Reborn to marry a playboy, the scumbag kneels down and calls me aunt

It is getting dark and insects are chirping.

The old princess was just about to go back to her room to rest after dinner when the old maid who served her personally came hurriedly with a report, looking as if the sky was falling.

"Madam, it's bad. It's coming, it's coming again!"

The old princess said with a smile: "Who's here? Look at you..."

Before the old princess could finish her words, the old nanny hurriedly said, "The eldest princess is here!"

The old princess's face changed, and she hurried into the house, "Tell her I'm asleep, and we can talk tomorrow if there's anything else!"

"Oh, old princess, do you not take me, the eldest princess, seriously?"

As soon as the old princess finished speaking, a lady in gorgeous clothes walked in from outside the courtyard, speaking in a sarcastic tone.

The old princess was so confused that she quickly said with a smile, "How dare I? I am old and exhausted, so I beg the princess to understand."

"Stop doing this."

The woman with a high bun, frosty eyebrows and pockmarked face pinched her waist with both hands and said angrily: "You fooled me the same way last time. Then when I came the next day, you took your whole family and hid in Ci'en Temple, making me wait at the door for several days."

The old princess looked at the nose and the heart, thinking that if I don't run away, you, a piece of useless guy, will empty the palace.

"Haha, Princess, the way you said that makes it sound like I'm deliberately avoiding you."

The eldest princess rolled her eyes unhappily, "Aren't you?"

The old princess sighed inwardly, knowing that she couldn't hide again today. She invited the eldest princess into the room, then sat down tremblingly and asked, "Why, did Xiaojiu quarrel with your daughter again?"

The princess glared at him, "It's more than just a quarrel! He took Xue'er to the lake today, and when he came home his clothes were soaked, and he hid in the house crying. How wronged he must have been."

Upon hearing this, the old princess felt a toothache and cursed in her heart that little brat Xiaojiu was becoming more and more outrageous.

"Ahem, what did the princess want to do when she came here today?"

The eldest princess laughed sideways like a fox, "Five thousand taels."

"Five thousand taels?"

The old princess's eyes almost fell to the ground. "You are too wicked, aren't you? The last time was only one thousand taels!"

The eldest princess curled her lips and said in a mercenary manner: "The past is the past, and the present is the present. Xue'er fell into the water today. If the emperor knew that his niece..."

“Okay, okay, okay—”

When the old princess heard her bring up the emperor, she was at a loss. If she brought up such a trivial matter in front of the emperor, it would be a real embarrassment for her.

The old princess was just about to ask the nanny to get the banknotes, but Li heard the news from someone and came rushing over like an old hen chasing someone away.

"Mom, Xiaojiu is always making trouble outside, and you have to clean up his mess and pay him money every time. There are family rules. You punished me last time, so you have to punish him this time. Otherwise, where is the family rule?"

As soon as the old princess saw this woman, her face turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

But after thinking about it, it is not a good thing to keep paying money like this. The eldest princess looks angry now, but in fact the old princess knows very well in her heart that this woman is just taking advantage of the Zhen'an Palace to save up a dowry for her precious daughter.

"Madame Wang, go call Xiaojiu over."

"Yes."

Nanny Wang had a strange expression on her face and hurried to the fourth room.

In the courtyard, Shen Xuanheng picked a peach blossom and inserted it into Su Xuqing's hair. He stroked Su Xuqing's shy face with one hand and said tenderly: "My lady, you must pick the flowers when they are ready to be picked. Don't wait until there are no flowers left to pick. It's getting late. We should rest."

Su Xu rolled her eyes at him and was about to comply with his request, but before Nanny Wang even reached the courtyard, she shouted at the top of her voice, "Master Jiu, the old lady wants you to come over. The eldest princess is here."

Upon hearing this, Su Xuqing quickly glanced at Shen Xuanheng's expression, and saw that he looked extremely uncomfortable, as if he was about to be executed.

Shen Xuanheng's eyes moved around, he made up his mind, and suddenly pulled Su Xuqing up.

"My lady, how about we elope?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Su Xuqing thought for a moment and said, "How about I go with you? The princess will just say a few words to you at most."

"Alas, that is all that can be done."

Shen Xuanheng went out reluctantly, like a sad wind in a rainy night.

When the old princess' Lan Fang entered, Shen Xuanheng saw the woman with pockmarks on her face who looked exactly like Tang Xue. He immediately laughed and flattered her, "Your Highness, long time no see. You are getting younger and younger, and more and more beautiful."

If others heard this, they would definitely be overjoyed.

But the princess dropped her teacup and banged her head, "How dare you be so sarcastic to me? You implied that I have more pockmarks on my face, right?"

The eldest princess suddenly looked at the old princess and said, "Add another five hundred taels."

Shen Xuanheng's handsome face froze, and then he stood aside with a sneer. He was somewhat suspicious whether the princess was obsessed with money.

Su Xuqing glanced at the eldest princess quietly and bowed politely.

"I have met Her Royal Highness, the eldest princess."

The eldest princess rarely looked serious. She looked Su Xuqing up and down and said, "Well, you look really good. You are Xiaojiu's new wife, right?"

"That's right." Su Xu smiled gently, her face as rosy as a peach.

The eldest princess showed a hint of envy in her eyes and reached out to touch the pockmarks on her face.

"Well, since you are newly married, I, as the eldest princess, should give you some gifts. The compensation this time will be..."

Shen Xuanheng raised his eyebrows, "Forget it?"

"You're dreaming!" The princess glared at him. "Forget the five hundred taels just now. You must give me the remaining five thousand taels no matter what!"

Li stood outside the door and listened with her ears pricked up, sneering in her heart. The fourth room was the poorest in the family, because the share allocated to the fourth room every year was all spent by that sickly woman on buying medicinal flowers. One thousand taels was the most that the couple could come up with.

Shen Xuanheng was obviously stunned for a moment, and then asked in a doubtful voice: "How much? Princess, how much do you say? Five thousand taels?"

The eldest princess looked cold, "Why, do you have any objections?"

Shen Xuanheng smiled bitterly, "Can you use less?"

"cannot!"

The princess refused without hesitation, and then said dissatisfiedly: "Who told you to give my daughter a nickname? Now everyone laughs at her. If I don't prepare more dowry for her, how can she get married in the future? You deserve this, don't you know?"

Li outside the door almost laughed out loud. Let’s see how Shen Xuanheng will end up!

Li had already made up her mind and would stand guard at the door today. If the old lady insisted on spending the family's money to help Shen Xuanheng out of trouble today, then even if it meant falling out with the old lady, she would make Shen Xuanheng lose face and kowtow to the people from other families one by one to apologize.

When Li thought about Shen Xuanheng and Su Xuqing kneeling in front of her, her face twisted with excitement.

"Hehehehe."

The old princess in the room frowned and cursed coldly:

"Li Xiayu, you idiot, what are you laughing at behind the door? Are you crowing?"