I became a concubine in the palace and cured my master's hidden disease.

Chapter 8: The prince places a bet, and follows the trend

I didn't want to join in the fun, but I was forced to come here by Lao Wu. I didn't expect that there would be a reunion of princes in the largest gambling house in the capital.

They are all princes. The fifth prince can't stand the seventh prince always being so superior, so he deliberately squeezes the second prince out to disrupt the situation.

"That's all! Just a few dollars, the hole in the Ministry of Revenue is too small." The second brother said jokingly. Others would not dare to say this easily, but he dared to say it so brazenly.

"No matter how small a mosquito is, it's still meat. Any little bit of it that can fill the gap is good enough." The prince seemed nonchalant and answered casually.

The second brother couldn't stand the prince's stingy behavior the most. He always felt that the prince was too vulgar and too stingy.

"You guys are really cruel! Isn't my fate of being unlucky in marriage miserable enough? You actually plan to take advantage of my extremely unlucky fate to make a fortune?" Zhao Yuan watched his brothers quarreling more and more fiercely, and saw that sparks were about to fly, so he unceremoniously played the victim, wanting to be a peacemaker and calm the situation down.

The seventh brother raised his eyebrows and showed a sly smile on his face: "Third brother, don't worry, if you win this time, I will generously send you two Yangzhou skinny horses."

"I have a maid in my house. She is plain-looking but has a decent figure. Most importantly, I think she has a very strong destiny.

If you really can't accept other women, I will give her to you, hoping that she can give birth to a son for you, so that you won't end up alone without a successor." Lao Wu said to join in the fun.

Everyone laughed when they heard this. It was for this reason that they made the bet. One of them was a wife-killer, and the other was a star of misfortune. It was like Halley's Comet hitting the earth. Everyone was eagerly waiting to see who would be the unlucky one in the end, completely forgetting the original intention of the old queen mother to reward Lin Yan.

Although Lao Qi often speaks in a mean way, there is a saying that goes, blood is thicker than water. When there is no interest relationship, he still hopes that his brother will live longer. He immediately put away his laughing face.

After looking Lin Yan up and down, he said: "With thin arms and legs, she is indeed destined to be a lonely star."

"Hey! Old Seven, you really have a keen eye. She is definitely destined to be unlucky. You don't know that she has been doing nothing all day in my house except eating and sleeping. But even so, she still looks skinny and frail. So, I'm betting this time that she can live for another month at most." Zhao Yuan continued.

At this time, Jordan, the owner of the casino, looked at Zhao Yuan with a smile on his face. Zhao Yuan slammed one thousand taels of silver heavily on the gambling table with a "bang".

Jordan then turned to look at the seventh prince Zhao Lei, while the other princes had no chance to speak at all, but they were still very happy, as if they had lost their way.

From this moment on, Jordan's gambling house has firmly established itself as the largest gambling house in Beijing. Jordan stood beside the gambling table, waiting for everyone to place their bets.

Here, the odds of buying a concubine to survive a month are ten to one;

The odds of buying a concubine and dying within a month are two to one;

The odds of buying a concubine and dying within half a month are three to one;

The odds of buying a concubine and then having her die within ten days are as high as four to one.

This bet has now caused a sensation in the entire capital. Every household, man, woman, young or old, as long as they have spare money, has come to place a bet. Even the beggars on the street did not miss this rare opportunity to make money.

"Third brother, you are so stingy, only one thousand taels." Old Thirteen couldn't help but exclaimed.

"There's no other way. I've been trying to save money to marry more wives, and now I can barely afford to eat." Zhao Yuan bought a ten-to-one odds bet. As long as Lin Yan survives this month, one thousand will become ten thousand. He is not ambitious and is content with a small fortune.

His brothers didn't know that he was late on purpose.

However, a trip to a jewelry store on the way was not in his plan.

I thought Lin Yan was not a greedy person, but who could have expected that as soon as she stepped into the jewelry store, she would start picking out all kinds of expensive jewelry without any hesitation. She looked like she wanted to empty the entire store.

