frightfiction Chapter 163 Xie Qi'an Goes to the Shen Mansion to Get Disaster Relief Funds
Chapter 163 Xie Qi'an Goes to the Shen Mansion to Get Disaster Relief Funds
Isn’t it good to live a comfortable and leisurely life?
Of course it's good.
What's more, the Shen family's money has not been spent yet, so they can still come up with another two or three million taels.
Guarding such a huge fortune, away from the capital, you can live a free and easy life without having to worry all day long.
But she couldn't be so selfish. Not only had her family feud not been avenged, but more importantly, she had an agreement with Prince Rui that if he helped her escape from the Yongning Marquisate and Prince An and help her take revenge, she would use the power of the Shen family to help him seize the position of crown prince.
Right now, she had just left behind the Yongning Marquisate and, with the help of Prince Rui, became the Princess of Jialin County. If she quit at this time, what kind of person would she be?
Furthermore...
Shen Qionghua pursed her lips, she still had something on her mind.
In the previous life, the entire Zhenguo Mansion ended up being executed. Although she prevented Princess Pingning from marrying Gao Lei in this life, it is hard to guarantee that Prince An will not use other methods to repeat the same trick.
Princess Pingning treated her as a good friend and helped her in every way. How could she watch Princess Pingning fall into the same situation as in her previous life again?
Lin Wanru is timid by nature, and Shen Qionghua can guess some of her thoughts.
After thinking for a while, she looked at Lin Wanru and said, "Mother, why don't you take Ayi and leave the capital first? If things go as expected, I will bring you two back to the capital."
If she loses in the end, it will not overly implicate A Niang and A Yi. She will arrange a new household registration early so that they can live the rest of their lives well.
As soon as these words came out, Lin Wanru's tears immediately fell. She choked and said, "No, if you want to go, we must go together. You are my flesh and blood. How can I abandon you and live alone with your brother?"
The family must be together as a whole. Lin Wanru was extremely determined about this and refused to agree no matter how Shen Qionghua persuaded her.
If something really happened, Lin Wanru didn't want to die without seeing her daughter for the last time.
"Mother, don't worry, I will be fine. Besides, the Shen family has not emptied out their wealth as you think. At least it is not a problem to take out another two or three million taels from the private treasury." Shen Qionghua sighed and comforted.
When Lin Wanru heard this, she suddenly stopped crying, put down the handkerchief, opened her eyes wide, and let the remaining tears slide down the corners of her eyes, which looked particularly funny with her surprised expression.
"Really...really..." Lin Wanru said in disbelief.
"Of course it's true." Shen Qionghua said.
She knew that her mother was not sad about the family business, but she did not expect that she did not even know how much wealth the Shen family had, and actually thought that the three million taels of silver was all the wealth of the Shen family.
Since ancient times, women have been the easiest to make money from, and among them, headwear and jewelry account for the largest share. The wealth that the Treasure Pavilion has created for the Shen family over the years is immeasurable.
Nearly half of the family assets came from the profits of the Treasure Pavilion.
She is not a fool, so how could she hand over all her family property?
Although all these troubles were caused by money, Shen Qionghua knew that if they really lost the money, the Shen family's situation would be even worse.
Hearing her daughter's promise, Lin Wanru breathed a sigh of relief.
She wiped the tears from her face with a handkerchief, and finally smiled, "Since you don't want to leave, then don't leave. Mother and Ayi will stay with you."
"Mother..." Shen Qionghua frowned. She still felt that it would be better to keep her mother and brother away from the capital, which was a place of trouble.
"No need to say more, no matter what, A Niang will be with you and A Yi."
Lin Wanru's idea was simple. Since there was still some money in the mansion and her daughter was unwilling to leave Beijing, she would just do as she wished.
Even if we encounter a situation similar to yesterday again in the future, the worst that can happen is that we have to pay another three million taels of silver.
The emperor wouldn't take the money and then chop off Hua Jie'er's head, would he?
Hua Jie'er said that it would be no problem to take out another two 3 million taels, so let's wait until the 6 million taels of silver are used up, and then see if we can get revenge.
Even if she couldn't, with the six million taels of silver gone, Hua Jie'er should give up and follow her out of Beijing.
It has to be said that people with simple minds have their own way of thinking about dealing with things.
Lin Wanru quickly coaxed herself into submission and did not disturb Shen Qionghua from counting the accounts. She took the hand of her maid and returned to her own courtyard.
Shortly after she left, Shaoyao took a few servants to transport the last batch of silver back to the Shen Mansion.
From then on, the three million taels of silver were raised.
Shen Qionghua, along with Shaoyao and a few others, counted the silver in the courtyard again. Not a single ounce could be missing, and there must not be any mistakes.
After the inventory is completed, all the boxes will be covered.
The reason is simple: a yard full of glittering silver is so dazzling that it hurts one's eyes.
For the next two days, the entire Shen Mansion was in a state of alert.
After An Yi caught two more thieves, the day to hand over the silver finally arrived.
Early in the morning, just as Shen Qionghua finished her breakfast, Fuling came in with an unexpected look on her face.
"Miss, someone from the Ministry of Revenue is here."
"Who is it?" Shen Qionghua asked as she stood up and walked out. Seeing Fuling's indignant look, she had some guesses in her mind.
Sure enough, Fuling heard him say, "It's that Prince An who's like a dog-skin plaster, and the Marquis Yongning who's thicker-skinned than a city wall."
Fuling couldn't understand how people could be so shameless. The young lady had caused such a fuss with them, yet she still had the nerve to visit the Shen residence.
A hint of surprise flashed in Shen Qionghua's eyes. Prince An was in charge of the disaster relief efforts, and the Minister of Revenue was also Prince An's subordinate. She could understand Prince An coming to the Shen Mansion to get money, but this Marquis Yongning...
The emperor only asked Marquis Yongning to assist Prince An in suppressing the rioting victims, so why would he come along?
While Shen Qionghua was thinking, she soon arrived at the front hall.
"Miss Shen, oh, no, now I should call you Princess Jialin. We meet again. The Princess gave me a big surprise last time." Xie Qian'an said, still wearing his mask on his face.
Shen Qionghua glanced at the Yongning Marquis, who looked a little disappointed, and then looked at Prince An. "Your Highness Prince An, you're joking. It's impolite not to reciprocate. Your Highness Prince An prepared such a big surprise for me, and it made me realize how low a person's bottom line can be. How can I not give back a little?"
Xie Qian'an slowly withdrew his smile and said, "The Jialin County Lady is always sharp-tongued. I wonder if the promised three million taels of silver have been prepared in the past three days?"
Shen Qionghua had a bright smile on her face, "Of course."
She walked to the courtyard in the front hall and pointed vaguely, "Prince An, please look."
As she finished speaking, the servant beside her tore off the red cloth covering the box.