Chapter 111: Dignity or Bread?
Hua Luo was stunned: "Sister Asakura is still thinking about what happened back then?"
A cold light flashed in the eyes of the light cherry blossoms, like an ice sting that could cone people: "The events of that year were the pain of my life, and I will never forget it in my life."
Hua Luo looked left and right, in addition to the vast terrain and faintly revealing the former style, the entire Thirteen Princes' Mansion was full of a dilapidated atmosphere of broken jars inside and out.
Because of the vast terrain, the surrounding area is even more desolate, as if it may become an abandoned house at any time.
There are no unnecessary furnishings around, it looks very empty, and the old paint on the tables and chairs has cracked irregular lines, and a large piece has fallen in the middle, and it looks like it is about to fall off, revealing the original color of the wood.
"Anyway, the deceased is gone, and the living should be cherished even more, cheer up, Sister Asakura, it's not a way for you to go on like this."
"This set of tables and chairs...... It seems that when I came to your house when I was a child, it was placed in the main hall, especially I remember that there were only six or seven percent of the new ones at that time, and now it should have been replaced a long time ago, and even if it was not replaced, at least someone had to repaint and repair the loose table legs."
Asakura knew that Hua Luo wanted to use the table and chair to find out about her current situation, so she sighed vividly, and folded her hands, in a very casual posture: "We people are poor, we can't afford to change to new tables and chairs, how can you be as rich as you are Nineteenth Sister, just leaking a little bit from between your fingernails is enough for us to eat for a while."
Hua Luo asked, "Sister Asakura, what about the assets under your hands?"
Wang Ji, the prince of the Apocalypse Kingdom, could live in the palace before, live on a fixed monthly salary, have a special person to educate, learn poetry, books and etiquette and so on.
Once he becomes an adult, except for the prince, he will leave the palace to build a house independently, and at the same time, he will get a certain amount of assets to make a living.
But how can it be said that the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, how could Asakura, as a princess, get mixed to this extent?
Asakura was wearing a gorgeous red and gold dress, her lips like peach petals opened and closed, and she said nonchalantly: "Last year's business was not good, almost all of them were scrapped, I stopped the loss in time and converted them into cash to make up for them, and posted the expenses of the Thirteen Princes' Mansion, I know that this is the bottom of the kettle, but I can't eat it now, and I can suffer one day at a time."
"So you've been sitting and eating all year long?"
Asakura is noncommittal.
"Sister Asakura, I remember that your mother gave you a pair of white jade bracelets on your birthday, why didn't I see you wearing it?"
Hua Luo basically had a judgment in her heart.
"I took it for a few days ago, and when I think about it, it's the only thing I have on me, and I can last for two or three months if I exchange it for silver."
Asakura sneered, her delicate face was very gorgeous, her beauty was rich and mellow, and her tone couldn't hear any emotion: "Sister Nineteen won't come to see my jokes today."
"What are you talking about, we are sisters, one is prosperous and the other is lost, you are living so depressed now, you have given all the bracelets given by the queen mother, if this is spread, won't you slap me in the face?"
Hua Luo took out two shop deeds from her storage bag: "These are two shop deeds, one is a tea house located in the tea lane on the left side of Yu Street, although it is not a first-class prime location, but the business is not bad, there is a regular income every day, and it is no problem to have a monthly turnover of 20,000 or 30,000 silver."
"The other one is a money village near the teahouse, you can take it and run it yourself, at least the expenses for maintaining the palace are enough."
"The nineteenth sister is really generous, such a cash cow with two pieces of gold will give it away." Asakura covered her mouth with a handkerchief, "However, I don't need to give alms, it's already a broken jar, are you still afraid of breaking, Nineteenth Sister should take this thing back."
Zhan Xing frowned from the sidelines, where did she not want it, she was just worried about her face and dignity.
This Thirteenth Highness really doesn't know what to do, he still wants dignity even after being so virtuous, and such a person deserves to starve to death.
Hua Luo saw that she was rare to be kind, but she didn't appreciate it, so she didn't rush to help, and directly put away the store deed: "Okay, then I'll be troublesome, I'll go first."
Gone."
Hua Luo stood up and raised her feet to leave.
Sakura looked panicked for a moment, and hurriedly shouted behind her, "Nineteenth sister......
Flora turned around and slapped the store deed she hadn't taken back the storage bag back on the table.
This time, Sakura accepted it without the slightest hesitation, and brushed her temples with her hand a little unnaturally: "Look at me, my memory is getting worse and worse when I am idle in the house, you have been here for so long, and I haven't asked anyone to serve you tea." Nineteenth sister, no matter how you say it's the first time to come here, let's have a cup of tea and then go, come on, serve tea!"
As soon as Asakura's voice fell, two good-looking teenagers, only about seventeen or eighteen years old, came late with a tea cup.
Zhan Xing was about to pick up the teacup and pour a cup of tea for Hua Luo, when one of the round-faced young men with eyes picked up the teapot in one step, and his voice was still a little immature: "How dare you bother my sister."
When Zhanxing heard this, he retreated.
The young man bent down to make tea for Hua Luo, and suddenly looked up and saw Hua Luo's appearance, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.
They are all Asakura's male attendants, and most of them are from good families with poor backgrounds, so they were recruited by Ten.
In fact, there is not much difference in age between Hua Luo and light cherry blossoms, but their temperaments are very different.
