An Divine Supreme Doctor and A Noble King novel Chapter 5

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“Yes, Sister. Didn’t you say that you fancied the carved red jade pendant from Zhen Bao Pavilion and asked me to buy it for you? Its price is naturally high as it is the most treasured item in the whole shop. Dear Sister, do you not have the money? B-but the staff at the pavilion has already made an exception for me. On account of our family name, they agreed to let me buy the pendant with an advanced payment of 1,000 taels.” Chu Liuyue looked embarrassed.

First Elderwho had been standing beside heralmost stopped breathing. That was 199,000 silver taels! Even for the Chu family, it wasn’t easy to come up with that amount of money at once. He stared at Chu Xianmin. No matter how much he had favored her, he was only greatly dissatisfied with her at the moment. He reprimanded her coldly. “Minmin! You’re too ignorant for your own good!”

They had to buy this pendant at all costs now that their family name was on the line. Otherwise, if word of this was to get out, they wouldn’t know what other people would say about the Chu family.

Chu Xianmin opened her mouth to defend herself, but nothing could come out. She didn’t even ask Chu Liuyue to buy anything for her, not to mention the carved red jade pendant in Zhen Bao Pavilion that was worth 200,000 silver taels.

That pendant had been famous for a long time. It was a treasure made from the finest red jade. Although it was good for cultivation, it was far from being worth 200,000 silver taels! That’s why it remained unsold in the shop for the longest time!

She never expected Chu Liuyue to be so scheming.

Chu Liuyue planned for Chu Xianmin to cough up the 200,000 silver taels herself!

Chu Xianmin shook with anger. If First Elder wasn’t here, she would have pounded Chu Liuyue and shredded her into pieces!

Throughout all these years, all she had managed to save was only about 4,000 to 5,000 silver taels. Two hundred thousand silver taels were too massive a hole for her to fill.

However, the Chu family’s name was on the line. She had to take care of this matter at all costs.

“I-I I will definitely pay for this out of my own pocket. First Elder, you mustn’t worry about it.” With gritted teeth, she forced a smile. “Mother has always loved me. She had promised to fulfill one of my requests if I came in first place in the academy’s assessment.”

Chu Xianmin’s mother, Lu Yao, came from the Lu familyone of the top merchant families in the entire Imperial City.

She said this to show that she could get the money and wouldn’t make things difficult for the Chu family no matter what. On the other hand, she also wanted to use the Lu family’s name to elevate her status.

As she expected, First Elder’s demeanor softened considerably upon hearing the Lu family’s name.

“Indeed, your mother loves you the most because you are an outstanding daughter. I recall that the academy’s assessment is in one month’s time?”

Tian Lu Academy was the school Chu Xianmin had been studying at. It was also the most prominent academy to have ever existed in the entire Country Yao Chen. Those who entered the academy were all enviable geniuses. Even children of royal blood wanted to enter and undergo their assessment.

Simply because of this, Chu Xianmin was loved throughout the Chu family.

“Yes.” Chu Xianmin became much more energetic. Then, something occurred to her. A trace of shyness appeared on her pretty face. “Brother Jin His Highness also said that he would reward me if I placed first in the assessment.”

Chu Liuyue raised her eyebrows a notch.

The ‘Brother Jin’ Chu Xianmin had just mentioned was none other than the current Crown Prince, Rong Jin. He was also engaged to Chu Liuyue.

From her expression, anyone could tell that something was going on between Chu Xianmin and the Crown Prince.

First Elder’s eyes lit up. “Really?”

The Crown Prince, a favorite of His Majesty, was highly gifted and capable. The Chu family had been declining. If they could climb up this enormous treethe Crown Princeeverything would be different.

Chu Xianmin seemed to have suddenly thought of something. She gave Chu Liuyue a quick glance and explained somewhat nervously, “Sister, there isn’t any cause for misunderstanding. There is really nothing going on between Brother Jin and me. He is looking out for me simply because both of you are engaged. If you can get into the academy, I’m sure Brother Jin will treat you” She stopped talking abruptly.

Everybody knew that Chu Liuyue was a born loser. She couldn’t even cultivate normally, much less get into Tian Lu Academy.

If someone had really cared about her engagement with the Crown Prince, Chu Liuyue wouldn’t have been bullied to this extent!

Chu Ning gritted his teeth, but his heart grew cold.

The official engagement was in a month. He thought that would change the situation, but it now seemed like it was just his delusions.

He had heard that the Crown Prince was interested in Chu Xianmin. However, he didn’t expect that it had already reached such a blatant stage! They didn’t care about Yue’er at all! To think that his poor daughter had loved the Crown Prince wholeheartedly.