CH 27.1

Long after Ji Yunxi and Ji Mingyan left, everyone in Dechang Gambling House was still in shock and could not recover their senses for a long time.

The Ji family is rich, and everyone in the capital knows it.

But they didn’t expect that it would be so rich that the gold and silver was able to be moved in one box after another just like that, which deeply pierced everyone’s heart.

What is even more frightening is that everyone knows that Ji Yunxi only returned to the capital yesterday.

It only took her less than two days to collect so much cash.

What’s even more, more frightening is that this amount of money is not all of Ji Yunxi’s wealth. There are countless houses and fertile fields under her name, and she hasn’t touched the money from pawnshops and auction houses yet.

What Ji Yunxi used was only her small treasury.

This is truly, really, staking a thousand taels of silver at one throw. Everyone can’t help but think like that.

“Could it be that the Eldest Young Master Wu is actually a man of talent? And we all really just underestimated him?”

Otherwise, how could this Third Miss Ji be willing to spend so much money to bet on Wu Wei’an’s getting the First-Rank? If Wu Wei’an really has no ability, all the money will only be wasted.

“When the engagement between the two families were set, everyone already checked the situation of the Wu family clearly. That Master Wu can be considered a good official, and the second son of the Wu family is said to have some knowledge, but the eldest son of the Wu family is really not good. When he was in Pingjiang’s private school, the eldest son’s homework was the last!” An insider spoke.

“But, did the Ji family really just let the Third Miss fool around like this?”

“It’s not like you don’t know how several masters of the Ji family favor the Third Miss. Maybe this amount of money is not much for the Ji family and they just let her play around for the sake of face.”

“But it also can’t be done like this. This amount of money is very large, even several royal princes won’t be able to just take it out like this…” Someone asked quietly. “Although it’s said that the eldest son of the Wu family is really poor in knowledge, have you all forgotten that the Elder Brother of the Ji family is the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Officials? He knows all the questions in the Spring Imperial Examination…”

“You mean——”

“Exactly!”

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“Shh, you can’t talk nonsense. It’s not like you don’t know how much the Ji family holds grudges. So, say less!”

There was a lot of uproar about this, and more and more people knew about it.

Ji Mingxi spent a day in the Ministry of Civil Officials, and it was almost dark before he was ready to go back to the Ji Mansion.

The official who has always been friends with him came to ask: “Brother Mingxi, do you know what happened in your family?”

Ji Mingxi just discussed the Spring Imperial Examination’s questions with a few old gentlemen today and there are signs of a positive outcome, so he was inevitably in a good mood and asked back: “What happened?”

Ji Mingxi has never been too worried about the matters in his family.

Although his several younger brothers and sister in the family have their own opinions, they actually have their own degrees in doing things, and it generally doesn’t need him to worry about.

Besides, is worrying useful? That’s not necessarily useful either.

The official, who is his good friend, said: “Your third sister took fifty thousand taels of gold and one hundred thousand taels of silver to Dechang Gambling House this afternoon.”

Ji Mingxi: “Oh, you are talking about this. I learned about it yesterday. Just let her be.”

The other party: “???”

Is this number of gold and silver a small sum of money?

Even if he worked hard all his life, it is still far from earning so much money.

That official’s heart is very tired, but looking at his particularly easy-going friend, he still gives him a few reminders: “Brother Mingxi, you still have to take care of the younger brothers and sister at home.”

Ji Mingxi smiled. Knowing that his good friend was saying this out of good-intention, he responded: “I know, I will take care of them.”

The official then added again: “If you are too busy to manage the affairs at home, you can also marry a good wife and let her manage it for you.”

Ji Mingxi said with a pleasant smile on his face: “I know, I will pay attention.”