Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

"Chu Yanluo, if you and Gu Er are really innocent, how could Gu Er give you one thousand taels of gold for no reason? Just for your little snack? Only Xiao Qingyuan, a pig-brained man, would believe it!"

"Hey, speaking of which, does Xiao Qingyuan not have the money to support you? Does he not give you money to spend on weekdays? So when Gu Er gave you 1,000 taels of gold, you couldn't wait to invite him into your private room, and you wanted to undress and serve him right there and then?"

"That shouldn't be the case. Prince Xiao is not a stingy person. He can spend several thousand taels on a casual drink, and he is never stingy when rewarding people. In his eyes, gold and silver are no different from dirt."

"So, this woman is just a bitch? She will sleep with whoever gives her gold?"

"Of course she is. Otherwise, how could she change her attitude towards Gu Er so quickly? Gu Er is also a fool. She spent 1,000 taels of gold to sleep with this kind of bastard. This Duke's Mansion will be in for a lot of trouble in the future!"

Chu Yanluo had never suffered such humiliation before. She was so angry that her heart ached and her vision went dark.

Damn it, why did things turn out like this?

If she lets these people continue to make up stories, she will never be able to survive in the capital. Even a drop of spit will drown her!

She had finally stepped on Gu Qianhan's reputation to clear her own name, making countless men love her and countless women admire her. But overnight, just because she accepted one thousand taels of gold from Gu Qianhan, she became a rat crossing the street that everyone cursed?

Chu Yanluo keenly realized the problem. Yes, gold! It was all caused by the one thousand taels of gold!

She hurriedly walked around the group of young masters and called the shopkeeper to go upstairs.

She smelled too bad and the group of noblemen were disgusted by it, so no one stopped her.

Even the shopkeeper disliked the smell on her, and after entering the private room, he kept a distance of ten feet from her.

"Miss Chu, our restaurant has been ruined by you. Not only did we not make any money yesterday, but we lost thousands of taels. Today, we even lost our reputation. You..."

Before he could finish his words, Chu Yanluo interrupted him: "Where is my one thousand taels of gold? Take it out!"

When the shopkeeper heard that she came up to him and asked for gold, he felt very contemptuous and disdainful. He thought she was indeed the daughter of a concubine from a humble family, short-sighted and extremely snobbish.

If she hadn't wanted the one thousand taels of gold, she wouldn't have ended up like this today. She also caused Qingyunlou to be scolded along with her. She was really unlucky.

However, the shopkeeper knew that Yuan Zheng was behind Chu Yanluo, so he didn't dare to offend her. He called the servant to take the gold out of the warehouse and carried it into the private room.

When Chu Yanluo saw the golden ingots, her mood finally improved a little. What did it matter if she was scolded? The gold in her hands was the most real and useful.

She picked up a heavy gold ingot, felt it again and again, and then asked the shopkeeper: "This one thousand taels of gold, is there anything missing?"

"Definitely not less, this is your gold, Miss Chu, no one in the restaurant dares to touch it!"

Chu Yanluo nodded with satisfaction. She reluctantly put the gold ingots back into the box and said, "Give me back all this gold!"

The shopkeeper was shocked: "Return it?"

"Yes, return it to Mr. Gu."

"Ah? You don't want this one thousand taels of gold?"

Chu Yanluo said with a resolute and proud expression: "No more."

The shopkeeper didn't expect her to be so straightforward, and his previous contempt for her became much lighter. However, he heard Chu Yanluo say, "Find a reliable person to help me pass a message to the second young master Gu. Tell him to do me a favor and keep this 1,000 taels of gold for me. I will take it back after the storm has passed."

After hearing this, the shopkeeper almost vomited blood!

Did she ask Gu Qianhan to keep the gold for her? And why did she just say she didn't want it with such pride? Why is she so proud? She really owes him so much!

The shopkeeper complained madly in his heart, but his round face remained amiable: "Don't worry, Miss Chu, I will definitely have someone take your words to you."

"Make sure you tell him clearly that you want him to keep it for you. Just tell him that I'm staying at Prince Ning's mansion and don't have the space to store such a large amount of gold. Also, tell him quietly to Second Young Master Gu alone, and don't let anyone else hear."

The shopkeeper resisted the urge to roll his eyes and nodded, "Don't worry, Miss Chu. I understand."

Didn't she deliberately want to create a false impression for others, so that everyone would think that she had returned the gold? Then, she could take the opportunity to whitewash herself, saying that she had never accepted Gu Qianhan's gold, and establish herself as a noble fairy who didn't care about money.

She is so scheming!

Seeing that the shopkeeper understood immediately, Chu Yanluo finally relaxed: "Oh, and you need to have the people who are delivering the gold make a bigger noise. It would be best to arrange a few people to pretend to be passers-by and deliberately ask the people who are delivering the gold what's going on. This way, you can ensure that the news of my returning the gold gets out."

"Okay, let's do everything according to what Miss Chu said."

The shopkeeper agreed readily. After all, if Chu Yanluo had a good reputation, it would be good for the restaurant as well.

Although he looked down on Chu Yanluo's personality and style, he was now tied to the same boat with Chu Yanluo and had to run around for her and, when necessary, cover up for her.

Soon, the box of gold was carried out of the restaurant.

There were four people carrying the box, and all four of them were wearing the same Qingyunlou waiter uniform.

In order to appear more powerful, the shopkeeper even hired escorts from the escort agency to escort the caravan along the way.

With the shopkeeper's deliberate arrangement, the news of Chu Yanluo's return of the gold quickly spread throughout the capital like wings.

The one thousand taels of gold that Gu Qianhan gave away were returned to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion without losing a cent.

Zhenguogongfu.

Gu Qianhan sat on a throne chair made of golden nanmu wood, drinking tea and casually glancing at the gold he had brought back.

A waiter who came to deliver the gold came forward and whispered a few words in Gu Qianhan's ear.

After listening to this, Gu Qianhan showed a hint of sarcasm at the corner of his lips: "Got it, you can leave now."

After the waiter completed his mission, he left with the people from the restaurant and the escort agency.

The servant Jixiang's eyes sparkled: "Master, you are really a prophet. You said Chu Yanluo would return the gold, and she actually did return it!"

Gu Qianhan nodded indifferently: "Yeah."

"When you gave her the gold, did you already foresee that she would be scolded like a dog today?"

"It's a no-brainer."

Jixiang scratched his head. How could it be so obvious? At least he didn't expect Chu Yanluo to be scolded so badly yesterday. Chu Yanluo herself certainly didn't expect it, otherwise she wouldn't dare to accept the 1,000 taels of gold.

Jixiang remembered what the waiter had whispered to the young master, and couldn't help asking again, "Young master, what did the waiter say to you? Is Chu Yanluo really willing to return the gold?"

Gu Qianhan sneered, "If she really wanted to give it up, she wouldn't have accepted it yesterday. She asked the waiter at Qingyun Building to tell me that the gold was temporarily with me and asked me to keep it for her and come back to get it later."

"what?!"

Jixiang was speechless: "She is so scheming and shameless! I thought she really didn't want the 1,000 taels of gold! Sir, do you really want to keep the gold for her? You can't be such an innocent person - such a good person!"

"Safekeeping? This gold originally belonged to me, how can I keep it safe? Now that it's returned, it's naturally still mine. Put it away and put it back in the warehouse."

Jixiang was happy now: "Yes, sir!"

He knew that his young master was extremely intelligent and would never be a sucker like Xiao Qingyuan!