Ruan Qing's eyes widened in surprise. He looked at Shen Nanfeng on the second floor, and then looked down at me. He opened his mouth several times without saying a word. Chen Ke's expression could no longer be described as bad. The background was generally black with even a few green spots, and there was a murderous aura all around. As soon as I opened my mouth, I would leap up and slash Shen Nanfeng to the ground.
Naturally, I would not order him to kill someone. After thinking about it several times, I finally came to a conclusion and sat down calmly on the chair.
My mother was so happy that she shouted: "Fifteen thousand taels, fifteen thousand taels, is there anyone higher?"
There was a buzz of exclamations below. Some praised Shen Nanfeng for being bold and generous. Some officials knew that the Shen family was strict and were waiting to see the joke. Most of them were making fun of me, the princess, saying that this county Ruan Qing was mediocre in appearance and brutal and rude. Even the emperor's offer of marriage became a joke. Ruan Qing couldn't hold back his impatience. He clenched his fists and was about to beat those gossips, but I stopped him with a sharp shout: "Stop, I have my own concerns, please don't be impatient."
Ruan Qing had no choice but to retreat in a depressed manner, looking at the window where Shen Nanfeng was on the second floor with burning eyes.
Fifteen thousand taels was already an astronomical figure. My mother kept shouting for a long time, but no one bid again. She clapped her hands and announced that Xiangfu belonged to Shen Nanfeng, and called Xiangfu up to the stage to thank Shen Nanfeng. Nanfeng shook the folding fan in his hand proudly and turned around to give instructions. Soon a boy rushed down from the second floor and handed over a wad of banknotes. Mother nodded and took it, took out the birth certificate from her sleeve and handed it over. To the boy.
I signaled to Chen Ke, who lowered his eyes in understanding, and flew out very quickly. When he returned, he already had the body contract in his hand. I raised my hand to take it, and looked at it with satisfaction. Only then did I hear my mother’s sharp exclamation: “Ah, who is that person? His body and property have been robbed, come on, come on, come on!”
In an instant, more than a dozen thugs surrounded the three of us. My mother's fat body rushed in, pointed at my nose and shouted: "How dare you come to my Xiangsi Building to cause trouble. If you want the Xiangfu girl, I will give you money." Buy it. If you can't afford it, get out of here. You are so ambitious that you dare to snatch the body deed from me. Hand it over obediently!" He glanced at Shen Nanfeng upstairs and snorted: " It's okay if you offend me, I'll give you a few sticks at most, but if you offend Master Shen, you'll be punished by the Zhujiu Clan."
"Oh?" I gasped in feigned horror, and said in surprise: "I only heard that the emperor has the power to punish other people's nine tribes. I don't know when, a small camp general in the suburbs of Beijing will also be able to kill other people's nine tribes. .”
As soon as I finished speaking, the gasps around me were much louder than mine just now. Although the position of a general is not low, to me, it is like a seventh-grade sesame official, which I don't look down on at all. A look of contempt appeared on my mother's face. With an expression on his face, he probably thought I was a rookie from out of town, and said in a sharp voice: "Master Shen will be getting married to Princess Jinyue soon. After the marriage, he will be the son-in-law of the Tian family. Have you told me? He is a loyal general who has been loyal for generations and has led the entire Zhenbei Army for hundreds of years. Princess Jinyue is the only bloodline of the Cheng family in this generation. She grew up in the army and is a famous female general. "
I pulled off the hairpin that bound my hair, stood up slowly, and said with a faint smile, "Mom, I'm so grateful. Jinyue is too embarrassed to deserve it."
There was silence all around. After a while, my mother knelt down on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "I have met Princess Jinyue. The princess is a thousand years old."
Only then did everyone react, and they knelt down one after another with their heads lowered, especially those who were officials, who dared not raise their heads for fear of being seen by me. I waved my hand and said kindly: "Everyone, everyone." Get up, don't break Jinyue."
When they stood up in a hurry, I shook the rendition contract in my hand, looked at Shen Nanfeng on the second floor, and said with a smile: "I am not supposed to come to Xiangsi Building, the daughter of my boudoir, but I am My future husband-in-law, Mr. Shen, sympathized with my boredom at home and wanted to buy me a girl who could play and sing. However, I couldn't find a suitable one after searching here and there. Now I heard that the Xiangfu girl from Xiangsi House was being auctioned. Ask me to come and have a look in disguise. If you like it, I will buy it. I just heard that Miss Xiangfu played a song. The music was melodious and intoxicating, and it was quite interesting. Mr. Shen saw that I was happy and bought it with a lot of money. My subordinates are more impatient than me, and unexpectedly went up to snatch and sell me the deed. It’s really Jin Yue’s lax governance that frightened my old mother, Jin Yue, I won’t apologize to you.”
I looked like a well-behaved lady, and as I said so, I gave my mother a slight blessing. My mother's legs softened in shock and she knelt down again. Ruan Qing cleverly dragged her up. Everyone probably thought that Shen Nanfeng was about to get married. He shouldn't have come to the auction in such a big name. Now that he heard what I said, he immediately looked at understanding. They all praised him for being considerate, and at the same time expressed their envy of us as a couple of gods and gods. I bowed my head shyly. After the surrounding voices gradually became quieter, he rushed to Shen Nanfeng on the second floor and whispered, "Thank you, husband."
Then he didn't stop any longer, took the incense stick with him, and quickly got on the carriage and returned home.
Ruan Qing touched the sweat on his head in the car and said fearfully: "I thought the princess would compete with General Shen Shen for money out of anger, but I didn't expect you to be able to snatch her away without spending a penny. It's really impressive. My subordinates admire me greatly."
I smiled: "The government's expenses are only supported by a few meager properties. It is already extremely difficult. It is very difficult to get one thousand five hundred taels, let alone fifteen thousand taels? Even if the princess If the house is sold, I won’t be able to get so much out of it, so even if I want to go crazy, I have to worry about the reality.”
We didn't hide these words from Xiangfu. A person like her, who lives in a circle of men, naturally has deep thoughts. When she saw this, she suddenly smiled: "What the princess just said in Xiangsi Tower was not the truth, right? Shen Even if the young master loves the princess, I'm afraid he won't go to Goulan to buy you a girl."
"That's natural. I heard that the Xiangfu girl was auctioning, and my two subordinates insisted on joining in the fun, so I agreed and took them to have a look. I didn't expect to meet Shen Nanfeng there. The most shocking thing I was angry that he actually bid in such a fair and just way. For the sake of face, I couldn't get angry in front of her, so I resorted to such a dirty trick and snatched the Xiangfu girl away, causing him to lose fifteen thousand taels of silver in vain, so that I could call him out. You know that I, Cheng Jinyue, am not that easy to provoke."
"The princess's temper is really refreshing, Xiangfu likes it very much." Xiangfu covered his lips with a handkerchief and smiled: "I wonder how the princess plans to settle the slave family?"
I rubbed my forehead: "It depends on what Miss Xiangfu wants. If you are willing to leave, I will return the body deed to you immediately; if you are willing to follow me, I will also help you find a good way out.
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Xiangfu thought for a moment and then said: "The slave family belongs to the princess, so naturally we have to follow the princess."