Chapter 93 Proposal
Jiang Fei propped up her head and thought for a moment before saying, "Since we've both been reborn to change our fates, as long as I can make her think that our goals don't conflict, or are even the same, she won't be wary of me anymore. On the contrary, we'll be on the same side."
"But our goals are clearly opposite!" The system said: "You want to follow the original plot, and she wants to change her fate!"
"Are you stupid?" Jiang Fei analyzed, "I used the excuse that my goal was the same as hers, but in reality, I was still trying to trick her. This is called building a plank road in the open while secretly crossing Chencang. Do you understand?"
The system felt its intelligence was being crushed, and after a while it said, "You don't act like an idiot when you use your brain."
Jiang Fei rolled her eyes. If the system had a physical body, Jiang Fei wanted to sew the system's mouth shut.
"Since Wei Ciying thinks I'm reincarnated, I might as well put on a show for her. She wants to bring me and Wei Mingzhen together, so I'll show her how devoted I am to Wei Mingzhen."
The carriage suddenly jolted and stopped.
"What's going on?"
Jiang Fei lifted the curtain of the carriage and saw Duan Jiu riding a horse on the side. When he saw Jiang Fei, he saluted her with a fist.
"Second Miss Jiang."
Jiang Fei stuck her head out and looked around, but didn't see Pei Jing.
"The prince didn't come, the prince..." Duan Jiu stopped talking at the right time, almost forgetting the prince's instructions and telling him that he was sick.
Jiang Fei said "Oh", "Then you go first, our carriage moves slowly."
Duan Jiu didn't dare leave until the prince had done what he had been told to do, so he asked, "Could Miss Jiang please excuse me for a moment?"
Jiang Fei thought Duan Jiu had something important to tell her, so when she saw Duan Jiu take out a stack of banknotes, her expression was dull.
"What do you mean? Are you proposing marriage on behalf of your prince?"
Duan Jiu almost choked on his own saliva and quickly waved his hands, "No, no, it wasn't given to me by the prince. Yes, I gave it to him myself."
Jiang Fei narrowed her eyes suspiciously, "For yourself, to propose? You want to marry our Jiutao?"
"It's not a betrothal offer! It has nothing to do with betrothal. I just insisted on giving it." Duan Jiu gritted his teeth.
Although the prince forced her to give it, she could not say it out loud and could only take the blame on her own shoulders.
Jiang Fei took the banknotes and counted them in confusion.
She had never seen so much silver since she came into this world. After selling her jewelry and adding the money she "cleverly" stole from Yao, the total amount was only more than two hundred taels.
When he first saw the one thousand and two taels of silver, his eyes widened.
Jiang Fei was at a loss when she took the money. "You are neither proposing marriage nor buying my life, so why are you giving me so much money?"
This really put Duan Jiu in a difficult position. The prince asked him to give it, but he didn't think about why a personal guard like him would give a rich girl 1,000 taels of silver for no reason?
Duan Jiu scratched his head, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind, "Young lady saved our prince in Tingquan Mountain earlier, and everyone in the mansion was very grateful. This is what we collected together."
Jiang Fei raised an eyebrow, twirling the banknote lightly with her fingertips, "Oh? Your entire family pooled together a thousand taels just to thank me?"
It's no wonder she didn't believe it. The main reason was that the purchasing power of one thousand taels of silver in modern times was nothing. It would probably be at least one million taels.
In other words, the bodyguards and cleaners of a wealthy family pooled together one million to thank her for saving their employer. How could such a fairy tale stay on the headlines for ten days?
Duan Jiu's forehead was covered with sweat, and he nodded with gritted teeth, "That's right."
"Then..." Jiang Fei suddenly took a step closer, "How much did your prince pay?"
"The prince is out—" Duan Jiu suddenly shut up and almost bit his tongue, "The prince is not out!"
"He didn't come out?"
"I didn't spend a penny, I swear!" Duan Jiu's face was full of indignation, and this expression was not fake at all.
Jiang Fei nodded thoughtfully, "Is that so."
She stuffed the banknote into Duan Jiu's hand and said, "I can't take this money."
"Why?"
Jiang Fei said, "I saved him that day, and he saved me, so we're even. He saved my life a few days ago, so I still owe him. So I can't take this money anymore."
Duan Jiu wanted to cry. Since he failed to complete the task, he had no choice but to go back and apologize and accept the punishment.
"Miss, you should just accept it. We've already collected the money, and I don't even remember who contributed how much. It's going to be hard to pay it back when we get back."
"That's easy." Jiang Fei said, "Why don't you just take it back and share it with everyone?"
Equal? Equal!
This is Duan Jiu's hard-earned money, why should he share it with them?
Seeing that Jiang Fei had no intention of giving in, Duan Jiu had no choice but to give up. If he continued to pester her, it would seem suspicious.
Duan Jiu bowed and said, "In that case, I will take my leave first."
…
Half an hour later, Pei Jing stared at the one thousand taels of silver on the edge of the bed in a daze.
After a long while, he said, "You mean, when she arrived, she asked you if you were proposing marriage on my behalf?"
Duan Jiu replied truthfully: "Miss Jiang Er is right."
Pei Jing nodded slowly, "I see."
Duan Jiu, who heard it with his own ears, didn't understand anything, but he didn't expect that the prince would understand it immediately.
"I am a foolish subordinate. I don't know what Miss Jiang Er means."
"What else could it mean?" Pei Jing raised his eyes. "She's hinting that I should go and ask for marriage."
Duan Jiu: “…”
"It doesn't seem so." Duan Jiu regretted it as soon as he said this.
Pei Jing's eyes instantly turned dangerous. "What did you say?"
"What I mean is, uh..." Duan Jiu racked his brains, "It seems that Miss Jiang Er is not too anxious."
Pei Jing tapped his fingers lightly on the edge of the bed and suddenly chuckled, "Of course she's not in a hurry. She's waiting for me to bow my head and wants me to personally deliver the silver to her."
"Then will you send it off, Your Majesty?"
"Not yet." Pei Jing frowned and looked at Duan Jiu, "I am sending her money even though I am sick, as if I am afraid that she won't have enough to eat."
Duan Jiuxin said, "That's right. They are not worried that he, a guard, will not have money to eat. They will just give him a thousand taels."
"Why hasn't Wen Zhu come back yet?" Pei Jing asked again.
"It's almost there," Duan Jiu said, "We should be able to reach the capital the day after tomorrow."
…
At the same time, in the backyard of Jiang Mansion.
Jiang Fei, who was taking off her hair in front of the bronze mirror, suddenly sneezed.
She rubbed her nose and asked, "Who is saying bad things about me?"
The system said, "Just now, Wei Mingzhen and Pei Jing's favorability towards you increased."
"How much did Wei Mingzhen's salary increase?"
"Two points."
Jiang Fei nodded. She thought that these two points must be the reason why Wei Ciying praised her in front of Wei Mingzhen in order to get her to marry him.
"What about Pei Jing? How much has it increased?"
The system said sarcastically, "Congratulations! You've increased by 10 points in one go."
"Huh?" Jiang Fei nearly fell off her chair. "I haven't even appeared in front of him yet, how come his favorability increased inexplicably? What's it like now?"
"42."
The system continued, "Host, let me remind you that Wei Mingzhen's favorability has increased, but Pei Jing's favorability is also increasing. If it continues to increase, a situation will arise where two men will compete for one woman. Who do you think will win, Pei Jing or Wei Mingzhen?"
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