Chapter 1253 - 158 Tenfold Dowry_3
Hearing Lin Yuan had donated all her glaze, Lin Yi was so shocked that his jaw dropped. After being shocked time and again, the two Hidden Guards completely lost their voices. Others may not know, but they were well aware of the hardships and obstacles the glaze went through on its journey from the Western Region to Dayong. Yet now, Miss Lin casually gave it all away with a single sentence!
After the initial shock had passed, Lin Yi was the first to recover, his dark face alight with excitement and delight. He knew Miss Lin was not only thrifty but even fierce, yet her heart was kind.
"No, no, Miss, we don’t need so much," Lin Yi said, waving his hands and pointing to those damaged pieces of glaze on the ground, saying he could manage with just those.
Xia Zheng also touched Lin Yuan’s soft hair with a mix of distress and relief, smiling, "To give all these to them, do you want each man to fight while admiring themselves in a mirror piece? There’s a limited number of Scouts in the military camp; naturally, the need for Lookout Mirrors is limited, so just one piece of mirror should be sufficient. There’s no need to give it all away."
Is that so? Lin Yuan blinked, somewhat puzzled, since she had never been to a military camp. But she was happy not to donate all her glaze—after all, it was priceless in Dayong, and who knows when she could get more.
The end result was Lin Yuan giving away an entire piece of glaze and also letting Lin Yi take the damaged ones on the ground.
Lin Yuan, unable to wait, was eager to fit the cut mirror pieces into frames, thus she paid no further attention to Xia Zheng and Lin Yi.
Taking this opportunity, Xia Zheng slipped out of the cellar quietly, instructing Lin Yi, who waited to one side, "When you get back, tell my brother that if he has the ability, he should send his own men to transport glaze from the Western Region. But don’t blame me for not warning him—the Crown Prince of Xiliang has uprooted most of the spies and secret routes we used last time for transporting glaze. If he is really set on getting glaze, he’ll have to find his own way!"
Watching Xia Zheng alternate between heartache and indifference, Lin Yi’s mouth twitched. The last transport did suffer losses, and with the Crown Prince of Xiliang cunning as a fox, and after he had intercepted a cart of glaze, the next transport would likely be much more troublesome. And Second Young Master Xia, who had myriad tricks up his sleeve, clearly had no intention of helping.
"Yes, Young Master," Lin Yi resignedly bowed with clasped hands, realizing they would have to rely on the Great commander personally.
Just as Lin Yi turned to prepare for returning to the military camp to call for reinforcements, Xia Zheng’s words made him stagger and nearly fall to the ground.