Chapter 6: Meeting Xue Pinggui Again

“Father-in-law, recently, my third cousin has been quite close to Wei Bao.  I think this Wei Bao may not be a good person, what do you think…”

Prime Minister Wang patted Su Long on the shoulder, “Don’t worry, I’ll have my wife talk to her about this.”

“There are many talented people in our Great Tang, there are many good men.  Baochuan is a sensible child, she will understand.”

“I just wonder what Wei Bao is up to, does Wei Hu know?” Prime Minister Wang stroked his beard, a hint of killing intent flashed in his old eyes.

Su Long immediately chimed in, “Wei Hu has always been respectful to you, he should not know.”

“Send your trusted men to keep an eye on the Wei family, especially those two brothers.  And…”

“Tell Jinchuan, some things that Yinchuan shouldn’t know, don’t mention them.”

“Yes, Father-in-law.”

Su Long felt heavy-hearted.  He thought it was just an ordinary case of an assassin causing trouble, but he didn’t expect things to develop to this point.

That night, Mrs. Wang found Wang Baochuan and subtly talked to her about the Wei family.

“Didn’t you dislike Wei Bao before?  Why have I heard your maid, Xiaolian, say that you’ve been paying extra attention to him these days?” Mrs. Wang asked tentatively.

Wang Baochuan smiled inwardly, she knew that the evidence she had thrown out had already made her father suspicious of the Wei family.

“No, it’s just that I saw his attendant go to Second Sister’s place to get wound medicine that day, I thought he was injured.” Wang Baochuan put her hands on Mrs. Wang’s shoulders, who was sitting upright, and said coquettishly, “I thought he was the brother of Second Brother-in-law, if he was injured, of course I would care.”

Her words were quite meaningful, and Mrs. Wang couldn’t help but be stunned.  Could it be that her daughter knew about the bandit attack?

“That’s good, Wei Bao has a bad temper, he’s not a good person, I’ll have your father find you a good man.”

“Mother~” She didn’t want to get married.

Chang’an Street, Wo Yun Tower.

Since being rescued by Bai Yu that day, Wang Baochuan had felt uncomfortable.  She had received a favor from someone and hadn’t repaid it, she really wasn’t used to it.

After much thought, she decided to use the two gold ingots to open a porridge stall in the city in Bai Yu’s name, as a way of repaying him.

“Miss, the young man who entered the city behind you that day, he’s handsome and dignified, he’s clearly not an ordinary person.  Is he really not your savior?” Xiaolian looked at the people coming and going on the street from the attic, her eyes wide with anticipation.

Wang Baochuan was helpless, she thought that she had been brainwashed in her previous life, but she didn’t expect Xiaolian to be even worse when it came to men.

As the master is, so is the servant.

“No.  Are you stupid?  I was riding a horse, he was walking…”

“But what about the Snow Lion?” Wang Baochuan quickly stood up, she seemed to have forgotten to ask how to return the good steed to Bai Yu.

Xiaolian said, “That horse is spirited, it wouldn’t follow us into the city, so the attendant let it go.”

“That’s good.” Wang Baochuan thought that since it was a good horse, it would know the way.

“What tea would you two like?” The tea server came forward to serve them.

Wang Baochuan felt that the man’s voice was incredibly familiar.  She looked up sharply and met Xue Pinggui’s gaze.

It turned out that he had come to the city to buy medicine, and he had run out of money, so he had no choice but to stay in the city and work to earn money.

He worked as an accountant at Wo Yun Tower during the day, and taught at a private school in the suburbs at night, and he also taught the children some martial arts to strengthen their bodies.

Today, he was looking at the accounts at the counter when he saw a beautiful figure pass by.  He vaguely remembered that this was the lady he had met at the city gate that day.

Although he had only met the lady once, her figure was like a dream, lingering in his mind.

He didn’t care about being presumptuous, he was possessed and went upstairs to greet them personally.

Wang Baochuan nervously swallowed, she thought of the Imperial River that night in the palace, she was struggling in the water, and when she met Xue Pinggui’s gaze, it was from this angle.

He stood on the riverbank, looking down at her like a god, while she struggled in the abyss, the autumn water was icy cold, and her heart was even colder.

Her face changed, and she subconsciously moved away from him.

“I want a pot of pre-rain Longjing tea, a plate of hibiscus cakes, a plate of osmanthus cakes, a plate of honey lotus cakes, and a plate of eight-treasure cakes.”

“Oh, right.” Wang Baochuan cleared her throat, calming down, “I don’t like the ‘Treading Ballad Girl’ being sung on the stage, have them change it.”

Xue Pinggui didn’t expect her to be so extravagant.  You know, Wo Yun Tower is the best teahouse in the capital, it costs at least two hundred taels of silver to order a play here.

Even the tea and snacks she ordered just now would cost seventy or eighty taels, enough for an ordinary family’s expenses for three years.

Xiaolian took out three silver notes from her purse, three hundred taels.

Xue Pinggui had just taken them when Wang Baochuan said lightly, “Keep the rest of the money as a tip.”

Xue Pinggui clenched his fist, he thought that Miss Wang was a graceful and elegant lady, but he didn’t expect her to be so materialistic.

He went downstairs and took out the extra thirty taels of silver and returned it to Wang Baochuan.

“Miss, you spend three hundred taels on a cup of tea and snacks, do you know how many poor people outside the city can’t even afford a meal!” His tone was a little indignant, he probably wanted to wake her up from her extravagant spending.

If this were her in her previous life, she would definitely think that the man in front of her was so special, so different, so considerate of the people.  But now, if it weren’t for her identity as the third Miss of the Prime Minister’s mansion, she would have rolled her eyes at him and said, “I spend my own money, why do you need to interfere?”

But she couldn’t scold him, after all, this man would become a dragon in the future…

Wait, dragon…  Isn’t the current Emperor just one of the princes who has been wandering around?

If she revealed Xue Pinggui’s identity to someone with ulterior motives, Xue Pinggui wouldn’t live to that time.

“What advice does this gentleman have?”

Wang Baochuan looked at him with innocent and naive eyes, asking innocently.

Xue Pinggui’s heart skipped a beat when he saw her beautiful eyes.

“The… the rich feast on meat and wine, while the poor freeze to death on the road.  I just want to advise Miss… advise Miss…”

“Hey! What are you saying, look, the porridge stall over there was opened by my Miss.” Xiaolian said dissatisfiedly.

Xue Pinggui’s face changed, “Even so, Miss shouldn’t be so extravagant.”