Becoming The Real Rich Daughter After Divorce

amed him for coveting her money?

Qiao Jinniang said, “You are only a Crown Prince.
How dare you say you own the entire country? Do you want to rebel?”

Lu Chen taunted, “Very good! Now you know to threaten me.
Then what punishment should you receive for repeatedly insulting the Crown Prince?”

Qiao Jinniang took a sip of tea.

It took Lu Chen a while to calm down, and he said, “I’m not coveting your money, but if you can sell jewelry made with hard gold craftsmanship in Chang’an, you’ll definitely make much more money.

“I took pains to manage the shops in the South for the past three years.
I just don’t want to see my effort wasted.
If you manage them well, the money you earn from them can secure your life.

“If you have more suitable candidates, you can send them over to manage the shops.
I just thought you have no men to use, so I said I could have my men take charge of them.
Do you think they are willing to go to the remote South?”

Qiao Jinniang felt his words make sense.
Whether she married another man or became a Taoist priest, money would be very important to her.

“No bother.
I’ll discuss it with my parents.”

The Duke Mansion must have many shops.
It shouldn’t be difficult for them to find her a good steward.

Lu Chen said helplessly, “Jin’er, don’t you trust me anymore?”

He didn’t think that the steward the Duke Mansion found for Jinniang could be any better than his men.

“We’ve been married for three years, but would you rather believe in people you know for less than two months?”

Qiao Jinniang laughed sarcastically.
“Yes, we had been married for three years, but you’ve never regarded me as your wife.
Maybe Lu Chen in Lin’an was sincere to me, but the Crown Prince in Chang’an only treats me with contempt.”

“The ceremony is going to start.
I’m going to watch the ceremony!” Qiao Jinniang got up and left.

The coming-of-age ceremony was very lively, which reminded Qiao Jinniang of hers.

She had her coming-of-age ceremony the day before she was getting married.
At that time, her foster parents were already seriously ill, so her coming-of-age ceremony wasn’t held until the eve of her wedding.

At the ceremony, Lu Chen gifted her a silver hairpin.
She didn’t know where Lu Chen got the money to buy it.

But she kept wearing that silver hairpin until she lost it in the crowded Lantern Festival this year.

Perhaps, the affection between her and Lu Chen was gone too, just like the lost silver hairpin.

Walking on a path in the garden, Jinniang suddenly heard a voice.

“Jinniang.”

Qiao Jinniang raised her eyes and saw Li Yun.
She saluted.
“Cousin.”

Li Yun’s ears were reddish, and he quickly took out a small wooden box from his sleeve and put it in Qiao Jinniang’s hand.
“This is a belated gift for your coming-of-age ceremony.”

With that, Li Yun left.

Qiao Jinniang opened the wooden box, and there was a golden phoenix hairpin lying in it, which looked quite precious.

“Cousin?” Lu Chen asked in Qiao Jinniang’s ear, “When did you have a cousin?”

Lu Chen knew all the men in Duke Dingbei Mansion.
He was sure this man was not from Duke Dingbei Mansion.
And in the Qiao Family, Qiao Jinniang didn’t have such a cousin either.

As a man, Lu Chen could see Li Yun’s affection for Qiao Jinniang at a glance.
Moreover, Qiao Jinniang called him “Cousin” so sweetly.

She probably didn’t know how tempting she was when she called him that.

Qiao Jinniang closed the wooden box and suddenly thought that Li Yun might not be a good choice for her.

Li Yun had a promising future, and he would definitely take the Imperial Examination and become an official in the future.
But judging from what she knew of Lu Chen, he would definitely give Lin Yun a hard time.

She shouldn’t marry an official or an official-to-be.
She should find someone who had little to do with Lu Chen, preferably a man far away from Chang’an.

Seeing Qiao Jinniang’s gaze at the golden hairpin in the wooden box, Lu Chen said coldly, “Hmph, tacky.”

Qiao Jinniang snorted.
“That’s exactly what I like!”