Blackening starts from the golden years

Hearing that Zhang Haohao's white jade hairpin was worth more than two hundred strings of coins, Ge Zhaodi's mother couldn't help but be shocked. She secretly calculated in her mind, will he need two hundred strings of coins later?

Walking into the backyard, Ge Zhaodi's mother couldn't help but open her eyes wide and look around. Being able to live in such a nice big yard, it seems that her daughter is really enjoying a leisurely life in Tokyo. This heartless girl, a money-loser, her whole family lives a hard life in the countryside, but she sneaked away to Tokyo to enjoy a leisurely life.

If a fellow villager had not returned home from Tokyo and told her that he had seen her daughter Ge Zhaodi at the Tokyo dock, she would not have known that she had sneaked to Tokyo alone and became a maid in the prince's palace, living a good life like a young lady. Poor her own brother in the countryside couldn't even afford the dowry to marry a wife. How could she, as an elder sister, be so cruel?
Ge Zhaodi's mother cursed her secretly in her heart and made up her mind to sell her. If the palace could not give her a satisfactory price, she would sell Ge Zhaodi to a brothel in Tokyo. Her daughter was so beautiful, and the brothels in Tokyo would definitely give her a satisfactory price.

Just when Ge Zhaodi's mother was thinking of viciously selling Ge Zhaodi to the brothels in Tokyo City, Zhao Pan'er ordered a maid beside her to go and find Ge Zhaodi.

……

In the bathroom in the backyard of the palace.

Yuan Xudong leaned comfortably in the bathtub, while Ge Zhaodi knelt by the bathtub with a red face, wiping his back with a towel in her hand.

At this moment, a little maid whispered at the bathroom door:
"Your Highness, the princess asked me to go find Miss Zhaodi. A woman came to our house and claimed to be Miss Zhaodi's mother."

"Zhao Di's mother?"

Yuan Xudong turned his head to look at Ge Zhaodi who was kneeling beside the bathtub, and asked softly:
"Zhao Di, is your mother still alive?"

Hearing this, Ge Zhaodi's petite body trembled slightly. She lowered her head, her face turned pale, and she gritted her teeth and said with difficulty:

"She is not my mother. My mother died a long time ago. My hometown suffered a natural disaster and all my family members died a long time ago."

"is it?"

Hearing the hatred in Ge Zhaodi's voice, Yuan Xudong waved his hand gently and asked the maid who was still waiting at the bathroom door to leave first.

Only Yuan Xudong and Ge Zhaodi were left in the bathroom. Looking at Ge Zhaodi, Yuan Xudong smiled softly and said:
"Zhao Di, come down. I want to bathe with you."

"Ah."

Ge Zhaodi hummed softly, slowly stood up, reached out to untie the belt around her waist, and then gently took off her clothes.

The pink skirt slowly fell to the ground, and Ge Zhaodi gently lifted her jade feet and stepped into the warm water of the bath. She was still wearing a white bellyband and underpants, which were half-covered and particularly charming.

Looking up at Yuan Xudong, Ge Zhaodi gently protected her chest with her hands. She slowly walked to Yuan Xudong in the pool, took the initiative to snuggle into his arms, and said shyly with a blushing face:

"Your Majesty~~"

Looking down at the blushing little girl in his arms, Yuan Xudong smiled and said:
"You bad girl, how dare you deceive me? I will punish you severely."

"Your Majesty~~"

Looking up at Yuan Xudong, Ge Zhaodi blushed and said shyly:
"How are you going to punish me?"

"How do you want me to punish you?"

Yuan Xudong asked instead of answering. After he finished speaking, he lowered his head. With Ge Zhaodi's slight resistance, he gently took away the bellyband on her chest with his mouth and threw it into the water.

"Your Majesty~~"

Ge Zhaodi called softly.

The water in the pool surged, and Yuan Xudong picked up Ge Zhaodi. He stood in the water, and Ge Zhaodi's limbs clung tightly to him, like a white koala, clinging to him tightly.

