Chapter 291: Selling Concubines
If you don't have money, you can eat if you want to? said so righteously, does the dignified prince want to eat the overlord meal because of a sweet potato? Du Yuzhen didn't care if he had money or not, anyway, he said let him eat it.
"How did you sell it?" Du Yuzhen walked over and asked the old man who sold sweet potatoes.
"One copper plate two." The old man looked around at them, and four people should be able to buy four.
"I want two." Du Yuzhen wanted two of them herself, she turned around and asked Guo Meizhen and Xu Qiuping if they wanted them, and they both shook their heads.
Can you eat something from the street? The roasted sweet potato is not high-grade at first glance, this is a poor people's level food. Although their grade is not high, they have always regarded themselves as mothers.
The old man hurriedly took out two roasted sweet potatoes and handed them to Du Yuzhen, Du Yuzhen reached out and took one, she looked back: "Which of you can help me get one." ”
It's okay just to take two of them, the problem is that she has to eat while walking, and it's inconvenient to take two. Guo Meizhen turned her head, so she didn't want to take the roasted sweet potato that didn't look very clean.
Xu Qiuping's level was the lowest, so she naturally didn't shirk it, so she had to walk over and pick up the sweet potato. Du Yuzhen habitually thanked her, then peeled off the skin of the sweet potato and ate it in a big gulp.
She ate quite happily, and she didn't consider Ye Gu Yuanhong's sentence of 'no money' at all. Who can't take out a copper plate?
The old man saw that the four of them were all dressed luxuriously, and he didn't understand why no one had the intention of paying the bill. He waited quietly for a while, and had no choice but to say to Du Yuzhen: "I haven't paid yet." ”
Du Yuzhen looked back at Ye Gu Yuanhong and said, "Master, give money." ”
"There's no money." Ye Guyuanhong's expression was indifferent, and he generously said that he couldn't pay the bill. It's just a copper plate, and he even said he couldn't take it out.
Of course, he usually doesn't have copper plates on him, and that's true.
"This" old man looked at them, who believed that the four of them didn't even have a copper plate? "This master is really joking, the old man's small business is only a copper plate, at least one of you is rich, right?"
"I really don't have any money." Ye Gu Yuanhong is so blushing and heartbeat, no money is no money, where can I get you a copper plate?
Guo Meizhen took out a copper plate from her waist, and was about to hand it to the old man, but was stopped by Ye Gu Yuanhong with a word.
"Lord's woman can't take someone else's turn to settle the bill when she eats." Ye Gu Yuanhong's voice was very cold, colder than the autumn air.
The old man saw that he was sincere and didn't want to give money, and he didn't dare to offend people if he did a small business, especially if he looked like a rich and powerful person.
"Since the son forgot to bring the money, these two sweet potatoes will be given to the girl, it's okay." The old man was forced to rely on two sweet potatoes, and nodded with a smiling face.
Ye Gu Yuanhong suddenly felt that the small people were also difficult, not only that these high-ranking people were miserable all day long, but the people were even more pitiful for their hard work for food and clothing.
"Ye is not a debtor, how can he ask you for two sweet potatoes for nothing?" Ye Gu Yuanhong is still very reasonable, he said slowly: "I can't get the money today, so let's pay off the debt with things." ”
The old man didn't say much, just looked at Ye Gu Yuanhong with slightly cloudy eyes, wanting to see what object he could take out. Anyway, he took something out casually, and the old man was mentally prepared to agree.
It's just a copper plate, is it necessary to be so serious? He can't afford to provoke dignitaries, but he can't get into trouble for himself because of two sweet potatoes.
Ye Gu Yuanhong beckoned over to the two guards, and he ordered them to bring pen and ink. Xu Qiuping and Guo Meizhen both looked at Ye Gu Yuanhong with puzzled eyes.
What do you do with pen and ink? Do you still need to make an IOU to the old man? It's impossible for the old man to go to the mansion to ask Lord Yin for the debt because of the two sweet potatoes, right?
Of course, IOUs can't be played, and if you make an IOU, isn't that bullying the people? It's no different from Ming robbery, how many government white strips are just a white strip in the end.
Ye Gu Yuanhong spread the paper on the back of a guard, picked up the pen and began to show the prince's calligraphy on the street. 'Huh' Long Feifeng Wuwen wrote down without adding points, and then took out the seal of the palace and the seal of the prince and pressed it.
"Read." Ye Gu Yuanhong knew that the old man could not be literate, so he asked the guards to read it to him.
"Yes." The guard picked up the paper and read it aloud. "Donglin Prince Jingcheng Mansion Yin Ye" The guard shut up and looked up at Ye Gu Yuanhong, is this name taboo, does he pronounce it or not?
"Read." Ye Gu Yuanhong didn't care, wouldn't it be meaningless if the name was old and no one called it?
"Ye Gu Yuanhong owes his uncle two roasted sweet potatoes, and the total price is a penny. Because he has no money to repay the debt, he is willing to pay off his debts with the eight-rank concubine Guo Shimeizhen. Since then, the two sides of the silver and goods do not owe each other, and there is no basis for the words, and the words are the basis. ”
After reading it, the guard glanced at Guo Meizhen, whose face was bloodless and trembling, and saw that this flower-like beauty was sold to a drooping old man, he couldn't help but sigh secretly. It's just an article, why don't you give me a chance? Who is selling is not selling?
Du Yuzhen forgot to eat the sweet potato in her hand, she looked at the sweet potato in her hand, this sweet potato is a bit expensive, and there is no one to eat two sweet potatoes.
Xu Qiuping's eyes widened and she couldn't even close her mouth, this was incredible. Guo Meizhen didn't do anything wrong, just gave her to an old man who sold roasted sweet potatoes?
The sweet potato in her hand was hot and hot, but her heart was swishing cold. The prince is really determined to dispose of these concubines, but there is really no way for him to send them out so scoundrelly.
Guo Meizhen was petrified in place at that time, and she couldn't digest what was going on. Why did the prince give her to such a bad old man? The beard and hair are all white and hunched, and she can be her grandfather in terms of age.
The old man was also stunned, he didn't understand what it meant, and he felt as if the guards were reading a holy decree, and the red seal made him feel awe.
Ordinary people rarely see the red seal, the red seal is the seal, and only those who are officials will have the seal. He just sells a sweet potato, why did he get into a lawsuit?
"The official spares his life, the little old man has never done anything to harm people in his life." The old man was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed, you don't want the sweet potato, don't arrest anyone. When he saw the guards and official seals, he was so frightened that he didn't know why.
"No!" Guo Meizhen seemed to have just woken up, and after realizing it, she knelt down to Ye Gu Yuanhong, and cried bitterly: "Your Highness, you can't be like this, you can't be like this." ”
Ye Guyuan Hongli hers? Cry your go. He said to the guard, "My husband didn't understand, you can explain it to him." ”
"Yes."
"Master, did you really sell her?" Du Yuzhen was holding half of the sweet potato, and she couldn't wake up.
"Well, who told her not to hold it for you? The queen mother told me to pamper you, let's go. ”
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