Did the eldest daughter ascend the throne today?

Chapter 501 Who is the Sucker?

There is a small alley, and at the end is a large courtyard with seven or eight families living in it. There is noise and quarrels every day.

At this moment, people from the casino blocked the gate, holding IOUs to collect debts. They dragged out the entire Li family and wanted to use Li's daughter to pay off the debt.

The neighbors pointed and said all kinds of things.

The one who gambled was Li Da, the eldest son of the Li family. He married a maid from a wealthy family and had two sons and one daughter. The two sons were ordinary, but the daughter was a beauty since childhood and was smart and clever. The threshold of the Li family was even opened by the matchmaker.

The Li family had great ambitions and wanted their daughter to marry into a wealthy family and help her family change their social class.

If you can't be the main wife, being a concubine is fine.

Unexpectedly, Li Da plunged into the casino and lost all his fortune, including his daughter.

At this moment, Li Li's mother was crying and holding onto the doorpost, refusing to let go. "Please wait a little longer. My mother has gone to ask for help and will be back soon."

"Take him away quickly." The thugs were impatient.

Li Li's face turned frighteningly pale. "I won't leave. I won't leave even if I die. Beat me to death."

The neighbors looked at them with pity, "Brothers, please wait a little longer. Aunt Li is the wet nurse of a wealthy family. She knows a lot of people. It won't be difficult for her to borrow some money."

"Yeah, there's no need to be too extreme. Who knows when you might need to ask for help from others?"

The thugs looked at each other in bewilderment. What he said made sense. The seventh-rank official in the prime minister's office and the villains in the rich families also had their own ways.

"Then, let's wait for another stick of incense. If she doesn't come, we'll drag her away."

After waiting for a long time, the man still did not come back. The thugs ran out of patience. "Why haven't you come yet? Take him away."

Li Li'niang struggled and cried, and the Li family members came forward to pull her away, but they could not withstand the brutality of the thugs, and they dragged Li Li'niang away.

The only sounds in the entire alley were Li Li'niang's miserable cries and the Li family's pleas for mercy.

The group walked to the alley entrance and met two people. Li Li's eyes lit up, "Mom, come and save me."

When Yang saw this, she couldn't help but get anxious and rushed over to block the way, "Let my daughter go, someone is willing to pay for it."

Everyone looked at her curiously, who was the sucker?

Yang pointed at Cui Yanxi behind her and said, "This is my daughter. She grew up drinking my milk. She is a very loyal person. As soon as she heard that my family had problems, she came to help."

"Miss, take out two hundred taels of silver quickly. Don't be fooled by her simple clothes. She comes from a wealthy family."

Cui Yanxi was dressed in cloth, with only a pair of pearl flowers on her head, and no makeup. She looked very simple, but her temperament was noble and elegant.

The thug said sarcastically, "Oh, you are a man of integrity. Give us five hundred taels and we will make your story of master and servant come true."

The Li family was shocked. "What? Five hundred taels? Isn't it two hundred taels?"

"The price has gone up." The thugs laughed, "Who told you to drag your feet? If you delay for a moment, the price will go up by a hundred taels."

It's obvious that they want to rip you off, so you have to accept it no matter how reluctant you are.

The Li family was extremely anxious, and Li Li's mother cried even louder.

Yang looked at Cui Yanxi, who had an indifferent expression, and asked cautiously, "Miss, what do you think?"

Cui Yanxi said calmly, "Bring me the IOU so I can see it."

Seeing that there was a chance, the thug immediately handed over the IOU.

Cui Yanxi took a look and frowned slightly, "This is usury, exceeding the limit set by the court. This is illegal."

The thug was impatient, "Stop talking nonsense and pay."

“Oh.” Cui Yanxi responded, took the IOU and stepped back a few steps, making a gesture of invitation, “Please help yourself.”

Everyone was stunned. What does that mean?

Yang was angry and anxious, "Miss, just give them the banknotes."

Cui Yanxi was very surprised. "No money? Didn't I tell you that a long time ago?"

Yang was furious. How could she have no money? She said she donated all of it to the national treasury, but who would believe it? She must have hidden some of it.

She also has two salaries, which are far too much for one person to spend.

The thugs were furious, "Are you kidding us?"

Cui Yanxi looked indifferent. "My last name is Cui, and their last name is Li. We have no relatives or friends, so they can't ask me for the debt."

As she spoke, she stepped back calmly.

Yang was so angry that her eyes turned red. "Miss, don't you have any regard for our old friendship?"

Cui Yanxi laughed, "You tipped off that woman every day, betrayed me, and told her my every move. How can there be any old feelings?"

Does she look like someone who repays evil with kindness?

Yang was so angry that she said, "Since you are here, don't leave. Brothers, how about exchanging her for my daughter? She is a talented woman who is good at playing the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. She can be sold for several thousand taels."

"Most importantly, she has no parents or relatives. No one cared if she disappeared, and they could even raid her home."

The whole audience was silent, looking at her in disbelief.

The thug stared at Cui Yanxi, her appearance could only be described as pretty, and she looked like a scholar, it was obvious that she was not from an ordinary family.

But the outfit he was wearing was too shabby. Could he be a relative of the family that had been executed along with all nine generations of his clan?

"Good idea, take it away."

The thugs rushed towards Cui Yanxi with ferocious looks. Yang's eyes were full of viciousness. It was ridiculous that a daughter of a wealthy family like her was so naive that she would fall into the trap easily.

Why can she live so well while her daughter has to suffer?

Cui Yanxi was not in a hurry. She waved her right hand and several officers appeared from nowhere and stood in front of her.

"Take them all."

The officers rushed towards the thugs, but how could the thugs dare to fight with the officers? They turned around and ran away, only regretting that their parents didn't give them two more legs.

However, they still fell into the hands of the police. The leading thug looked unconvinced and said, "Sir, what crime have we committed that you want to arrest us?"

The official said coldly, "Forcing officials to sell, forcing women into prostitution, lending money at high interest rates, all of these are serious crimes."

The thugs acknowledged the last two points, but not the first one, "Where are the officials?"

The official pointed at Cui Yanxi who was watching coldly and said, "This dynasty's Tiaohua Township Lord is appointed as the Imperial Censor."

You dare to do this without doing any investigation? You are really asking for death.

The thugs opened their eyes wide in disbelief, Oh my God, these are people from the imperial court.

"Yang, you bitch actually harmed us. We brothers will not let you go even if we become ghosts."

Yang was so frightened that she collapsed to the ground, trembling.

She was fooled! They were not here to help her, but to send her to jail!

Cui Yanxi calmly commanded, "Go sweep the casinos, and make sure to root out the people behind the casinos. Move quickly and catch them off guard."

"Yes."

The Ning brothers saw this scene and looked at each other in surprise.

"A strong general has no weak soldiers under his command. The emperor is powerful, and so are the people under her command. This Miss Cui is so patient that she hit the target with one strike, as if she has read military books."

Ning Qi's eyes sparkled, "Don't you ever think about how she became the Lord of Tiaohua Township?"

Cui Yanxi obtained her title by overthrowing the entire Cui family and handing over all her dowry to the national treasury.

What is even more rare is that she has experienced prosperity and can remain calm after going through all the hardships.

A figure stumbled over and rushed over, "Master, Master, save me."