Exile with Storage Space: Family Fortunes in the Barren Lands-Chapter 524 - 490: Close Enough to Count Eyelashes (1)_2
Eunuch An was secretly startled, all three daughters married off?
Prince Luling looked at his face and smiled slightly, "Does Eunuch An not believe it? Our family held a banquet for two days, inviting people from two villages to drink. If Eunuch An doesn’t believe it, you can inquire at any time or directly verify it at the Prefect of Zhen’an’s house."
How would Eunuch An dare to find the Prefect of Zhen’an?
Local officials wield significant power.
He chuckled, accepted the imperial edict, "So, all the Commandery Princesses of the Prince’s family are married, in that case, I offer my congratulations here."
Prince Luling stood up, brushed off his sleeves, and sat back down.
Li Xingmao and Li Xing’an also stood up.
Li Xingmao even assisted Pei Shenyan.
"Eunuch An, you’re too kind. The house of this prince is poor and shabby and cannot accommodate so many of you from Eunuch An. At most, I can only invite a village doctor to treat Eunuch An’s external injuries and a village girl to wash your clothes." Prince Luling continued, "There’s nothing else I can do; we are poor, and the rice jar is almost empty."
Eunuch An was so furious that he gritted his teeth, "No need to trouble the Prince’s household, farewell."
He turned and left.
The others followed suit.
They came in disgrace and left in disgrace.
"Eunuch An, slow walk, this prince will not see you off far." Prince Luling glanced at his sons.
Li Xingmao and Li Xing’an followed up.
Pei Shenyan also followed.
The three followed Eunuch An’s group, walking all the way to the gate of the house.
Watching them leave onto the village road, Li Xingmao only said, "Farewell everyone," and then returned inside the house.
Making Eunuch An’s face turn green with anger.
"Sir, are we just going back like this?" Qi Cheng was unwilling, didn’t take anyone, didn’t help treat injuries, nor baked a fire for them, this is too much from Prince Luling’s family!
Eunuch An turned around and gave him a cold glare, "Did you fall last time and knock your brain silly, forgetting Prince Luling’s temper? If we don’t leave like this, can we take anyone? Or benefit anything from him?"
Qi Cheng said, "Two daughters married into good families, isn’t there still one? Why didn’t the sir take that one?"
"With the Fifth Young Master Pei there, we’re afraid we can’t take anyone with us. That Fifth Young Master Pei, although he looks sickly, he’s not a person to mess with." Eunuch An squinted slightly, "Besides, they are all married, how are we to proceed with the marriage alliance? If Beiyang finds out we are sending a divorced woman, won’t that infuriate them?"
Qi Cheng frowned, "We came here for nothing, how do we explain to the Emperor?"
"Explain how? Just push it onto Fifth Young Master Pei and Zhen An Prefecture’s shoulders." Eunuch An gritted his teeth and said, "Prince Luling married off his daughters, it wasn’t us who let him marry them!"
Though that was what he said, Eunuch An still sent someone to inquire about the Li family’s daughters in the village.
On the village road, casually pulling a passerby, they asked about the Li family’s situation.
Indeed, just the day before yesterday, the Li family married off all three daughters together.
Eunuch An understood, Prince Luling must have received the news in advance, hence the urgency to marry off the daughters.
As for how he got the news...
Eunuch An had no intention to investigate further.
He needed to find a place to treat his injuries and change his clothes, he was nearly freezing to death.
Eunuch An instructed Qi Cheng to find a village household, gave some money, and asked them to heat water for their use.
The village doctor couldn’t be trusted, they tore their clothes and did some simple bandages.
With many people, chatting was inevitable.
Though when Eunuch An and his subordinates discussed matters, they deliberately lowered their voice, and avoided mentioning their names or identities.
Even so, their actions caught the attention of this household.
As a result, they were not so attentively entertained.
They went to Liu’s house.
Liu Laoda and his son-in-law Hu Shuangcheng were heating water for them, but the pace was very slow, making Eunuch An’s subordinates mad enough to want to draw their swords.
Liu Laoda wasn’t scared of them, simply saying, "The firewood of small families isn’t dry, so it burns slow."
"Then go find some dry firewood." Qi Cheng shouted angrily.
Liu Laoda instructed Hu Shuangcheng to fetch firewood from the second room; Hu Shuangcheng took a long time to return.
Qi Cheng scolded him for going too slow.
Liu Laoda said, "It’s winter now, all houses are preserving firewood for New Year use, it’s good enough if anyone will lend it. He had to visit several houses to borrow a bit."
Qi Cheng was unfamiliar with village circumstances, leaving him unable to refute.
He could only urge, "Faster!"
"Of course, of course." Liu Laoda nodded with a smile.
Eunuch An and his group bathed in warm water at Liu’s house, washed off the mud from their clothes, dried them, and left by the time it was one hour into the night.