"Ah~~"

……

After a long time, Yuan Xudong walked out of the bathroom refreshed, and Ge Zhaodi followed him with a blushing face.

When they arrived at the main garden, Yuan Xudong asked Ge Zhaodi to hide aside and watch. He had just learned the whole story from Ge Zhaodi and knew that her mother came to Tokyo to find her for money.

Originally, Ge Zhaodi was reluctant to say it, but under Yuan Xudong's severe punishment, she could no longer remain stubborn and told Yuan Xudong everything.

The little maids in the backyard were all watching this side secretly. Zhao Pan'er and the others were also at the scene. After all, the other party was Ge Zhaodi's biological mother. Yuan Xudong did not have her driven out, but planned to give her some money to buy out Ge Zhaodi. With such a mother, and her biological mother at that, it was no wonder that Ge Zhaodi's heart was full of hatred. She said that her mother had died long ago and all the family members were dead.

However, no matter how much she hated her, she was still her biological mother who raised her since she was a child. Therefore, Ge Zhaodi wanted to give her some money and then sever the mother-daughter relationship from then on, as if her family had suffered a natural disaster and had all died long ago.

After some communication, Yuan Xudong wrote a deed in front of Ge's mother. He said in a deep voice:

"This is a contract of sale. Are you really going to sell your daughter to the palace and never regret it?"

"No regrets, no regrets."

Ge Zhaodi's mother was grinning from ear to ear. Seeing her so happy, Zhao Pan'er and others looked at her sideways. Looking at her, Yuan Xudong frowned slightly and asked:
"Okay, how much do you want to sell it for?"

After taking a look at Yuan Xudong, Zhao Paner and others wearing gold and silver, Ge Zhaodi's mother said with a smile:

"Two hundred strings of cash. Just give me two hundred strings of cash and my daughter Zhaodi will be a servant in your palace."

"Two hundred strings of cash?"

Looking at Ge's mother's ugly face that was obsessed with money, Zhang Haohao couldn't help but mock her:
"Do you know how much two hundred strings of cash is, and how many slaves and maids you can buy with it?"

"The white jade hairpin on your head is worth more than 200 strings of cash. How can my daughter, a living person, not be sold for 200 strings of cash?"

Ge Zhaodi's mother thought that Zhang Haohao thought that the two hundred strings of cash she was asking for was too expensive, so she immediately said anxiously:

"Although she is young, she is pretty. If we sell her to a brothel and have her serve for a few years, wouldn't we be able to earn back the two hundred strings of cash?"

I didn't expect Mother Ge to say such vicious words. Everyone glared at her. As a mother herself, Sun Sanniang said with deep heartache:
"You are her mother!"

"I don't want her. It's just two hundred coins. Do you want to buy her?"

Ge Zhaodi's mother curled her lips and said:
"If you don't want to buy her, I'll sell her to a brothel in Tokyo."

"Okay, two hundred kan will do."

Yuan Xudong said in a deep voice that he was too lazy to argue with Ge's mother anymore. A mere two hundred strings of coins could only buy a white jade hairpin, but the white jade hairpin he gave to Ge Zhaodi cost more than two hundred strings of coins.

Handing the indenture on the table to Ge's mother, Yuan Xudong said:
"Look carefully, Ge Zhaodi from Changqing County, Qi Prefecture, has not yet been betrothed. Now I will sell her to me for two hundred strings of cash. From now on, her life and death will have nothing to do with her old family. If you can't write, just press your fingerprints."

After looking at Yuan Xudong, Ge Zhaodi's mother said with a turn of eyes:

"I spent a lot of money to come to Tokyo this time. I hope you can give me some money. Besides, my daughter was born after ten months of pregnancy..."

Before Mother Ge could finish, Yuan Xudong interrupted her and said in a deep voice:
"How much do you want?"

Seeing Yuan Xudong's unhappy expression, Ge Zhaodi's mother carefully stretched out five fingers and whispered tentatively: "Just five strings of cash?"

"Okay, five strings of cash is five strings of cash. We are done with the money and the goods. It doesn't matter whether we live or die. Please put your fingerprint on it."

