NOVEL TRANSLATION: HER LADYSHIP'S SCHEME

CHAPTER 009. SOMETHING HAPPENED TO THIRD BROTHER

Author : 鬼月幽靈 (Guî Yuè Yōulíng)

Translator : Helena Nasution (WhiteSky)

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Granny Wang looked at Banxia who had returned to her usual state, thinking that maybe she had seen it wrong. How could fifth young miss cry when she saw Xiangzhu for the first time?

"Granny Wang, please come to the house quickly."

As soon as Banxia finished speaking, Granny Wang waved her hand and said, "I won't go in. I can't let the old madam staying alone, so I need to leave first."

Banxia nodded and looked at each other.

Many things in her new life have changed due to her rebirth. How the future will develop is still unknown.

She must do everything she can to turn this situation around. She doesn't want her three older brothers to die at the hands of traitors or be exiled.

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Late at night, everyone had already rested.

Only Banxia, ​​who was pretending to be asleep, suddenly opened her eyes and looked at the purple silhouette of a witch.

"Miss, you're not asleep."

Because Xiangzhu possessed martial arts skills, she is very aware of people's rythm of breathing. She can tell that Banxia wasn't asleep yet from her breathing.

Of course Banxia didn't sleep, because something big would happen tonight, and her third brother would most likely have his legs disabled because of it.

Sure enough, after a while, she heard noisy sounds outside.

Banxia immediately stood up, put on her clothes, and walked out quickly.

Xiangzhu followed immediately. Because Xiangzhu was the one on the night shift, Shaoyao was now sleeping and didn't even know that the the young miss was out.

The current courtyard was next to Marquis Yao's study, so Banxia walked there without much effort.

As soon as she entered front yard of the study, she heard the sound of a cup being smashed.

Immediately afterwards, she saw and heard Marquis Yao was scolding angrily: "You little beast, you are really a little beast. You can mess with anyone, but why do you have to mess with Mei Zichu, the little bully in the capital? Even I can't do anything to him. How can I appease him now?

Madam Jin was secretly happy, knowing that the third child would fall into trap.

But she still pretended to say: "Husband, even if our son fails to live up to your expectations, you can't ignore Cangzhu. If this child has three advantages and two weaknesses, then I won't be able to live anymore..." 

(TL: Three advantages and two weaknesses or Three Long and Two Short (三長兩短/Sān Cháng Liâng Duân) means 'Something unexpected happen' or refers to 'unforseen disasters' and usually they're related to death. It is a chinese euphemism, it refers to a coffin, which consists of three pieces of long and two pieces of short woods, excluding the cover)

Banxia snorted coldly in her heart, this Madam Jin's acting is truly top-notch. (TL: If she was in the modern world, she would be an A+ Class Actress, Lols)

In her previous life, the third brother had his legs broken by the little bully. She wonders if it was also related to Madam Jin?

Banxia opened the door directly and said, "Father, I heard that something happened to third brother?"

Marquis Yao was in a very bad mood, so he didn't look good even when he saw Banxia.

"What do girls know? Go back to bed quickly."

Banxia was not annoyed and said calmly: "Father, although this daughter doesn't understand anything, third brother is this daughter's biological brother after all. How can the daughter not be worried?"

Marquis Yao sighed: "If your three elder brothers can be as sensible as you, then father will be relieved."

At this moment, the housekeeper hurriedly came to report: "Marquis, it's not good, third young masters lost a million taels of silver, What should we do?"

"What? A million taels?" Marquis Yao's eyes widened, and his lungs were about to explode.

"Why are you still standing there? Hurry over and take a look." Marquis Yao immediately led the people there.

No one cared about Banxia, ​​so Banxia followed Marquis Yao quietly.

The carriage moved forward and stopped directly at a brothel. This brothel was the famous Goddess Pavilion, and it was also the man's gold-selling den.

It is said that the Goddess Pavilion belongs to the territory of Tianji Tower, and it is said that Tianji Tower is a huge dark force.

The black markets in the entire of the seven countries, hundreds of provinces, and thousands of counties were all covered by that Tianji Tower. It was said that the combined treasury of the seven countries was not even as much as the annual income of the master of the Tianji Tower.

