Chapter 18: Four Thousand Three Hundred Taels of Silver
In the Lin Mansion, Wang had just paid 1,800 taels for the white jade hairpin, and the silver shop immediately sent a second white jade hairpin worth 2,500 taels.
A full four thousand three hundred taels! Wang's heart was bleeding.
A few days ago, Baozhu's biological father cheated her out of seven thousand taels of silver, and this time another four thousand three hundred taels.
It is obviously only worth more than two hundred taels, but Baozhu insisted on spending several thousand taels of silver to buy it. This girl is really a spendthrift.
"Come here, Granny Fang and her friends failed to protect their master, take them away and give them 20 strokes of the cane."
Soon, screams of maids and servants were heard in the yard.
Hearing this, Mother Sun broke out in a cold sweat.
This time, Miss Qianqian actually cheated Miss Baozhu so badly.
The lady must have hated Miss Qianqian to the core, but unfortunately she couldn't do anything to her because Miss Zhang's mother, Princess Jiashan, had given Miss Qianqian a personal maid.
Wang: "Baozhu, do you know you are wrong?"
Lin Baozhu refused to admit her mistake.
"Mother, the Duke of Xingguo's Mansion sent so many good things, the value must be more than four thousand three hundred taels."
"What are you talking about, little girl? Those good things are hard to buy even with money. Use them as dowry when you get married. Your in-laws will definitely look up to you."
Lin Baozhu was grounded because of this.
Wang really wanted to teach Lin Qianqian a lesson, but unfortunately now was not the right time to do so.
Two days later, Lin Baozhu's cousin Wang Yuyan came to the Lin Mansion to visit Lin Baozhu who was under house arrest.
Wang Yuyan is Wang Qing's sister.
He said he came to visit, but actually he came to make fun of Lin Baozhu.
As soon as they met, he said, "Sister Baozhu, congratulations, you have finally become famous. The whole capital is full of legends about you."
"I heard that you were badly cheated in Mingyue Silver Shop. There were many ladies from wealthy families in the shop at that time, so your story has now spread throughout the capital."
Lin Baozhu got angry when the matter of the four thousand three hundred taels of silver was mentioned.
After being confined for two days, my mind became clearer and I finally realized that I had been tricked by Lin Qianqian that day.
Lin Baozhu was so angry that her face turned red. She said bitterly, "I just suffered a loss once. There is still a long way to go. It is not certain who will suffer the loss in the end."
Wang Yuyan: I knew this girl would never accept defeat.
She gave Lin Baozhu an idea, "Grandmother is going to celebrate her 66th birthday soon. By then, most of the famous ladies in the capital will come to the palace. Then, how about... this?"
Lin Baozhu nodded, "My cousin, this is a good idea. Let's see if she cries then."
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Zhang Hanyan has been immersed in the joy of having tricked Lin Baozhu these days. "Sister Lin, I'll invite you to the teahouse to listen to a story."
The two of them asked for a single room on the second floor.
The storyteller on the first floor tells the heroic story of Guanjun Hou who fought against a hundred enemies alone at the border.
Zhang Hanyan was leaning on the railing on the second floor, listening to the book with fascination.
Lin Qianqian was discussing something with Ada.
"Miss, now the formalities for the Jiang residence have been completed. We are contacting the repairman. The preliminary estimate is that it may cost about one thousand taels to simply repair the Jiang residence. If you want to live more comfortably, at least three thousand taels. If you want a more luxurious life, five thousand taels will be the minimum."
At this time, the door of the private room was knocked, and the person who came in was the fool Si Xuan.
Lin Qianqian is no longer surprised by this. She meets this guy almost every time she goes out.
Just follow him, it’s no big deal, this guy is just like a child anyway.
Lin Qianqian told Ah Da, "It should be luxurious."
Anyway, she is not the one who is paying for it, so this time Lin Qianqian plans to let her scumbag father Lin Qingyun pay for it.
