Chapter 72: Volume 1, Chapter 72: It's Just That the Deal Fell Through, Do As You Please

Yun Qiyue smiled at Xu Shi, who couldn't help but feel panicked, a bad premonition hitting her heart.

At this moment, she heard Yun Qiyue speak slowly: "I can treat the illness, but you must return everything you took from my General's Mansion."

Upon hearing this, Xu Shi's face changed drastically.

However, before Xu Shi could speak, Li Shulan said, "Impossible."

How much the Marquis Mansion had taken from the General's Mansion over the years—even the people in the Marquis Mansion didn't have a bottom line.

But even if they didn't have a bottom line, they knew it was a sky-high number that the current Marquis Mansion simply couldn't bear.

Xu Shi didn't reprimand Li Shulan this time; clearly, Xu Shi was also unwilling to agree to this condition.

Yun Qiyue looked at their attitude and wasn't anxious, just smiling. "It's fine, it's just that the deal fell through, do as you please."

Yun Qiyue said, preparing to leave.

Xu Shi: "Yun Qiyue, don't you think you're being too excessive?"

Yun Qiyue glanced at Xu Shi, looking at her with an expression of "Did I hear that right?"

Then, Yun Qiyue smiled. "You took things from my General's Mansion, and now you're begging me to help you treat your illness. I'm just asking you to return the things, yet you say I'm being excessive?"

Yun Qiyue said, looking at the servants Xu Shi had brought. "Do you think I'm being excessive?"

Those servants naturally didn't dare to say anything, only lowering their heads and pretending they hadn't heard anything.

"Your requirements are too high. Can you change the requirement?" Xu Shi's face looked bad.

In the Yun family, she was the eldest daughter-in-law. Except for the Old Lady, she had absolute authority and was high and mighty.

But in front of the current Yun Qiyue, she had to endure her anger, which made her feel very aggrieved.

Yun Qiyue: "I'm just asking you to return the things you took from my mansion. That you can't do it doesn't mean my requirements are too high; it only means..."

Yun Qiyue paused, then looked coldly at Xu Shi and Li Shulan. "You took too many rare treasures from my General's Mansion, and you are reluctant to part with them or can no longer produce them."

Yun Qiyue's words could be called hitting the nail on the head.

Indeed, over the years, the first and third branches of the Yun family had taken quite a lot from the General's Mansion, most of which had been squandered by the first and third branches. At this time, they simply couldn't produce them.

But even if it were a fact, they would absolutely not admit it.

Xu Shi gritted her teeth and asked one more time, "Are you going to change the condition or not?"

Yun Qiyue was also direct. "I'll put it this way today: either you return the things, or you look for someone else. I won't make a move until I see the things."

After finishing, Yun Qiyue didn't care what expression they had and turned and left.

Xu Shi's face was gloomy, and her face was almost dripping ink.

After returning to the Marquis Mansion, Xu Shi stated the conditions Yun Qiyue had proposed.

"Impossible!"

"Impossible!"

Yun Jiande and the Old Lady spoke in unison, their attitudes and expressions consistent; they were worthy of being mother and son.

Xu Shi also disagreed, but this matter couldn't be solved just by disagreeing, and her anger had passed, so at this time, Xu Shi was the calmest. "Mother, Old Master, if we don't agree to this matter, Rou'er and Xiang'er won't be able to go to the Hundred Flowers Festival this time."

"I don't believe that besides Yun Qiyue, there is no one in this vast Jingcheng who can cure my two granddaughters." The Old Lady said in a fit of pique.

No one answered when the Old Lady said this.

Because they had already invited all the famous doctors in Jingcheng, and even used connections to invite imperial physicians during their time off, but they had no clue.

So, perhaps besides Yun Qiyue, there really was no one who could cure Yun Yarou and Yun Yarou Xiang.

Seeing everyone silent, the Old Lady knew what was going on.

After thinking for a moment, the Old Lady said, "Since she wants it, we'll give it."

"Mother—" Yun Jianye was anxious.

If they really gave it, wouldn't they be bankrupt?

The Old Lady glared at Yun Jianye, signaling him to shut up.

And Xu Shi knew best what kind of person the Old Lady was. Being the most stingy, no matter what it was, it was extremely difficult to get it out of her hands. She didn't believe that she would tell her to return the things to Yun Qiyue.

So Xu Shi asked, "Mother, do you have any ideas?"

The Old Lady looked at her eldest daughter-in-law with satisfaction; at least there was one sensible person in this family.

"Yun Qiyue was just a fool before. How could she know how many things were in the General's Mansion before?" The Old Lady asked rhetorically.

Xu Shi pondered for a while, and soon figured out the way, so she was overjoyed. "Mother, you still have the best ideas."

Once the Old Lady's idea was out, Xu Shi sent someone to the neighbor's General's Mansion to inform Yun Qiyue that her request had been agreed to by the Marquis Mansion.

However, when the maid returned, she brought back a list.

The list was a full person's length, detailing everything the first and third branches had taken from the General's Mansion over the years.

Looking down the list, the first and second branches and the Old Lady all had impressions of those things, which showed that the list wasn't faked; the long string of items on it was indeed what they had taken.

