Chapter 153: Huge Debt Is Hard to Pay Off, Prince Lu Makes a ‘Reasonable’ Suggestion
Lu Yan clicked his tongue and said, "Master Hou, although it is not common for women to get married in Da Chu, it is not uncommon at all. However, the Mu family is really the first one where the woman wants to take away the dowry but the man wants to pay it in installments. "
Dowry for a beautiful girl from her husband's family is despised. For someone like the Yangling Marquis Mansion to use their daughter-in-law's dowry while secretly scheming against it, if word spreads about it, not to mention face, even the dignity will be completely lost.
Yanglinghou naturally knew that this was inappropriate, but the Mu family really had no money, so Yanglinghou could only pin all his hopes on Shen Qing, with sincere words and sincere eyes, "Shen Qing, you and Qian'er are also husband and wife after all. There is family affection even if there is no emotion. You don’t want to see the Mu family become the laughing stock of Quan Shengjing. Don’t worry, I won’t lose you a penny of the 60,000 taels of silver. It just takes some time to prepare. ”
At the critical moment, Yanglinghou's brain became much easier to use. Mrs. Yanglinghou took so much money from the account, but Qi Futang didn't find any of it, so she would most likely send it back to the Lin family. The Lin family The money must be returned. Moreover, most of Shen Qing's dowry was given to Madam Yanglinghou, but now Madam Yanglinghou has gone crazy, so this debt can only be paid by the Lin family. If there are more vacancies, it will be enough to raise some from the shop and fields under his name.
Listening to Marquis Yangling's increasingly outrageous words, Shen Qing couldn't help but chuckle: "Master Marquis, what gave you the illusion that there is such a thing as family affection between Mu Ziqian and I? Let me ask you Will he abuse and frame his relatives arbitrarily, or will he unscrupulously absorb the blood of his relatives, and even kill them decisively when he gets no benefit from them in the end? "
Marquis Yangling was speechless by Shen Qing's words.
Lu Yan glanced at Mu Ziqian, and a cold voice followed: "Marquis Yangling, please don't insult the word family affection. It's off-putting."
Shen Qing issued an ultimatum: "Master Marquis, the sixty-four thousand six hundred taels of silver must be settled within today, otherwise your Majesty and the entire Shengjing City will know tomorrow morning that the Yangling Marquis Mansion has seized the daughter-in-law's dowry and refuses to return it."
Lu Yan reminded him at the right time, "If the news is really reported to His Majesty, it will not only be the crime of seizing the dowry of the legitimate daughter of the Marquis, but also the crime of resisting the decree and being disrespectful."
Marquis Yangling suddenly felt dizzy after hearing this, and his heart was filled with regret. He had known that Shen Qing would force them to where they were today. Even if he put a knife to Mu Ziqian's neck, he would still have to force Mu Ziqian. Zi Qian and Shen Qing are done!
There are also Mrs. Yanglinghou and Lin Xuefu. If these two aunts and nephews hadn't been making small moves behind the scenes, Shen Qing would not have been forced to reconcile. The Yanglinghou Mansion could still rely on Shen Qing's dowry to survive. In the prosperous days, when Mu Xueliu gives birth to the emperor's eldest grandson and Chu Lingxiu succeeds to the throne, he might be able to become a prince.
But now, everything is in vain.
Shen Qing left with a million-dollar dowry. The Yangling Marquis Mansion gradually lost its sacred heart and now still owed a huge debt.
Thinking of this, Marquis Yangling felt extremely hateful in his heart: He obviously had a good hand, but why did it turn into the current situation?
As for Shen Qing's ultimatum, it concerned the Mu family's face, so Yangling Marquis could only comply with it.
Mu Ziqian was asked to go to various shops in the city to collect profits, while Yanglinghou went straight to the Lin family to raise troops to question the crime.
Lin Xuefu frowned slightly as she saw things going more and more unexpectedly. If Marquis Yangling fell out with the Lin family, it would be difficult for her to carry out her subsequent plans.
Because she had difficulty conceiving, Lin Xuefu wanted to take the opportunity to keep this 'child', and where this child came from, Lin Xuefu needed the help of the Lin family.
