"No Wedding Unless Enemies and Lovers" 《不是冤家不拜堂》Chapter 121

 Tonight he had ordered Chi Feng to completely confiscate that underground casino, take all the money inside, those helpers and bankers in the casino had noisily shouted that the owner behind them was someone who was prestigious person in court, he'll definitely have it coming to him.

Tomorrow he'll take the casino's account book and money all to court, he wants to see just who opened this casino.

A night without words, when Ji Ling Xue woke up, Xiao Yi Chen had already gone to morning court, Ji Ling Xue touched the cold quilt beside her uttering, "I seem to have dreamed about Xiao Yi Chen yesterday?"

That was a dream right?

"Princess, what are you muttering to yourself" Mo Xiang pushed the open and entered with a smile, putting the hot water before Ji Ling Xue, wringing the cloth dry she passed it to her.

Ji Ling Xue took the cloth wiping her face, only then did she ask: "Did you see the prince this morning?" Did he come out from this princess's room?

Mo Xiang nodded: "The prince was in a good mood, he told the housekeeper to reward us each with one silver, it's a really good thing that you and the prince has reconciled."

Ji Ling Xue: "..."

At dawn, at the prince's maternal uncle's residence.

The thirteenth miss's red clothes were dripping with blood, riddled with wounds she knelt in front of a man, weakly saying: "Master, our casino was destroyed by prince Chen..."

The man wearing magnificent clothes sat on a black sandalwood chair, holding two walnuts in his hand, his back was to the light and his face couldn't be seen, only a silhouette changing all the time, he gave a cold snort, "What happened?"

The thirteenth miss repeated exactly what she had heard, in the end, she said: "Master, did prince Chen do this knowing you're the owner of the casino, he deliberately came to close it down?"

Losing this quickest way to earn money, the face of the man in magnificent clothes warped, grinding his teeth he said: "Xiao Yi Chen is bored in the capital...it seems this old man needs to find him something to do...the woman who went to the casino with him, do you know who she is?"

The thirteen miss shook her head, "The woman was in disguise, I don't know who she is."

The man in magnificent clothing hmphed: "Xiao Yi Chen only has a few women, see if she looks like prince Chen's imperial concubine? I heard in order to marry this imperial concubine, prince Chen almost killed his princess."

The thirteenth miss thought about it, she wasn't sure. Ji Ling Xue and  Ji Yu Qing looked similar.

The man in magnificent clothing tilted his head to look at the colour of the sky outside the window, "It's time for morning court, stay in this residence for now to avoid attracting unnecessary trouble, don't leave the house these next few days, wait until the rumours outside have stopped."

The thirteen miss knelt on the floor thanking him, the man in magnificent clothing walked past her, he pushed open the doors and left.

There was a play in today's morning court, prince Chen who previously came every three days then didn't for five days, was the first one standing the morning court for the very first time.

The officials who followed after all greeted Xiao Yi Chen, Xiao Yi Chen nodded elegantly, until his uncle showed up, prince Chen nodded at him.

This uncle was very doted on by the emperor, the lucrative job of Ministry of Revenue was given to him.

Xiao Yi Mo sat on the imperial throne in dragon robes before the crowd of officials, all the officials simultaneously bowed in salute, apart from Xiao Yi Chen who was above the rest, Xiao Yi Mo told them to rise.

Xiao Yi Mo looked outside at the sky teasing Xiao Yi Chen, "Imperial brother has attended morning court to present a memorial?"

Xiao Yi Chen nodded with a slight smile, already prepared he bowed, taking out the account book of the casino on the western outskirt and presenting it to Xiao Yi Mo, "Yesterday this official brother was bored and went to the famous casino on the western outskirt, I didn't expect to find anything fishy, this casino was impossible, it had managed to gain ten millions silvers in a mere month, this official brother was fidgety and played on game, I won a bit of money and wanted to leave but those helpers blocked my way preventing me from leaving, only those who have lost everything can leave, official brother thinks, this casino's conducts and behaviour are very suspicious, thus I confiscated the casino and was able to discover a lot of unidentified entries in the account books"

All the officials looked at each other, prince Chen was amazing, he had accomplished something else again.

Last time prince Chen was a moon gazing lake, he accidentally discovered the third prince of Dayan, even though he didn't catch the third prince or others, he had however confiscated all the belongings left in the city by the third prince, this time the prince once again confiscated the most popular casino in the capital, it didn't matter whether his other intentions were noble, he had gotten a large sum of money to fill the treasury was true.

Even the emperor who didn't usually have a good opinion of him, smiled at him, this was a great deal.

Xiao Yi Mo skimmed through the account book, nodding he smiled: "Imperial brother has worked hard, the five million gold confiscated from this casino can fill the treasury, just in time for the coming year's dam repair."

"Love live the emperor, emperor is wise" echoed through the court in praise.

The imperial uncle cupped his hands at Xiao Yi Mo: "Prince Chen has really helped the emperor, for the benefits of the people, a lot of young women have been disappearing from the capital lately, the Ministry of Justice has been on their feet for the last month over these cases, but they haven't made any progress, why doesn't prince Chen join in this investigation, maybe there'll be a light at the end of the tunnel."

Xiao Yi Mo's face darkened, it was close to the end of the year, for such disappearance cases to arise, breaking the law under the capital's nose, these people looked down on the imperial power too much, look down on him this emperor too much.

Xiao Yi Mo looked at Xiao Yi Chen with an inquisitive gaze, asking for his opinion.

