Priceless: A widow with a baby asks the prince to marry again

"That won't do. Don't just look at the skin, look carefully at the bones. The cheeks are wide and the jaw is broad. There is a high probability that there will be a big flower plate in the back!"

The middle-aged man Huang Ya commented and shook his head, "You need to practice for several years to get good at this kind of vision. First of all, a good seedling should be judged by its bones. Bones are the foundation. Even if the foundation is good, the skin can be dressed up! If the bones are exposed, they will become more exposed as they grow older, and the skin can't cover it up!"

The young man was not discouraged. He stepped forward and poured more wine to flatter him, saying, "I learned this from you. Everyone says that you have a good eye and you never make mistakes when selecting seedlings!"

Huang Yazi was also drinking proudly. In this business, vision equals money. He has been in this business for more than 20 years and has already developed a pair of "magic mirrors".

After a few drinks, Huang Yazi felt a little dizzy and sighed pretentiously, "It's not that I haven't made a mistake. Ten years ago, I selected a seedling who was less than ten years old. He was really a good seedling who stood out at first sight."

The young man immediately made a joke and asked, "Did it grow longer later?"

"No." Huang Yazi shook his head mysteriously, and after keeping everyone in suspense, he said, "It grew many times better than I expected! It's really rare in the world. I, Huang Yazi, have never seen a better-looking seedling!"

The young man could hardly imagine what it looked like, but Huang Yazi had seen countless people, so what he said was rare in the world must be true. The young man asked puzzledly: "Then how could you have made a mistake?"

"I misjudged and didn't get the deal!" Huang Yazi said with genuine regret, "I've had my eyes on that seedling for less than ten years, and I spent a lot of time and energy to get that farmer who was short of water to come to me to sell the seedlings, but I was stopped by someone nosy the first time and didn't make the purchase."

"The second time I was ruthless and dug the gap in the field bigger, so that no matter how much trouble I made, I couldn't fill it up. Guess what happened?"

The young man shook his head. He couldn't think of it.

"That Miaozi found a pig to eat him!" Huang Yazi couldn't help but speak louder. He felt very annoyed when he thought about it now.

The young man was also amazed. "How could such a thing happen? We usually only select seedlings that are under 13 years old. How could such a young boy actually find a pig to eat him?"

Huang Yazi said with regret: "If that was the case, I wouldn't be obsessed with it. I was so angry at the seedling at that time that I originally offered twenty taels, but after being offended, I only offered ten taels. In the end, the pig intervened and paid the money to take the seedling home."

"The more I thought about it, the more I felt something was not right. There didn't seem to be anything dirty between the two, so I secretly went back to check. Miaozi really did marry that pig, but Miaozi was pure until she was sixteen! But that pig was invulnerable, and didn't eat, drink, gamble, or have sex. I regretted it and couldn't dig any more!"

"But since the age of thirteen, that seedling has been like drinking nectar, growing more and more delicate and beautiful! It is different from those light-colored orchids, chrysanthemums and lotus flowers. It is dignified like a peony and charming like a peach blossom. In short, it is very bright and beautiful. Even those who don't like it will feel itchy when they see it!"

Upon hearing this, Chu Shiyu sat up straight, and the muscles in his limbs tensed up. This familiar description...

The yellow-toothed pig kept sighing, "If I had known the seedling would grow so big, even if it had been eaten, it would still be worth twenty taels! Not to mention eight years ago, even last year when I heard that the pig had died, I went to take a look out of curiosity. Even if it had given birth to a child in its twenties, it would still be worth twenty taels!"

The young man was also fascinated by the description and asked: "Master, can you take me to see it someday?"

Huang Yazi nodded and said, "When I pass by that place someday..."

"Plop!"

The teacup was slammed on the table and broke into pieces!

Chu Shiyu's eyes were almost spitting fire. He stood up and shouted angrily: "Take these two away!"

The guards had all followed him for many years, and they understood what he meant, so they stepped forward and each of them strangled the two men and held them down!

The waiter who was waiting on the second floor looked on at a loss for a moment, not knowing whether he should try to persuade them.

The guards escorted the people out without making any moves. Chu Shiyu took out a golden bead and threw it to the waiter, shouting angrily, "Both tables should be paid together!"

The waiter took a closer look and was stunned. This was gold! Even though each one was small, it was at least one tael! If he looked at the two tables, the total was only one tael and two cents of silver! Moreover, the one tael of wine in the pot was not touched, so he could take it back and sell it again!

