Resourceful beauty

Chapter 17 Negotiations
"Miss, this servant is going to collect this month's monthly payment. The princess said that it will be later, but it is already half a month late. It seems that next month's monthly payment should be paid."

Pouting his lips and coming in from the outside, Su Ye muttered with a worried face.

Not surprised at all, Fang Ruxuan turned her head and asked Ding Xiang: "How much money do you have?"

Ding Xiang tilted her head and calculated, "There are probably more than 400 taels."

When she was in Jiangbei before, Fang Ruxuan had a monthly allowance of ten taels of silver. During the holidays, King Qi and the former princess would give her some money to reward servants or buy snacks. For so many years, Fang Ruxuan has already saved as much as 500 taels.

Fang Ruxuan was in her father's study when the imperial guards surrounded Prince Qi's mansion in Jiangbei, when the incident happened suddenly, Ding Xiang had no time to think, and took all the bank notes with her.

The case was deep, and all the more than 100 servants of King Qi's Mansion were imprisoned, but they were not treated unfairly. When the case turned around and all the servants of the whole mansion were dismissed, Ding Xiang had silver notes in his arms. His handkerchief was still in good condition.

"The family property and gold and silver of the Jiangbei Prince's Mansion were all confiscated when the house was ransacked that day. Although the case was cleared and my father was innocent, and all the stolen things were returned, it was only one ten-thousandth of that's all. They are dead things. Now, I can only rely on my father’s princely salary to support the family, monthly money, don’t think about it these few months.”

Turning around and instructing the two servant girls, Fang Ruxuan secretly calculated in her heart.

Her father took her elder brother to Xishan Daying Camp. If Su Yuan wanted to take this opportunity to clean up Prince Qi's mansion, now is the best time. She would not let it go.

And her purpose is certainly not as simple as withholding the monthly payment.

Ready to deal with Su Yuan's backhand at any time, Fang Ruxuan began to guess from her own shoes.

In the evening, when I went to pay my respects to the Yixin Palace, Su Yuan sighed to Concubine Wu and Concubine Shen with a heavy complexion: "If you are not in charge, you don't know how much food is expensive. In the past, we were all well-clothed and well-fed. From now on, I'm afraid we will have to live frugally gone."

Concubine Shen looked indifferent, as if there was nothing wrong with it, and side concubine Wu said with an unhappy expression: "When the Jiangbei Palace was raided, it was said that the prince was treasonous and collaborating with the enemy. We have to give back the gold and silver treasures that were stolen from the house, right? Could it be that they have polluted them like this?"

Before Concubine Wu could finish her words, she was stopped by Su Yuan's wink, "It's all the meaning of the higher-ups, if he doesn't say anything, why don't we dare to go?"

Now that the matter has been settled, no matter how carefully everyone thinks about it, they all feel that there is nothing wrong with this matter. Some people even speculate privately, whether it is because King Qi's prestige and military achievements are too high that the new emperor fears it. got this out.

It's hard to tell the truth from the fake, King Qi is at a loss what to do.

However, after thinking it through, King Qi felt that this is the best result now, wealth and glory can only be put aside, as long as the whole family is safe and healthy.

But King Qi forgot that even if it is a simple meal, there are more than 100 servants to support in the huge King Qi Mansion, and his monthly salary is only a mere 1000 taels of silver.

Concubine Wu rubbed the handkerchief unwillingly, "I'm still a prince, so I can't be worse than the common people outside, right?"

A few days ago, during the Chinese New Year, there were still meat on the dinner table. Since King Qi left the capital, these days, the meals delivered to the house seemed to be getting worse and worse, making it hard to swallow.

"Hey, there's no other way..."

Sighing helplessly, Su Yuan shook her head and said: "Although some of the stolen things have been sent back, they are all dead after all, so they can't all be taken out, right? Otherwise, where is the face of Prince Qi's Mansion? Although there is money in the farm and the shop, there is not much, and they are all in turnover. Therefore, in the past few months, we can only work together to tide over the difficulties. I will find a way, and I can only wrong you for a while .”

Whether it is money or antique farms, they are all held in her hands. If they are wronged, it is impossible for them to be wronged.
Concubine Wu glanced at Su Yuan, and turned her face away unwillingly.

After paying respects, everyone exited one by one, Fang Ruxuan stayed at the end.

"Ruxuan, what's the matter?"

These days, Su Yuan was busy with moving the palace, and Su Yuan hadn't taken care of Fang Ruxuan's cooking. Seeing her coming up to her without fear, Su Yuan was a little surprised.

Glancing at Fang Ruyu and Fang Ruhui who were staring at her covetously, Fang Ruxuan said with a smile: "The princess knows that I don't have a lot of money. Although the palace is struggling now, I don't think the princess will look at the dozens of taels of silver in my yard." It's in my eyes, so I hope the princess can call it to me."

"Sixth sister, didn't you hear what mother said just now? Everyone is the same, why should you be special than others? Why, is it because of your mother's death?"

Fang Ruhui said sourly, and in the end, there was a schadenfreude smile on her face.

