Reborn, meet you again!

Chapter 21 Another Price

Song Wan was almost amused by the self-righteousness of the man in front of her.

"From what General Pei said, I should thank you for thinking of me like this?"

"I wonder if General Pei's words about 'assisting Mother in managing the Marquisate' include preparing Miss Shen's betrothal gifts as requested by Madam Pei?"

Pei Qingyan felt that Jiang Wanqiao's attitude was not what he expected.

She has been causing all this trouble these days and her temperament has changed drastically. Isn't it because she is afraid that Jiahe will take away everything from her?

He has already made a promise, so why is she still acting so sarcastic?

"Welcoming Jiahe into the family is a matter for the inner house. As the legal wife, you should naturally help with the preparations. What's wrong with that?"

What's wrong?

Song Wan didn't know whether the man in front of her was really stupid or just pretending to be stupid.

But no matter whether he was really stupid or just pretending to be stupid, she would tear off this fig leaf for him.

"Before answering the general's question, there is one thing I would like to ask clearly."

"I am going out with Madam Pei today.

The items that have been ordered will cost as much as 30,000 taels."

"And according to Mother's requirements, one thousand taels of gold, ten thousand taels of silver, plus the farm and shop, at least another two hundred thousand taels, which adds up to two hundred and thirty thousand taels."

"Does General Pei know about this?"

Pei Qingyan didn't know why she suddenly told him these trivial things. The relationship between husband and wife should be like that between him and Jiahe, under the flowers and moon, with the beauty of her beauty.

But Jiang Wanqiao keeps talking about money, it's really... boring!

He also suddenly discovered that since some time ago, she stopped calling him husband and instead called him General Pei, which was extremely stiff.

He didn't like these mundane things in the first place, so he just suppressed his impatience and said.

"Mother also did this for the dignity of the Marquisate."

Song Wan automatically ignored the impatience in Pei Qingyan's eyes and continued to ask.

"Then the reward General Pei received for his military exploits this time, plus the money he paid after the shop turned a profit in the past two years, adds up to less than thirty thousand taels!"

"General Pei also knows this?"

Seeing that she was still entangled in these trivial matters in the inner house, Pei Qingyan couldn't help but frown again.

"What exactly do you want to say?"

"I just said that Jiahe will not compete with you for the position of wife. A grand wedding is just compensation for her."

"Also, Jiahe said that she would take back every penny of the betrothal gift given by the Marquis' Mansion."

"Now that you are in charge of the household affairs, when she brings the things back, they will be back in your hands. In this way, you won't lose anything, right?"

Song Wan just sneered.

No loss at all?

Can her own things be the same as those in the public school?

But...it's good enough that he admitted that he knew.

Thinking of this, the aggressive edge in Song Wan's eyes dissipated, and instead revealed a nice smile, stretching out the ending tone.

"Oh~ So the general knows all about it..."

After that, she stopped talking and just looked Pei Qingyan up and down with some ambiguity.

The sudden silence in the air made Pei Qingyan a little confused, and he didn't understand what she meant.

I just felt that Jiang Wanqiao was looking at me...very carefully.

Very… naked.

He knew that was the look a woman gave a man.

Her eyes, no longer as aggressive as before, were as bright as stars, and her whole body showed a bit of cunning and charm.

Pei Qingyan, who had just thought that the person in front of him was uninteresting, could not take his eyes away.

After a while, seeing that Jiang Wanqiao was still staring at him motionlessly, Pei Qingyan suddenly showed a hint of unnaturalness.

He cleared his itchy throat.

"What are you looking at me for?"

Even if she understood what he said just now, there was still the maid present.

It was really inappropriate for her to seduce him so blatantly.

At this time, Song Wan finally withdrew her gaze from Pei Qingyan. A hint of mischief flashed across her eyes, and then she spoke with a hint of nonchalantness.

"Isn't General Pei here to sell himself today?"

"In this kind of business, of course you have to check out the goods first."

"I'm looking at General Pei's body... Is it really worth two hundred thousand taels..."

Pei Qingyan, who was feeling romantic in his heart, suddenly froze on the spot when he heard this.

After realizing what she was saying, he stood up suddenly.

"Jiang Wanqiao! What nonsense are you talking about!"

