The box for her she hid well and the two girls shut up wisely.
The big box was filled with hundreds of silver taels, making whole village hozz in excitement.
"His Highness the Prince said that Su MeiMei has to show loyalty to her clan by..." She explained in detail everything and added few more things to ease many that had dislike to Su MeiMei.
The more the spoke the brighter the face of the Elder of the clan was and her clapped his hand.
"Good. Good child." Once he said that, no one dared to say she wasn't so everyone just shut up.
From today on, anyone spreading rumors about Su girls will be punished heavily.
And those in city didn't dare to do it again as Prince Wei punished dozens by beating them bloody.
This was still good as they kept their lives but since then no one dared to say on rumor, not even in Qian village where Su MeiMei lived.
"This mess. It took us years to destroy the name of the Su clan. What a mess. How did that girl got in contact to Prince Wei. His Highness the third prince planned to destroy name of Su clan toake them traitors to the country and place all the things he was doing on their name slowly. Unfortunately, those stubborn people literally live by heavy rules. What now?"
A man in darkness spoke to another that just shrruged. "Su clan can breath for now. Third prince always had a backup plan. Li family is not as united as Su clan and have many greedy people. He made many addicted to gvling and alcohol and they won't even know of they did something wrong or not. We must clear the things on their heads as third prince plans to go to next region. Silver mine here is completely now empty. There is no need to stay around anymore. Let's pack and get rid of evidence.''
The two men separated and dissapeared in dark ess while a certain monk woke up and rushed to Su Lin to tell him about it.
"So, Su girls actually saved Su clan without knowing it? I will remember this. Third prince? Hmmm, it's not time yet to make him bleed. I heard Prince Wei was direct descendant of late Emperor. After that his son took throne but got very sick after only twenty years of ruling. Unfortunately he had only daughters and no son living. Current Emperor has only one son. If he dies, only possible new Emperor can he prince Wei. Spread word to all Su brothers. Support Prince Wei family and find dirt on third prince. And make troubles on borders. He always said he wanted to go to war like past Emperor to protect the country. Let him go there...and die."
His eyes turned ice cold and ecetone nearby bowed their heads deeply.
Su Fei waited until her father went to bed and got stunned as she opened the box she got.
"Whoa..." Su MeiMei and Su Yue were almost choking at the sight of shiny golden peanuts.
The three got twenty four golden peanuts.
This meant the Prince Wei intentionally gave her this amount to share with the two.
She was amazed by moment but quickly shared it. Su Yue shook her head and pushed it back. "Sister, you hide money better than anyone. I fear someone might get greedy if they see this. Let's use it if there is no other way."
Su Fei nodded and got stunned when she saw seven peanuts from Su MeiMei.
"Sister, I know I can trust you. One golden peanut I'll bring back home. I'll say it's gift from Prince Wei and princess Mingzhu. This will be a great honor to my family. And even if they might get greedy, they will keep it safe for me. If I bring more, I fear there will be big fight in family."
Su Fei calmly took the last golden nugget out of her hands. "If you say those words, it means that even this golden peanut might cause big rift in family. I'll keep this one safe. I give you my word of honor. In exchange I'll give you actually the money we got from elders. Everyone knew we got fifty silver taels each and even bringing that money would he amazing in the eyes."
Su MeiMei thought about it for a second and nodded. "You are right. If I bring golden nugget and my grandpa had no idea about it, someone might open their mouth. Sister, keep the gold. I trust you completely."
She really did. This sister of hers had heavy had when she beat her up, but she knew as well that she could trust her with life.
The golden peButs were dancing in her mind whole night and she slept with huge smile in her face and woke up cheerily.
But thinking that she has to go back to her village she became sad. She got used to live with these two in past ten days so it was hard.
Su Fei could read her mind as she saw her crestfallen expression and started laughing. "You little fool. Go back home and enjoy family as long you can. Your parents really love you. They know they can be either you just few more years. Let them spoil you. And it's not like we live ten days apart. When you miss us, just come again."
Su MeiMei hugged her tightly and rubbed her bushy hair on her shoulder. "Sister, you are the best."
"Of course I am. Let's get you dressed and show to your family what you learned in these ten days. Don't make me lose my face. Understood? Su Yue, help her with the nest. I'm gonna cook some breakfast."
The three cheery voices made Su Quan actually feel happy ecety day. It was so nice to see serious Su Fei relax sometimes.
He looked at the shaky hands and felt strange pressure in his chest. With a sigh he took the medicine his daughter prepared already and felt much better and much more energetic after that.
This filial child actually wakes up long before him to just cook medicine.
Maybe making sure she gets engaged with someone before his death can keep elders of clan making wild plans?
He came out and was met by sunny morning and beautiful garden now filled with various flowers as well three cute girls that waited for him with happy smiles.
What a beautiful day it is...