Pampered Consort’s Acting Awards: 7. Letter (completed)

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==Chapter 7 Letter==

After washing, Qin Juan returned to the couch and stared at the beams in a daze.

What kind of illness did Yun'er suffer from that left the entire hospital helpless?

This thought kept me awake all night.

Early the next morning.

She sat up, rubbed her eyes, and heard two knocks on the door, "Girl, are you up?"

"Come in." Qin Chan said.

He Zhu walked in and whispered: "Girl, the letter is here."

Letter?

He Zhu took out the letter from his arms and handed it to Qin Juan, "The boy who delivered the letter said that Mr. Zhu fell ill after learning that the girl drank poisonous wine. Now her life or death is uncertain. Please take a look, girl." Right."

Qin Juan looked at the four characters "Qing Qing Qingqing" in her hand, her breath stagnated, and she quickly opened it.

——Qingqing, I miss you so much when I see the words on my face.

——I am a merchant, and I am not worthy of you. I know I shouldn’t have these delusions, but these delusions make me think about them, think about them, and go crazy, and I dare not forget them day and night...

——Qingqing, if you can wake up safely, don’t do stupid things again. This life is a short fate, and we will continue in the next life.

After reading this letter, Qin Juan’s hands were shaking, and then, there was a roar in his head.

She suddenly stood up and walked to the left, opened the large red sandalwood cabinet in front of her, took out a box, turned it upside down, and shook out all the contents.

Thirty-eight letters expressing friendship to each other were spread out on the ground in a messy manner.

Qin Juan took a breath of air.

She has thirty-eight letters written by Zhu Ze here, which means that Zhu Ze also has thirty-eight letters written by her.

She is about to enter the palace. Once this letter is discovered, she may not live to see the saint.

Qin Juan's frightened look fell into Hezhu's eyes, and became "deeply in love and unable to restrain herself" and "lost and soulless".

He Zhu whispered: "Miss, are you okay? What did Mr. Zhu say?"

Qin Juan lowered her eyes and said: "You go out first, I want to think quietly."

He Zhu felt happy and pretended to be worried: "Okay, the girl needs to call me if she needs something."

After breakfast, Qin Juan immediately dressed up and put on a curtain and hat, then pulled April into the carriage prepared in the mansion and went straight to Qingfeng Tower in Dongzhimen.

When Yu Niang saw Qin Juan and Yue Yue, she immediately smiled and said, "Hey, look who this is."

Qin Juan whispered: "Shopkeeper Yu, I'm going to the third floor today." The third floor is Feiniao Pavilion.

Yu Niang's expression flickered, then she narrowed her eyes and smiled and said, "Girl, wait a moment, I'll go up and ask Mr. Zhuang." Zhuang Sheng, the master of Feiniao Pavilion.

Qin Chan said: "Okay."

After a while, Yu Niang turned back.

She covered her mouth with a cattail leaf fan and whispered in Qin Juan's ear: "Miss Qin, come with me."

After six years, she stood here again.

Under the black and gold plaque, there is still the same sentence - I know your past life, understand your suffering in this life, and solve the mystery of your future.

"Please come in."

Qin Juan opened the door, walked in and sat down, her red lips parted slightly: "I came here today to get some news from Mr. Zhuang."

Mr. Zhuang smiled and said, "Miss Qin said it bluntly, Feiniao Pavilion sells everything except the news in the imperial city."

Qin Jing said: "I want to check on Zhu Ze, the second man of the Zhu family who is doing fabric business in the south alley of Xizhimen."

"Oh, Zhu Ze." Mr. Zhuang said with a smile: "His news is worth ten taels of silver."

Qin Juan couldn't help but frown when she heard the price.

When did the news about Feiniao Pavilion become so cheap? It was not at this price when she bought Xiao Yu's whereabouts.

"What?" Mr. Zhuang said with a smile, "Miss Qin still thinks it's cheap?"

"Of course not." Qin Juan took out her money bag and put ten taels of silver on the table.

After Zhuang Sheng accepted it, he stood up and released a pigeon at hand.

Qin Juan didn't show it on her face, but she couldn't help but sneered in her heart.

I don’t know if this is a conspiracy, or if the pigeons in Asuka Pavilion are endowed with magical powers.

After a while, the pigeon flew back. Zhuang Sheng took a piece of paper from the pigeon's feet and said to Qin Juan: "Zhu Ze, named Ziyang, is from Qiantang. He once studied in Longquan Mountain and failed the provincial examination three times. Later, feeling discouraged, he began to learn business from his family. Two years ago, the Zhu family moved to the capital and opened the fabric shop that the girl mentioned just now."

Zhuang Sheng took a sip of tea and added: "This Mr. Zhu is not a student, but he is a businessman. Half a year ago, someone ordered nearly a thousand pieces of blue cloth from the Zhu family. It was originally a good deal. But who would have thought that these thousand pieces of cloth were accidentally stained with ink spots. At that time, the Zhu family was in a period of drought. Zhu Ze thought that it would be better to make a fortune with a small amount, so he entered the Hong's Gambling House. Most people who are infected with gambling cannot quit, and they all lose money. Not to mention, I still owe another 60,000 taels of silver."