After a slight hesitation, Lin Xuefu rejected Mu Ziqian's invitation to go out to collect the debts, and chased after Yangling Marquis on the grounds that she could talk better with the Lin family.
Mrs. Yanglinghou is already dead. If she loses the Lin family again, she will really have to rely on Mu Ziqian's mercy to survive. She cannot put herself in such a passive situation.
What's more, now Mu Ziqian is gradually starting to escape her control, and she must plan a new way out for herself.
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It was not until the sky gradually darkened that Yanglinghou and Mu Ziqian finally returned to the house.
The situation with Marquis Yangling was even more unsatisfactory than expected.
After some questioning and threats, the Lin family admitted that Mrs. Yanglinghou had indeed secretly sent a lot of money back, but that money was either used to build the mansion or to purchase furniture and servants. Now there is not much left. Even if they want to Even if I take it, I can’t take it out.
Marquis Yangling would not buy it, and threatened that as long as the Lin family did not return the money, all these things would be revealed, and Mrs. Marquis Yangling would also be abandoned because of this matter.
The Lin family has spent many years of hard work to get to where they are now, so naturally they cannot tolerate their reputation being ruined. As the brother of Mrs. Yanglinghou, the head of the Lin family is not willing to suffer such humiliation after his sister goes crazy, so in the end he can only choose to compromise.
Most of the valuable things in the house were sold, and even several of the shops under his name were sold, but they could only collect 20,000 taels of silver, which was still a little short of the 36,000 taels that Yangling Marquis wanted.
In the end, it was Lin Xuefu who intervened and allowed Marquis Yangling to give up temporarily.
Mu Ziqian's side was even worse. He thought he could get four to five thousand taels of silver back without talking, but he was told by various shops that Shen Qing had already recovered the profits of the previous three months in early April, so now he only has Two months of profit was available, but in the end Mu Ziqian only got back 1,600 taels of silver. Although it was not much, at least he could pay back a small change.
So far, Yanglinghou and his son have raised a total of 21,600 taels of silver, which is still a full 43,000 taels short of the 64,600 taels to be given to Shen Qing.
The family backgrounds of the aunts in the mansion were all lower than those of the other aunts. It would be a luxury for them to go back to their parents' home for help. Only Aunt Qiu was from a high-class family and lived in Shengjing, but she ruthlessly refused because Mu Lingxi was getting married soon and needed to prepare a dowry. He received Marquis Yangling's request for help.
In the end, Marquis Yangling could only focus on the dowry that the Cheng family had just sent a few days ago.
When the Cheng family hired someone before, Marquis Yangling made some estimates and found that it was worth at least ten thousand taels of silver.
So where should he find the last thirty thousand taels of silver?
Just when Marquis Yangling's hair was almost bald, Shen Qing's voice sounded from behind, "It's getting late. Haven't you got enough money yet? My father is waiting for me to return home to celebrate."
Hearing this, Mu Ziqian's face immediately darkened.
celebrate? Is breaking up with him something worth celebrating?
The corners of Yangling Hou pursed his lips, and he wanted to curse irritably, but the moment he saw Shen Qing leaning against Lu Yan, he swallowed back his anger, "This is twenty-one thousand six hundred taels, the warehouse mileage Take away the betrothal gift from my family and see how much is left."
Shen Qing smiled and said, "The betrothal gift sent by the Cheng family is about thirteen thousand taels converted into silver, and now Yangling Marquis is still short of me by thirty thousand taels."
She had known for a long time that Marquis Yangling would use the betrothal gifts to pay off, so Shen Qing had already settled it.
Marquis Yangling didn't bother to check it again and looked at Shen Qing: "Half of the sixty thousand taels of silver has been given to you. The family is really out of money now. Can you please allow us to wait for a few days?"
Shen Qing refused and made a suggestion, "The eight shops under the name of Yangling Marquis Mansion can be counted as eighteen thousand taels. I count the fields and villages outside the city as two thousand taels to the Marquis. I wonder if the Marquis can sell them?"
Marquis Yangling asked directly without thinking: "Selling the shop and land to you, what will we eat and spend in the future?"
Shen Qing smiled coldly, "That's not a problem I should consider."
Marquis Yangling felt choked in his heart when he heard another 'reasonable' suggestion from Lu Yan.
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