Chapter 66 The Jade Bracelet on Miss Song's Hand
Yun Wansheng thought for a moment and said, "One thousand eight hundred taels."
Don't blame her for not understanding the material of the jade bracelet. Although she has been a female CEO and has a wealthy family, she has never liked wearing any gold, silver or jade jewelry since she was a child.
Even at banquets and parties, when she saw her friends wearing them, she only knew that they were expensive and good-looking, but never looked closely at what made them so good.
Therefore, she only thought that the jade bracelet today was expensive and beautiful, and it definitely did not look like something that could be bought for a few hundred taels.
But if it was too much, she thought it was impossible. Then the man would definitely not spend a lot of money on giving her something. A gift worth three or two thousand would be very good.
Also, she had previously agreed with the Marquis to pay her one hundred taels of silver in three days, but later Mu Xingci gave her this valuable jade bracelet, which made her feel embarrassed to ask him for the one hundred taels of silver in three days.
"One thousand six hundred taels, no higher." The boss seemed to be gritting his teeth.
"Okay! Give me the money!" Yun Wansheng didn't want to waste time. She thought the price was okay. Over a thousand taels! It was enough for what she wanted to do.
After collecting the pawned banknotes, Yun Wansheng found a carriage and went to the North City.
After arriving at the North City, Yun Wansheng paid the fare to the driver and then went to a clothing shop.
He quickly bought a set of ordinary men's clothes, and then bought some things needed for disguise, and finally went to an inn.
When she left the inn again, she was already a thin young man.
Yun Wansheng came to Lao Niu's blacksmith shop and saw a few customers in the shop, including the shopkeeper Niu.
Yun Wansheng waited for the shopkeeper to send the customer away before stepping forward and saying, "Shopkeeper, I'd like to order a small item."
"Do you have a pattern?"
"Yes, my eldest brother came here before." Yun Wansheng said, taking out the pistol manufacturing drawings from his bag.
When Shopkeeper Niu saw him, he immediately had an impression: "Have you collected enough silver?"
"That's enough. Do you think you can do it?"
"As long as you mark the pattern correctly, our craftsmanship will be absolutely flawless."
"That's good. Shopkeeper Niu, there's a picture on that drawing showing how to make a bullet. I need to cast some gunpowder into it. How much silver do you think it would cost in total?"
"And also cast in gunpowder?"
"Yes, it won't take many. Only two hundred bullets in total."
"But gunpowder is strictly prohibited. This is not easy to do."
Yun Wansheng heard his words soften, knowing there was more to discuss: "Shopkeeper Niu, please think of a solution. Just name the price."
Shopkeeper Niu thought for a moment and said, "Okay! I'll find a way to get the gunpowder for you. The price will be much higher, so I'll charge you 1,500 taels."
Yun Wansheng muttered to herself that it was expensive, but she didn't say anything. "Okay, I'll listen to you."
"You have to pay a deposit of 500 taels first. After all, this is a custom-made product. If you decide it's not worth it and don't want it anymore, wouldn't the mold we made be wasted?"
Yun Wansheng thought about it and gave him five hundred taels of silver: "Manager Niu, I wonder when it can be done?"
"Maybe in half a month! We've been quite busy lately, and your item is a delicate job, so we can't finish it in a short while." Shopkeeper Niu said.
"Can you go faster?"
"Sir, I have said less for half a month. I don't know if it will be healed by then."
"Okay! Try to finish it for me within half a month."
"Okay, we will do our best. Register your name." Shopkeeper Niu picked up the pen and said.
Yun Wansheng thought for a moment and said, "Remember the name Wanyin."
After leaving the blacksmith shop, Yun Wansheng returned to the inn, changed back into her previous attire, and threw her men's clothes in the guest room.
Back at the villa, the maid Xiaoqing came forward with a slightly anxious look on her face: "Miss Yun, where have you been? Why didn't you call me?"
"I just went out for a walk and didn't want anyone to follow me."
"But the Marquis has instructed me to serve you well. If you go out on the street without saying a word, and something happens, how will I explain it to the Marquis?"
"I'm fine! Okay, I'll call you next time I go out." Yun Wansheng said in a good mood and went into the house.
Now that her concerns have been resolved, she will be leaving here soon and will be a free person.
Shortly after returning to the house, Yun Wansheng sent the maid out under the pretext of resting, and then hid the 1,000 taels of silver in the west room. Having learned from the previous lesson, she didn't dare let the man take away her money again.
Life went on as usual in the following days. Every night the man came to stay in the villa, as if this was his home. No one knew when these seemingly calm days would be met with huge storms.
That morning, Mu Xingci, for the first time, did not go to the military camp, which surprised Yun Wansheng: "Aren't you busy today?"
"There's a banquet today." Mu Xingci washed himself and replied to her simply, as if it was no big deal.
"Where are we going to the banquet?" Yun Wansheng asked casually.
Mu Xingci paused for a moment: "The prefectural government office."
"The governor's mansion? I remember he just held a banquet there."
"Yun Wansheng, there are some things you don't need to ask about, understand?" Mu Xingci glanced at her and warned her.
"Oh!" Yun Wansheng responded unhappily.
Mu Xingci was dressed neatly, and then he looked at her with soft eyes: "I'm leaving now, you can sleep for a while."
"Yeah!" Yun Wansheng didn't ask any more questions.
After the man left, Yun Wansheng was distracted for a moment, then got up and got dressed.
The villa was deserted, but the general's mansion was bustling with guests drinking, singing and dancing, creating a peaceful scene.
After the song and dance ended, a woman stood up and looked at the person seated high up. "My Lord, to celebrate your birthday today, I've specially composed a piece of music for you. I wonder if you'd be interested in listening?"
Mu Xingci looked at the pretty woman with a slight raise in his eyes: "Miss Song is so sincere in celebrating my birthday, how can I refuse your kindness? With your talent, the music will surely be wonderful."
"You'll know whether it's good or not only by playing it yourself." Song Yaqing said with affection in her eyes, then she walked to the prepared guzheng and started playing it.
The beautiful and melodious piano music echoed in the hall, making everyone nod their heads repeatedly, with admiration and envy in their eyes.
As soon as the song was finished, it immediately attracted cheers from the crowd, which satisfied Song Yaqing's vanity.
He stood up, picked up his wine glass and walked towards Mu Xingci: "My Lord, I wish you a happy birthday."
The woman was toasting him, and Mu Xingci felt uncomfortable sitting still. Out of courtesy, Mu Xingci picked up the wine glass and stood up, then took two steps forward and clinked glasses with her in the air: "Miss Song is so talented, I would like to offer you a glass." As he said that, he drank it first as a toast.
Seeing that the man gave her such face, Miss Song was very happy. She suppressed her excitement and raised her hand to drink the glass of wine.
When she raised her arm, her long sleeves naturally fell to her forearm, revealing the jade bracelet on her wrist.
Mu Xingci was about to look away, but when he glanced inadvertently, he suddenly saw the green bracelet on the woman's hand, which made him stop. Why did this jade bracelet look so familiar to him?
Thinking about it, he said softly, "Miss Song, this jade bracelet is so beautiful. Where did you buy it from?"
Seeing that he noticed her bracelet, Song Yaqing couldn't help but smile and said, "This jade bracelet was given to me by my eldest brother yesterday. I don't know where he bought it."
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