Chapter 227
"However, you are now richer than me. If anything happens in the future, I might have to ask you for help. At that time, will Xi'er be generous enough to lend a hand?"
Yunxi did not speak.
After taking the silver notes and returning to the Marquis's residence, he took out the box where he kept the silver notes, put the newly withdrawn thousand taels of silver into it, and then stuffed it into Shen Rang's hand.
"This is?"
"Give them all to the Crown Prince."
After saying that, Yunxi snuggled into Chen Rang's arms: "I'll give it to the Crown Prince too."
Shen Rang held the box in one hand and had his arm around her with the other, but he didn't move for a long time.
On the surface, it was calm to the point of being dull, but inside, everything had turned upside down.
Like a long-parched forest finally receiving its first rain, instantly bringing life and a bright, clear spring.
After a long pause, his Adam's apple bobbed slightly before he finally spoke: "Idiot."
Yunxi looked up from his arms, puzzled.
Shen Rang didn't say anything more, but simply raised his hand to rub the back of her neck, then took her hand and walked towards the bed.
He lifted the mattress, and Shen Rang gently pressed down on a certain spot on the bed board, revealing a hidden compartment.
"This place is safer. We'll keep it here from now on. Don't let anyone else know about it except you and me."
As he spoke, Shen Rang handed her the box in his hand and told her to put it in herself.
Yunxi carefully placed the box inside, and then her hand was grasped by a somewhat cold hand.
That hand guided her and closed the hidden compartment.
“…Zirong.” Yunxi shifted uncomfortably.
"Xi'er".
As soon as he finished speaking, a passionate kiss landed on the back of his neck.
"Hmm...it's not dark yet."
The next moment, the bed curtains fell, plunging the bed into darkness.
"It's dark now."
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Meanwhile, Yun Wan spoke with Madam Yun for a while before leaving the Yun family.
Once inside the carriage, Yun Wan's face was so gloomy it looked like it was about to drip water.
He came all this way, but instead of taking back Yunxi's token, he gave away his own!
Pearl also looked worried.
When they came out, none of them expected things to turn out this way.
Although Yun Wan owns many shops and doesn't really have to bow down to Yun Xi, Pearl still felt uneasy at the thought that her master was actually inferior to that country bumpkin.
But now that Shen Rang dotes on her and even supports her, it probably won't be easy for them to do anything they really want.
The master and servant remained silent the entire way.
Upon returning to the Marquis's residence, as they passed through the front courtyard, they overheard the servants gossiping.
"Hey, wasn't Brother Wu supposed to be working for the Marquis? How come he got beaten to death, and his men were sent to do hard labor?"
"I heard that it was a misunderstanding. Brother Wu and the others went too far. The young master personally ordered the matter to be dealt with after he returned. The marquis didn't say anything!"
"Is that aunt of yours really that capable?"
"That's right! We'd better be extra careful about anything involving that concubine in the future!"
Hearing the servants' chatter, Yun Wan grew even more impatient and quickened her pace to leave.
Back at Liuyun Garden, before she could even exhale her pent-up frustration, Jade arrived: "Young Madam, Madam's birthday is approaching, and the jade set you ordered has been completed. Shall I have someone fetch it right away?"
Upon hearing this, Yun Wan's heart skipped a beat again: "I remember when I ordered the jewelry, I was only given a portion of the silver?"
Jade nodded: "Yes, there are still six hundred taels of silver, which will be given when we go to collect the items."
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