In the blink of an eye, she had already bought jewelry worth thousands of taels of silver. What was even more abominable was that she pretended to be pitiful and said to him coquettishly: "My lord, you promised to let me choose whatever I want, you won't regret it at the last minute, right?"

Zhao Yuan secretly complained in his heart, but he was embarrassed to lose face in front of this woman, so he had to bite the bullet and agree. He secretly cursed in his heart, how could he suffer such a big loss in front of such a greedy woman, the more he looked at this woman, the more he disliked her. Even if he gave her one thousand taels of silver, it would still be too much of a loss!

"Hehe, my master still has me in his heart. I am your face now, so naturally I have to dress up beautifully to better demonstrate my master's strength. If I can live forever, and if your Majesty is reluctant to part with these, I will return them all to you at any time!" Lin Yan smiled happily and asked the waiter to pack them all up.

Zhao Yuan stared at the noisy and lively betting scene on the field with deep and unfathomable eyes. Lin Yan, who dared to cheat him so unscrupulously, would definitely not be stage-frightened. Who knows who will suffer in the end?

"Hahaha! Quite interesting. I'll bet thirty thousand taels that this unlucky person can only live for half a month at most." Seeing this, Old Seven at the side also placed a bet.

The casino owner Jordan had a dark look in his eyes. As long as these princes placed bets like this, the woman in front of him would really die. It was a pity for such a delicate beauty.

"The seventh brother is just rich and powerful. I can't compare with him!" The second brother took out five thousand taels and slammed it on the table: "The woman I bought can only live until the end of this month at most."

Lin Yan couldn't help but twitch her eyes. Although Zhao Yuan didn't introduce her to any of the princes, among all the princes, only this man gave her a feeling of "stay away from me" and there was gloom in his eyes.

Several princes also placed bets one after another, and even the little prince Thirteenth Prince bet that Lin Yan would not live more than a month.

People outside the casino quickly followed suit. An old lady with missing teeth wanted to place a bet with a coin, but the waiter refused because the amount was too little. The minimum bet was ten coins.

Lin Yan felt that she didn't have long to live in their eyes. She didn't get angry, and suddenly asked, "Boss, I really want to live. I bet that I can live for three months. How do I place the bet?"

There was a sudden silence inside and outside the casino, and then there was a burst of laughter.

Jordan re-evaluated the woman. She was covered in jewels and her skin was as white as scallion. It was a pity that she would not live long. He raised his chin, a sharp cold light flashed from his eyes, and he lowered his voice and said, "One to thirty."

"Let's try my best. I'm going to buy myself enough money to survive for three months. I don't want to wear any jewelry anymore." Lin Yan whispered and took off all the bracelets, hairpins and earrings on her body.

"I just bought these gold, silver and jewelry, totaling six thousand taels. Please appraise them!" Lin Yan pushed all the jewelry she had taken off to Jordan.

Jordan picked up a golden hairpin, which turned out to be the work of Master Lu from Wanfuzhai. He also put the others in front of him one by one for identification, and they were all from Wanfuzhai.

Finally, Jordan nodded and confirmed: "No problem!"

Zhao Yuan narrowed his eyes. He didn't expect that this woman would suddenly extort several thousand taels from him just to do this. It really caught everyone off guard.

Once she survives safely for three months, the six thousand taels will immediately become one hundred and eighty thousand taels. My goodness, almost all the money earned by the entire gambling house today went into her pocket.

What a good plan. Just based on this, I can't let her die easily. Zhao Yuan began to re-evaluate this unpresentable woman. All her actions seemed absurd, but thinking back carefully, she had her own unknown plans.

If this woman works in the Ministry of Revenue, the national treasury will definitely be filled to the brim with her. The position of the prince will suddenly become unshakable. But I have to bury all this deep in my heart. Can it be regarded as a treasure that I have accidentally picked up?

Zhao Yuan secretly glanced at the prince and found that there seemed to be a strange light faintly appearing in the prince's eyes, and his heart sank.