Chapter 339 We can't let him be all alone.
Yuan Zheng deliberately kept him in suspense: "It's a secret!"
Xiao Qingyuan glared at him with displeasure: "Are you going to tell me or not?"
"Oh dear, don't be in such a hurry. Just listening to me won't give you a deep understanding. Later, I'll take you to meet Liu Nanshi, and you'll know that marrying her is more of a curse than a blessing!"
Xiao Qingyuan looked doubtful: "Really? If she really has a problem, wouldn't Gu Qianhan know? Wouldn't Madam Gu know?"
"So what? She's just putting on a good act in front of them! How many women in the capital don't put on an act? Otherwise, Qingyuan, you wouldn't have rejected them all, right?"
"That makes some sense."
Xiao Qingyuan's mood improved when he thought about whether Liu Nanshi might have some unknown ailment: "Then it's settled. We'll help Gu Qianhan marry Liu Nanshi! After all, we used to be good brothers. Now that we're both married, it's time to help him get married so he can also live a good life with a wife to take care of him!"
Yuan Zheng burst into laughter: "Yes, yes, the young master is absolutely right! We can't let him be all alone!"
"So how exactly can we help? Gu Qianhan probably won't trust the two of us!"
"Openly helping them definitely won't work. Gu Qianhan's cunning and intelligence are worth ten of ours. We'll have to resort to underhanded tactics."
"What's the meaning?"
"After the New Year, the palace will definitely hold a Spring Festival banquet. Gu Qianhan and Liu Nanshi will definitely be there. We can use a little trick to make them appear in the same room with their clothes disheveled, and then find some people to watch. This will definitely work out!"
"This...isn't this a bit inappropriate?"
"What's wrong with that? We're doing this to help Gu Qianhan get married. What's wrong with using a few tricks?"
Xiao Qingyuan hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded: "Okay, we'll do it your way!"
Yuan Zheng rubbed his hands excitedly. He was so happy to be able to trip up Gu Qianhan!
"Qingyuan, I'm so happy today, let's go to Wanhua Brothel together! I heard they've got a bunch of new girls, all of them so fresh and beautiful!"
Xiao Qingyuan was taken aback: "Didn't you tell your wife that you weren't going to the brothel anymore? Why are you going again?"
"Oh, that's just something you say to flatter women. Why did you take it seriously? You still have to go. Just don't let her know, okay?"
"Go by yourself if you want to. I don't have any money, so I won't go."
"No way, let's go together. I'll cover your share, you won't have to spend a penny, okay?"
"You have so much silver? Didn't you say that your wife manages all the money in your household?"
"Tsk, do you think I'm that stupid? Just because I said I'd give her everything, does that mean I'd really give her everything? And then when I need money, I'd have to beg her for it? How humiliating would that be!"
Yuan Zheng pulled out a stack of silver notes from his pocket and said proudly, "Of course, we men need to have our own savings! My wife doesn't know exactly how much property my maternal grandfather gave my mother as dowry, so I'll just give her a few million taels to manage. As for the rest, I'll keep it for myself!"
"I arranged this matter long before the wedding. I deposited money in various banks, and when I need money, I just have someone go and get it."
"Oh, right, I even deposited 100,000 taels in advance at the restaurant, not to mention the Wan Hua Lou, I deposited 500,000 taels there, enough for me to play around for a while!"
"How about it, Qingyuan? Wasn't I prepared for this situation well enough?"
Xiao Qingyuan couldn't help but admire Yuan Zheng. He used to look down on Yuan Zheng to some extent, thinking that he was too money-grubbing and too dissolute. But now he felt that this playboy was actually quite clever and knew how to hide his money!
Xiao Qingyuan couldn't help but wonder why he hadn't hidden away some money.
If he had hidden it, he wouldn't be unable to afford even a lychee and wouldn't have had to endure humiliation and seek out Yuan Zheng for ways to make money.
"Oh, right, Yuan Zheng, the lychees you promised me..."
"It's no big deal!"
Yuan Zheng summoned the shopkeeper: "Go, bring all the frozen lychees from the ice cellar, wrap them up for the young master, and take them away!"
The shopkeeper looked troubled: "Young master, all our frozen lychees are sold out."
"What?! How is this possible? In previous years, we couldn't even sell out after the New Year!"
"It was the Crown Prince's wife who sent people to buy them. The waiter and I picked out all the best ones, but the Crown Prince's wife's maid bought them all."
Yuan Zheng immediately grasped the key point in the shopkeeper's words: "So, there are still some that are not good enough?"
"Yes, there are some, but... the rest don't look very appealing, and the taste might not be as good either."
"Stop talking nonsense and bring the rest!"
Yuan Zheng unceremoniously ordered the shopkeeper to get the substandard food. After all, it wasn't for him to eat; it was for Xiao Qingyuan's maid. Why would a maid need to eat such good food?
If she gets to eat substandard lychees, it's all because she's benefiting from Xiao Qingyuan's generosity!
However, when the shopkeeper brought the remaining defective products, Yuan Zheng was dumbfounded.
He picked up a frozen lychee with ice in it and exclaimed, "What is this thing? Why is it as black as charcoal?"
“Young master, didn’t I tell you that the rest didn’t look very good… but you insisted that I bring them.”
"Even if you're not good-looking, you shouldn't be this dark-skinned, right?"
"There's nothing we can do. Although these lychees were sealed with wax and covered with ice during transport, Lingnan is too far from the capital. Most of them were spoiled by the time they arrived, and after being stored until today, how could they possibly be fresh?"
Yuan Zheng's expression was not good. He rummaged through the pile of ice for a long time and finally found a lychee that was still red: "Qingyuan, why don't you take this back and let your maid eat it?"
Xiao Qingyuan frowned: "This one is half black too, is it still edible?"
"Of course it can! Half of it is still red, and the black part is just the outer shell. The lychee is frozen, so it won't spoil. Once you peel it open, the flesh inside will definitely be good! It's just... it just doesn't look as nice!"
After Yuan Zheng finished speaking, he handed the lychee to the shopkeeper: "Wrap this lychee up carefully, and give it to the young master when he goes back!"
"yes."
The shopkeeper responded, took the lychees, wrapped them in gold paper, put them in a brocade box, and handed it to Xiao Qingyuan.
Xiao Qingyuan hesitated before taking the brocade box. Could this lychee really be eaten? He had seen the ones Shen Wantang had bought, and they were all completely red, not a single one black.
He hesitated for a long time, but finally decided to take the lychee back with him, so that Huayi would know that he always cared about her and felt sorry for her.
If the lychees are spoiled, then we simply won't eat them.
He picked up the brocade box and got up to leave, but Yuan Zheng stopped him: "Qingyuan, don't rush home. I'll have your servant take Lizhi back to the Prince's mansion. You have to come with me to the Wanhua Pavilion! The beauties are still waiting for us!"
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