After the delicate beauty salted fish, the sick and weak prince kicked the door to coax

Chapter 43 Surprise
The owner Chen Sheng was anxiously looking for had actually arrived long ago, but he didn't show up. Instead, he joined the real gambling shop owner and watched the grand occasion in front of the gambling shop on the second floor of the opposite inn.

The ostensible owner of the Sifang Casino is Xu Junfa, a middle-aged man with a big belly.

His hometown is in Yangzhou. His grandfather started to run the tea and silk business, and saved a small fortune.

Three years ago, under Qi Yue's operation, the Xu family became an imperial merchant in one fell swoop and completed the Carp Leaping over the Dragon's Gate. Although they were still merchants, their class status had been greatly improved.

Almost all the tea and silk needed by the Palace and Internal Affairs Office were purchased from him. This business alone made Xu Junfa a fortune every year.

Moreover, Xu Junfa's youngest daughter became the eldest prince's concubine last year.

Immediately following Xu Junfa's status, that is also rising. With the eldest prince as the backer, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will continue to give him a profit on the original basis, allowing him to earn more.

Of course, one-third of the money Xu Junfa earns should be given to the First Prince as filial piety.

The remaining more than half will be divided, a small part will be used by himself, and the other part will be given to his real master, Qi Yue.

Having said that, Xu Junfa saw that the gate of the gambling house was almost blocked by boxes, he couldn't help clicking his tongue, and rushed to Qi Yue,

"Master, that's 200 million taels of silver, I really didn't expect that a down-and-out lady could stir up such a big storm.

This Gu Xi is miserable enough. In the past, the most talented woman in the capital, and even the most beautiful woman, was praised by countless people. Once she was down and out, but was suppressed by so many powerful people, and humiliated her with her marriage, hehe..."

"Stupid!" Qi Yue glanced at him, "How can you tell that this is humiliating Gu Xi?"

Xu Junfa was taken aback by the reprimand, and asked back in surprise,
"Isn't it? These people bet so much money, isn't it just forcing Gu Xi to divorce and let the Lu family cancel the marriage? Isn't this a humiliation?!

It's just that if they succeed, our gambling house will lose money. "

"What I saw was just the opposite. These people are supporting Gu Xi." Qi Yue's mouth curled up into a smile full of interest,
"I underestimated Miss Gu before. It's interesting, interesting, and so interesting."

Qi Yue felt that he still underestimated Gu Xi's influence.

He just turned Gu Xi's marriage into a gamble on a whim, but he didn't expect to get an unexpected surprise.

It's just a divorce, and the top dignitaries in the capital can be played against each other in a game, how can we not make him happy!
Even Qibao Pavilion and Yaowanggu came forward to support Gu Xi and bet huge sums of money.

This also surprised him again and again, pleasantly surprised.

The more capable Gu Xi is, the stronger he wants to conquer her. It's been a long time since he met a prey that excited him so much.

"Master, how should this situation end? If Gu Xi succeeds in voluntarily retiring the engagement, then we will have to pay for it. If the eldest prince knows, he will definitely not let me go."

Xu Junfa didn't find it interesting, and he didn't care whether these people humiliated or supported Gu Xi, and he couldn't see the storm in Qi Yue's eyes.

He is worried, what should he do if he really has to pay so much money.

After all, if they cheated, they would not only offend these dignitaries to death, but Qibao Pavilion and Yaowang Valley would also be offended!
He would rather offend the rich and powerful than Qibao Pavilion and Yaowang Valley.

"Do you think the eldest prince has the guts to eat all the 200 million taels of silver? With such a huge amount of money, you only need to get the government of Zhen Guo not to agree to cancel the engagement, isn't it very simple?"

With excitement in his eyes, Qi Yue said with a smile.

When Xu Junfa heard the words, he still shook his head worriedly,
"Master is right, the eldest prince's maternal ancestral home is the Zhen Guogong's mansion, and it is based on this relationship that the Zhen Guogong is not allowed to cancel the marriage, which is a matter of the eldest prince's words.

However, the young ones were not sure whether the eldest prince would dare to swallow this huge sum of money, after all, he would not only offend the powerful, but also Qibao Pavilion and Yaowang Valley. "

It is very likely that the First Prince is going to abandon him at this time and ask him to pay for this huge sum of money.

"If you don't try, how will you know? You go and report the matter to the eldest prince and ask his opinion." Qi Yue waved his hand and let him do it.

After all, it is a huge sum of 200 million, and the First Prince will not give it up easily.

Moreover, the Lu family is unwilling to cancel the marriage, and everyone still praises the Lu family for being affectionate and righteous, and not abandoning the down-and-out Gu Xi, what's wrong?
This time, the Lu family occupies the moral high ground.

Even if these dignitaries, as well as Qibaoge and Yaowanggu support Gu Xi, they can't end up in trouble just because they lost money.
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Gu Xi also left early in the morning.

She had learned from Dou Pengfei that Qing'er had a cold and hadn't recovered, so she went to visit her now that she was free.

However, she waited for a while in front of Dou's mansion, but the concierge replied, saying that his young lady was unwell and not fit to see guests, and asked her to come back.

The Dou family didn't even have a serious master come out to see her, so they just sent her away.

"Let's go." Gu Xi turned around and returned to the carriage, without the anger of being neglected.

But Xia Zhi was very distressed.

"Miss, the Dou Mansion is too much, their faces are really ugly. In the past, the lady greeted me with a smile when I came over, but now I don't even let the door in."

Xia Zhi blushed angrily, complaining for Miss.

"Mrs. Dou is a person who likes to push the high and depress the low. Qing'er is sick and can't make decisions. It's normal for her to treat me like this."

Gu Xi yawned, with a lazy expression, and said indifferently,

"I didn't think carefully, I should send the greeting card first, so that I won't be turned away."

"We didn't use greeting cards before." Xia Zhi pouted.

"You also said it was in the past." Gu Xi raised her hand and gave her a headache, telling her not to say a few words, and she had a headache from the quarrel.

It's not a big deal at all.

Such a degree of humiliation and cold reception could not stir up waves in her heart at all.
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Leaving Dou Mansion, Gu Xi conveniently said, "Let's go to Sifang Casino."

Eyelids twitched wildly, and she had a faint feeling that something might go wrong in this gamble.

A quarter of an hour later, the carriage came to Changning Street where the Sifang Gambling Shop was located, but before it could get close to the Sifang Gambling Shop, Uncle Yu stopped the carriage and rushed to Gu Xi,
"Miss, there must be an accident in the casino ahead. There are so many carriages and crowds around, our carriage cannot pass."

When Gu Xi heard the words, she sighed softly, something really happened, probably, no, it must have something to do with her.

"Then get out of the carriage and walk over." Gu Xi took Xia Zhi out of the carriage.

The two walked through the crowded and noisy crowd and approached the door of the casino.

Along the way, they heard voices of surprised or excited discussions from the crowd from time to time.

"I heard that the bets are now as high as 200 million taels of silver. It's too scary. I've never heard of so much silver, but I saw it today!"

"Haha, if Miss Gu succeeds in retiring the engagement, the gambling house will be paid to death! No, even if you sell the shop or the land, you can't afford it!"

"Support Miss Gu, I'm going to bet ten taels of silver, and have some soup with me!"

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(End of this chapter)