Chapter 29 True or False 'Welcoming Spring'
The next day, Su Yue hurried out with Xiao He. She remembered that in her previous life, Aunt Liu secretly sold a lot of her mother's dowry and used all the money to bribe the maids and servants in the mansion.
What's even more outrageous is that after she and her mother came back, because her mother was crazy, she had no worries and became even more unscrupulous. She simply sold a lot of her dowry and bought herself fields, shops and houses outside the mansion.
Thinking of this, Su Yue's eyes turned cold. In her previous life, she was immersed in the love dream of the Second Prince and didn't care about these things at all. Now, it was time for her to get it back bit by bit.
She left the Prime Minister's Mansion and went straight to the pawnshop, which was a place Aunt Liu often went to. At this time in her previous life, her mother and herself had not returned yet, so Aunt Liu did not dare to sell many things.
When she arrived at the pawn shop, she saw the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall at a glance, and they were still there!
This calligraphy and painting was my grandfather's favorite, and there is only one of its kind in the world. Aunt Liu really doesn't know the value of something and sold such obvious evidence.
She spent all the money she had earned from pawning the Dongzhu to buy this painting, and then hurried back to the Prime Minister's Mansion. She had to win the battle today.
What she didn't know was that her every move was seen by a young man in Qixiang Tower opposite the pawnshop. That man was the Second Prince Shangguan Nanfeng.
He was in a good mood today and wanted to try the signature dishes of Qixianglou. He chose a seat by the window, but he didn't expect that as soon as he looked out the window, he saw a familiar thin figure.
Who else could that iconic blond hair be but Su Yue, the Prime Minister’s legitimate daughter?
She walked hurriedly into the pawnshop and came out soon holding a painting.
Thinking of what this girl had done in the Golden Palace before, his eyes became more interested. He wondered what this clever little girl was planning now.
The servant beside the Second Prince saw that he was staring out the window, so he looked in the direction of his gaze. All he saw were some pedestrians walking on the street, nothing special.
Yes, Su Yue at that time was too ordinary. Even if she was thrown into a crowd, it would take a while to find her.
"Qingzhu, after you finish eating the crispy noodles from Qixianglou, come with me to visit Prime Minister Su's residence. After all, the Prime Minister suffered such a great shock last time, and it is only right that we express our condolences."
With her slender fingers, she gracefully drank the warm water from the bone china cup in front of her. Her face, which was somewhat similar to the Third Prince, showed a meaningful smile. Today's Prime Minister's Mansion must be very interesting.
"Yes, I'll go down and prepare some gifts right away." The servant named Qingzhu was curious why his master suddenly wanted to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion, but as a servant, he just had to do his job obediently.
As for Su Yue, she hurried back home and went to the old man's residence without stopping. She calculated the time just right, as the whole family was waiting to pay their respects. As soon as she arrived, the old man came out and few people noticed her.
"Yuer pays respects to grandfather." Su Yue was the first to rush forward and greeted him respectfully. She deliberately let one end of the calligraphy and painting slip out of her arms, but did not say anything.
The old man was just about to say that he had a good idea when he suddenly caught a glimpse of the part of her arms that was exposed.
"Girl Yue, what's in your arms?" The old man asked, and everyone looked at Su Yue.
"To answer grandfather's question, father loves calligraphy and painting. Yue'er didn't know better and made father angry a few days ago, so I bought a painting from the pawn shop to make amends to father."
She emphasized the word "pawn shop" on purpose, and others thought she was afraid of buying fakes, so she went to the pawn shop, a place where goods could be authenticated, to buy the real thing.
But when these three words fell into Aunt Liu's ears, the meaning changed. Her face changed and her expression suddenly became nervous.
But at this time everyone was curious about the calligraphy and painting in Su Yue's hand, and no one noticed her.
"However, when I went to this pawn shop, I found something interesting..." She changed her tone and didn't continue.
"What's interesting?" Su Yan heard his daughter say that she bought a painting to apologize to him. He was curious about what the painting was. Hearing her hesitation to speak, he couldn't help but ask.
"The daughter discovered that a painting hanging on the wall of the pawnshop was exactly the same as a painting in her mother's dowry. You should know that the painting in her mother's dowry was her grandfather's favorite authentic painting, 'Welcome to Spring'.
There was only one authentic copy of the painting in the world, but the pawnshop owner kept saying that his was also an authentic copy. The daughter became curious, so she spent a large sum of money to buy it. Thinking that her father also loved "Welcome to Spring" very much, she wanted to let her father and mother come and see it. ”
After Su Yue finished speaking, she glanced at Aunt Liu meaningfully, then opened the painting in her arms. Aunt Liu's face turned pale with fright. Even though there was a charcoal fire burning in the room for heating, she still felt cold all over.
When the people around heard Su Yue say this, they all gathered around curiously. When Gu saw her daughter take out the painting, she immediately understood what she meant by helping her get her dowry back last night.
"I haven't seen that painting of welcoming spring for a long time. At first glance, it seems to be no different. How about you come and take a look, Master?" Gu pretended not to understand and picked up the calligraphy and painting to ask the prime minister.
"It's really strange. There is only one 'Welcome Spring Picture' in the world. I think this one is the real one." After looking at it for a long time, the Prime Minister expressed his doubts.
"Why don't we also take out the painting of my mother's dowry? By comparing them, we can easily tell which one is real and which one is fake, right?" Su Yue said with a smile, expressing his thoughts in a logical way.
"What Yue girl said is right. If we put the two paintings together, we can tell clearly which one is real or fake." Aunt Zhang seemed to have seen something, but she was happy to add fuel to the fire. The more chaotic the second room was, the happier she was.
"The key to my dowry seems to be with Aunt Liu, I wonder..." Gu pretended to be a little embarrassed and glanced at Aunt Liu. After all, no matter how much she hinted, Aunt Liu pretended not to understand and held on to the key to her dowry and refused to let go.
At this time, the servant outside the door ran in in a panic, "Second, the Second Prince is here."
"I didn't expect that the prime minister's wife's dowry was actually managed by the concubine. This is the first time I've heard of it."
This familiar voice suddenly exploded in Su Yue's mind. Why is he here?
"Greetings to the Second Prince." When everyone saw the Second Prince standing behind the servant, they all knelt down in haste to salute. Only Su Yue stood there in a daze, as if he had lost his soul.
The Second Prince just looked at Su Yue with interest and amusement on his face. It would have been fine if he didn't even greet him, but he actually ignored him directly. Was he distracted?
"Yuer, why don't you kneel down?" The prime minister reminded sternly, bringing Su Yue back to her senses.
"Greetings to the Second Prince." She lowered her head, her body shaking uncontrollably. She had to try her best to lower her head so that others would not notice her overwhelming hatred.
She knew that in order to get revenge, she had to deal with the Second Prince, but today was not the day to deal with the Second Prince.
If he came, he could help him get back his mother's dowry.
Su Yue, you must control your hatred!
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