bookrebus Chapter 756 Pawn
Chapter 756 Pawn
Apart from this little episode, the coming-of-age ceremony was successfully concluded and Shen Shuyi received many gifts. It is worth mentioning that Xie Jingchi gave her a lavender jade pendant with a picture of a woman rising straight up carved by him.
Her brother gave her a set of four treasures of the study, all of which were rare treasures.
In addition, Yao Huiyan, Madam Wang, the Duke's Mansion, the Sun family, and others also carefully prepared gifts.
While several maids were busy counting, Shen Shuyi sat in the yard drinking tea.
After seeing a set of headgear, Jinzhu looked at Shen Shuyi and said, "Miss, the Sixth Prince also sent a gift..."
"Let me see." Shen Shuyi raised his eyebrows and reached out to Jinzhu.
Shen Shuyi opened the box and saw a set of gorgeous head ornaments inlaid with red jade, a golden phoenix holding a pearl, two phoenixes wearing peonies on their golden hairpins, and six small peony hairpins of the same style.
It is conceivable that wearing this set of headgear would surely make one look elegant and gorgeous.
"It's a generous gesture, but unfortunately, I have no friendship with the Sixth Prince. Let's send it back to Shen Jingyu." Shen Shuyi said lightly.
Speaking of this, she thought that Xiao Tingshan must be in a state of panic now.
After all, Princess Hanyang was about to marry him, but he already had a wife. It was ok for the Prince of Chengguo to have two wives, but how could the Sixth Prince have two princesses?
If this is the case, won't it spread to lower levels, and court officials and ordinary people will all follow suit? What should we do then?
Because of this matter, Prince Duan seemed to be negotiating with Xiao Tingshan.
Unfortunately, Shen Jingyu now holds the medicine that can extend Xiao Tingshan's life, so how could Xiao Tingshan touch her?
In addition, there is a girl named Lou Yulan who is about to give birth in the backyard. One can imagine how lively the Sixth Prince's mansion will be.
"Counting the days, the young lady's wedding is not too far away." Yuping couldn't help but speak, feeling that time passed too quickly.
Compared to marriage, Shen Shuyi is more concerned about the pre-examination.
My eldest brother is now studying under several masters, and he can be said to be working particularly hard. Although he is a genius, he is not conceited.
Anyone who can stand at the top in this world has to make tremendous efforts, no one is an exception.
"Has Shen Jingan signed up for the preliminary exam?" Shen Shuyi asked.
"Yes."
Shen Shuyi sneered: "Idiot, it seems that he is very confident in himself."
Jinzhu curled her lips and said, "He's just a habitual thief. Without our young master writing poems and essays for him, he's nothing!"
Shen Shuyi poked her head and felt that she was becoming more and more impolite in her words.
At this moment, Feicui came in from outside: "Miss, Hongying wants to see you."
Shen Shuyi raised his eyebrows: "Let her in."
I don't know if there is any good news.
After a while, Hongying, whose belly was so big that it could hardly be concealed, hurried in. When she saw Shen Shuyi, she immediately knelt down.
"My Lord, save me!"
Hongying's face turned pale. Although her belly had grown a lot bigger, she looked much more haggard.
Now many people in the mansion are talking about her pregnancy, and she can’t keep it secret any longer.
Those harsh taunts and ridicules seemed to drive her to death. If Qin Xuerong was not the head of the family now, she would not have survived until today and would have been executed long ago.
"Have you found what I want?" Shen Shuyi's eyes were indifferent, and he didn't have any sympathy for her.
After all, in her previous life, when she forced Yuping to death, she didn’t care so much.
Hongying nodded vigorously with tears in her eyes, then took out a stack of paper from her arms.
Shen Shuyi took it and looked at it one by one.
These are the receipts for Qin Xuerong's pawning of calligraphy and paintings in Jinglou. According to what is written on these receipts, most of these calligraphy and paintings are fakes, or so-called imitations.
Because the imitation is so exquisite, or the level is extremely high, even if it is a fake, it can still be sold at a relatively good price.
Of course, this is only relatively good.
For example, according to what was written on the receipt, the painting "Peace and Prosperity" was sold for two thousand taels, but if it were an authentic product, the market price would be at least twenty thousand taels.
For example, the painting "Immortal Celebrating Birthday" was sold for three thousand taels, but if it was an authentic work, it could be sold for a high price of more than 100,000 taels.
So, adding up all these receipts, Qin Xuerong only sold for less than 30,000 taels of silver.
But she clearly remembered that she was sure that many of the calligraphy and paintings here were authentic.
But Qin Xuerong is not a fool, why would she sell the real calligraphy and painting porcelain vase as a fake one? And she sold them all to the same place - Jinglou.
Shen Shuyi carefully looked at the engraving on it, confirmed that it was correct, and there was a hint of thoughtfulness in his eyes.
Hongying looked at her expression carefully, feeling very anxious.
In her current situation, she just wanted to redeem herself and leave the mansion, but she had signed a death contract with the Shen Mansion. Unless the master was willing to let her go, otherwise...
Apart from that, she had no money at all. She had not lived well in the Shen Mansion over the past year, and having to subsidize Zhiyuan everywhere was like a bottomless pit.
Right now, we can only place all our hopes on Shen Shuyi.
Shen Shuyi put down the documents and looked at Hongxiu: "Do you know what Qin Xuerong is going to use these paintings for?"
"The Sixth Young Master is short of money. He asks Madam for money every day. Madam has no money at all, but the Sixth Young Master..."
Hongying was halfway through her words when she couldn't continue.
Shen Jinglin is now disabled and has a strange temperament, but he can't stand being confined in Ruixueyuan all day, so he often wants to go out for a walk.
But he used to be arrogant and domineering, and now that he has become like this, no one would be willing to associate with him, and most people would ridicule and mock him.
Shen Jinglin was so angry that he could only spend money to regain his dignity.
But if Qin Xuerong refused to give it to him, Shen Jinglin would beat her up and vent his anger on her.
Logically speaking, no matter how weak Qin Xuerong is, a cripple like Shen Jinglin with a broken leg may not be able to beat her.
But unfortunately, the inner house of the Shen family is now controlled by Zhang Jinping, and Qin Xuerong is under house arrest, so naturally there are Zhang Jinping's people watching her.
Once Shen Jinglin took action, Zhang Jinping's people would take sides openly or secretly. As a result, Qin Xuerong suffered a lot of beatings and had no choice but to pay.
But the little money she had was not enough for him to spend like this, so she had to pawn her things at the pawn shop.
"Princess, what I said is absolutely true, not a single word of falsehood!" Hongying said hurriedly.
Shen Shuyi looked at her calmly: "What else do you know?"
Hongying hesitated, not knowing what Shen Shu meant.
"Oh, yes! I feel that... Madam seems to be lending money at high interest rates, but now Madam doesn't trust me that much. She still trusts Cui Liu more, so I can't be sure."
Seeing that Shen Shuyi's expression remained unchanged and he was still staring at her coldly, Hongying became very anxious.
She thought about it quickly, and then her eyes lit up, and she said, "Oh, that's right! I seem to have heard vaguely that Madam said she wanted to raise money to prepare for the eldest young master, saying that the exam was coming up soon."