Chapter 60

Gu Kang was completely hit silly by Gu Jiu Ling; he covered his face and cried out.

Gu Jiu Ling looked at his useless appearance and slapped him again.

Gu Kang was so upset he couldn't even cry.

Gu Kang, Gu Jiu Ling, and the original host's mother, Lady Du.

For such a thing you threw away your life, unable to distinguish good from bad, taking a thief as your mother, helping outsiders bully your own dear child's sister—you're worse than pigs and dogs!

Lin, Lin's small treasury, older brother, dad, and pretty second sister.

"If you want money, first learn to be a decent person!"

Lin family, and the idiom "wolves and tigers".

"I don't have the cheap advantage you're demanding here!"

"As for this ledger, I took it back by my own real ability; give it to you—what are you even?"

Gu Kang's face instantly turned deathly pale, looking at Gu Jiu Ling in disbelief.

The initial release website (htt...).

Gu Kang, Gu Jiu Ling, and South Foothills Academy.

Now Gu Jiu Ling, full of murderous intent, made Gu Kang extremely uncomfortable, so frightened he went blank.

The Gu family's ledger.

"Gu Kang, you're a waste who would waste land if dead, waste air if alive, and waste money even in a half-dead state!"

"Go back and study properly, fill that pea-sized brain of yours, think before you speak or act, don't follow those crooked thoughts—get lost!"

"Besides," Gu Jiu Ling, who had already walked away, turned back and looked at Gu Kang, saying: "Elder sister lacks no silver; if you can place first in the imperial exams, I'll give you money! Want money? You have to earn it with ability!"

Gu Kang, Gu Jiu Ling, and the guards of the Prince Rui residence (Gu Kang is the Princess Consort's younger brother).

The Princess Consort's younger brother.

Gu Jiu Ling got onto the carriage; although she had scolded him satisfactorily, she was still furious enough to be spiteful.

She isn't afraid of wicked people coming to trouble her, but fears that her own kin will stab her in the back—what kind of thing is this.

Xiao Yin slowly raised his hand and grabbed Gu Jiu Ling's hand; her hand was cold and still trembling.

He stretched out her hand, leaned in, and blew a breath onto her palm; the cool air puffed onto her palm center, and Gu Jiu Ling couldn't help but startle.

"What's there to argue about with a child?" Xiao Yin curled the corner of his mouth with a smile, "When dealing with juniors, only one word is needed to settle the matter."

Xiao Yin, Gu Jiu Ling, and the Crown Prince.

Xiao Yin gave a light laugh and said: "Beat him!"

"If you don't obey, beat him! If he's undisciplined, beat him! If he dares to resist, kill him outright and bury him!"

Gu Jiu Ling's eyes lit up: "Excellent! Truly excellent!"

Prince.

She then had a flicker of complex color in her eyes; if it really were as Xiao Yin thought, it would be much simpler.

But after all, he is her younger brother; she spent so much of her mother's silver on him—if she were to beat to death and bury the son someone earned with their life, it would be somewhat hard to justify.

"Prince," Gu Jiu Ling sighed, "are you especially annoyed with me?"

"Our family's one mess after another, coming one after another—surely it's annoying, right?"

A flicker of pity passed through Xiao Yin's brows and eyes, something he himself hadn't noticed; his finger brushed her cheek as he smiled softly: "Although the Gu family is not upright, it's not fatal; our Princess Consort is a little clever, more than enough to deal with the Gu family."

"Prince's family is truly a bizarre clan that can't get any more bizarre!"

Gu Jiu Ling instantly froze there; under heaven, probably only someone like Xiao Yin could arrange the royal family like this.

Prince Rui, Gu Jiu Ling, and the Peach Blossom Pavilion.

Ling Feng hurriedly ordered people to move everything the Prince needed into the newly renovated room next to Peach Blossom Pavilion; the room was still a bit damp, and a charcoal brazier had been lit in advance to warm it.

Xiao Yin stayed in Gu Jiu Ling's warm chamber, dismissed all the servants, and the two of them carefully took that ledger out of the sandalwood box.

Gu Jiu Ling stared intently and couldn't help but freeze; it looked like an ordinary account book, recording only the grain ins and outs of the rice and flour shop.

The Du family's grain shop.

Gu Jiu Ling's pink fingertip dabbed a bit of tea from the cup and smeared it on the ledger's paper; there was no change at all—just the characters on it became unclear.

She quickly picked up the damp paper and held it over the lamp flame to dry it, but there was still no change; then she pricked her fingertip with a silver needle, letting a drop of blood fall onto the ledger, yet still no hidden pattern emerged.

Gu Jiu Ling, exhausted, collapsed into the chair, then suddenly remembered something and walked toward the door.

"Where are you going?" Xiao Yin hurriedly called out to stop her.

Gu Jiu Ling said: "I'm going to grab Gu Kang that guy; maybe he's the son, and his blood might work."

Xiao Yin, Gu Kang, the Gu family, and the Du family.

Gu Jiu Ling also sat down in the chair, and the two of them fell into utter confusion.

Lin Jingyuan and the poetry gathering.

Xiao Yin collected the ledger, put it back into the box, first pushed it toward Gu Jiu Ling; Gu Jiu Ling understood his intention and pushed it back.

"Prince, please keep it; I have little fortune, and preserving such a strange thing—if it were lost, it would also be a trouble."

"Hmm!" Xiao Yin now began to respect the opinion of the woman before him; he put the ledger away again.

No matter what, everything has its reason for existence; since it can appear as an omen, it must have significance.

Gu Jiu Ling sat beside Xiao Yin, lifted a cup of tea, took a few sips, and said: "Prince, what do you want to do with so much money?"

She had never wanted to interfere in Xiao Yin's affairs, but after today's poetry gathering, she felt deep down that she had been bound to Xiao Yin's war chariot and couldn't move; frankly, she was a bit panicked.

Xiao Yin had been silent for a long while; after a moment he stared steadily at Gu Jiu Ling and countered: "Princess Consort, you also seem quite fond of money—what do you want to do with so much money?"

Gu Jiu Ling blinked, then snorted with laughter: "Of course to spend it—money doesn't prick the hand!"

"Is there anyone in this world who still despises money?"

"Oh," Xiao Yin's lips curled slightly as he looked at Gu Jiu Ling and slowly said with a smile: "You ask why this king loves money so much; this king has only one thought."

What are you thinking? Gu Jiu Ling asked, laughing hurriedly.

Xiao Yin looked at Gu Jiu Ling, laughed very, very seriously, and said: "Rebellion!"

Clatter!

Gu Jiu Ling's teacup fell from her hand in shock and shattered on the floor.