In the past, she was a concubine. When the former concubine was here, she would not dare to talk to Fang Ruxuan like this. Now it is different. Her mother has become a step-concubine, and she and her elder brother and sister are all descendants. Fang Ruxuan?She can only be the dust on the soles of her feet, and she should look up to herself no matter when and where.

Fang Ruhui mentioned her mother, Fang Ruxuan's face was a little bit bad, but she didn't come to quarrel, so thinking, Fang Ruxuan took a deep breath, looked back at Su Yuan and said: "What I said in front of the gate on New Year's Eve, the princess is gone so quickly. Can not remember?"

Su Yuan was stunned for a moment, then smiled softly and said, "I can't understand what Ruxuan is talking about."

Pretend to be confused?
You will, and of course I will too.

Fang Ruxuan stood up with a smile on her face, leaned over to salute Su Yuan, stood up and said slowly: "Ming people don't speak dark words, since the princess wants to play games with Ruxuan, then Ruxuan will accompany her to the end. But who can have the last laugh, I'm afraid Only God knows. Ruxuan resigns."

"and many more……"

Seeing Fang Ruxuan's determined and steady face, Su Yuan called her anxiously, and asked with some puzzlement, "What do you mean?"

Fang Ruxuan shook her head, "It's not interesting. It's just that that thing is fake. Does the princess think that if it disappears, everything will be safe?"

Eyes bent into crescents, Fang Ruxuan smiled slightly, "Since it's fake, everyone has it. Tell me, if Dad sees a fake letter of divorce in Wang Hao's hand that is more real than the real one, tell me, he will What do you think?"

"Divorce? What divorce?"

There was already a little panic in her eyes, and Su Yuan still argued forcefully.

Seeing that the two daughters beside her were looking at Fang Ruxuan and herself in shock, Su Yuan hurriedly called Qiu Tong and Qiu Shuang and said, "Send Second Miss and Fifth Miss back."

When there was no one else in the hall, Su Yuan looked at Fang Ruxuan with a sad expression and said, "Xuan'er, I know that you hated me very much after that incident. However, I was plotted against me at that time, and some You did that because you were possessed by a ghost, and you didn't intentionally frame you, so can't you forgive me?"

Seeing that Fang Ruxuan was unmoved, tears flowed from Su Yuan's eyes, "Let's not say that I am a princess now, but I am also your dear aunt."

"Auntie?"

With a bitter smile, Fang Ruxuan looked at Su Yuan as if she were a stranger and said, "Mother regards you as a younger sister, and my brother and I regard you as our aunt. We all regard you as relatives, but do you treat us as relatives?"

There was endless resentment in her heart, Fang Ruxuan said sharply: "Mother is seriously ill, and the reason you serve in front of and behind the bed is just to win the title of concubine for you before she dies. When mother is around, How did you treat my elder brother and me, and how did you treat us after mother left? How many tricks did you use to plot against your elder brother in order to fight for your son's position as the heir? , Said that I caused you to have a miscarriage by pushing and shoving. So many times, do you think you are our aunt?"

The former friendship was exhausted long before the disaster in Prince Qi's mansion, now there is no room for change, Fang Ruxuan is too lazy to make false claims with her.

Su Yuan was stunned.

She was just a 12-year-old girl, and the things she just said were all about the year when she was just made a concubine. At that time, she was only ten years old.

Does a ten-year-old child already have such a bright mind?
Staring blankly at Fang Ruxuan who was looking at her calmly, Su Yuan didn't recover.

After a while, she coughed lightly and said, "Tell me, what exactly do you want?"

Now that her face has been torn apart, it's better to open the skylight and speak honestly. It's not in her Su Yuan's nature to hide what she hides.

"1000 taels of silver, in exchange for the right to know about the divorce letter. From then on, I will never bring up the divorce letter again, and I will not leak a little bit of word in front of my father. In addition, Shu Yu You must not interfere with Xuan and Qingfengzhai's matters, no matter how big or small."

Fang Ruxuan said straightforwardly.

Ordinary people divorce their wives, as long as they go to the government for the record, it will be considered effective.But the prince's divorce of his wife is far from that simple. It is necessary to inform the Ministry of Internal Affairs to remove the divorced princess from the imperial jade certificate, which involves many things. Therefore, after so many years, such a thing has never happened in the royal family.

As for the letter of divorce mentioned by Fang Ruxuan, after King Qi and Fang Zhengjun were sent to Ningbei in the previous life, Su Yuan had presented it. It not only had King Qi's seal and name on it, but also the approval document from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

In other words, it was approved by the royal family.

In this life, the matter of King Qi had a turning point, and Su Yuan's forged divorce letter had no room to play, and Su Yuan didn't understand how Fang Ruxuan knew about it.

"Ten taels?"

Feeling that Fang Ruxuan opened her mouth, Su Yuan smiled and said, "My lord's monthly salary is only 1000 taels of silver. Ruxuan, are you crazy about money?"

"When the concubine left Jiangbei Prince Qi's mansion, did she bring her own dowry with her?"

Fang Ruxuan told the truth.

Su Yuan's complexion became even more ugly.

　Thunder and lightning, wind and rain, while typing on the keyboard, praying that my router and computer are always safe.Amen~~
　　
　
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