Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 764 - 762

Chapter 764: 762

"You are too much! Who’s as shameless as you? Demanding a person’s entire dowry! Even if I agreed to one of your conditions, I could only fulfill it if I’m able to do so. Your demands are too high, I can’t meet them, so how can I keep my promise?" Princess Ling’er was infuriated by Xiao’er’s audacity.

She daringly asked for her entire dowry!

"You make a valid point, asking for your entire dowry does seem to be too much! How about half?" Xiao’er replied with an expression of great loss.

"I can’t give you half either! At most, I can give you one thing! I’ll give you..." Before Princess Ling’er could even finish her sentence, Xiao’er interrupted her, "Alright, one thing it is! I will take the hot spring villa near the animal park outside the city!"

Xiao’er had sent someone to purchase the villa from Chu Die before and learned that it had been added to Princess Ling’er’s dowry.

The villa was huge and worth at least a thousand pieces of silver, which made Princess Ling’er hesitant to part with it.

"If Princess Ling’er can’t bear to part with it, I could ask for that shop in the city instead, what was its name again, let me think..." Xiao’er saw through Princess Ling’er’s reluctance and deliberately spoke further.

"I’ll give it to you! The hot spring villa outside the city, it’s yours!" Upon hearing this, Princess Ling’er immediately agreed.

Shen Xiao’er was despicable! She had meticulously gathered information about her dowry!

The shop in the city was on prime real estate, doing silk fabric business, and its annual income was much higher than the villa’s!

"Alright then!" Xiao’er agreed somewhat regretfully.

"Yes, we have an agreement! After this, neither of us owes the other anything! I don’t owe you anything anymore! Don’t always bring this up!" Princess Ling’er, afraid that Xiao’er might regret it, reminded her.

"Once the deed is in my hands, you naturally wouldn’t owe me anything anymore! But only temporarily. Who knows if you might gamble with me again in the future! How many shops do you have again? Next time we gamble, I’ll make sure to win them all!" Xiao’er said this to remind Princess Ling’er to stop pestering her, or she would be the one to lose again!

Hearing Xiao’er’s words, Princess Ling’er’s face changed. She obviously understood the implication of Xiao’er’s words, she snorted coldly and said nothing.

Humph! She definitely wouldn’t be so foolish to fall for it again next time!

"I have something to attend to, I am leaving now!" Finding the situation distasteful, and having lost a villa when she had intended to be disruptive, Princess Ling’er felt distressed. She had no face to stay any longer, she spat out this sentence and left.

Admiring Xiao’er, Du Yijin thought that it was remarkable how she managed to obtain a villa worth a thousand pieces of silver without spending a single coin! Princess Rui was truly adept at making money! When would she ever learn such a skill?

Everyone else also realized that one should not mess with Princess Rui, otherwise they would end up losing shops or villas! It all amounted to losing silver!

They didn’t have Princess Rui’s knack for making money. Losing one villa was like losing many years’ worth of savings!

The people had varied thoughts.

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As Du Yijin was about to marry, the happiest person in the Du Mansion was Mrs. Gu!

Mrs. Gu was thrilled, thinking: now that Du Yijin was marrying the Crown Prince An, who would dare to bully the Gu family in the future!

Even if Gu Honggen incurred gambling debts, one mention of Crown Prince An’s name, and those debt collectors would surely not dare to pursue their debts!

Unlike her husband, although he worked at the Ministry of Justice, no one took him seriously! Who was Mr. Du from the Ministry of Justice? They had no idea!

And now that Du Yijin was getting married, the power of managing the household had finally returned to her hands. This alone was enough to make her smile in her dreams.

However, thinking about how her own husband mentioned that the entire dowry from Prince An’s Mansion should be given to Du Yijin as a dowry, and even those profitable villas from the city’s performance were also given to Du Yijin as a dowry! Mrs. Gu frowned!

No, they can’t let all the things be taken away by Du Yijin! If she took everything away, what would her big family eat, the northwest wind?!

Besides, Prince An’s Mansion sent so many good things that she couldn’t keep up with her eyes. If she quietly took a few items, the people who carried the dowry would not find out!

The dowry had already been checked, they wouldn’t check it again before leaving the door. When the dowry arrived at Prince An’s Mansion, they were having a wedding banquet at that time and naturally had no time to check the dowry. When they looked back and had time to check the dowry, they didn’t know how many days had passed! In this case, even if they found out that the dowry was missing, no one would think of her!

Thinking of this, Mrs. Gu saw Du Yijin was busy making noodles, and she still had to bathe and dress up in a moment. All the maids and old women had gone to serve her, and they were the maids and old women sent by Prince An’s Mansion, and her family only had one maid! Thinking about this, Mrs. Gu pursed her mouth.

When a woman gets married, the dowry usually goes ahead. The people carrying the dowry would come to carry the dowry away in a while. If she doesn’t take a few items now, it will be late!

She didn’t leave anything valuable for the family. This daughter was really raised in vain! Don’t blame her for doing this. It was because Du Yijin was too ruthless! Did she really want their entire family to eat the northwest wind?!

Thinking of this, Mrs. Gu quickly ran towards the direction of the warehouse.

Outside the warehouse, the accounting room was waiting at the door for the people sent by Prince An’s Mansion to carry the dowry away.

Mrs. Gu looked at the accounting room guarding the door. This accounting room is not listening to her at all now, and even treats her like a thief.

Mrs. Gu thought about it, then went to the stable, took a few horse beans, and then went to the kitchen. Tomorrow is the Laba Festival, and there is a big pot of Laba congee cooking in the kitchen stove, intending to give it to the servants who have been busy all night as a midnight snack.

There was only one cookbusy in the kitchen. Seeing Mrs. Gu coming, she quickly stood up and bowed.

Mrs. Gu asked, "Is the Laba porridge almost done? The people who carry the dowry and the bridegroom may be coming soon. Hurry up and get ready. Let the people sent by the Prince’s Mansion have a bowl first! Otherwise, they won’t have time to eat when they’re busy!"

"Reply to the mistress, it’s done, and I was just about to take it off the stove."

"That’s just right, the weather is cold, everyone is hungry, hurry up and divide it and send it to everyone in the courtyard! Let everyone warm up."

"Yes." The cook was somewhat surprised, when did the lady ever care so much about the servants.

Probably because the young lady is marrying a good family, she is happy! The cook spontaneously came up with a good excuse for Mrs. Gu.

The cook started to get bowls to divide the Laba congee.

Seeing this, Mrs. Gu said, "I’ll go find a maid to serve it to everyone."

Mrs. Gu went out again and called her maid to serve the Laba congee to the people in the courtyard.

She had predicted that the accounting room guarding the warehouse alone would either be forgotten by the maid or left for the last delivery.

Mrs. Gu guessed it right, the maid did not disappoint her and forgot about the accounting room.

Mrs. Gu reminded, "Wait, have you delivered Laba congee to the accounting room yet?"

"The slave forgot, the slave will go right now." The maid took the last bowl of the Laba congee with added ingredients from the table and went to deliver it to the accounting room.

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