It's not fair that the scumbag dad has done so many immoral things, but he is still able to remain clean. We must give him some punishment.
No one could throw his own daughter into a mass grave in the snow.
No amount of money can be squeezed out of him.
Lin Qianqian has always sent people to monitor Lin Qingyun.
Recently, Lin Qingyun has often been bullied by Minister Zhang. After leaving the yamen, she feels bad and goes to brothels and other places to have fun and calm down.
After a few visits, he actually took a fancy to a young prostitute and kept her outside.
Now the two of them are in love with each other.
It was just right to take this opportunity to let Wang and Lin Qingyun fight each other.
"Ah Da, I'll find a way to deal with the money."
When Si Xuan heard the word "silver", he took out a banknote from somewhere and stuffed it into Lin Qianqian's pocket, "Here you go."
It was a huge silver note with a face value of five thousand taels.
Of course Lin Qianqian wouldn't accept it. She wouldn't do such a thing as cheating a fool out of his money.
So he forced the banknote into the hands of Zhao Xiaoliu who was guarding outside the private room.
There was tea and some dried fruits on the table in the private room.
Lin Qianqian peeled a pistachio and put it in her mouth. It was crispy and fragrant, really delicious. However, it was too troublesome to peel it, so she was too lazy to peel it and concentrated on listening to the storyteller telling stories.
When the storyteller finished his story, Lin Qianqian reached out to grab some pistachios and found that all the pistachios on the plate had been peeled and placed in front of her.
Si Xuan's fingertips were slightly red, and the table in front of him was covered with pistachio shells.
It was obvious that he peeled all the pistachios.
It's actually quite good that Si Xuan becomes stupid. Before he becomes stupid, he is extremely cold and would never do something like helping a woman peel nuts.
"Sister Lin, thanks to you, I can actually eat pistachios peeled by Si Xuan himself."
Zhang Hanyan also came over to the table and ate the peeled kaidian fruit while looking at Si Xuan carefully.
"Sister Lin, thanks to you, I can see Si Xuan's handsome face from such a close distance. You don't know that when Si Xuan was not stupid, he had a cold face and no woman could get within three feet of him."
"He's handsome, really handsome. No wonder he's known as the most handsome man in the Great Yan Kingdom. I used to admire him."
Lin Qianqian also thought it was beautiful, and as she watched, she couldn't help but pinch Si Xuan's face, which was very smooth and elastic.
Take advantage of this guy's stupidity to admire him a few more times. Once he returns to normal, he will go back to being a keep-away person. It will be difficult to admire him again then.
This guy's eyelashes are so long! Longer than hers, so beautiful.
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Lin Qianqian was anxious to get money from Lin Qingyun so that she could use it to renovate the Jiang Mansion.
Of course, there was no way Lin Qingyun would be willing to give her money, so this matter could only be solved by wits.
Lin Qianqian gave a string of copper coins to the little beggar as a reward, and asked him to go to the Lin residence to tell the truth about Lin Qingyun's keeping of a concubine.
When Wang heard the news, she was furious and immediately went to Sulu Lane with a few strong women and the guards of the Lin residence.
It caused a huge uproar.
Then the news spread throughout the capital that Lin Qingyun, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, was actually homosexual.
There were homosexuals in the Great Yan Dynasty, but they had to keep it secret because His Majesty had issued a clear order prohibiting homosexuality, which was detrimental to the continuation of the family line.
Lin Qingyun had several bloody marks on his face from Wang's scratches, and was also called to the Prime Minister's Mansion by Prime Minister Wang, who scolded him terribly.
Things have been really bad recently. Lin Qingyun plans to go to a temple outside the city to burn incense when he has free time, asking the Buddha to help change his bad luck.
He returned to the Lin family's gate from the Prime Minister's Mansion and met Lin Qianqian who was about to leave the house.
This was the first formal meeting between the father and daughter.
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