Dressed as a concubine instead of a concubine

Finally Meng Xiyue arrived at the post station.

Xie Junyi also moved out on the day he left the Censorate.

"You're still here."

I haven't seen her for just a few days, and she seems to have grown a little taller.

"So do you want me to come, or not?"

Xie Junyi lowered his head and smiled faintly, he himself didn't know.

"Li Youtian embezzled disaster relief grain. Although the amount was not large, it was still a serious crime. You know the disaster victims best."

"Yes, I won't plead for him."

Although she had not had much contact with Xie Junyi, she understood that he was not a man who was only interested in beauty, and he was sincere to the victims.

He would not let Li Youtian go for his own sake.

"My father said he didn't embezzle."

"Yes, Lord Meng did not embezzle. He knew about it but did not report it. Besides, he and Li Youtian must have committed many crimes as well."

Meng Xiyue lowered her eyes, "Then I want to pay money to buy the lives of my father and everyone in the Meng family, is that okay?"

"That's new. How much money can you offer?"

Xie Junyi just thought she was here to sacrifice herself, but he didn't expect she had other tricks.

"Thirty thousand taels."

Meng Xiyue spoke without hesitation. The thirty thousand taels were all the belongings she could take out now.

"Does your Meng family have so much silver?"

Xie Junyi frowned. He had investigated and found that although Meng Qingxiang was a little greedy, he was a cowardly person and did not dare to be too greedy.

Apart from salary and a few shops, he did not make much money.

Almost all of this income was used to raise his children, in the hope that they would succeed in their careers, find a good family, and pave the way for his official career.

Considering the donations made to the disaster victims some time ago, the Meng family could not come up with so much money.

"You don't have to worry about whether you can take it out or not, sir. You just need to give me a definite answer, okay or not."

With these thirty thousand taels, they could build shelters for the victims, so Xie Junyi naturally agreed.

But, his eyes turned and he said.

"Fifty thousand taels. If you use this fifty thousand taels to help the disaster victims, I will forgive Meng Qingxiang's sin. The Meng family will not be implicated in the slightest because of the Li family."

"Fifty thousand taels?" Meng Xiyue looked embarrassed. She couldn't come up with so much money at once.

"Can you give me some time?"

"No, you have to pay it within five days. You still have another option." Xie Junyi raised his eyebrows and stated the ultimate goal, "Take 30,000 taels, and I will make up the other 20,000 taels."

"What do you mean?"

She didn't believe that Xie Junyi was so kind.

"Then the twenty thousand taels will be regarded as the money for selling my body."

"I won't be your concubine." Meng Xiyue blurted out. She had just escaped from one fire pit and would never jump into another one.

"It's a maid."

Maid? Meng Xiyue's face flushed. It turned out that she was overthinking.

"Then when I have money, can I redeem myself in advance?"

"can."

Xie Junyi laughed. The 20,000 taels were nothing to him, but it was something many people could never earn in their entire lives.

"Where will you go after you leave Qingyun City?"

"Maybe I'll go back to the capital first."

Return to the capital to resume work, and then go to other places.

Meng Xiyue thought that this would not conflict with her dream of traveling.

And the capital? That person said that the capital was very prosperous and her designs were also very popular in the capital.

It's a good time to go and have a look.

When she arrives in the capital, she will ask that man for the 20,000 taels to return to Xie Junyi.

"Okay, I agree."

"Then sign it."

As soon as Meng Xiyue finished speaking, a contract of sale appeared before her.

This...has been prepared long ago?

Why does she feel like she's been kidnapped?

She looked up at the man with clear eyes and handsome features and swallowed.

He picked up a pen and signed his name.

"Your handwriting is too ugly."

Looking at the crooked handwriting on the indenture, Xie Junyi couldn't help but complain, "A six or seven-year-old child could write better than this."

"What's wrong with my ugly handwriting? I'm pretty, that's all."

Meng Xiyue's face flushed. She did it on purpose, wasn't she afraid that he would discover her identity?

"It's okay. I'll teach you slowly in the future."

Having gotten what he wanted, Xie Junyi suppressed his smile and put away the indenture.

"You go back and wait. Lord Meng will be released soon."

"Thank you, sir."

Xie Junyi was very quick and the matter of the relief grain was quickly investigated. All the officials who had embezzled the relief grain were removed from their posts and exiled to the border.

Although Meng Qingxiang did not embezzle grain, he was guilty of harboring a criminal. He was allowed to make up for his crime by donating 50,000 taels of silver.

He was only dismissed from office.

"Yue'er, this time it's all thanks to you, otherwise I would have to go to that bitter cold place."

"I'm glad my father is okay."

"It will be hard for you. You will have to be a maid in the future." Meng Qingxiang had never expected that his daughter was so beautiful, but the governor only let her be a maid.

However, he thought of what Li Youtian had said to him in prison, and vaguely guessed that Xie Junyi's identity was not simple, and he was probably a royal relative.

Otherwise, how could one afford 50,000 taels of silver to buy a maid?

Meng Xiyue did not tell the Meng family that she had taken the 30,000 taels.

"Yue'er, when you get to the governor's side, you should be brave enough. Even if you can't be his wife, being a concubine is also good. The status of the governor is not simple, so you must serve him well."

Seeing that Meng Qingxiang still had such messy thoughts, Meng Xiyue was speechless.

"Father, I can only sell my life once. You should behave yourself in the future. If anything happens to the Meng family again, I can't do anything about it."

"Yes Yes."

"I heard that you are going to leave with that adult the day after tomorrow?" Meng Qingge said unhappily.

"You said that you were such a great top scholar that you didn't like him and went to be a maid for a governor. I don't know what's wrong with your brain."

"I am happy to be a maid. If I didn't become a maid, you would probably be on the road to exile now."

Meng Qingge choked and said angrily.

"Then I wish you will be a maid forever and never be able to turn over a new leaf."

"Then I wish you could be a concubine to a great official."

"Meng Xiyue."

As they talked, they couldn't help but start arguing.

"Forget it. Since you're leaving soon, I won't bother with you."

Meng Qingge snorted coldly and turned his back.

Now Meng Xiyue is just a maid with no future, and she is not comparable to herself.

"Fifth sister, this is the blessing of peace I prayed for you. Please protect yourself when you go out."

Meng Yun'er's eyes were red. She had a good relationship with Meng Xiyue in this mansion.

"it is good."

Back at Wutong Garden, Wen was embroidering socks for her.

"Auntie."

"Yue'er, you're back. Come and sit down."

Wen's eyes were red, and it was obvious that she was crying while embroidering.

Meng Xiyue sighed and thought, it’s okay, at least her mother in this life still loves her.

"Auntie, stop embroidering and take a break."

"No need to rest. You will be leaving the day after tomorrow. I will embroider a few more so that you can carry them with you."

"Mom, you have to take good care of yourself after I'm gone. You have to put yourself first in everything. My father is unreliable, so don't put all your thoughts on him."

Although Cui would not torture anyone, she would not be particularly kind to Wen either.

If I leave the house, the only person Wen can rely on is me.

"You are talking nonsense again, kid."

Wen Shi quickened her embroidery speed. "I'm fine in the mansion, you don't have to worry. But you, it's your first time going out, you must take good care of yourself."

"it is good."

Meng Xiyue's voice was a little choked.

Although she really wanted to change the Wen family, she also understood that everyone has their own choices.

She couldn't understand it, but she was willing to respect her.

It is rare for her to receive this maternal love in this life.