"Lord Xue, with such a grand entourage, are you sending people to the storeroom to move some good stuff? Do you need my help?"
Aqing helped lift the curtain, and Wang An strode in from outside, looking quite smug.
Xue Yanshou relaxed a little when he saw it was him.
Wang An was nothing more than a spoiled brat. Although he had a reputation for being a scoundrel, he was not a threat because he had a father like Wang Bingyao to keep him in check.
But then...
Ji Fengyao and her three servants also filed in, with Xi Que carrying a woman who looked like a madwoman.
Xue Yanshou was now in a panic. His legs, which had just slipped on their shoes, trembled with fear. He tripped over his own foot and almost fell. He hurriedly knelt on the ground, his voice trembling as he said, "This humble official greets the Ninth Prince's Consort!"
As soon as he knelt down, all the women in the room followed suit, creating a vibrant and colorful scene.
"Lord Xue, there's no need for such formality," Ji Fengyao said, regaining her innocent and carefree spirit, and singing as if in a song: "Lord Xue, you're in high spirits. It seems the Emperor treats you very well, otherwise how could you afford to keep so many beautiful wives and maids? Drinking wine during the day, and there are even singing girls. Even our Prince doesn't know how to enjoy life as much as you do."
"No, no, they were all hired from outside, and I only listen to them occasionally," Xue Yanshou replied, his heart pounding with fear. He wished he could immediately clear out all the women and luxurious decorations from the room and put up a few old cabinets and broken bowls to pretend he was poor.
“With your wealth, Lord Xue, how could you possibly hire those filthy courtesans from outside? Look at how these beauties are dressed; they don’t look like they’re from outside. This is how domesticated women dress,” Wang An said, pointing to the courtesans on the ground, as if he knew something.
When it comes to the affairs of a playboy, he naturally has a lot to say, even if he's not actually enthusiastic about it.
Xue Yanshou was on the verge of tears, but his explanation was utterly weak: "I have no money, I really have no money..."
When Madam Yao returned to her residence, she thought she had finally found her protector and savior.
Unexpectedly, Xue Yanshou was even more cowardly than her when he saw Ji Fengyao and Wang An, and he almost cried and knelt down to beg for mercy.
Only then did Yao realize that she might have committed a terrible crime, and she was so frightened that she trembled and shook.
“You have no money, but I see that even one of your concubines is very wealthy,” Xique said, throwing Yao Shi, who was trying to shrink back like a quail, out of his hand.
After a few tumbles, Yao landed in front of Xue Yanshou, her clothes, adorned with silks, satins, gold, silver, and jade ornaments, looking utterly disheveled.
Bai Lu also stepped forward and chuckled, "Your concubine is not only rich, but also incredibly audacious. Yesterday she argued with the Sixth Princess over perfume, and today she's arguing with the Eldest Princess over something; my Princess Consort went shopping with the Eldest Princess and met Young Master Wang; and she still dares to slander my Princess Consort and Young Master Wang as having an affair. I bet you give her a lot of courage at home, sir?"
Xue Yanshou became increasingly alarmed as he listened. Had this woman gone mad?
In the entire Zhao Dynasty, only the Sixth Princess and the Ninth Princess were the two most difficult women to deal with.
There was also a famously virtuous princess who provoked them all within two days!
It would have been one thing to provoke her, but she also slandered the Ninth Princess Consort and Wang An for having an affair, and in front of the Eldest Princess!
Wang Bingyao, that old geezer, has always been a tough nut to crack and a troublemaker;
The Ninth Prince is not an easy person to get along with, and it is common knowledge that he spoils this bandit rotten!
How could the Yao family be considered the god of wealth among the three richest families in Xiangnan?
She's a total jinx, sent by God to end him!
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