Chapter 28 Qiu Shi
Dongyue raised her head and looked at him in surprise, as if she didn't understand why he said that.

Pei Qi raised her chin with a folding fan and said, "With your good looks, you should be able to sell more at Yihongyuan."

He saw the panic flashing in Dongyue's eyes, and his smile became more and more full: "Isn't it?"

Dongyue's face was pale and she was speechless.

The tears in the corners of her eyes were glistening, and combined with the red corners of her eyes, she looked quite pitiful.

But Pei Qi didn't show any pity for her. He took back the folding fan and handed it to Uncle Fu. Instead of asking her any more, he turned to the delicate Qiushi.
"You, Qiushi?"

Qiushi nodded, with a respectful expression: "Yes, slave Qiushi."

Pei Qi's smile deepened when he heard her answer, "You said you fled from the south, but where exactly are you?"

"Back to your lord, this servant escaped from Xiejia Village in Yongye." Qiushi replied.

Pei Qi: "Which vassal country is it?"

Qiushi: "My lord, it is not a vassal state. Xiejia Village is directly under the jurisdiction of the Yongye Dynasty."

"Oh?" Pei Qi seemed a little surprised, "Then why did you flee? Isn't Yong Ye still fine?"

Qiushi lowered her eyes and said, "Back to the prince, my slave's family is doing a small business and is quite wealthy, but my eldest brother accidentally broke his leg when he went out. The medicinal materials are expensive, and my parents almost spent all their wealth trying to cure my eldest brother's leg. Because of this incident, the eldest brother and the second brother's sister-in-law regretted their marriage. The eldest brother felt that he had brought down the family, so he hanged himself in grief.

In addition to slaves, the family also had a second brother, a third sister, a fourth sister and a younger brother. In order for the second brother to successfully marry his sister-in-law, the parents had no choice but to increase the betrothal gift.

The slave was born well, and it happened that a rich man in the town was willing to buy the slave for ten taels of silver, so the slave went voluntarily.Who would have thought that the rich family had a bad habit of mistreating people, so the slave girl found an opportunity to escape and followed the refugees to the capital..."

"Huh?" Pei Qi was noncommittal and just asked, "Didn't Granny Ya just say that you also come from a wealthy family?"

Ya Po panicked after hearing this, fearing that he would blame him, and quickly said fiercely to Qiushi: "Isn't that what you told me? Little Hoof, how dare you lie to me?!"

Qiushi didn't look up at her and replied seriously: "Back to the prince, my mother-in-law thought so when she saw the slave's appearance."

Pei Qi raised his eyebrows with interest: "You didn't defend yourself, did you?"

Qiushi: "Yes, this way I can find a better buyer."

She is very honest and answers almost all questions.

The smile on Pei Qi's lips disappeared, and she waved her hand: "Then it's you two."

He said seriously: "It's easier to take care of people when you're a little older."

Ya Po immediately smiled and said, "Okay! Would you like to give these two maids new names, please?"

Only now did Pei Qi turn his attention to Nan Qiao, who was not eating sugar-roasted chestnuts the whole time, "Buckwheat, do you want to rename them?"

"No, no, no!" Nan Qiao shook his head: "Qiushi and Dongyue sound nice, and Qiao Qiao is not very good at picking names, but I can choose them if I want."

"Then it's Qiushi Dongyue." Pei Qi looked at Uncle Fu: "Uncle Fu, you can arrange them."

"Yes, my lord."

Pei Qi pointed at the buckwheat and said to Qiushi and Dongyue: "From now on, she will be your master."

Qiushi and Dongyue immediately recognized each other and saluted Nanqiao: "Slave Qiushi/Dongyue, I have met the lady."

(End of this chapter)

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