The Evil Prince and his Precious Wife: The Sly Lady
CHAPTER 18 Causing Problems

As the clouds parted, the fog gradually subsided, golden streaks of light spilled through the clouds, illuminating the Earth.

Wearing a light blue long skirt, Murong Xue sat under the Hydrangea tree and sipped tea. As the pink flower petals slowly fell from the tree, her beauty shone, so charming as if she was an immortal.

"Miss Murong, Prince Jing has returned to the Capital." Maid Hong Xiu, quickly told him as he walked, with a faint panicked voice. 

Murong Xue's eyes turned cold, and stopped sipping her tea, "When did she come back?"

"Last night between 19:00 and 21:00!" Hong Xiu said it softly while keeping his eyes low. "The city guards said Prince Jing climbed back into the Capital alone, looked normal, and should not be hurt."

Murong Xue narrowed her eyes and thought. Having fallen from such a height from the cliff, and being swept away by the fast rapids, even if any ordinary person would not die, he would be severely injured and unconscious. However, Ye Yichen did not suffer even the slightest injury, his life was huge. He is the epitome of the phrase: Good people do not live long, but bad people live for a thousand years.

"Miss Murong, Prince Jing is so highly ranked and powerful, you have made him ridiculed by the people of the Capital and the officials, he will definitely not let this slide easily?" Hong Xiu said softly, his voice mixed with concern. .

"I know!" Murong Xue nodded, her eyes turning cold: her words yesterday were very vague, given that the people in the Capital had a wild imagination, they would definitely think that Ye Yichen wanted to force her into his concubine, and got into a fight with the Marquis' guard, where he accidentally fell off a cliff.

However, given Ye Yichen's arrogance, he would definitely not admit that he was knocked off the cliff by Ouyang Shaochen. Since he failed to force a marriage, all the gossip and talk would echo in his ears every day. As long as she thought about it, Ye Yichen would be reminded of the shame she had suffered, and would have to hate her so much, but for the sake of the Household's reputation, she would never try to force the marriage again openly.

And he had pondered, he realized it was Ye Yichen's layer of consideration, as the Marquis' guard was only an ordinary guard, whereas Prince Jing's guard was a strong veteran, the two were nothing in comparison. Constitutions weak. Even if he was supported by his modern skills, he was still far from Ye Yichen who had strong martial arts abilities and deep internal strength.

With absolute power, all people and objects are vulnerable. If Prince Jing were to openly fight against the Marquis Household, the Marquis Household really did not have the strength to fight back. But once Ye Yichen had this layer of consideration, then he would not openly show strength, but would deal with it secretly, with his tricks and scheming, he might lose to Ye Yichen!

Seeing his eyes shining with confidence, Hong Xiu heaved a sigh of relief, yet he was still worried, "Young Lady, it's easy to hide from open attacks but hard to guard against schemes, he said, we need to be more careful."

"I know it!" Murong Xue nodded, a small smile formed on her lips: this time, Ye Yichen could return safely and unharmed, because when Ouyang Shaochen forced her down the cliff, she was unharmed. Given his strong martial arts abilities, the chances of him surviving the water rapids were higher than the chances of death!

If he dared to conspire against her, he would stab a few holes in her body, so that even if he did not die from serious injuries, he would die from losing a lot of blood.

"Saudio ... Sister ...," a voice floated, Murong Ye excitedly rushed towards Murong Xue, the tip of his dark blue robe fluttering with the wind carried by the haste. His lips moved slightly, yet no words came out!

Murong Xue glanced at him, “Is there anything?

"Sister, please allow me to borrow Beibei for a day!" Murong Ye smiled sweetly as he asked, his handsome and childish face wanted to please.

The pretty little face of Murong Xu instantly darkened, Beibei was a Tibetan mastiff, good at attacks, the reason why Murong Ye wanted to borrow it. "Beibei is my pet, it will no longer visit battle grounds and fight with other dogs that you have to give up."

Murong Xue frowned and said, “Where did you initially get all your money? There's nothing else there? ”Based on his memory, no matter how much Murong Ye was seen as trash, he would never ask her for money.

