Reborn in a Noble Family - Chapter 90
Chapter 90 Return Trip
As soon as Gu Pingjie spoke, everyone looked at him in unison.
Gu Pingjie explained, “Because of the salary. How much could the Imperial Court give to the army? They still had to rely on their own reserves, especially the guards under Marquis Zhen Yuan. Although they belonged to the Imperial Court, they knew that they were duke’s private army. However, because duke was a pure minister, Emperor acquiesced to the existence of this troop. However, it was impossible for the Imperial Court to draw their salaries. In this way, duke would have to ask for help. Qiao Family, the last thing you need is silver. Rather than looking for a Beijing merchant, it was better to look for Qiao Family who had no background. The capital is too complicated, can do business in the capital, or big business, who doesn’t have a strong backer? What’s more, it was the private property of those nobles. Duke doesn’t want to get involved in complicated relationships. Qiao Family is the best choice. Of course, this was something that Old hag had come up with himself, and that was why he sent it to him. It’s a pity that she misunderstood what Duke mansion meant and became a joke. ”
“So, it’s not easy to do anything now.” Qiao Xi sighed emotionally.
Fatty Jin smiled thievingly. “If only the old witch knew that she could stop. The Marquis Manor rejected her invitation. The old witch was beaten in the face and her son lost face. She actually let Qiao San personally come to the Marquis Manor to take advantage of the New Year gift to meet the Crown Prince.”
Qiao Xi opened her mouth wide in surprise. “Is Old hag really stupid or pretending to be stupid? Is this going to send Qiao San to the bed of the Crown Prince?”
His intentions were too obvious. This time, the Qiao Clan’s Fourth Fang was truly famous.
“What’s the result?” Gu Pingqing was very interested in Qiao Family, especially the scandals.
“What else can I do? I didn’t even get in with the car door.” Jin Baijin curled his lips in ridicule.
The group of people arrived at the golden shop.
Since the price of gold in Jincheng City was so high, not making a profit would be too much of a shame for him.
The group began to sweep the goods. Qiao Xi’s three cousins were in charge. Who would dare to make a move at such a young age?
Regardless of the style, as long as it was gold, Qiao Xi would buy it.
There were also other customers in the shop, but they all had vision. Even if they didn’t know a few people, they could tell that they were not small and didn’t dare to compete with them. After sweeping through a few shops, the group arrived at the last one.
“How much money do we have?” Qiao Yunxi turned around and asked.
“There’s not much left. I’ll go to the bank.” Gu Pingxin and the others looked at their money bags.
Actually, as long as they put in their names, these things would be sent back to the Gu Clan. When the time comes, it would be the same for them to give money. However, Qiao Xi did not want others to think that she was a loser. She cherished her feathers very much.
Gu Pingxin and Gu Pingjie arrived at the bank, and Gu Pingqing stayed behind to accompany Qiao Yunxi upstairs.
Fatty Jin asked the waiter to bring over the picture album and choose it next to him.
Gu Pingqing was not interested in these things. He sat on the platform on the second floor and drank the tea prepared by the waiter. Qiao Yunxi circled around and went downstairs.
The things downstairs weren’t as exquisite and expensive as the ones upstairs. It was better to have exquisite designs, spend a small amount of silver, and buy a pair of earrings that looked exquisite.
Yes, Qiao Yunxi wants to buy a pair of agate earrings. It doesn’t need to be too expensive. It’s his birthday present.
Standing in front of the counter, Qiao Xi hesitated.
She took a fancy to two pairs of earrings, one purple and the other red.
She didn’t like red, but it had a good meaning and a good omen, and she couldn’t make up her mind for a moment.
Gu Jinzhen stood outside the door and stared at Qiao Yunxi for a while. The pressure on his body was very low.
Tang Yuan buried his head and wanted to say something, but he was afraid that his master would vent his anger on him.
It could only be said that the fate between master and Qiao Yunxi was really endless and messy.
Master just wanted to buy some Chaotian Sect desserts before boarding the ship, and then … the path of enemies became narrow.
The pressure on Gu Jinzhen’s body was very low. His inexplicable anger was caught off guard and filled his chest in the blink of an eye.
Qiao Yunxi frowned.
A familiar feeling.
It was as if someone was secretly spying on him, waiting for a fatal move.
Raising his eyes, he immediately met Gu Jinzhen’s gaze with a pair of puzzled eyes.
In the blink of an eye.
That fellow was still there, so it wasn’t an illusion.
Qiao Xi’s eyes turned white as she continued to pick out the earrings.
Gu Jinzhen frowned. This feeling of being ignored was very unpleasant. Didn’t she know to say hello?
How rude!
He lifted his foot and entered the shop.
Tang Yuan opened his mouth and followed suit.
Qiao Yunxi was still struggling, unable to make a final decision.
“I want both of these.” Qiao Xi’s cold voice caused her to tremble, and she turned her head with a bad premonition.
Sure enough, Gu Jinzhen pointed at the two earrings in her hand and said to the waiter.
The waiter looked at Qiao Yunxi awkwardly.
This young miss came first, and this young miss also chose first. However, because this young miss did not pay any money, nor did she open her mouth to book it, now that the young master spoke, the item naturally belonged to that young master.
Qiao Yunxi didn’t want to make things difficult for the waiter. He directly said to Gu Jinzhen, “You’re a grown man. What are you doing buying earrings for? Oh, right,” Qiao Yunxi covered his mouth and exaggerated, “Is it for you? Qiao’s Third Son or Old Madam Qiao? Your taste is really special.”
His sarcastic tone was full of sarcasm.
