Chapter 188: Prince Qi’s Mansion on the verge of bankruptcy
Time flew by and soon came the day of the Empress Dowager's birthday.
It can be said that this day is celebrated by everyone. The whole capital is decorated with lights and colorful decorations, and the cries of various performers can be heard endlessly. There is a cheerful atmosphere everywhere.
The guards at the four city gates in the southeast, northwest and northwest have also been removed, allowing pedestrians and traders to travel as they please. Even the opera troupe opened its doors and did not charge any money, allowing people who liked to listen to the opera to enter at will.
In this bustling city, Miaochun Pavilion was the only place that was deserted and deserted. When the second prince went out and saw these lively scenes, his nose almost broke with anger. If Bi Yuntao hadn't blown up Miaochun Pavilion, his income today alone would have been equivalent to a week's profit. This also made him resent Bi Yuntao even more. Fortunately, he could be killed in a few days, which made the second prince feel a little better.
Bi Yuntao didn't know these things at all. Every time he saw the numbers on the palace's account books getting smaller and smaller these days, he had a severe headache.
"Bah! Bah!" Qiuzhu held a steamed bun in his mouth and stretched out an empty bowl towards Xiaolan, "Sister Lan, here's another ten thousand white porridge!"
"Can you please keep your mouth shut when you eat!" Bi Yuntao had a headache when he heard Qiuzhu's squeaking sound, and became even more irritated. Finally, he couldn't bear the sound of her squeaking like a fly, so he shouted at her.
"Chewing on the steamed buns, it looks great with the porridge!" Qiuzhu felt not ashamed but proud. Not only did he continue to chirp, he even added a rhyme to it.
"Eat, eat, eat! You just know how to eat!" Bi Yuntao couldn't suppress the anger in his heart anymore, "Do you know how much money you have eaten from me in the past few days since you came to my Prince Qi's Mansion?"
"Why don't I just eat some of your rice! Are you so angry?" Eaters are short-tongued and soft-handed. Qiuzhu also knew how big his appetite was, so he weakly countered.
"I can't stop your mouth even if I eat! Hurry up and eat your food." Xiaolan put the plate of porridge in front of Qiuzhu and glared at her. Then he quickly sat next to Bi Yuntao and comforted her gently, "Master, calm down. Today is the Empress Dowager's birthday. It's a great day. Don't get hurt because of these things."
"It's not that I'm fussy, but look at her, her stomach is simply a bottomless pit!" Bi Yuntao was in no mood to touch Xiaolan now. He was in a terrible mood at this time, "She's just here. In a few days, there will only be one tael of silver left in the accounts of my palace!"
"This is real gold and silver. She has no sense of restraint at all. All she used is my salary." Bi Yuntao wanted to cry now. Seeing Qiuzhu still eating too much, he felt a burst of pain in his body.
He was already poor, so every month his mother and concubine gave him fifty taels of silver for pocket money. After excluding his daily expenses, as long as he didn't spend too much time and money, fifty taels of silver was more than enough for him.
But he was the King of Qi, how could he endure the loneliness and stay at home all day without leaving the door? Therefore, the fifty taels of silver are not enough at all, and every month it is the Moonlight Clan.
And now his fifty taels of silver have been eaten up by Qiu Zhu in two mouthfuls. Why don't Bi Yuntao feel pain?
Fortunately, the only thing I can be thankful for is that my mother-in-law is responsible for the daily expenses of the servants and maids, so I only need to take care of my own food and drink.
The fundamental reason for all these changes was that Qiuzhu came to his palace. If she hadn't come, how could he be controlled by others?
Since Qiuzhu came to the palace, Qiuzhu had to pay for everything he ate and used himself, and his mother-in-law directly became the shopkeeper.
I didn't really care at first. I just wanted to eat something. No matter how much a short fat person eats, how much can he eat? So Bi Yuntao agreed directly. After all, Xiaolan was able to stay by his side in the future, just to have two more mouths. It was a trivial matter. The big deal was that he would no longer have sex, and there was nothing to lose.
But when the meal started, Bi Yuntao was completely dumbfounded and immediately realized that he had been plotted by his mother and concubine.
Where is Qiuzhu eating? It's like stuffing things into the stomach. One hand is not enough, so two hands take turns. He wanted to eat about ten mouthfuls of white flour steamed buns alone, but Qiuzhu finished it in two or three mouthfuls. He didn't even chew and swallowed almost the whole thing.
"No way!" Xiaolan smiled awkwardly, "I remember I had only read the account book before Qiuzhu came, and there was... a lot of... money..." Xiaolan took the account book aside and said Seeing the lonely one or two words written above, the smile suddenly froze on his face and he stared in disbelief.
"Ah! Where's the money? There was obviously so much before!" Xiaolan flipped through the account books in a panic, checking page after page carefully.
It was okay at first, everything was normal. But after Qiuzhu arrived, her expenditure on food increased significantly, from a few coins to several taels. Even her expenditure in the first two days after arriving was only a dozen taels.
"I..." Xiaolan trembled with her hands and turned her head to look at Bi Yuntao in disbelief, "So, our Prince Qi's Mansion has no money?"
"Yes! I'm bankrupt! I'm bankrupted by this short fat guy!" Bi Yuntao slumped on the chair, looking at Qiu Zhu who was still eating, his tone was hollow and desperate, "This is the last full meal. It’s time to eat.”
Qiuzhu felt the change in the atmosphere, and the hand holding the bun froze in place, looking at Bi Yuntao and Xiaolan inexplicably, "What are you looking at me for? You're still staring at me with weird eyes."
"You still want to eat! Put it down quickly!" Xiaolan looked at the only three steamed buns left and hurriedly grabbed them to protect them in her arms.
