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"My Lord, our shopkeeper said that for the sake of Her Royal Highness the Princess and you, all the food and drink expenses of the Second Young Master in the past few days in the small cell will be waived, but the money he owes cannot be waived. My Lord, do you think you can pay it now, or send someone to deliver the money to us later?"

The guys at Jinbao Casino were polite, but the sarcasm that flashed across their eyes was not deceptive.

Prince Consort Xiao asked in a deep voice, "How much silver does he owe?"

The waiter smiled and said, "To answer your question, the Second Young Master doesn't owe much. It's all small amounts, only a mere 10,000 taels."

Xiao Yue, who was lying on the ground pretending to be dead, sat up suddenly and said, "Dad, we can't give them this money. I didn't go to gamble voluntarily. I was caught by them. They forced me to gamble. I don't know how to gamble. If I don't gamble, they beat me. I have no choice but to gamble. I was forced by them!"

The waiter looked very surprised: "Oh, my second son, you are a grown man, your legs are on your body, we open the door to do business, you want to come in, can we stop you?
Besides, you yourself said that all this money was indeed exported from your own hands. Isn't it only natural that you should pay back the debt?"

At this time, Princess Jiayi heard the news and hurried over. Before she even entered the house, she heard the waiter's words and saw Xiao Yue in such a state of disgrace. Princess Jiayi was furious. She pointed at the waiter and said, "Where did this evil slave come from? How dare he act so presumptuously in my house? Come on, kick him out!"

The waiter didn't expect that Princess Jiayi would kick him out without saying anything. He hurriedly said, "Your Highness, calm down. Your Highness, calm down. I'm just here to collect the money. I don't have any..."

Before he could finish his words, he saw Princess Jiayi's face full of pain, and she bent over, holding her stomach.

Prince Consort Xiao was horrified and quickly supported her: "Princess, Princess, what's wrong with you?"

Nanny Bai, who came with the eldest princess, hurriedly said, "Go get the imperial physician quickly. The eldest princess is having a miscarriage."

In a moment, people were thrown to the ground and the waiter tried to slip away. Xiao Yue didn't know where he got the strength from, and hugged the waiter's legs: "You liars, I'm going to complain!"

But in the end, Prince Consort Xiao still released the clerk. As soon as the clerk left the house, he spread the news that the Princess's Mansion owed 10,000 taels of silver and had not repaid it.

The next day, Prince Consort Xiao sent someone to deliver 12,000 taels of silver to the Jinbao Casino to redeem Xiao Yue's IOU.

Princess Jiayi, who had not yet completely gotten over the pain of losing her son, was so angry at this cheap son that she had a miscarriage. She was old and it was already difficult for her to be pregnant. How could she withstand such an ordeal? Now she could only stay in bed to protect the fetus.

The Princess's Mansion once again became the topic of conversation among the people of the capital. This time, everyone felt sorry for Princess Jiayi, who was the only legitimate princess of this dynasty and a true darling of heaven. But who could have thought that she met the wrong man? Her husband had a mistress and she had to acknowledge the mistress's son. Her only biological son died. After she finally gave birth to a pearl, she became pregnant again, but was almost miscarried because of the uneducated mistress.

When the news reached the palace, Concubine Li felt a little regretful. Why didn't that bitch Jiayi have an abortion? It would be best if there were two lives lost.

In fact, there were originally two legitimate princesses in this dynasty, in addition to Princess Jiayi, there was also Princess Jiale.

Jiayi was the daughter of the original queen, and Jiale was the daughter of the successor queen, Wang. Later, Wang was deposed because of the case of the crown prince of Prince Wu, and Jiale's status plummeted. Now her status in the palace is not even as good as that of Princess Jiarou, the daughter of Concubine Xu.

Thinking of Princess Jiayi who always looked down upon her, Concubine Dowager Li felt extremely angry, but even though she was a concubine dowager, she could not do anything blatantly to Princess Jiayi.

Fortunately, there is Jiale, and Jiale is not married yet.

Concubine Dowager Li asked someone to call Princess Jiale over.

Emperor Yongjia had just returned to the harem when he heard that Concubine Dowager Li was using Princess Jiale as a punching bag again.

Emperor Yongjia was so angry that he smashed a teacup and said to the empress, "Go and bring Jiale from my mother's palace."

The Queen also felt that Concubine Li's behavior was really not worthy of being tolerated. As a concubine, why did she always pick on a teenage girl?
Although Concubine Dowager Li was very unhappy, she still gave the Queen some face and handed Princess Jiale over to the Queen.

Looking at Princess Jiale who lowered her head and was submissive, the queen shook her head helplessly.

This girl doesn’t know whether she will be reincarnated or not.

