Chapter 67 She Was Just Playing
Fushan's look was obscure and complicated.
After he left, Wen Xingluo stroked the golden hairpin, seeming to be thinking about something.
Song Lianxin cried, "Miss Wen, my cousin and I came to visit you with good intentions, is this how you treat guests?!"
Wen Xingluo said indifferently, "The palace has strict rules. Miss Lianxin offended my elder brother first, so I can't do anything about it."
Song Lianxin snorted, "Give me the gold hairpin on your head as compensation, and I will forgive you!"
Wen Xingluo smiled, "Could it be that Miss Lianxin didn't hear clearly what my eldest brother told me? If you are really not afraid of him, I am willing to give it to you."
Song Lianxin couldn't help but shudder when she thought of the slap she had just received.
She looked at Shen Yu aggrievedly, “Cousin, I don’t want to stay here anymore, let’s go?”
Chen Yu was about to leave with her, but after thinking for a moment, he said to Wen Xingluo, "Miss Wen, there aren't many talented young men willing to be a son-in-law. Since you're interested in marrying me, you should cherish this relationship. When we visit your house again, I hope your family will treat Xin'er better. Otherwise, I'm afraid I can no longer be a son-in-law in the palace."
The two men left.
Cuicui was displeased. "The Concubine Dowager said that they were just meeting each other and that they were still in the stage of getting to know each other. It wasn't like they had already decided on anything. How can it be said that Miss is intending to marry him? And that Miss Song is also bossing you around. I don't know what she's so arrogant about!"
Wen Xingluo sat at the stone table and sipped his tea calmly.
She just thought that Shen Yu looked good in the red dress, and looked a bit like Xie Guanlan from certain angles.
Because of his good looks, I was more patient with him.
Just for fun.
During the Dragon Boat Festival, looking at my grandmother's meaningful attitude, it seemed that she knew that this man was not a good match, and was just used for her to practice, to see if she could tell whether a man was good or bad, and whether she was a foolish girl who would do anything for love.
She wanted to give her grandmother a perfect answer.
She ordered, “Send someone to investigate the relationship between Shen Yu and Song Lianxin.”
At night, when Wen Xingluo was sitting by the window listening to the rain and practicing calligraphy, Cuicui came in with a plate of fresh fruit, her face full of gossip, "Miss, how do you know that Shen Yu and Song Lianxin have an unusual relationship?! Our people came back and said that they are having an affair! Song Lianxin is Shen Yu's distant cousin. After her parents died, she came to the Shen family and fell in love with Shen Yu. Unfortunately, Madam Shen looked down on her. Shen Yu was affectionate with her every night and secretly had a child. Madam Shen was embarrassed and sent the child to the manor."
Wen Xingluo was not surprised at all.
She put down her brush, washed her hands, and picked up a fresh plum. "How's the Wen family doing?"
Cuicui scratched her head. "Speaking of this, I've been wondering. Except for County Magistrate Wen, who's still on duty at the county office, Young Master Wen and his men have all moved to a cave in the northern suburbs. You said that cave is so dark, what are they doing there? Are they living like savages?"
Fresh plums are sweet and sour and juicy.
Wen Xingluo looked out the window at the dark rain curtain and curled his lips, "Who knows?"
Northern suburbs cave.
There were oil lamps embedded in the cave walls, and the dim light illuminated the mountains of grain inside the cave.
Wen Rufeng stood at the entrance of the cave, looking at the heavy rain covering the mountains, and murmured excitedly, "There really is going to be a flood, we're going to get rich..."
Wen Yueyin and Wen Ruyun are roasting sweet potatoes.
Wen Yueyin said, "I heard that the people have begun to panic, and many are hoarding food. Second brother, can we start selling now?"
"Don't worry." Wen Ruyun calmly held up a finger. "When the price of grain rises to this level, it won't be too late to sell it."
Wen Rufeng was surprised, "One penny?"
Wen Ruyun shook his head.
Wen Rulei asked sinisterly, "One or two ounces of silver?"
Wen Ruyun still shook his head.
Wen Yueyin was shocked. "Could it be, one ounce of gold and one pound of grain?!"
Wen Ruyun smiled evilly, "Not bad!"
Wen Rufeng swallowed his saliva and said, "Second brother, is this price... too high?"
"It's just one or two ounces of gold." Wen Rulei was disdainful. In his previous life, the emperor had given him a lot of gold. "It's a bargain to use it to buy your life."
Wen Ruyun flipped through a roasted sweet potato and said leisurely, "I've been studying business-related books lately, and an idea suddenly occurred to me: There are twenty counties in the southwest, with an average of 5,000 households in each. If every household could earn one tael of gold, wouldn't that mean we could make a hundred thousand taels in the blink of an eye? A hundred thousand today, another hundred thousand tomorrow. In just ten days, the wealth of the southwest will belong to our Wen family!"
Wen Rulei applauded, "Well said! He's worthy of being the richest man in two years. Second brother is so strategic and has a long-term vision. He's really capable!"
Wen Ruyun smiled devilishly, "Didn't Wen Xingluo cling to the Zhenbei Palace? When the palace's people come to buy rice in the future, we will make Xie Guanlan and Xie Shi'an kneel down and kowtow to us, so that Wen Xingluo can see clearly what a wrong path she has chosen!"
Wen Rulei grinned smugly, "Second brother is indeed very shrewd!"
Wen Yueyin followed suit and smiled.
In her previous life, there was a flood and she was forced to take a boat with the old concubine and others to escape the disaster.
Although she didn't get wet in the rain or starve, she still felt uncomfortable.
After all, she is the daughter of a royal family and should be living a life of luxury. How could she escape in such a miserable state by boat?
It's simply not elegant at all!
Fortunately, in this life, the person who escaped by boat became Wen Xingluo.
But she is different.
She moved all her arts, including music, chess, calligraphy and painting, to the cave, where she could play the piano gracefully and listen to the rain, living a dignified and romantic life!
"Okay, let's not talk about them!" Wen Rufeng brought the wine utensils, "I'll make the decision, let's celebrate as brothers and sisters!"
The four brothers and sisters had sold all their good clothes at the pawnshop. They sat on benches in coarse linen clothes, drinking and eating sweet potatoes together, looking quite awkward.
However, when the candlelight shone on their faces, their expressions were full of hope and happiness.
…
It rained heavily for several days in a row, and the whole city was covered with dark clouds. It was dark at dusk.
Wansong Courtyard.
Nanny Chen led the maids to serve the dishes. Seeing that the room was dark, she asked people to light a few more lamps.
The old concubine looked at Wen Xingluo and asked with concern: "Ningning, how are you and Mr. Shen doing?"
Wen Xingluo personally served the old woman a bowl of mushroom and meatball soup. Just as he was about to tell her what he had found out, someone suddenly came in from outside.
Xie Guanlan, dusty and exhausted, untied the black feather cape buckled on his shoulders and said in a deep voice, "Give me a bowl of hot soup."
His gorgeous face was tinged with fatigue, and there was a slight stubble on his chin, as if he had not eaten properly for many days.
The old concubine ordered Wen Xingluo, "Ningning, bring that bowl of hot soup to Ziheng."
Wen Xingluo picked up the hot soup and brought it to Xie Guanlan.
He came out of the rain, his body wrapped in cold moisture. As Wen Xingluo approached, the dampness from his body hit his face.
It's surprisingly cold.
Wen Xingluo met his gaze, "Mushroom and meatball soup."
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