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Chapter 17 Bargaining
Huo Hanxiang is wearing a lavender embroidered wintersweet flower slim gauze beige today, and a white pleated skirt sprinkled with purple plum flowers, with a graceful figure.

The long black hair is tied into a bun, with rose-gold wood-inlaid jade beads inserted obliquely, a wax-dyed lily flower on the sideburns, and two gold screw holders inlaid eggplant-shaped jasper pendants on each ear. , a piece of Hetian carved rattan flower jade is hung on the rattan gold thread on the neck, which is full of style and looks luxurious and extraordinary.

Compared with Yun Jiu'an's half-worn dress and unadorned head and face, the difference between the two is immediately obvious, and it can be called a difference between clouds and mud.

Huo Hanxiang's mind settled down a bit, looking at the large table of meals and pastries ordered by Yun Jiu'an, he couldn't help feeling a little more contemptuous in his heart.

"Miss Yunwu is very good at picking places. That's right, the cook in Zuixinlou is no worse than my cook. Miss Yun will eat more of these things that you can't eat on weekdays. All expenses will be counted on me today."

She has never been polite to big wronged species.Yun Jiu'an motioned for Lu He to serve her rice and vegetables, and at the same time said gratefully: "Then thank Miss Huo for your kind hospitality."

Then there was the sound of her eating, boasting as she ate, three or four of the twelve dishes fell into her stomach in a blink of an eye, it was just the same, the wind swept away, and Huo Hanxiang's master and servant were stunned.

They never thought that a girl would have such an unbearable appearance. If it was in the Huo family, they would have to eat a lot.

Huo Hanxiang swallowed, and forcibly calmed down, "Has Miss Yun ever eaten with Qilang?"

Yun Jiu'an nodded while eating, "Of course there are. But I try to be reserved when I eat with him, but I'm actually too greedy. It's not because I'm afraid of scaring him and making him bored."

Huo Hanxiang reprimanded slightly angrily: "You also know that your eating habits are indecent and annoying, so why don't you restrain yourself in front of me?" It felt like this poor concubine didn't respect her at all.

"Restraint?" Yun Jiu'an stopped her chopsticks with a sneer, "Miss Huo is dressed as luxuriously as the queen mother in the sky today, and she looks down on me, a little concubine like a refugee, from the bottom of her heart. If that's the case, why should I pretend ? It’s not as good as eating and drinking.”

Mr. Luo, who is still in pain next door, his eyes lit up when he heard the opening remarks of the two, rich and noble flowers meet morning glory, exciting, and it will be more attractive to listeners when they talk about books in the future.

He glanced at Song Yanning, and found that his eyes were also wandering when he was looking at the file.

"I don't know how an uneducated person like you fell into Qilang's eyes, maybe you pretended well." Huo Hanxiang suppressed the discomfort in his heart, and frowned, "But let me spend more time with people like you It will be uncomfortable for a while, in order to avoid our getting along badly in the future, has Miss Yun considered choosing another husband besides Qilang?"

Yun Jiuan threw a piece of mille-feuille cake into his mouth, and after he had finished chewing, he wiped the corner of his mouth with a towel and said, "Qilang likes me, he said that he only likes me in his whole life. He was born in the Duke's mansion , with a dignified appearance, good conduct, and outstanding martial arts skills. He is now a fifth-rank official and has a bright future. In Pingjing, is there any young talent that Miss Huo thinks is more suitable to be my good son-in-law than him?"

Huo Hanxiang choked.Her elder brother Ziyuan is naturally incomparable in this world.

After a long while, she finally said: "Miss Yun is very eloquent, and she had a deep understanding of it in the Duke's mansion that day, so don't pretend to be confused. That's right, Qilang is very good, and there are very few men in Pingjing who can match him." Then you have to understand that you are not worthy of him, if you marry him by force, it will only hinder him and will not help him in his future official career."

Yun Jiu'an was funny, "He is already in the fifth rank, and he is the head of the Duke's house. What help does he need? He doesn't want to be the emperor, why does he need me as a woman to help him?"

Huo Hanxiang turned pale in shock, "Stop talking nonsense! Do you want to kill Qilang?"

Yun Jiu'an didn't speak this time, she just curled her lips and continued her great business of eating.

Mr. Luo next door and Song Yanning who had put down the file looked at each other, and the admiration gradually emerged in their eyes was self-evident.

After a while, Huo Hanxiang said patiently: "To put it bluntly, you must hang on to Qilang, right?"

"Miss Huo, you can't say that. Why do you want me to pester Qilang? He obviously said that he only likes me in this life. He is the one who pesters me, okay?"

"I don't know what he likes about you. I can only say that he is temporarily fascinated by ghosts. As long as you don't take the initiative to pester him, after a while, he will naturally let you go." Huo Hanxiang still tried to persuade her with good words.

Yun Jiu'an kept silent again and only ate.

Huo Hanxiang took a deep breath, showed the bearing that a young lady should have, and said: "Look at your poor food and clothing, if you promise to stop pestering him, and want to enter the Liang family, I can make you live without food and clothing for the rest of your life." worry."

Yun Jiu'an sighed secretly, and after a long time of moaning, he finally got to the point.

She squinted at her, "According to Miss Huo, are you trying to use money to hit my weakness?"

"Isn't it just these things that Miss Yun is missing?"

"Miss Huo's eyes are very sharp." Yun Jiu'an gave a rare compliment, and put down her chopsticks, "I just don't know how much gold and silver Miss Huo is going to use to hit me?"

Huo Hanxiang pursed his lips, "1000 taels of silver."

Yun Jiu'an's eyes widened, and he raised his voice and shouted: "I didn't hear wrong, did I? I sold Qilang for 1000 taels of silver. Huo Hanxiang, did your Huo family start as profiteers? Why don't you say Qilang Is it worth a tael of silver?"

Song Yanning next door finally couldn't help laughing out.

Mr. Luo has long been holding back his belly and laughing.

"Just now you said that you would let me have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of my life. I thought it was a high price, and I was thinking in my heart that instead of marrying into the Liang family and being looked down upon by their family for the rest of my life, it would be better to use some money to find a small family. My husband should live a comfortable life. Who would have expected you to bid 1000 taels. Do you think that 1000 taels of silver can make people live comfortably for a lifetime? Your 1000 taels of silver are worth more than that 1000 taels of gold, Miss Huo."

Huo Hanxiang was a little embarrassed by the scolding, and her face turned red.

It took a long time before he raised his voice: "Then how much do you want?"

Yun Jiuan had a good time, "1 taels."

"Clap!"

Huo Hanxiang was so shocked that the teacup used to cover up her embarrassment rolled to the ground, and the girl next to her finally couldn't help cursing: "Yun Jiu'an, do you want to take advantage of the fire? Why didn't Mr. Liang see your ugly face? "

(End of this chapter)