Chapter 224 - Jiajia Is Out of Money

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Since she knew her beautiful husband’s destination, she could just look for him there.

From her experience dealing with Qian Youde, Shen Yijia specially changed into a man’s outfit before entering the city. She even put a beard on her chin.

Rooster was in charge of leading the way.

The Shen family in the capital city.

Shen Ruyun poured a cup of hot tea over the maidservant who was serving her. “B*tch, are you trying to scald me to death with such hot tea?”

“Ah!” The maidservant covered her face and screamed. When she heard this, she hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to beg for mercy. “I wouldn’t dare. Eldest Miss, please spare my life. Just now, just now…”

It was clearly Shen Ruyun who said that she wanted to drink tea that was hotter than usual.

Seeing that she still dared to quibble, Shen Ruyun was so angry that she picked up the porcelain on the table and threw it at her head. “You’re so insincere towards me.”

The maidservant screamed and fainted on the spot.

“What’s with this commotion so early in the morning?” A graceful woman walked in and berated.

Glancing at the unconscious person on the ground, she instructed the old woman behind her, “Pull her away and deal with her.”

“Mother.” Shen Ruyun greeted her with an aggrieved expression.

Madam Chen tapped her nose. “How many times have I told you to restrain your temper? You just won’t listen. If word gets out, will you still be able to maintain the reputation I worked so hard to help you build?”

Shen Ruyun curled her lips indifferently. “Aren’t you still around, Mother? Let’s see who dares to spread the news.”

She glanced at the maidservants in the room who quickly lowered their heads, not daring to make a sound.

Madam Chen nodded in satisfaction and waved her hand. “All of you can leave.”

All the maidservants agreed. After they left, Shen Ruyun pulled Madam Chen into the room and sat down. She eagerly served a cup of tea. “Mother, did Father promise me?”

Madam Chen took it and placed it aside. She sighed. “Your father thinks that most people in the imperial court are calling for the eldest prince to be the crown prince. An imperial consort holds power within the harem, so he still wants you to enter the eldest prince’s residence.”

“I don’t want to. The Eldest Prince already has an official wife and a son. What can I do even if I go in?” Shen Ruyun’s face fell.

Madam Chen stroked the gold and jade bracelet on her wrist and said, “I heard that the Eldest Princess Consort is about to die.”

Shen Ruyun’s face turned pale. Was her mother not going to help her?

She bit her lip and suddenly stood up. “I’ll talk to Father myself.”

“Stop.” Madam Chen shouted sternly, “He’s already angry enough that you didn’t complete the task he asked you to do last time.

“He finally calmed down a little recently. Are you going to look for him now to make him completely disappointed in you?”

Shen Ruyun stopped in her tracks. Thinking of that matter, she gritted her teeth in anger. “What can I do if that little b*tch loses her things? Why doesn’t Father doesn’t blame that little b*tch instead?”

Besides, hadn’t Father already sent someone to look for it?

What’s so important about a few lousy things left behind by a dead person?”

“You…” Madam Chen knew that her daughter had been spoiled rotten by her. She rubbed her temples and stood up.” Stay in your room for the next few days. ”

“Mother!” Shen Ruyun screamed in disbelief. She watched helplessly as the two old women left behind by Madam Chen closed the door.

Shen Ruyun was so angry that she smashed the porcelain ornaments in her room. She remembered that ever since she returned from Anyang County, her father had not given her as much as he used to.

Thinking that it was because she didn’t bring the jewelry box back, she said angrily, “It’s all that little bitch’s fault. She’d better not let me see her.”

Shen Yijia did not know that she had been targeted again for no reason. After entering Wushuang City, she found an inn to stay.

She decided to find a place to keep Xiaohua and get a new horse. It would be more efficient that way.

But she had another problem.

The money she’d brought…

Wasn’t enough!

Even though she was being frugal, she only had about 70 taels of silver left.

Coupled with what Rooster had on him and what Qian Youde had given her, it was less than a hundred taels in total. A good horse cost at least a thousand taels. She didn’t dare to think about getting the best horse available, but she couldn’t get a horse that was worse than Rooster’s horse. However, it would still cost two to three hundred taels.

“If only I could meet another fool like Qian Youde,” Shen Yijia muttered as she squatted under the wall of the horse market and looked at the muscular horses inside.

She scratched her head in frustration. If there was no other way, she would have to wait until it was dark.

“Quick, catch that thief in front.”

An anxious voice came from the other end of the street. Shen Yijia glanced at it and saw a man running in her direction. He should be the thief that the speaker was talking about.

She didn’t intend to care. She was about to look away when a ball barged into her line of sight.

Shen Yijia’s eyes lit up. Wasn’t that Qian Youde? Speak of the devil.

She stood up and didn’t even look at the thief running past her. She waited for the panting Qian Youde to pass before reaching out to stop him. “How much would you pay me to help you catch him?”

Qian Youde was so tired that he bent down. When he heard this, he subconsciously said, “Fifty taels.”

Shen Yijia stood still and smacked her lips. “That thief has already run far away.”

Qian Youde was stunned for a moment. He was so angry that he panted heavily and pointed a trembling finger at Shen Yijia. “If you knew, why did you stop me?”

“You won’t be able to catch up to him anyway, but I can help you catch him,” Shen Yijia said matter-of-factly.

She saw that he was too tired from running, so she kindly stopped him to let him rest.

Qian Youde’s face lit up. “Then hurry up and go.”

“How much?” Shen Yijia asked with a smile.

Qian Youde was silent for a moment. “One hundred taels.”

Shen Yijia glanced in the direction the thief had left in. She blinked and sighed. “He ran even further.”

Qian Youde gritted his teeth. “A hundred and fifty taels.”

“We might not be able to find him again later.” Shen Yijia shook her head regretfully.

Qian Youde was speechless. Where did this lunatic come from? He had been in business for so long, but he had never seen someone raise their price like this.

She didn’t even know what he’d lost. Wasn’t she afraid that the thief stole less than what she’d asked for?

When he saw that the person was really about to disappear, Qian Youde angrily stretched out three fleshy fingers and placed them in front of Shen Yijia. “Three hundred taels.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt a flash in front of his eyes and a gust of wind. The lunatic who had stopped him was gone, and two words came from the air. “Deal.”

Qian Youde rubbed his eyes. Damn, what the hell was going on?

Shen Yijia chased after the thief at the corner in high spirits. At this moment, she looked at him like a running gold ingot with sparkling eyes.

“What’s wrong with you? Why are you chasing me?” the thief shouted at her in exasperation.

He wasn’t stealing from her. Did she have to chase after him?