Chapter 266: The Concubine Leaves Shangjing
"You are totally unruly and unreasonable!"
The concubine originally wanted to have a calm chat with Xie Yingmian.
But, Xie Yingmian contradicted her every word she said, lacking even basic courtesy.
Xie Yingmian didn't know what the Concubine Dowager was thinking.
If she wanted to know what the concubine was thinking, she would have to complain: I have never seen someone so calm as to find fault the moment they open their mouth.
She only fought back because the Toffee was looking for trouble.
If the concubine hadn't acted in a condescending fatherly manner when preaching, she wouldn't have been so sarcastic and mocking in her words.
"To the Concubine Dowager, I am indeed unreasonable." Xie Yingmian rarely had the leisure to argue with the Concubine Dowager.
"After all, the sky is very low for women in this era. It's so low that there is only a small yard, a man, and a few children. Their husband and children are their sky. Open their eyes and close them, and that's all they care about."
"I don't."
"I've seen a wider world, more freedom. Yu Lingye can't trap me, and neither can Prince Ling's Mansion. I'll leave him, and I'll still be myself."
"On the contrary, Yu Lingye is no longer himself after he leaves me."
The Concubine listened to Xie Yingmian's unorthodox words and felt inexplicably angry: "Ye'er can't leave you? Do you think you are a fairy?"
Xie Yingmian: "I'm not a fairy, and I'm not that narcissistic."
"Yu Lingye may not have told you that our relationship is more like a partnership than a husband-and-wife relationship. I treat his illness and he protects me. We each get what we need."
"Without me, he would be in a coma and would go to hell at any time."
"Without him, my life might be a little harder, but it won't be impossible."
"So, Concubine, your theory of putting your husband first doesn't apply to me. If you want to lecture me or control me, you'd better forget it."
The concubine stared at Xie Yingmian for a long time.
He stared at it for a while and suddenly laughed.
"If you stay in this position for too long, you won't hear the truth anymore. It's rare that you can tell me the truth. I suddenly think you're a little cute."
"To be honest, if we weren't mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, maybe we could still be friends."
Xie Yingmian said, "Your Highness, you are worrying too much."
"Even if we weren't mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, we wouldn't be friends."
"We are not on the same path."
"If the Concubine Dowager has nothing else to do, I will go back first. Since you are Yu Lingye's elder, I wish you a safe journey."
After Xie Yingmian finished speaking, he turned and left.
The concubine watched Xie Yingmian leave gracefully and sighed deeply.
"Your temper is quite similar to mine when I was young."
"Never mind."
"I called you over this time to make up for the tea ceremony and the compensation for changing your words."
Xie Yingmian paused.
Does the Concubine mean that she acknowledges her marriage to Yu Lingye?
But what’s the point of the concubine admitting it?
She didn't admit it.
"No need." Xie Yingmian said, "First of all, I don't want to change my mind."
"Secondly, Yu Lingye has already given you your share of the tea gift."
Having said that, Xie Yingmian raised his eyebrows slightly.
It's not in her character to not make money.
"If Madam Dowager has money, she can buy some pills from me."
"I have a lot of pills here. There are mosquito repellents, snake repellents, detoxification pills, beauty pills, and pills to prevent poisonous insects from getting close to you. If you need them, I can give you a discount."
Toffee: ...
Beauty? Mosquito repellent?
It is said that there are many snakes, rats, insects and ants in the south. The concubine has always been afraid of these things. Upon hearing this, she was immediately moved: "Let me see."
Xie Yingmian went back immediately and brought all the pills that she had developed in her spare time to Fengzaoyuan and presented them to the concubine one by one.
"This is perfume."
"Drop a drop in the water while bathing, and your whole body will emit a fragrance that will linger for three days. As long as the fragrance is there, mosquitoes and other insects will not come near. Just one drop is enough, never more, otherwise you will get sick."
“This is stinky water.”
"Put a drop of stinky water in a basin and sprinkle it around the yard. Snakes, rats, insects and ants will stay away. It's also just one drop. If you add too much, people will feel uncomfortable."
"This is itching powder."
"Just a little bit will make the other person itch for a long time. It's perfect for punishing those who talk too much."
"This is a beauty pill. Take one pill a day and your skin will be completely renewed in thirty days."
"This is a hair care pill. Apply it to the roots of your hair when you wash your hair. It will make your hair black and shiny, as beautiful as a waterfall."
"This, and this..."
The more Xie Yingmian introduced her, the more the concubine was moved.
The concubine's eyes changed when she looked at Xie Yingmian.
If she had known Xie Yingmian was so capable, why would she act like a mother-in-law and find fault all the time?
If she had been on good terms with Xie Yingmian, she would have enjoyed it long ago.
The concubine sighed: "I suddenly don't want to leave."
Xie Yingmian: "You can't afford it if you don't leave."
Toffee: ...It hurts.
"I want all of these," said the Toffee.
Xie Yingmian said, "A total of two thousand eight hundred taels. Thank you for your patronage."
When the concubine heard this number, the vein on her forehead jumped.
Ye'er had just given her five thousand taels of silver for her to use on her journey.
She had already spent more than half before she even started.
"Can it be cheaper?"
Xie Yingmian: "Okay, for Yu Lingye's sake, I'll take two thousand taels from you."
Toffee: ...
Two thousand taels is still too much.
Xie Yingmian saw the concubine's dilemma.
She chuckled and said, "The Concubine Dowager spent a fortune on the Fang family. She thought three hundred thousand taels was a small sum. But she bought so many things for herself, and she thought two thousand taels was too much?"
The concubine already felt heartbroken, and being stabbed by Xie Yingmian's soft knife made her feel even more heartbroken.
It was also at this time that the concubine felt more and more regretful.
yes.
Wouldn't it be nice for her to save the money and go shopping? Why would she feed those ungrateful people from the Fang family?
I was really blinded by greed before.
In the end, the concubine still spent two thousand taels of silver to buy the pile of pills.
After Yu Lingye knew that Xie Yingmian sold pills to the Concubine Dowager for two thousand taels, he said nothing and did not give the Concubine Dowager any more money. He only gave the captain of the guard three thousand taels and asked him to wait until he arrived at Ruihua Temple before giving it to the Concubine Dowager.
The news that the Concubine Dowager went to Ruihua Temple was kept secret.
The travel time is also kept confidential.
By the time the Fang family heard the news, the concubine had already settled down in Ruihua Temple.
Fang Zhengtian and others couldn't believe that the concubine had really left.
They came many times and asked to see the Queen Dowager, but were driven away by the guards every time.
Fang Zhengtian was unwilling to give up, so he hired a martial arts master to sneak into Fengzaoyuan.
Upon learning that Fengzaoyuan had long been deserted, Fang Zhengtian and others were completely panicked.
Both Fang Zhengtian and Fang Zhangshi thought that the concubine's decision to break off the engagement was just a joke and was made in anger.
They also wanted to wait until the concubine's anger subsided and the two families resumed their interactions, and then they would extort the 300,000 taels of silver from the concubine.
Unexpectedly, the toffee just left!
Moreover, they couldn't find out where the concubine had gone.
Yu Lingye had long known that the Fang family had sent martial arts masters to infiltrate.
He deliberately let the guards in that martial arts master.
Not only did he let people in, he also specially sent Bai Xiaosheng to the teahouse to spread the news.
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