"Damn it, how did that bitch know?" The Old Lady beat her chest and stamped her feet in anger.

The faces of the people in the first and third branches were very ugly.

Originally, they thought they had come up with a good way, but looking at this list, they hadn't come up with a good way at all.

This was clearly lifting a rock to smash their own feet.

If they hadn't agreed, maybe they could have changed the condition through negotiation, but now that they had agreed, they either had to bite the bullet and execute it, or pretend it hadn't happened.

But, in the current situation, it seemed neither executing it nor pretending it hadn't happened would work.

"What should we do?" Yun Jianye was also jumping with anxiety.

He was still waiting for his daughter to marry well so he could enjoy the blessings, but the beautiful dream hadn't been properly dreamed, and how did it suddenly become a bubble?

Yun Jiande's face was also very ugly, but he didn't speak immediately, as if thinking of an idea.

After a long time, Yun Jiande looked up and said: "Send a letter to Jie'er and ask her if she has any ideas."

Jie'er, Yun Yajie, Yun Jiande's eldest daughter, the eldest legitimate daughter of the Yun family, and also the most intelligent one among the women of the Yun family's generation, who was currently studying at the Huangyun Academy.

You know, the Huangyun Academy was the highest institution of learning on the entire continent, and those who entered the Huangyun Academy were considered to have been gilded.

It could be said that women who came out of the Huangyun Academy were sought after by nobles of all countries.

"It's too late." Li Shulan said.

The Huangyun Academy was far away from Jingcheng, and by the time the letter went back and forth, the Hundred Flowers Festival would have long passed.

No one refuted Li Shulan's words, because what she said was the truth.

Finally, after discussing back and forth, everyone decided to make up the dowry.

After all, if they didn't make up the dowry, they really couldn't find any other way now.

But the problem came: the Yun family wasn't as glorious as when Old Master Yun was at home. How could they make it up?

Smash the pots and sell the iron?

But, if they didn't smash the pots and sell the iron, what else could the Yun family do?

Let the two good, marriageable legitimate daughters miss this Hundred Flowers Festival?

It is said that if you don't give up the child, you can't catch the wolf. Finally, the Yun family decided to return the things, even if it meant smashing the pots and selling the iron.

However, after the Yun family made this decision, rumors began to spread in Jingcheng, saying that the current Yun Qiyue was disrespectful to her elders and lawless, and also saying that Yun Qiyue clearly had medical skills but refused to treat her own family, and even opened her mouth like a lion, saying that unless the entire Marquis Mansion was given to her, she would never treat the Yun family.

But just when this rumor was spreading vigorously, a clarifying version appeared.

It was said that it wasn't that Yun Qiyue was disrespectful to her elders, but that the Yun family elders were unkind. When Yun Qiyue was foolish and had no one to rely on, the people of the first and third branches almost emptied the General's Mansion. Yun Qiyue released those words, but she just wanted to take back what belonged to her.

In short, this version was more deeply rooted in people's hearts. People went from despising Yun Qiyue to sympathizing with Yun Qiyue, despising the first and third branches of the Marquis Mansion, and even sighing that the Marquis didn't know where he was now. If the Marquis were there, how could the Marquis Mansion have become the situation it was today?

Then there was a comparison between Yun Jiande and Yun Jianye and Yun Tian. Yun Jiande and Yun Jianye were given the name "unpromising," which angered the Old Lady until she fainted directly.

As for Yun Yarou's ugly face, it naturally became known to everyone.

And at this time, in the General's Mansion.

Yun Qiyue looked at the boy Xiaoman opposite her with satisfaction.

After she learned about this matter, she tried to let Xiaoman handle it, but she didn't expect that his ability to turn the tide at such a young age was quite good.

However, a good seedling is a good seedling, but it cannot be without good resources for him.

She had discovered that Xiaoman's bones were very suitable for martial arts. Although Qingyan could teach him a few things, he couldn't just know a few things if he was going to be with her for ten years.

After thinking for a long time, Yun Qiyue didn't think of any good way. After all, she didn't know that much about this world, so her gaze swept toward Xiaoman.

"Do you want to learn martial arts?"

Xiaoman nodded upon hearing this. "I want to."

Yun Qiyue: "Then do you know where to find a master? Or, what kind of person do you want to become?"

Yun Qiyue was actually just trying her luck and didn't think Xiaoman would necessarily know.

But unexpectedly, Xiaoman really knew.

"Ordinary martial arts halls have martial arts masters, but they are just some ordinary skills. What I admire most is the people of the Ghost Night Pavilion."

Why could the Ghost Night Pavilion make everyone fear them?

Wasn't it because of their strong strength?

If he could be as strong as the people of the Ghost Night Pavilion, then what would he have to fear?

Upon hearing the Ghost Night Pavilion, Yun Qiyue frowned.

Thinking of Jiuyuan's face, Yun Qiyue's brows piled up into a mountain peak.

The Ghost Night Pavilion was indeed powerful, but it seemed difficult to ask Jiuyuan to lend her someone to train talent for her.

But, the strength of the Ghost Night Pavilion—never mind Xiaoman, even she coveted it. If she could learn a few moves, her confidence in this world would be even greater.

Should she try? ===== CHAPTER 73 =====