"Hey, you've become the food in my bowl, and you're still so stubborn!"
"Bring the whip, I will greet you personally!"
Wen Chen finally paid the price for his bad words. He was beaten to the point of being beaten by Yuan Zixuan, an even bigger dandy. Literally, he even had diarrhea. He was really beaten to the point of shit.
"Master, he pulled it."
Wen Chen wanted to die and was so ashamed and angry. He had never been so embarrassed in his whole life. "I have diarrhea. I feel unwell. It's not because you hit me."
Yuan Zixuan covered his nose, "Are you disgusting?"
"Do you rely on me? Can you control your diarrhea? No, I'm dizzy, I can't hold it anymore..."
Yuan Zixuan just wanted to teach him a lesson. That woman would just hit him. Her brother also dared to hit him. Did the Wen family think that he was easy to bully?
However, he was taught a lesson by Yuan Zimo about breaking off the engagement, and he knew that he was in the wrong, and Wen Yao was not easy to mess with, so there was no way to explain her brother's bad intentions.
"Put him down and see a doctor, bad luck!"
Yuan Zixuan finally gave up on teaching Wen Chen a lesson, and even found a doctor to see him, took a bath and changed his clothes. In addition to not being free and being locked up in the woodshed of the county prince's palace, Wen Chen was a blessing in disguise, as he didn't have to run away and risk his body.
The food is ready.
There was such a big thing at home. Yi Junyue invited her to attend the eldest princess's tea party, but she declined. Yi Junyue could understand that Jiang Xiahou had gone too far this time, and she couldn't hurt her no matter what.
Gate, isn't this a slap in the face?
It was just that Yuanhua personally came forward to help the Wen family. To the surprise of all the nobles, the Wen family suddenly became a hot topic among the upper-class dignitaries, and everyone also heard of Wen Yao's name.
Wen Yao counted the losses and found a total of 30,000 taels of silver, all at cost. He had them sent to the Jiangxia Marquis Mansion for double compensation, which was 60,000 taels of silver.
Xu Yang looked at the list and almost fainted, "Is your eldest lady trying to blackmail me? I'll go find her!"
Wen Yao was handling things in the business while Wen Yu was studying on the side. In the future, he would take over all the family business.
When Xu Yangfengfeng arrived, Wen Yao first asked the big shopkeepers to step back and invited him in, "Prince Xu, is there something wrong?"
"How dare you say that? Sixty thousand taels of silver? You are using the palace to blackmail me!"
Wen Yao was a little surprised. It turned out to be because of this. She pressed her hands and asked him to sit down: "Don't be impatient. How big of a deal do I think this is?"
Xu Yang: "..."
Damn it, sixty thousand taels of silver is still a small thing?
I looked at the furnishings in Wen Yao's room. The incense was all gold-plated, and the furnishings in the Baibao Pavilion were all valuable. I suddenly felt that I was being careless. The Wen family is a big merchant that can compete with the imperial merchants. It's really not bad.
money.
"You have also seen the list. I calculated the cost price and did not include labor and mental compensation. I am already being very fair. Or am I saying that the dignified prince's house cannot afford a mere 60,000 taels of silver?"
Xu Yang said stubbornly: "How is that possible? I don't want you to extort money from me, but it's only tens of thousands of taels of silver. Why can't I get it out?"
As long as he knows the affairs of the Hou Mansion, looking at the scenery, in fact, the family has been ruined for a long time. It can only maintain basic dignity, let alone 60,000 taels, even 10,000 taels of silver are enough.
Wen Yao pretended not to notice his harsh expression and smiled gently: "That's good, I think so. This is my eldest brother, you can just leave it to him later.
I have something else to do here, so I won’t leave Prince Xu to drink tea. Prince Xu will go slowly.”
Xu Yang came in a fierce manner and left dejectedly. Wen Yu relieved himself and said, "Big sister, this kind of person deserves to be punished. Big sister should deal with him."
"Relieved?"
"Of course."
Wen Yu said with a smile, the arrogance of him who smashed his own house was still vivid in his mind.
"Xiao Yu, if you are just a young man from a rich family, you can be willful, but when you become the head of the family in the future, you cannot act according to your temper. The way you think you will relieve your anger will only make the Wen family an enemy."
Wen Yu said dullly: "Then what should I do?"
"He doesn't need to pay back the money. You and Prince Xu have a good relationship. Even if they are fair-weather friends, you will follow him when he goes there in the future."
Wen Yu: "Don't you want me to be his little brother?"
"It all depends on how difficult it is for you to control this. In this world, privileges are in the hands of the powerful. Even if we spend a lot of money to do things, they can do it with just one sentence.
I am more of a prostitute, so there are some occasions where it is not convenient for me to go. As you will be the head of the house in the future, you will have to adapt to these social activities and maximize your benefits."
Wen Yu had no choice but to agree: "Okay, I'll give it a try."
Wen Yao looked at him deeply and said nothing in the end, "You go back and think about it carefully. We are here today. Get ready. The day of the Huangshang election will be in three days. You go with me."
"Want to enter the palace?"
Wen Yu was nervous and excited. With the qualification of imperial merchant, the Wen family would become even richer in his hands.
"Probably not. The people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs have their own yamen outside the palace. They will be there. Entering the palace is not a good thing. If you bump into a noble person, you don't know how you will die."
Wen Yu calmed down: "Eldest sister is right, it's okay not to enter the palace."
…
Thousands of miles away in the suburbs, prison vans were parked one after another under the scorching sun. The people in the prison vans had their mouths dry from the sun. They collapsed in the vans. If it weren't for the weak breathing in their chests, they would look like dead people.
Who would have thought that they were actually men from the palace of Liang Guogong who had great military exploits.
The officer escorting them sat sleeping under the shade of a tree, not wanting to rush on a hot day.
The prison car at the front held Liang Guogong, Liang Zhiyan, Yuan Rui's uncle and Princess Jing's compatriot brother.
He did not collapse in the car, but sat cross-legged, closing his eyes and meditating. His generous and majestic figure was like a hill. The small prison car could not stop his unruffled and self-powerful momentum.
In the bushes on the side, Yuan Rui and a group of personal guards, and more than a dozen people watched them suffer, clenching their fists in anger. He really shouldn't place his hopes on the emperor's mercy.
Only a dog slave dares to humiliate his uncle like this.
"Your Majesty, calm down, we can't let the Emperor know that we are here, otherwise the palace will be implicated."
The personal guard reminded him that the suspicion of the Duke's Palace has not been cleared yet, and everyone in the court is avoiding him. How many pairs of eyes are staring at the Palace. If he openly helps the Duke's Palace at this time, will the emperor think that Prince Jing's Palace is also involved?
Collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country?
"I know, I won't be impulsive."
At this moment, a caravan came in front and stopped to rest. The word "Wen" was written on the flag. Yuan Rui's eyes softened. Is this the Wen family's caravan?
Wen Yao's beautiful and resolute face appeared in front of her, and she said that she wanted to marry her. How could a woman be so bold?
The steward of the caravan found a shady place to rest, and led the caravan to negotiate with the officers and soldiers. I don't know what they said, but stuffed some money with them. Finally, the officers and soldiers moved Liang Guogong and others to a shady place, so that they no longer had to suffer in the sun.
The caravan steward gave them some water to drink. Yuan Rui felt grateful. It must be Wen Yao who asked her caravan to help her uncle.
She risked her life to help her uncle's family when others would avoid it. For such a great kindness, Yuan Rui felt that she could not repay her. Not to mention the concubine, she was the wife of the prince, and she was worthy of being gentle and gentle.