Chapter 202 Cousin
"Zhen'er, is it too late to trade now?" Zhu Huaishu asked anxiously.
"Sister, the time has passed and the head of the Bai family no longer believes it." Zhu Huaizhen shook his head slightly.
In reality, Zhu Huaishu could deceive Patriarch Bai by telling him she would help him get the Great Zhou treasure. Then, she asked Zhu Huaizhen to select some jade items from the Changsheng Storehouse and give them to Patriarch Bai, making him overjoyed and believing the treasure to be true.
Wow, items like the emerald carved crabapple-shaped vase, the emerald fish-shaped box, the emerald screen with fortune, wealth and longevity patterns, the emerald peace and prosperity elephant chime, the emerald carved mountain scenery with figures, the emerald eighteen-bead bracelet, the emerald cups and plates with dragon patterns, the emerald carved water container for warding off evil spirits, the emerald nine-lion covered stove, and the emerald lotus boy are all the favorites of the head of the Bai family.
"Zhen'er, what should we do?" Zhu Huaishu was immediately discouraged.
She also tried the fourth method, the fifth method, the sixth method...all failed.
"Big sister, the head of the Bai family is blocking your way and must be removed." Zhu Huaizhen said slowly.
When it comes to power struggles, the elder sister still doesn’t fully understand them.
You have to be ruthless and scheming.
"My cousin, you have elderly parents and young children, a wife and a concubine, which is a blessing for you." Zhu Huaishu whispered.
Obviously, Zhu Huaishu did not want to get rid of the head of the Bai family.
After hearing this, Zhu Huaizhen didn't know how to respond and just listened to the show.
The warm, mellow jade wine, white and cool like water, is likely filled with tears of longing. I fear I won't even be able to eat the food before me, my stomach filled with resentment. "Empty fame in a snail's horn, tiny profit in a fly's head," the mandarin ducks are torn apart. One on this side, the other on that, each sighing deeply.
Oh, this "Romance of the West Chamber" is really boring.
So Zhu Huaishu pondered for three days, and Zhu Huaizhen listened to "Peach Blossom Fan" for three days.
Orioles chirp at dawn in the jade trees of Jinling, flowers bloom early in the Qinhuai waterside pavilions. Who knew the ice would melt so easily? I watched him build his red mansion, I watched him entertain guests, and I watched his mansion collapse. Here, amidst the mossy, blue tiles, I once slept in a dreamlike state; I've witnessed fifty years of rise and fall. No one in Wuyi Lane is surnamed Wang, ghosts cry at Mochou Lake, and owls roost on Phoenix Terrace. Dreams of the ruined mountains are the most real, the old land hard to lose. I don't believe this map is changing manuscripts. I'll compose a lament for Jiangnan, and sing it until I grow old.
"Zhen'er, I have decided that I can treat my cousin's family well." Zhu Huaizhen said seriously.
Looking at his elder sister's serious expression, Zhu Huaishu wanted to laugh but held it back.
"Then big sister, just use someone else's knife to kill someone." Zhu Huaizhen held up her rosy cheeks, smiling like a flower, her eyes moving.
After hearing this, Zhu Huaishu thought for a moment and agreed.
The next day, rumors were flying all over Jiangcheng.
It was said that the Bai family's master was a man of great talent and strategy, allowing Princess Rongyang to change her surname and seek asylum, and subsequently reaping half of the Great Zhou's treasures. Adding Princess Xincheng, who was sent to marry into the Northern Zhou, the Bai family was determined to secure its position as the most prominent family in Southern Chu.
No matter how much falsehood there was in this rumor, the Nanchu royal family was ultimately wary of the Bai family.
At the same time, the prince who received support from the Bai family became arrogant.
The prince bought a lot of jewelry just to please the courtesan.
For example, there are gold filigree inlaid rubies and double phoenixes and kingfisher feather hairpins, silver gilt filigree and kingfisher feather flower sachets, silver-plated gilt kingfisher feather inlaid pearls and bamboo butterfly earrings, silver-plated gilt kingfisher feather coral and fairy riding a phoenix earrings, filigree inlaid jewels and kingfisher feather twined flower agate bracelets, gold filigree kingfisher feather inlaid jewels lotus hairpins, gold filigree kingfisher feather inlaid oriental pearls and longevity flame knots, silver-plated gilt kingfisher feather inlaid pearls and double dragon hairpins, kingfisher feather head flowers with descendants for generations, silver-plated gilt kingfisher feather tassels with beads... every piece is a treasure.
Three days later, the head of the Bai family was assassinated on his way home in a carriage.
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