However, the master of the Tianji Tower is very mysterious. No one knows who was the owner of Tianji Tower.

Marquis Yao was in such a hurry that he didn't have time to think too much. He walked directly into the pavilion under the leadership of the housekeeper.

The lobby was decorated in a very unique design as if it was a palace for the immortals, giving people a thorough and clean feeling as soon as they enter.

Those women were all wearing white robed as white as the sand, their faces were adorned with simple and elegant make-up, and they were cold and distant.

There is a saying that goes well, the more difficult and the smaller the amount you get your hands on something, the more precious they are, so the women here only show off their skills but not their bodies, and they were all enough to seduce men who come to stop by.

There was a long table in the hall with various gambling equipment on it.

There were Dice, Pai-Go, Number One Lottery, and Fortune Wheels.

There was a group of people surrounding the long table, all watching the bet with great interest.

"You lose again. Either you get a million taels of silver or we will break your leg. It's your choice."

The little bully's arrogant tone echoed in the entire hall, and no one dared to find fault.

There were beads of sweat on Cangzhu's palms and forehead. He knew that Marquis Yao couldn't get the million taels at all.

Feeling guilty, he always felt that it was impossible, and shouted at Mei Zichu: "Impossible, how could I keep losing? It's you, you must be cheating." 

As soon as these words came out, there was an instant silence around him. Who didn't know that this little bully hates the most scammers.

"How dare you dare to say that I'm a cheater? Let's see if I don't beat you to death."

The people saw him jumped up to the table vigorously and yelled: "Come here, tie up this little rascal.See if I don't skin him now."

In an instant, several big men came out of nowhere and directly held Cangzhu up.

Seeing this formation, Marquis Yao was startled and his legs turned weak.

Cang Zhu was frightened and shouted: "No, no, no!!! Please don't beat me. If you want money, you should just follow me to find my father. Even if you beat me to death, I will not have the money to give you."

"You little animal! How can I have a useless son like you!" Marquis Yao stepped forward and gave Cangzhu two whips in anger.

Cangzhu shouted in pain: "Father, father, this son knows he made a mistake. Please save your son quickly, or he will die." 

It was the same as in her previous life. This incompetent third brother would desperately beg for mercy and admit his mistake whenever he made a mistake. Madam Jin will always protected him. He was never severely punished, so the brother became more and more lawless and never changed.

No matter how angry he was, he was still his son. Marquis Yao could only humble his self and look at Mei Zichu and said: "Mr. Mei, please just think that this kid made a slip of tongue, so don't argue with him."

Although the little bully is the biggest tyrant in the capital, But he was not an unreasonable person.

The corners of his mouth curled up, and his ruffian look perfectly complemented his boyish handsomeness.

Originally, he was one of the four beauties in the capital, and his appearance was impeccable.

Coupled with his signature devilish smile, he looked so handsome and hasbhis own unique charm.

"Okay, since Marquis Yao has spoken in person, I won't argue with him. However, if you lost, you must either pay off your gambling debt or break your legs. Marquis Yao, can you help your son to choose?" 

Marquis Yao was suddenly in a dilemma. He absolutely couldn't get out one million taels of silver.

But if his leg was broken, then his son will become disabled. What should he do?

"Mr. Mei, aren't these one million taels of silver a bit too much?"

"Ha! There are hundreds of pairs of eyes watching Marquis Yao. How could I be cheating? Your son is the one who had lost to me, and there's a written evidence for it. Your son has signed it before coming to this place."

Seeing the signature of his son written in the book, Marquis Yao felt his head hurt.

His old face looked embarrassed, and he couldn't help but begged: "Little County Prince, even if you sell me and the Marquis Yao Mansion, you won't be able to get these one million taels of silver!"

Mei Zichu didn't have that good patience: "Since you can't fork it out, then his leg should be crippled. Someone, come and do it now."

"No, no, no, don't..." Cangzhu was so frightened that he immediately shouted.

But those thugs would not sympathize with him, and would take action based on the order of Mei Zichu, the Little County Prince.

"Stop."

A cold voice came out. Everyone looked at the voice and saw an ordinary-looking lady.

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