Chapter 107 Meeting Enemies Again
After saving the master of the Yang family, Hu Mianmian slept intermittently for three days before she recovered.
Xiao Jingli in the palace was in a coma until the fourth day.
When he woke up he gritted his teeth.
"Does this stinky fox know how to use Tiger Soul?"
Thinking of the last time she complained about him being weak, Xiao Jingli became even more angry.
He called the eunuch and said, "Go and bring Hu Mianmian from the Chen family into the palace for me."
The eunuch was embarrassed: "Your Highness, the Emperor said that you cannot send palace servants at will. If you need anything, you must first ask the Emperor if it is okay."
Xiao Jingli raised his eyebrows, his handsome face full of displeasure.
"Who is he, I ask him?"
The eunuch knelt down in panic as if he was facing a great enemy: "I can't say that! I can't say that!"
"Your Highness, during the New Year, all the princes and princesses of the palace went to pay their respects to the emperor, but you didn't go. The emperor might be angry, so he is asking you to take the initiative. Why don't you go?"
Xiao Jingli crossed his arms: "Why didn't you tell me that I wanted to pay my respects to him?"
The eunuch looked innocent: "The slave said it, but Your Highness only said one word."
"Get lost..." His voice became smaller and smaller, as if he was reliving the grievance of that day.
The Ninth Prince has a fickle temper, but he has reminded everyone he should have.
Xiao Jingli thought about it carefully and it seemed to be the case.
He was resting, and the eunuch came in and disturbed his sweet dream, so he naturally got angry.
Xiao Jingli sat back on the recliner, his posture casual and lazy: "Forget it, then I won't look for him for now, I'll talk about it later."
What he hated most in his life was bowing to others, no matter who he was.
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Hu Mianmian missed the Lantern Festival because she slept too much.
The little guy was depressed for two consecutive days.
When Chen Qingyin asked why, Hu Mianmian said aggrievedly: "I heard that during the Lantern Festival, all roast chickens are half price and you can eat as much as you want..."
Hearing this, Chen Qingyin was stunned, and then she couldn't stop laughing.
"Mianmian, Mianmian, little guy, if you just tell your mother, how could she not take you out? It's just a roast chicken, right? Come on, Linlang, pack your things, we're taking the young lady out."
Hu Mianmian immediately raised her bright little face: "Really, mother! Then let's go now."
Spring was approaching, and Chen Qingyin planned to make some new clothes for Hu Mianmian.
Moreover, she has recently had a series of deep thoughts because of the issue of dowry.
Her marriage can be said to be unhappy.
If she didn't have such a generous dowry, she would probably be living on the streets with her daughter or relying on friends for help.
Chen Qingyin was extremely grateful that her biological mother's foresight had really helped her a lot.
She heard from her brothers that since she was one year old, her mother would prepare a generous dowry for her every year.
Later, although his mother passed away, the responsibility fell on Prime Minister Chen.
As a father, Prime Minister Chen did not treat his daughter unfairly. He saved large sums of gold and silver for her every year and bought many farms and shops.
This gives my daughter the confidence to get married in the future and is also the foundation for her life.
So Chen Qingyin can still get money and start a new life with her daughter.
She decided to emulate her mother's behavior.
"Mianmian, let's go to the gold shop first. Mom will buy you a set of jewelry to keep, okay?"
One set every year, and when Hu Mianmian reaches the age of 15 and gets married, she will have a lot of gold.
Chen Qingyin also hopes that her daughter will have enough confidence in the future.
Hu Mianmian blinked her big eyes and her soft voice was full of childish innocence.
"Gold can't be eaten, why did mother buy so much of it?"
Chen Qingyin laughed and scratched the tip of the little guy's nose. "Silly boy, although gold can't be eaten, it is money and can be used to buy a lot of food."
When Hu Mianmian heard this, she nodded heavily and said, "Then I'll take it!"
The mother and daughter took Linlang out of the carriage.
Linlang told the driver: "Uncle Zhong, just wait for us on the street. The young lady and the young lady will go to the Nishang Pavilion and the restaurant in a while."
Chen Qingyin held Hu Mianmian's hand and walked into Jinzhuang.
This is the largest gold shop in the capital, with as many as twenty servants serving it.
It is divided into outer building and inner building.
The gold in the inner building is heavier and has more unique shapes, usually symbols of nobility such as dragons and phoenixes.
Therefore, there is an unwritten rule in the inner building that only when welcoming princes, nobles, and royal relatives will they be invited to the inner building to choose gold jewelry.
Most people buy it in the outer building.
As soon as Chen Qingyin led Hu Mianmian in, she heard a familiar voice.
"Oops, did we pick too many?"
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Madam, please feel free to choose. The master has sent someone to pay the money in advance and has already said that you can buy whatever you like."
When Hu Mianmian saw the other person, it turned out to be Liang Yunyan, whom she hadn't seen for several days, and Liang Ruosheng was standing next to her.
Liang Ruosheng was seen wearing gold and silver jewelry. Although she was young, she looked like an adult, with jewels and jade all over her body.
She looked back and forth in the brass mirror, seeming to be extremely satisfied.
Liang Yunyan was also dressed elegantly. The two of them looked brand new from head to toe, and they were no longer the people who had to fawn over the Hu family.
"Mom, you are a disgusting person." Hu Mianmian tugged at the hem of Chen Qingyin's clothes.
At the same time, Liang Ruosheng saw Chen Qingyin and Hu Mianmian through the refraction of the mirror.
She turned around and said, "Mom, look who's coming to the door!"
Liang Yunyan turned around and saw Chen Qingyin, and immediately she became extremely confident, with her head raised high like a victorious rooster.
"Ah, this isn't Madam, no, now you have to call her Miss Chen."
Liang Yunyan walked over with a swaying waist, looking Chen Qingyin up and down with a proud look.
"I haven't seen Miss Chen for a long time, but she is still so radiant. I thought that after the divorce, Miss Chen would be very sad and depressed. It seems that she has been enduring Hu Yunshen for a long time, right?"
Chen Qingyin's eyes were cold: "Same here."
She was too lazy to bother with someone like Liang Yunyan, so she pulled Hu Mianmian into the gold shop.
"Mianmian, take whichever one you like."
Hu Mianmian stretched out her hand and pointed at a jade-faced fox made of gold in the cabinet.
"I want that!"
Chen Qingyin nodded to the waiter: "Help us take it down and have a look."
Unexpectedly, Liang Yunyan interrupted and said, "I want that too."
The shopkeeper suddenly felt embarrassed.
"This...the large gold items in our store are all unique. There is no second one. How about, Madam Liang, would you like to take a look at something else?"
Liang Yunyan's eyes widened: "I want this. Don't forget the status of our master. Didn't he tell you to take good care of us mother and daughter? Then what we like should be sold to us."
She glanced at Chen Qingyin and said, "Otherwise, we can compare prices and give it to whoever offers the highest price."
Liang Yunyan naturally knew that Chen Qingyin didn't have that much money now.
After all, she had been Hu Yunshen's mistress before, and Hu Yunshen told her everything about Chen Qingyin.
It can be said that Liang Yunyan absolutely knows how much is left in Chen Qingyin's account.
Hu Mianmian clenched her hands into fists, and said in a soft and fierce tone: "Why do you like to rob things so much? In the past, you robbed men, and now you rob gold. It tastes better when it comes from other people's mouths, right?"