“I always get my money from Uncle Hui, but when I went looking for Uncle Hui just now, he said that based on Father's instructions, I have used more than the withdrawal limit this month. He won't give me any more money before the end of the month. However, I want to take part in the dog battle, so I ask you to come to you, sister. "Murong Ye said lightly.

After listening to this, Murong Xue narrowed her eyes. Uncle Hui's name was Ge Hui, and previously was Murong Yue's right-hand man. However, he was seriously injured during the battle, and could no longer be on the battlefield. He then became the butler of the Marquis family, and was in charge of external affairs.

After the death of Murong Yue and his wife, Uncle Hui shouldered all the responsibilities and took care of the external matters related to the house, and also took care of the young Murong Ye and Murong Xue. Arguably, the responsibility of the external matter did not fall into the hands of the old woman's widow, who added a layer of consideration, ensuring that Murong Ye and Murong Xue grew up well and safely.

Ge Hui was the official of Murong Yue, and also the benefactor of the two brothers (Murong Ye and Murong Xue). But, Murong Ye was still the master after all while he was the servant. Despite the fact that Murong Ye was engaged in dog fighting activities, embarrassing for the family, Ge Hui did not dare to be strict and discipline him, and could only try his best to limit the amount of waste, to ensure that the result was more. than the outflow, hoping that the Great Marquis Household would not decline under the hands of Murong Ye ......

“Brother, you know that I have a very small monthly allowance, even if I add my allowance over 10 years, I will never get ten thousand taels ....” Murong Xue said. If Gehui did not want Murong Ye to get involved in a dog fight, Murong Xue also did not want him to ruin the family name. She did have a little money, if Murong Ye had the intention to use it for the right reasons, she would not hesitate to give it to him, but because she wanted to use it to fight with dogs ... ... hehe, it's better he keeps the money. 

Murong Ye disagreed and said cheerfully: "Do you not hold the key to mother's dowry treasury ... ..."

Murong Xue's head jolted and looked at her, her eyes lit up and cold: "You want to sell your mother's dowry in exchange for silver to fight with the dogs, aren't you afraid that Mother's spirit can't rest in peace!"

After getting a loud reprimand, Murong Ye Zhang instantly became red, anxiously waved his hand indifferently, and explained hurriedly. "No ... .. no. ... .. Mother's dowry will definitely contain some silver, I just want that silver, I will never take the rest! ”

He understands that we must respect the dead, and even more knows that the legacy left by our elders must be well preserved, and not easily broken. Even if she spoils the family name, she won't go as far as selling the mother's dowry.

"How do you know that your mother's dowry contains silver?" Murong Xue frowned and looked at Murong Ye. When the Qingyan women were married, the dowry would have a document detailing the specific amount of silver. But once women settled in the family, it was very rare that they would count silver, as silver was the currency in circulation and could be spent at any time.

Murong Xue remembered the account of having written down the amount of silver, while he was checking the dowry inventory, there was not much silver left. He did not count it, because mother had died in ten years, even if he asked where the silver was, there would be thousands of reasons where she would be dismissed by Du.

Upon seeing Murong Xue calm down, Murong Ye quietly sighed in relief, her sister would no longer misunderstand, and it was truly great!

After seeing her confused expression, she smiled and said mischievously, “When I came out from seeing Uncle Hui, I happened to hear Hong Qiao and the other maids secretly talking about mother's dowry, and I was just about to get the rest of my life, and that's how I found out that mother's dowry had some silver. "

Murong Xue laughed, Hong Qiao is Master Du's second-rate servant, who has earned Du's trust. When Murong Ye was lacking in silver, it could not have been a coincidence that Hong Qiao happened to talk to others about mother dowry, this was just a trick of the old wives.

The key to the Treasury in Murong Xue's hands, Du could no longer wish to take mother's dowry. Using Murong Ye's weakness to fight with the dog, and motivating him to pawn or sell dowry, while they used this opportunity to buy it at a cheap price, was a good plan!

Given Du's cruelty, wasn't the previous lesson not enough? Looks like I have to teach Du a very effective lesson this time, though, let him know that what it means to try to steal the chicken and end up losing the rice to try to take advantage only to be worse than before.