You can't say that she would do that. She was reincarnated into the queen's belly and her father is the emperor!
It is said that she would be reincarnated. When she was still a child, her mother was deposed, and her father, the emperor, ignored her.

In the evening, the empress told Emperor Yongjia about Princess Jiale's marriage: "Next year is the year of the imperial examination. I would like to ask Your Majesty to choose a consort for Jiale from the newly-appointed Jinshi. She is not young anymore. When I was her age, I had already given birth to four princesses."

Emperor Yongjia nodded with satisfaction and said, "Since Zitong is so thoughtful, I will do as you say. Next year, I will select a newly-appointed Jinshi as my son-in-law. Huiming and Huixin are also old enough to choose their own sons-in-law. Once the list is released next year, I will register those who are still unmarried and ask Zitong to select them personally."

The queen smiled and bowed, "I thank your majesty on behalf of the three girls."

Emperor Yongjia quickly helped her up and said, "Huiming and Huixin are my nieces. Although Jiale is my sister, she is about the same age as my daughters. I have always treated her as a child. I am busy with government affairs, so Zitong will have to take care of their marriages."

After having dinner in the Queen's Palace, Emperor Yongjia went to Concubine Qiao.

Over the years, no matter where he stayed, dinner would be served in the Queen's Palace.

After seeing off Emperor Yongjia, the empress sat under the lamp, silent.

The queen was also the consort. Like the deposed Queen Wang, she also had only one daughter.

Whenever the queen saw the helpless Princess Jiale, she would think of her own daughter. If something happened to her, her daughter would be the next Jiale. No, her daughter would be even more pitiful than Jiale, because the emperor was far more merciful than Emperor Yongjia. He could ignore Jiale, but he would not give her away as a gift to a foreign country. However, Emperor Yongjia did not.
The queen subconsciously touched her belly. A few years ago, she had hoped to give birth to a prince, but now, she hoped that Emperor Yongjia would not spend the night with her. She was worried that she would get pregnant. It would be fine if she gave birth to another princess, but what if it was a prince?
The queen didn't dare to think further, she was afraid.

Emperor Yongjia already had nine princes. If she gave birth to another one, there would be ten.

Her son is the youngest, how can he fight against his adult brothers? Can such a small child avoid those open and hidden attacks?
Moreover, Emperor Yongjia probably didn't want her to give birth to a son. There were too many sons but only one position. No father would want to see siblings killing each other. After all, she was the queen and her son was competitive.

The queen sighed and said to the nanny beside her: "Jiayi is having a miscarriage. Go out of the palace to see her tomorrow."

The next day, all the gifts from Emperor Yongjia and the Empress were sent to the Princess's Mansion. Even Concubine Li, the concubines and imperial concubines in the palace, as well as Concubine Qiao and others, all sent generous gifts.

The queen not only sent her trusted nanny over, she also asked the fourth princess to come along.

The fourth princess was only seven years old. She was very well-educated and behaved like a little adult in every move.

Princess Jiayi liked the fourth princess very much. She held her and refused to let go. She wanted to have a daughter like her.

Her daughter must be more beautiful than the Fourth Princess. Although the Fourth Princess is cute, her nose is like that of Emperor Yongjia, which is a hooked nose. It is not really good-looking for a girl to have a hooked nose.

Not only the fourth princess, but all nine sons and seven daughters of Emperor Yongjia had the same hooked nose, which wasted their biological mother's beautiful face.

Perhaps pregnant women always have wild thoughts. At this moment, looking at the fourth princess' hooked nose, Princess Jiayi's thoughts were wandering wildly.

Neither the retired emperor nor Concubine Li had hooked noses, and neither did the other brothers and sisters. Princess Jiayi had seen the portraits of the ancestors and concubines, and had not seen anyone with a hooked nose. So who did the second child inherit the hooked nose from?
This heredity is quite powerful, it actually changed the royal genes, and all future royal children, regardless of gender, will have a hooked nose. Princess Jiayi shuddered and subconsciously touched her nose. Fortunately, fortunately, I was born decades earlier.

Although the palace sent many rewards, which seemed to give the Princess's Mansion unlimited respect, everyone understood that every reward the palace sent to the Princess was a slap in the face of Prince Consort Xiao.

The reason why the eldest princess had a miscarriage was because of them father and son.

First, Prince Consort Xiao secretly crossed the Chencang Pass, and second, he failed to educate his son well.

Therefore, Prince Consort Xiao took the initiative to submit a letter of apology, and Emperor Yongjia fined him three months' salary.

His salary was not even enough to cover the money Xiao Yue spent on gambling.

The matter in the palace has been resolved, but the eldest princess is still bedridden to protect her pregnancy.

