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Chapter 201: Spoiling Xiaojiu
Chapter 201: Spoiling Xiaojiu
September 7th, 2024
Xun Yu invited the siblings to a renowned restaurant on East Street.
He chose a private room on the second floor, overlooking the bustling street, where they could enjoy the delicacies of the capital while taking in the lively scene below.
Meng Qianqian, thinking they had left, opened the window and was surprised to see Xun Yu's dignified face again.
Xun Yu noticed her, but his expression remained unchanged.
Meng Qianqian closed the window without showing any emotion.
"Xuanyu Prince, what are you looking at?"
Bai Yuwei noticed Xun Yu's gaze, but when she looked across at the Misty Rain Pavilion, she only saw a tightly shut window.
Xun Yu smiled and said, "Over there is the Misty Rain Pavilion, the best embroidery house in the capital. I was thinking of going over to take a look later."
Bai Yuwei responded nonchalantly, "You people from the capital value clothing and appearance, but we Miaojiang people don't bother with such things."
Xun Yu showed a mix of surprise and interest. "Oh? What do Miaojiang girls like to do then?"
Bai Yuwei, with a mischievous glint in her eye, replied, "Raise bugs, of course!"
"Huh?" Xun Yu was taken aback.
Bai Yuwei found his bewildered expression hilarious and burst into laughter.
Bai Qingchen spoke up, "Yuwei."
Bai Yuwei suppressed her laughter and said to Xun Yu, "I've heard that in the Central Plains, you have a saying, 'Respect the clothes before the person.' But in Miaojiang, we never judge by appearance. Moreover, Miaojiang girls grow up roaming the mountains, unlike your capital's young ladies who are sheltered in their homes. If your young ladies were to go to Miaojiang, they might not even survive a day before being bitten by poisonous insects in the mountains."
Bai Qingchen gently admonished, "Yuwei."
Bai Yuwei continued, "I'm not joking. Miaojiang has poisonous forests filled with countless venomous snakes and insects. Who can enter except for the Miaojiang people themselves?"
Xun Yu took a sip of tea, maintaining his composure.
No wonder none of their emissaries to Miaojiang had returned alive; there was a natural poisonous mountain acting as a barrier.
Xun Yu's eyes shone with admiration. "No wonder when I first met Miss Bai, I felt you had an exceptional spirit, a female warrior not inferior to any man."
Bai Yuwei suddenly asked, "Xuanyu Prince, I'd like to inquire about someone."
Xun Yu smiled and said, "Miss Bai, please go ahead."
"Lu Yuan." Bai Yuwei asked, "As the son of the Chancellor, you should know him, right? He holds a high position in the court, something like... a Grand Marshal, I believe."
Xun Yu's expression changed subtly.
He quickly adjusted his expression and calmly asked, "Why did you suddenly ask about him?"
Bai Yuwei said, "First, tell me what kind of person he is."
Xun Yu hesitated, his face full of uncertainty. "This..."
"He's a white-eyed wolf who can't be trusted!"
Wei Mingxuan suddenly appeared at the door of the private room, hands on his waist.
"Who are you?"
Bai Yuwei asked Wei Mingxuan.
Wei Mingxuan bowed gracefully to the siblings, "I'm Wei Mingxuan, and Xun Yu is my cousin. You two must be the esteemed guests of the Chancellor's Mansion. I just heard my uncle mention you this morning, and I was planning to pay you a visit tonight. What a coincidence that you're also dining at the Heavenly Pavilion."
The siblings turned to look at Xun Yu.
Xun Yu glanced at Wei Mingxuan and smiled, introducing him to the siblings, "He's the son of my aunt."
Wei Mingxuan sat down next to Xun Yu with a hearty laugh, "Cousin, this meal is on me!"
Bai Yuwei turned to Wei Mingxuan, "Do you know Lu Yuan?"
Wei Mingxuan rolled up his sleeves, sitting with his legs wide apart, but Xun Yu glared at him, and he quickly straightened his posture, speaking seriously, "Not only do I know him, but we're extremely close!"
Bai Yuwei asked, "You called him a white-eyed wolf. What did you mean by that?"
