Chapter 154 The Mu Family Is Incompetent, and Years of Planning Have Come to Nothing

"Why don't the Marquis mortgage the land deed of the Yangling Marquis Mansion to Miss Shen, so that you can keep the bride price and silver taels, and Miss Shen will give you tens of thousands more taels instead."

The Yanglinghou Mansion was awarded by the late emperor when the old Yanglinghou made military exploits on the frontier. Although it was built by the Ministry of Industry, the land deed was awarded to the old Yanglinghou in the end, so it can be mortgaged in name.

The entire Yangling Marquis Mansion was worth at least hundreds of thousands taels of silver, which was more than enough to pay off Shen Qing's debt.

After finishing his words, Lu Yan added: "It just so happens that the Marquis doesn't have to go to court now. If the family moves to a village outside the city, it can save a lot of money."

Marquis Yangling laughed angrily and asked disdainfully, "Even if I dare to give the land deed to Miss Shen, does Prince Lu think she dares to take it?"

The Yangling Marquis Mansion was given to the Mu family by the late emperor. Even if the land deed is in Shen Qing's hands, it is just a piece of waste paper. Does Shen Qing dare to sell it or keep it for himself?

Shen Qing looked at Marquis Yangling and raised his eyebrows slightly, "Why don't you dare? It's just a hundred thousand taels of silver. If I can't sell it, what's the matter?"

Marquis Yangling choked on his throat with a mouthful of old blood.

They tried their best to coerce the Lin family and mortgage the Cheng family's betrothal gift to collect thirty thousand taels, but Shen Qing casually asked for more than a hundred thousand taels, and said that letting it go as a gift would be a disgrace to the Yangling Marquis Mansion. Trampling on the ground, but unfortunately they can't refute, who makes them have no money and debts!

At this moment, a clear female voice suddenly came from outside the hospital: "How much money does father still owe? I will pay it back for him."

Everyone turned their heads and saw Mu Xueliu slowly walking in from the outside, with Bihen carefully supporting her side.

Mu Xueliu is now five months pregnant. She had been nursing the fetus because of the unsteady position of the fetus because of the stress. If the incident in the Yangling Marquis Mansion hadn't been too big this time, she would have said Nothing will come out of the Prince's Mansion.

Shen Qing met Mu Xueliu's scrutinizing eyes, a generous smile appeared on his face, and responded: "No more, no less, thirty thousand taels."

Mu Xueliu's expression froze, and after a moment he signaled Bihen to hand the banknote in his hand to Shen Qing.

"This is 20,000 taels. The remaining 10,000 taels will be used as collateral for the five shops in Yanglinghou Mansion. I wonder if Miss Shen agrees?"

Mu Xueliu only got the specific news at noon today. For a whole afternoon, she first asked Bihen to sell all the valuable things in her hand, and then took out all the silver rewards that the prince had given her in the past two years. , and finally added part of her dowry, she managed to scrape together 20,000 taels of silver, but she didn't expect that the trap created by Yanglinghou Mansion was actually bigger than she expected.

Shen Qing took the banknote with a smile, handed it to Chanyi behind him, and then responded: "Shen Qing naturally agrees with what the concubine has to say."

After saying this, he signaled Haitang to take out the land deeds of the properties in Yanglinghou's name, select five shops worth ten thousand taels, and return the rest to Yanglinghou.

Seeing Mu Xueliu, Marquis Yangling immediately felt confident again, "There are also the bonds of renunciation of the servants in the mansion! Take them out too."

Shen Qing asked Haitang to give the deeds of sale of the servants in the house to Marquis Yangling. At the same time, he took out three silver notes from the stack of silver notes that Mu Xueliu had just given, "This is the amount of silver used to buy and sell all the servants of Tinglan Courtyard, three hundred Two, twelve servants.”

Marquis Yangling took the three hundred taels of silver notes directly and rarely made any further trouble. Now he just wanted to send Shen Qing and Lu Yan away quickly.

The money and goods were settled, and Shen Qing had nothing to do with the Mu family from then on.

Looking at the backs of the two people leaving side by side, Mu Xueliu's eyes were dark, and after a long time he slowly said: "Father, the future of the Mu family has been ruined by you."

