Chapter 64: The Marquis Spends a Lot of Money
The owner of Cuiyunxuan was a man who knew how to judge people by their appearance. Seeing Li Yuan dressed gorgeously, he naturally went up to her to flatter her and took the best jewelry from Cuiyunxuan to Li Yuan to sell them.
On the contrary, seeing that Yun Qiao was dressed simply, only a waiter came up to her and asked a few questions.
Yun Qiao didn't want to buy anything, so she said, "No need to follow me," and just looked around casually.
Everyone in Kyoto knew Chen Jingyan's identity. Even if they didn't know, seeing that he was like a revered Buddha, no one dared to approach him rashly. Instead, they served him delicious tea and snacks.
Yun Qiao was bored standing there, so she looked around.
I have to say that the jewelry from Cuiyunxuan is really exquisite and beautiful.
Li Yuan had already chosen two pieces. She was thinking of choosing another one, but there were three pieces of jewelry in front of her: a hairpin, a hairpin, and a set of step-shaking ornaments.
The two pieces of jewelry Li Yuan chose were a pair of emerald green jade bracelets and a pair of pink pearl earrings.
She turned to look at Yun Qiao.
"Aunt Qiao, come over and help me choose. I like all of these."
Yun Qiao thought that Li Yuan probably didn't mean to ask her what she meant by asking this question, but she still thought about it seriously and said, "This hairpin is very beautiful."
Li Yuan said, "Then I'd better choose the step-shaking ornament."
Li Yuan was concentrating on choosing jewellery. After choosing, she went to talk to the shopkeeper. The maid in front of her paid a deposit and asked the shopkeeper to deliver the jewellery to the designated house.
Chen Jingyan saw Yun Qiao walking around but not buying anything.
He looked at Yun Qiao.
Yun Qiao knew what he meant and walked over.
He asked, "You didn't buy anything? Didn't you find anything you liked?"
Yun Qiao shook her head slightly and said with a chuckle, "These jewels are too expensive. I can't afford them."
Chen Jingyan frowned: "I'm right here, why are you still worrying about this?"
"Just go ahead and choose, and put it on my account."
Yun Qiao didn't want it at first, but she thought that if she didn't want it, Chen Jingyan would definitely be angry.
She had no choice but to call the waiter who had just come over.
"Help me get the hairpin that Miss Li didn't like just now."
She thought the hairpin was really beautiful. It was inlaid with red agate, which made her look very beautiful.
"Auntie, you have a good eye. This hairpin is the only one of its kind in our Cuiyunxuan."
Yun Qiao smiled.
"Put it on the Marquis' account."
The waiter immediately understood and busied himself putting the hairpin into a box. Yun Qiao took the hairpin and walked up to Chen Jingyan.
The things that this gentleman bought must naturally be shown to him.
"Look, my lord, it's really beautiful..."
Chen Jingyan was very pleased with her small gesture of trying to please him.
He immediately reached out and put the hairpin directly on Yunqiao's bun.
“It’s really beautiful.”
She was asking about the hairpin, and he was talking about the person.
Chen Jingyan stood up and put a hairpin on Yun Qiao who was standing in front of him. This action was just seen by Li Yuan who had chosen the jewelry.
She was stunned on the spot. She had never thought about it, nor had she ever seen Chen Jingyan be so gentle.
It's surprising.
Li Yuan bought things with her own money, and she also wanted to ask Chen Jingyan to buy things for her, but the way Chen Jingyan looked at her was as if she had dug up his family's ancestral graves.
Li Yuan didn't dare to ask any more questions.
After buying the jewelry, Li Yuan wanted to buy clothes.
Yun Qiao was with her.
Li Yuan bought the clothes with his own money.
Yun Qiao also bought clothes, but they were all paid for by Chen Jingyan.
After a walk around, Yun Qiao found that Li Yuan was not angry. She was really stupid. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Chen Jingyan pulled her out as a concubine just to deliberately disgust Li Yuan. Did he mean that he didn't want to get married?
This is what Yunqiao guessed.
But in fact, she guessed wrong.
Chen Jingyan used Yunqiao to test Li Yuan, just to find out Li Yuan's tolerance for Yunqiao.
Li Yuan was not unhappy about Chen Jingyan buying things for Yun Qiao and ignoring her existence. She didn't like Chen Jingyan anyway.
However, this also led to Chen Jingyan's misunderstanding. He regarded Li Yuan as a generous woman and thought that if he married her in the future, she would definitely treat Yun Qiao well.
That night, Chen Jingyan told his grandmother that he agreed to get married to Li Yuan, a girl from the Li family.
At Lanyuan, Yun Qiao couldn't describe the feeling in her heart when she heard the news.
For example, something that you originally used may soon be used by someone else.
She couldn't change, but she felt uncomfortable.
"Miss, are you unhappy? If you are unhappy, why don't you express it? Why don't you keep it to yourself?"
"Before dinner, Sister Yuan asked if she wanted to come and see Auntie, and she was waiting for your reply."
Yun Qiao fell into deep thought.
Suddenly he asked, "Have you got any information about Fang Jia that I asked you to find?"
Xiao Tao shook her head. "There is no definite news right now, but I want to find Brother Xiaodong privately, hoping to get some clues."
"Miss, I don't know why you are looking for Miss Fang Jia."
Yun Qiao was speechless. After a pause, she said, "I have something I want to talk to her about. Let's talk about it after you find her."
I sent Xiaotao away and called Yuanjie over.
Yun Qiao hasn't seen Sister Yuan for a few days, and she still misses her a lot. Even if she is not a person, but a pet cat or dog, it would still make people miss her, right?
Xiao Tao went to the next door with a lamp. Just as she was about to go into the house to call for help, she heard sobbing sounds coming from inside the house.
"Achun..."
Xiaotao called out, but she didn't hear Achun's voice. Instead, Chen Yuan came out from the side, her eyes were very red, and she looked at Xiaotao and called her "Sister Xiaotao".
"Why is Sister Yuan sitting here crying?"
"I-I just miss my brother so much."
Chen Yuan opened her mouth and cried a few more times.
Xiao Tao frowned. Chen Yuan's younger brother was being raised in the courtyard of the eldest wife, Cai. This was something everyone knew, but Chen Yuan never talked about it.
Why are you crying while talking about it today?
"Is this what you wanted to talk to Aunt Qiao about?"
Chen Yuan nodded and said, "Sister Xiaotao, I don't dare to hide it from you. I secretly went to the courtyard of the big house this afternoon. I saw my brother fighting with the dog for food. I held it in until now and dared to cry."
Xiaotao brought Chen Yuan to Yunqiao.
Chen Yuan didn't say anything, so Xiao Tao explained the matter to her clearly.
Yun Qiao couldn't believe it, "Are you telling the truth?"
"Ayuan, did you see it with your own eyes?"
Chen Yuan nodded while crying, "Aunt, I saw it with my own eyes. I didn't dare to go forward. There were so many people in that yard, much more than in our Lan Garden."
Yun Qiao tried to comfort him, "Don't cry yet. This is just our side of the story. If you want to know the full story, you still have to look for evidence privately. If you can truly confirm that it was the eldest wife who abused your brother, then we can find a way to help him..."
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