THE EVIL PRINCE AND HIS PRECIOUS WIFE
Chapter 18 – Causing Problems

As the clouds split, the fog gradually subsided, a golden beam of light spread through the clouds, illuminating the Earth.

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

"Miss Murong, Prince Jing has returned to the Capital." HongXiu's maid, hurriedly told him while walking over, with a faint panicked tone in her voice.

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

“Last night between 19:00 to 21:00!” HongXiu uttered softly while remaining lowered. “The city guard said Prince Jing returned to the Capital alone, looked normal, and should not have been hurt.”

Murong Xue narrowed her eyes and pondered. It had fallen from such a high height from the cliff, and was swept away by the rushing current, even if an ordinary person did not die, he would be severely injured and unconscious. However, Ye Yichen did not suffer 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 planned for him to be ridiculed by the people in the Capital and the officials, he will definitely not let this slide just like that?" Hong Xiu said softly, his voice filled with worry.

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

However, given Ye Yichen's arrogance, he would definitely not admit that he was thrown 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 he thought about it, Ye Yichen would be reminded of the shame he had suffered, and would definitely hate him so much, but for the sake of the reputation of the Stair House, he would never try to force another marriage openly.

And he 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 simply not comparable. Constitutions weak. Despite being supported by his modern skills, he was still far from Ye Yichen who had strong martial abilities and deep inner strength.

With absolute power, everyone and things became vulnerable. If Prince Jing were to openly fight against the Marquis Household, the Marquis Household would have absolutely no strength to resist. But once Ye Yichen had this layer of consideration, then he would not show strength openly, but would handle it secretly, with his tricks and scheming, he might lose to Ye Yichen!

Seeing his eyes shining with confidence, HongXiu heaved a sigh of relief, yet he was still worried, "Young Lady, it is easy to hide from open attacks but difficult to keep from schemes, he said, we need to be more careful."

"I know that!" Murong Xue nodded, a small smile forming on her lips.

This time, Ye Yichen was able to return safely and unharmed, because when Ouyang Shaochen forced him down from the cliff, he was unharmed. Given his powerful martial arts abilities, the chances of him surviving the water rapids were higher than the chances of death!

If he dared to plot against her, he would make a few holes in her body, so that even though she did not die from serious injuries, she would die from losing a lot of blood.

"Sister .. sister..," a voice floated, Murong Ye excitedly rushed towards Murong Xue, the tip of his dark blue robe fluttering due to the wind brought by his 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 was eager to please.

Murong Xue's pretty little face instantly darkened, Beibei was a Tibetan mastiff, good at attacking, the reason why Murong Ye wanted to borrow it was needless to say. “Beibei is my pet, he will no longer visit the battlefield and fight with other dogs that you must leave.”

Murong Xue frowned and said: “Where did you initially get all your money? Isn't there no more there?” Based on his memories, no matter how much Murong Ye viewed as trash, he would never ask her for money.

“I always get my money from Uncle Hui, but when I just went looking for Uncle Hui, he said that based on Dad'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 participate in the dogfight, 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 severely 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 Murong Ye and the young Murong Xue. Arguably, the responsibility of external matters did not fall into the hands of the old widow, who added a layer of consideration, ensuring that Murong Ye and Murong Xue grew 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, after all, Murong Ye was still the master while he was a servant. Despite the fact that Murong Ye was engaged in dog fighting activities, embarrassing the family, Ge Hui did not dare to be firm and disciplined, and could only try his best to limit the amount of waste, he said, to ensure that the result was more. than the outflow, hoping that the large Marquis Household would not decline under Murong Ye's hands ……

"Brother, you know that I have a very small monthly allowance, even if I add my allowance for 10 years, I will never get ten thousand taels ......" murong Xue said.

If Gehui did not want Murong Ye to get involved in dogfighting, Murong Xue also did not want him to ruin the family name. She did have a little money, if Murong Ye intended to use it for the right reasons, she would not hesitate to give it to him, but because she wanted to use it for dog fighting, he better keep the money.

Murong Ye disagreed and said cheerfully: "Didn't you hold the key to the mother's treasury … …"

Murong Xue's head jolted and looked at him, her eyes bulging and cold: "You want to sell your mother's dowry in exchange for silver to engage in dogfighting, you want to sell your mother's dowry, are you not afraid that your spirit cannot rest in peace!"

After being severely reprimanded, Murong Ye immediately turned red, anxiously waved her hand indifferently, and explained in haste. “Not ..... 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 moreover knows that the legacy left by our parents must be kept safe, and not easily damaged. Even if she spoils the family name, she won't sell the mother's dowry.

“How did you know that mother dowry contains silver?” Murong Xue frowned and looked at Murong Ye. When the Qingyan woman gets married, the dowry will have a document detailing a specific amount of silver. But once women settled into families, it was very rare for them to count silver, as silver was the currency in circulation and could be spent at any time.

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

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

Upon seeing her confused expression, she smiled and said mischievously: “When I went out to meet Uncle Hui, I happened to hear Hong Qiao and the other servants secretly talking about mother dowry, she said, and that's how I found out the 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 lacked silver, it was impossible for it to happen that Hong Qiao was talking to others about mother dowry, this was just an old wife's trick.

The Treasury key in Murong Xue's hands, Du no longer wanted to take mother's dowry. Using Murong Ye's weakness to dogfight, and motivating her to pawn or sell the dowry, while they used this opportunity to buy it cheaply, was a good plan!

Given Du's cruelty, wasn't the previous lesson not enough? It seems like I have to teach Du a very memorable lesson this time, tell him what it means to try to steal chicken and end up losing rice to try to take advantage only to end up worse off than before.