Qiao ruoyi said weakly, “If I really have the ability to deliberately roll the dice, why wait for the manor to issue an order to buy the Vermilion Statue? I’ll just go to the gambling den and win money. You Won’t be the first to win.”
Xie Yun slightly lowered her phoenix-like eyes, picked up the wine cup in front of her and drank up the strong liquor in one gulp.
The dice were the three dice that Fu Lu took out. Only Qiao Ruoyi kept throwing three one’s. It was hard for Xie Yun not to suspect that Qiao Ruoyi did not do it on purpose.
Fu Lu smiled faintly and said, “Continue, continue!”
“This time, ruoyi will throw the dice first!”Qiao Jinniang said.
Qiao Ruoyi put the dice into the dice cup, closed her eyes, and whispered, “Heaven and earth, Spirit, please show yourself, Grand Lord, not three one’s, not three one’s.”
When the Dice Cup was opened, the bright light lying on the dice cup was three ones.
Qiao Ruoyi’s face was dark, but Xie Yun’s face was even darker.
Fu Lu smiled faintly and said, “This, we don’t need to continue shaking, right?”
Qiao ruoyi still had a trace of hope and said, “Maybe you guys are also three ones.”
In order to make Qiao ruoyi give up, the internal attendant took the dice and dice cup from Qiao Ruoyi’s hands and handed them to the princess of Rong County, Sa Mo’er. When sa Mo’er went to take the dice, she saw the internal attendant moving in his wide sleeves.
Sa Mo’er was curious, but she did not say anything.
Several people shook the dice, but none of them had a one.
Xie Yun said to Qiao ruoyi, “And you said it was not intentional!”
It was harder to make three one’s than three sixes.
Qiao ruoyi picked up the wine cup in front of Xie Yun and filled it up for herself. She drank it all in one go and drank two more cups. The strong liquor was extremely spicy when it entered her throat. Qiao ruoyi had never drunk such strong liquor.
After Qiao Ruoyi finished drinking, she put down the wine cup and said, “You’re still the head of an aristocratic family. It’s just a few cups of liquor, and you’re still here to accuse others.”
Qin miaomiao said, “Ruoyi has a good tolerance for liquor.”
As soon as Qin Miaomiao finished speaking, he saw Qiao Ruoyi lying on the table with a red face.
The liquor used for today’s banquet was brought by Qiao Jinniang from Qiu Yue. It was stronger than ordinary good liquor.
Qiao ruoyi knew how to drink, but she only knew how to use fruit wine for the women at the banquet. It was hard not to get drunk after drinking three glasses of Qiu Yue’s distilled wine.
Seeing Qiao ruoyi fall, Qiao Jinniang said, “This wine is very strong. Hong Ling, help her to her room to rest first.”
Hong Ling accepted the order and helped Qiao ruoyi down.
After Qiao Ruoyi went down, the game continued. When Xie Yun received the three dice given by the internal attendant, he frowned. No matter how bad his luck was, he would not be able to throw three one dice every time.
It turned out that the dice had really been tampered with.
Xie Yun looked at Lu Chen in the seat of honor and thought to herself that he was childish. They were both people of the emperor. Was it fun to play such a small trick?
Lu Chen looked at the way Xie Yun looked at him and felt rather puzzled.
Qiao Jinniang saw that the two of them were looking at each other. She turned her body slightly to block Lu Chen’s line of sight. How dare the two of them look at each other so affectionately in front of her?
After Xie Yun shook the dice, he could not hold his liquor and fell down.
Lady Qiao also asked the palace maids to bring Xie Yun to the imperial manor to rest for a while to sober up.
Lu Chen ordered someone to bring Xie Yun’s dice to him and asked the imperial servant, “Did you do this?”
The imperial servant immediately knelt down and said, “Your Majesty, I don’t dare. Yes, it was Princess Fu Lu who ordered me to do this.”