For a moment, the waiter was only concerned with happily calculating how much money he had earned, and he didn't even pay attention to the two men who were being escorted out of the tavern shouting and screaming.

In the cellar of the Jinyan City Inn, Huang Yazi and the young man knelt on the ground and cried for mercy. They were from the lowest class, especially those in the human trafficking business, and they always knew how to judge people.

They had noticed that this man had an extraordinary bearing in the tavern before, but they judged that he was not a warm-hearted person, so they did not take much precautions. Unexpectedly, this man suddenly attacked them, and when he was brought into the inn, they found out that he was actually Prince Duan!

Chu Shiyu became even more annoyed by the crying and yelling, and said to the young man, "Cut off this tongue."

Then he thought of his eyes, which would help him to find a talent like Liu Rusi, and added, "Dig out his eyes too!"

All the way to the inn this time, he couldn't stop thinking, what if Liu Rusi hadn't met Qin Lie, or Qin Lie hadn't bought her, would she also be leaning on the railing of the brothel to sell her smiles?

That was the beautiful existence he longed for the most! Beautiful, kind, smart, meticulous, with deep maternal love but not doting, and a love that lasted until death...

Just thinking about this made him furious! How could this be possible? How could this be possible?

Soon the young man could no longer scream and could only lie on the ground, gurgling and spitting out blood, and soon fainted.

Although Huang Yazi didn't know what had happened to provoke Prince Duan, he realized that Prince Duan hated their crying, so he trembled and kept his mouth shut.

Chu Shiyu sat on the chair in front. His face was livid and his eyes almost dug two holes in Huang Yazi's body. He was silent for a long time before he loosened his clenched teeth.

"Tell me about Liu Rusi."

Huang Yazi's heart skipped a beat, and he knew that it was the flower-guarding messenger recruited by Liu Rusi. This was not uncommon in their business. After all, the ones chosen were beauties, and there was no need to ask for reasons why beauties attracted people's love.

Liu Rusi was indeed a rare talent in the world, and even the flower protector she recruited was a noble prince. But he didn't succeed, and instead wasted a lot of time and energy. It was really an unprovoked disaster!

Normally, they would have a plan to deal with such a thing. How could a human trafficker not have hard tactics? But this was Prince Duan! Could he be tougher than a prince who led troops to fight?

Huang Yazi quickly found the right direction. He could not be hard, so he had to be soft. He carefully arranged his words as if walking on thin ice and said, "That Liu Cui... Liu Rusi's father was a frequent visitor to the gambling house in Jinyan City. He would beat or scold Liu Rusi and her mother on weekdays. Later, Liu Rusi's mother died of illness because she had no money to buy medicine. Liu Rusi has been starving since then. I feel sorry for her..."

"I heard everything in the tavern about how you tried to buy her." Chu Shiyu had heard a lot of nonsense, so how could he not hear Huang Yazi's excuse.

Huang Yazi's heart tightened, and he cursed himself for being too talkative. Then he confessed selectively, "Liu Rusi's father was a gambler who would gamble whenever he had a little money. That day, her mother took Liu Rusi to the city to look for her father."

"I saw that the girl was pretty, so I contacted the gambling house and asked them to lend money to her father for gambling. The gambling house was in a hurry to collect the debt, otherwise the interest would skyrocket. Even if they pawned their house and land, they wouldn't have enough time. The fastest way was to... find a pawnbroker to sell my daughter. I had already prepared the money, and the price was high, so they naturally chose me."

Chu Shiyu narrowed his eyes and looked at him coldly and asked, "Did you spot Liu Rusi at the entrance of the gambling house?"

Huang Yazi was sweating profusely. Such a detail that was mentioned in passing was actually pulled out. Knowing that Prince Duan was not easy to fool, he had to confess tremblingly: "I saw him on the street... I followed him..."

"Was it her father who thought of selling his daughter himself?" Chu Shiyu asked again.

"I... asked the debt collector from the gambling house to mention..." Huang Yazi felt a chill in his heart.

Chu Shiyu closed his eyes and suppressed his anger.

"Go on."

Huang Yazi then talked about Liu Rusi's past. When she was about to be sold for the first time, she knelt on the ground and cried and begged her father not to sell her. After being dragged out of the door, her uncle saw them and stopped them. Her father was a little hesitant, and finally the uncle paid five taels of silver plus her father's miscellaneous money to pay off the debt, so the first time was aborted.

