Chapter 268 You are wrong, this is mine
Bu Ruo nodded with satisfaction: "Shun Fei is smart. She has fought for the life she has now. She longed for freedom and never let Xiao Haoyan steal the throne. That's why she is living such a prosperous life now."
It was drizzling the day the group arrived in Wei County. Xiao Yulan took them to the largest inn here and stayed there, which was a separate courtyard. Doctor Du would take everyone's pulse every three days, for fear that they would get hot or suffer from acclimatization during the journey. Now that everyone was settled, they took their pulses one by one in the courtyard, and the two little ones could also practice.
"Ruo'er, you must admit that the prince is really amazing. Almost all the inns we stayed in along the way were owned by the prince. This must have saved us a lot of money. The prince really knows how to live."
Bu Ruo glanced at him and said, "You're wrong. This is mine."
"The people who lived here a few days ago belonged to Bubu and Jiner. After I married the prince, he transferred all his properties to me. After I had Bubu and Jiner, I transferred some of my properties to them."
"Let's put it this way. Your prince now only has the little money in his sleeve pocket, and he is basically penniless. He has nothing to his name."
Jin Congcong looked at Xiao Yulan, who was sitting next to him, in shock and asked in a low voice, "Your Highness, is what Ruo'er said true? Did you really give all your property to her?"
Xiao Yulan nodded calmly: "Yes, I gave it all to Ruo'er, so I am very poor now and have to rely on Ruo'er for support."
Jin Congcong suddenly felt relieved and took out the purse from his waist with a smile: "How much silver do you have now, my lord? We're just waiting anyway, let's compare."
Xiao Yulan looked at Bu Ruo lovingly, took out a thick stack of banknotes from his sleeve pocket and placed it on the table: "Probably... only tens of thousands of taels, I haven't counted them carefully."
Jin Congcong stared at the few taels of silver in his hand, motionless for a long time before exclaiming, "Didn't you say you had no assets to your name? How come you still have so much? Tens of thousands of taels... I've never seen so much silver in my life."
Xiao Yulan coughed lightly. "It's true that I don't have any assets to my name, but I still have the two gold mines Ruo'er gave me. Besides daily expenses like this, I used all the money I earned over the past few years to buy shops and houses in the Three Kingdoms. After managing them, I passed them on to Ruo'er. So... I don't have any assets, and this is all the money I have left for now."
Jin Congcong: Tens of thousands of taels... are they for daily expenses? Well, he's a prince and has so many things to do, so it's only natural that he has more money.
Woohoo... in the end, I'm still the only one who's poor.
Along the way, Guo Lu became familiar with everyone, and everyone gradually accepted her.
Jin Congcong looked around and finally set his sights on her.
"How about...we compete?"
Guo Lu suppressed her laughter and coughed lightly, then said hesitantly, "Little Divine Doctor Jin, how about... let's just forget it."
Jin Congcong seemed to know something and waved his hand: "It doesn't matter. I know you and Ruo'er signed a contract to sell your body, and it's a life contract. Ruo'er hasn't paid you your monthly salary yet, right? I will let you go. I still have a few copper coins in my purse. Let's compete with what I have."
Guo Lu looked at the determination in someone's eyes and slowly pulled out a stack of silver bills from her sleeve pocket. Although it was not as thick as Xiao Yulan's, there were still quite a few.
"I don't have as much as the prince, only a few thousand taels..."
Jin Congcong: ...
"Aren't you a princess in dire straits? Didn't you escape from the palace? How did you get so much silver? Ruo'er couldn't have given it to you, could she?"
Guo Lu shook her head. "It wasn't given by the princess. Although my maternal grandfather was a military commander, my maternal grandmother was a merchant. My mother is the youngest in the family, with two older brothers. My eldest uncle is a general, and my second uncle followed my maternal grandmother into business. So my mother has never lacked money since she was a child."
"I took some silver notes with me when I left the palace. My grandmother and two uncles would also give me silver on time. They said they were afraid that I would have too much silver and that bad people would covet it, so they would only give me a few hundred taels each time, but they would give it to me on time every month."
"If my grandmother and my younger uncle hadn't gone into business, my eldest uncle's Di Family Army wouldn't have been able to hold out until now after my father ran out of food."
Jin Congcong didn't want to talk anymore, but he looked at Cen Nan with hope.
Cen Nan, who was moving things, felt the gaze on him and walked over to take out the banknotes: "I don't have much, just over 200 taels, the rest is kept by Bi'er."
"Oh, don't be like that. I only carry so much money when I go out, just in case of an emergency. Normally in Kyoto, I only carry a few dozen taels at most."
Seeing Bi'er nod, Jin Congcong wanted to cry but had no tears: "A few dozen taels is more than I have..."
Bubu, who had just finished taking the pulse, ran over and climbed onto the chair, pulling down the small purse from his waist. "Don't be sad, brother. I'm competing with you. I don't have much money, but I guarantee I'll win."
This time when they went out, Bu Ruo gave Bu Bu and Xiao Jin each a purse, and let them pay for their purchases themselves.
Bu Bu dumped all the change in his small purse onto the table: "Brother, come here, let's count it together."
Everyone else gathered around curiously, except Bu Ruo and Xiao Yulan.
"One ounce, two ounces, three ounces..."
The two of them counted like this, and finally...
"Brother...I seem to have six more copper coins than you."
Jin Congcong didn't give up and poured out all the remaining copper coins in his purse... but in the end he still had one less than Bubu.
step by step:……
"Brother, Bubu didn't mean it. I only had five taels of silver and a few copper coins, and I thought you could win."
"It's okay~ It's okay~ Senior brother, don't be sad. Later, Bubu will ask Aunt Bier to take me out to buy a string of candied haws, and you will have more than Bubu."
Seeing Jin Congcong lying on the table in frustration, Bu Bu tilted his head and thought for a while: "Senior brother, why don't you compete with me? All my money is in my pocket, you should be able to beat me."
Seeing someone looking at him with shining eyes, Xiao Jin sighed helplessly: "Bu Bu, forget it."
Unexpectedly, Bubu walked over and shook Xiao Jin's arm coquettishly: "Brother, just compete, you see how pitiful senior brother is, just compete, let senior brother sleep well."
Xiao Jin, who doted on his sister excessively, sighed again and handed over his purse.
"Wow." Bu Bu ran to Jin Congcong with his purse and shook it. "Brother, you will definitely win this time. My purse is so light that it makes no sound when I shake it. It must be empty."
Xiao Jin turned his head away, unable to bear to watch, until...
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