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He looked down and saw an old woman with a head full of white hair sitting on the street, crying loudly, "God damn thief, this is my old man's money for saving lives! Without money, how am I going to get medical attention? God damn it, God damn it!"

However, that thief had already run away and disappeared without a trace. Just when everyone thought that the silver could not be recovered, that man ran back to her with a panicked expression. He threw the money pouch he had previously snatched onto the old woman's body and quickly left.

Although she didn't understand what was going on, the old woman was overjoyed that her purse had been recovered. She quickly got up and left.

Although no one else had seen it, Wei Jin had seen it clearly. In the direction where the thief had fled, there stood a tall and sturdy figure. It was only after the old woman had walked away with the money bag in her hand that he smiled lightly and turned around to leave.

Wei Jin knew that person. It was none other than King Rui, Dongfang Shou. King Rui … King Rui … After silently reciting a few times, Wei Jin's eyes gradually lit up. He had thought of the backup plan that Yang He had mentioned!

On the morning of the fourteenth day of the second month, Shen Xijun was sitting by the side of the pond, sulking over the fish food. On the morning of the fourteenth day of the second month, Shen Xijun was sitting beside the pond, sulking over the fish food.

"Look, Zong Ji, this golden carp is so big, I'm afraid it has been growing for quite some time. There's even a red, white, and black carp. This is the first time I've seen such a large one."

Shen Xijun casually glanced at it and coldly said, "So what if it's rare? Isn't it just a stupid fish that only knows how to eat?!" A sense of resentment that had no place to vent was suffused within her words.

Lan sighed, crouched down and said, "I know you are unhappy, but..." "Given the current situation, I can only bear with it a little."

Shen Xijun threw over a handful of fish food. The scarlet gold pearl tassels hanging by her cheeks swayed slightly as she moved. "If I hadn't endured it, Zhao Pingqing wouldn't have been able to live such a comfortable life!" She gritted her teeth when she talked about Zhao Pingqing. She had been staying in the west yard ever since their marriage. She didn't even touch him. Every time she thought about him being under her, she felt like she was going crazy.

"This servant believes that the Royal Concubine will persuade His Majesty soon. At that time, King Rui will understand your painstaking efforts." Alain's words caused Shen Xijun's expression to soften slightly. "I hope so."

After she finished sprinkling the fish food, she smelled a fishy smell that wouldn't leave her fingertips. Her eyebrows creased, and just as she was about to ask Lan to help her to the pond's edge, she saw Ah Zi walking over and asked anxiously, "How is it? Did you find out?"

A few days ago, Cai Yuan took back the 20,000 taels of silver that she had given to the account room, saying that the money from the house was sufficient and that she should take it back.

She originally thought that it was Dongfang Shan who didn't want to take her silver, so she came over to take a look at the account book. She discovered that there really were close to seven thousand silver taels in the account book, and from the looks of it, it should have been returned by Mu Qianxue.

Although the silver has returned, the doubt in Shen Xi Jun's heart decreased instead of growing. She only borrowed it for a day before she returned it. Just what was this Mu Qianxue planning?

Ah Zi's expression was solemn as she said, "I'm not sure why Princess Xuanji is borrowing silver at the moment, but I heard that the prince is lending her more than 7000 taels."

Lan frowned, "Zong Ji did look at the account book, and it was indeed seven thousand taels. How come in the blink of an eye there's more?"

"The bill for the accounting office is indeed 7,000 taels of silver, but the Prince also lent another 30,000 to Princess Xuanji!"

Hearing the number "thirty thousand taels", not to mention Lan Lan, even Shen Xijun was shocked. It was very clear from the accounts that the mansion only had seven thousand taels of silver. How could another thirty thousand taels suddenly appear, "Where did the Prince get this money from?"

"From the Baoheng Silver."

"Lend it to you?" Shen Xijun was stunned. "How can Baoheng's silver taels lend so much to the prince for no reason …" Halfway through her words, she suddenly stopped and asked with an ugly expression, "What did the Prince take to mortgage?"

Ah Zi said in a low voice, "I heard that it's a house deed and a land deed for all the mansions under the prince's name!"

Shen Xijun sucked in a breath of cold air. She was stunned for a long while before recovering from her daze and said in disbelief, "You said … "All?"

"Yes, all of them!" Ah Zi's affirmative answer was like a ball of raging fire that went through her eardrums, burning her internal organs. She was in so much pain that she didn't even have the strength to stand up.

Lan noticed that her face was pale and her body was swaying. She quickly stepped forward to support her. "Zong Ji be careful."

After a long while, her face that was as white as ash squeezed out a cold and sorrowful smile, "He … So it turns out that their feelings are as deep as the sea. "

Alan felt sorry for her and comforted her, "No matter what King Rui thinks, you are still his main wife."

"Grand Concubine …" Shen Xijun muttered the two words again. Her sorrowful expression became even more pronounced, "Besides the title of 'main wife', I have nothing. I can't even compare to Zhao Pingqing." Transparent tears rolled down her face. They were reflected in the golden sunlight in seven colors. They were beautiful but sad. She had promised Princess Pingyang that she would never regret it. However, when she stepped into the House of the King, she realized that the road ahead was harder than she had thought.

"How can the even consort be compared with the princess? Don't be sad, everything will be fine. Besides, Ah Zi only heard this story from others. Whether it's true or false, it's still unknown."

Ah Zi was also a little regretful that she had told her father about the matter so quickly. Hearing Lan's words, she quickly followed it up and said, "That's right. Maybe that person was just spouting nonsense."

Shen Xijun took a deep breath and wiped away the tears on the side of her face. "Cai Yuan is the prince's personal bodyguard and has always been close to the left and right. Besides the prince himself, he must be the one that knows best. Zi, go and call him over. I'll personally ask him."

"Yes." Zi helplessly took two steps before she accidentally saw Cai Yuan walking towards her. It was as if Cao Cao Cao had arrived just in time.

Cai Yuan didn't know that Shen Xijun already knew about the mortgage. He walked over and smiled at Qian'er. "Greetings Princess, I went to the East District just now. My underlings said Princess Wang might have come to the pond to feed the fishes."

Shen Xijun calmly asked, "Why is Manager Cai looking for me?"

Cai Yuan said respectfully, "In reply to Princess, the Pingyang Mansion sent four boxes each of blood swallows, caterpillar fungus, and snow clams. I took half of them to the South Pavilion, while the rest were sent to the East Courtyard."

"Thank you for your personal visit, Manager Cai. You've worked hard."

"Princess, you're too polite. This is something this lowly one should do." After a moment of politeness, Cai Yuan bowed and said, "If you have no other orders, Princess, I shall take my leave."

Shen Xijun called out to him, "Steward Cai, please wait. I just happened to have a matter to attend to. I hope that Steward Cai can help me resolve it."