That night, Prince Consort Xiao wanted to go to sleep with the eldest princess, but was stopped outside by Nanny Bai. Prince Consort Xiao knelt until midnight and finally had to return to the Xiao Mansion next door.

The next day, the news spread like wildfire.

When the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household heard the news, she immediately asked someone to design a new pattern. Seeing that Princess Jiayi was about to get a divorce, at least before the new prince consort came, there could no longer be a pattern of flowers blooming in pairs on the gold ingot given to her, so as not to arouse the prince's anger.

The stalemate lasted for another two days, and Prince Consort Xiao finally made a choice.

The Xiao family in the capital, that is, Prince Consort Xiao's own branch, has split up.

Although it was called a division of the family, in fact, only Xiao Yue was separated. After all, Xiao Zhen was already dead, and it was unknown whether the baby in the eldest princess' belly was a boy or a girl. Now Prince Consort Xiao only had Xiao Yue as his son.

Although he was the only son, Xiao Yue was born out of wedlock after all, so he didn't get much.

Moreover, Prince Consort Xiao had just paid off his gambling debt of 10,000 taels a few days ago.

In the end, Xiao Yue got five thousand taels of silver and a shop from Prince Consort Xiao.

That night, Xiao Yue was forcibly taken to the Jinbao gambling house by a few playboys. The next morning, Xiao Yue came out with his clothes intact, but the long-time attendant of the Prince of Baoqing Marquis also came out with him.

The long-time attendant followed Xiao Yue to close the shop.

It turned out that that night, Xiao Yue not only lost all the 5,000 taels he got from the division of the family property, but also lost the shop to the son of the Marquis of Baoqing.

This matter soon spread throughout the capital. Prince Consort Xiao was furious. He picked up a stick and led people to look for Xiao Yue all over the capital, claiming that he would beat Xiao Yue to death.

After searching for several days, Xiao Yue seemed to have evaporated from the face of the earth and disappeared without a trace.

Not long after, someone said that they saw a Huadan singer in a troupe heading south who looked very much like Xiao Yue.

However, the truth of this matter is impossible to verify. Whether it is the Princess's Mansion or the Xiao family, they would rather believe that Xiao Yue was hacked to death by debt collectors than admit that Xiao Yue was an actor.

There were endless new things happening in the capital, and soon people's attention was diverted.

Something happened to Censor Jin!

Ever since he hit his head against the pillar in the court that day, although Censor Jin has been recuperating at home, his reputation has risen much higher than before.

If it were usual, this would be the moment when Censor Jin would be in high spirits, but now, he was like a chicken waiting to be slaughtered, with his head hanging and looking listless.

Nephew Jin's temperament changed drastically since he learned about his life experience.

In the past, in order to live more comfortably in the mansion, he had to please his uncle, Censor Jin. In front of this uncle, he pretended to be humble. Whenever he came back from outside, he would bring a few snacks that his uncle liked, or fake ink blocks bought from roadside stalls. When his uncle found out that it was a fake, his face turned red, and his embarrassed look always reminded Uncle Jin of his sister-in-law when she was young.

But now, when he knew that his uncle was not his uncle but his biological father, the mentality of nephew Jin changed.

He no longer wanted to be a good and obedient nephew.

He first scolded his mother, Mrs. Jin, saying that she was a woman who wanted to be a virtuous woman and even had a child but still had to live under someone else's roof, which was too shameful.

Even a clay figure has his or her own personality. Moreover, since Mrs. Jin decided to come to the capital, she has never thought of living under someone else's roof and living in silence for the rest of her life.

She is not here to join, she is here to destroy!
She was Censor Jin's first woman, equivalent to his original wife.

And Mrs. Tao is just a bitch who steals other people's husbands.

Now her son told her that this matter was no longer a secret and other people knew about it too.

Mrs. Jin was like a blind man who had touched ivory. A knife, a sharp knife.

With a knife in hand, she has nothing to fear.

She immediately wanted to confront Mrs. Tao, but Mrs. Tao was not at home.

Mrs. Tao had to run the shop and also take care of a farm outside the city, so she was often busy outside.

In the eyes of Censor Jin, Mrs. Tao was simply restless, which made him ashamed to talk about it.

In the eyes of Mrs. Jin, Mrs. Tao did not enjoy the good life at home, but was out in public doing business, smelling of money. No wonder her brother-in-law looked down on her, she deserved it.

Therefore, neither Censor Jin, nor the eldest sister-in-law and nephew had any suspicions when Mrs. Tao was not in the house.

Moreover, when they need money on a daily basis, they just reach out and take it. As for how the money is earned, they never ask, nor do they bother to ask.

What is money?
It's just some trash. (End of this chapter)