper to sell it for one hundred thousand taels of silver to try.
Xia Shang still has many things to do next. Seeing that the Suzhou wine merchants are right in front of them, the first step is to open the Suzhou treaty port, and then they will probably rush to Suzhou to see it in person.
In other words, Xia and Shang are likely to leave Yangzhou for Suzhou in the next month.
Xia Shang wanted to go to Suzhou wholeheartedly, naturally for that woman, but he was not a man who would abandon everything for a woman. Before that, Xia Shang wanted to settle the matter in Yangzhou, so he had to speed up the process on some things.
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Xia Shang left everything at home and went to Jiangnanchun with Chunjiao.
It's time to ask about opening a building.
The cost of opening a flower building is not small, at least one or two hundred thousand taels of silver is needed to open a building.
Judging from the current conditions, if Xia Shang invests in Hualou, his family's money will be very limited.
Xia Shang had previously given Chun Kui 50,000 taels of silver notes.
When I went to Jiangnan Chun today and asked about it, Chun Kui said that all the 50,000 taels of silver had been spent, and there was no trace of the flower house. He only bought a dozen girls through various channels.
Xia Shang didn't expect that he only had to do this little thing with so much money, which was a bit heartbreaking.
However, I heard from Chun Kui that the girls he bought were all stunning beauties. Because Xia Shang had warned not to buy women from private families and not to touch those who were tricked and swindled, so they were all bought directly from other houses. And half of them were unopened.
For a little girl, the cost is naturally more expensive.
After spending so much money to study, you have to see what the girl you buy looks like, right?
Xia Shang went to the hall and sat down, leisurely waiting for the girls to come over.
Sitting on the recliner with his legs crossed, thinking that more than twenty of his "women" would come in later, it really felt like being an emperor looking for concubines' name tags. Xia Shang suddenly felt that the fifty thousand taels were well spent.