After all, he was a man who had been to the battlefield, so Pei Qingyan's aura was a bit scary. Luoluo, who was standing beside him, hurriedly walked a few steps closer to her young lady and looked at him warily.

Song Wan was not afraid at all and continued to look at Pei Qingyan with some ease.

"What? General Pei, do you want to stand up and turn around a few times for me to see?"

"That's not impossible. After all, besides the face, the figure of the young man in that building is also very important."

Song Wan said this and looked Pei Qingyan up and down again.

"But General Pei's... I look at it and it doesn't look like it's worth two hundred thousand taels..."

“This deal doesn’t seem to be a good deal?

"Green radish, don't you think so?"

Before Luoluo could say anything, Pei Qingyan was completely enraged by Song Wan's words.

She actually compared him with the young prostitutes in the building!

Pei Qingyan, who had never suffered such humiliation, was so angry that he reached out and pushed the food off the table.

"Jiang Wanqiao, do you know what you are talking about?"

Song Wan stood up calmly, looked at the mess on the ground, and said innocently.

"What's wrong with General Pei? Why are you still angry?"

"Did I understand this incorrectly?"

"General Pei said a few days ago that the one million taels the Jiang family gave me was to buy my position as the legal wife, so this position of legal wife was originally mine."

"Now, since the extra two hundred thousand taels of betrothal gifts are due to the fact that Miss Shen was not given the position of principal wife, the compensation for Miss Shen must naturally be paid by the Marquis' Mansion."

"But General Pei suddenly came to consummate my marriage today and asked me to pay 200,000 taels. Isn't that the same as what he meant?"

"Of course, the price for consummating the marriage is different. I understand!"

"Or... is there something I didn't fully understand? If so, General, please correct me. Why are you so angry?"

Pei Qingyan completely understood that he had been fooled by this woman.

But he happened to come today with this intention in mind.

Now that she had said it so bluntly with such humiliating words, he didn't know how to refute it for a moment.

In a fit of rage, Pei Qingyan could only straighten his neck and threaten with his head held high.

"Jiang Wanqiao, you've contradicted your husband and have no virtue as a woman! Aren't you afraid that I won't set foot in your room again?"

He just didn't believe that she really didn't care about anything.

Jiahe is about to come in.

Without his favor, how could she have secured her position as the mistress of the Marquis's Mansion?

Song Wan just glanced at him indifferently.

"General Pei, please do as you please!"

Pei Qingyan looked at her indifferent expression and felt completely humiliated. He secretly clenched his fists and quickly turned away.

"Okay! Okay! Jiang Wanqiao, you said this yourself, don't regret it!"

But just as he took two steps, Jiang Wanqiao suddenly called her.

Pei Qingyan sneered and turned to glare at her.

"What? Do you regret it now?"

"late!"

Song Wan smiled.

"General Pei misunderstood. I just wanted to remind you not to forget to take your things with you."

"Luluo, send the matching cards to General Pei!"

After receiving the order, Luoluo immediately used a handkerchief to pick up the pair of cards that had been knocked to the ground by Pei Qingyan and were already stained with some dirt, and handed them to Pei Qingyan.

"General, please take it!"

Pei Qingyan did not answer it.

Song Wan raised her eyebrows when she saw this.

"What? General Pei doesn't want to take this pair of cards... Could it be that he still wants to discuss this 'business' with me?"

"Let me make it clear first, two hundred thousand taels is impossible..."

"Twenty taels... yes..."

Song Wan said this and shook her head in disgust, swallowing the rest of her words.

Pei Qingyan was suddenly furious. He reached out and quickly snatched the pair of cards from Luoluo's hand, then left with a flick of his sleeves.

Seeing him leave, Luoluo finally couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Miss, today is really a relief!"

Song Wan reached out and tapped Luoluo's forehead.

"Okay, have someone clean up the house quickly, and you can go and rest."

"Don't forget, you still have a 'mission' tomorrow!"

Thinking about the young lady's previous instructions, Luoluo not only did not feel sleepy, but became more energetic.

"Don't worry, Miss. I'm in high spirits and can do it now!"

Seeing her like this, Song Wan couldn't help but smile with her hands covering her lips.

"loquacious."

The room soon returned to silence, leaving only the sound of servants coming in to sweep.

No one noticed that at this moment, a black figure quietly covered the roof tiles and flew away...