"Okay, thank you, sir. Thank you, sir. I'll put my fingerprints on it right away."

Ge Zhaodi's mother happily pressed her fingerprints on her daughter's indenture. At this time, Ge Zhaodi was hiding behind a pillar not far away, watching her mother happily sell her own daughter to Yuan Xudong as if she were a commodity. For a moment, she couldn't help but burst into tears and cried loudly with her hands covering her mouth.

Yuan Xudong took back the contract of sale and asked someone to give Ge Zhaodi's mother 205 strings of cash. Looking at the two rows of dazzling white silver ingots neatly placed on the tray in front of her, Ge Zhaodi's mother smiled brightly. After packing the silver, she left gratefully, without any sadness or reluctance on her face. Before leaving, she did not even think about seeing Ge Zhaodi again.

She left the palace carrying the shabby bag containing silver, her face full of joy and excitement.

After Ge Zhaodi's mother left, Zhao Pan'er and the other girls went their separate ways, leaving Yuan Xudong to the crying Ge Zhaodi. Walking to Ge Zhaodi's side, Yuan Xudong reached out and hugged her in his arms, saying distressedly:
"Okay, stop crying. You don't blame me for doing this, right?"

"My Lord, woo woo~~"

Nestled in Yuan Xudong's arms, Ge Zhaodi cried and said:

"In order to save enough money for my brother's dowry, they sold me twice. The first time, I was sold to a restaurant as a foster mother, and I earned money to redeem myself. The second time, they sold me to Old Master Qi, who was over 60 years old, as a concubine. I finally escaped back home, but my brother informed Old Master Qi, and I sneaked out and came to Tokyo. That's why I said that my whole family was extinct. She is my biological mother, and she is also a woman. How could she be so cruel to let others ruin her daughter?"

"Okay, don't cry, it's all in the past. There are still many days to come. I will make you happy. Don't cry."

Yuan Xudong gently coaxed Ge Zhaodi in his arms. He handed her the indenture he had just written and said with a very gentle smile:
"Zhao Di, do you know why I signed this indenture with your mother?"

Ge Zhaodi raised her eyes to look at Yuan Xudong and asked with tears in her eyes:
"Why?"

Looking down at the little girl in his arms, Yuan Xudong smiled and said:
"The reason why I signed this indenture with your mother is to let you know that you no longer owe her anything. Although she is your biological mother, she has sold you to me. No one forced her to do so. She wanted to sell you of her own accord. After signing this indenture, I will be your master. Everything you have belongs to me, even your life. Please keep this indenture. From now on, you will be my concubine and slave. I will own you and everything about you for the rest of my life."

After listening to Yuan Xudong's words, Ge Zhaodi asked innocently:

"Can't I redeem myself?"

"No, because everything about you belongs to me."

As he spoke, Yuan Xudong hugged Ge Zhaodi, gently rubbed her soft spot with his right hand, and said with a smile:
"Do you want to redeem yourself and not be my concubine or slave?"

"Your Majesty~~"

Ge Zhaodi blushed as she called out softly. She returned the indenture to Yuan Xudong and buried her head in his arms, saying shyly:
"My Lord, Zhaodi will be your concubine and servant, and will serve you for the rest of my life."

"Okay, haha."

Yuan Xudong laughed heartily. He hugged Ge Zhaodi and sat in the corridor of the backyard. They talked sweet words while looking at the flowers and plants in the front garden until the sun set and night fell.

At night, Yuan Xudong carried the blushing and shy Ge Zhaodi into her boudoir.

"Your Majesty~~"

Ge Zhaodi looked at Yuan Xudong with a red face, and she said shyly in a soft and tender voice:

"You have to be gentle later. I'm afraid of the pain. I can't do it like during the day."

"Okay, I'll try to be gentle then, be good."

Yuan Xudong smiled and walked to the bed. He gently put the little girl with a blushing and shy face in his arms onto the bed. Then he kissed her and gently unbuttoned her outer clothes, revealing a white bellyband embroidered with a peach blossom.

