Seeing Yang Ruxin speak so resolutely, the younger ones didn’t insist any longer.
Yang Ruxin ate her meal quickly, got up, and walked outside, but as soon as she opened the courtyard door, someone suddenly squeezed in.
"What are you doing?" Yang Ruxin got a shock.
"My apologies, Lady Xinxin," Qi Jingyi greeted with a fist and palm salute, then gesturing outside, "That person is watching closely, I had no choice."
Yang Ruxin peeked outside and, sure enough, saw Yang Baihe still loitering nearby, immediately bursting into schadenfreude laughter, "Qi Gongzi’s charm is truly unparalleled...
"Yang Ruxin, that’s not very kind of you," Qi Jingyi said with a constipated expression.
"Haha..." Yang Ruxin laughed unkindly, "I’m just telling the truth, my little aunt is the belle of ten miles around... Haha..."
"Do you want to be my little aunt’s husband?" Sini asked naively from behind.
Qi Jingyi was dumbfounded. When did I ever want to become your little aunt’s husband?
Yang Ruxin burst into roaring laughter right away.
"If you want to be my little aunt’s husband, then don’t come to our house," Sini suddenly huffed and then turned around to go back inside.
"I..." Qi Jingyi felt greatly depressed.
"She’s still young..." Yang Ruxin’s smile faded.
"Okay, let’s not talk about that," Qi Jingyi quickly waved his hand, "I came to you for a reason." The more he talked, the darker it seemed.
"What’s the matter?"
"I mean, if there’s something rare like the Black Bear again, I... the young master would still be willing to accept your offer..." Qi Jingyi’s eyes widened. He had thought it was Gu Yao who had hunted it, but to his surprise, it was this girl. He realized he had to reassess her; perhaps she was a hidden expert, which explained why Gu Qingheng was so devoted to her.
Yang Ruxin’s eyes lit up immediately, "You want another one?"
"Yes," Qi Yong nodded, "We can still negotiate the price."
"How do we negotiate?" Yang Ruxin raised her eyebrows slightly, "If I hunt another Black Bear, what will you offer me?"
"This..." Qi Jingyi paused, his heart questioning whether a Black Bear was that easy to hunt? Black Bears raised in the Royal Hunting Grounds were not something everyone could hunt, let alone a pure wild one. But why did this girl make it seem like she could hunt one at any moment?
Yang Ruxin’s eyes were also round. There was still a Black Bear in her space. If the price was high, she could become rich overnight.
"If I hunt another Black Bear, it won’t be lower than this number, right?" Qi Jingyi still quickly stretched out a finger, "One thousand taels. Of course, it also depends on the condition. If the fur is all damaged, it will be at a lower price..."
"Then it’s a deal," Yang Ruxin was happy, one thousand taels was a satisfactory figure for her, "Next time I hunt a Black Bear, I’ll let Gu Yao notify you."
Qi Jingyi was satisfied too, since at the end of the year it would be the Emperor’s birthday and the Empress Dowager’s thousand-autumn festival, just half a month apart. Usually, people would give their own writings or embroidery done by the ladies of the house as presents, and since the Emperor did not allow extravagance, everyone had to get hands-on to show their filial piety. This time, he had accepted that Black Bear and just gave the Shen Family a pair of bear paws, the rest he had remade by craftsmen. They said such a complete bear pelt was rare indeed, and what was more precious was that the fur was all black, without a single impurity.
Therefore, he was very hopeful to get two more; that way, he could present one to the Emperor and one to the Empress