Transmigrated into Substitute Bride ‘Fu Lang’

Chapter 45.1

TSBFL Chapter 45.1 : 送信

[Delivering a letter]

Hearing the pleading female voice, Guan Meipo (Previously, I translated it as Guan Matchmaker)’s mean face hooked up a smile, and waiting until she turned around again, her face changed back to an expressionless look. She indifferently looked at the new female prisoners lying on the edge of the railing.

Seeing that Guan Meipo paid attention to herself, Boss Qiao’s wretched face immediately revealed a pleasing look, and said in a low voice, “Your Highness, can you deliver a message for me?”

Hearing this, Guan Meipo snorted, looking at the woman in front of him with nonchalant sarcasm, “Madam, what kind of place do you think this is? This is a prison, not an inn. My task here is to watch over you guys, not here to work as your maid.”

Boss Qiao’s face changed, looking at her and echoed: “Your Excellency is naturally not doing this kind of small thing, it’s just that I’m locked here now, and I really have no choice but to ask you to help me this time.”

Perhaps because the words of Boss Qiao were pleasing to the ears, Guan Meipo’s face expression was better, but still that indifferently looked at her, she also did not talk and said that she wanted to help her.

Boss Qiao looked at her who didn’t go, or opened her mouth and said want to help her, suddenly cleverly thought of something, looked up at her, her eyes shining as she said: “Your Excellency, please give me a few minutes of time.”

After saying that, Boss Qiao tore open the cuff of her shirt under the indifferent eyes of Guan Meipo, and took out a not so thin gold piece from inside.

Boss Qiao noticed that the moment she took out this gold leaf, a color of greed appeared in the eyes of Guan Meipo which made her relieved, since she still could be greedy, the hope for her to help herself is still there.

Thinking of this, Boss Qiao breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, looking at the Guan Meipo in front of her, she handed the gold leaf in her hand out of the cell door, and softly said, “Your Excellency, here is my filial piety to you, and I also ask you to carry a message for me.”

Guan Meipo first looked at the gold leaf, then looked at the woman whose beauty could still be seen at this time even though she was in prison. She was silent for a few moments, seemingly pondering whether or not to help her.

Fortunately, Guan Meipo finally walked up to her as Boss Qiao wished and took the gold leaf from her hand, biting it to make sure it was real before lifting her eyelids towards the woman in the prison and saying, “Speak up, what’s the message?”

Guan Meipo’s words carried a few cool breaths, but in Boss Qiao’s ears it was as if it was heavenly music. She grasped the cell’s door bar and urgently spoke her wish out in one go, fearing that the person in front of her would ignore her if she said it too late. “Your Excellency (Da ren), help me bring a message to the Chen family’s Old master, and say that I hope he’ll save me this time for the sake of me having served him with all my heart and soul in the past.”

After saying that, Boss Qiao thought of something else and continued to add, “Also, tell him that I still have some evidence on him in my hands.”

When Guan Meipo heard this, she first froze, then looked at the woman with disheveled hair and dirty face in front of her and sneered, “I didn’t think that you would have such a big connection. I know it, I will bring it to you.”

“Many thanks,Da ren many thanks, your Excellency!” Boss Qiao’s face immediately revealed an ecstatic look as she couldn’t stop thanking him.

Guan Meipo, however, gave her one more deep look and turned around to leave this dark and damp place.

When Guan Meipo left, Boss Qiao, whose whole body tense at first, instantly relaxed before she sat down on the ground, praying in her heart that Master Chen would be able to save her, even if he didn’t miss their former affection, that he, for the sake of her last words, would scoop her up from water.

After Guan Meipo went out of the cell, she came to the adjoining Yamen office, walked straight to Xu Shiye’s desk, changed her previous arrogant posture in front of Boss Qiao, and humbly said, “Your Excellency, that newcomer woman really asked me to pass a message for her.”

Xu Shiye slowly put down the writing brush in his hand upon hearing this, raised his eyes to look at the woman in front of him and asked curiously, “Oh, what did she say?”

Guan Meipo didn’t dare to hide it and told the story from beginning to the end as it was, then endured the pain as she handed over the gold leaf that Boss Qiao had given her as well.

Xu Shiye looked at the gold leaf, stroked his own beard, and laughed in a low voice, “That’s a bit interesting, you wait for me for a moment.”

Guan Meipo did not dare to have objections, watched Xu Shiye finish this sentence, from the side took out a white paper, began to write words on it. She could not read but vaguely guessed that the writing was the story she just told.

After Xu Shiye finished writing, he even carefully wrapped it up in an envelope for her, and then handed it directly to her, commanding in a low voice, “Since she asked you to send it over, you should help her to send it over!”

“Yes.” Guan Meipo received that envelope, but stood still in the same place without moving, her eyes all looking towards that gold leaf.

Xu Shiye couldn’t help but lose a bit of a smile as he watched Guan Meipo’s movements. He pushed that gold leaf in front of her, saying in a low voice, “Since this is a thank you fee for you, then you can keep it! She shouldn’t let you make a trip for nothing.”

Guan Meipo’s face revealed a look of joy, but her mouth said, “This, isn’t appropriate ba?”

Xu Shiye waved his hand, seemingly not wanting to dwell on it, “Alright, this is what you deserve. Hurry up and go,ba! On the female prisoner’s side, you are still needed to guard it na!”

“Yes, yes.” Guan Meipo didn’t speak any more nonsense, grabbed that gold leaf and ran outside.

Looking at the back of the Guan Meipo who hurriedly left, Xu Shiye stroked his short mustache and muttered, “That one is really as good as God at predicting things!”.

[料事如神: predict like a prophet; foretell with miraculous accuracy]