Chapter 179 The Selection Begins

Du Ruo was favored again. She knew during the day that Cheng Yunshuo left the family dinner yesterday after hearing that she had a fever.

He didn't even give face to the old marquis Qin. At that moment, he felt secretly happy and satisfied to the extreme.

Even if everyone in the mansion was talking about them afterwards, the old marquis and Qin would even be annoyed with her because of Cheng Yunshuo's behavior.

She didn't care at all.

Because she likes this feeling of being criticized.

The more people talked about her, the more she felt her presence and satisfaction, and she could feel Cheng Yunshuo's favoritism towards her.

She didn't care at all about the old Marquis Qin's attitude towards her.

She would even compare herself with Xing Dairong.

If the old Marquis Qin disliked her and hated her more than he did Xing Dairong before, she would be complacent.

Because she knew that it meant she had surpassed the previous one.

Of course, the old Marquis Qin was too lazy to pay any attention to her.

But the old Marquis Qin ignored her completely, and she still had different feelings in her heart.

She will think that there will be no consequences for her actions and become even more reckless.

In her heart, she only felt that she was very important.

Today, her brother came to see her.

"Aunt Du, your brother is here."

"Brother is here, where is he?" Du Ruo stood up immediately when she heard her brother coming.

"At the back door."

"Why are you at the back door? Why don't you invite people in?" Du Ruo scolded.

Xiaoqin was too lazy to say that according to the rules of the mansion, outsiders were not allowed to enter the inner house easily. Even Cheng Qi, who had been staying at the mansion recently, lived in the outer courtyard.

When a man from outside comes to visit, he can only stay in the reception room in the outer courtyard.

"Mr. Du himself didn't want to come in, so he asked you to go to the back door." Xiaoqin said.

This is true. Today, Du Tai came to the house, and he came through the back door. He didn't enter the house, but asked Du Ruo to sneak past.

"All right."

Du Ruo was too lazy to say anything else and quickly got up and went to the back door to see her brother.

As soon as she entered the door, she saw her second brother whom she hadn't seen for a long time.

"elder brother!"

"Aruo?" Du Tai's eyes lit up when he saw Du Ruo, then he looked left and right, "I guess Yun Shuo doesn't know you're here."

"He went to work in the palace. How would I know?"

Du Tai heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this. "Are you doing well?"

"That's great. I'm favored in the Marquis' Mansion. My master favors me alone, and even the Marquis's wife doesn't dare to interfere." Du Ruo raised his head with pride on his face.

When Du Tai heard this, his eyes turned and he smiled with satisfaction, "That's good, then you must have money, lend me some money to spend."

Du Ruo: “…”

She stared at her brother with wide eyes, and her brother had already taken the coin purse off her waist by himself.

"Why is there only such a small amount of loose change?" Du Tai opened the wallet and took a look at the money inside.

Du Ruo carried a few coins with her. As a concubine, she had to take care of the servants when there was something going on. However, she didn't have much money in her bag, no more than one or two taels of silver at most.

"Brother, how much do you want?"

"Give me ten taels of silver first!"

"What do you want so much money for?" Du Ruo glared.

Du Tai rolled his eyes and smiled ingratiatingly, "I've been unlucky lately, so I lost a lot."

Du Ruo raised her eyebrows immediately upon hearing this, "You're gambling again!"

"It's just a little bit of gambling for fun."

"Ten taels!"

"My sister is favored, isn't she? Ten taels of silver is nothing to her!" Du Tai said with a smile, "Help your brother."

Du Ruo glanced at him and said unhappily, "Just wait!"

She went back to her room and took out ten taels of silver from her dowry box. Excluding some fixed assets from her dowry, the amount of silver she brought with her when she got married was no more than a few hundred taels.

The bulk of it was still the betrothal gift from the Marquis's Mansion.

After giving Du Tai ten taels of silver, Du Ruo'e sternly warned him, "Don't gamble anymore! Got it!"

"Got it, my dear sister." Du Tai looked at her with a smile after receiving the money. "Be good in the mansion. If you get upset, tell your brother and I will ask my big brother to support you!"

"Come on!"

Du Ruo was too lazy to pay attention to him, so he closed the door and chased Du Tai away.

However, things did not stop there.

The next day, Du Tai came again to ask for money.

This time it costs fifty taels.

When Du Ruo heard the amount, he was so angry that he scolded Du Tai.

She worked as a concubine in the Marquis's mansion and only earned two taels of silver a month, but Du Tai would lose fifty taels if he lost.

After all the cursing, Du Ruo finally gave the money to Du Tai reluctantly.

Du Tai promised that he would never gamble again.

Du Ruo was both angry and furious, and ordered him to get out of here immediately.

He didn't come on the third day, but on the fourth day, Du Yang came to visit.

"Brother, you are not here to ask for money too!"

"Your second brother was caught by the people in the casino. They said they would chop off his hands if he didn't pay." Du Yang, who was more reliable than Du Tai, said awkwardly.

When Du Ruo heard this, he was so angry that he threw things at the back door. "What's wrong with you? Didn't you say you wouldn't gamble? Why do you gamble every day?"

"Did you lend him money before?"

"Yes, he has borrowed sixty taels from me in a row! How much does he owe me this time?"

"One hundred taels."

"One hundred taels!" Du Ruo's eyes widened. "How dare Second Brother! He gambles every day, and he gambles so big!"

Du Yang had a worried look on his face, his brows knitted tightly, "I can't do anything about it. You can't just watch him get his hands chopped off by the casino guys!"

Du Ruo turned his head and sighed helplessly, "I don't have much money anymore. This is the last time I will help you!"

Fortunately, after giving the money this time, the Du family calmed down and did not come to the house again.

Today is also the big day for the show selection.

After ten days of preparation, brand new clothes, a full set of luxurious jewelry, accessories, and everything needed for entering the palace were prepared for Qin Shaojing.

Qin personally went with Lu Lingyun to escort Qin Shaojing into the palace.

The imperial palace would give out a sum of travel expenses when selecting beauties in the palace. It wasn't much, about ten taels of silver for each beauties.

Naturally, the Marquis's Mansion did not accept the money and gave it directly to the eunuch who delivered the message.

The eunuch looked at Qin with a smile, "Miss Qin is a kind-hearted lady, dignified and polite. I think she must be a wealthy and noble woman."

When Qin heard this, she couldn't stop laughing. She gave Nanny Wen a look, and Nanny Wen handed her a thick big money bag.

"This is my niece's first time entering the palace. If there are things she doesn't understand, please help her."

"That's for sure, for sure." The eunuch took all the money without making a sound, and revealed a piece of information to the Qin family, "This year, many princes have reached the age of marriage. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince likes light blue clothes the most, the Third Prince likes green clothes, the Fifth Prince likes purple clothes, and light yellow clothes are versatile, and the Queen Mother likes them."

After saying this, my father-in-law left.

After receiving this news, Qin and Qin Shaojing's eyes immediately lit up.

"Auntie, I want to change into pale blue clothes."