Chapter 112 Betting
Chapter 112 Betting

"Copied him?" Chang Ruyue covered her mouth, as if she had heard some funny jokes, and sneered: "My sister bought this fan from the son of the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Works with great difficulty. Let's not talk about how you concluded that this fan is fake. Just the son of the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Works, it is impossible for him to sell fake goods, right?"

"The son of the Left Vice Minister of Works?" Ye Xuan was stunned when he heard this. He felt that the name was very familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before.

Although Chang Ruyun also looked unhappy, she was much better educated than her sister. She lightly reprimanded him, "Don't be rude," and said to Ye Xuan, "Lord Ye came from a military background, so he may not know Mr. Zhang very well."

Although Chang Ruyun was being polite, his eyes could not hide his disdain. He said, "Mr. Zhang is a talented scholar from Liuyun Academy. He has a high level of attainment in cultural relics and antiques. If he says it is true, it must be true."

When Ye Xuan heard the name Young Master Zhang, he immediately remembered that this was the young master who suspected that he was a spy!
He shook his head in self-mockery. It was obvious that the two sisters in front of him were quite hostile to him because of Zhu Yuanzhang's proposal. And from the words of the two sisters, it could be heard that they seemed to admire Mr. Zhang very much. He was just a small sixth-rank warrior, and even if he talked a lot of nonsense, the two sisters would not believe it.

In this case, Ye Xuan was not the kind of person who would flatter someone so he shook his head and said nothing more.

However, when the sisters saw this scene, they thought that Ye Xuan didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore after hearing the name of Master Zhang, and the contempt in their eyes became even stronger.

After that, the three of them had nothing to say to each other, and the sisters were the only ones who kept whispering and admiring the folding fan.

Soon, a eunuch holding a gong came to the lake, struck it with a "dong" sound, and shouted in a shrill voice: "By order, the poetry and prose gathering officially begins!"

By this time, Zhu Yuanzhang and others had seen enough of the koi, and a large group of people returned to the pavilion.

Zhu Biao smiled and said, "Ye Xuan, I heard that you were also a scholar before you joined the Jinyiwei. Are you planning to pursue a career in government?"

Ye Xuan nodded. This was the fact. With the prince's intelligence network, it was probably not just Zhu Biao, Zhu Yuanzhang and the others present. Everyone knew his background very well, so there was nothing to hide.

Zhu Biao nodded upon hearing this, and nodded to the eunuch beside him. The eunuch immediately placed the tray in front of Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan took a closer look and saw that the tray contained the four treasures of the study.

"Since we are all scholars, we might as well have some fun together!" Zhu Biao laughed and took out a set of four treasures of the study and began to think.

Zhu Yuanzhang also said: "Since you are here, just write for fun."

Obviously, Zhu Yuanzhang was just being polite and didn't think Ye Xuan could write anything.

After all, the Jinyiwei are soldiers in plain terms. If Ye Xuan was really a good student, he wouldn't have joined the army.

This is indeed the case, Ye Xuan smiled bitterly.

However, Chang Sheng sat down next to Ye Xuan, took a piece of paper and a pen from the eunuch, and when Ye Xuan looked at him, he smiled and said mysteriously, "Brother Ye, you don't know, right?"

"Know what?" Ye Xuan quite liked Chang Sheng's personality and smiled when he heard it.

Chang Sheng chuckled, glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao and saw that they didn't notice him, then whispered: "We have opened a betting in private, who will win the first place in this year's garden party!"

"Brother Ye, are you interested in playing two games? The most popular candidate is the son of the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Works, one to one; the second son of the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, one to two..." Chang Sheng mumbled a lot, and then asked, "How about it, who do you want to bet on?"

Ye Xuan raised his eyebrows and said, "If I bet on myself, how much can I get?"

Chang Sheng obviously didn't expect such an answer. He laughed and said, "If it's Brother Ye, well... thirty to one!" "Really!" Ye Xuan almost stood up with excitement!
Seeing Ye Xuan so excited, Chang Sheng didn't take it seriously. He smiled and said, "Of course it's true!"

Ye Xuan calmed down a little now, and asked doubtfully: "But the dealer doesn't even know who I am, how can Brother Chang be so sure of this odds?"

Chang Sheng raised his neck proudly and said domineeringly: "To be honest, Brother Ye, I was the one who opened the odds!"

Good guy!
Ye Xuan could only say wow, this guy is really bold to set up a gambling game at the garden party hosted by Zhu Yuanzhang!

However, Ye Xuan also became excited immediately. Although he had just received a reward of nearly two thousand taels of silver, he could not resist the troubles caused by those women in his family!
In just these few days, they bought new furniture and made large purchases. Especially after Nianwei moved into the east wing, Qiuyan bought two hundred taels of silver worth of furniture and supplies for the east wing with a wave of her hand.

The phrase "spending money like water" is not enough to describe this kind of woman.

It may also be because they were previously restricted by Ye Xuan's monthly salary of eight taels of silver, which caused these women who were used to living a hard life to engage in retaliatory consumption.

Ye Xuan didn't know how to say much. After all, it was natural to keep women, especially a bunch of beautiful women. They were good for the eyes but bad for the wallet.

So when he heard Chang Sheng's words, he immediately became interested.

Gritting his teeth, Ye Xuan thought to himself: I can’t do it anymore!

"Brother Chang, could you please write me an IOU first? I didn't know before I came, and I don't have much money on me." Ye Xuan said shamelessly.

Chang Sheng laughed and said, "It doesn't matter. After all, we are going to the palace to see the emperor. Do you think these civil officials and military officers carry money with them? They just state the amount first and then calculate it later."

As a result, Ye Xuan had no more worries and gritted his teeth and said, "Brother Chang, please help me with this number."

As he spoke, he stretched out a hand with five fingers spread out.

Chang Sheng said indifferently: "Fifty taels?"

After saying that, he kindly reminded: "I'm not saying anything, but Brother Ye's monthly salary should be around 80 taels, right? If you play with so many things at once, will you..."

The meaning was self-evident. It was certain that Ye Xuan would not win, so if he bet a small amount of money he could just do it for fun.

But if he plays too big, I’m worried that Ye Xuan’s life will be affected.

However, Ye Xuan said seriously: "It's not fifty taels..."

Chang Sheng heaved a sigh of relief and said, "That's five taels, okay..."

Before he could even utter a word, Ye Xuan said firmly, "It's five hundred taels!"

"What!" Chang Sheng almost jumped up. All the people in the Imperial Garden were officials under Zhu Yuanzhang's nose. Not to mention whether they dared to embezzle, even if they dared, they would not dare to gamble too big, for fear that the news would leak out and arouse Zhu Yuanzhang's suspicion.

Fifty taels is already considered a big order!

(End of this chapter)