Wei Mingxuan sighed, "It's a long story. He was an orphan, begging on the streets as a child, nearly starving and freezing to death. My uncle took pity on him and brought him to the Chancellor's Mansion. Initially, he was a stable boy, tending to horses all day, smelling of horse urine. My cousin didn't mind him and taught him to read and write. Later, seeing him sleeping in the stable during the harsh winter, he took pity and brought him into the courtyard, making him his apprentice."
Bai Yuwei thought of Xun Yu's kind act towards the little beggar and the old farmer on the street, feeling that Xun Yu was indeed a benevolent person.
"My cousin is exceptionally talented and became Lin Jiujiao's disciple. At that time, he had only one request—to bring his apprentice with him. Since when have apprentices and masters studied at the same table? If it were anyone else, Lin Jiujiao would have driven them out long ago. Only my cousin is a once-in-a-century genius, and Lin Jiujiao couldn't bear to lose such a good disciple, so he reluctantly agreed."
"My cousin sincerely nurtured him, freed him from slavery, and even planned to let him take the imperial examination as a commoner. Who would've thought that this guy wouldn't appreciate it? As soon as he regained his freedom, he immediately went to the Crown Prince and used a self-inflicted injury scheme, claiming that the Chancellor's Mansion had mistreated him! Isn't he a white-eyed wolf?"
Bai Yuwei's eyebrows furrowed, "I never expected him to be so despicable and shameless. It's fortunate that I didn't marry him."
Wei Mingxuan was startled, "Marry?"
A hint of surprise also flashed in Xun Yu's eyes.
Could it be that the Miaojiang young lady who was supposed to marry Lu Yuan was Bai Yuwei, the granddaughter of the King of Miaojiang?
"Wei'er!"
Bai Qingchen couldn't help but agree with her sister's straightforward words.
Bai Yuwei hugged her arms, coldly huffed, "He doesn't even know who he's rejected. I'll make him regret it!"
Xun Yu picked up his teacup.
Lu Yuan had actually rejected the granddaughter of the King of Miaojiang. This was going to be interesting.
There was no way the Governor's Mansion could win over the King of Miaojiang now.
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"I want, I want, I want."
In the Misty Rain Pavilion, Bao Shu was trying on every set of finished clothes brought in by the seamstresses.
"Mother, it's beautiful."
"Grandmother, it's beautiful."
"Baby, it's beautiful."
Meng Qianqian smoothed the little tuft of hair on her head, "Yes, it's beautiful."
Tan'er said, "Piggy Bao, what's wrong?"
Bao Shu, "You, you're just showing off."
Tan'er's face darkened.
Meng Qianqian curved her lips and said to Manager Liu, "Let's settle the bill."
Manager Liu smiled, "The total is one thousand one hundred and fifty taels."
Meng Qianqian was about to pay when Liu Qingyun took out a stack of silver notes, "Keep the change."
Meng Qianqian was left speechless.
Didn't you come from a small village? Where did you get so much money?
Liu Qingyun stood up and walked outside, noticing that Meng Qianqian wasn't following, she asked, "Why are you dazed?"
Meng Qianqian wanted to return the silver notes to her, "Mother, I can't let you spend money on me."
Liu Qingyun calmly said, "This amount of money, what's there to spend?"
Next, they went to the gold shop, and each of them bought a set of accessories. Bao Shu and Tan'er got gold necklaces, and Liu Qingyun paid for them.
Meng Qianqian wanted to say something but stopped.
Liu Qingyun looked at her strangely, "Weren't you the one who wanted to buy clothes and accessories? Now that you've bought them, you're not happy?"
Meng Qianqian opened her mouth to speak, but her meaning was that she wanted to buy them.
Liu Qingyun looked at the box with the two sparse sets of accessories and said seriously, "It does seem a bit little."
She bought over a dozen sets of accessories in one go. If it weren't for Meng Qianqian stopping her, she might have bought out the entire gold shop.
Meng Qianqian hugged the heavy pile of accessories, looking dazed and confused, questioning her life choices.
Lu Yuan, I somehow feel like your mother isn't just a village girl.
Should you go back and ask your paternal grandmother if your paternal grandfather was really just a silkworm farmer?
(End of Chapter)
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