Chapter 960: The person sent by Beili to auction
Xiao Cui was stunned for a moment, then he smiled and took it. "Okay, wait a moment, young lady. I'll go get it ready."
Sang Yin closed the door and took a deep breath.
She only knew that Bermuda was expensive to enter, but she didn't expect it to be even more expensive inside. How much money would it take to spend here?
Seventh Floor
The people sent by Beili to auction the Liang Yi Xiang Sheng were the newly appointed Ministry of Revenue official Song Qi and the Ministry of War Chen Siqing. They brought more than 30 people to Bermuda this time.
Although the emperor gave the budget for the auction of Liang Yi Xiang Sheng, he did not know that it would cost so much money for Bai Mu Xun to live there.
The original entrance fee was fifty taels per person, but Song Qi and Chen Siqing paid five hundred taels and brought eight guards in, but they didn't expect the price of accommodation to be so sky-high.
The cost of one person per day on the seventh floor was two hundred taels, and if two people shared a room, an additional one hundred taels would be required. Song Qi had no choice but to kick out six more people, wasting three hundred taels.
The four of them, Song Qi, booked rooms 13 and 14 on the seventh floor, with two guards in one room and two officials in one room. When they were paying, they happened to meet Lin Hui, the adopted daughter of the third princess.
Song Qi had some friendship with the Third Prince, so for his sake he had to ask for an extra room, Room 12 on the seventh floor, for five days and one thousand taels...
How heartbreaking!
At this time, Song Qi and Chen Siqing were sitting at the table, watching the woman in front of them eating slowly.
"Ms. Lin, why are you in Bermuda?" Song Qi couldn't help but speak.
It is said that one should not talk while eating or sleeping, but the little girl took a long time to eat, and they had many questions in their minds that they could not bear.
Lin Hui had been hungry for several days, but she still maintained her manners while eating. When asked, she put down her chopsticks, took out a handkerchief from her bosom, wiped her mouth, and said, "I heard that the items auctioned at Bermuda are all precious, so I came here to see them for myself."
"Miss Lin came here alone?" Chen Siqing asked in surprise.
Lin Hui shook her head and lowered her eyes slightly: "I came here with the Fifth Princess."
"The fifth princess is here too? Where is she?"
"We just entered the museum when we encountered a fight. The crowd was so chaotic that the Fifth Princess and I got separated." Lin Hui's face turned pale. Thinking of what had just happened, her whole body trembled uncontrollably. She whimpered, "It's so chaotic here. Is the Fifth Princess in danger? My Lord, please go and have someone look for her."
"Miss Lin, don't worry. We will send someone to look for her right away. The Fifth Princess knows Kung Fu, so nothing will happen to her." Seeing the pale face of the little girl, Song Qi couldn't help but comfort her.
"Well, I'll trouble you two masters. The money is all with the princess. If I hadn't met you two masters, Hui'er wouldn't know where to stay today. When I return to the capital, I will definitely tell my father and ask him to thank you two masters." Lin Hui stood up with tears in her eyes and saluted the two masters.
"Miss Lin, you can't do that. You can't do that." Song Qi hurriedly went to help, but then he remembered that men and women shouldn't touch each other, so he just pretended to be gentle and made a gesture.
Lin Hui stood up and said, "Thank you, sir."
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"Ms. Lin, you take a rest first. We will be leaving soon. Remember to call us if you need anything." Chen Siqing bowed.
Lin Hui nodded: "Take care, sir."
Chen Siqing and Song Qi left the room and closed the door.
Chen Siqing turned around and stared at the closed door.
"Master Chen, what's wrong?" Song Qi looked towards the door in confusion.
"She looks so frail, how could she dare to enter such a place? Moreover, when we just saw her, she was sweating and looked flustered." Chen Siqing had a puzzled look between his eyebrows.
"Didn't she just say that she encountered a fight between gangsters as soon as she came in? It's normal for her to be scared since she's so weak." There was a look of sympathy in Song Qi's eyes.
Chen Siqing glanced at him and said, "Didn't you notice that her fingers were shaking while she was eating? She seemed very nervous when she mentioned the Fifth Princess."
"Really?" Song Qi didn't notice.
"Master Song, are your eyes used to vent your anger?"
"...Master Chen, you're being overly suspicious. She's just a little girl, and it's her first time seeing the fighting and killing among the Jianghu people. Not to mention her trembling with chopsticks, even I would tremble with chopsticks if I saw it."
Chen Siqing was speechless: "In short, let's find the Fifth Princess first."
"Master Chen, there's no need to be so anxious."
"What do you mean?"
"The entire capital city knows that the Fifth Princess ran away from her marriage, but many people don't know that the Fifth Princess ran away because of the Young Master of Zhuoran Villa."
"The young master of Zhuoran Villa? What does he have to do with him?" Chen Siqing was puzzled.
"The Fifth Princess and the Young Master of Zhuoran Villa have fallen in love and promised to be together forever. The Fifth Princess ran away from her marriage just for him. And I heard that people from Zhuoran Villa have also come to Baimuxun. With people from Zhuoran Villa here, what can the Fifth Princess do?"
Chen Siqing nodded slightly: "That being said, as a general, it is my duty to protect the princess. We still have to send someone to look for her."
"Master Chen, you are confused."
Chen Siqing frowned.
"The Emperor sent so many people to capture the princess just to give an explanation to the Prairie Prince. Now that you're looking for the princess, are you going to capture her or pretend you didn't see her and let her go?"
Chen Siqing pondered after hearing this.
"If we arrest the Fifth Princess, the people in Zhuoran Villa will definitely regard you and me as enemies, and the Fifth Princess will do the same. If we meet her and don't arrest her, and report back to the capital, the emperor will definitely be furious and punish us. It's difficult for both sides, so it's better to blind our eyes and pretend that we didn't see it." Song Qi was promoted to the Ministry of Revenue two years after he joined the government. He didn't get along with people for nothing.
The more Chen Siqing thought about it, the more he felt that what Song Qi said made sense. After a moment of contemplation, he gave him a thumbs-up: "Great."
Song Qi is twenty-nine years old, with the temperament of a scholar, but he is actually quite mellow.
"Then let's not look for it anymore and just pretend we didn't see it."
"That's right." Song Qi said with a smile.
"What about this person in the room?"
"We still have to take care of the Third Prince's adopted daughter if we meet her. Miss Lin just came out for fun and didn't cause any trouble. We all have contacts with the Third Prince's Mansion. Once we send her back, the Third Prince values friendship and will definitely remember our kindness."
Chen Siqing nodded: "This favor is worth a lot of money."
"how?"
"Miss Lin's stay cost one thousand taels. Do you know how much this meal cost?"
"How many?"
"One hundred and fifty taels."
Song Qi was stunned and couldn't believe it: "One hundred and fifty taels? Just for a meal?"
"One hundred and fifty taels per meal. We will be staying in Bermuda for five days. There are five of us in total. If we take two meals a day, the daily food cost will be nearly five hundred taels. I just asked, and the washing things are taken care of by the doorman. If you want to take a shower, you have to ask the doorman. The doorman will cost nearly three hundred taels for five days. You can calculate how much the expenses alone will be." Chen Siqing said a lot in a row.
Song Qi counted on his fingers, and after all the calculations, all the money from the auction of Liang Yi Sheng had to be allocated...
"You don't need to wash or take a shower."
Chen Siqing chuckled, "The four of us rough guys can go five days without a bath and two days without a meal. You want Miss Lin to do the same?"
(End of this chapter)
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