Gu Jinzhen gritted his teeth in anger. “Whoever I give them to, don’t worry Miss Qiao. I’ve already bought these two earrings. Please put them down, Miss Qiao.”
Ah!
Qiao Yunxi was furious.
“Gu Sheng? Why are you here?” Seeing that Qiao Xi had disappeared, Fatty Jin immediately went downstairs and saw that Qiao Xi and Gu Sheng were quarreling again.
“Passing by.” Gu Sheng rarely responded to Fatty Jin.
Fatty Jin didn’t mind. He didn’t have any friendship with Gu Sheng. He only knew that Gu Sheng seemed to be interested in Qiao San, while Qiao Xi and Qiao San didn’t deal with each other.
“Qiao Qiao, have you chosen these two pairs?” Fatty Jin walked to Qiao Xi’s side and took the earring in her hand and pouted in disgust, “Qiao Qiao, is this the birthday present you chose?”
“What does it have to do with you?” Obviously, Qiao Yunxi had transferred his anger towards Gu Jinzhen to Fatty Jin.
“It really has nothing to do with me. It’s good that you like it. Let’s make a decision first. Let’s go upstairs and take a look.” The gold ornament hasn’t been selected yet. Make the order first and pay the bill together later.
“This young master, this …” The waiter didn’t dare to say anything. These people seemed to be rich and wealthy, but they weren’t easy to provoke.
“Miss Qiao’s birthday today?” Seeing his master’s aggrieved expression, Tang Yuan could only bite the bullet.
“Yes, today is Qiao Qiao’s birthday. We are here to buy birthday gifts.” Fatty Jin was also a smart man.
“Then the little one wishes Miss Qiao a happy birthday.”
“Thank you.”
Tang Yuan didn’t know what to say.
“Give me the money.” Gu Jinzhen spat out two words and turned around to leave.
Tang Yuan did not understand Master’s meaning, but it did not prevent him from following Master’s instructions.
He took out the silver and tossed it to the waiter. His gaze lingered on the earrings in Fatty Jin’s hand for a moment before he hesitated and turned around to leave.
“Qiao Qiao?” Fatty Jin pinched his earrings with his thick and short fingers and looked at Qiao Yunxi in confusion.
“Nothing, let’s go.”
On this side, Gu Jinzhen walked towards the dock angrily. Tang Yuan followed closely behind him. While staring at his master, he randomly bought a few kinds of snacks from the stall and boarded the boat.
It was still early to leave the ship. Originally, Gu Jinzhen wanted to go around, but he came back early.
Tang Yuan put everything into the cabin and went to the kitchen to get hot water.
Gu Jinzhen sat at the table with a dark face.
Did he run into evil?
He was supposed to have returned to the capital years ago, but he had to wait until the end of the year. It was too late. On the pretext of choosing the waterway, he ran to Chaotian Gate!
After wandering around the entrance of the Gu Clan twice, the Gu Family Secret Guard was alert before giving up.
Illness!
It was Gu Jinzhen who scolded him!
He clearly gave Qiao Xi a box of Hainan Pearls. If she was sensible, she should have sent the pearls to Old Madam Qiao. He knew that their eldest house was going back to Yuzhou and had Tangyuan deliver the pearls in advance. This poisonous woman actually silently wrote down the pearls and didn’t even give an explanation afterwards!
That’s right, he went to the Chaotian Gate to find a poisonous woman to explain himself to!
Gu Jinzhen thought to himself that the poisonous woman had even defrauded two earrings from him without giving her an explanation!
Forget it, Poison Woman’s birthday.
If he didn’t deal with the poisonous woman, he couldn’t stop her from celebrating her birthday, could he?
It was the last birthday anyway.
Gu Jinzhen thought generously.
However, what was going on with Fatty Jin?
The darkness on Gu Jinzhen’s face slowed down slightly, and then darkened even more.
The Jin Family?
The Jin family of the first-grade building?
Tang Yuan dawdled on the deck until he felt the ship shake twice before bringing tea into the cabin.
“Are you willing to come back?” Tang Yuan’s voice was filled with grief.
“Master … the road is slippery, it’s hard to walk.”
Gu Jinzhen glanced over sinisterly.
Tang Yuanxin held the tray in front of Gu Jinzhen and said, “Master, drink tea.”
Gu Jinzhen did not move.
Tang Yuan turned his head quickly and said, “Master, that earring is in Miss Qiao’s hands.”
“You’re so capable. You can give away everything I buy now?”
Tang Yuan smiled bitterly.
Master, can you be normal?
It was very difficult for him to guess at such uncertain thoughts, okay?
“Master, why don’t I return it to you when this subordinate receives the monthly regulations?”
“You mean, my eyelids are so shallow? I’m staring at your monthly routine. How many monthly routines do you have? I’m not that poor!” Gu Jinzhen was so proud.
“Master, this subordinate doesn’t mean that.” Tang Yuan was about to cry. She missed the previous master who sympathized with her subordinates.
“Then what do you mean?” Gu Jinzhen followed closely.
Tang Yuan couldn’t even cry this time, “Master, this subordinate has misunderstood Master’s intentions. Please punish me!”
Gu Jinzhen harrumphed heavily, “Don’t try to guess what I mean in the future. It’s just two earrings. Take it as a loss.”
She picked up the teacup on the table.
Gu Family.
Qiao Xi’s family was about to return to Jincheng. Old Madam Gu pulled Gu Jingshu and cried a few times. Only then did everyone calm her down.
Qiao Yunxi also promised to come back to accompany her from time to time. Only then did I reluctantly nod and agree to their family’s return.
This time, taking the waterway back to Jincheng was not only very fast, but also very easy to deal with.