If Asakura gives people the feeling of a young beauty who still has charm, then Hua Luo gives people the feeling of being a vibrant girl.
The round-faced boy was accustomed to the mature and abundant beauty of the light cherry blossoms, and when he saw a beautiful girl of the same age as himself at first glance, he couldn't help but look at it a few more times.
Delicate and small, there are two natural and obvious lying silkworms under the big black and white eyes, which make the eyes brighter and more energetic, and the fluorescent white skin has no flaws.
The tea overflowed, flowed from the cup to the table, pooled into a large pool, and flowed down the table.
Asakura took a sip of tea, suddenly noticed the gaffe of the servant in her house, and coughed lightly as a warning.
The young man came back to his senses, and only then did he realize his gaffe, and hurriedly confessed: "Your Highness forgives your sins, Your Highness forgives your sins."
Asakura was noncommittal, and continued to talk to Hua Luo: "Because the expenses in the mansion are not enough, I dismissed a bunch of servants a few days ago, and I left all the servants alone, after all, they are my people in life, and death is my ghost, no matter how bad my life is, I can't let them all enter the gate of the Thirteen Princes' Mansion and return to their own house, where does this make my face go."
When Sakura said this, she looked at the two male waiters who had cleaned up the mess and stood on the side of the rules, as if she meant something.
Hua Luo didn't know what kind of dumb riddle Asakura was playing for a while, so she just casually echoed: "Yes, the squire is different from ordinary servants, after all, he is already Sister Asakura's person, so he can sneak away whatever he says."
"That being said, there are too many people in the house, and I'm really a little stretched and can't afford to support them. Nineteenth sister, just by virtue of your affection for sending charcoal in the snow today, and by virtue of our sisterhood, Sister Wang can clearly tell you that whatever you want, whatever I can afford, I will not hesitate to give it with both hands."
As he spoke, his eyes glanced at the round-faced young man who was out of shape just now: "Speaking of which, you have just made a marriage contract, and there is not even a servant in the East Palace, so it is too cold, and the things in my house are cold, and there is nothing to ask for, but there is no shortage of male attendants."
"There are a lot of prostitutes in my house whose buttocks are whiter than snow and whose muscles are as smooth as oil, if the nineteenth sister likes it, I will send you two, you can take it back."
Of course, it was impossible for Hua Luo to agree: "Thank you for your kindness, but forget it."
Seeing that Hua Luo's appearance was not polite, she didn't force it: "Nineteenth sister, you are just not interested in the relationship between men and women, you are the prince, and the queen mother is still looking forward to you spreading branches and spreading the leaves as soon as possible to extend the heirs."
After chatting with Asakura for tea for a while, Hua Luo knew it was time to go: "Sister Asakura, I still have something to do, so I'll leave first."
"Okay, your business matters, here.........
"No need to send it." Blossom interrupted Sakura, "Farewell."
After saying that, she took Zhanxing and left.
Look at the flowers
Luo left, and the smile on Asakura Sakura's face was like a painting on the wall, and she fell to the ground quickly with a bang.
Her face was slightly gloomy, and she paced left and right in front of the two male attendants, who couldn't help but fall to their knees with a thud, trembling in fear.
After a long time, Sakura showed a smile, but this smile was chilling, which made people tremble: "Tell me about the two of you, is the little sister of the main hall beautiful?"
The two male attendants looked at me, and I looked at you, but they didn't dare to speak.
"Why, when the temple asked, you didn't answer?" Sakura's words carried an invisible sense of oppression.
"Not pretty, not pretty."
One of the waitresses was the first to answer, shaking his head abruptly.
"Not pretty?" Asakura was obviously not satisfied with this answer, "Nineteen sisters are the most beautiful of our sisters, but you say that she is not beautiful, could it be that you have a problem with your aesthetics?" Come on, pull it down!"
"Your Highness spares your life! Your Highness spares your life!"
The waitress didn't understand what he had done wrong, he just didn't dare to admit that the other women were beautiful in front of Sakura.
At this moment, there was only the round-faced young man who looked at Hua Luo a few more times just now and lost his temper.
The round-faced boy has been in the Thirteen Princes' Mansion for less than a year, and he doesn't pay attention to it, so he rarely walks around in front of the light cherry blossoms, where has he seen this kind of battle, he is so frightened that he doesn't dare to take a breath, his heart is pounding, and his palms are full of slippery sweat.
"Tell me, is my nineteenth sister beautiful?"
"Drifting, pretty."
The round-faced boy replied in a slurch.
"It's not something you can worry about beautifully, since you entered the mansion, this hall has treated you well, look at the way you just wanted to stick your eyes to the nineteenth sister, why, are you looking forward to her falling in love with you, and taking you into the East Palace as a male waiter? Then you yourself heard it, and the temple gave you to her for free, and she didn't want it."
"Eating in the bowl and watching the next thing in the pot!"
"Your Highness......!"
Before the round-faced boy had time to shout these two words, Asakura directly interrupted him and ordered the people below, "Take it down, gouge out your eyes, and send it back where you came from!"
Sakura's tone was furious like a storm, and the others didn't dare to be ambiguous, and one of them grabbed one of the round-faced boy's arms and dragged him out.
"Your Highness spares your life, Your Highness spares your life, the slave will never dare again!"
The round-faced boy burst into tears and shouted for mercy, but was dragged down.