My husband, please respect yourself. The princess is here to grab the bride.
Chapter 14: Hypochondria
"Why are you being so evasive? I've already told you that this money was earned by the young master in a fair and honest way!"
How could Xiao Xi believe it?
The young master has spent countless amounts of money since he was born, but the money he has earned... is truly not a penny!
Now the young master suddenly brought so much silver... He has only been the son-in-law of the prince's mansion for four days!
Where does he make money?
What can he do to earn money?
I heard that the palace doesn't like the young master.
I heard that Princess Changying passed away on the day of her wedding... The young master didn't even enter the bridal chamber, which is enough to prove that the palace's attitude towards the young master is bad.
This is also the reason why grandpa has been sighing these days.
Grandfather said that the wealth of the palace is too great, and the young master cannot handle it, and his life may be in danger.
It’s not that the palace murdered the young master, but the young master’s fragile heart was such that he couldn’t bear the enormous pressure brought to him by the palace!
There is plenty of white silk in the palace!
I'm afraid the young master will... commit suicide!
The young master is actually more suitable for the poverty here.
Although life is hard, it’s just like that once you get used to it. At least you won’t commit suicide easily!
Today the young master came back alive, and Xiao Xiben felt relieved, but unexpectedly the silver scared her.
The two thousand taels of silver in the past might not have been a big deal for the Bai family, but considering their current situation, it was a huge sum of money!
"Then tell me how you earned all this money!"
Xiao Xi stood stubbornly in front of Bai Shaoqiu, with a serious expression on her face, even the freckles on the sides of her nose were more eye-catching.
"You little girl... Young Master, I won it from a student named Song Zigui from Shangling Academy!"
Xiao Xi's heart suddenly tightened:
"Gambling? You're gambling again!"
"Song Zigui...isn't he the most talented scholar in Xiling City who framed you and put you in jail last year? What did you bet with him?"
"It was him. He bet on a matching couplet... This can be considered half of his revenge for what happened last year."
Xiao Xi became even more unconvinced, and her eyes became more worried.
Young master, are you writing couplets?
If you told her you were gambling on Pai Gow, she would believe it. After all, the place where the young master spends the most money is in the gambling house!
I won two thousand taels of silver by betting on matching couplets with Xiling City's most talented scholar...
This is simply nonsense!
Xiao Xi swallowed her saliva, took a deep breath, and said earnestly:
"Master, we don't need to flatter ourselves!"
"Whether you stole this silver from the palace or robbed it from Song Zigui... return it to the owner immediately!"
"They'll report it to the police!"
"If you get arrested again... there's nothing left to sell now, and this little courtyard is only worth two taels of silver... Do you want to spend your whole life in prison?"
Bai Shaoqiu was depressed.
How should I explain this to this girl?
"Xiao Xi...if I say that the young master was just pretending in the past, would you believe me?"
Xiao Xi decisively replied: "I don't believe it!"
"Then how can you believe it?"
"...If you can just write out the Disciple Rules from memory, I'll believe it!"
Bai Shaoqiu really doesn’t know how to do this.
His face fell, "Am I still your master?!"
"……Yes!"
"Do you still listen to the young master?"
This time, Xiao Xi was silent for a long time and shook her head: "Although the Bai family has fallen, they don't do anything illegal!"
"If the young master can really earn so much money in an honest way, this servant will be very happy, and grandpa will be even happier!"
"But... Young Master, I'm not looking down on you for your studies. You really don't even know a few words, so how can you even think about writing couplets?"
"Let me ask you, how many ways are there to write the word 'hui' in fennel?"
Bai Shaoqiu was stunned. "Four ways of writing it!"
"Then write it out for me to see!"
Bai Shaoqiu was dumbfounded again. He remembered that Kong Yiji's article did not mention the other three ways of writing!
He continued to rub the clothes, and his tone softened:
"Master, have you ever washed clothes before?"
"no!"
"Look, are the young master's clothes washed correctly now?"
Xiao Xi looked at it for a moment and said, "Yes!"
"So, people do change!"
"I used to be young and naive... It wasn't that I couldn't read, it was just that I didn't want to. But now, Master, I understand."
"The Bai family fell because of me, so I will rebuild it."
"My parents left because of my anger. When I find their whereabouts, I will bring them back."
"I came here to use the money I won to ask Uncle Fu to invite back those former craftsmen..."
"The printing workshop needs to be reopened... and we need to find another location."
"The bookstore also needs to find a new location. It would be best if the former store owner, Wen, could be hired back."
"This silver is not enough. Master, I will find a way, but Uncle Fu has to take care of this matter first."
Xiao Xi stood beside Bai Shaoqiu and listened carefully.
There was a look of deep surprise in her eyes. She looked at Bai Shaoqiu in disbelief, a little dazed.
The young master is really different from before!
He is really washing clothes!
The words were spoken in an orderly manner and did not seem false.
Of course, she hoped that the young master could restore the former glory of the Bai Mansion, but... was it possible?
The young master is calling himself the son-in-law of the prince's mansion, but in fact he is just a son-in-law!
As a son-in-law, even if he and the princess are married, the child born cannot have the surname Bai, but must take the mother's surname Dongfang!
The Bai Mansion in Xiling City actually no longer exists.
Xiao Xi's eyes gradually dimmed.
"Master, I don't know where the master has gone. Even if he opened a bookstore, he has no source of books."
"I'll take care of this."
"...Young Master, you went to Shangling Academy just to build good relationships with the teachers and students?"
"No."
"Why is that?"
"Reading, Master. After lunch, I'm going back to the academy's library to read... so it's too late for you to go buy some food and drinks now!"
"Besides, Master, I am the son-in-law bestowed by the Emperor. Even if this money was stolen, what can they do to me?"
Xiao Xi thought this made sense.
But in the end, I feel that robbing is not a glorious thing.
"Go ahead, trust me! Maybe in a couple of days the word will spread on the streets that I beat Song Zigui."
"Even if they want to save face and not spread the news, it doesn't matter. Isn't there only four days left until the Zhuxi Literary Festival?"
"You must quickly make two nice sets of clothes, and then the young master will take you to the Zhuxi Literary Gathering."
"Just watch me, Master, win first place in this literary competition!"
Xiao Xi curled her lips, thinking that the young master had been a real spendthrift in the past, but he had never spoken so arrogantly as he did now.
Zhuxi Literary Festival is an annual event held by the three major colleges in Xiling City!
At that time, not only the teachers of the academy, but also the officials in charge of education in the City Guard Office, and even people from the royal palace will witness it together!
I heard that less than half of the students can pass Zhuxi, and another half can pass Shuxiangmen!
Those who can enter Lanting... are rare!
The young master actually claimed to win the first prize in the Zhuxi Literary Competition... This is nothing but a pipe dream.
"Let's talk about it after you win the championship... I won't drink the wine, and it's not too late to eat Yu Ji Braised Chicken after you win the championship."
Xiao Xi turned around and walked towards the kitchen next to the hut.
"I'm going to cook. As for what to do with the silver, we'll talk about it when Grandpa comes back."
She came to the kitchen door, turned around suddenly, and said worriedly:
"Master, I heard that you are not living well in the palace."
"You...you seem to be having delusions now,"
"Take things easy, and be patient if they treat you like a servant."
“In fact, many things become habitual as you keep doing them.”
"Being alive is more important than anything else!"
"You must not seek death!"
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