Chapter 634: Who Is Ah Ruan?
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
King Xiaoyao had thought that this thing was expensive, but he didn’t expect it to be so expensive.
King Xiaoyao doesn’t have a powerful maternal clan like the Qin family in Jiangnan. His mother was originally a humble concubine in the palace.
When the late Emperor was still around, many people had ambitions for higher positions. After all, the late Emperor himself was from the Qin family, and he had achieved great success, fame, wealth, and everything else, except for one thing – true love.
The relationship between the late Emperor and the previous Empress, who is the current Empress Dowager, was really not very good. Anyone with discerning eyes could tell. Therefore, some concubines who entered the palace began to think of stepping on the Empress Dowager’s head.
Of course, none of them succeeded. All of them fell down like dogs that had been beaten up. In the end, they gained nothing. In serious cases, even their entire clan was implicated.
King Xiaoyao’s mother had also been doted on for a period of time, but she had always remained clear-headed and supported the Empress Dowager.
In this way, she became the one who had the last laugh. Now, there were no longer any concubines of the previous Emperor in the harem. Only the Empress Dowager was left, along with King Xiaoyao’s mother. She had obtained the grace of the Empress Dowager and Emperor Minghua and could leave the palace to retire in glory. This was a treatment that many concubines had never received before.
It was also because she was just a inconspicuous concubine that they allowed her to leave. Even if she returned to Duke An Manor, Duke An couldn’t give her much.
In the huge Duke An Manor, there were too many expenses to cover, leaving little to spare for a married woman who had already left the family.
King Xiaoyao was very good at doing business, but he was not as rich as people thought. Much of his money was actually scammed from his brothers and sisters-in-law.
“All, Uncle Ah Shu, is it because you don’t have enough money?” Ah Yu’s understanding of the price of goods was very extreme. She knew how much one coin or one tael of silver could buy, but when it came to discussing money in thousands or tens of thousands of taels, Ah Yu didn’t consider it valuable anymore.
It was just a bunch of numbers.
This number was calculated by Meatbail. In other words, All Yu did not deliberately trick King Xiaoyao. Instead, this wheelchair was truly worth this price.
An obvious look of embarrassment flashed across King Xiaoyao’s face. “Can I convert it into shops for you? I also have two properties that would suit you very well. According to the current market value, one property alone would be worth 10 thousand taels.”
“It’s not impossible.” Ah Yu had learned it from Old Madam Wang. She had the same mindset that more houses, shops, and estates were always welcome. Especially when they were not bestowed or purchased from the royal family, it would provide them with greater freedom and fewer complications in their future management.
Upon hearing this, Ah Yu’s eyes lit up. “If you have a manor, does that mean you also have a training ground?”
King Xiaoyao raised his eyebrows. “What do you want to do? Are you going to open a martial arts school?”
“No, I plan to buy it and establish a school, but building a school is not something that can be done overnight. If I start now, by the time I grow up, it should be ready for use,” said Ah Yu.
Speaking of which, King Xiaoyao actually knew that Ah Yu wanted to build a women’s academy. Those who knew about this in the past only treated it as a joke. Now, it seemed that this little girl was serious.
“Many years ago, someone also had such thoughts, but in the end, she couldn’t make it happen,” King Xiaoyao said.
Ah Yu said with interest, “Who has the same thoughts as me? I can be friends with her and we can build an academy together!”
“It’s someone called All Ruan,” King Xiaoyao said with a smile. He stretched out his index finger and tapped Ah Yu’s eyelashes. His voice carried a gentleness that even he didn’t notice. “She’s like you. Her eyes are also very beautiful.”
Ah Yu’s eyes lit up when she heard this. She was really interested in that mysterious person.
“Who’s All Ruan? Uncle Ah Shu, tell me. I’ll charge you 50 taels less, no, 100 taels, okay?!”
However, King Xiaoyao did not continue on this topic. “1 haven’t seen her for more than ten years, and I don’t know where she is now. Let’s not talk about her anymore. Let’s talk about you. If you want the training ground to build an academy, why don’t you just take a ready-made academy? I have one on hand, but it’s been abandoned for a few years. It’s not impossible for you to repair it slowly.”
Ah Yu was pleasantly surprised. A ready-made academy?!
“It’s just that I have a condition,” King Xiaoyao said. “That academy cannot be acquired without 400 thousand taels of silver. I can give it to you entirely, and in the future, if you become the head of the academy, 1 can also assist you. My condition is that you make ten more of these wheelchairs, and if you intend to sell or transfer one to another person, you must inform me. If 1 disagree, it cannot be sold. How about that?”
Ah Yu agreed immediately. “Alright, alright, but 1 have to see that academy first!”
“Can you make the decision?”
“Of course!”
The blueprint for the wheelchair was given by the elf. The wheelchair was made by Grandpa with the help of several blacksmith shops and the owner of the mine. If the elf agreed, Grandpa would definitely agree. She could naturally make the decision.
She could simply pick up an academy for free!