At this time, Ge Zhaodi closed her eyes slightly out of shyness, which seemed to be an approval and encouragement to her lover. Yuan Xudong couldn't help but smile, thinking that she was such a shy little girl, and then he bent down.

"Hmm~~Hmm~~"

"Your Majesty~~Hmm~~"

Ge Zhaodi called softly. She slowly opened her eyes and looked at Yuan Xudong, who was indeed very gentle. She couldn't help but whispered shyly:
"My Lord~~It's okay for me, you can, you can umm~~"

Looking at the little girl with a blushing face under him, Yuan Xudong understood what she meant, so...

"Your Majesty~Ah~"

……

At night, the sky was covered with dark clouds and strong winds were blowing. A flash of lightning streaked across the night sky, and then there was a rumbling thunder. In a moment, the strong wind swept in heavy rain, like the Milky Way bursting its dam and pouring straight into the city of Tokyo. In the strong wind and heavy rain, the roofs of many thatched huts on the streets along the river bank had been overturned. The water level of the Bian River rose sharply, and the river water flowed back into the city of Tokyo. The dock was destroyed by water, and many merchant ships moored at the dock were blown to pieces by this sudden storm. For a time, the whole Tokyo suffered heavy losses.

Inside the city, river water was flowing back into the city, and water was accumulating everywhere. He Si, Lu Wu and others were leading their servants to put sandbags outside the shop of Chi Pan's family to prevent the accumulated water from flooding into the store and destroying the goods.

At this time, Chi Yanei ran out of the store in the wind and rain. In such a severe storm, the water level of the Bian River rose sharply. If the city was hit so hard, the dock must be even worse. He was the head of the twelve guilds in Tokyo, and the dock was also under his management. If the dock was destroyed by the flood and the supplies from outside could not be transported in, the whole Tokyo would be in chaos.

Fearing that he would be held accountable by the government, Chi Yanei was extremely anxious. He looked at He Si, Lu Wu and others anxiously and shouted:
"Don't worry about it, just follow me to the dock!"

"Yes!"

The group quickly put on their straw raincoats and hats and rushed to the dock outside the city in the violent storm.

……

At the same time, in the backyard of the palace, in Ge Zhaodi's boudoir, listening to the violent storm outside, Yuan Xudong asked Ge Zhaodi to continue sleeping. He put on his clothes and walked out of the room. He saw Zhao Paner and others directing the servants in the house to block the gate of the courtyard with sandbags to prevent the accumulated water outside from flooding in.

Such a severe storm is rarely seen in a century. The rain poured down from the sky like a river bursting its banks, and in between there were strong winds that could blow off the roofs. Looking at the servants hurrying around in the backyard, Yuan Xudong couldn't help but frowned slightly, thinking that Tokyo had suffered a natural disaster. There was a prophecy before that a cat demon would kill people and cause chaos, and now there was a torrential rain that was rarely seen in a century. Presumably, the next thing would be a man-made disaster. No matter whether it was a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, the unlucky ones would definitely be the people of this world.

At this moment, Yuan Xudong saw Zhao Pan'er and Sun Sanniang put on their straw raincoats and hats and prepared to go out. He couldn't help but shout:
"Pan'er, Sanniang, it's so stormy outside, where are you going?"

"Sanniang and I will go to the teahouse to have a look."

Zhao Pan'er replied, and she was about to go out in the wind and rain. Yuan Xudong grabbed her arm and pulled her back, saying angrily:

"It's raining heavily outside, and it's windy and thundering. Are you trying to kill yourself?!"

"It's not as serious as you say."

Looking at Yuan Xudong, Zhao Paner said anxiously:

"The set of imperial porcelain that I borrowed, as well as many famous paintings and calligraphy, are all in the teahouse. I really can't rest assured if I don't go and take a look."

Hearing this, Yuan Xudong could understand Zhao Paner. It was not just a matter of losing money. Most of those precious collections were borrowed by Zhao Paner and Zhang Haohao.

...(End of chapter)