Traveling through ancient times, the princess of the special forces became the group's favorite

After an unknown amount of time, Minister Zhao finally woke up.

After waking up, he found himself lying on the cold floor and was so angry that he almost fainted.

"Butler! Where's the butler?"

he shouted.

After calling for a long time, there was no sign of the butler.

"Someone! Someone!"

At this moment, a servant finally came in from the door.

"Master, what are your orders?"

"Where is the butler? Call him in!"

Minister Zhao said angrily.

I called him for a long time, but he didn't show up. He is so bold!

I'll see if I don't punish him severely later.

The servant trembled and quickly responded: "Master, I don't know where the butler has gone. I haven't seen the butler for a long time..."

What? He's been unconscious for a long time?

It’s over, it’s over. He hasn’t attended court for a long time, nor has he asked the emperor for leave. The emperor will definitely punish him.

No matter what, let’s take care of the present first!

"You bunch of dogs and slaves, you just laid me on the ground? Don't you know the floor is cold? Can you take responsibility for me getting sick from the cold?!"

Hearing the rebuke, the servant lowered his head, very frightened.

He said weakly, "Master, it's not that we servants insist on putting you on the floor. It's just that there's no bed left in the house. We have no choice but to do this!"

Minister Zhao then recalled that his mansion had been emptied overnight by someone or perhaps a ghost.

"Go find me a butler! Bring him here!"

He was given one day to retrieve all the belongings in the mansion, but I don’t know how he’s doing.

"Yes."

The servant hurriedly retreated.

I don’t know how much time has passed.

The servant came running in in a panic.

"Master, Master! The butler... the butler might have run away..."

"What?" Minister Zhao jumped up from the ground.

"You said the butler ran away?"

The servant stopped, gathered his composure, and said, "Yes, I just searched the entire mansion but couldn't find him. I even looked for his residence but couldn't find him. When I came back, I heard that he had left the city with his wife and children."

Minister Zhao was so angry that he wanted to grab something and throw it out, but after turning around, he found nothing around him.

In the end, he had no choice but to stomp his feet to vent his anger.

At this time, a maid from the kitchen came in to report.

"Master, what are we having for dinner tonight? There is not a single grain of rice left in the house."

"Eat you!" Minister Zhao blurted out angrily.

The maid was so scared that she took several steps back. When she was two steps away from the door, she turned around and ran out.

After turning around several times, Minister Zhao said:

"Go and call the human trafficker to the mansion!"

"Human trafficker?" the servant asked doubtfully.

The family is so poor now, and Master still wants to buy a concubine or a servant? Does he have the money to do so?

"What are you standing there for? Go!"

"Yes, sir." The servant didn't dare to say another word and ran out quickly.

Not long after, the servant came back from the city with a human trafficker.

This human trafficker had previously sold a maid to Minister Zhao's mansion.

The maid she had sold was taken as a concubine by Minister Zhao because of her beauty!

The human trafficker thought that Minister Zhao wanted to buy another young and beautiful maid, so he took the initiative to bring the pure maid he had just bought from the countryside into the Zhao Mansion.

However, after the human trafficker Nanny Wang entered the Zhao Mansion, she felt something strange.

In the past, the servants in the Zhao Mansion always had smiles on their faces, but now, all of them had sad faces. In addition, Nanny Wang also found that the Zhao Mansion was empty. Apart from a few maids and servants, there was nothing in the yard.

Suppressing her curiosity, Nanny Wang met Minister Zhao.

"Master Zhao, are you looking to buy another young girl? Look, I've already brought them to you."

Nanny Wang asked the maids to line up and introduce themselves to Minister Zhao one by one.

"This girl used to be a daughter of an official family. She fell into this situation because her family fell into poverty. She understands music and is good at reciting poems and painting."

"And this one, she's the prettiest. Her parents sold her for food in order to support her three younger brothers."

"Look at this one, with a pair of charming peach blossom eyes, a good personality, gentle and considerate..."

Minister Zhao listened and watched, his saliva flowing all over the floor.

"How about it? Lord Zhao, can you keep these?"

Minister Zhao was just about to order someone to get the silver when he suddenly thought of his current situation.

He glanced at the row of girls standing in front of him and finally chose the charming girl who was gentle and considerate.

"Madam Wang, I'm old now, and I can't enjoy all these beautiful women anymore. This..." Minister Zhao pointed at the docile woman and said, "How much silver is this?"

Nanny Wang smiled and said in a cheerful voice, "Not much, not much. Twenty taels of silver will do."

"Twenty taels?" Minister Zhao weighed it in his mind.

Now, let alone twenty taels of silver, he couldn't even come up with two taels of silver.

However, he did not serve as an official of the imperial court for so many years in vain.

Minister Zhao quickly gathered all the maids and servants together and lined them up one by one.

"Madam Wang, how much silver are these servants worth in total?"

Now we can't even afford a meal in the mansion, so why keep so many mouths to feed? It would be better to exchange the money for silver so that he can get through these difficult days.

When you turn things around in the future, you can hire as many maids and servants as you want.

The human trafficker Nanny Wang was shocked.

No...what's going on?

Why does Minister Zhao want to sell maids and servants?

"Master Zhao, what are you doing?" Nanny Wang frowned immediately.

Minister Zhao put aside his pride and risked his old face.

"That's right. The mansion is in trouble right now and we don't need so many maids and servants for the time being. Look at how much they are worth and take them in!"

After being surprised, Nanny Wang's expression quickly returned to normal.

She has been doing business for more than ten years and is used to getting bargains.

Now, Minister Zhao was short of money and was anxious to sell these servants, so she took them in at a low price.

Nanny Wang counted the number of people.

There were forty-five people in total, thirty maids and fifteen servants.

Nanny Wang checked them one by one and finally held up nine fingers.

"That's more than enough."

"Nine hundred taels?" Minister Zhao's eyes widened.

What about these forty-five people? Only worth nine hundred taels of silver?

When he bought it, it cost at least forty or fifty taels of silver per person!

Nanny Wang said, "They are all quite old. Most families don't want to marry someone this old. Generally speaking, nine hundred taels is the maximum."

Minister Zhao was silent for a moment, and finally agreed.

If nothing else, nine hundred taels of silver would be enough for him to live on for a while.

Besides, he just wanted to exchange the money for silver as soon as possible and get the matter over with. Otherwise, as the human traffickers asked for prices one by one, the news that he had sold his maids and servants would soon spread.

By then, how can he still gain a foothold in the court?

At that time, he would only become the laughing stock of the whole capital.