"Sister Lan, what's wrong with you? Isn't it just a few steamed buns? You can buy them after you finish eating!" Qiuzhu pointed his fingers and said, staring at the steamed buns in Xiao Lan's arms with salivation, and kept swallowing his saliva.
"Eat, eat, eat! You just know how to eat! Don't eat! The young master and I didn't eat anything, you ate them all by yourself!" Xiaolan pinched her waist and glared at Qiuzhu, "It's no wonder that the young master said you are fat. Look how fat you are now? From now on, you can only eat three steamed buns per meal, and you can work for me the rest of the time!"
"Ah? You can only eat three steamed buns?" Qiuzhu looked at Xiaolan aggrievedly, "Sister Lan, three are not enough! At least ten steamed buns are enough!"
"You're against me, right? You know how to talk back?" Xiaolan stared at her with raised eyebrows like a cat with fur all the time, "If you dare to talk back, go back to where you came from!"
"Okay then!" Qiuzhu agreed with an aggrieved pout.
"After you finish eating, go to work now!" Xiaolan pointed at the door angrily, "I'm annoyed when I see you now!"
"Oh~Sister Lan!" Qiuzhu was almost crying with grievance, "You can't bully me like this. Even if you don't give me food, you still make me do hard labor!"
"Hurry up and go to work for me! Don't you understand?" Xiaolan really didn't want to see her at all now.
The young master is doing well and can go to the palace for dinner today, but what about himself? After eating these three steamed buns, I only have a few coins left in my pocket, and I still have to take care of the bottomless pit of Qiuzhu. How can this money be enough?
"Oh!" Qiuzhu pouted, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and walked out aggrievedly.
"Master! I'm sorry, I didn't expect Qiuzhu to be so edible!" Xiaolan turned around and said embarrassedly when Qiuzhu disappeared.
"It's okay! My salary will come down soon. At worst, I will go to my mother and concubine to make some money these days." Bi Yuntao took Xiaolan's little hand and comforted her.
"Hey!" Xiaolan sighed sadly, "Master, it's good for you. You can go to the imperial concubine's place to eat. What should I do? I have to take care of that girl Qiuzhu! My little salary is not enough for her to have a meal!"
Bi Yuntao smiled mysteriously at her, walked to the door amidst her doubtful eyes, and saw Qiuzhu cleaning the yard. Then he closed the door, hugged Xiaolan from behind, held her crystal earlobes in his hands, and touched her ears. Bian whispered quietly.
"Don't worry, no one can starve my little baby Lanlan!"
"Master!" Listening to the disgusting words Bi Yuntao said in her ears, Xiaolan's cheeks were stained with a blush. She grabbed his hands that were making trouble around her waist and lowered her head shyly.
"Actually, there is still some money in the house, and the account books have been changed by me!" Bi Yuntao raised his head and looked left and right to make sure no one heard, and then said mysteriously.
Xiaolan raised her head in surprise, "Why did the young master do this?"
"Although I still have some money, I don't have much money anymore. If I continue to be eaten by Qiuzhu like this, sooner or later I will be bankrupted by her. If this gets out, I can't afford to lose that person!"
Bi Yuntao picked up Xiaolan, put her on his lap, and said apologetically to Xiaolan, "Don't blame me for treating Qiuzhu like this. I really can't afford to support such a big eater, so I had to take this step to let Qiuzhu I will be hungry for a few days, and then I will find an opportunity to take Qiuzhu into the palace to find my mother-in-law and return this trouble to my mother-in-law."
"This unsightly problem is solved, and I can share our world with Xiao Lanlan!"
"Master, you are evil!" Xiaolan said angrily, "How can you bully others! Qiuzhu has been very strong since she was a child, and if you don't let her eat, it will be even worse than killing her."
"There's no way!" Bi Yuntao said helplessly, "My salary and salary are all in the hands of my mother-in-law, and the money left to me can't support Qiuzhu's big eater. Even my own flowers are tight. , if Qiuzhu, the foodie, is included in this, I, Prince Qi, will probably have to sell it for money."
"Then do you really want Qiuzhu to eat every meal from now on?" Xiaolan asked.
"That's not the case." Bi Yuntao rubbed Xiaolan's smooth face and said softly, "I still give her a whole meal for every meal, but the amount must be reduced. Maybe we will have to go back to the old school again these days. It’s time to stay at Hanfeng Temple, so continue to be a vegetarian.”
"That's good, thank you, Master." Xiaolan patted her chest reassuringly, "Qiuzhu has no other hobbies except eating. Even her and I were forced to practice martial arts when we were young. After our parents passed away, No one looked at her anymore, so she relaxed.”
"Qiuzhu will definitely be unhappy when he sees that he is not full, and he will complain to you coquettishly. You must be hard-hearted and never be soft-hearted. Otherwise, the little money you and I have will not be enough for Qiuzhu to eat for a few days. "Bi Yuntao told him earnestly.
"That's natural!" Xiaolan nodded, "I also think it's better to let her go to the Imperial Concubine. Although there are many people in the palace, with the Imperial Concubine making the decision, not only can she have enough to eat, but she can also Being bullied.”
"Well? Isn't it because you want to share the world between us?" Bi Yuntao hugged Xiaolan and said with a smirk.
"Bah!" Xiaolan broke away from his arms and ran out with a blushing face, "I don't care about letting you live in a world of two! You have to live it up on your own!"
"Zizzi! It's so cute! I've slept in the same bed several times, and you're still so shy!" Seeing Xiaolan rushing out of the door shyly, Bi Yuntao said with a smile, "Send away Qiuzhu, the loser. Eat this little white rabbit with your thin skin and tender flesh, and make some meat for my little brother!"
