Chapter 43: The King Has Something To Say

  Hua Zhe's eyes lit up as he stared at the silver ticket, smiling slyly and saying: "What Elder Fang said is absolutely right. In this world, as long as you have money, nothing else matters. Those things like integrity can all take a back seat."

  Fang Xian smiled and said: "You and I see things similarly, Seventh Miss can count the numbers first to see if they match what's written in the contract."

  The rain was pouring down, but he didn't hesitate, picked up the silver ticket and counted it once. Goodness gracious, 90,000 taels in total! This price is even higher than the retail price, this elder of the Alliance is really generous.

  After all, it was Chu Ba and Fang's joint effort, so her face wasn't thick enough to reach the limit, she put away the silver and thanked them a few times. This way, the atmosphere naturally became much more harmonious.

  "By the way, what message did King Beiming ask you to bring to Seventh Miss?" Chu Ba asked curiously, recalling their previous conversation.

  She looked at Hua Zhe Yu, who was quietly drinking tea with her head down, but was clearly listening intently with her neck stretched out. She said calmly, "You might not believe it if I told you, but the King of Beiming has always been dissatisfied with the women of Daze, thinking them too delicate and only good for bearing children, completely unlike the women of Beiming who are skilled in martial arts and free-spirited on horseback. They don't meet his standards for a queen at all. So he asked me to bring a message to Seventh Miss, hoping that she can practice some horsemanship before he arrives, and if she can't even handle his black stallion, he'll consider not marrying a woman from Daze again."

  She was delighted to hear the news of rain, if it were true, she wouldn't have to think of other ways to get out of it, and at that time, she would naturally not be able to control those unruly horses.

  Chu Ba was shocked and looked at Hua Zhe, who was dressed in thin rain gear, with a worried expression: "I didn't expect the King of Beiming to make such a request. Our women from Daze have always stayed in the inner chambers, if we let Hua Zhe learn horse riding, I'm afraid she'll be scared off as soon as she gets on, what can we do?"

  "There is a letter here written by the King of Beiming to your father, which was originally intended to be delivered in person, but it's also fine if the Crown Prince delivers it." Fang Lingxiao gave Hua Zheyu a meaningful glance as he pondered secretly, then handed over a sealed letter to Chu Ba.

  Chu Bao sighed after reading the letter, "I didn't expect that our Da Ze would marry a woman to Bei Ming and still have so many rules set up. Zhu Yu, you really are plagued with misfortune."

  She was weeping in the rain with her eyes cast down and remained silent. Those who didn't know thought she was lamenting her own fate being full of twists and turns.

  Because of the silver, and with urgent matters to attend to, she had no heart to chat with them, so she pretended to be overcome with emotion and remained silent, the atmosphere once again becoming stifling. Finally, Chu Ba seemed to take pity on her, and comforted her saying: "You don't have to worry too much, I'll go back and speak to my father about it, let's see if there are any other ways to save Grand Empress Dowager."

  Hua Zhe Yu was so moved by the Crown Prince's deep feelings that she immediately returned to Jing Ting Garden with He Huan after sending them off. As soon as they entered, Ah Wang rushed in and handed her a letter, saying cautiously: "Miss, this was just delivered to the gatehouse, but fortunately I happened to be passing by and managed to intercept it before Second Young Master could get his hands on it, otherwise the gatehouse would have revealed that it was a letter from the Long Princess's residence to Seventh Miss."

  Hua Zhe nodded silently in the rain, this Ah Wang may not look impressive, but he's very clever. He took over the letter and said: "Well done, from now on I hope you'll be around the mansion more often, if there's any news or rumors, come tell me right away."

  Peony also liked Ah Wang's cleverness, and smiled with pursed lips: "Now it may seem like the young lady is in decline, but if one day she rises to prominence, you will certainly not be forgotten. Those who send charcoal in snowy weather are the ones people remember most."

  Awang's face turned red, and he scratched his hands awkwardly, stuttering: "M...Miss Jiexia said what? Seventh...Seventh Miss is going to be the queen of Beiming, now she's already flying high...If I wanted to gain something else, doing some random things would also make Miss Jiexia say that I'm a timely help in snowy weather."

  Peony saw his strange expression and couldn't help but tease: "Then what are you after?"

  Awang's face turned even redder, and he glanced at Hua Zheyu with a hint of a smile. He composed himself and said, "Sister Peony, please don't tease me anymore. By the way, I just heard some news that Second Master has diagnosed Eighth Miss as not being pregnant, but rather poisoned by someone. The old master is furious and is currently investigating with Madame who did it. It's also said that Eighth Miss won't have to go to the ancestral temple..."

  Upon hearing this, Hua Zhe Yu and Sha Yao exchanged a quick glance, unexpectedly the title of First Imperial Physician was not undeserved, Gu Zheng Liang indeed deserved it.

  "Don't interfere with these things." Hua Yu let Ruo Lin take out two hundred taels of silver and give them to Ah Wang, "Hurry up and redeem that phoenix hairpin from before. Be clever and don't let others get a hold on you."

  Jian saw that things had been divided up again, and Abao took the silver and left happily.

  Back in the house, Hua Yu took out three thousand taels of silver and said to Yu Ru: "You go find Brother Feng now and tell him to take over the medicine shop first. As for the details of how to operate it later, I'll make time to discuss with him."

  Peony knew this matter couldn't be delayed anymore and nodded as she went out the door.

  After arranging these things, Hua Zheng was just about to open the letter from Da Zhang Gongzhu when he suddenly felt a strange movement on his head. Before he could even lift his head, the back of his neck was already being pressed by an icy and sharp object, emitting a killing aura that pierced into his bones.

  She didn't dare to make any sudden movements, but she was able to remain calm and composed, saying: "In the inner chambers, I don't know if you have come with a sharp blade in hand, what is your purpose?"

  "Being pointed at like this, Seventh Miss can still respond calmly and naturally. It turns out that this is your true nature. I didn't expect everyone to be blind." A male voice slowly came from behind her.