C22 Ulterior Motive

"Yi Shuang, look …" Seventh Aunt gave a rare wince and raised her head to look at Xia Yiyi, but she was hesitant to speak.

Xia Yiyi became cautious, but she still smiled and said: "Auntie, if you have anything to say, just say it. We're all from the countryside, so as long as I can help, I won't shirk my duties."

"Good child, I knew you were a good person, and you also know that the Ninth Prince is following His Majesty's orders to search the south to find the beauties of Jiangnan. As soon as we arrive at our county, word has been passed down from the county that if there is a beauty in the village who wishes to go on the watch, not only will she receive the reward of a hundred taels of grain, but she will also receive an additional twenty taels of silver. Of course, these are all to be used as payment for the rest of the village."

However, the emperor had personally decreed that every county city would offer ten great beauties as a reward of one thousand silver taels, one hundred thousand silver taels, and after the beauties were shipped back to the palace, they would be able to get the favour of the emperor. As a result, the county officials of the city where the woman was located would raise their salary by three levels, and under such rich temptation, the county officials would try their best to find the beauties. However, the emperor had also personally ordered that the beauties of the counties would not be able to abandon their political work at the same time.

Even though they had this order, the county magistrate still did his best to look for beauties. After all, a beauty that could topple cities and topple cities was related to their future. Who wouldn't rely on just a beauty to soar into the sky and achieve greatness?

Xia Yi Yi had heard about this from Xia Chun, and at that time she was laughing at the ridiculous actions of the Nine Five Supremes. With this monarch, if the country was not defeated, it would be difficult for them to live through it, but in order to find a so-called beauty, they would have to put in a lot of effort.

Xia Yi Yi Yi thought of many ways, but on the surface she innocently asked: "I've heard of this before, but Seventh Aunt, what do you mean?"

Seventh Aunt's smile became even more coquettish, "Yi Shuang, look at our Xia Family Village for you to eat, for you to drink, shouldn't you repay the grace of eating a meal? "You have a pretty face, and although you're a bit malnourished, the meat will grow back. The Village Head and I intend to send you to the palace for a beauty pageant."

Xia Yiyi sneered in her heart, she already knew that this person did not come with good intentions.

"Yi Shuang, once you enter the palace, there will be beautiful clothes to wear. There's even someone specially waiting on you. When the time comes, don't forget our Xia Family Village." Seventh Aunt's smile was full of flattery, in her eyes, Xia Yiyi had already become an alluring target.

"Seventh Aunt, how can you do this? "Yi Shuang is my fiancee. We are about to get married. Have you considered my feelings while doing this?" Xia Chun had walked in at some point, and was staring at Seventh Aunt with his sharp eyes, as if he wanted to eat Seventh Aunt.

Seventh Aunt was startled for a moment. She shrank her shoulders in a bit of fear and smiled coyly. "Big brother, you're back."

Xia Chun looked at her coldly. Even though Xia Chun was usually simple and honest, he was like a wolf protecting his son when it came to Xia Yiyi.

"Big brother, don't look at me like that. You know that our little village can't afford to live in a small village like Yi Shuang, and I don't think you want Yi Shuang to live in a small village for the rest of her life."

Seventh Aunt suppressed the fear in her heart. She reasoned and emotionally spoke as if she really was doing it for Xia Yiyi.