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Chapter 32 The redemption price has doubled

When Old Madam Shen thought about this matter, she didn't dare to go there in person, so she asked Old Marquis Shen and Shen Ling to come and discuss what to do with the whole family.

Shen Ling almost lost his life. He now hated Gu Nianchu deeply, but he didn't dare to touch her.

"Mother, if I divorce Gu at this time, our mansion will be impeached by the censor."

Shen Ling reminded Old Madam Shen, who was now in a state of panic: "What should we do now?"

Xu Yan was also called over. Old Madam Shen asked how much silver she had cleared out of her private vault. Xu Yan felt very aggrieved: "Mother, Yan'er calculated it, and I have about 100,000 in total."

Old Madam Shen was very dissatisfied: "Is this all?"

Xu Yan was almost angry to death: "Mother, have you forgotten that my husband used the money he earned from selling it for 200,000 yuan to pay back the General's Mansion?"

Faced with Xu Yan's rebuttal, Old Madam Shen was very angry and scolded Xu Yan, saying that she had no sense of the overall situation and did not regard herself as the daughter-in-law of the Marquis's Mansion.

Xu Yan almost died of anger.

"Mother, I will go back to take care of Shaobai first."

After Xu Yan finished speaking, she left, leaving the three of them to discuss the matter slowly.

"Mother, why don't you take out Jiaojiao's dowry first to deal with the emergency."

Shen Ling hesitated and spoke, but Old Madam Shen refused: "Ling'er, your sister will soon be 15 years old, and she will get married after that. If she doesn't have a dowry, how will you let your sister survive in her husband's family?"

"Mother, if we don't resolve this matter now, our entire mansion will be laughed at. Which noble family will be willing to marry Jiaojiao?"

Lord Shen spoke up at this time: "First, take half of Jiaojiao's dowry. If it's not enough, take some from your dowry to make up for it. Let's pass this hurdle first."

When Old Madam Shen heard that Lord Shen was actually going to touch her dowry, she immediately flew into a rage: "Lord Shen, for so many years, I have always used my dowry to cover up any problems in the mansion. Now that I am quite old, you are still eyeing this little thing of mine! Are you trying to force me to death?"

Old Marquis Shen sneered, "Li, when the Marquis' Mansion was handed over to you, there was quite a lot of money in the public treasury. How come there is nothing left in these years? Do you want me to check it out?"

Shen Ling heard his parents arguing about this matter, and he felt very powerless: "Father, Mother, now is not the time to argue about this. We have to get Gu's dowry together as soon as possible."

Lord Shen and Old Madam Shen had a quarrel for a while, and finally they each took out 100,000 taels of silver from their own private vaults, which filled the gap in Gu Nianchu's dowry.

The next day, Shen Ling went to Rongji Pawnshop to redeem Gu Nianchu's dowry. Shopkeeper Bai was very considerate and said, "Since Master Shen wants to redeem the things, as long as they are still in our shop, there is naturally no problem. The only thing is that if you want to redeem these pawned things now, the price you paid for them will not be the same as the original price."

Shen Ling naturally understood this, and he nodded and said, "Don't worry, Shopkeeper Bai, I understand the rules. This is an extra 10,000 taels of silver. Please help me."

Shopkeeper Bai did not take the banknote that Shen Ling pushed to his side: "Master Shen, this item has the same price. I will have someone calculate it and report it to Master Shen."

The accountant of Rongji Pawnshop quickly gave Shen Ling a price, which was more than twice as high as what they had paid when they pawned the item.

Shen Ling's face suddenly turned ugly: "Boss Bai, this position was not this high when I first came here!"

Shopkeeper Bai looked at Shen Ling as if he was a fool: "Master Shen, every pawnshop has these rules. Our boss opened a pawnshop not because he has money but nowhere to spend it." Pawnshops buy in at low prices and sell out at high prices.

Shen Ling naturally knew this, but he didn't know that the price would be twice as high. They had pawned Gu Nianchu's dowry for 300,000 taels, and now they would have to pay 650,000 taels to redeem her.

This is even more cruel than lending money at high interest rates.

"Master Shen, these things are still here. If Master Shen doesn't want them, I will sell them all. It will be difficult for Master Shen to buy them back if he really wants to."

Shopkeeper Bai had a smile on his face, but his words were not polite at all.

The people behind Rong Ji are the Queen's family, and they are not afraid of a declining Zhenbei Marquis Mansion.

Shen Ling didn't have that much money on hand, so he could only go home in embarrassment to discuss the matter with his parents.

When Old Marquis Shen and Old Madam Shen heard this, they spat out a mouthful of blood.

Finally, after discussing for a long time, they could only ask Gu Nianchu to accept the three hundred thousand taels.

Gu Nianchu refused immediately: "My dowry is what my parents and brothers have been saving since I was born. The love and affection in it cannot be compared with mere silver. I don't care how much money you pawn my dowry for, I just want you to return my things."

"When the time comes, I will compare it with the dowry list, and there won't be any difference!"

Gu Nianchu refused to give in, and Old Madam Shen was furious: "Gu, haven't you given away a lot of your dowry over the years? How can you compare it with your dowry list?"

Gu Nianchu looked at her like she was a fool: "Why would I give my dowry away? Isn't it because your mansion's storehouse can't take out anything valuable, so you're all eyeing my dowry? Now that it has come to this, shouldn't you return it to me?"

Shen Jiao yelled at Gu Nianchu: "Gu, you bitch, why do you want to take back the things you gave away? Can you be any more shameless?"

Gu Nianchu had a smile on her face: "Shen Jiao, you really only remember to eat and not to be beaten. How come you can't remember the truth that trouble comes from the mouth?"

"Paws!"

So, Shen Jiao was slapped seven or eight times by Gu Nianchu's men in front of the Shen family.

Fortunately, Gu Nianchu still took into consideration that she was a young girl who had not yet reached marriageable age, and did not let Hanchan and the others beat her, but only let Xier beat her. Xier had been beaten a few days ago, and now was a good opportunity for her to vent her anger.

Shen Jiao cried, but her family couldn't make any decisions for her, and they couldn't afford to offend Gu Nianchu now.

The fight was in vain.

"Gu, you know the current situation of the Marquis' Mansion best. Even these three hundred thousand taels of silver were taken out of our private treasury. Don't push your luck."

Madam Shen angrily rebuked Gu Nianchu, who sneered, "What does the state of the Marquis's Mansion have to do with me? What's wrong with me asking for the dowry you stole? Why am I asking for more? Did I ask you to steal?"

Gu Nianchu openly accused the Marquis' Mansion of stealing her dowry, but the masters of the Marquis' Mansion could not refute a word. Xu Yan knelt down and cried and begged Gu Nianchu: "Madam, you borrowed your sister's dowry in order to betrothal me. Now I have sold all my dowry and betrothal gifts to return them to you. Please stop making trouble!"

(End of this chapter)