Chapter 362
"Sister Li, I've come to give you these." Cheng Qingli happily placed the five thousand taels of silver notes she had won that day, along with the land deed for the suburban estate, in front of Li Zhiwei.
"What do you mean by this?" Li Zhiwei looked at Cheng Qingli with a puzzled expression, and was also a little wary. She wondered what Cheng Qingli was up to now and was trying to frame her.
"Sister Li, I really know I was wrong about what happened last time. I won't do it again. This is what I won at Jubaolou today. I'm giving it to you." Cheng Qingli said earnestly.
"Miss Cheng, you should take these things back." Li Zhiwei glanced at them but showed no intention of keeping them.
“Sister Li, I know you are about to marry Prince An. Your previous dowry has already been donated to the imperial court. Consider this as my dowry for you,” Cheng Qingli said earnestly.
"Are you really that kind?" Li Zhiwei looked at Cheng Qingli with great suspicion. She was genuinely afraid that Cheng Qingli would try to trick her again. Last time, she almost ruined Cheng Qingli's reputation. If it happened again, Li Zhiwei didn't think Xu Heming would have time to save her.
"If Sister Li is worried, you can have Prince An send someone to investigate. This time, I really didn't do anything wrong." Cheng Qingli said to Li Zhiwei with a sad expression. She didn't expect that she had no credibility with Sister Li at all.
If I were to bring up the matter of cooperation with her again now, would she still agree?
Cheng Qingli looked at Li Zhiwei with some difficulty, as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.
Li Zhiwei was not soft-hearted; last time, she had been too trusting of Cheng Qingli.
Seeing Li Zhiwei remain unmoved, Cheng Qingli sighed inwardly. It must be that her sincerity was not enough for Sister Li to forgive her.
"Sister Li, for some reason, the Lan Huai Prince's Mansion has tried to buy Qin Lou time and time again. If you can't handle this matter, just send someone to inform me, and I will definitely clear the obstacles for you." Cheng Qingli said with concern, thinking of the Lan Huai Prince's Mansion's desire for Qin Lou.
"Then thank you, Miss Cheng. But, could this also be one of your schemes?" Li Zhiwei looked at Cheng Qingli, somewhat suspicious. Back then, when Cheng Qingli gave Qinlou to her, was it intentional, to bring trouble upon her?
"No, no, it's just that Prince Lan Huai and his concubine came to ask for Qin Lou these past two days." Cheng Qingli felt a little annoyed when she thought of this. After all, when Prince Lan Huai came to propose marriage that day, she casually mentioned that Qin Lou now belonged to Li Zhiwei.
“Sister Li, I’m sorry. Back then, Prince Lan Huai wanted to marry his daughter, Princess Fu’an, to me. In a fit of anger, I said that Qin Lou was now your business. I don’t know if Prince Lan Huai will come knocking on our door.” Cheng Qingli’s voice trailed off as she spoke.
Li Zhiwei was amused by Cheng Qingli's words and said, "Cheng Qingli, how could you be so kind?"
Then, Li Zhiwei thought of another question: Why did Prince Lan Huai introduce his daughter to Cheng Qingli?
Shouldn't it be the son?
Seeing the probing look in Li Zhiwei's eyes, Cheng Qingli smiled awkwardly. However, in order to win Li Zhiwei's forgiveness, Cheng Qingli still said, "I often go out dressed as a man. Outsiders think that I am the fourth young master of the Cheng family. Prince Lan Huai also thought that the Cheng family really had a fourth young master, so he wanted to marry his daughter, Princess Fu'an, to me."
"Doesn't he even know how many daughters the Cheng family has?" Li Zhiwei also found it strange. How could such an outrageous thing happen?
"It's not unusual for a prominent family in the capital to have an illegitimate child. Perhaps they think my father really does have one," Cheng Qingli said, biting her lip, somewhat embarrassed.
“These things, actually, I won from the concubine of Prince Lanhuai. At the time, I told her that if she beat me, I would give her Qinlou.” Cheng Qingli pointed to the things on the table and said.
"Huo Yunzhi lost?" Upon hearing this, Li Zhiwei picked up the silver note and the land deed and looked at them for a while.
There's nothing wrong with the banknotes; after all, they're from our own Rongchang Money Shop.
However, no one knew that Rongchang Money Shop was a property of the Li family, and now, Li Tianyou had handed it over to the Emperor.
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