Chapter 290 Domineering Female Doctor Skilled in Gu Poisoning VS Distressed Laborer Prodigal Son 17
"Young Master Xiao." Miss Pei greeted him with a smile, her every movement graceful and poised.
Xiao Che waved his hand, and the servants and maids all left, leaving only the two of them alone in the room.
After a conversation, we got along fairly well.
The person chosen by the mother was naturally excellent; his family background, appearance, and character were all superb, leaving no room for criticism.
only……
Not long after, Miss Pei ran out of the room with a look of shame and indignation.
Her eyes were red and there were still a few tears hanging at the corners of her eyes. She said angrily, "Your Xiao family is going too far!"
"Miss! Miss!" The Pei family's maid hurriedly chased after her young mistress as she left the house.
The Xiao family guards standing outside the door looked at each other, completely bewildered as to what had happened.
"Xiao Wan," Xiao Che called in his personal servant, "There's something I need you to do immediately."
Soon, the news that Xiao's eldest son had secretly kept eighteen concubines and that any young lady who wanted to marry into Xiao's family had to accept his condition of elevating one of his concubines, who came from a brothel, to the status of a secondary wife spread throughout the entire city of Hezhou.
Even more absurd rumors were quietly spreading: it was said that the young master of the Xiao family was seriously ill, unable to have sex, and would soon die... It was also said that he was already married, but his bad luck had caused the death of his beloved wife...
When the news reached the Xiao family, Xiao He was so angry that he smashed the cup beside him, his beard trembling. "That bastard! What has he done to the reputation of our Xiao family?"
Su Yun also looked worried. Although Xiao Che was unruly in the past, he never did anything to harm the Xiao family. She really didn't expect him to do this now.
Xiao He: "I think he's bewitched! Does he want to marry a dead person?"
When Xiao Che stayed in the deep mountains and refused to leave, it caused such a commotion that they all knew that Xiao Che had developed feelings for the female doctor who saved him when he was in trouble, and he had never forgotten her.
If that female doctor were still alive, he could marry her if he wanted; the Xiao family didn't care about social status.
But now he's long dead, not even his bones remain. Is he going to never marry or have children? What will happen to the Xiao family's lineage?
Xiao He suddenly stood up and said, "Men, bring that bastard here!"
He strode out the door, still holding the family law in his hand.
Su Yun remained seated to the side, motionless for a long time.
She was startled by Xiao He's words and couldn't help but think about many things.
Marrying a dead person...
Could it be that Xiao Che has been possessed by some evil spirit?
Apart from Xiao Che, no one has ever actually seen that woman. Who knows whether she is a human or a ghost?
That desolate mountain wilderness is terrifying to even think about; how could an ordinary woman dare to stay there alone?
If it really is some kind of spirit or monster that can bewitch Xiao Che like this, it must be quite powerful...
She had to find a powerful sorcerer to examine Xiao Che, lest he be under the influence of some insidious spell.
That night, Xiao Che was beaten badly and then locked in the Xiao family ancestral hall as punishment.
"You kneel here and reflect on your actions before our ancestors! Let me tell you, you have to marry her whether you want to or not. Your marriage is not up to you!" Xiao He said angrily, then turned and left.
Xiao Che remained silent, kneeling there and staring at the memorial tablet before him, his face expressionless.
...
A few days later.
Jiang Zhiyi is at home taking stock of her assets. She plans to move some of her gold and silver treasures away first.
She has already written to her senior, and has temporarily entrusted him with her money.
After all, what she was about to do was a deception, and she could be exposed at any time. So she had to be fully prepared to ensure that she could escape smoothly without causing great losses.
The room was filled with all sorts of items, all sent by Duan Yunzhi, and I heard that each one was extremely precious.
Jiang Zhiyi saw that there were many fine fabrics in the box over there, but she had no use for them at all. The patterns on the fabrics were not nice and seemed more like something for men, which she did not like at all.
If this were back when she was still in the mountains, these fabrics could have been used to make some new clothes for Xiao Che.
Jiang Zhiyi snapped out of her reverie and realized that she had actually thought of Xiao Che. She quickly frowned and showed a hint of disgust on her face.
She had heard the rumors circulating in Hezhou City these past few days. She never imagined he was such a person, so philandering, so dissolute…
"Little White! Come down quickly!" Jiang Zhiyi looked up and saw the little white dog jump onto the wooden shelf where many expensive vases were placed.
After hearing her scolding, the little white dog slowly kicked its short legs and reluctantly crawled out from the other end.
Jiang Zhiyi carefully moved the vase that had been pushed to the edge of the wooden shelf by the little white dog back to its original position.
She thought about it and realized that there was no point in keeping these bottles and jars, so she might as well sell them for money and then use the money to enjoy herself at Mingyue Tower.
Soon, Jiang Zhiyi had tidied up all the unused items in the room.
After that, she went to the pawnshop.
Aside from the things Duan Yunzhi gave her, she also had a small box of items, but they were mostly worthless jewelry and the like. Since pawnshops were unwilling to accept them, she planned to sell them cheaply to roadside vendors.
The peddler casually rummaged through the contents of the box and said, "Fifty coins, that's the most I can offer. These are all outdated pieces of jewelry; I'll have to have a craftsman alter them all before I can sell them. If I can't sell them all, I might even lose money!"
Jiang Zhiyi: "This whole box of stuff of mine won't do for fifty coins, it has to be at least sixty coins."
The vendor continued to haggle: "Fifty coins."
Jiang Zhiyi: "Sixty coins. If that's not acceptable, then forget it, I won't sell it."
Seeing this, the vendor had no choice but to agree: "Alright then, sixty coins it is."
After the transaction was completed, Jiang Zhiyi took the money and left.
She hadn't expected to sell this pile of junk for much money, but getting sixty coins was pretty good; she could buy quite a few things with it.
After Jiang Zhiyi left, the small vendor hurriedly took out a jade pendant from the box.
If he hadn't seen the jade pendant, he wouldn't have bought this box of jewelry at all.
He could tell that the jade pendant was quite valuable and would definitely fetch a good price, allowing him to make a fortune.
The peddler, beaming with joy, immediately took the jade pendant to the largest pawnshop in Hezhou City.
The pawnshop clerk's expression immediately turned somewhat strange upon seeing the jade pendant.
This pawnshop belongs to the Xiao family, so they naturally recognize that it belongs to their master. How did it end up in someone else's hands?
That evening, the jade pendant, which belonged exclusively to the Xiao family, was presented to Xiao Che by the steward.
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