"But so far, we have paid back more than 40,000 taels."

Qin Juan heard what Zhuang Sheng meant, she frowned slightly and said softly: "How did he pay back the forty thousand taels?"

Zhuang Sheng smiled and said: "Miss Qin, I have already answered your last question."

Qin Juan slandered: It really deserves to be the Feiniao Pavilion. It turned out to be waiting for her here.

Qin Chan said: "How much money does this news cost?"

Zhuang Sheng said: "One thousand taels."

Qin Jing's sparkling eyes instantly made her laugh angrily, "Mr. Zhuang, did I hear wrongly?"

"The price of news varies from person to person." Zhuang Sheng smiled and said: "In Zhuang's opinion, this news is worth a thousand taels to Miss Qin."

Qin Juan took a deep breath, Zhu Ze's matter couldn't be delayed any longer.

Qin Chan said: "I owe it first and I will pay it to you in three days. Can it be done?"

Zhuang Sheng said: "There is no such rule in Feiniao Pavilion."

At this moment, April Youyou spoke, "Mr. Zhuang, April has something to tell you."

Zhuang Sheng leaned back, raised the corners of his mouth, looked at April with a smile, and said, "If you talk alone, let's talk here."

"It's just you and me." April patted Qin Juan on the shoulder, "Don't worry, girl, just wait for me."

Qin Juan saw Zhuang Sheng walking out with April.

Half an hour later, April returned to Qin Juan and said: "Miss Qin, we have the news, let's go."

After getting on the carriage, April handed Qin Juan a piece of paper, which recorded Zhu Ze's repayment date. Each payment was less than one day different from the expenditure of the shop under the Qin family's name. The Qin family does not have a matron, and Jiang Lanyue is in charge of many shops.

Forty thousand taels, she can indeed afford it.

Qin Juan stared at April's red and swollen lips and hesitated to speak, but April said: "Miss Qin, stop looking, he didn't do anything to me."

Qin Juan knew in her heart that Zhuang Sheng was not an easy person to talk to at all, so she asked, "Why did the fourth girl help me?"

Yi Yiyue raised her head and thought for a while, nodded, and said, "Why are there so many? If Miss Qin wants to thank me, how about giving me a thousand taels of silver?"

Hearing what she said, Qin Juan suddenly smiled: "Thank you very much, April."

I remember this friendship.

After Qin Chan returned home, he immediately sent a letter to Qin Suizhi.

Qin Suizhi rushed home within three days.

At this time, there are only ten days left before the general election.

Qin Suizhi looked at the evidence in his hand, his eyes getting darker and darker, "Ah Juan, just leave this matter to me."

Qin Juan sat on a round stool and whispered: "But I... also hid this from my brother."

"What's the matter?"

Qin Juan placed the box filled with letters in front of Qin Suizhi.

Qin Suizhi took two breaths and said, "Why are you so confused! What will you do if Jiang Lanyue makes this letter public?"

Qin Jing didn't want to lie to Qin Suizhi, but in order to prevent him from finding out the clues, she could only touch the corners of her eyes and shed tears.

Qin Juan shed tears and looked up with eyes filled with grief.

Qin Suizhi's heart was broken when he saw it.

"Ah Juan, stop crying, I shouldn't have said anything about you." Qin Suizhi rubbed Qin Juan's hair, squatted down and said, "Brother is back, everything will be fine, eh?"

Qin Juan looked at him and said softly: "Do you want to tell dad about this?"

Qin Suizhi's eyes darkened and he said coldly: "You have to say it, but not now."

In Qin Suizhi's view, Qin Wang's feelings for Jiang Lanyue may be deeper than he thought.

In the tit-for-tat confrontations between the Qin family over the years, Qin Wang has always stood firmly on Jiang Lanyue's side. He firmly believes that Jiang Lanyue is gentle, kind, generous and virtuous, and he also firmly believes that Wen Shuanghua is jealous of the virtuous and capable, and has his own people and no one else.

If even Wen Shuanghua's death didn't make him neglect Qin Lanyue even half a moment, then did what he saw in front of him really make him completely dislike Jiang Lanyue?

More than ten years of relationship and Jiang Lanyue's tears were enough to make Qin Wang's big problems become trivial.

Unless it makes things bigger.

Qin Juan thought for a moment and said, "How are you going to handle this matter, brother?"

Qin Suizhi said: "Let me think about it again."

If you go to Zhu Ze directly, you might end up going to the Yamen. Once things get serious, no one will benefit.

While thinking about it, Qin Juan whispered a few words in Qin Suizhi's ear, "Yiyue told me..."

Qin Suizhi sent people to watch at the entrance of Hong's Casino every day. Three days later, Zhu Ze, dressed in blue and wearing a jade crown, finally arrived.