Lu Chen looked at Fu Lu and said, “What grudge does the Xie family head have with you? Are you going to treat him like this?”
Fu Lu said softly, “Who asked him to lie to me? At that time, I thought he was really dead. I even cried for a long time. It’s a pity that a beautiful woman’s life is short…”
Qiao Jinniang took the dice that Lu Chen was playing with and threw it on the table a few times. Most of the times, it was three ones. It was no wonder that Qiao ruoi kept losing just now.
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Xie Yun was half-drunk and half-awake as he was carried into a courtyard by the palace servants. When the Empress came, all the rooms in the imperial manor were cleaned in advance.
In a small courtyard in the imperial manor.
A little palace maid with heavy makeup did not forget to stick her head out while sweeping the floor. An older palace maid came over and touched the forehead of the palace maid with heavy makeup:
“Yu’er, stop your thoughts. You are just a palace maid in the Imperial Manor. It is simply a pipe dream for you to serve the Emperor!
There are so many rich and noble daughters in Chang ‘an city who are not liked by the emperor. On what basis do you have?”
Tan Yu held the broom tightly and said, “Sister, God gave me such a look. Why Can’t I Gamble on my wealth? Do I have to stay in this imperial manor for the rest of my life and clean the deserted courtyard every day for those eunuchs to instigate me at will?”
“I’ve had enough of this kind of life. I want to enter the palace and become the Empress of His Majesty!”
“When I’m twenty-one years old, you and I will be able to leave the palace. How can it be for the rest of Our Lives!”
Qin Yu sneered, “So what if it’s twenty-one years? When the Li Palace returns home, I will be sold by my parents to become a servant girl in a wealthy family…”
The older palace maid said, “Now there is a new order. Parents are not allowed to buy and sell their children as slaves. If they become slaves, they will have to sign a contract. If parents force their children to become slaves, it is the same as forcing them to become prostitutes.
“After we leave the palace, we can make a small business with our salaries these years. Now, the imperial court treats women well in business. Sister Zhizi, who went out last year, has already earned a lot of money by selling buns. She has also found a good marriage, “She is married to a constable in the Chang ‘an government.”
Qin Yu said, “Sister Zhizi has to get up and knead the dough when she is ugly every day. She makes buns and burns firewood. A weak woman still has to go to the stall early. Her hands have become much thicker. What’s so good about marrying a constable!
“Is that little salary enough to buy Rouge or silk? “It’s better to stay in the palace and become a palace maid!”
The older palace maid saw that she could not convince her younger sister, so she gave up. She went into the room and looked at the silver in her dressing room.
She wanted to take out some money to give to sister Zhizi and let her open a shop. When she left the palace, she could either help out in the buns or take the dividends. She would not have to sit around and eat nothing.
However, when she opened the dressing room, the silver inside was gone, the palace maid went to look for Qin Yu in exasperation. “Did you take the silver in my dressing room? What did you do with it? Did you go to buy Rouge and water powder again? Why did you take all of it?”
“That is the dowry that I have accumulated for many years!”
Qin Yu said, “Sister, isn’t it just fifty taels of silver? After i become the imperial consort, I will give you five hundred taels, five thousand taels!”
Hearing that, Qin Xue said, “I don’t want five hundred taels, and I don’t want five thousand taels either. Give me back my fifty taels of silver. If you still want to be the imperial consort, you won’t even be able to meet His Majesty once!”
Qin Yu said, “I have already gone to buy things with that silver. There’s not a single cent left.”
“What did you buy that requires fifty taels of silver?”Qin Xue asked in shock.
Qin Yu took out a bag of medicinal powder from his bosom and said, “Not only that, I even borrowed fifty taels of silver from eunuch Huang. Just this bag of medicinal powder costs one hundred and twenty taels of silver. However, after the deed is done, I will be able to ascend to the heavens and become His Majesty’s Woman!”
Qin Xue frowned and said, “Just by relying on this bag of medicinal powder?”
