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Chapter 51 I hate Lu Lianzhi even more

Since there was no way to coax the dowry for the time being, Lu Shangxuan thought about how to save some money from his daily food and drink expenses.

However, the biggest expense in the mansion now is Brother Dong.

The cost of raising two children a month requires at least 40 taels of silver. Nowadays, not to mention that Dong Geer has to use everything better than Fu Qing. Even the teacher invited to teach must be one more than Fu Qing, otherwise every day Then he would throw a tantrum and wallow, claiming to be sick and refusing to study.

"Even my husband said that Mr. Dong is not good at studying. Even if we invite a few more, it will be of no use. On the contrary, it will be a waste of money."

Bai Zhi once secretly complained to Dou Lianyi when there was no one around, but Dou Lianyi just said lightly and said "Let him go" and didn't take it to heart at all.

After all, what she lacks most now is money. Not to mention supporting a few gentlemen, as long as she keeps Brother Dong from causing trouble for her.

However, other people in the Prince's Palace did not know that Dou Lianyi was frugal every day and only devoted himself to Brother Dong, especially Lu Lianzhi. While feeling proud, he was also a little uneasy.

She was afraid that Dou Lianyi would take the opportunity to snatch her son away. What would happen if her biological mother was not as old as her adoptive mother?

However, when Lu Lianzhi complained to Lu Shangxuan again, she only attracted an impatient scolding from Lu Shangxuan, who was looking through the ledger.

"If you hadn't acted arbitrarily without consulting me, how would you have ended up like this!"

Lu Lianzhi was so angry that she burst into tears and explained aggrievedly: "Sister-in-law is still the young lady of the county prince's palace, but she always has close contacts with strange men in private. If there is any gossip outside, wouldn't it be harmful to you, brother?" reputation."

Lu Shangxuan was upset when he saw Lu Lianzhi crying, so he simply turned around, out of sight and out of mind.

However, Lu Lianzhi was still chattering to herself: "I was so anxious at the time that I wanted to expose my sister-in-law in front of everyone, but I didn't expect that it was just a misunderstanding. I really know that I was wrong. Brother, don't be angry with me anymore. OK."

Hearing this, Lu Shangxuan sneered, slammed the tea cup in his hand on the table, and scolded: "Misunderstanding? Then why didn't you investigate clearly before? Do you know who you offended the county prince's palace this time? ? Do you know how much money I lost due to this breach of contract?"

"That's a full 800 taels of silver!"

These harsh words made Lu Lianzhi's face turn pale, especially the amount of silver compensation in the end that made her widen her eyes in disbelief, and she did not dare to speak again for a while.

"If there is nothing else, you can go out first. I still have to find a way to solve the problem of no money in the account. I really don't have time to comfort you."

It has been raining all night these past few days. Not only has the business with Fengxue Pavilion been lost, but I have also received news that the shopkeepers of several shops will no longer renew their leases, saying that the business is sluggish and they have to go back to their hometown to find another way out. .

More and more lease renunciation deeds were piled up on the table. Lu Shangxuan was so worried that he couldn't sleep all night long. The servants sent out to find out what happened came back with the same words.

Those shopkeepers would rather pay liquidated damages than continue doing business with the county prince's palace. How could Lu Shangxuan believe that this was a coincidence?
Seeing that the money in the account was getting less and less day by day, and the door of Dou Lianyi's courtyard was closed tightly. After the last time he broke in, he refused to show up again. If he didn't still care about getting the dowry, Lu Shangxuan had already broken up with her.

Early that morning, Mrs. Lu's voice came from her room, angrily scolding her servants. Her suddenly high-pitched voice sounded a bit harsh.

"What do you mean there are no ordinary bird's nests left?"

"When I replied to the old lady, the young lady said that there was not enough money in the account, so the daily bird's nests would be cancelled. Otherwise, the expenses would be too high."

Xia Cao shrank his head in fear and responded in a low voice. "Okay, okay!"

Mrs. Lu was so angry that she patted the mattress and said repeatedly. Then she suddenly remembered something and asked Xia Cao, "Young Madam, you haven't been feeling better these days? Why haven't you come to see me once?"

"The young lady has contracted a cold, and the doctor said it is not advisable to go out, lest she aggravates the condition, so the young lady has not been out of the courtyard during this period."

"Okay!" Mrs. Lu raised her hand irritably, telling Xia Cao to step back and stop being an eyesore in front of her.

But after the room calmed down, Mrs. Lu became more and more unhappy the more she thought about it. It had only been a few days, but she was already not used to it.

The medicinal herbs used to nourish the body are astringent and unpleasant to drink, and the daily serving of bird's nest has been cancelled. Next, will she have to eat porridge and cabbage for three meals a day?
At this time, Xia Cao's timid voice sounded outside again.

"Old madam, the second young lady is asking for a meeting outside, saying she wants to see you."

Mrs. Lu refused coldly without thinking, "No see!"

"Yes, old lady."

Following the sound of Xia Cao's footsteps walking away, Mrs. Lu got up from the bed, her disgust for Lu Lianzhi getting deeper and deeper.

Everything was fine originally, but if this shameless adopted daughter hadn't been looking for trouble for her, life in the county prince's palace would have been so tight.

Now all Mrs. Lu's hopes are on Lu Shangxuan. As long as he can coax Lianyi's dowry into his hand, life will be back to what it used to be.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Lu couldn't care about anything else. She heartbrokenly divided the thousand-year-old ginseng root that she had hidden in half, and then called Xia Cao and asked her to bring the contents of the wooden box to Dou Lianyi.

"It must be delivered to the young lady in person," Mrs. Lu paused, and then whispered to Xia Cao, "Besides, you also have to ask carefully about the young lady's health and come back after one or five Tell me one by one, remember?"

"Remember, old lady."

Although Xia Cao didn't know why, he still nodded and retreated.

When she came to the young lady's yard with the wooden box, she was still blocked by Yuzhu.

"Young Madam, you won't see anyone. Xia Cao, you'd better go back."

"But the old lady said that the contents of this wooden box must be given to the young lady," Xia Cao handed the wooden box in his hand to Yuzhu and said with some embarrassment: "And the old lady also wants me You must see the young lady and explain her condition clearly."

"I will give the things to the young lady. As for the old lady..."

After Yuzhu took the wooden box, she saw Xia Cao hanging her head in fear of being scolded. She paused and whispered: "Tell the old lady that you have met the young lady. The doctor said the same thing, the young lady is too sick to get out of bed and keeps coughing all day long, so she must not get any more wind."

(End of this chapter)