Xiao Yi Chen was an unequalled hero on the battlefield, but for him to solve a complicated case, it might be out of his comfort zone.

Xiao Yi Chen turned to glance at his imperial uncle, smiling, it seems he had inadvertently offended this uncle.

Xiao Yi Chen said: "Official brother will give it a go."

While the morning court was heating up, outside it was actually snowing heavily.

Mo Xiang walked into Ji Ling Xue's room with a heated flask, "Princess, it's snowing outside..."

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Ji Ling Xue didn't hear Mo Xiang's words with her head lowered, Mo Xiang walked to Ji Ling Xue's side out of curiosity, but was frightened by the two snakes placed on the table, "Ah--- snake...snake...viper!"

Ji Ling Xue comforted the frantic Mo Xiang: "Don't worry these two are only dead snakes." Last night she had gotten the secret guards to take them from the casino.

That casino had quite a lot of hidden treasures, apart from snakes they had scorpions, Ji Ling Xue was only interested in poisons, so she took them all.

Xiao Yi Chen then placed the bears and leopards from the casino into cages as pets.

Mo Xiang's lips twitched, saying nothing about Ji Ling Xue's weird hobby, "Princess, what are you doing?"

Ji Ling Xue gave an oh without raising her head, she continued to study her poison, "Oh, I'm planning to make two vials of poison to sell on the black market, I heard it's worth quite a bit."

Mo Xiang's mouth was wide open, princess, you're not lacking in money, why are you producing poison to harm others?

Ji Ling Xue seemed to read Mo Xiang's mind, she smiled saying: "Even if I don't make the poison, there will still be someone buying and selling them outside." Therefore it wasn't that she wasn't being merciful but rather there was a demand on the market.

Mo Xiang put her index fingers together, she seems to make a lot of sense.

Seeing the poison in the bowl turn from green to black, Ji Ling Xue said in pleasant surprise: "It's done!"

Mo Xiang's eyelids twitched asking: "What poison is this?"

Ji Ling Xue said: "Five steps death, you'll die after taking five steps, doesn't it sound horrifying?"

Mo Xiang nodded with all her strength, hearing the name it was like the god of death was approaching.

Ji Ling Xue gave a stretch, turning to look at the great amount of snowing floating outside, "It really is snowing."

Ji Ling Xue put on an cloak walking under the eaves, reaching out she touched the snow, just then the sound of Zi Ye's voice came from the door, "Is princess here, imperial concubine Qing is seeking an audience."

Mo Xiang replied and Ji Yu Qing with a red fur cloak came walking in, entering the courtyard like a ball of fire.

JI Ling Xue lips twitched looking at the tightly wrapped Ji Yu Qing, "Younger sister came to find me for what reason?"

Ji Yu Qing smiled: "Can I not come find older sister for no reason? Considering how cold it is, it's very fitting for a visit."

Ji Ling Xue smiled, looking at Ji Yu Qing profoundly, one doesn't visit a temple without cause, there must be something.

Ji Ling Xue felt, Ji Yu Qing came to find her because she must have found that prince's residence map had been switched, she didn't dare ask Xiao Yi Chen, so she came here to make indirect inquiries.

Ji Ling Xue turned and entered the house, Ji Yu Qing hurried after sitting opposite Ji Ling Xue at the small side table, a steaming teapot was placed on the table.

Ji Yu Qing picked it up pouring herself a cup of tea and drank it, her eyes looked everywhere, "It's the first time I've sat down in older sister's new house, it's strange, why did that lightening just happen to strike older sister's house, fortunately sister has good fortune, and the prince treats older sister so well, letting older sister to live in this Yilan park opposite the prince."

"Older sister your tea tastes very good, do you have some more, can you give me some?"

Ji Yu Qing saw Ji Ling Xue didn't speak so she found topics to chat about.

Ji Ling Xue then looked up at Ji Yu Qing with a face full of confusion, "Younger sister, what did you say just now? I saw the snow is getting heavier outside, I was worried the prince didn't wear enough when he went to morning court, Mo Xiang, go deliver a thick cloak to the prince in a minute."

Mo Xiang replied from the door, "Yes, princess!"

Ji Yu Qing's face turned green then white hearing this, Ji Ling Xue was getting more and more excessive, she dared to ignore what she was saying, and deliberately showed off her relationship in front of her.

Ji Yu Qing forced out a trace of a smile, if she hadn't come here today about the map, she would have immediately left.

Ji Ling Xue watched Ji Yu Qing with amusement, she didn't expect this girl to be able to endure it.

Ji Ling Xue turned to ask Mo Xiang standing at the door: "What did my imperial concubine younger sister say just now?"

Hearing Ji Ling Xue address her as "imperial concubine younger sister", she was completely putting emphasis her position, Ji Yu Qing was objecting in her mind.

Mo Xiang loudly replied: "Princess, imperial concubine Qing said she likes your tea, she asked if you can give her some."

Ji Ling Xue nodded, "Oh, younger sister likes it, give her some later, this is the West lake Longjing tea given by the empress dowager."

Ji Yu Qing's lips twitched, "Older sister, did you know something has been stolen in the residence?"

Ji Ling Xue blinked, tilting her head to ask Mo Xiang: "Mo Xiang, you've been on duty recently, have you seen anyone come into this princess's courtyard, although the princess has no dowry here, I still have over ten silvers."

The corners of Ji Yu Qing's lips moved, "Older sister, I'm not talking about your courtyard, rather the prince's study?"