Chapter 174 Don’t worry, come to the banquet
Feng Lan glanced at the beauty and felt that the Princess of Qi was really gentle and had no temper, which immediately aroused her strong desire to protect her.
"Don't worry, Princess. I'm the descendant of a military commander and my skills are pretty good. If anyone bullies you in the future, remember to send someone to find me!"
She didn't mention who she would bully, she just waved her sleeves proudly.
"I still have a promissory note in my hand. Logically speaking, I'm not afraid!"
"Yes, yes, yes, Princess, if you feel unhappy about something, you must not keep it in your heart."
"Although I can't help with anything big, I can still help with something small."
Deng Linlang and Lu Ping'er also spoke out of loyalty. After all, everyone loves beauty. Moreover, such a peerless beauty, hard to find in heaven and even harder to find on earth, had actually fallen into the hands of the unscrupulous King Qi. It was truly heartbreaking to think about it!
"Princess, we all know that you must have had difficulties back then, otherwise you would never have ended up like this."
Wan Jingya moved to the other side of Jiang Wan, and couldn't help but stare at the other's bright eyes and white teeth. The pain and grief on her face was too obvious!
God is so unfair. When she was deceived by that bastard King Qi and his men, she didn't feel as bad as she does now.
Such a beautiful face, it is almost the face that he has always wanted, how could it be given to the King of Qi?
"I'll be frank with you. We came here today to pay our respects to you and to remind you. It's hard to prevent thieves from stealing your house, but you must take good care of your dowry!"
This can be said to be very heartfelt, and Jiang Wan was left in tears and laughter by these lovely girls.
"Well, thank you for your kindness."
She looked at the group of little girls who were staring at her, tilted her head and blinked deliberately, and sighed slightly with a hint of sadness.
"Of course I know what you say makes sense, but as the old saying goes, if you marry a chicken, you follow the chicken; if you marry a dog, you follow the dog. Since I have married into the Prince of Qi's mansion, I am one with the Prince of Qi. How can I not repay the debt owed by the Prince of Qi?"
"Why do you want to pay it back?"
Meng Yu immediately became anxious.
"Do you know how much the King of Qi owes? The IOUs we hold are because we don't want him to use matchmaking to pay off the debt.
Those who were tricked into marrying by him all have as much as we do. If you really want to pay it back, how much dowry would you need to fill it with?"
Jiang Wan lowered her eyes, looking gentle.
"I have no choice but to return it. My father is the Duke of Lingguo, and he taught me from a young age that a person cannot stand without integrity. My husband and I share the same heart and mind, so naturally we should share honor and disgrace, wealth and hardship.
I'll sort out my dowry later and see if my parents have any useful dowry recipes. Then I'll try to find a way to make a living in Dongling Mansion and see if I can earn some money to help pay off my husband's debts."
After hearing what Princess Qi said, all the girls in the room had the same thought in their minds.
What a sin!
How could such a virtuous and beautiful woman be given to the King of Qi?
Lu Ping'er was so angry that she almost cried. She swore that she didn't want to cry so much even when her dowry was swindled away. The girl blinked fiercely and then warned him.
"Princess, are you planning to open a shop? I'm not trying to discourage you, but doing business in Dongling Mansion doesn't really make much money.
My father's business mainly makes money in Jingzhou Prefecture. If this wasn't our Lu family's ancestral home, my father would have wanted to move us there.
If you really want to make a living, then, if there is anything you need help with, just let me know. I will do my best to help you."
"Thank you Ping'er for your kind reminder. I understand."
Jiang Wan smiled and looked up at her, which made the girl blush.
"I have some recipes passed down from my ancestors that I think can be used to make something small. If I can, I'll find another opportunity to discuss this with your family later, okay?"
"Well, you, you decide."
Lu Ping'er was so excited that she didn't know what to say to be remembered by such a gentle and beautiful princess.
Deng Linlang, who was sitting next to her, was a little jealous.
"Princess, my family actually runs some shops. If you need any help in the future, you can come to me! I'm the eldest daughter in the family, and my words carry much more weight than Lu Ping'er's in the Lu family."
"Tsk, that's pointless. Who isn't the eldest daughter of a legitimate family? I'm also my father's only daughter. Am I proud?"
Her cousin did not hesitate to confront Meng Yu, a man who would take advantage of loopholes to show off.
"If you weren't my second uncle's only son, the King of Qi wouldn't have taken advantage of you! That bastard general under his command almost swindled all your dowry, didn't he?"
"What nonsense! Who got fooled? I just don't want to play with that idiot anymore."
Some people are just stubborn and will not give up. Wan Jingya was too lazy to listen to her excuses and just bowed to Jiang Wan in a very serious manner.
"Please forgive my intrusion today, Princess. If you need anything in the future, we sisters are willing to help. However, we cannot involve our family anymore, so please forgive me."
"This princess knows, you can rest assured."
Jiang Wan nodded in agreement.
"Go home and report what I said to your elders truthfully. After three days, feel free to come to the banquet. I promise there will be no other rumors."
"Thank you, Princess."
After saying what they needed to say and expressing their opinions, this group of lovely girls stayed in Prince Qi's mansion for quite some time before reluctantly getting up to say goodbye.
Jiang Wan politely stood up to see them off, watching the girls board the car and leave. Then he turned back to find Li Chengxiu to discuss their life aspirations in detail.
When Wan Jingya returned home, her parents and family were already sitting in the living room waiting for her.
"Mom and Dad, I'm back."
Mrs. Wan Meng was impatient and pulled her daughter over, asking with a little worry.
"How is it? Have you found out why the princess is holding this banquet?"
"Mom, don't be anxious."
“How can this not be urgent?
Our family didn't have much to begin with, and your father, an official, was honest and upright. Not only did he sell everything he had to fill the bottomless pit of King Qi, but he even dared to touch your dowry!
You are already sixteen years old, and he actually dared to touch your dowry! I want to strangle him to death just thinking about it!"
Meng glared at her husband standing beside her. Magistrate Wan shrank back into his chair with a guilty look on his face, but he still remembered how to argue stubbornly.
"Look at you, woman, you are a little unreasonable, aren't you?
His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi didn't use the money for pleasure; it was all for the country and the people, wasn't it? He borrowed it from us out of desperation, and he didn't say he wouldn't pay it back.
I am also a local official, after all. I can't just sit there and watch my soldiers starve to death, chewing on tree bark, right?"
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