vrcanaries Chapter 346
Chapter 346
The dealer took one last look at Cheng Qingli, seemingly waiting to hear her go back on her word. Otherwise, he really wasn't confident he could roll a winning hand."Dealer, did you not eat enough? Do you need to be rushed for such a small matter?" Cheng Qingli raised an eyebrow and said deliberately.
Hearing this, the originally hesitant dealer laughed out of anger. What was this? He was being considerate of the little girl's ignorance, but who would have thought she didn't care at all.
Thinking of this, the dealer directly lifted the dice cup. The dice clearly showed three, five, and six—Big!
"Little girl, I'm sorry, but we'll gladly accept your silver!" Liu San looked at Cheng Qingli smugly and said.
He thought to himself that his luck was truly good today. To think he would meet such a wealth-scattering child. Thinking of this, plus the previous round, he had won a full twenty taels of silver, something that had never happened before.
Liu San thought to himself, if only Jubao Pavilion could have a few more big fools like this every day.
"Dealer, again. I don't believe I can't win," Cheng Qingli said, feigning dissatisfaction.
"Chunxi, bring the silver!" Cheng Qingli said with a dissatisfied face to the maid behind her.
The maid deliberately looked at Cheng Qingli with a troubled expression, and then said carefully, "Second Miss, our silver is gone."
"Gone? Who are you fooling? When we left, I saw you take banknotes from the makeup box. Hurry up and take them out," Cheng Qingli said, pretending to be annoyed.
"Miss, these are the banknotes Madam gave you to buy things. If you spend them all, how will you explain it to Madam later?" Chunxi said, deliberately acting put on the spot.
Inside the gambling den, although it was noisy, Chunxi's words were heard by everyone.
The crowd's gazes toward Chunxi were a bit unfriendly, thinking that a mere little maid was sticking her nose where it didn't belong.
"Miss Cheng, how about I make a bet with you?" Huo Yunzhi walked up to Cheng Qingli's side and said smugly.
"How do you want to bet?"
Cheng Qingli's lips curled up slightly, thinking to herself that the fish had finally taken the bait.
"We'll play best three out of five. If you win, my three thousand taels of silver are yours. If you lose, Qin Tower belongs to me!" Huo Yunzhi took out the three thousand taels in banknotes she had prepared earlier and said.
Cheng Qingli looked at Huo Yunzhi, wondering where this woman got the confidence to think she could beat her.
Just based on those few rounds she had deliberately lost to the house earlier?
Thinking of this, Cheng Qingli felt quite pleased with herself.
"Since Side Consort Huo wants to bet, I will accompany you." Cheng Qingli stood up, walked to an empty table, and waved to the manager upstairs.
"What are your orders, Miss?" Soon, a servant walked over and asked respectfully.
"Go find someone for us. This madam and I are going to have a proper gamble today." Cheng Qingli's voice was neither loud nor soft, but it was enough for everyone present to hear.
Those who had just won money looked at Huo Yunzhi with some jealousy.
They wondered whose woman this was, to be so detestable as to block their path to wealth.
Liu San even gestured to the people beside him, thinking that since that woman could casually take out three thousand taels in banknotes, they needed to peel a layer of skin off her too.
"Yes!" The waiter heard this and quickly retreated.
After a short while, Manager Xu came over personally, smiling at the two of them. "You two, my surname is Xu. How about I serve you?"
"You'll do!" Huo Yunzhi said casually, as if this was just a very ordinary matter.
"What are you staring blankly for? Hurry up!" Cheng Qingli said with a deliberately displeased face, as if she were extremely eager to prove she could win.
Manager Xu's mouth twitched slightly. He thought to himself that this Second Miss Cheng was good at pretending. Although she had lost some silver earlier, she had absolutely lost it on purpose.
The madam in front of him was also blind to actually believe her.
However, he hadn't figured out Huo Yunzhi's character, so he didn't make too many judgments.
Prince An's Manor
"Father, where have you been these past two days?"
Seeing Li Tianyou put down his porridge bowl, Li Zhiwei really couldn't help but look at him and ask.
After all, her father had been missing for two days straight. Not to mention her worry, looking at him now, she was extremely curious about what her father had actually experienced.
"Cough! Cough!" Li Tianyou felt extremely embarrassed upon hearing this. He hadn't expected his daughter to ask him so directly.
Thinking of his disappearance, Li Tianyou felt it was both shameful and humiliating.
He truly had no face to tell his daughter why he had gone missing.
"I made you worry. I'm fine." After thinking it over, Li Tianyou could only squeeze out this one sentence.
"As long as Father is fine." Li Zhiwei naturally saw that her father was hiding something from her.
However, that wasn't important. As long as her father had returned safely now, that was enough.
Still, considering that this was Prince An's Manor after all, it wasn't good for her to always run over here.
At this moment, she wanted to suggest that her father go back to rest, but she felt it was a bit hard to bring up.
"Right, how is that boy Qingshi?" Li Tianyou recalled that before he fainted, Xu Qingshi was still doing fine, but he didn't know about now. After all, they had been hungry for so long and walked for so long.
Now, even an adult like himself couldn't bear it, let alone a child like Xu Qingshi.
"Lord Li, please rest assured, our Heir is doing very well. The Heir even said that along the way, it was all thanks to your protection. Otherwise, the Heir might have suffered too," Liu Ming walked in from outside, smiling as he spoke.
Liu Ming already knew that Li Tianyou and Xu Qingshi were deliberately abducted by someone.
However, they still didn't know the person's motive.
"I don't deserve such praise, I don't deserve it." Hearing this, Li Tianyou looked at Li Zhiwei with a guilty conscience, deeply afraid that his daughter would question him further in detail.
Then he really wouldn't have the face to go back.
"Is Qingshi awake?" Li Zhiwei clearly hadn't noticed her father's unusual behavior, but was thinking that since Xu Qingshi was awake, she should go visit him.
"Miss Li, the Heir is already awake. He is currently having his meal," Liu Ming quickly replied.
"Then I'll head over to Liangqi Courtyard to take a look." Hearing this, Li Zhiwei quickly stood up and walked out.
On the side, Liu Ming was a bit puzzled. Was the future Princess Consort in such a rush to see the Heir?
However, the future Princess Consort treated the Heir with endless gentleness.
This was also what they, as servants, were willing to see. If the Prince were to marry a very fierce Princess Consort later on, they servants would probably suffer a great disaster.
"Lord Li, Miss Li is perhaps worried about the Heir, which is why she is a bit anxious," Liu Ming said, looking at Li Tianyou, whose complexion wasn't too good, and quickly explained.
"It's fine, it's fine. I'm also worried about Qingshi's condition." Li Tianyou was clearly relieved, but in his heart, he didn't understand why Steward Liu would think he would misunderstand his own daughter.