Li Jingyi was really happy, especially after thinking about Gu Lian'er's disaster, she was even more relieved and said: "Sister, I don't know Liu Xianglan. Her father is a third-rank minister in the current dynasty, and he is a minister with real power. Usually, he only needs to
Whenever there is a party, there are always some ladies who follow her lead."
Gu Qingying drank the tea made from tomatoes. It was a bit hot, so she could only drink it in small sips.
She looked at Li Jingyi with gentle eyes and said, "Why does Liu Xianglan want to embarrass me?"
At first she thought Liu Xianglan was venting her anger on Gu Lian'er, but now that she thought about it, Gu Lian'er was not worthy of Liu Xianglan's help at all, so Liu Xianglan had other motives for targeting her.
Li Jingyi glanced at Gu Qingying aggrievedly and pouted: "Can't you see that it's so obvious to my sister? She came here for my brother! She has always liked my brother and wanted to marry him in her dreams.
Where is my brother? I used to be close to getting my brother from me, when I was young and stupid."
Gu Qingying sipped tea and was in a good mood: "No wonder you joined the gambling."
Li Jingyi waved her hands and said: "Sister, you misunderstood me. I placed the bet because I trusted you, not because I hate them. They don't deserve my attention at all."
Anyway, she was relieved today, so she took a look at the jade bracelet Liu Xianglan handed over, which was probably the most valuable of all jewelry.
Even if Liu Xianglan wanted to redeem her from Mrs. Xiangguo, given that she had made things difficult for Gu Qingying, it is estimated that Mrs. Xiangguo would not be merciful.
Li Jingyi's guess was right.
At this moment, many ladies have not chosen to leave. Those who choose to stay want to redeem their jewelry.
If these jewelry were sold by Mrs. Xiangguo, they would really be embarrassed.
Liu Xianglan suppressed the anger in her heart and looked at Gu Lian'er with an increasingly unkind look. However, when facing Mrs. Xiangguo, she said with a gentle smile on her face: "Madam, I have a merciless request. I want to redeem the jadeite."
Bracelet, how much silver do you think is suitable?"
Mrs. Xiangguo is in a good mood now, but her good mood does not mean that she is easy to talk to. These people in front of her made things difficult for Gu Qingying before, which already made her unhappy.
If that girl Qingying hadn't been as capable as her father, she would have been embarrassed and made a fool of herself by these young ladies.
Since you choose to embarrass others, you must be prepared to be embarrassed.
She smiled gently at Liu Xianglan and said, "Ms. Liu, how much do you think your jade bracelet is worth?"
Of course Liu Xianglan knew the value of the jade bracelet. This bracelet was her mother's family heirloom and had been handed down to her for four generations. If she lost it, her mother would definitely beat her to death when she returned.
Biting her lip, she said, "How much do you think is appropriate, madam?"
When she told her that the price was definitely not good, she felt more unwilling to accept it.
The smile on Mrs. Xiangguo's face showed no attitude. She put down the tea cup in her hand and said, "That's great. If you sell this bracelet in good condition, it will cost two thousand taels of silver. Your mother and I have a good relationship, and this matter is
For what happened in the Prime Minister's Mansion, you can pay me one thousand eight hundred taels."
One thousand eight hundred taels of silver!
Liu Xianglan stared at Mrs. Xiangguo with wide eyes, where did she get so much money?
In total, she only had six hundred taels of silver.
Swallowing his saliva, he said awkwardly: "Madam, can you give it a little less? My monthly income is not much, and I have only saved six hundred taels of silver over the years."
Of course Mrs. Xiangguo understood what Liu Xianglan meant, she wanted to redeem the bracelet for 600 taels of silver!
This is definitely impossible!
Selling such a good jade bracelet would cost more than two thousand taels. Moreover, Gu Qingying asked her to handle this matter. She not only wanted to vent her anger for Gu Qingying, but also wanted to exchange more money for the refugees outside.
She smiled faintly at Liu Xianglan and said: "You know that six hundred taels of silver is impossible, and... you know that I don't ask for more than one thousand eight hundred taels of silver. Since the princess trusts me and leaves this matter to me, I
You can’t do anything that would chill the princess’ heart, right?”
The last question made Liu Xianglan tremble.
She knew that it was impossible to negotiate the price, and it was impossible to expect Mrs. Xiangguo to get cheaper. She was so angry that she didn't know who to direct her anger at.
Finally, he bit his lip and said, "Ma'am, please give me some time. I'll raise some money from my sisters."
Fortunately, she was the only one in the room, so she wouldn't be too embarrassed.
As soon as she went out, Liu Xianglan walked up to Gu Lian'er with a dark face and said coldly: "Bring me money."
Gu Lian'er also participated in the bet before, and what she took out was a gold hairpin, which she bought after begging her mother for a long time.
It has always been the love of her heart, but today she was also bet on it, and now she is feeling heartbroken!
She frowned and looked at Liu Xianglan and said, "What money do you want?"
Liu Xianglan gritted her teeth and said fiercely: "Why are you pretending to be stupid here? Why did you gamble today and why did you lose in the end? You don't know why? It's all because of you. Now I want to redeem my own bracelet, and you must give
My money."
Gu Lian'er was still thinking about how to buy the gold hairpin back, but Liu Xianglan put all the blame on her.
Suddenly he became unwilling and said: "Liu Xianglan, you have gone too far to deceive others. Aren't you going to take it out on yourself today? Aren't you going to give Lu Qingying some color? You were very active when you made the bet, but now you lose
But you put the responsibility on me? Why didn't you say that I followed you and even gave away your favorite gold hairpin?"
Zhu Keyuan walked up at this time, stared at Gu Lian'er with an unkind expression and said, "If it weren't for the fact that there was something wrong with the information you gave us, would we have participated in the bet? Do you dare to say that you didn't know that Gu Qingying knew kung fu?"
A hint of guilt flashed in Gu Lian'er's eyes, and Zhu Keyuan saw this guilt.
Zhu Keyuan sneered and said: "Sure enough! You are deliberately trying to harm us! Either you give money to everyone today, or you don't make friends with us in the future."
Gu Lian'er herself had no money, and all the money she had saved before was spent on Zhennan Prince's Mansion.
In order to bribe those maids and mothers, she spent a lot of money, and all her own personal money was invested in it.
Now even if I kill her, I can't get any money, not to mention that her mother can't give her any money.
Traveling back and forth to the General's Mansion only had a small amount of property, and there was not much left after a month's expenses.
Seeing that the ladies gathered around were staring at her with unkind expressions, she became anxious: "You can't all think this way! Are you still shameless? We all discussed and decided to take action together at the beginning, but now you blame me for losing?"
If I win, you can still share my money! What’s more, it’s not my fault that I didn’t know that Gu Qingying knows kung fu! You didn’t listen to what Lu Qingying said about not being familiar with me.”
Zhu Keyuan said coldly: "Who knows if you two sisters joined forces to set up a trap just to get us into the trap and defraud us of our money."
She doesn't care how true this is, anyway...
There was no way she could make Gu Lian'er's life easy. What she lost was her favorite necklace.