Early the next morning, Qin Rushuang went out with a stack of banknotes just as she had promised Qingzhi yesterday.
The carriage swayed out of the avenue in front of the palace. The driver was about to turn right to the gambling house, but was stopped by Qin Rushuang.
"Transfer to Shen Mansion."
Since we want to gamble money, how can we not get rid of Shen Xiaoyang?
Qin Rushuang and Shen Xiaoyang grew up together, and their personalities are very similar.
I like a lot of things and they are all the same, only one thing is different——
Qin Rushuang asked herself, except for the unlucky couple Xie Xun and Qin Rushuang, she had been very lucky at other times in her life.
It's the kind of luck that makes you win every bet and pick up money on the street.
But Shen Xiaoyang is different. Shen Xiaoyang is notoriously unlucky.
Let's put it this way, if Qin Rushuang climbed a tree and dug out a bird's nest by herself when she was a child, she would definitely be able to hold down a nest of eggs.
But as long as Shen Xiaoyang, the unlucky guy, is brought along, either the branch will break and the two of them will fall into pieces; or the nest of eggs that was finally taken down will be smashed to pieces on the ground.
In Qin Rushuang's memory, the carriage quickly arrived at the door of Shen's mansion.
When Shen Xiaoyang heard that Qin Rushuang came to see him, he came out beaming.
"You heartless guy, you finally thought of coming to me!"
Qin Rushuang smiled and said, "Why do you sound like a resentful woman? Didn't you just come to find you?"
"Okay, where are we going to play today?" Shen Xiaoyang said cheerfully.
"Gambling house."
As soon as these two words came out, Shen Xiaoyang immediately shied away with a grimace: "Good sister! Please spare me! What kind of luck do I have? You still take me to a gambling house. One day I can compensate the entire Shen Mansion." Now, will you take me in when the time comes?"
Qin Rushuang raised her eyebrows: "What? My palace can't afford your mouth anymore? Stop talking nonsense and follow up."
Shen Xiaoyang said that, but he had actually made up his mind to accompany Qin Rushuang to have some fun.
Arriving at the entrance of the casino, Qin Rushuang covered herself with a veil.
The casinos are not all filled with men. Occasionally, there are women who want to go in and have some fun.
For this kind of guests, the casino will have a separate private room to entertain them, and they will also find a few people to play with. If the girl's family doesn't mind, she can also go to the lobby to play with others.
Qin Rushuang naturally didn't mind, so she exchanged a few ingots of silver and went to a place with a large deposit.
Shen Xiaoyang carefully separated Qin Rushuang from the people around him, and protected Qin Rushuang in vain?
There are smelly men around here, so don't take advantage of Qin Rushuang.
Moreover, he likes the game of betting on big and small. Anyway, if you follow Qin Rushuang, you will never go wrong.
However, Shen Xiaoyang probably underestimated his own bad luck. Qin Rushuang, who had always been unfavorable, was led by him to lose several games in a row.
Qin Rushuang pointed to the resting place, "Don't come out, go inside. If you had been by my side, I wouldn't have thought about winning money today. You are so powerful as an unlucky guy!"
Being said this, Shen Xiaoyang was not angry and ran to the side with a smile.
However, he still stared at Qin Rushuang closely, fearing that the people around him would do something wrong to Qin Rushuang.
Without Shen Xiaoyang, the unlucky guy, by her side, Qin Rushuang was indeed unstoppable, winning more than twenty games in a row, and finally alerted the manager of the gambling shop.
The boss of the gambling house is an old man in his sixties, stooped but with sharp eyes.
He walked to the gambling table with his hands behind his back. When he saw Qin Rushuang, he immediately said "hey".
"I asked what's going on, and it turns out it's you, the little girl who caused trouble!"
"Stop playing, stop playing! Save some face for Uncle Yang, if you keep playing, you will win my gambling shop!"
Qin Rushuang smiled and cupped her hands: "Hello, Uncle Yang."
After saying that, he followed Uncle Yang to the hidden room inside.
Qin Rushuang and Uncle Yang knew each other.
Uncle Yang used to be a little gangster who liked to gamble. He once lost all his family's money and even stole his mother's medical money for gambling.
That night, his mother suddenly fell ill.
Uncle Yang was extremely remorseful, but he really had no money, so he could only go door to door to borrow money behind his mother's back.
But everyone knew that he was a gambler and no one was willing to lend him money. Seeing that his mother was about to die, Uncle Yang gritted his teeth and knocked on the door of the General's Mansion.
It was also his good luck that day. If it had been General Qin, he would have been beaten out long ago.
It was Mrs. Qin who opened the door that day. She saw that the two of them were pitiful, so she gave them three taels of silver.
