Everyone's conversation stopped abruptly. They saw a woman walking from the corridor not far away. Everyone's eyes were unconsciously attracted to the woman.

The chief envoy's second daughter-in-law stared at the visitor with a trace of unconcealable jealousy in her eyes.

The woman's hair was in a high bun, her lips were red, her teeth were white, and her skin was tight. "The eyebrows are as dark as the distant mountains, and the lips are as red as if they were painted with sand." This is the good year of [-].

Wearing a blue embroidered double-breasted skirt, the woman's waist is slender. Wearing a complete set of gold and jade headdresses, she looks extremely noble.

The key is that there is no trace of cowardice in the woman's face, she is neither humble nor arrogant, she is calm and composed.

Before coming, Qingya was worried whether he had dressed his lady up a little too grandly.

But now seeing everyone's surprised looks, Qingya couldn't help but secretly feel proud of her young lady in her heart. She finally understood what it meant to be "beautiful beyond all the beauties".

Xia Keyu never goes out of her way to be simple. She knows that with her status, wearing these noble jewelry is just a daily routine.

"Why are you here?"

Ning Xiuer was a little short-tempered when she was caught saying bad things in person, so she raised her voice and asked.

Xia Keyu slightly raised a thin eyebrow and signaled Qingya beside him to take out the invitation he received.

Then he said leisurely: "My master has posted a message for me, so of course I will come. Why, does Miss Ning have any objections?"

Ning Xiuer didn't expect that Mrs. Li, the second wife, would actually leave a message for Xia Keyu, and she immediately looked at the second wife with blame.

Mrs. Li Er just posted the post leisurely. Who could have expected that the person at the center of public opinion would come this time.

At the moment, he could only pretend to be enthusiastic and said: "The visitor is a guest, the Lord of Yong'an County invites~"

Xia Keyu walked over gracefully and asked again pretending not to know:

"By the way, Mrs. Li Er, who of you just now said who is evil?"

Being questioned like this in person, no matter how thick-skinned Madam Li Er was, she could only prevaricate, but she couldn't explain why.

Ning Xiuer, however, has a straightforward temper, so she responded to Xia Keyu in a cold voice:
"Don't ask questions knowingly. Everyone here doesn't know that Master Zhiyun of Baotong Temple said that you are the one possessed by evil spirits!"

Xia Keyu heard the sound and sneered:

"I didn't expect that Miss Ning would believe this kind of gossip outside. I believe everyone here has heard about it. Taoist Master Xiangyangzi of Xuandu Temple strongly guarantees my innocence."

When Mrs. Li Er heard this, she came back to her senses and added: "I'm afraid the county master doesn't know that the odds of losing Xiangyangzi in the gambling shop outside are already four to one."

The implication is that many people believe that Xiangyangzi will lose and that Xia Keyu is possessed by evil spirits.

Xia Keyu only learned from Bai Xiaoxiao that someone outside was betting on this matter, but he didn't know that Xiangyangzi was the loser.

However, Xia Keyu knew that someone must be secretly manipulating this matter.At the moment, he just said calmly:

"Why, Mrs. Li Er also likes these vulgar things?"

As soon as these words came out, Mrs. Li Er blushed a little. After all, as a noblewoman in the capital, she had lost her status by going to discuss gambling in the market.

Next door, Meng Qinqing from Zuo Xiang's family, who was related to Mrs. Li Er, stood up and defended:
"The Yong'an County Lord said that he was a low-spirited person, which is a bit too much. This matter is just a matter of boredom and a pastime after dinner."

Xia Keyu was waiting for them to fall into the trap, but she could see that Xiangyangzi was definitely a highly capable virtuous man with cultivation, and that Master Zhiyun was just trying to gain fame.

This time Xiangyangzi wins, he will win!
The urge in Xia Keyu's heart to hunt other people's money and make money for herself surged wildly in her blood, but she could only suppress it. Instead, she pretended to be confused and said:
"Why, Miss Meng is also playing? What a pity, we are not afraid of losing money." Ning Xiuer was aroused by Xia Keyu, and she was a little angry, and said immediately:

"I'll pay 2000 taels of silver to buy Master Zhiyun."

As soon as these words came out, everyone present took a breath.The Ning family is indeed rich. Ning Xiuer, a girl from a noble family, can get 2000 taels of silver.

You know, an ordinary family only spends dozens of taels of silver a year.Ning Xiuer's move was really too generous.

Xia Keyu felt happy, the fish took the bait.But she looked at Miss Meng with a little disappointment and said:
"Does Miss Meng also want to have some fun?"

Meng Qinqing was put on the stage. The Meng family was not as wealthy as the Taishi Mansion.

The Meng family is the left prime minister and is subordinate to the right prime minister. Meng Zuo prime minister prides himself on his scholarly family and is famous for being an honest official. Where does he get the silver for gambling?

But the previous words had been spoken, and now Meng Qinqing had no choice but to grit his teeth and say:
"Then I'll pay 800 taels of silver."

These 800 taels of silver were almost all of Meng Qinqing's private money over the years.

Xia Keyu was secretly happy, but pretended to be sad and shook his head. He looked at Mrs. Li and said, "What about you, Mrs. Li?"

Mrs. Li Er's eldest sister-in-law is sick. Not long after she started housekeeping, she got the right card from the warehouse.That's why we invite all the ladies and noble ladies from all over the capital to have a banquet here.

She was already jealous of Xia Keyu and hated her so much that her teeth itched with hatred. She raised her head and said arrogantly:
"Since it's just for fun, I'll pay you 2000 taels."

Next to her, Miss Qin, the Minister of Punishment, also said that she would contribute 1000 taels to help the fun.

Bai Xiaoxiao was so angry that he couldn't help but stand up and defend himself:
"You are really going too far, treating Ke Yu like this. Then I will pay 2000 taels to bet Xiangyang Zidao Changsheng."

Xia Keyu glanced at the other noble ladies around and asked, "Does anyone else want to play together?"

But the rest of the people, either because they were short of money or because they were afraid of offending Xia Keyu, said nothing.

Xia Keyu then said with a smile on his face:

"Since Sister Xiaoxiao likes me so much, I will invest 5000 taels of silver to bet Taoist Master Xiang Yangzi on victory."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was full of surprise.Unexpectedly, Xia Keyu was so rich.

Some people secretly speculated that Xia Keyu must be pretending to be rich, and probably asked to help Duke Chu later.

What they don't know is that Xia Keyu's store has made a lot of money by taking advantage of the hot summer.It's only 5000 taels, but she can still get it.

Xia Keyu's words shocked everyone.

Xia Keyu himself smiled and said to Mrs. Li Er, "Mrs. Li Er, is this where the fish viewing is?"

As he said that, ignoring everyone who was still in a daze, he stepped forward, stood by the pond, and began to throw fish food familiarly and feed the fish.

Seeing the fish in the pond scrambling for fish food, Xia Keyu smiled and said:
"Xiaoxiao, you should also come over and try feeding the fish. Mrs. Li Er's fish is really good~"

Mrs. Li Er looked at Xia Keyu with extremely complicated eyes. She didn't know whether she was really stupid or pretending to be stupid.

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