Chapter 28 Your Highness, can you help me up?
After listening to the servant's words, Xiao Qingyuan gave him a hard knock on the head: "Why wouldn't the pawnshop dare to accept it? They'll definitely accept it if there's money to be made! Even if the pawnshop doesn't dare to accept it, don't you have anywhere else to sell it? The black market on East Street will accept anything, so why don't you just sell it there?"
"But this blood coral was given to you by the Empress Dowager..."
"Stop arguing and go! If you don't bring back the bird's nest today, I'm kicking you out!"
Mo Ji shuddered in fright, then dejectedly walked out, clutching the blood coral.
Chu Yanluo's heart was bleeding as she watched from the side. That was a priceless, top-grade blood coral, which couldn't be bought even for ten thousand taels of gold. It was a treasure that was priceless and unavailable!
Xiao Qingyuan just let the servant sell her like that? To exchange her for bird's nest?
Right now, she wished she could tell Xiao Qingyuan that she didn't need bird's nest anymore, and just give him the blood coral.
She watched Mo Ji's retreating figure, then leaned close to Xiao Qingyuan, her arm brushing against him intentionally or unintentionally: "Young Master, so that's blood coral? It looks quite interesting. I never expected something like this to grow in the sea."
Feeling her closeness, Xiao Qingyuan asked with great joy, "Yanluo, do you like blood coral?"
"It's not that I like it, it's just that it looks quite unique."
Xiao Qingyuan immediately said, "Mo Ji, come back!"
Mo Ji hurriedly ran back with Coral in his arms: "Master, have you changed your mind? You're not selling this treasure anymore?"
Xiao Qingyuan snatched the blood coral and stuffed it into Chu Yanluo's hand: "I'm not selling it. Yanluo thinks this is interesting, so let her play with it."
Mo Ji couldn't help but glance at Chu Yanluo, and then saw a fleeting glimpse of greed in Chu Yanluo's eyes.
Oh, you couldn't hold back so quickly? You're already asking the Crown Prince for things? Weren't you supposed to be aloof? Weren't you supposed to be independent and not rely on men? How come you're starting to break character as soon as you see a blood coral?
Chu Yanlu naturally declined Xiao Qingyuan's offer, and then "reluctantly" accepted the Blood Coral.
Mo Ji suppressed the urge to roll his eyes and lowered his head, whispering, "Master, about the silver..."
Xiao Qingyuan thought for a moment, then took off the jade pendant he always carried: "Go and sell this!"
Mo Ji hurriedly caught the jade pendant and pleaded with him, "My lord, you can't sell this! The Emperor himself carved your zodiac sign and gave it to you when you were born! If you sell it, I'll lose my head!"
Xiao Qingyuan was furious: "If I can't sell this and I can't sell that, then what can I sell? Are you suggesting I sell myself?!"
Mo Ji held the jade pendant as if it were an imperial edict: "Sir, please give me some gold and silver items. These things can be sold, and they sell very well."
Xiao Qingyuan glared at him: "Do you think I'm a vulgar person like Shen Wantang? I don't have those vulgar things. Only someone like Shen Wantang, who has never seen the world, likes gold and silver. Go away, don't pollute my and Yanluo's ears."
Chu Yanlu frowned slightly: "Young Master, does Shen Wantang like those gold and silver objects?"
Xiao Qingyuan nodded: "Yes, she's just a vulgar person, so she likes those things. I know you're different from her, and you don't care about gold and silver, so I never bring them to you to avoid getting in your way."
Chu Yanlu couldn't help but say, "It's not that gold and silver are unsightly, they are indeed tacky, but these things..."
Seeing her furrowed brows, Xiao Qingyuan thought that mentioning these things had upset her, so he quickly said, "Don't worry, I'll throw all those vulgar things reeking of money at Shen Wantang. That's all she'll ever be, utterly vulgar, only deserving of those vulgar things. As for you, Yanluo, you are the most pure and noble woman. You will receive all my love, while Shen Wantang won't even get a sliver of my love."
Chu Yanluo almost vomited blood upon hearing this!
Xiao Qingyuan is going to give all the gold and silver to Shen Wantang? Why should he?!
If she had known, she wouldn't have tried to portray herself as aloof and detached from worldly affairs. Now she's shot herself in the foot!
Seeing Chu Yanluo's unpleasant expression, Xiao Qingyuan kicked Moji: "Why did you bring up gold and silver? You've offended Yanluo's ears! Get out and go buy me bird's nest. Don't come back if you can't!"
Despite being kicked, Mo Ji persisted, saying, "Sir, the silver..."
Xiao Qingyuan was so troubled by these two words that he was completely exasperated: "No, no, no!"
"Sir, bird's nest isn't cheap. Who would give us bird's nest if we don't have money?"
"If you don't have money, can't you just buy on credit? Put it directly in the Prince's account! Go now!"
Having no other option, the inkjet printer turned and left.
Before leaving, he took a deep look at Chu Yanluo, who was holding the Blood Coral.
Chu Yanluo saw the way Mo Ji looked at her, and it was definitely not a friendly look.
After Mo Ji left, she moved closer to Xiao Qingyuan again and touched his fingers with hers: "Your Highness, I'm a little tired."
Xiao Qingyuan thought she had accidentally bumped into him and was afraid she would misunderstand and think he was disrespectful, so he quickly took half a step back: "Yanluo, you should go inside and rest!"
Chu Yanluo was secretly annoyed. She had already touched his hand, so why didn't he take the opportunity to hold her hand? Instead, he backed away.
She could only continue, "Your Highness, could you help me up? I feel a little dizzy."
Xiao Qingyuan hurriedly stepped forward and supported her arm: "Go inside quickly. I told you to lie down and rest, but you didn't listen. Now you're starting to feel unwell, aren't you?"
Chu Yanluo leaned against him as they walked inside, saying casually, "I'm just worried about the young master. There's no one else you can rely on, only this Moji. But I don't think Moji is entirely trustworthy. Sometimes the way he looks at me is... well, he's still someone close to the young master, so I won't say anything more. In short, the young master should be careful in everything he does and not trust his servants too much. They all have a lot of bad intentions."
She only spoke halfway through her sentence, but Xiao Qingyuan instantly understood what she meant.
She meant that Mo Ji had ulterior motives towards her.
Xiao Qingyuan frowned slightly. He had dismissed most of the people who served him, leaving only Mo Ji.
Mo Ji was different from the other servants in the mansion; he came from the palace and had been castrated.
From the age of six, Moji had been by his side. For more than a decade, Moji was like his shadow, always there when he was called. Wherever he was, Moji was there too.
Whenever he was in danger, Mo Ji was always the first to rush up to protect him, even if it meant losing his life, Mo Ji never hesitated.
Therefore, no matter how confused Xiao Qingyuan was, he knew that Mo Ji's loyalty to him was as clear as day.
Everyone in the world opposed his proposal to Chu Yanluo, saying that Chu Yanluo was no good, but only Mo Ji did not object, and he never said a bad word about Chu Yanluo.
So he drove away Granny Chai, the maid, and the pageboy, but kept only the inkstone.
His trust in the inkjet exceeded that of everyone else.
Everyone would betray him, but Mo Ji would not.
Therefore, Xiao Qingyuan did not believe Chu Yanluo's implication that Mo Ji had ulterior motives towards her.
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