But Mrs. Qin said to him: "These three taels of silver are your mother's life-saving money. If you use it to gamble again, and your mother is gone, you will be the only one left in this world."
In the end, Uncle Yang's mother was not able to be saved. The old man was too old and the disease was so severe that the doctors were helpless.
But Uncle Yang remembered what Mrs. Qin said at that time, and he used the three taels of silver to do business.
Later, when Uncle Yang's business expanded, he sold all his properties and opened a gambling house.
When Mrs. Qin found out, although she didn't say anything, she was a little disappointed in her heart.
She didn't ask about Uncle Yang again, but Qin Rushuang was playful at that time and often went out. Not long after, she heard that there was a strange gambling house in Kyoto.
This gambling house is very strange. Before entering, you have to take out all the money you have, 30% will be kept for you, and the remaining 70% will be taken in for gambling.
When you finish gambling the 70%, take your 30% and leave immediately. The gambling house will not accept you.
Later, Qin Rushuang found out that this was a gambling house opened by Uncle Yang.
He knew that there were thousands of gamblers in the world, and not everyone could meet a kind-hearted person like Mrs. Qin. He could only think of ways to make these people leave a way out for him.
"Uncle Yang, I came today to ask you about someone."
Qin Rushuang told Uncle Yang the name of the steward.
Uncle Yang recalled for a long time and said, "I remember this man. At that time, he lost all his money with me. I asked him to leave, but he refused to leave. Later, he seemed to have gone to an underground bank to borrow money. A few days ago,
Aren’t you still being collected for debts in Japan?”
"But later I heard that I got a sum of money from somewhere and plugged up the hole. He also had some extra money to come to my place for entertainment. I asked people not to entertain him. Such a gambler can't be saved."
After getting useful information, Qin Rushuang nodded, "Does Uncle Yang know which underground bank lent him the money?"
Uncle Yang said a name, and Qin Rushuang silently wrote it down.
Then she said goodbye to Uncle Yang. After all, she didn't really come here to gamble today.
After leaving the gambling house, Shen Xiaoyang asked, "It's rare for you to come out, why don't you meet up with some childhood friends and have a meal together."
Qin Rushuang thought for a moment and agreed.
But he still said: "Don't eat out. I can't hang out with a few foreign men in my current status. Let's go to the palace. There is a chef in the palace who is very good at cooking. He will cook a table for you. Wait for the prince in the evening."
Let’s eat together when we come back, it will save us a lot of trouble.”
Shen Xiaoyang immediately nodded and agreed: "Okay, then I will instruct my subordinates to call some of them now."
After giving the order, several servants dispersed and sent greeting cards to several major palaces in Kyoto.
Naturally, Shen Xiaoyang followed Qin Rushuang back to the palace.
Before the two of them sat down and chatted a few words, several childhood playmates had already arrived.
"Rushuang, Rushuang, you really can't remember your brothers when you get married. It's been a long time since we got together!"
Qin Rushuang smiled, her smile was pure and filled with warmth that she had not seen for a long time.
After getting married, all her mind was tied to the affairs of the palace and Xie Xun, and she almost forgot that she also had friends.
Qin Rushuang's friends are naturally not ordinary people.
There is the grandson of a great scholar of the time, the son of a second-rank official, and a girl who is as neat and pretty as her, Yang Waner, whom she has not seen for many days.
A group of people chatted lively for a long time, and then someone heard from the kitchen that dinner was ready.
Qin Rushuang took them to the dining room to have a meal.
"Do you want to wait for the prince?" Yang Waner asked.
Qin Rushuang paused her hand and said to Qingzhi: "Go and ask where the prince is."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Xun was already here.
"Is there a guest in the palace today?"
Qin Rushuang smiled faintly, "Don't be surprised, Your Majesty. I went out today and met some childhood playmates on the way. I came to the palace to have a casual meal. Your Majesty, please come with me."
Xie Xun nodded in agreement.
For Qin Rushuang, this meal was naturally a feast for both host and guest. They hadn't seen each other for a long time.
At the dinner table, they talked about interesting things from their childhood to some of their experiences in the court today. Several friends did not treat Qin Rushuang and Yang Waner as ordinary women, and even spoke considerately when talking about some political affairs. Stop and ask Qin Rushuang for her opinion.
What Qin Rushuang said naturally made them applaud.
"Rushuang, Rushuang, I really underestimated you! I thought you were devoted to assisting the prince in the back house and had stopped paying attention to these things. I didn't expect that you still have the same unique insights and hit the nail on the head!"
After speaking, he seemed to take Xie Xun's side into consideration, and explained: "Of course, assisting the prince is also a great achievement!"