Her father stopped going to the gambling house for a while, but Huang Yazi was not resigned to it and asked some of his friends to deliberately get to know her father and persuade him to go gambling. Her father could not resist the temptation and soon owed more gambling debts. Moreover, because it was the second time he was going to sell his property, his heart became much harder.

Later, Huang Yazi began to tell the story of Liu Rusi's encounter with Qin Lie. Huang Yazi looked back and found that he was deceived by Liu Rusi. He tried to lure Qin Lie into a trap, but Qin Lie was very determined and seemed to be uninterested in anything.

Qin Lie doesn't eat delicacies, doesn't drink alcohol, doesn't even go into gambling houses, let alone visit prostitutes. Huang Yazi himself feels that if he can keep such a beauty for three years without touching her, it's impossible for him to be seduced into prostitution by those vulgar women. Huang Yazi gave up after Liu Rusi became pregnant and no longer paid special attention to her.

At this point, Huang Yazi had nothing more to say, but Chu Shiyu still closed his eyes, meaning that he wanted him to continue speaking.

So Huang Yazi had to tell in detail what he had secretly observed about what happened after Liu Rusi married Qin Lie. Huang Yazi's focus was on Liu Rusi, and he didn't know much about how they got along with each other.

He just said that she was becoming more and more beautiful. Her skin was still delicate but starting to become rosy, and her limbs were slender, not like she had done rough labor, but neither did she look like the girls they had trained. They all had a melancholy and sad temperament. At that time, there was always a smile in Liu Rusi's eyes.

Chu Shiyu listened and slowly opened his eyes, but his eyes were empty, as if he was in a trance.

He had heard many people talk about the story of Qin Lie and Liu Rusi, their son Qin Hao, their uncle Liu Ronggui, their neighbors Huang Dashi and Huang Caiyun, and now he was a greedy human trafficker.

No matter from which side, the same thing is constantly confirmed: Qin Lie treats Liu Rusi very well, and their love is natural.

Of course he knew that Qin Lie was a good person. It was precisely because he knew that Qin Lie was a very good person that he did not have the confidence to win Liu Ruosi's love in his own name...

And now he was even more wondering, if it was him who met Liu Rusi, would he have done better than Qin Lie? Could he have made Liu Rusi fall in love with him just like him?

He was not sure, and only regretted that they met too late. He did not have the chance to try to make Liu Rusi's eyes always smile.

Huang Yazi racked his brains but could not say anything more. He could only look at Prince Duan anxiously, waiting for his fate.

Chu Shiyu came back to his senses after a long time. He looked at Huang Yazi with cold eyes and said in an especially cold voice: "You haven't told me where you would send her if you bought her? Fangchunyuan in the city?!"

"No! Absolutely not!" Huang Yazi quickly rejected it.

"If I buy Liu Rusi, I will definitely send her to the Golden Wind Jade Dew Pavilion for training. With her looks, it will be easy for her to get in! That is not a place for prostitution. It is a place that specializes in collecting beauties and presenting them to the rich and powerful! The beauties must remain virgins before they get married, and they will never be touched by anyone!"

Huang Yazi was not lying. Of course, if Liu Rusi had really lost her virginity, she would have been sold to a prostitute. But later on, he was sure that Liu Rusi had not lost her virginity in advance, so his face was full of sincerity.

Seeing that the coldness on Prince Duan's face eased a little, he knew that what he said was right. In fact, he had anticipated this question a long time ago. What a man cares most about a woman is her belonging.

Huang Yazi quickly added, "Some of the top beauties in Jinfeng Yulu Pavilion will be sent to the royal family. If Liu Rusi enters the pavilion, she might even meet the prince!"

Chu Shiyu looked much calmer. He didn't think he could run into her. He didn't like beauty and had never even heard of the Golden Wind and Jade Dew Pavilion. But if he had been sent to a wealthy family, his situation wouldn't have been bad. At least he would have had fine clothes and delicious food. Maybe it would have been another good life.

However, he would not completely believe Huang Yazi's description of the Golden Wind Jade Dew Pavilion. Chu Shiyu turned around and asked the guard next to him: "Do you know the Golden Wind Jade Dew Pavilion?"

The guard thought about it, then said uncertainly: "It seems that many beauties in King Kang's place are from the Golden Wind and Jade Dew Pavilion."

Huang Yazi was delighted when he heard this. Doesn't this prove that it is possible to send it to the prince?

However, he noticed that Prince Duan's face was filled with rage!

"Turn into a human pig! Put it in the filthiest place in Fangchunyuan!"