Zhu Ze didn't receive a reply from Qin Juan, and Jiang Lanyue refused to give him money, so he had no choice but to come to the casino to try his luck.

Now that the money has almost been repaid, Zhu Ze gradually calmed down. He didn't dare to make a big bet, so he only looked around with ten taels of silver in his pocket.

Qin Juan tied her hair with a white jade crown, wore a long white train and a mask. She sat in the northeast corner and played dice with others. One game after another, people around her sighed.

"Oh! What a pity!"

"Just a little bit closer!"

"Come again!"

Zhu Ze craned his neck to watch, and soon he came to a conclusion - this masked young man had a lot of luck today.

After a moment, he walked forward and said with a smile: "How about I play with the young master for a while?"

Qin Chanzhi raised the corners of her mouth and made a "sit" gesture with him.

In the beginning, Zhu Ze still adhered to the principle of "small gambling for pleasure". After winning several games in a row, he obviously got over it.

His expression became more and more unrestrained, his clothes were slightly open, his hair was messy, and the corners of his mouth almost hung on his ears.

Qin Juan took a sip of tea and lowered her voice to Zhu Ze: "It's boring to play like this. Young Master, how about we play something big?"

Zhu Ze has had this idea for a long time, but he has always won, so he is embarrassed to mention it.

Zhu Ze held the folding fan, shook it, and said in a tone of voice: "That's fine."

Qin Juan took out two silver notes, totaling 20,000 taels, which happened to be Zhu Ze's debt, "Three rounds, or one round?"

Zhu Ze's heart was pounding as he looked at the banknotes.

Turn over and it's right in front of you.

As long as he wins again, he will turn over.

Not only can he stand up, he can also take Miss Qin's letter and negotiate a good price with the Qin family's young lady.

Thinking of this, Zhu Ze said loudly: "One game!"

The waiter at Hong's Casino raised his arm and started shaking it. The clattering sound made Zhu Ze's fingertips tremble.

The boy said: "Two of you, older or younger."

Qin Juan, like just now, said lightly: "Big."

Zhu Zexin said, you had the guts to choose "big" after losing for a day.

Zhu Ze said: "I choose Xiao."

Not long after, the boy raised his hand.

It's big.

Zhu Ze slapped the table and stood up, "How is that possible!"

Qin Suizhi walked over with a sharp look in his eyes and said faintly: "Master Zhu, take the silver."

Zhu Ze had no money. Just as he was about to turn around, Qin Suizhi pushed him down on the table.

Qin Suizhi has been traveling around for many years, and is no longer the bookish young man.

Zhu Ze lost money in public. According to the rules of the world, the casino would not stop Qin Suizhi from doing anything, and the government would not care. He dragged Zhu Ze into Zhuangzi outside the city.

Qin Suizhi was afraid that Qin Juan would be soft-hearted and did not dare to deal with Zhu Ze in front of her. After promising not to do anything, he asked Qin Juan to wait outside Zhuangzi.

On the way back home, Qin Suizhi asked Qin Juan: "Ah Juan, your ability to listen to and change dice was also taught to you by the fourth girl?"

Qin Juan gave a low "hmm" sound.

After a while, she loosened her clenched fists and looked at the dice in her palm in a daze.

Her gambling skills were not taught by April.

It was taught by that person himself.

At the end of the thirty-sixth year of Yongchang, Emperor Jiaxuan sent Jin Wang Xiao Yu to Suzhou Prefecture to handle the case of blank seal annihilation.

She also went together.

I remember that night on the bank of the Qinhuai River, the lights were dim and the fog was clear.

On the boat, swaying, Xiao Yu held two dice and came close to her, so close that the tip of his nose was touching, "Aling, will you bet with me once?"

She was so stupid at that time, not knowing that winning or losing was in his hands.

Thinking of this, Qin Juan raised her hand and threw the dice out of the carriage.

What do you want him to do?

Too busy?

******

Qin Mansion, Beiyuan.

Mammy whispered: "Madam, Zhu Ze seems to have lost money again outside. He said he wanted to see you."

Jiang Lanyue frowned and said, "What did he see me doing?"

Mammy said: "He wants you to take one hundred thousand taels to Zhuangzi outside the city, otherwise, all the letters will be burned."

Jiang Lanyue said: "One hundred thousand taels? He has such a big appetite."

Mammy said angrily: "Old slave, look at this boy from the Zhu family. He is so eager to jump over the wall that he clearly wants to threaten you."

Jiang Lanyue rubbed her brow bones and closed her eyes.

So what if you know it’s a threat?

The draft is only five days away. If he is really asked to burn the letter, Ronger will have no chance again.

No matter how kind Qin Wang is to her, she is not the mistress of the Qin family, and Rong'er is not a direct descendant. In the future, is it possible to find a well-matched concubine when discussing marriage?

"Find someone to send a message to him, saying that I will see him tomorrow."