Marquis Yangling's expression froze and he did not speak for a long time. Apparently he knew that they had caused a lot of trouble for Mu Xueliu this time.

The atmosphere on the court was slightly stagnant, and Lin Xuefu subconsciously hid behind Mu Ziqian, fearing that Mu Xueliu would blame everything on her.

However, Mu Xueliu just glanced at her with his peripheral vision, and then all his eyes fell on Mu Ziqian, "Mu Ziqian, for Lin Xuefu, you lost a wife who can bring infinite help to your future. , do you regret it?”

Mu Ziqian clenched and unclenched his fists, and remained silent for a while without responding to Mu Xueliu's question.

To be fair, he was naturally happy to be reunited with Shen Qing and separated smoothly, but he was also extremely distressed to lose a noble lady who had a dowry of millions and could stabilize his position as his wife.

Therefore, in the future, Mu Ziqian plans to marry another wife who is noble and easy to control, just like Shen Qing, so that he can not only stabilize his position as a marquis, but also live with Lin Xuefu.

Seeing through Mu Ziqian's thoughts, Mu Xueliu smiled suddenly, "Stop dreaming, you can't inherit your father's title."

What noble daughter from aristocratic family would marry a defeated prince whose reputation has been almost completely ruined by his reputation as a doting concubine and destroying his wife? Just whimsical.

After finishing his words, he walked straight towards the Mu family's ancestral hall, ignoring the surprised looks of everyone present.

As for Lin Xuefu, Mu Xueliu had no intention of caring anymore.

Because Mu Xueliu knew very clearly that even without Lin Xuefu, there would still be Zhang Xuefu and Li Xuefu who would push the Mu family into the abyss little by little. In the final analysis, it was just the incompetence of Marquis Yangling and Mu Ziqian.

She can protect them for eight years, but she cannot protect them for a lifetime.

The decline of Yanglinghou Mansion was only a matter of time.

Two quarters of an hour later, the Mu family ancestral hall.

Mu Xueliu stared at the tablet of the old Yangling Marquis in the center for a long time before she choked up with tears in her eyes: "Grandfather, Xue'er has failed your trust."

Although Mu Xueliu was born to the wife of Yangling Marquis, she was actually raised by the old Yangling Marquis himself.

Mu Xueliu showed extraordinary intelligence at a very young age: she would smile sweetly when she heard the voice of the nanny, would lie down obediently without crying or making a fuss when the Yangling Marquis and his wife talked, and would hold his fingers tightly when the old Yangling Marquis appeared.

Because he knew that the Yangling Marquis and his wife were both insignificant, the old Yangling Marquis took Mu Xueliu to his side and took care of her personally when she just learned to speak.

From the beginning of babbling, to later reading, literacy, chess, calligraphy and painting, to the final way of being a person and officialdom, all were taught by the old Yangling Marquis himself.

So after the death of the old Yangling Marquis, the Yangling Marquis Mansion could still stand firm. At that time, Mu Xueliu was only ten years old.

Later, with Mu Xueliu's constant private advice, Yangling Marquis gradually gained a firm foothold in the court. Although he did not make any great achievements, he did not make any big mistakes.

Later, Mu Xueliu successfully married into the Prince's Mansion with her status and intelligence, but in just three months, she won the unique favor of Chu Lingxi.

When Mu Ziqian reached the age of marriage, Mu Xueliu learned that the eldest daughter of the Yining Marquis Mansion was the same age as him. First, she took the opportunity to meet Yun Yuan at the banquet, and then gradually brought the two closer. When Yun Yuan was seriously ill, she visited her several times under the pretext of visiting the sick, and finally successfully arranged the marriage for Mu Ziqian, Shen Qing.

But in the end, it was still a waste.

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On the other side, Shen Qing and Lu Yan had just arrived at the gate of Yining Marquis Mansion, and before they had time to get off the car, they heard the crackling sound of firecrackers.

When she lifted the carriage curtain, she saw a thick layer of firecracker debris on the ground. The scene was even more grand than when she got married.

Shen Qing got off the carriage and heard the guards at the door shouting in unison: "Congratulations, Miss, on your successful divorce!"